The Florists^ Review 



June 19, 1913. 



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 BODDINGTON'S QUALITY LILIES 



PLANT NOW FOR A LATK CROP OF FLOWERS 



HARDY JAPAN LILIES 



Ullum auratum doz. 



8 to 9-lnch. 225 bulbs in a case |0. 75 



Ulium Melpomene magnifficum 



8to 9-lnch, 225 bulbs in a case '.75 



9 to 11-inch, 125 bulbs in a case 1.25 



11-lnchand over, 100 bulbs in a case 1.50 



Lillum speclosum album 



8to 9-lnch. 225 bulbs in a case 1.25 



9 toll-inch, 125 bulbs in a case 1.75 



11-incb and over, 100 bulbs in a case 2.25 



100 1000 



$ 5.50 $ 50.00 



5.50 



8.50 



12.60 



8 75 

 13.00 

 18.00 



50.00 



80 00 



120 00 



85.00 

 125.00 

 175.00 



ALL BULBS RKPACKEVlAND SOUND 

 Lillum speclosum rubrum doz. 



■ 8t'i 9-iiich, 225 bulbs in a case $0.75 



9 to U-iiich, 125 bulbs in a case 1.25 



U-incb and over, 100 bulbs in a ua!>e 1.50 



RETARDED BULBS FROM COLD STORAOE 



Lillum longlflorum giganteum— Cold Storage loo looo 



7 to 9-inch, 300 bulbs in a case $7.50 $70.00 



8to]0-in<b,200bulbs inaca'ie 9.00 85 00 



9 toll-Inch, 200 bulbs in a case 12.00 115.00 



Lily off the Valley- Cold Storage 



Wediing Bells brand. Piice January to July 2.25 18.00 



Wtdding Bells brand. Price Augmt to January 2.50 20.00 



ARTHUR T. BODDINBTON, Seedsman, 342 West 14th St., NEW YORK CITY 



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Mention The Review when yon write. 



formation of an advertising nature on 

 the upper part of the sheet — and four 

 had no disclaimer at all. Of course 

 none of the letters referred to the dis- 

 claimer, as none was an offer to sell, 

 but how many do it when they quote? 

 It looks as though it may become more 

 difficult in the future to prove any 

 trade custom with regard to the non- 

 warranty. 



TEXANS MAY QUIT ONIONS. 



The seed trade is deeply interested in 

 the market for onion bulbs, since the 

 present conditions indicate a consider- 

 able falling off in the demand for, and a 

 consequent surplus of, onion seed. Un- 

 less a considerable number of Texas 

 onion growers undergo a radical change 

 of mind before next planting time, they 

 will leave the general production of that 

 vegetable to other sections of the United 

 States. The onion district of the big 

 state is in the southwestern division and 

 growers are located in "spots" within 

 an area about 200 miles square, which is 

 not considered an overexpansive tract of 

 land in Texas. About one-half of the 

 entire onion production is contiguous to 

 Laredo. The Texans have had two dis- 

 astrous onion years in succession and 

 they are thinking about them in terms 

 which had best be described in print as 

 relating to future diversification of 

 crops. Last season they sustained heavy 

 losses. This year, according to New 

 York agents, the growers expected to 

 ship not less than 4,500 cars, and thought 

 they had fixed things so that the season 

 would be at least moderately profitable. 

 It has proven to be as bad or worse than 

 the last one. So far the Truck Growers ' 

 Association has shipped 2,400 cars and 

 the independents have put out about 

 1,200. Some of the stock has been sold 

 at prices that gave no return to the 

 growers. A large part of it was sold 

 for about enough to return producers 

 enough cash to pay for their crates after 

 deducting freight and selling charges. 

 Not as a flat statement, but as an intima- 

 tion of fact by representatives, much the 

 greater part of the crop has been sold at 

 prices that gave growers enough cash 

 to pay for their crates and reimburse 

 them for only a part of their actual cash 

 outlay for labor. And this is not all. 

 Just about the time the crop was at its 

 best there were rains "that water-logged 

 it and made more than 700 cars totally 

 unfit for shipment. With the progress 

 of the season and price returns, a lot 

 of growers became disgusted and rather 

 than bother with the harvesting of their 

 crops deliberately plowed them under. 



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Losses from the two last named causes 

 alone are estimated at from $350,000 to 

 $400,000. At the beginning of June 

 there was a turn for the better in the 

 onion markets the country over, but 

 this is too late for the Texans, since 

 only a part of their product remains to 

 be shipped. 



CATALOGUES EECEIVED. 



Verkade Van Kleef, Waddinxveen, 

 Holland, plants and shrubs; Van Der 

 Willik & Koletsier, Hazerswoude, Hol- 

 land, list of specialties in roses; R. H. 

 Bath, Ltd., "Wisbech, England, special 

 list of daffodils and tulips; J. F. Rosen- 

 field, Omaha, Neb., general and whole- 

 sale lists of peonies; Hommo Ten Have, 

 Scheemda, Holland, Westernwolths rye 

 grass seed; Peter Henderson & Co., 

 New York, N. Y., midsummer seed and 

 plant list; A. G. Greiner, St. Louis, 

 Mo., cacti, euphorbias and succulents; 

 Henry Schmidt, Weehawken, N. J., 

 primulas. 



Leamington, Ont. — R. H. Ellis, who 

 already has 115,000 square feet under 

 glass, is preparing plans for the erec- 

 tion of another addition, to cover an 

 area 85x300 feet. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLES IN NORTHWEST. 



Please tell me what is considered the 

 best tomato for forcing in northwestern 

 Idaho and state whether a winter crop 

 is considered profitable in the north- 

 western states. Also name the best va- 

 riety of head lettuce and state how 

 far apart it should be planted and 

 about how long it will take to grow the 

 crop if it is planted about the first part 

 of September. M. C. L. 



Few growers agree on any one stand- 

 ard variety of forcing tomato. Perhaps 

 the varieties best suited for this sec- 

 tion are: Sutton's Best of All, Lang- 

 don's Earliana, Stokes' Bonny Best 

 and a good strain of the Comet. Other 

 varieties have been experimented with, 

 but all have been discarded. English 

 varieties set well, but the fruit is en- 

 tirely too small for market require- 

 ments in the northwest. A winter crop 

 should be profitable, providing the 

 plants are started sufficiently early in 



