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The Florists' Review 



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Jolt 29, 1920 



Dreer Specials in Florists' Flower iSeeds 



Dreer's Prize Dwarf Cineraria 



We have an extra fine strain this season, plants of compact 

 habit with flowers of largest size and in a splendid range of 

 bright colors. Trade pkt. of about 1,000 seeds, $1.00. 



Dreer's Superb Giant Cyclamen 



We have now in stock new crop American-grown seed and 

 we believe the strain is better than the best ever imported and 

 can furnish in the following colors: 



Pure white, white with carmine eye, brilliant red, rich 

 rose and salmon, each Sl.St per 100 seeds, $12.00 per 1,000 

 seeds. Finest mixed, $1.25 per 100 seeds. $10.00 peFl,000 seeds. 



Dreer's Perfect Pansies 



We are fortunate in having a very good supply of the finest 

 strains in separate colors and in mixture. We particularly 

 recommend our Royal Exhibition Mixture, which is un- 

 equaled for size and coloring. 50c per trade pkt., $1.25. per 

 eighth ounce, $8.00 per ounce. For other varieties as well as 

 other Flower seeds for summer sowing, see our Special Mid- 

 summer offer. Copies free on request. 



HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



not, like mercantile lines, be moved by 

 post-season sales at cut prices, and 

 which will, another season, serve to de- 

 press the market still farther. These 

 cireumstances led to the increased num- 

 ber of offers to the Department «f Agri- 

 culture when the bids were filed and also 

 to the low prices quoted in many cases. 



Not Fair Market Value. 



The prices so quoted do not and can- 

 not represent anything like the market 

 value of these seeds. In the first place, 

 they are not of the A-1 quality the 

 seedsmen would give their regular cus- 

 tomers. Neither the seedsmen who sup- 

 ply them nor the congressmen who dis- 

 tribute them nor the constituents who 

 receive them ever are under the delusion 

 that the seed is anywhere near the best 

 obtainable. The lots offered to the gov- 

 ernment are on a par with the roses ped- 

 dled by the street man or the vegetables 

 hawked on Saturday night — they may be 

 of the same variety, but they are far 

 from the same quality of the roses or 

 vegetables that are bought through 

 regular channels. 



In the second place, the prices quoted 

 by the bidders were made low so that 

 they might have some chance of ridding 

 themselves of lots of seeds which al- 

 ready represented a loss and could only 

 depreciate more in value while on their 

 hands. To realize what they could on 

 these stocks, be it ever so little, was the 

 object of the bidders. 



The Bight Bonte? 



Whether this was the best or wisest 

 route to clear themselves of this surplus 

 seedsmen are doubtful themselves. Only 

 a certain quantity is required by the De- 

 partment of Agriculture for distribution 

 and no more is purchased because the 

 priees happen to be low. It appears to 

 some as though the seed trade was mere- 

 ly giving its merchandise at less money 

 than need be for the sake of competing 

 with one another in an attempt to dump 

 a surplus. Whether, in a year such as 

 this, the tiade would not oe better off 



Burpee's 

 Sweet 



Peas 



EVENTUALLY, every Flo- 

 rist and Commercial 

 Grower will plant Bur- 

 pee's New Early- or Winter- 

 Flowering Spencer Sweet Peas. 



We say this in all confidence, 

 for the Burpee list contains the 

 finest varieties yet to be offered, 

 in a complete range of colors, 

 including the most desirable 

 Florist shades. 



GLIHERS 



One of Burpee's New 



Winter-Flowering 



Spencer Sweet Peas 



Burpee'* Sweet Pea List for Florittt 



is now ready. Every Florist and Grower 

 should have it. Write for a free copy 

 today. 



TA^ Aflee Burpee Co. 



Seed Growers Philadelphia 



