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The Florists' Review 



FlBKUAKY 10, 1921 



RUGOWSKrS ASTERS 



Are The World's Best — We Have Proven It. 



SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF ASTERS AND 

 OTHER NOVELTIES NOW OUT. WRITE TODAY. 



J. K. Rugowski Seed Co., Manitowoc, Wis. 



pounds of arsenic during 1920 there is 

 no reason for so great an advance over 

 the prewar levels. The prices on spot 

 are by no means firm, but there is little 

 reason to believe that tliey will fall 

 considerably in the near future, espe- 

 cially in view of the expected abnormal 

 spring demand. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Emma V. White Co., Minneapolis, Minn. — 

 Twenty-fifth annual eutalogiie of si-cd-i, bullis. 

 liardy plants, nursery stock, fertilizers anil 

 insectirides; illustrated, forty-eight pages, in a 

 handsome and striking colored cover, 



Fraser Nursery Co,, Inc., Birmingham, Ala. — 

 "Surplus List, for Nurserymen and Dealers 

 Only." The stock, l>oth deciduous and ever- 

 green, varies in size from small plants f'^r lin- 

 ing out to fairly largo specimens. Broad-Ii'aved 

 evergreens are included. About thirty varieties 

 of own-root roses are listed, 



Mrs, George ShefBeld, Burton, Wasli— A 12- 

 pagc list of dahlias: a neat booklet, in an es- 

 pecially tasteful golden-brown cover. The list 

 starts witli fourtr-f-n varieties which were origi- 

 nated by Mrs. ."^liftru'ld. .'<lii' features tlie slogan, 

 "I'uget sound dahlias lead the world." 



Frank D. Pelioano & Co., San Francisco, Cal.— 

 Au illuslrati-(l. well printcl r;iiiilogue of "('ali- 

 fornia tield-growii dahlia-." twelve jiages. with 

 cover pictures in various sliades of lavender. 

 Most <pf the stand.ird classes of dahlias are 

 represented, though the decorative, cactus, peony- 

 flowered and poni|>on types ,ire listed in greatest 

 variety. 



W. F. Brown, Xorwiili, Conn.- .\ compactly 

 printed lil-page d.ihiia catalogue, in a neat 

 brown cover. The only illustration is a picture 

 of a hybrid decorative variety which Mr. Brown 

 introdiiced last year. •'From a small beginning 

 ten years ago," s,iys Mr. Brown, "I grew this 

 season over 1.000 (iilTerent varieties." 



McGregor Bros. Co,, Springfield, 0. — "Mc- 

 Gregor's Year Book." an illustrated 'JO-page 

 (•atalogue of roses, hardy and greenhouse plants, 

 nnrserv stock, seeds and vegetable plants — 

 "something for every garden and everything for 

 some gardens." All four pages of the cover are 

 richlv colored, and form an unusually elaborate 

 representation of roses, clirysanlhemuins, carna- 

 tions and geraniums. 



Beckert's Seed Store, Pittsburgh. I'a .\n at 

 traclivelv and svstematically arranged. ;iccurate, 

 (omi)rehensive <atalogue of seeds, bulbs, vege- 

 table plants and roots, g,irden and lawn imple- 

 ments and miscell.ineous supplies; illustrated. 

 •dghty-eight pages, in a handsome, colored cover 

 of the offset style. In the list ..f lliwcr seeds 

 the character of plants — hardy annual, hardy 

 perennial, half-hardy perennial, etc. is indicated 

 in eadi case by nu'ans of an abbreviation, 



James Vick's Sons, Kochester, N. Y — "Vicks 

 Garden and Floral Guide," an illustrated cata- 

 logue which contains a well-nigh comi)lete list 

 of flower and vegetable seeds, and also offers 

 large assortments of nursery stuck, roses, hardy 

 and indoor plants, tools and sundries; 111' pages, 

 in a handsome cover, all four pages of which 

 are colored. The asters, as is proper for so 

 notable' a sp^'cialtv of the company, occupy a 

 page at the beginning of the book and a 9-page 

 section farther on. 



Knull Floral Co., Tampa, Fla. - An illustrated, 

 well printed catalogue of palms, general nursery 

 stock, flowering and foliage plants, flower seeds 

 .ind bulbs, lawn ami garden requisites, arti- 

 licial palms and boxwood trees; fifty two pages, 

 in a brown cover that is exceptionally strong 

 and durable as well as tasteful. This is a con- 

 vincingly arranged catalogue, especially in the 

 appeal of its landscape department. 



State Nursery & Seed Co., Helena, Mont.-- 

 When two full-fledged businesses, a nursery busi- 

 ness and a seed business, are combined, as In 



THE UNITED BULB GROWERS, he. 



SASSENHEIM, HOLLAND 



Dutch Bulbs 



direct from the actual growers. Farms located at 

 Bennebroek, Heemstede, Hillegom. Lisse, Noordwyk- 

 erhout, Sassenheim, Overveen and Voorhout. 



Before .vou place your next order write for quotations. 



Catalogue and Price Liat now ready 



New York Office 



640 Broadway 



Ask your Seedsman for bulbs from United Bulb Growers, Inc. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Primula Obconica 



Dwarf Habit, light and dark shades of Pink 



Guaranteed fresh seed, select strain 

 Packet of 1500 seeds - - $1.50, cash 



ERNEST OECHSLIN K1ver'*?orest,''ill; 



Mention The Review when you write. 



For Pedigree Strains of 



VEGETABLE, FARM 

 AND FLOWER . . 



Write to 



SEEDS 



WATKINS & SIMPSON, Ltd. 



27-29 Drury Lane LONDON, ENGLAND 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Seeds, Bulbs and Horticulturil 

 Supplies 



BECKERT'S SEED STORE 



101-103 Federal St., PITTSBURGH, PA. 



19^ Iris, Peonies, 



Dahlias, Gladioli 



"Specialiata to the Connoiueur" 



THE WING SEED CO., Mediaaictbarf, Okie 

 Write for wholesale price lists 



