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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NOTEHBER 9, 1005. 



Electros! Electros! 



(CUches) 



An Illustrated Album 



contalnlnR a UNIQUE COLLECTION of up-to- 

 date PHOTO ELECTROS of leading varieties of 

 VEGETABLES and FLOWERS, suitable for 

 ILLUSTRATING SEED CATALOGUES, now 

 ready and free on application. 



Also our list of sterlinK NOVELTIES of VEG- 

 ETABLE and FLOW£R SEEDS for 1906. Seed 

 catalogue publisbed in December. 



WATKINS it SIMPSON 



la Tavlatsok Street 

 CoTent Churden, liondon, Eng^land 



Mention The Hertew when you write. 



Wiboltt'sSnowball Cauliflower 



No.34 



No. 34 is the 



best of all 



Snowballs. Demand it 



through your seed firms or 



direct from K. Wiboltt, 



Vikkskov. Denmark 



A strong grower, with fine substantial 

 foliage, stem robust, twenty-five to 

 thirty inches long, bearing a large, 

 bold, cup-shaped flower most beautiful- 

 ly colored with rosy salmon lilac and a 

 distinct green center. 



These two sterling novelties bloom 

 about the middle of May, the stems 

 never break, the flowers keep very long 

 and travel perfectly; adding to these 

 qualities their hardiness, the length of 

 the stem and the exquisite beauty of 

 the flowers, they may be considered as 

 the finest May flowered tulips recently 

 offered and the best for market. 



GRASS SEEDS EXPORTED. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has just issued a pamphlet showing the 

 exports of grass seeds for the past three 

 years. The totals are as follows: 



Seed. 1902. 1003. 1904. 



Clover $ 594.73.3 11,549,687$ 600,626 



Timothy 373,046 853,829 480,946 



Other grass 315,556 581,773 299,649 



Totals $1,283,335 $2,985,289 $1,381,221 



The following are the countries to 

 which the exports went in 1904: 



Clover 

 Country. seed. 



United Kingdom $312,732 



Germany 15S.8&t 



Canada 44,326 



Denmark 31, ISO 



British Australasia . . . 27,129 

 Netherlands 13.235 



i 



Sweden 



Norway 



.Mexico 



I-Yance 



Belgium 



lUly 



RuBsla 



British South Africa.. 



Newfoundland 



Costa Klca 



Argentine 



Other countries 



7,895 

 588 

 2.450 

 2,075 

 1,590 

 433 



Timothy 



seed. 



$ 73,748 



aS7,562 



169,429 



21,240 



110 



5,765 



12,086 



60O 



Other 



grasses. 



$ 69,861 



96,099 



20,708 



36,565 



5,472 



36,284 



2,450 



7,565 

 18.912 



'3.645 



'884 



139 



2.915 



7,433 



26,946 



1,094 



351 



2.471 



Totals $600,626 ^80,946 $299,640 



ADVERTISING EXPERIENCE. 



Henry Field, Shenandoah, la., last 

 spring advertised seed corn in a list of 

 agricultural papers in the middle west. 

 He kept a careful record of returns 

 from which he figures that his total ex- 

 penditure was $1,828.15, the total num- 

 ber of inquiries 12,915, the total number 

 of orders 3,741 and the total amount of 

 sales $15,221.67. The average cost of 

 inquiries was 14 cents and the averag3 

 cost of orders, expense of follow-up 

 added, 83 cents, average amount of or- 

 ders $4.06. The advertising expendi- 



SPKCIAL OFFBR 



FROM COLD STORAGE 



High-firade Christmas Forcing 

 LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



$L50 per 100; $13.00 per 1000; 2000, $25.00. 



Writs fw 

 qattatitn m 



Paper White Narcissus and Musiiroom Spawn 



JOHNSON du STOKES^, 

 217-219 Market St. PhiladelpMa 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



BRUNS' 



Halley 



FINEST PIPS FROM 

 COLD STORAGE. 



