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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



January 31, 1007. 



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Astei^ Seed 



Our descriptive price list of High- 

 Grade Aster Seed is nov^ ready and 

 will be sent free on application. Try 

 our new varieties, Oardioal, Sunset 

 and Rosy Carmine BranchinR— they 

 are winners. Price per packet, 26 

 cents; two packets for 40 cents. 



Pointers on how to grow Asters suc- 

 cessfully sent free with every order. 



VICK & HILL CO. 



p. 0. Box 613. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



cess has attended the retarding process 

 large quantities are annually stored in 

 the retarding chambers, with the result 

 that longiflorums are on the market 

 practically all the year around, and much 

 of this retarded business gives additional 

 trade, and increased demand. In the 

 process of retarding many thousands of 

 bulbs are annually spoiled by subjecting 

 them to an unsuitable atmospheric moist- 

 ure. Unlike the retarding of lily of the 

 valley, the retarding of liliums is a long 

 way from being perfect. 



These several causes are no doubt the 

 reason of prices advancing. Last season 

 £17 10s. per thousand was no uncommon 

 figure for market sizes of longiflorums, 

 and most European importers are quite 

 sold out even at that high price. 



One of the most unaccountable facts 

 is that alinost the entire trade is in the 

 hands of the German importers, few 

 English firms importing direct from 

 Japan. Several firms have from time to 

 time done so, but many have given up 

 after a year or two, finding the bulbs 

 can be had cheaper and more reliably, 

 through some Continental importing 

 firm. To a certain extent the importers 

 have by mutual understanding forced up 

 prices, and in the immediate future 

 prices must certainly continue to in- 

 crease. 



Germany is a good customer with an 

 increasing trade, an annually increasing 

 quantity is being required in Japan for 

 the home trade, and in addition Amer- 

 ica's importations are increasing by 

 leaps and bounds. Lilium Harrisii from 

 Bermuda is in more or less disfavor all 

 over the world, for several reasons well 

 known to the trade, and a big demand 

 is created for longiflorums to fill the gap, 

 and as the demand increases, so will the 

 Japanese grower tighten his prices and 

 become more and more independent. The 

 florist who grows for market will be- 

 come still more under the thumb of the 

 exporter and grower in the east. — Hor- 

 ticultural Trade Journal. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



[All catalogues are filed by the Review and 

 are accessible to the trade at any time for refer- 

 ence. Following are latest arrivals.] 



John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, 

 Wis., general catalogue for 1907; S. M. 

 Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mich., general 

 retail catsilogue; Lehman Bros., New 

 York, wagon-heater price-list; Henry 

 A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa., general cat- 

 alogue for 1907; Pingee & Conard Co., 

 West Grove, Pa., general plant catalogue ; 

 Gundestrup 's Seed Store, Chicago, whole- 

 sale price-list; Elmhurst Nursery, Argen- 

 tine, Kan., nursery stock; W. W. Wil- 

 more, Denver, Colo., dahlias and hardy 

 plants; John Sharpe & Sons, Bardney, 



SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS 



My New B«conUB and Gloxlnlaa are in stock mod are at fine as any I have ever seen. 



LARGE FLOWERING BECONIAS-Tnberons Booted 



DOUBLE (H, 1^-lnch bulbs) 



1\n-w 1IU1 1IU.,. 



8 1 N ULB ( 1)4. 1 ^-inoh bul hn ) 



Duz. lOU lUOU 



Scarlet 10.86 I3.6U 123 UO 



Crimson 86 2.6U 23.00 



White 36 2.60 2:1.00 



Rose 36 2.60 23.00 



Yellow 86 2 50 23.00 



Mixed , .80 2.26 22.00 



Doz. 100 luoo 



Scarlet 10.60 $4.36 $38.0(1 



CriniBOn 60 4 26 38.00 



White 60 4.25 88.00 



Rose 60 4.26 8800 



Yellow 60 4.25 38.00 



Mixed 60 4.00 35 UU 



GLOXINIAS, Giant- Flo werins— Fine lar«re Bulbs 

 strong and well matured, Blue, Red, White, Red with White 

 Boroer, Spotted and Tigered, per doz., 60c; per 100, $3.50. 



Mixed sorts, fine, per doz,, 45c; per 100, $3.2 j. 



FORCING VEGBTABL£ SEBDS-Speclal Strains 

 for Oreenhonse Cnltnre. Cucumber, Cauliflower, Let- 

 tuce, Raolsh, Tomato. Write me your wants. 



MUSHROOM SPAWN— Frequent importations from England, 

 lbs., $j6.00. 



