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JANDABY 5, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



351 



Dreer's ^'^Zi.^Z''^ Flower Seeds. 



The following- 1« » shozt list of Flower Seeds which ehould he sown early to mftlce utoe planti far ■prluj' salea. T 

 oomplete Uet aee onr Wholesale Oatalogne for January, copies of which have heen senc to tail florists. 



Afferatnm Blue Perfection— Dark blue trade pkt., 10.16 per oz., S0.60 



Asparaffas Finmosns nanus— True ...per 100 seeds. $1.00; per 1000 seeds, 7.0O 



Bprengeri per 1000 seeds. .75: per fiOOO seeds. 3.00 



Beg-onia Vernon trade pkt., 10.26 



" g-raudlflora " .25 



" Oraollls-Rose " .25 



Browallla Bpeotosa major .50 



Oentaurea Candldisslma per 1000 seeds, .26 per oz., 1.50 



" Oymnocarpa " " .15 " .35 



Cineraria Marltlma candldisslma trade pkt., .10 .20 



acanthlfolia " .20 " .76 



Cyclamen Psrsioum-Vixed .40 " 2.60 



Olganteum— White, Bose, Blood- red or 



White with red eye per 100 seeds, $0.75; per 1000 seeds, 6.00 



Cyclamen Olg'anteum-Mlxed .60; """ 



Heliotrope, Kemolne's Olant— Mixed trade pkt., $0.40 



Xpomoea arandlflora— MooDflower " .16 



XiObella, Crystal Palace Compaota— True .80 



Bp«closa— Dark blue trailing " .15 



aracllis— Light blue trailing " .15 



Vlcotiana SandersB— The new red-floweiing per packet, .17 



Trade pkt. 

 Pansy, Boyal Bzhlbitiou Mixture— The finest money can buy. SO 50 

 Pansy, Psemlnm— Next to our Royal Exhibition the finest mixture .50 

 Pansy, Olant Trlmardeau— A fine mixture large flowers 26 



5.00 



per oz., 2.00 



.50 



1.25 



.50 



.40 



7 packets, 1.00 



Per oz. 



$8.00 



4.00 



1.00 



Petunia, Dreer's Superb Double Printed. per 600 seeds, 75c; 1000 seeds, 1.50 



Trade pkt. Per oz. 



Single " $060 



Phlox Srnmmondi gran dlflora— Mixed 15 $0.40 



" Karge-flowerlng Dwarf— Mixed 20 .76 



" " Nana compaota— Mixed 80 1.50 



Pyrethrnm Aureum— Golden Feather 10 .26 



Salvia Splendens— .Scarlet Sage 25 1.00 



••Bonfire"— Pine compact... 40 2.25 



" " "BarningBush"— Very large flowers 80 1.50 



Smtlax >ilb.,$1.00 .10 .80 



Solannm Capslcastium— Jerusalem Oherry 10 .25 



Stocks, £arge-flowerlng, lO-weeks— In separate colors 40 2.60 



Mixed 30 2.00 



Cnt-and Come-Again— In separate colors 50 



" Mixed 60 260 



Sweet Peas— Fifty of the finest kinds in cultivation. See Wholesale Price List. 



Thunberg-la— Mixed trade pkt.. $0.10 per oz., $0.60 



Verbena, Dreer's Mammoth— White, pink, 



scarlet, purple or striped " .80 " 1.50 



DREER'S DOUBLE FRINGED PETUNIA. 



Verbena. Dreer's Mammoth— Finest mxd 



trade pkt., 25c, oz.,$1.00 



HENRY A. DREER, 7i4 chestnut street. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Reylew when rov write. 



CARNATION 



LIEUT. PEARY-Ward 



New White Seedling Carnation, Delivery 1905 



Pedigree. White seedlins^s for several sfenerations. 



Color. Snow white. 



Fragrance. Very strong: clove, decidedly fresh 

 and pleasing;. 



Size. Larg^e, averagfing; 3 inches in diameter on 

 strong: stiff stems, (8 to 20 inches in leng:th. 



Flower. Full, broad petaled and hig:h center and 

 of a fine symmetrical form. 



Calyx. Long:, strong: and does not burst. Fine 

 keeper and excellent shipper. 



Habit. Strong: and erect. 



Grass. Medium width. 



Constitution. Very vig:orous and free from 

 disease. 

 Cutting:s root rapidly and will be sent out in the 

 most perfect condition. Commences blooming: Oct. 

 J5th and flowers continuot»ly throug:hout the Win- 

 ter, affording: &n abundant crop. A first-class com- 

 mercial variety in every respect. Now booking: 

 orders. Price, $l2^egJOO; $ 10 p er40eO. 



THE KING OP ALL CARNATIONS, 

 THE NEW SCARLET SEEDLING 



ROBERT CRAIG=Ward 



Has been Awarded the following honors 



PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE-— Ameiican Carnation Society 



SPECIAL DIPLOi^A American Institute of New York 



First-class Certificate of Merit Mass. Horticultural Society 



First-class Certificate of Merit Penn. Horticultural Society 



First-class Certificate of Merit New York Florists' Club 



Craig Cup for the best undisseminated seedling Pbiladelphia 



6. Hartman Kuhn Special Prize, 



for best undisseminated seedling Philadelphia 



The largest, strongest stemmed, tnost vigorous, healthiest 

 growmsr, most fragrant and the Best Fancy Commercial 

 SCARLET Carnation produced to date. Ranks with 

 Enchantress and Fiancee, having defeated the latter variety 

 m all competitions at Philadelphia. The 



Ideal Christmas Carnation, an Enormous Bloom. 



Just the color of the Christmas Holly Berry. An easy 

 doer; anybody can grow it. Having already entered orders 

 for 100,000 cuttmgs for delivery season of 1906, we are still 

 bookmg orders subject to buyer's cancellation if dissatisfied 

 with variety at any time up to Dec. i, 1905. 



PRICES— $2.50 per dot.; $12 per 100; $100 per 1000; 2.500 



lots at $95 per JOOOj 



more at $85^r 1000. 



JLflflO-lot* ^Lt49^-peT WOOr t0,O0O lote ^ 

 Send your orders early to 



C. W. Ward, Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, N. Y. 



OBZOZXrATOB. 



ZVCOBFOKATED. 



