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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apbil 5, 1906. 



of this erecta compacta type we have 

 also much improved the colors, and in- 

 troduced a rich, deep orange scarlet 

 which we called erecta compacta Man- 

 darin, and also a rose-colored one which 

 we called Eose Queen, some five or six 

 years ago. Then out of this Rose Queen, 

 the year before last we introduced one 

 which we called erecta compacta Intus 

 Rosea, which is. not only of a richer rose 

 color, but has the color inside the flower 

 as Avell as outside, and strange to say 

 this last season this same novelty has 

 been introduced both by Messrs. W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co., of Philadelphia, 

 under the name of Burbank's Crimson 

 Flowering, and by Messrs. Carter & Co., 

 of London, under the name of Carmine 

 King. 



We have not been able to compare 

 thorn yet, but we think there can be no 

 doubt about it, as nature has only one 

 way of reproducing itself in a particular 

 class of flower, and this novelty of hav- 

 ing the color as deep, or nearly as deep, 

 on the inside as on the outside was 

 noticed by us a year before the other 

 two firms announced it. We thought it 

 might interest you to know this, and if 

 you have the means of trying these two 

 varieties, we should like you to test them, 

 or send them to some one to test. We 

 are therefore enclosing a packet of our 

 Intus Rosea and two sealed packets of 

 Carter's Carmine King, which we have 

 secured for the purpose, and if you are 

 interested, perhaps you will kindly get 

 a packet of Burbank's Crimson Flower- 

 ing from Messrs. Burpee & Co. 



London. Watkins & Simpson. 



MR. MAULE ON ADVERTISING. 



Wm. Henry Maule, of Philadelphia, 

 contributes the following to White's 

 Class Advertising: 



From my own experience, and the experience 

 of others In my line of business, I can say that 

 the better papers of the agricultural press are 

 making better returns than ever before In their 

 history. In fact, most of the seedsmen and 

 other large advertisers with whom I am af- 

 qualnted, tell me that the agricultural press is 

 producing for them the best returns of any class 

 publications. 



A number of us the last three or four years 

 switched a considerable amount of our appropria- 

 tion to the mail order Journals; but I find this 

 year the money is being spent in the strictly 

 agricultural papers, for the reason that while 

 the mail order Journals produce an immense 

 amount of Inquiries for catalogues, they do not 

 produce anything like the proportion of sales 

 they should. On comparison, a thousand In- 

 quiries from the strictly mail order Journals has 

 resulted in less than fifty orders, large and 

 small, whereas the same number of inquiries 

 from the better class of agricultural publications 

 has produced in some cases a customer for every 

 three queries. This speaks for Itself. 



If you have n cut rate offer to make, and are 

 anxious to sell your seeds or other goods at half 

 price, possibly the mail order Journals are the 



Asters • • 



VICK'S VIOLET KING 



26c per pkt., 2 pkts. for 40c. 

 This is the Aster of the season. 



VICK*S BRANCHING 



In separate colors. % oz.. 20c; 

 Ji oz., 36c: % oz., 65c; oz.. $1.25. 



VICK'S DAYBREAK 



14 oz., 80c; 1 oz.. $1.50. 



VICK'S MIKADO 



25c per pkt, 2 pkts. for 40c. 



VICK'S LAVENDER GEM 



14 oz., $1.00. 

 Send for fully descriptive and priced circular; 

 also our pamphlet on "How to Grow Asters"— 

 mailed free with every order. 



JANES VICK'S SONS 



Rochester, N. Y. 



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&ed Sago Palm Stems 



(CYCAS REVOLUTA) 



TBUK L0NG-;LKAVKD VARIKTT— Splendid, 

 shapely steins. Tanking in weight to suit the most par- 

 ticular buyer. We offer as foUowe: 5 lbs. at 12c per lb 

 10 lbs. at 10c per lb. 25 lbs. at 8e per lb 



100 lbs. at 7}^c per lb. 300 lb. (case) at 7c per lb 



Double Sweet Scented 



Chinese Peonies 



Bxceptionally Fine Roots with 2 to 7 Kyes 



Double white $1.50 per doz.; $8.00 per 100 



Double red 1.26 per doz. ; 7.50 per 100 



Double dark red. . 1.25 per doz.; 7.00 per 100 



JOHNSON &STOKES 



817-219 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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... PRIZE ... 



