November 8, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1633 



The Nam* 



GENUINE 



PHILADELPHIA 



On a LAWN MOWER 

 is what 

 STERLING" is on silver. 



Seedsmen— Oatalogrue the Pblladelpbla line 



and you will be sure you aie rigbt. For 



terms and electrotypes, address 



Philadelphia Lawn Mower Go. 



^3407-09 Cheslnal St.. PKIUDELPHKy 



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Comet Tomato 



Those wbo force tomatoes sbould give 

 "Comet" a trial. Tbis variety bas been tbe talk 

 of gardeners around Boston tbe past season. 

 Those wbo 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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telephone in his house and probably one 

 in his barn, with an acetylene gas plant, 

 hot and cold water, and his mail deliv- 

 ered to his door, is not the kind of 

 farmer to be fooled by a five-cent pack- 

 age of Mother's Delight cucumber seed 

 into believing that his representative in 

 congress lies awake at night thinking of 

 him and his interests." 



The corn is reported drying nicely. 



A. L. BoGERS, of the Rogers Bros. 

 Seed Co., Chaumont, N. Y., is at Alpena, 

 Mich. 



Green-podded beans in first hands 

 gradually are finding an outlet, but at 

 unprofitable prices. 



W. Z. PuRNELL, Snow Hill, Md., says 

 fancy holly will be scarce in Delaware, 

 Maryland and Virginia this year. 



Arthur Herrington says Lilium Hen- 

 ryii is the best yellow lily and one of 

 the best of all lilies for the garden. 



Either the trade has found the neces- 

 sary quantities of onion seed or else has 

 given up looking, for inquiries practically 

 have ceased. 



David Dean, son of James Dean, of 

 Freeport, L. I., is now with W. W. Raw- 

 son, of Boston, after two years with 

 Arthur T. Boddington, New York. 



CATALOGUE ILLUSTRATION. 



There was a time when the woodcut, 

 with all its sti£Pness and lack of natural- 

 ness, was considered the finest thing in 

 catalogue illustration, but that day has 

 passed. All the best 1906 seed cata- 

 logues contained more or less halftones, 

 and the 1907 books will be largely illus- 

 trated by this process. The halftone, 

 however, has its disadvantages, one of 

 the greatest of which is the difficulty of 

 procuring the right kind of "copy," 

 for a part of the detail in a photograph 

 is lost in making the reproduction, and 

 unless good paper and presswork are 

 used a much greater loss of character is 

 encountered in the printing process. The 

 retouching of photographs to bring out 

 the detail has proved only partly success- 

 ful, for usually the work of the "artist" 

 was plainly visible in the printed repro- 

 duction and served to counteract the very 

 purpose of the halftone process, for it 



HIGH 

 GRADE 



BULBS 



Roman Hyaolntbs, white, 12 to 16 $2.60 per 100; 



Hyaointbs, extra special for forcing, 7 shades S.60 per 100; 



^. '., " first grade bedding, 7 shades 2.40 per 100; 



" first size named 6.60perl00; 



" second size, named 4.60 per 100: 



NarolasuB Paper White Orandiflora, extra select 1.25 per 100; 



•^ " Multiflora 1.60perl00; 



* " double Von Sion, extra select 1.25 per 100; 



double Von Sion, XXX double-nosed 2.00 per 100; 



Bmpraaa 2.00 per lOO; 



Ciolden Spur 1.75 per lOO; 



" Gold«n Spur, mother bulbs 2.80 per 100: 



" Prlnoeps ' 76perl00; 



Bind* Von Sion l.lOperlOO: 



Oranse Pho«Dlx l.OOperlOO; 



Inoomparabllla 85perl00; 



Tulips, Artua 1.15 per 100; 



Duaart, best red 2.00 per 100; 



Jooat von Vondel 1.25 per 100; 



LaRelnOt Fancy 90perl00; 



Kalserakroon 1.65 per 100; 



" Cbryaolora 9Operl0O; 



Bex Rubronun , 1.60 per lOO; 



Gloria Solua 1.25perl00; 



" LaCandour 1.26 per 100; 



Tallow Roaa 85perl00: 



" single, fine mixed 65perl00; 



" single, extra fine mixed 90 per 100; 



" double, fine mixed SOperlOO; 



double, extra fine mixed 96 per 100; 



Fraeslaa. mammoth, >^to ^-Inch 86 per 100; 



Ullum Multlflorum, 9tolO 8.60 per 100; 



OlBanteum, 7 to 9 6.60perl00; 



Vor otbar varletlea, write tor trad* Uat. 



CURRIE BROS. COMPANY 



NOW 

 READY 



$22.50 per 1000 

 30.00 per 1000 

 22.00 per 1000 

 61.50 per 1000 

 41.60 per 1000 



9.00 per 1000 

 12.00 per 1000 

 11.60 per 1000 

 18.50 per 1000 

 19 00 per 1000 

 15 50 per 1000 

 21.00 per 1000 



6.50 per lOeO 



9.50 per 1000 



9 00 per 1000 



7.00 per 1000 

 10.50 per 1000 

 19.00 per 1000 

 11.50 per 1000 



7.50 per 1000 

 15.00 per 1000 



7.50 per 1000 

 14.00 per 1000 

 11.00 per 1000 

 11.50 per 1000 



7.00 per 1000 



5.60 per 1000 



7.50 per 1000 



6.50 per 1000 



8.00 per 1000 



7.60 per 1000 

 80.00 per 1000 

 60.00 per 1000 



308-314 Broadway, 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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Belated Shipment 



PlIPEB WHITE PGISSDS 



Choice eonnd 13 to 16-cm. Bulbs, 1300 to the case, at $7.00 per 

 1000 in full case lots only ; in less quantity, at $8.00 per 1000. 



(^/oAes S^^c/ Si<>re. 



219 Market St., Philadelphia. 



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Rawson's World Renowned Cyclamen 



Fresh Crop Seeda Now Ready for Delivery 



RAWSON'S ROYAL STRAIN 



Unrivaled for size, beauty, colors and folia?.. 

 Has been awarded first prize whenever ex- 

 hibited. We offer deep red, purest white, 

 mauve, white with claret base, brlg'ht Christ- 

 mas red, delicate Balmon pink, delicate pink 

 and an exQuisite mixture of all shades at 

 91.00 per 100 seeda: $9.00 per 1000 seeds. 



A Trial Will Convince. 



RAWSON'S CONTINENTAL STRAIN 



New. Oar Own Introdaotlon. Especially 

 valuable on account of its early flowerincr 

 habit. Will be In full bloom in September 

 and October. We offer pure white, pink, 

 white with claret base, deep red, at 60c per 100 

 seeds; $4.00 per 1000 seeds. Also salmon pink 

 at 13.00 per 100 seeds; (15.00 per 1000 seeds; and 

 superb mixture of all shades at 40c per 100; 

 13.60 i>er 1000 seeds. 



WW DAWCHM J& C£i e UNION STREET. 

 . n. KATTjUn ff LU. boston, mass. 



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gave the idea that the subject was a 

 doctored, rather than a lifelike, repro- 

 duction. 



When Montgomery Ward & Co. estab- 

 lished their seed department, too late in 

 the season to procure many good photo- 

 graphs, they were at a loss to secure the 



right kind of cuts for their catalogue. 

 It would have been easy enough to have 

 clipped woodcut illustrations from other 

 catalogues and reproduced them in zinc 

 at a cost of a few cents each, or to 

 have bought stock cuts, but the result 

 would have been far below the standard 



