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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NOTEMBEB 22, 1906. 



We made this halftone 

 from a 



WASH DRAWIN6 



one of many we are 

 turning out for 1907 



Seed Catalogues 



Our artists are the best 

 in the United States on 

 flower and vegetable 

 drawing. 



We make a specialty of 

 CUTS FOR 

 SEEDSMEN. 



All processes. Quick 

 work if necessary. 

 Satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. 



CRESCENT ENGRAVING CO. 



341-349 Clark Street, CHICAGO 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



Vick's Bulbs 



Are now ready for distribution. 



HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NARCISSUS, 

 Crocus, Lilies, Freesias 



All of the best quality. 



Send for our Wholesale Bulb Catalogue. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



ROCHESTKR, N. Y. 



cation of nitrate of soda is apt to do 

 more harm than good. The best way 

 is to use it in water at the rate of one- 

 half ounce per gallon, but in applying 

 it great care should be exercised not to 

 wet the foliage, and especially in pre- 

 venting it from getting into the hearts of 

 the plants, or damage will be sure to 

 result. 



A boiler such as you have should heat 

 your houses easily, even in the coldest 

 weather. W. S. Ceoydon. 



TOMATOES. 



It is curious to note how many still 

 cling to the idea that tomatoes are quite 

 a modern fruit, says a writer in the Hor- 

 ticultural Advertiser. 1 came across a 

 note in one of the daily papers the other 

 day; it stated that though they had now 

 been appreciated for culinary purposes 

 for some years, it was quite a new thing 

 for them to be included with dessert 

 fruits, but it is more than thirty years 

 ago that we grew the currant, the plum, 

 and pear-shaped, and also the smooth, 

 round sorts which were all much appre- 

 ciated for eating as dessert fruit. A well- 

 ripened tomato, fresh gathered from the 

 plant, is perhaps quite a different flav- 

 ored fruit from what may be bought at 

 a shop, and it may be owing to this dif- 

 ference that they are not even more ex- 

 tensively eaten as a raw fruit than they 

 are at the present time. Yet year by 

 year they are coming more into use, and 

 growers are more careful to pack those 

 for dessert purposes, so that they reach 

 the consumers in the best condition; yet 

 there is room for further advance in this 

 direction. Or, rather, if they went back 

 to the old days when indoor tomatoes 

 were first getting more extended culture; 

 they were then packed like peaches, a 

 single layer in shallow boxes, and sold 

 by the dozen. 



RAWSON'S NEWPORT BEAUTY STOCK 



INTRODUCED BY US IN I906. 



is the earliest, largest and most exquisite colored stock for winter forcing that has ever been 



introduced. Habit, foliage and color of flowers are entirely distinct from any other strain. 



The highest praise has been bestowed upon it by those who grew it this past season. 



If wanted for Easter, feed should be sown in December. The above strain produces 90 



percent double flowers, the highest percentage of any strain. The following varieties: 



Marffnerite, pure whit* 1-82 os., 76o 



Fanct, most exquisite pink 1-33 oi., 75o 



Valentine, delicate lavender 1-39 oz. , 76c 



Uephlstopheles, fiery red 1-32 oz., 76c 



All varieties mixed 1-32 oz., 75c 



WW DiWCAM ft C(i 8 UNION STRBKT, 

 • If. KAlf jUII Cl tU. BOSTON, MASS. 



Mention The Reylew when yon write. 



8BHD FOS A MVl^B BABOMETBB, FBBB FOB ASKXHO 



Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



Kstabllshed 1824. 



BICKARDS BB08., Props. 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, ETC. 



37 East 19«h Street, NEW YORK CITY 



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A BED OF MUSHROOMS 



Raised from our Spawn, will bear longer and yield better than from any other variety of 

 Spawn. This is proven by facts. Full particulars and information how to succeed in mushroom 

 raising free. We warrant you if using our method of growing mushrooms that all will go welL 



KNUD GUNDESTRUP & CO.. 427T«XX''I^"^iuoo 



ARTHUR COWEE, 



Oladiolns Specialist, DCDI IN N V 

 MBADOWTAXiB FABM, DLnLllly Hi li 



United States Representative and Grower of GROFF'S 

 HYBRIDS 9 Mixtures and Collections to color. Fine mixtures 

 of all colors, named novelties of rare beauty. Write for catalog. 



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Last Call 



Special Low Prices 

 on Bulbs 



FRENCH ROMAN HYACINTHS 



Per 100 Per 1000 



White— 13-16 13.00 $28.00 



JLIght Bine— 12-15 2.16 19.00 



Wnite Italian Roman Hy- 



acintha— Will bloom later 



than thePrench 2.25 22.00 



Narclssas — Paper White 



Grandlflora 1.00 9.00 



L,illum Candldnm — Extra 



Selected Bulbs 3.75 86.00 



r.iliuin L.one. Mttltifloram 



— 7-91nch. 300 bulbs In case.. 6.00 45.00 

 Liiliain Long. GiK»i>teuni— 



0-8 Inch, 100 bulbs In case.... 5.26 47.60 



7-9 inch, 810 bulbs In case. . . 6.26 60.00 



Send for our Wholesale Catalogue of 

 Bulbs, Seeds and Supplies. 



Henry F. Michell Co. 



1018 Market St., FUladelplila, Pa. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Fond du Lac, Wis. — Peter Hansen, 

 who for four years has been with Fred 

 Kentschler, at Madison, is starting in 

 business for himself here. 



Brandon, Man. — ^Fred Mansoflf, who 

 last March sold out to A. E. McKenzie & 

 Co., has bought vacant property and will 

 put up a new range in the spring. He 

 has just returned from a five weeks' 

 hunting trip to the north, and plans a 

 trip to California for the winter. 



Lambert's Pore Caltere 

 Mushroom Spawn 



Produced by new grafting 

 process from selected and 

 prolific specimens, thor- 

 oughly acclimatized. 

 Has never failed to mn 

 Sold by Leading Seedsmen. 

 Practical InBtructions on 



"Alashrooin Cnltnre" 

 mailed free on application. 



American Spawn Co. 

 St. Faul, Minn. 



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MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Originators of improved varieties of culti- 

 vated mushrooms. "Tissue Culture Pure Spawn" 

 of 7 varieties now ready. Get our booklet. It's 



Pure Culture Spawn Co. 

 800 W. Fourth St. CINCINNATI, O. 



Chicago Branch, 604 LaSaile Ave. 

 Mentlcm The B«vlew when yon write. 



PURE CULTURE 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Per 10 bricks, $1.50. Per 25 bricks, $3.60. 

 Per 50 bricks, $6.50. Per 100 bricks, $12.00. 

 Fresh Tobacco Stems, in bales of 300 lbs., $1.50. 



W. C. BECKERT, AUegheny, Pa. 



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Gibson Citt, III. — The residence 

 property of the Swan Peterson Floral 

 Co. has been sold to A. Leitton for 

 $2,000. 



Chattanooga, Tenn. — ^W. F. Hager, 

 the Hill City florist, has a new green- 

 house 25x60. He has just completed 

 installing a new heating plant. 