PRIMULA SEEDS 



Sow early, will make splendid plants in 

 bloom, for early fall sales. 



14 Tr. Tr. 



Frimnla Sinensis— pkt. pkt. 



Pure white lO.GO 11.00 



Brilliant Red 60 1.00 



Holborn Blue 60 1.00 



Crimson 60 1.00 



Pink or Rosea 60 1.00 



MIchell's Buropean Mixture— 

 This Is a splendid mixture 

 of the finest separate col- 

 ors 60 1.00 



Primola obconica— 



Red 40 



Rosea or Pink 30 



Pure White 30 



Hybrida, mixed colors 30 



Flmbrlata, mixed, choice colors .60 



For complete list of seasonable SEEDS 

 and SUPPLIES see our Wholesale List- 

 Mailed Free to all Florists. 



HENRY F. MIC BELL CO., 



ISiZi^f mZV Philadelphia, Pa. 



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XXX STOCK 



strong and Fine— Ready for 3-lnch pots. 



Verbenas. Best California Oiants, t2.00 per 100. 

 Petunia. New Star, finest selected, $2.00 per 100. 

 Phlox Drummondll. Compact Dwarf, grand 



for pots, finest colors, sui)erb, $2.00 per 100. 

 PelarKonlums. Fancy mixed, 3- In., 16.00 per 100. 



XXX SEEDS 



Cineraria. Finest large flowering dwarf, 1000 

 seeds, 50c. 



Chinese Primrose. Finest large-flowering 

 fringed varieties, mixed; single and double, 

 600 seeds, tl.OO; half pkt., 60c. 



Pansy, Finest Oiants. The best large-flower- 

 ing varieties, critically selected; mixed, 6000 

 seeds, 11.00; half pkt.. 60c. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



THE HOME OF PRIMROSES. 



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I Knot satisfied with 

 * your cuts, write us. 

 We make the cuts for 

 the Review and many 



SLED 



CATALOGIES 



All processes. Photos 

 retouched or redrawn 

 in wash: wash draw- 

 ings made where 

 photos are not available. Quick work if 

 necessary. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



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 341-349 CURK ST., CHICAGO 



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HFor Easter 



DOUBLE FLOWERING CHERRY 



In dwarf form, pot-grown, each, 75c., 

 12, $7.50. 



WISTARIA, Pot-grown Dwarf, 



Will bear ten to twenty racemes of 

 flowers. Blue and white, each, 75c., 

 12, $7.50. 



100 1000 



Asp ar agus Plumosus $0.50 $3.00 



Greenhouse-grown. 



D.H.Berger&Co. 



4 7 Barclay Street, 

 NEW YORK. 



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Now is Time to Sow 



the New HyMzeil Giant-flowered 



Okooica Primroses 



1000 seeds Tr. pkt. 

 Very distinct in its colors as 

 Carmine, Pink, Purple, Violet 



and Pure White, each color$1.00 $0.50 

 The above Hybrids, fine 



mixed 1.00 .50 



Compacta, a flne potter 1.00 .50 



Triumph, new .50 



Buttercups, Primrose Grandi- 



flora 1.00 .50 



Cowslips, large flowered Oz. 



upright Hybrids $2.50 .50 



Giant Marguerite Carnation 



mixed 1.50 .25 



Hardy Garden Carnation, the 



finest mixture in existence.. 2.50 .50 



O. V. ZSNGEN 



Seedsman Hoboken, N. J. 



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Wm. P. Craig 



IMPORTER— EXPOETEE 



Plants, Bulbs and Seeds 



1806 Filbert St. 



Correspondence 



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Philadelphia 



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 when writiner advertisers. 



