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■"' JANCAKT 31, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 





807 



Dreer's Summer Flowering Bulbs 



' The Begonias and Gloxinias offered by us are the best 

 that skill and careful selection can produce, beings grown for 

 us by one of the most expert European specialists. Ij,' 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONI2IS 



Blngrle Flowered, Scarlet, Crimson, White, Yellow, Rose and Orange, 40c per 

 doz.; $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 



Cliolce Slngrle riowered in Mixture, 35c per doz.; $2.50 per luo; $22.no per 1000. 



Double Flowertng;, Scarlet, Rose, White and Yeilow, 65c per doz.; »5.00 per 100; 

 $40.00 per 1000. 



Clioloest Double Vloweringr In Mixture, 50c per doz.; jh.uu per iCO; $35.00 

 per 1000. 



New Hybrid Frilled Tuberous Begonias 



A most unique form with flowers of immense size, with wavy or frilled petals, sim- 

 ilar to the best forms of single petunias, 25c each; $2.50 per doz.;. $20.00 per 100. 



GLOXINIA CRASSIFOLIA GRANDIFLORA 



A very fine selected strain, strong, well matured bulbs. Red, White, Blue. Red with 

 white border, Blue with white border, in separate colors or in choicett mlxiure, tJOc 

 per doz.; $4.00 per lOO; $35.00 per 1000. 



FANCY-LEAVED CALSDIUNS 



A choice selection of 25 distinct named varieties, fine large bulbs, $1.50 per doz.; 

 $10.00 per 100, Choice mixed varieties, $1.26 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



Our Quarterly Wbolesale List offers a full line 

 of Seasonable Plants, Seeds and Bulbs. 



HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa 



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Flower Seeds tor Florists 



WHOLESALE CATALOGUE READY 



Send for it today. But first read our 

 advertisemeDt on page 733 in the 

 FLORISTS' REVIEW lor January 

 24th, 1907. It is worih reading. 



James Vick's Sons 



Seedsmen ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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spend the next year in the employ of the 

 Shiocton Garden Land Co., for the pur- 

 pose of demonstrating the uses for which 

 a large tract of so-called marsh land is 

 adapted. At the same time he will 

 transfer to that place his business of 

 growing gladiolus bulbs for the trade. 



' * I am going to Shiocton, ' ' said Mr. 

 Crawford, ' * to see what can be done on 

 this old marsh land. The company own- 

 ing a large tract of it is dredging for 

 drainage and purposes to next year offer 

 a considerable number of 10-acre tracts 

 for sale at $200 per acre. But first it 

 is planned to obtain information as to 

 what can be done on this soil by the em- 

 ployment of the most approved gardening 

 methods. That is to be my part, and 

 they place every facility at my disposal. 

 This is already widely known as a cab- 

 bage growing locality. Large quantities 

 of cucumbers also are grown and a -con- 

 siderable acreage of celery. Cauliflower 

 of course goes with cabbage, but it is not 

 yet largely grown there. The soil is six 

 to ten feet deep, rich and black ; it should 

 be an ideal onion soil. We will try 

 onion sets, and it is quite likely that it 

 will prove a splendid location for this 

 crop. At any rate it is expected to de- 

 velop here the greatest market growing 

 center in the west." 



We made this halftone 

 from a 



WASH DRAWING 



one of many we made 

 for 1907 



Seed Catalogues 



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 flower and vegetable 

 drawing. 



Try our work on some 

 of your special lists 

 and you will give us all 

 your order for the 1908 

 general catalogue. 



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CUTS FOR SEEESMEN 



All processes. Quick work if necessary. 8atis- 

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341.847 Clark St., CHICAGO 



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TRADE IN JAPANESE LILIES. 



The Japanese lilium trade for this sea- 

 son is drawing to a close (by this term 

 is meant Lilium longiflorum and its vari- 

 eties, and the speciosum types). The 

 importers, on the whole, report a satis- 

 factory season's trade. Bulbs on an 

 average have been more than fifty per 

 cent higher in price than previous years, 

 especially the longiflorum section and its 

 varieties, and in this article this type 

 will be mostly dealt with, as it is of the 

 greatest value, and the only section of 

 indispensable commercial value. 



Why the price has advanced is not 

 quite clear to the majority of growers. 

 The cause is generally put down to a 

 combination of exporters in Japan, and 

 importers in Europe putting up the 

 price, simply because they know that the 

 article has become an indispensable ar- 

 ticle to the English florist. The Japa- 

 nese grower, with his characteristic keen 

 business instinct, and the German im- 



SHAMROCK 



IRISH. THE REAL THING! GREEN 



Strong and fine plants. Better order early. 

 W.OO per 100; or 60c per doz., by mall. 



XXX SEEDS 



Verbena. Improved mammoths ; the very finest 

 grown; mixed, 1000 seeds, 25c. 



Cineraria. Finest large-flowering dwarf, mixed 

 colors, 1000 seeds, &0c. 



Phlox Pamlla Compacta. Very dwarf and 

 compact; grand for pots; in finest colors, 

 mixed, good per cent of new Sicily, 1000 seeds, 

 50c. 



Chinese Primrose. Finest large-flowering 

 fringed varieties, mixed: single and double, 

 500 seeds, $1.00; half pkt., 50c. 



Pansy, Finest Giants. The best large-flower- 

 ing varieties, critically selected: mixed, 6000 

 seeds. $1.00; half pkt., 50c. Pkt. Mme. Ferret, 

 "gratis." 



Petnnla. New Star, from the finest marked 

 flowers, extra choice. Trade pkt., 25c. 



Cyclamen Glgantenm. Finest giant mixed, 

 300 seeds, $1.00; lii pkt , 50c. 



Cash. Extra count of seeds In all packets. 



JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



THB HOBIE OF PRIMBOSK8. 



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porter have raised the price to its pres- 

 ent high level, and much grumbling and 

 dissatisfaction prevails among English 

 growers in consequence. A variety of 

 causes have lately influenced the Japan 

 lilium trade. Chief among these is, a 

 shortage of supply in Japan, caused to 

 some extent by the attention of the 

 grower during the late war being turned 

 to other matters, and the great preva- 

 lence of disease in the Japan cultiva- 

 tions; a disease which none of the grow- 

 ers seems to understand or cope with. 

 Probably it is something similar to the 

 sleeping disease to which Lilium can- 

 didum is subject. 



In addition to this shortage the de- 

 mand, both in England and America, has 

 been steadily on the increase for some 

 years. Last year the total sales in the 

 two countries probably constituted a rec- 

 ord. Then, again, since comparative sue- 



