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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 28, 1920 



Competition Is Life 



Aug. Lagarde 



Again — 



Buy Your French Bulbs 



— Now 



FROM 



Lagarde & Vandervoort 



OLLIQULES, FRANCE 



Mail address: Care MALTUS & WARE 

 116 Broad Street, NEW YORK CITY 



Our rmprmamntatio* will be calling on you 



J. A. Vandervoort 



our nation much more interested in the 

 kitchen garden and the vegetable seed 

 catalogue than it was before.' Carter 

 Page & Co., in London-Wall, it may be 

 added, has been connected with the city 

 for something like sixty years. The 

 firm became a private company in 1915, 

 and has a capital of £10,000. With one 

 exception, all the shareholders are 

 Pages. ' * 



CATALOaUES RECEIVED. 



H. W. Groachner, Napoleon, O. — "Bearded 

 Flaff Iris," a 82-paKe catalogue. The list Itaelf, 

 characterized by Mr. Groschner as a "very 

 gelect" or "master" one, occupies only about 

 three pages, and the rest of the space is largely 

 devoted to descriptions of the classes of iris 

 and suggestions on the selection of varietiea. 

 An enclowd leaflet contains a list of peonies. 



Oolorado Sfl«d Co., Denver, Colo.— A 16-page, 

 illnfttrated list of bulba; also peonies and other 

 hardy perennials which "do especially well when 

 planted in fall and usually bloom earlier in 

 the following spring." Strawberry plants, too, 

 are listed. 



V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy, France. — Catalogue 

 of greenhouse plants, new or rare hardy shrubs 

 and hardy perennial plants; also seeds of del- 

 phiniums and heliotropes; thirty-six pages, be- 

 sides four full-page illustrations. The prices 

 are quoted in English currency. An enclosed 

 circular, headed "Important Notice," states 

 briefly how permits may be secured from the 

 United States Department of Agriculture for 

 the importation of new or rare plants. 



7eter Hendenon ft Co., New York, N. T. — 

 Illustrated catalogue of bulbs, peonies, fertilizers 

 and lawn grass seed mixtures; sixteen pages, 

 compactly but clearly printed, and bound in a 

 tastefully designed colored cover. Letters, 

 figures and other characters are used to indi- 

 cate the height, blooming period, etc., of the 

 different varieties. 



Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. — Illustrated 

 64-page catalogue of bulbs, roots, flowerinc 

 plants, palms and other decoratlves, hardy i>er- 

 ennials, roses, shrubs, small fruits, plants for 

 aquariums, vegetable plants and roots, flower 

 and vegetable seeds, grass and grain seeds, 

 tools and supplies; a comprehensive, well edited 

 book, in an artistic reddish brown cover. 



D. Hill Nnrsery Co., Ino., Dundee, 111. — 

 "Hill's FlorisU' Catalogue," twenty-four pages, 

 illustrated. The stock of evergreens is especial- 

 ly extensive, comprising not only the larger 

 sizes, suitable for landscape work, but also such 

 miniature or compact forms as are most useful 

 for window boxes and tube and for sale as 

 "baby" Christmas trees. Deciduous trees and 

 shrubs also are listed. Sweet pea seed, fer- 

 tilizers, flower boxes, ribbons and a general 

 line of florists' supplies have been added to 

 the stock. 



Fape ft Bergmann, Qnedlinburg, Germany. — 

 List of novelties in flower seeds; fonr large 

 pages. Illustrated. The stock offered comprises 

 cosmos, Klant-flowerlng antirrhinums, large- 

 floWering dwarf petunias, godetias and — probably 

 of most interest of all to florists — "a new race 

 of double and early-flowerlng Chrysanthemum 

 iodicum, coming true from seed." The prices are 

 quoted in BngUsh currency. 



Otto Katsensteia ft Co., AtUnta, Oa.— "Price 

 List of Tree and Skmb Seeds," twelve pages, 

 in pocket form, with an attached leaflet which 

 contains a detailed statement of the discounts to 

 the trade. Both decidnoas and evergreen va- 



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Garden and Farm Root Seeds 



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IfendoB Tbs Review wbea yvo writ*. 



BULBS for FLORISTS 



Narcissus Paper White. 13 to 15 ctm., per case of 1250 $28.00 



Narcissus Paper White, 13 ctm., per case of 1300 27,00 



All varieties of Hyacinths, Tulips and Narcissi 



Writm for price list 



ST. LOUIS SEED COMPANY 



4 1 1 -4 1 3 Washington Ave. ST. LOUIS, MO. 



rietles are Included, and at the end are offerings 

 of roots and seeds of medicinal plants. 



Pittslmrch Ovt Flower Oo., Pittsburgh, Pa. — 

 A clearly printed, fully illostrated catalogue of 

 florists' supplies; forty Urge pages, 10^x13^! 

 inches, bound in n tsRteful and Berrlceable blue 



cover. The prices are omitted from the body of 

 the book, but are quoted in a 3-page supplement. 

 The list of baskets is especially comprehensive, 

 occnpylng nearly one-half of the space in the 

 catalogne. Other lines of supplies, both novelties 

 and standard Items, are well represented. 



