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Mabch 7, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Dreer's Summer Flowering Bulbs 



The B*ffoaia« and Olozlnlas offered by n* are the best that ■UU and 

 oareftil seleotiou caa produce, being' grown tor ue by one of the most 

 expert Snropean specialists. 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS 



Single riovreredt Scarlet, Orimson, White, Tellow, Rose and Orange, 40c per 

 doz.: $8.00 per 100; «2.'>.0O per 1000. 



Choice Single Flowered In Mixture, 35c per doz.; $2.50 per 100; $22.00 per 1000. 



Double riowerlng. Scarlet, Rose, White and Yellow, 65c per doz.; $5.00 per 100; 

 $40.00 per 1000. ^ 



Choleest Double Flowering in Blixture. 50c per doz.: $4.00 per 100; $35.00 

 per 1000. 



NEW HYBRID FRILLED TUBEROUS BEGONIAS 



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

 to the be st forms of single petunias, 25c each; $2.50 per doz.; $20:00 per 110. 



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 choicest mixture, 60c 

 per doz.; $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 



FANCY-LEAYED CALADIUMS 



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

 $10.00 per 100. Choice mixed varieties, $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



Our ana'terly Wholesale List offers a tall line) 

 of Seasonable Plants, Seeds and Bnlbs. 



HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



master-general is likely to ease the fric- 

 tion in that department. To none of 

 the government's new policies can objec- 

 tion be made on principle, but the appli- 

 cation of the rulings has resulted in 

 much excessively fine hair-splitting and 

 caused no end of annoyance. 



The conference report on the agricul- 

 tural appropriation bill, carrying the 

 usual provision for free seeds, was last 

 Saturday approved by both branches of 

 congress. 



CALIFORNIA CONDITIONS. 



Ordinarily a fairly satisfactory review 

 of the condition of California crops at 

 this time of the year might be given, but 

 this season is so unusual that it is im- 

 possible to make more than a very gen- 

 eral statement. 



Boot crops are pretty Tvell in the 

 ground, but so far (February 25) have 

 made very little growth, and there are 

 still many sacks in the hands of the 

 growers. Onions are finally all planted, 

 though only within the last fortnight 

 one large grower had 2,000 or 3,000 bags 

 still on hand. 



Part of the radish and lettuce seed is 

 not yet planted, and some growers are 

 still planting sweet peas, though every 

 day of delay now adds to the risk of 

 failure. The success of these late plant- 

 ed peas will depend somewhat on the 

 time when the hot waves come. If all 

 goes well, they may make a good crop, 

 because the ground is thoroughly soaked. 



The onion crop, on the whole, does 

 not look encouraging. Some fields are in 

 excellent condition, but many others have 

 been drowned out, and many more have 

 been so affected by water as to greatly 

 retard the growth of the onions and to 

 cause a thin stand. 



Weeds are also getting quite a start on 

 some fields and they will make the work 

 of the grower harder in this already dif- 

 ficult season. 



Growers are now hustling after their 

 bulb men for next year. Most of the 



JOHNSON'S iTdnriNri CE^i^rk for 



HIGH-GRADE /%9 I CK 9 1212 LP FLORISTS 



From the Best American and Enropean Growers. 



Trade pkt. Oz. 



Qaeen of the Market, three weeks 

 earlier than other Asters, separate 



colors $0.20 $0.60 



Choice mixed 15 .50 



Semple's L.ate Branching, high- 

 grade American-grown, not Cali- 

 fornia, separate colors 20 .75 



Cboleemlxed 20 .75 



Ostrich Plnme, separate colors 25 1.5U 



Choice mixed 25 1.26 



Victoria, highly prized by florists for 

 bedding and cutting, separate colors .25 1.75 

 Choicemixed 25 1.50 



Improved Peony Perfection, very 

 popular with florists, a profuse 



bloomer, separate colors 25 1.50 



Choicemixed 20 1.25 



Bligmon, an Invaluable variety for 



cutting, pure white 25 1.50 



Choicemixed 25 1.25 



Hohenzollern, enormous flowers, 



separate colors 20 1.26 



Choicemixed 20 1.00 



Comet, a beautiful class, with curled 

 and twisted petals, separate colors.. .25 1.50 

 Choicemixed 25 1.25 



Daybreak (originator's stock), shell- 

 pink, one of the most beautiful of 

 Asters, early, long-stemmed and of 

 compact habit 30 2.00 



Pnrlty (originator's stock), pure 

 white, and identical in form and 

 habit with Daybreak 30 2.00 



SWUBTlPEAS, florists' standard sorts, oz., 5c; H lb- 10c; pound, 25c. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY, 217 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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



Mention The Review when yon write. • 



seed to produce next year's onion crop 

 is probably already in the ground, though 

 one grower was trying to place contracts 

 last week, and the condition of some 

 fields already planted or contracted for 

 is not the best. It is far too early, how- 

 ever, to guess at the prospects for bulbs 

 for the 1907 harvest. Aluum. 



THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER. 



The horticultural trades in England 

 are by the ears over the Prevention of 

 Corruption Act, which prohibited the 

 paying of commissions to employees, in- 

 cluding gardeners, on purchases made 

 for their principals. A trade meeting 

 was held and over 800 firms have signed 



an agreement to seek no way of evading 

 the provisions of the act, but to support 

 it loyally. Now, the old seed house of 

 Sutton & Sons has issued a circular, well 

 within the terms of the act, which, while 

 setting forth the firm's aversion to get- 

 ting business by feeing customer's em- 

 ployees, goes on to say that "while so 

 many of our customers ask us to recog- 

 nize the care bestowed on our seeds by 

 the gardeners who have the cultivation 

 of them, we have not the least objection 

 to doing so, if we have the express ap- 

 proval of the customer in writing. For 

 this purpose we append a form, which 

 may be signed and returned to us. ' ' Ac- 

 cording to the English trade papers, it 

 has raised a storm, as being a violation 



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