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The Weekly Florists^ Kevicw* 



OCTOBEB 4, 1906. 



MY GIANT CYCUMtN 



Are Ahead In Growth tad Flowera 



Bloodred, Carmine, Pink, Pure 

 White, White with Carmine Eye. 



Each color separate, tr. pkt., 11.00; 

 1000 seedB, t6 00. An even mixture of 

 the above 5 colors, ir. pkt.. 76c; 1000 

 seeds, 15.00. 



For larger qaantltiea, apeelal aootatlona. 



0.V.ZAN6EN,SMd.n....H0B0KEN,N.J. 



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Cineraria 



Large-flowering prize, splendid mixed, t. p., 60c. 

 Large-flowering;, semi-dwarf prize, splendid 



mixed, t. p., 60c. 

 FAN8T, superb mixed, oz., 94.50; }^-oz., $1.16; 



J'g-oz., 60c. 



. W. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY, PA. 



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Comet Tomato 



Tbose who force tomatoes should give 

 "Comet" a trial. This variety has been the talk 

 of gardeners around Boston the past season. 

 Those who have seen it growing declare there's 

 nothing to compare with it. Seed, $6.00 per os. 



WILLIAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. 



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seed-bed stage, but a very weak but fre- 

 quent dressing of Paris green was an 

 effectual remedy. Altliough this dressing 

 is so simple and easy of application, it 

 is seldom used among English seedsmen, 

 the method being hardly known. As a 

 rule swede and turnip growers suffer in 

 silence, preferring to sow another batch 

 and trust to circumstances to carry it 

 through the seed-bed stage. 



A decided shortage of asters is re- 

 ported in almost all varieties and Ger- 

 man growers expect to ask a high figure 

 again this j'ear. Italian crops are re- 

 ported as being good; in fact, much 

 better than usual, and it is a significant 

 fact that my latest reports to hand this 

 morning speak of some heavy recent pur- 

 chases and inquiries in Italy from Ger- 

 many, in addition to some quantities al- 

 ready growing on contract for growers 

 and exporters in that country. 



Further confirmation is continually 

 coming to hand of the already reported 

 shortage in many seed crops. There is 

 no mistaking the fact that radish seed 

 will be radish seed during the coming 

 season, and the like remark may cer- 

 tainly apply to onion and cauliflower 

 and also in a lesser degree to spinach, 

 leek, beet, and mangel. J. B. 



SEARS-ROEBUCK TO RETIRE. 



Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, the 

 first of the great general mail order 

 houses to enter the catalogue seed trade, 

 also will be first to retire. 



It having been rumored in the trade 

 that the firm would withdraw, the Re- 

 view sought authoritative information. 

 J. Rosenwald, vice-president of the cor- 

 poration, supplied it October 2, as fol- 

 lows : 



"Due to certain circumstances attend- 

 ing the development of our business, we 

 are contemplating retiring from the 

 seed trade temporarily," with the ac- 

 cent on the temporarily. "It is a mat- 

 ter of small moment to the seed trade, 

 for we had not got far enough into the 

 business to have any wide effect. Our 

 contracts for 1907 stock are not large 

 and are widely spread." 



JOHNSON'S V%..|I^c5 ORDER 

 HIGH-GLASS DU1IJ9 NOW 



FROM THE WORLD'S FAMOUS OROWlRS 



per 100 perlOOO 

 Paper White Narclaana, (True Grandiflora)13 cm. 



andover $1.00 $8.50 



White Roman Hyacinths, (French-Grown), 12 



tolSctm 8.50 83.0O 



Selected Ontch Hyacinths— 



Single, separate colors, fine bulbs S.40 Zft.OO 



Doable, separate colors, fine bulbs S.50 83.0O 



Selected named, single, 17 to 19 cm., (35 

 varieties) unsurpassed quality for forcing or bedding, 4.00 38.00 

 Tnllps— L.a Relne, the popular single white forcing 



Tallp, extra selected stock for florists 00 8.0O 



Tulips, superfine, sinsle, early, mixed 80 7.0O 



Tulips, superfine, double, early, mixed 1.00 8.50 



JOHHSON'S PRIZE WIHNER PANSIES 



JOHNSON'S KINGLY PRIZE WIBTNEB PANSIKS are 



the product of the World's Leading Pansy Specialists, and 



il/flljE8^^^B absolutely unsurpassed in quality by any strain extant. We offer seed 



'iflS^j^^V as follows: 1000 seeds, SOe; 2000 seeds, 50c; 6000 seeds, $1.00; M-oz. 



$1.85; peroz., $5.0O. 



Don't fail to send for our Complete Pansy List if you are Interested In Pansles. Write for our new 

 Fall Catalogue of Bulbs and Flower Seeds, and mention Florists' Review. The effort will repay you. 



I/^U^C/^^ ^FF"!^ C^C\ HERBERT W. JOHNSON of the late 

 J VyI ll^Jv/llI i3LL«1^ V>V^«f firm of Johnson & stokes, President. 



217 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



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CYGUMEN SEED (New Crop) 



MICHBLL*S 

 GIANT STRAIN 



Grown for us by one of the leading: grrowers of Europe, and cannot be excelled for size of 



blooms and free flowerine qualities. 

 GIANT WHITS. GIANT PINK. GIAStT RKD. GIANT WHITK witb Red EYE 

 Price per 100 seeds. 76c: $6.00 per 1000 seeds. 

 Giant Mixed— All colore price 100 seeds. 60c; $5 00 per 1000 seeds. 



Uur latest Fall Wholesale Catalogue of bulbs, seeds and seasonable supplies now ready. 

 Write us for special prices on your Bulb Ust 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 



1018 

 IfARKET ST. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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IF not satisfied with 

 your cuts, write us. 

 We make the cuts for 

 the RxviKW and many 



SLED 

 CATALOGUES 



All processes. Photos 

 retouched or redrawn 

 in wash; wash draw- 

 ings made where 

 photos are not available. Quick work if 

 necessary. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



CRESCKNT ENGRAVING CO. 

 341-349 CURK ST., CHICAGO 



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THE RE6AN PRINTING HOUSE 



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CHICAGO 



OUR 

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Get oar f Igare s 



88.01 

 Plymoutli Place, 



Asked if the Review might quote him 

 as saying that Sears, Roebuck & Co. will 

 not do a catalogue seed business in the 

 season of 1907, Mr. Rosenwald replied: 



"Yes, you may say that in all prob- 

 ability we will not. As to contracts: 

 We have only briefly considered the dis- 

 posal of stocks. Our seed manager tells 

 me several items are worth a good 

 premium over contract prices." 



Sears, Roebuck & Co. do a general 

 business, rapidly approaching a million 

 dollars a week, and what looks to them 



Hyacinths, Tulips, 



Narcissus, Crocus, 

 Lilies and all other 

 Bulbs for Florists 



Send for our Wbolesale Florists* 

 Bulb List now ready. 



J. M. THORBURN & GO. 



33 Barclay St., through to 38 

 Park Place, NLW YORK. 



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as of not much importance is likely to 

 look much larger to seedsmen. From 

 another reliable, if not so authoritative 

 source, it is learned that contracts for 

 crops soon to be delivered will somewhat 

 exceed $30,000 in the aggregate, which 

 coincides fairly well with the report cur- 

 rent in the trade as to the amount of 

 business done last season. Contracts 

 were placed with five California grow- 

 ers, with at least two Michigan pea and 



