

Febbuaby 28, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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Dreer's Reliable 

 Flower Seeds 



ASTERS 



are one of our specialties, aod 

 we do not believe it possible 

 to g:et finer stock at any price. 

 We offer below a few of the 

 most important sorts for the Florist. For complete list, see 

 our current Wholesale Price List, mailed free on application 

 to any florist. 



EARLiY WONDER. A new variety and the earliest of all, bloom- 

 ing by the end of June; flowers hifirh-grade, on long stems, and 

 pure white. 40c per trade pkt.; $2.00 per oz. 



DAYBREAK. A flne mid-season sort; color, daybreak pink. 40c 



per trade pkt.; $2.50 per oz. 

 PURITY. Similar to Daybreak, but pure white. 40c per trade 



pkt.; $2.50 per oz. 

 LAVENDER GEBf. Exquisite soft color, early flowering. 50c 



per trade pkt. 

 SNOWDRirT. Early pure white, of Comet type. 50c per trade 



pkt.; $3.00 per oz. 

 WHITE PLBECX. The finest white of the Comet type, long 



stemmed, large flowers of purest white. 50c per trade pkt.; 



$4.00 per oz. 

 VIOLET KING. A new color in the late branching type. 40c per 



trade pkt.; $2.50 per oz. 



DREER'S SUPERB LATE BRANCHING. The finest strain 

 procurable, and the best of all for late blooming. Pure White, 

 Shell Pink, Rose Pink, Deep Purple, Lavender and Crimson. 

 Each, 25c per trade pkt.; $1.00 per oz. Finest mixed, 25c per 

 trade pkt.; 75c per oz. 



SOW NOW: Aseratum, Centaurea, Lobelia, Petunia* 

 Salvia, etc. See list for prices, etc. 



Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Seed Travelers Wanted 



We want two travelers not over 85 years of 

 age who can show undoubted proof as success- 

 ful seed salesmen. Only those apply who have 

 experience, energy and can give first-class ref- 

 erences. 



NORTHRtlP, KING & CO., Minneapolis, Minn. 



Mention The Review wben you write. 



on the cold night of February 22. It 

 was a terrifying experience but he es- 

 caped with slight injuries. 



Visited Atlanta, Ga. : — Wm. Hage- 

 mann, New York. 



Visited Portland, Ore. — A. Currie, 

 Jr., of Currie Bros. Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Visited Chicago. — Robert Fulton, of 

 Henry & Lee, New York, en route to 

 Japan. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 

 issue a special implement catalogue of 

 «irty-four pages. 



The * * seed and soil specials ' ' are now 

 running on the various railroads, carry- 

 ing the state university lecturers to the 

 farmers. 



Maule and Burpee are using full 

 pages in the March magazines, while 

 others, if showing at all, are content 

 with quarters or less. 



The present congress expires next 

 Monday by limitation. There will be no 

 legislation of consequence affecting 

 ■either the seed trade or other interests, 

 aside from that contained in the usual 

 appropriation bills. 



Jas. Vick's Sons, Rochester, are re- 

 ported to have leased the farm of W. D. 

 Auchter, at South Greece, near Spencer- 

 port, N. Y., for a term of years. The 

 tract consists of ninety acres and it is 



JOHNSON'S ircrcri ccv^rk for 



HIGH-GRADE A9 1 CK 9 12 [lU FLORISTS 



From the Beat Amerloan and European Growers. 



Trade pkt. 



Queen of tbe Market, three weeks 

 earlier than other Asters, separate 



colors *0.2() 



Choice mixed 15 



Semple's Late Branching, high- 

 grade American- grown, not Cali- 

 fornia, separate colors 20 



Choice mixed 20 



Ostrich Hlame, separate colors 25 



Choice ml xed 25 



Victoria, highly prized by florists for 

 bedding and cutting, separate colors .25 

 Choice mixed 25 



Improved Peony Perfection, very 

 popular with florists, a profuse 



bloomer, separate colors 25 



Choice mixed 20 



MlKDon, an invaluable variety for 



cutting, pure white 25 



Choice mixed 25 



Hohenzollern. enormous flowers, 



separate colors 20 



Choice mixed 20 



Comet, a beavitlful class, with curled 

 and twisted petals, separate colors.. .25 

 Choice mixed 25 



Daybreak (originator's stock), shell- 

 pink, one of the most beautiful of 

 Asters, early, long-stemmed and of 

 compact habit 30 



Porlty (originator's stock), pure 

 white, and identical in form and 

 habit with Daybreak 30 



SWEET PEAS, florists' standard sorts, oz., 5c; H lb.. 10c; pound, 25c. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY, 217 Market St., Philadelphia, 



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

 Mention The Review when you write. 



Oz. 



$0.60 

 50 



.75 



.75 



1.50 



1.25 



1.75 

 1.50 



1.50 

 1.25 



1.50 

 1.25 



1.25 

 1.00 



1.50 

 1.25 



2.00 

 2.00 



Pa. 



understood thirty acres of it will next 

 summer be planted to asters for seed. 



A New York importer tried to get 

 asparagus seeds admitted duty free as 

 crude drugs, but the board of general 

 appraisers thought that all that was 

 crude about the case was the contention, 

 and reaflBrmed the old ruling. 



In Collier's Weekly for February 23 

 two pages are devoted to an "exposure" 

 of modern methods of influencing public 

 opinion, being mainly an account of the 

 methods of William Wolf Smith, of 



Washington, who has represented the 

 seedsmen in their campaign against free 

 seeds. 



Latest reports from Holland are ot 

 considerable frost in late January, after 

 mild weather had caused the removal of 

 winter coverings. It is feared some in- 

 jury may have been done to hyacinths. 



The houses that make a specialty of 

 the market garden trade report night 

 work necessary to keep even with orders. 

 Taking everything into consideration, 

 this is the most satisfactory trade a 



