Januabx 26, 1922 



The Rorists' Review 



127 



Dreer's Special Strains of 



FLORISTS' FLOWER SEEDS 



We specialize in extra high-grade Flower Seeds for 

 Florists' use. We offer below a few leading items, 

 but send for our Wholesale Price List, which offers 

 a complete list of everything worth while in Seeds, 

 Plants and Bulbs. 



Dreer't Mammoth Verbena 



Trade 

 Pkt. 



Per 

 Oz. 



Petunia Superb Double Fringed. Our own un- 

 rivaled strain. Mixed colors, 75 cts. per 500 

 seeds, $l.riO> per 1000 see<ls. 



I'etunia Superb Single JVlnged. Saved from the 

 finest larse fringed flowers. Mixed colors. 

 Our stock this season is of extra fine quality, 

 50 cts. per trade packet; 1/10 oz., $1.50. 



I'etunia Howard'ft Star. A very useful striped 



variety $0.40 $3.00 



I'etunia KoHy Morn. The most popular of all 



for beddinK. fillinK boxes, vases, etc 30 2.60 



I'etunian. For complete list of varieties see 

 catalogue. 



Saiviu SplendenH America. This is the earliest, 

 freest and longest bloomer of all. Plants not 

 over 18 inches high and of remarkably even 

 growth .50 4.00 



Trade 

 Pkt. 

 Agreratum Blue Perfection. Best dark blue 



bedder $0.13 



AlysHum Little Gem (Carpet of Snow). Very 



dwarf, the best for pots. Extra select stock .13 

 Antirrhinumg. See catalogue for list of varieties. 

 Asters. We offer only the best kinds and in stock 



of choicest quality. See catalogue. 

 Calendula Orange King. An extra selected strain 



with very large double flowers averaging 



over 3 Inches across, of bright orange-red, 



the finest of all 



Calendula Golden King-. A splendid golden yellow 



of good size with long stem.s, fine for cutting 

 Candytuft Giant Hyacinth-flowered or Improved 



Kmpress. A very select strain of this grand 



large flowering white 15 



Centaurea Candidissima. White leaved, 1000 



seeds, 40 cts 



Centaurea Gymnocarpa. White leaved, 1000 seeds, 



15 cts 



Cobaea Scandens, purple 10 



Uidlscus Coeruleus. A very pretty annual with 



lavender-blue, lace-llke flowers, quite popular 



for cutting 30 



I>racaena Indivisa. The ijopular center plant lor 



vases, etc., long narrow graceful foliage 10 



Heliotrope Lemoine's Giant. Very large heads 



of bloom 



Lobelia Crystal Palace Compacta. Best dwarf, 



dark blue, dark foliage 40 



Solanum Capsicastnim Fra Diavolo (Jerusalem 



Cherry). A new variety of dwarf, compact 



growth, with smaller foliage and fruit than 



the type 20 



Sweet Peati, Orchid-flowered. We offer only the 



best sorts. See catalogue for varieties and 



prices. 

 Verbena Mammoth, 

 Verbena Mammoth. 

 Verbena Mammoth. 

 Verbena Mammoth. 

 Verbena Mammoth. 

 Verbena Mammoth. 

 Vlnca Rosea. Rose, 

 Vinca Kosea. Alba, 

 Vinoa Rosea. 

 Vinca Rosea. 



Per 

 .Oz. 



$0.60 



.50 



.20 



.40 



2.00 



.50 

 .30 



1.30 

 .30 



40 2.00 



1.00 



.60 



Pink shades 



Blue shades 



Purple shades .... 



Scarlet shades . . , 



Pure White 



Finest Mixed, all 



with darker eye 



white, with rose eye 



Alba Pura, pure white 25 



Mixed, all colors 20 



colors. . 



.30 

 .30 

 .30 

 .30 

 .30 

 .25 

 .25 

 .25 



ZINNIAS. Now very popular. See catalogue. 



1.50 

 1.50 

 1.50 

 1.50 

 1.50 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 .75 



HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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 New York Office: 470 GREENWICH ST. 



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Box 5(3, San Jose. Calif- 



Horticultural Society Elects. 



The Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its annual election meeting 

 Wednesday evening, January 18, in the 

 lecture room of the Providence public 

 library. Officers were elected as follows: 

 I'resident, Professor John E. Hill, of 

 Brown University; first vice-president. 

 Willis S. Pino, Providence; second vice- 

 president, Page F. Potter, of the Co- 

 lonial Flower Shoppe; secretary, E. K. 

 Thomas, Kingston; treasurer, Isaac F. 

 rhase. Providence. The trustee for five 

 years is Benjamin A. Jackson, Provi- 

 dence. The exhibition committee con- 

 sists of Cornelius Hartstraw, Andrew W. 

 Sellew and Alexander Macrae, Provi- 

 dence; Stuart Pratt, of Longmeadow, 

 and John Marshall, of Bast Providence. 

 The lecture committee consists of John 

 S. Doig, of Barrington, and Thomas 

 Brook, of Greystone. The auditors are 

 Thomas Hope, of Providence, and Wil- 

 liam Steele, of Warwick. The necrolo- 



WATKINS & SIMPSON, ud. 



have mailed their new illustrated catalogue of Vegetable and 



Flower Seeds to all their customers in the United States. 



Should any of them not receive a copy, they are requested to 



kindly notify the fact to 



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BULBS 



Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissi, Etc. 



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J. C. Roozen-Harerkanp, OTenreen, Halland 



gist is Joseph E. C. Farnham, of Provi- 

 dence. The botanist is Professor J. 

 Franklin Collins, of Brown University, 

 and the entomologist is A. E. Stene, of 

 Kingston. 



Following the business session a reso- 

 lution was adopted by the society that 

 legislation be asked from the general 

 assembly to protect the wild flowers of 

 the state. 



An illustrated lecture on the subject 



Alkemade & Son 



Wholesale Balb Growers 



Noordwyky Holland 



of "Government Tree Surgery Experi- 

 ments with Special Reference to Repair- 

 ing Injuries Caused by Ice Storms" was 

 given by Professor J. F. Collins, of the 

 United States Forestry Service. 



Various Notes. 



Edward Brooke, of T. J. Johnston & 

 Co., was a business visitor in Boston last 

 week. 



Peter S. Byrnes, of the Homogansett 