$1.50 per 100; $14.00 per 1000 



Bvery case raaranteed. 



Headquarters for 



FancyCutVaHey 

 H. N. BRUNS, 



1409.1411 W. Madison Street, 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



BABY 



PRIMROSES 



XXX strong and fine, 2-Inch, in bud and bloom, 



52.00 per 100. 



XXX SEEDS 



CHINESE PRIMROSE 



Finest grown, mixed, 500 seeds, $1.00; X pkt., 50c. 



'vSIAlM I PANSY flowering varfe- 

 ties, critically selected, GOOO seeds, $1.00; half pkt., 

 50c. 500 seeds of Giant Mm*. Ferret pansy 

 seed added to every $1.00 pkt. of Giant Pansy. 



CINERARIA ffi^lL-^^^-^S"^: 



f^Vr^l aiUirM 'E*T 8IIITI, mxd., 200 



^*y^ ^M IVI b 1^ seeds, $1.00; K pkt., 50c. 

 Casta. Liberal extra count of seeds in all packets. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shiremanstowo, Pa. 



THK HOME OF PBIMBOSKg. 



ture was twenty per cent of the total 

 sales. As a two-inch space was used in 

 each paper, and the same copy, the test 

 was a fair one to those papers which 

 circulate in Mr. Field's territory; those 

 which circulate largely outside of the 

 corn belt, and charge in proportion, suf- 

 fered in the table of results. First place 

 for lowest percentage of cost to amount 

 of sales, 15.1 per cent, is given to the 

 Kansas Farmer, ons of the cheapest pa- 

 pers on the list, and second place, . with 



16.1 per cent, is given to the highest 

 priced paper, the Breeders' Gazette. Mr. 

 Field's copy was prepared and the busi- 

 ness placed by White's Class Advertising 

 Co. 



All the Holland Bulbs 



LILIUM HARRISII, 



Lilium Longiflorum, 

 ROMAN HYACINTHS. 



Spiraea Jap. Compacta Multiflora, 



Spiraea Jap. Astilboides Floribunda, 



SPIRAEA HYBRIDA GUDSTONE. 

 CYCLAMEN PERSICIM GIGANTEUM 



and all seeds for florists. 

 CTCAS REVOLUTA. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



*6 CwtlMM St. KBW TOBK. 



Mention The Rfvlew when yon write. 



CONCERNING 



GLADIOLUS 

 AMERICA 



Color, beautiful flesh pink. 



Awarded certificate of merit by Society 

 American Florists at Washingtotit D. C^ 

 Aug., 1905. 



By Mass. Hort Society at Boston, 

 Mass., Aug., 1905. 



By Amerilbm Institute at N. Y. City, 

 Sept., 1905. 



Used for decorating yacht ''Mayflower" 

 when Pres. Roosevelt received the peace 

 envoys. The finest and most useful sort 

 ever offered, either for forcing or outdoor 

 planting $15iX) per 100; $100.00 per 

 1000. Trade list of sunmier flowering 

 btxlbs free. 



John Lewis ChlldS, Floral Park, N. Y, 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Crop 1905. RAWSON'S ROYAL STRAIN 

 CTCLAMEN is ready for deliTery. 



This strain has no equal or better. 

 Perfect flowers of ^lant type are 

 • borne on long, erect stems In such 

 profusion that they almost hide the 

 foUag'e and pot. We can offer the 

 following- colors: Pur© White, Deep 

 Red, Delicate Pink, Christmas Red, 

 White with Claret Base, Mauve, Salmon, Pink and 

 a mixture of unsurpassable variety at 11.00 per 

 100 seeds; tS.OO per 1000 seeds. 



W. W. RAWSON A CO., Seedsmen, 



12 and 18 Fsneail Hsil Sqnsre, • BOSTON 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Always meiition the Florlats' Baview 

 wlien writing advertiseri. 



