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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



January 10, 1907. 



Dreer's Reliable Flower Seeds 



Dreer's Mi 



oUi Verbena. 



The following; short list embraces but a few of the things which should 

 be sown early. NEW CROPS are now ready to send out: 



Trade pkt. 



AGERATUM Blue Perfection. ;.....$(>.15 



AL.TS8UM Little Gem. extra dwarf .10 



C^NTAUREA Gymnocarpa ,. 15 



COBAEA Scandens 10 



DRACAENA Indivisa .10 



GREVILXEA Robusta 15 



LOBELIA Crystal Palace Compacta 88 



" Speciosa, dark blue trailing 15 



PETUNLA Dreer's Superb Single" Fringed .50 



Dreer 's SuPer b Double Fringed $1 .50 per 1000 seeds 



SALVIA Splendens (Scarlet Sage) 25 



Ballot Fire, dwarf est.... 50 



" Bonfire, compact ". 40 



Burning Bush 30 



SMILAX 10 



VINCA, rose, white and white with eye 15 



" mixed 15 



VERBENA, Dreer's Mammoth, extra fine, white, scailet, pink, purple or 



striped .30 



VERBENA, Mammoth, finest mixed 25 



Our wholesale and Retail Catalogues for 1907 have been mailed to the trade. In case 

 you have not received a copy, let us know, and we will send you another. These catalogues 

 contain the most complete offering of SEEDS, PLANTS and BULBS in the country. Do 

 not wait until the Spring rush but order NOW. 



Oz. 

 $0.50 

 .30 

 .35 

 .30 

 .30 

 50 

 1.25 

 .60 



1.00 



4.00 



2.25 



1.60 



.30 



.50 



.40 



1.25 

 1.00 



HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHM, PA. 



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in various places between five and eleven 

 inches of rain fell in thirty-six hours. 

 Since that time we have had rains every 

 two or three days, so the planting of 

 seeds has been seriously delayed. ' ' 



The Congressional free seed distribu- 

 tion for 1907 has begun. 



The Holland bulb men have invaded 

 the west in full force. 



H. N. Bruns, Chicago, imported 795 

 cases of valley pips this year. 



Chicago. — Onion sets are said to be 

 keeping in first-class shape, notwithstand- 

 ing the unfavorable weather. 



The Soestdyk, from Kotterdam, ar- 

 riving at New York January 4, brought 

 considerable quantities of Holland 

 grown seeds. 



The wholesale lists received this week 

 are numerous, but in nearly every one 

 some items are either omitted or marked 

 ' ' stock exhausted. ' ' 



It appears that it is not the car short- 

 age that is holding back the shipment 

 of sweet corn; the drying and hajidling 

 is no small task, with labor scarce. 



W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, reports 

 having booked, as early as December 28, 

 a considerable acreage of peas with 

 farmers in the vicinity of Sturgeon Bay, 



It is stated that one western seed 

 house, catering to market gardeners' 

 trade, requires each year 15,000 pounds 

 of Scarlet Turnip White Tipped radish. 



The Batchelor Seed Store, at Utica, 

 N. Y., has been incorporated with $5,000 

 capital stock. The directors are "Wm. M. 

 Ross and C. F. Saul, of Syracuse, and 

 A. C. Langdon, of Utica. 



William Emerson, manager of the 

 Western Seed & Irrigation Co., Fremont, 

 Neb., writes, in renewing his subscrip- 

 tion: "I do not know any special news 

 to write you about at present, no more 

 than that we are very busy receiving, 

 cleaning, hand-picking and making ready 



Seedsmen 



We have an opening for order and 

 counter hands who are experienced. 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



201 rulton St.. NEW YOBK 



Seedsman Wanted 



An inside and outside salesman for market 

 garden ti ade; splendid opportunity for advance- 

 ment; state age, experience and salary expected; 

 currespondeuce strictly confidential. Address 



No. 16, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



for shipment just at this time our crops 

 of sweet and field corn. Vine seeds are 

 nearly all in from the growers and ship- 

 ments nearly completed. We have had 

 quite a number of disappointing crops 

 of vine seeds this fall, but mostly in 

 the line of some varieties of muskmelon 

 and watermelon, which did not become 

 fully matured on account of the unfavor- 

 able season." 



"The fact that success in the seed 

 business depends directly on the confi- 

 dence reposed in a firm by its patrons, ' ' 

 say W. W. Bawson & Co., in their mar- 

 ket gardeners' list, "was never more 

 surely proven than after our disastrous 

 fire, in which our stock of seed was 

 nearly totally destroyed. The way in 

 which the thousands of our customers 

 stood by us in the midst of our mis- 

 fortune will ever be a bright spot in the 

 history of our firm. While the fire ue- 

 stroyed the greater part of our stock, we 

 were fortunate in having the seed stock 

 of our most valuable specialties safely 

 stored at our market garden in Arling- 

 ton." 



It appears that it is Dr. B. T. Gallo- 

 way's plan to end the free seed distri- 

 bution by diverting the funds to the 

 original purpose of exploration and the 

 distribution of new plants only. 



OUR WHOLESALE CATALOGUE 



for florists and market gardeners is NOW 

 READY and will be sent free to all who ask 



for it. 



NEW CROP 



Flower Seeds are mostly all on band now 

 and we are prepared to fill orders promptly. 

 We handle only the highest grade seeds. 

 Compare our prices before ordering 

 elaew^liere. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



33 Barclay St, through to 38 

 Park Place, NEW YORK. 



Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



Chinese Sacred Lily Bullis 



Imported direct from China— the finest bulbs 

 procurable. Every florist should have them for 

 store sale. Price, selected bulbs, 60c per dos.; 

 original basket containing 30 bulbs, tl.25; per ION, 

 130.00. Order today. 



THE DINOKE & CONARD CO. 



Rose Growers WK8T 6ROVK, PA. 



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Augusta Gladiolus 



First size, IH and up $12.00 per 1000 



Second site, 1J4-IM 8.00 per 1000 



Gash with order. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



Rowehl&6ranz,Hicksville,LI.,N.Y. 



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