jANUABr 24, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



733 



VICK'S ASTER SEED 



THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE 



VIGK QUALITY ASTERS 



INTRODUCED BY US 

 GROWN EVERYWHERE 



Vick's Branching 



(7 colors) 

 Vick's Snowdrift 

 Vick's Lavender Gem 

 Vick's Daybreak 

 Vick's Purity 

 Vick's Mikado 

 Vick's Violet King 



HOW TO GROW ASTERS 



is a little handbook compiled 

 bv us for the practical uses 

 of Aster Growers. 



Price 10 Cents 



Free with an order of 

 Aster Seed. 



SPECIAL OFFER 



One paper of each of Five 

 New Varieties and How 

 to Grow Asters for 



$i.oo 



SEND FOR OUR NEW 



Illustrated and Descriptive 



Aster Book for Florists 



It describes in detail, not only the vari- 

 eties originating with us, but also all 

 other leading sorts. 



The largest and handsomest work of 

 its kind ever issued. 



Intended only for wide-awake florists 

 who appreciate the fact that 



THE BEST QUALITY IS 

 ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST 



Mailed free upon request. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



Rochester, N. Y. 



The Leading Specialists and Larg;* 



est Growers of High^Grade 



Asters in the World. 



FIVE NEW VARIETIES FOR 1907 



Vick's Sunset. Companion to Day- 

 break and Purity ; in color a delicate pink 

 shading to a deep rich pink in center. Pro- 

 fuse bloomer. Price per packet, 25c; 2 

 packets, 40c. 



Vick's Upright. Long, graceful 

 stems branch out at the ground and grow 

 directly upward. Flowers are symmetrical, 

 double and full to the center. Splendid for 

 cutting. Especially valuable for shipping. 

 Price per packet, 25c; 2 packets, 40c. 



Vick's Royal Purple. An offshoot 

 from the Brancning. Unlike its parent, it 

 sends out stems close to the ground. A 

 medium early variety but lasting until late 

 in fall. Nearly every stem produces speci- 

 men flowers. Price per packet, 20c; 2 

 packets, 3SC. 



Vick's Branching Rosy Carmine. 



A new color in the Branching class. Lead- 

 ing florists pronounce it a shade which will 

 be popular with the trade. Price per pack- 

 et, 25c; 2 packets, 40c. 



Vick's Cardinal. The best bedding 

 Aster ever introduced. A good one for cut- 

 ting. With its profusion of flowers and bril- 

 liant coloring it makes a handsome showing. 

 Price per packet, 25c; 2 packets, 40c. 



As we would like to know where you saw tbis adv., please mention the Florists' Review when you write. 



^ Florists' Flower Seeds ''F;;;^tQVa'.i^' 



AsiMuragruB Plumosus Nanus, 50c per 100; $4.00 per 1000. 

 AsparaKUS Sprengrerl, 15c per 100; 75c per 1000. 



>6oz. Oz. 



Alyssum, Sweet 10.15 



** UtUe Gem .30 



Lobelia Crystal Palace $0.25 



Pansy, International Mixture 1.25 8.00 



" Giant Florists* mixture 60 4.00 



Salvia Bontlre 2.00 



Smllax, $2.00 per lb .20 



Verbena, Mammotb, finest mixed I.OO 



Trade pkt. 

 $0.05 

 .10 

 .15 

 .50 

 .25 

 .25 

 .10 

 .20 



For complete list of seeds, send for Trade Price List. 



CIRRIE BROS. CO. ^oV^^, Milwaukee, Wis. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



SEEDSMEN TAKE NEW TACK. 



It appears that the fight on free seeds 

 has assumed a new angle, the trade in- 

 stigators of the war on the general dis- 

 tribution of common garden seeds hav- 

 ing adopted the suggestion of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture that the appro- 

 priation be continued but applied to its 

 original purpose, the procuring and dis- 

 tribution of new and rare varieties. 



Speaking of the recent meeting of 

 seedsmen at Washington, Albert McCul- 

 lough, of Cincinnati, said to the Eeview : 



* * A committee of seedsmen had a 

 hearing before the senate committee on 

 agriculture to enter our protest, not 'alone 

 as seedsmen, but as business men and 

 tax-payers against the free distribution 

 of seeds by congressmen through the De- 

 partment of Agriculture as now existing. 

 Our protests were purely against the 

 distribution of the common or ordinary 

 sorts as now being made, and we at the 



GLADIOLI 



Write for trade price Hat of named Tarletles, 

 assorted colors and fine mixtures. 



£. K. STEWART, Rivea Junction, Mich. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



same time recommended the continuance 

 of the appropriation, if anything the 

 sum to be increased for the benefit of 

 the Department of Agriculture in intro- 

 ducing and disseminating new and rare 

 varieties, and for educational purposes, 

 and for establishing and maintaining ex- 

 perimental stations, and we have every 

 reason to believe that the senate com- 

 mittee will report favorably thereon, es- 

 pecially so since the Department of Agri- 

 culture itself practically asks and recom- 

 mends the same thing that the trade is 

 seeking. 



''TMs same matter has been agitated 

 more or less before the congressional 

 committees for many years, but it has 

 only been within the last year or so that 



Sow Now 

 The True Thing 



Aceratum Blue Star, the best of all for pots, 6 

 tr. pktB., $1.25! tr. pkt., 26c. 



Alysanm Carpet Queen, fine extra dwarf strain, 

 6 tr. pkts., ll.ZS; tr. pkt., 26c. 



Begonia Erfordii, for pots the best rosy pink, 

 6 tr. pkt., 11.25; tr. pkt., 26c. 



Begonia Gracilis Luminosa, hedder, new, with 

 largre, bright scarlet flowers and ball-Hhaped 

 habit, unexcelled for pots and outdoors. tr 

 pktH., $2.50; tr. pkt., 60c. 



Cyclamen, glant-noweringr, separate colors. 

 1000 seecB, tti.UO; tr. pkt., tl.OO. 



Cyclamen, glant-flowerlng, mixed colors. 1000 

 seeds, S5.00; tr. pkt., 76c. 



Fetnnia Rosy Morn, a fine bedder, 6 tr. pkts., 

 $1.25; tr. pkt., 25c. 



Petunia, California single riants, extra strain, 

 6 tr. pkts., $4.00; tr. pkt., 75c. 



Petnnia, double fringed Giants, 6 tr. pkts., $5.00; 

 tr. pkt., $1.00. 



Phlox New Cecily, the very best large-flowered, 

 real dwarf, compact. Drum. Phlox for pots, 

 mixed colors, tr, pkts., $2.50; tr. pkt., 50c. 



Salvia Fireball, this is a new, real dwarf com- 

 pact early-flowering, fine variety and there is 

 hardly a better one for pots. 6 tr. pkts., $2.50; 

 tr. pkt., 50c. 



Terbena, Mammoth, unexcelled strains; as 

 Aurlcolor flowered, scarlet, strlf)ed, pink, pur- 

 ple, white, each separate. qZm $1.50; tr. pkt., 26c. 

 For larger quantities special quotations. 



0. V. ZAN6EN, Seedsman, HOBOKEN, N. J. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



the pubUc at large has taken much if 

 any interest in it. Seemingly it has been 

 considered more a fight of the seedsmen 

 on the ground that they were attempt- 

 ing to do away with the competition of 

 the government, but now that the 

 granges and the agricultural organiza- 

 tions and societies throughout the entire 

 United States have taken it up and 

 placed it upon its proper and broader 

 plane, we are in a position to place the 

 matter before our congressmen so that 



