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The Florists' Review 



Febbdabx 4, 1015. 



Carm seeds aod some special Tarieties of fruit 

 are most prominent, 



Dingee & Conaxd Co., West Grove, Pa. — "Tlie 

 Dingee Guide to Rose Culture," prepared in this 

 firm's usual tiigli-class style and comprising a 69- 

 Sage rose list, followed by seventeen pages or 

 more of plants, bulbs, shrubs, vines and seeds. 

 Tbe illustrations are excellent and some of them 

 are beautifully colored. Tlie index of roses Is a 

 valuable feature. A page is devoted to a presen- 

 tation of the advantages of own-root roses for 

 garden use. 



O. B. Gates, Mentor, O. — A special wholesale 

 list of gladioli, offering a selected assortment 

 of eighteen varieties, with prices by the hundred 

 and thousand. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.— "The Glory of 

 the Garden," a 16-page gladiolus catalogue, espe- 

 cially well printed and Illustrated. The Intro- 

 ductory pages contain an article on "How to 

 Grow and Care for the Gladiolus." Among tlie 

 Illustrations are colored pictures of such varieties 

 as Peace, Faust, War, Dawn and miscellaneous 

 sorts. The alphabetical list is followed by 

 ipore than a dozen groups or collections of "what 

 is most typical and best of the various classes 

 of gladioli." 



A, N. Fierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. — Two 

 catalogues, wholesale and general, both accu- 

 rately compiled, well printed on good paper and 

 bound in plain but tasteful covers. The stoclc 

 listed consists of roses, carnations, chrysanthe- 

 mums, orchids, ferns, palms and other ornamen- 

 tals, greenhouse and bedding plants, perennials, 

 vines, shrubs, evergreens and sundries. The gen- 

 eral catalogue contains seventy-sir pages, with 

 clear descriptions and an abundance of good il- 

 lustrations; the wholesale list is condensed to 

 thirty-six pages. 



W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 111. — General cata- 

 logue of seeds, bulbs, roots, plants, trees, shrubs, 

 lawn and garden requisites. By means of the 

 email but clear type and the careful adjustment 

 of text and Illustrations, a surprising amount of 

 matter Is packed into this 96-page bool£ without 

 giving it an unduly crowded appearance. The 

 nursery department comprises fruits as well as 

 ornamental stock. 



Meyer-Stiuer Co., Baltimore, Md. — Fifth an- 

 nual edition of "Garden Book," containing lists 

 of seeds, bulbs, flower and vegetable plants, fnilt 

 trees and other nursery stock, fertilizers, tools 

 and sundries; sixty-four pages and colored cover. 

 Among the valuable features of the book are the 

 planting calendar and tbe spraying table. 



B. E. & J. T. Cokely, Scranton, Pa. — "S'eeds 

 for Farm and Garden," a neat, accurate, illus- 

 trated trade catalogue of vegetable, farm and 

 flower seeds, Insecticides, fertilizers. Implements 

 and other requisites; thirty-two pages and cover. 

 Among the specialties arc mixtures of lawn grass 

 seed in bulk. 



Willamette Dahlia & Floral Co., Portland, Ore. 

 — A 32-page catalogue of dahlias, cannas, gladioli, 

 phloxes, begonias, l)edding plants and perennials: 

 Includes two new dahlias of the firm's own origi- 

 nation. 



Bou Bros.' Seed House, Wichita, Kan. — A 

 112-page, illustrated catalogue of "Acorn Brand" 

 seeds, with lists, also, of bulbs, flower and vege- 

 table plants, garden implements, raflia and reeds, 

 poultry supplies, spraying chemicals, etc. Con- 

 tains a planting calendar for the latitude of 

 Wichita. 



Mount Holly, N. J.— John E. Elbert- 

 son has purchased a building lot on 

 Broad street. 



XXX SEEDS 



Alyssuni Snowball, finest dwarf, very com- 

 pact, fine for pots, only true dwarf, pkt., 20c. 



Cliin*s« Prlmres*. finest grown, single and 

 double, mixed, 660 seeds. $1.00; ^ pkt., 60c. 



dirlstmas P«pp«rs, very fine, deep red, 20c. 



Cineraria, large flowering, dwarf, mixed, fine. 

 1000 seeds, 50c: ^ pkt., 26c. 



Cobaaa Scandans, purple, pkt., 20c. 



Colaua, new giants, finest large leaved, 20c. 



Candytuft, new white giant, gratd, pkt.. 20c. 



Columblna, new fancy varieties, mixed. 20c. 



Cyclaman Qlcantaum, finest Giants mixed, 

 250 seeds, $1.00; ^ pkt.. 60c. 



larusalam Charry Malvlnll. conical; Han- 

 daraonll. dwarf, and Fra Olavolo, each 20c. 



