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*rhc Weekly Florists* Review. 



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DREER'S RELIABLE f LOWER SEEDS 



ASTERS 



We offer below a few of the leading types, 

 our stocks of which have been saved from 

 selected strains ami are sure to give satis- 

 faction. 



DREER'S SUPERB LATE BRANCHING. 



The finest of all late flowering sorts, comes in late in August and September, 



flowers of largest size on very long stems. ^ 



Trade pkt. Oz. I Trade pkt. 0«. 



White 9M It.pO I Lavender $.26 $1.00 



Shell-pink .28 100 Purple 25 1.00 



Rose-pink 25 1.00 | Crimson 25 1.00 



Finest Mixed Oolors 26 .76 



QUEEN OF THE MARKET. 



A splendid tort, flowering in July, large fliowers, long stems 

 Trade pkt 



White $.20 



Lavender 20 



Pink 20 



Oz. 



$ .60 



.60 



.60 



Trade pkt. 



Purple $.20 



Crimson 20 



Finest Mixed 15 



COMET. 



A mid-season variety, flowering in August, loosely formed artistic flowers. 



stems. 



Trade pkt. Oz. 



Carmine $.80 $1,50 



Darkblue 80 1.60 



Llghtblue 80 1.60 



Peach-pink 80 1.50 



PEONY PERFECTION. 



A flne mid-season sort, large incurved flowers on good, lonir stems. 



Trade pkt. 



Deep rose $.80 



Giant white 30 



The Bride, rose and 



white 80 



FlnestMlxed 80 



Trade pkt. Oz. 



Crimson $.80 $1.60 



Llghtblue 30 1.60 



Brilliant rose 30 1.50 



Trade pkt. 



Purple $.30 



Brlghtplnk 30 



Pure white 80 



Oz. 



$ .60 



.60 



.50 



long 

 Oz. 



$1.60 

 1.26 



1.50 

 125 



Oz. 

 $1.50 

 1.50 

 1.60 

 1.25 



QUARTETTE OF AMERICAN ASTERS. 



Trade pkt. 



Daybreak, double Daybreak-pink, flne $.40 



Purity, veiy double pure white 40 



Snowdrift, very early Ooraet type, white 60 



Lavender Qem, beautiful shade 60 



Oz. 

 $2.60 

 2.50 

 800 

 3.00 



Finest Mixed Colors 25 



VICTORIA. 



A grand August flowering Aster, very double flowers, flne for making up. 



Trade pkt. Oz. 



Peach blossom pink. ... $.80 $1.75 



Darkscarlet 80 1.76 



Llghtblue 80 1.76 



Trade pkt. 



Purple $.80 



Pure white 80 



Rose tinted white 80 



Finest Mixed Colors 30 



Oz. 

 $1.76 

 1.76 

 1.75 

 1.50 



Tor other Aat«rM, Patoaias. Salvias, Bwaet Pmui, Varbanaa, ate, aee Wholaaal* Frio* Ust. 



HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Berlew wbpn yon write. 



Carlson Improved 



ASTER SEED 



Pure Strain. 5*5?.?°*?.®'* *■ i*»* ***^? ^'*f' ***.^ 



- Cut Stock. No disease. N"o yellows. 



EARLY WHITE Trad* pkt, 25c; % ounce., 50c; ounce., $1,50 



LATE WHITE " 25c " 50c J.50 



SHELL PINK " 25c " 50c " 1.50 



LAVENDER " 25c " 50c " J.50 



/ Order early to insure ^ etting^ all colors. 



E.m-Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



Mpntloii Tlip Kevlpw when you write. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMCmCAN SCEO TRAOC ASSOCUTKW. 



Pres.. C. N. Paire, Des Moines, la ; First Vlce- 

 Proe., L. L. May, St. Paul: Secy and Treas.. C. E. 

 Kendel, Cleveland. The 23rd annual meeting 

 will be held on the St. LAwreace, June, 1906. 



Red onion sets seem to be scarce; yel- 

 lows and whites are stiflfening in sym- 

 pathy. 



Wm. F. Nichol has been elected pres- 

 ident and manager of the St. Louis 

 Seed Co., St. Louis, and John A. Bau 

 has been admitted to the firm. 



Reports for the week show that mod- 

 erate temperature was the only thing 

 that was needed to bring in the orders. 

 The strenuous time for the mail order 

 seedsman is at hand. 



Aster Seed 



SEMPLE'S SHELL-PINK and WHITE 



Tilts* are the most btautlfal Asters 

 grown. Oi. 40c; lb fSOO. 



A. W. SAMPSON, PENN YAN, N. Y. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Telephone and ii few other main 

 crop wrinkled sorts are the only kinds 

 of peas having life in thom. 



It was thought that wax beans would 

 be offered more plentifully after a lit- 

 tle time, but as yet they are as scarce 

 as ever. 



Commenting on the entrance of the 

 general mail order houses into the mail 

 order seed trade, a leading wholesale 

 seedsman states that he was a year or 

 two ago deterred from a seriously con- 



Two Grand 

 Ne w Asters 



Benthe/s White 

 Beathey's Pink 



The Seed of the Two Varieties 

 ia ready for distribution now. 



PRICE LIST 



TBADB FAOKAOB fl OO 



]4 OWOB. Wlilte or Pink 8 SO 



}iovm<m, " " 4ao 



1 ovnam, •• •• s oo 



For farther Information write 



The Benthey-Coatsworth Co. 



36 Randolph St., Chicago. 



>fpntlnn Thp Reyjpw when yog write. 



Quality not Quantity 



THE ASTER 

 KATE LOCK 



Has Been Grown 48 in. H[gh. 



Finest aster in existence. Blooms 5 to 6 inchea 

 in diameter, full centers, stems 36 to 48 incbes. 

 Sbown at largest exhibitions in Canada and 

 taken everything before it. Has never been 

 beat. Colors:— White. Daybreak and mixed. 

 $2.00 per 1000 seeds. No agents. Not less than 

 1000 seeds sold. Do not send cbecks. 

 Orl^- I U I no If 41 Manohester Ave. 



nator, Ji ni LUuKf TOBOVTO, OVT. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



