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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



rii:cK.Miii:i; 20. 1001. 



Oon't You Want the Finest Verbena Seed? 



TESTIMONIAIi : Please send at once 1', ozs. of your special Verbena 

 Seed in separate colors. We only want the very best such as we had 

 from vou last year, which ijroved perfectly satisfactory in every wav. 

 Yours. GEO. H. MELI>EN. Si'ririglield. Ohio, 



PnlnrC • Scarlet. White. Blue. Pink. 

 UUIUlO I also choice mixed. 



Price, 'i oz., 50c; i oz, $1.50 



Our Wholesale Price List for December is now ready and will Ije mailed to 

 all our customers and to applicants. Drop us a postal for one. it will iiay you. 



Henry F. MicheLl. 



Fred. J. Michel. u 



MAMMOTH VERBENAS. 



HENRY F. MICHELL, 



1018 Market St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Carnations Registered. 



By the Cliicago CaiiKitioii Co. — llrs. 

 Potter Palmer, scarlet, blooms of the 

 largest size, very full; an ideal form. 

 Stem, long and strong; an extra free 

 bloomer. 



Mrs. H. X. Higinbotham, light salmon 

 pink, but very distinct in shade from 

 all other carnations; an ideal grower, 

 healthy and noticeably clean. Foliage, 

 light blue; a very free and continuous 

 bloomer; calyx, perfect, having never yet 

 seen one Inirsted. 



Chicot, large white, flower as large 

 as Mrs. Biadt : in midwinter the blooms 

 are occasionally striped with carmine, 

 on the order of Arniazindy. Stem, ex- 

 ceedingly strong. Calyx," good. Fra- 

 grance, delightful. Plants, vigorous, pro- 

 ducing blooms in abundance; can be 

 classed as a white in all stages. 



By James Aldous, Iowa City, Iowa: — 

 Mrs. Vinnie Ream lIo.\ie, Scott type, 

 with more compact habit, a free healthy 

 grower and continuous bloomer. Stems 

 from twelve to fifteen inches long. stifT 

 and wiry. Perfect calyx. Flower well 

 formed, from three to three and one- 

 quarter inches. Color bright pink, 

 darker than Scott. Fine for pot cul- 

 ture. In its fifth year. 



By Boehringer Bros., Bay City, Mich.: 

 — Daybreak Perfection. Color same as 

 well grown Daybreak, flowers very fra- 

 grant, slightly fringed, symmetrical and 

 well built up forming a perfect semi- 

 sphere three ninl cmc-half inches and 



'<' . with strong calyx. Stem, 18 to 24 

 inches long, thick and strong. .\n early, 

 free and continuous bloomer. Healthy 

 constitution, compact growth and with no 

 useless grass. In its fourth year. 

 Albert M. Herr. Secy, Lancaster, Pa. 



For Tlie American Carnation Society. 



The "California Floriculturist" is the 

 title of a new monthly issued by the 

 Floriculturist Publishing Co., Los An- 

 geles, Cal. Ernest Braunton is editor 

 and the subscription price is $1 a year. 

 It is gotten U]i in small magazine form, 

 is neatly printed, and the contents 

 should be interesting and useful to the 

 flower lovers of the Pacific Coast. 



Ix THE Los Angeles (Cal.) Times of 

 June 23 last appears a large engraving 

 from a photograph of Palm Springs, Cal., 

 showing a noble group of palms sur- 

 rounding some natural springs. Judging 

 from the picture some of the palms must 

 be from 30 to 50 feet tall. We are in- 

 debted to Mr. Fred RafTerty, Santa Ana, 

 Cal., for a copy of the picture. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Swan Peterson Floral Co. I 



GIBSON CITY, ILL. 



A SPECLALIST IN 



I CARNATIONS and VIOLETS | 



I Offers to the trade Rootcd CamatJon Cuttings 



^ in 17 varieties, from strong, healthy plants. 



y Pink— Dorothy. La\\son. MarQuis. Ethel Crocker. Genevieve Lord. Morning Glory. 



S White—Norway. I.oma. Hoosier Maid. White Gloud. Mary Wood. 



Red— Crane. Estelle. Variegrated— G. M. Bradt. 



Frosperity, fine. Boosevelt. best Crimson. 



Our Dorothy received first premium on ItKi blooms against Lawson at St. Louis Show. 

 It is a very free bloomer, has produced Isoo flowers from 1500 plants from November 1st to 

 November l.ith. Every grower should have it. 



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We have 



50,000 CARNATION PLANTS, 



25,000 VIOLETS 



We shall be pleased to hear frtiiti yen and quote pric 



SWAN 



growing: in nur houses, can therefore supply 

 Blooms and Cuttings in quantities. 



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PETERSON, Manager. I 



Mention The Review when you write. 



DIRECT FROM THE TREES. 



Fresh IVIanicoba Rubber Seeds* 



One Dollar per Hundred. Delivery Free. Cash with Ord«r. 



AMERICAN ROSE CO., WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 WHITE "Earliest of all" SWeet Tea 



PLANTED NOW, BL00M5 EASTER q^, fRQ 



It is the best forcing white sort ever introduced. Earlier than Emily ' ' 



Henderson. Write us for full dcscriTtiou. 



PLANT SEED CO. 



lb. $1.50 



J'^ Louis, Mo. POSTPAID 



Mention The Review when you write. 



STOCK MIMS. 



Appleton, Wedding. Bonnaffon. Pennsylvania. 



Gold Mine. Xeno. $lO.00 per 100. 

 Morel. Perrin. Buettner. Wanamaker. White 



Jones. Chas. Davis. Harry Hurrell. Murdock. 



Aut. Glory. Independence, White and Pink 



Ivorv. Woodford, aiaudDean. O. P. Bassett. 



Yel. Queen. Parr, 96.00 per 100: 8o each. 



Pochlmann Bros. Co., 



MORTON GROVE, ILL 



CHAS. D. BALL, 



GROWER 

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HOLMESBURG„ PHILADELPHIA. PA. 

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