Loballa. Blue Ball, new dwarf, dark blue with- 

 out eye; finest of all Lobelias, pkt.. 20c. 



Mlsnonatta. true new Machat, very sweet. 20c. 



Panay, Qianta mixad, finest grown, critically 

 selected. 6000 seeds, $1.00; •« pkt., 60c;;oz., $3.00. 



Patunia N«w Star, fines i marked. 20c. 



Patunia Naw Callffamla Qianta, mixed, 20c. 



Phlox Drum., new dwarf, large flowering, 

 grand, finest colors and beauties. 20c. 



Poppy, Oriental (Tolossus, 10-inch, grand, 20c. 



IMclnua Paneramltanua, new. finest giant 

 bronze leaved plant grown, gorgeous, 20c. ^ 



Salvia Bonffira, very best scarlet grown, 20c. 



Swaat Wllllama. new giant fancy mixed, 20c. 



Thunbarcia, Black Eyed Susan, mix., pkt., 20c. 



Torania, new giant, extra fine and showy, 20c. 



Varbona, new giants, finest grown, mixed or 

 separate colors, in pink, purple, scarlet, 

 white and wnite-eyed, each per pkt., 20c. 

 ~ ' Liberal pkts. Six 20c pkts., 11.00. 



JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



New Crop Flower Seeds 



JUST ARRIVED 



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WORTH-WHILE" QUALITY 



Special 10^ discount on flowor aoeds for cash with ordor. 



Trade 

 Packet. Ounce. 



Ageratum Imperial, Dwarf Blue $ .15 



Ageratum Imperial, Dwarf White 15 



Ageratum Little Blue Star 25 



Alyssum Maritimum, Sweet 10 



Alyssum True Little Gem 10 



100 

 Seeds. 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus $ .50 



Aster Queen of Market, White, Pink, Lavender, Crimson, Light 

 Blue, Dark Blue, Purple. Packet, 15c; one-quarter ounce, 



30c; ounce 



Aster, Vick's Branching, True, White, Pink, Crimson, Laven- 

 der, Dark Blue, Light Blue, Purple. Packet, 25c; one- 

 quarter ounce, 50c; ounce 



Packet. 



Begonia Vernon $ .15 



Bellis Perennis, Longfellow, Pink .20 



Bellis Perennis, Snowball, White 20 



Centaurea Gymnocarpa 10 



Centaurea Candidissima (scarce) .50 



Cobsea Scandens, Purple 15 



Forget-Me-Not Alpestris, Blue 15 



Forget-Me-Not Dissitiflora, Blue 25 



Heliotrope Mammoth Flowered 25 



Ipomoea Grandiflora Alba 15 



Lobelia Crystal Palace Compacta 15 



Lobelia Speciosa, Blue 10 



Pansy, Winterson 's Combination Mixture 50 



Pansy, Winterson 's Premium Mixture 25 



And all other separate named varieties at 25c per trade packet. 

 Petunia, Giants of California, True 25 



$ .40 

 .40 



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.25 



.60 



250 



Seeds. 



$1.00 



1.00 



1.50 

 Ounce. 



.40 



.50 

 .90 



.40 

 1.25 



.60 

 5.00 

 3.00 



500 

 Seeds. 



$ .75 

 Ounce. 



Petunia, Winterson 's Superb Double 



Packet 



Petunia, Winterson 's Superb Fringed $ .25 



Bicinus Zanzibariensis, Mixed 10 



Salvia Splendens 20 



Salvia Bonfire • • . . . .25 



Salvia Zurich 50 



Verbena, Mammoth Mixed 15 



Verbena, Defiance, Scarlet 20 



Verbena, White 15 



Verbena, Blue 15 



Vinca in Separate Colors 15 



Othor varlotios arriving daiiy. 



Wo can taico caro of your ontiro wants In special florists' strains 



of FLOWER SEEDS 



.20 

 1.25 

 2.00 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 1.25 

 1.00 

 1.00 



.60 



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WORTH-WHILE" QUALITY 



Late Dug Llllum GIganteum Bulbs 



7 to 9-inch per 100, $ 6.50: per case of 300. $15.00; per 1000, $50.00 



8 to 9 inch perlOO, 10.00; per case of 225, 19 75; per 1000, 87.60 



MONKY MAKERS FOR EVERY GROWER. 



FANCY-LEAVED CALADIUMS-ln Ton Named VarUtlos 



Per dozen $2.00 Per 100 $15.00 



A CAR OF CANNAS READY 



WINTERSON'S SEED STORE 



166 NORTH WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



Spring Bedding Plants 



USE FRANZEN'8 SEED 



SEND FOR PRICE LIST 

 r. 0. IMNZDI, SSli Nt. CM St, cmcAto 



Johnson Seed Co. 



CHOICE riOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS 

 for Florists lad Market Gardeiers 



217 Market St, PHUADELPHIA, PA. 