Per 100 lbs., $C.00; per 1000 



(0iR>Aes S^^c/ S^^' 



219 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PS. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



Pips^ in 

 America 



The BEST VALLEY 



Western Headquarters for Early Torcing Pips 



Selected Pips* $1.75 per 100; $14.00 per 1000. 



This is the very best stock for early forcing. They have been selected with the greatest 

 care and there is nothing better coming to this country. We also offer a very Rood grade of 

 Forcing Pips at $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. 



Return-at our expense if not satisfactory on arrival. We ship all over the U. S., and 

 supply all the year around. 



FANCY CLT VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



HlkJ ■S■^■I1UC^ Long Distance Phone tf> 1^ S .«». w^ .«» .«^ 

 • ri. dkuin^^ I409II Madison St.. cnicago 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Lincoln, England, seed catalogue; A. N. 

 Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., wholesale price- 

 list; C. Young & Sons Co., St. Louis, 

 Mo., general catalogue for 1907; Leon- 

 ard Seed Co., Chicago, general retail 

 catalogue for 1907; Jensen & Dekema, 

 Chicago, carnation cuttings; C. C. Morse 

 «fe Co., San Francisco, Cal., general retail 

 catalogue; the Conard & Jones Co., West 

 Grove, Pa., general plant catalogue; Cur- 

 rie Bros. Co., Milwaukee, Wis., general 

 catalogue for 1907, also market garden- 

 ers' annual; Holmes Seed Co., Harris- 

 burg, Pa., general catalogue; Weeber & 

 Don, general catalogue; Freidr. C. Pom- 

 rencke, Altona-Hamburg, Germany, flower 

 seed catalogue; William Bull & Sons, 

 Chelsea, London, England, general seed 

 catalogue; Watkins & Simpson, Covent 

 Garden, London, England, general seed 

 catalogue; W. C. Kennedy, St. Joseph, 

 Mo., retail seed catalogue; Daniel B. 

 Long, of Buffalo, N. Y., carnation day 

 cards. 



NEWPORT. 



Horticultural Society. 



At a meeting of the Newport Horti- 

 cultural Society, January 22, Prof. H. A. 

 Wheeler, director of the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station at Kingston, R. I., 

 gave an interesting lecture on "Soda in 

 its Relation to Plant Growth." He 

 spoke mostly of the experiments which 

 he had conducted and of the results 

 which have been obtained. He spoke 

 without notes but with a thorough 

 knowledge from personal experience, and 



Sow Now 

 The True Thing 



AB«ratiiin Blue Star, the best of all for pots, 6 



tr. pktM., tl.26; tr. pkt., 26c. 

 Alysaum Carpet Queen, fine extra dwarf strain, 



6 tr. pkt8^tl.25; tr. pfct., 25c. 

 Begonia Erfordii, for pots the best rosy pink, 



6 tr. pkt., 11.26; tr. pkt., 25c. 

 Besonla Gracilis Luminosa, bedder, new, with 



large, bright scarlet flowers and ball-shaped 



habit, unexcelled for pots and outdoors. 6 tr 



pkts., 12.50; tr. pkt., 50c. 

 CTclamen, giant-nowerlng, separate colors. 



1000 seec 8, 16.00; tr. pkt., tl.OO. 

 Gyolamen. giant-flowering, mixed colors. 1000 



seeds, 16.00; tr. pkt., 7&c. 

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



11.25; tr. pkt., 25c. 

 Petunia, California single giants, extra strain, 



6 tr. pkts.. W.OO; tr. pkt., 75c. 

 Petnnia, double fringed Giants, 6 tr. pkts., tS.OO; 



tr. pkt., 11.00. 

 Phlox New Cecily, the very best large-flowered, 



real dwarf, compact. Drum. Phlox for pots, 



mixed colors, 6 tr, pkts., 12.50; tr. pkt., 50c. 

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



gact early-flowering, fine variety and there is 

 ardly a better one for pots. 6 tr. pkts., 12.50; 

 tr. pkt., 50c. 

 ▼erbena. Mammoth, unexcelled strains; as 

 Auricolor flowered, scarlet, striped, pink, pur- 

 ple, white, each separate, oz-i I1.M; tr. pkt., 25c. 

 E'er larger quantities special quotations. 



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



Mention The Review when yon write. 



his address was listened to attentively 

 by every one of the many comprising 

 the large audience. 



The speaker said, in part, that "the 

 effect of soda on plant growth is a sub- 

 ject which has been considered by horti- 

 culturists for many years, and a sub- 

 ject upon which there have been many 

 and diversified opinions. The Rhode Is- 



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