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Febbuaby 21, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Belialilf! Flowei Seeds 



NEW ORCHID-FLOWERED 

 SWEET PEAS. 



These are a distinct "break " in Sweet Peas, differinir from the standard 

 sorts by the extraordinary size of ttieir flowers, usually measuring 2 incbes 

 across, and by the standards being crinkled and wavy, while the wings are 

 large and spreading. Another splendid feature is that a very large percentage 

 bear four blossoms to the stem, which are long and strong. 



CODNTK88 8PBNCKB. A lovely clear pink, shading darker at the 

 edges. 10c per oz ; 25c per ^-Ib.; 75c per lb. 



K. J. CA8TLK. Rich carmine-rose, shaded with salmon, very striking, 

 especially under artificial light. 17c per pkt., & pkts., 75e. 



FRANK DOLST. The largest and finest pale lavender-blue. 17c per 

 pkt.; 5 pkts., 76c. 



GLADYS UNWIN. Charming shade of pale rose-pink: extra long 

 stems and very valuable for cutting. 10c per oz.; 25c per ^-Ib.; 75c per lb. 



HKLKN IjK WI8. (Orange Oountess.) Brilliant orange-rose. 25cperoz. 



HKLSN PISROC This is the new gloxinia-flowered Sweet Pea, being 

 marbled blue on a white ground, with the veins showing a little deeper, exactly 

 like a mottled Gloxinia. 15c per oz.; 50c per }i-\b. 



JOHN XNGMAN. Rich salmon-rose. 15c per oz.; 50c per ^-Ib. 



MRS. ALPRKD WATKINS. A superb pale pink, similar in shade 

 to the old Princess Beatrice. 17c per pkt.; 5 pkts., 75c. 



NORA UNWIN. The finest white now in existence. 17c per pkt.; 

 5 pkts., 76c. 



PHTIXIS DNWIN. A veritable giant among Sweet Peas; color a 

 deep rose-carmine. 16c per oz.; 60c per ^-Ib. 



For list of Standard Sweet Peas see our Wholesale 

 Price List. Free on application to Florists. 



HENRY A. DREER, 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Orchid-flowkred Sweet Pka, Qladys Unwin. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



results amply compensated for the 

 clencal work required. 



An exceptional number of inquiries 

 for onion sets are reported at Chicago. 



C. L. Allen, the Long Island cabbage 

 seed grower, is represented on the road 

 by a grandson, who is now calling on 

 the trade in the west. 



Visited Lawrence, Kan.: — Chas. P. 

 Braslan, San Jose, Cal., enroute home 

 from his annual trip east; T. Geerie, 

 representing Leonard Seed Co.', Chicago. 



Some of the early catalogues that 

 were minus their usual covers because 

 of the lithographers' strike, are making 

 a reappearance bedecked in all the hues 

 of the rainbow. 



A. J. Pieters, of the A. J. Pieters 

 Seed Co., Hollister, Cal., finds himself, 

 because of the unusual season, unable to 

 make the contemplated trip among the 

 trade in the east. 



The Johnson & Musser Seed Co., Los 

 Angeles, Cal.', says that in the last &ve 

 months of 1906 it sold to local garden- 

 ers more than 12,000 pounds of Holland 

 grown spinach seed. 



The onion seed situation is unchanged. 

 The demand for the Globe varieties is 

 not so brisk as might have been ex- 

 pected, owing, probably, to the depres- 

 sion in the market for onion bulbs. 



The H. E. Fisk Seed Co., Boston, 

 devotes twenty pages of its first general 

 seed catalogue to plants and tubers, with 

 several pages devoted to roses and a 

 quite complete line of nursery stock. 



The mail trade from the south has 

 been heavy for some weeks and difl5culty 

 has been experienced in filling orders, 

 owing to the unusually late deliveries of 

 many articles. Fine weather throughout 



HIGH. 

 GRADE 



IMPORTATION Mushrooiii Spawn 



Absolutely Reliable — Used by the Most Critical Growers 



KnKUsh Bfllltrack, 10 lbs., 75c: 25 lbs.. SI 50; 100 lbs.. $6 00; 1000 lbs., $55.00. 



Pure Culture, per 10 bricks, S1.50; 25 bricks, 13.50: 60 bricks. S6.50: 100 bricks, S12.00. Write for 



quotations on large lots. Cultural directions sent with every order. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



NONE BETTJER OFFERED TO THE TRADE 



Selected Hamburc for Forcing, per 100, $1.25; per 1000, $11.00; per 



case 25U0 pips, $25.00. 

 Selected Berlin, Unsurpassed Quality, per 100, $1.50; per lOCO, $14.00; 



per case 2>X)0 pips. $27.00. 

 Ne\7 Crop Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, (northern ereenhouse- 



grown), selected seed, per 100 seeds, 50c; per 1000 seeds, $3 50; per 



50t0 seeds. $16 00. 

 Asparaarus SpreoKeri, per 250 seeds, 25c; per 1000 seeds. 75c: per 5000 



seeds, $i.i)\i. See our Begonia and (iloxinia offer in last issue. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY, 217 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Herbert Johnson, of the late firm of Johnson & Stokes, President. 

 Mention The Itevlew when you write. 



the central states, for a week or more, 

 has put seasonable life into the general 

 mail trade and the rush soon vcill be on. 



E. D. Darlington, superintendent of 

 Fordhook farm, the trial ground of W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, has 

 an interesting illustrated article on 

 sweet peas in the Garden Magazine for 

 March. 



Albauoh Bros., Dover & Co., general 

 mail order house at 341 Franklin street, 

 Chicago, are this season handling seeds, 

 having issued a neat special catalogue, 

 which they say is bringing them good re- 

 turns to this date. 



The Livingston Seed Co., Columbus, 

 O., which has to its credit the introduc- 

 tion of more tomatoes now standard 

 than have been brought out by any 

 other house, have another tomato novelty 

 for 1907, Livingston's Hummer, de- 

 scribed as especially desirable for can- 



Seed Travelers Wanted 



We want two travelers not over 85 years of 

 age who can show undoubted proof as huccess- 

 ful seed salesmen. Only those apply who have 

 experience, energy and can give first-class ref- 

 erences. 



NORTHRUP. KING & CO., MiRneapolis, Mim. 



Mention The Uevlew when yoii write. 



ners, when the crop must be produced in 

 a short time. It is bright scarlet, round, 

 smooth and has less indenture about the 

 stem end than any other variety. 



Many seed stores keep registers of 

 gardeners seeking employment* and make 

 a practice of supplying their patrons 

 with skilled help of this character, but 

 so far as known Joseph Breck & Sons, 

 Boston, is the only seed firm also con- 

 ducting a general employment bureau. 

 It has been in successful operation since 

 1890. The firm has, since 1905, also 



