March 28, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



415 



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I Send to-day for Aster Book and Competition Card for the $250 Prize Aster Growing Content, Botli Free. | 

 I ALTIMO CULTURE CO., = CANFIELD, OHIO I 



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TRIP TO THE GHENT QUINQUEN- 

 NIAL. 



The British horticultural traders' 

 annual tour this year will be made to 

 Holland and Belgium on account of 

 the Ghent Quinquennial, and the itin- 

 erary as published by the Horticultural 

 Trade Journal is as follows: April 21, 

 leave London; 22d-23d, in bulb district 

 of Holland; 24th, nurseries of Ghent 

 and Loochristii; 25th-26th, Ghent; 

 27th, those booked for seven days re- 

 turn to London; the ten days' party 

 start tor Bruss^els, where they remain 

 until the SOth, when they go to Bruges 

 and start lor London. Arrangements 

 are made for entertainment by the 

 Dutch bulb growers. This is an excel- 

 lent opportunity for those who wish 

 to make this trip without worry about 

 conveyances or foreign language. 



^ Vegetable dl? C FV^ # 

 ^ and FSower ^ ti ti |_/^ 



X Sellable and Tested. Catalogue Mailed Free 



^'WEEBER & DON 



X Seed 1,4 CHAMBERS STREET 



F rierchants NEW YORK T 



JUST ARRIVED^ 



LARGE SHIPMENT OF 



High-Grad e SCOT CH SOOT. 



We have the Stott Double Nozzle 



THOMAS J. GREY GO. 



32 & 33 So. Market St., BOSTON 



bridge¥an's seed warehouse 



RICKARDS BROS. 



Props. 



37 East I9tti St., - NEW YORK CITY 



BRASLAN SEED GROWERS CO. 



GROWERS FOR THE 



WHOLESALE TRADE ONLY 

 SAN JOSE, ■ ■ CailFORNIA 



RELIABLE SEEDS-%n NOW 



Primula Obconica Grandiflora 



new Hybrids as: Bloodred, Blue, Car- 

 mine, Pink, Purple, \'iolet, Pure-white, 

 Compacta, Gigantea, Fringed Mixed 

 Hybrids, each separate, Tr. Pkt. 50 cents, 

 6 Tr. Pitts. $2.50. 



O. V. ZANCEN 



Seedsman. HOBOKEN, N.J. 



G. C. MORSE & CO. 



Address all communications to otir permanent address 



48 to 56 Jackson St., San Francisco, Cal. 



The Largest Seed Growers 

 in the United States 



BRECK'S SEEDS 



For Farmer, Market Gardener and Florist 



New Crop High Grade 



Catalogues mailed free on application 



Joseph Breck & Sons Corp. 



47-54 NO. MARKET ST., BOSTON, MASS. 



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AUUFLOWERS 

 A B B A G E 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO., 



12 StormGcade, 

 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. 



COLD STORAGE LILY OF THE VAL- 

 LEY PIPS 



COLD STORAGE LILIUM Harrrsii, 

 also SPIRAEA GLADSTONE, LIL- 

 lUM Auratum, speciosum album, 

 speciosum rubrum. Large Flower- 

 ing Japan IrU, Cannas, etc. 



For prices, state quantities reciuired. 



J.iVl.THORBURN & CO. 



33 Barclay St., through to 38 Park Place 



N^EW YORK 



Best Quality Fall Bulbs 



It is to your advantage to place your order 

 early. Send us a list of your wants and we 

 will quote you rock-bottom prices. Copy of 

 our Florists' Bulb Catalogue will be sent up- 

 on request. Catalogues now ready. 



VIGKS SUPERB PANSY SEED 



All the best varieties In 5eparate colors 

 VICK'S SUPERB MIXTURE 



the best strain from all the leading named sorts 

 i-8oz. 75c. 1-4 oz. $1.50 Ounce $5.00 



Burpee's Seeds ^^^^^ "^^^^^ sons, Rochester. N. Y. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Blue List of Wholesale Prices mailed 

 only to those who plant for profit, 



FISKE SEED CO. 



can supply new, 

 fresh seed 



to the florist 



for imme- 

 diate use. 



Aster Seed A Specialty 



Special Florist List Free 



H. E. FISKE SEED CO. 



12 & 13 Faneuil Hall Square, BOSTON, MASS. 



Look through the Buyers' Directory 



and Ready Reference Guide. Voh 



will find some good offers there als» 



CYCLAMEN 



Farquha r's Gian t Strain 



Unsurpassed for size of flowers. 



Giant Crimson Qiant Pink 

 Giant White Finest Mixed 



Giant Excelsior, Wliite with 

 Claret Base 



100 seeds, $1 25 ; 1000 seeds. $10.00. 



R.& J. FARQUHAR & CO. 



6 & 7 So. Market St„ Boston, Mass. 



BAMBOO CANES 



TOUGH AND STRONG 



6 ft. long — $ I per 100; $6 

 per 1000; $11 per 2000 



They cost about 10 per cent, more th.Tn 

 other kinds, and they are 10 times better. 



STUMPP & WALTER CO., - 



50 Barclay St., New York 



QUALITY IJLU 



8£ND rOR OATALOdUE. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON 



34« V^Mt 14th St., New York. 



