March 7, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



U89 



Dreer's Summer Flowering Bulbs 



The Begonias and Gloxinias offered by ns are the best that skill and 

 careful selection can produce, being- {frown tor us by one of the most 

 expert Suropean specialists. 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS 



Single Floivered, Scarlet, Crimson. White. Yellow. Rose and Orange. 40c per 

 loz.: $3.00 per 100; $2!S.OO per ICOO. 



Choice Slnele Flowered in Mixture, 35c per do/,.; $2..">0perl00; $22. w per 1000. 



Double Flowerlne, Scarlet, Hose, White and Yellow. (!5c per doz.; $5.00 per 100, 

 $40.00 per 1000. C3 



Choicest Double Flowerlne In Mixture, 50c per do/..: $4.00 per 100; $:]5.00 

 per 1000. 



NEW HYBRID FRILLED TUBEROUS BEGONIAS 



A most uni<iue 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 ICO. 



GLOXINIA CRASSIFOLIA GRANDIFLORA 



A very fine selected strain, strong, well matured bulbs. Ked, White. Hlue. Ked 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-LEAVED CALADIUMS 



A (.'hoice selection of 25 distinct named varieties, tine large l)Ulbs, $1.50 per do/.: 

 $10.00 per 100, Choice mixed varieties, $1.25 per do/,.; $8.00 imt 100. 



Our quarterly Wholesale Iiist offers a full line 

 of Seasonable Plants, Seeds and Bulbs. 



HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when yoa write. 



master gcii(M-;il is likely to enso tlie fric- 

 tion ill tliat <lcpartiii(Mit. To none of 

 the govi'rnment 's new policies can objec- 

 tion be made on principle, but the appli- 

 cation of tlie rulings has resulted in 

 much excessively line hairsplitting and 

 caused no eiul of annoyance. 



The conference repfirt on the agricul- 

 tural ajipropriation bill, carrying the 

 usual j)ro\ision for free seeds, was last 

 Saturday ajijiroved by botii branches of 



CALIFORNIA CONDITIONS. 



Ordinarily a fairly satisfactory review 

 of the condition of California cro])S at 

 this time of the year might be given, but 

 this season is so unusual that it is im- 

 jiossible to make more than a very gen- 

 eral stat'ement. 



Eoot crops are pretty well 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 

 ilay of delay now adds to the risk of 

 failure. The success of these late plant- 

 ed pe.is 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 

 lieen drowned out, and many more have 

 Vieen 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 rear. Most of the 



JOHNSON'S ircMTVNn c^Pi^r^ for 



HIGH-GRADE /%9 1 tZK 9CI2U FLORISTS 



From the Best American and Kuropean Growers. 



Trade pkt. 



«Jueen of the Miirket, tliree weeks 

 earlier than other AsterH. separate 



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Choice iiiixeil l-'i 



Sample's l>ate JtranchinK, hi^li- 

 frrade American-tfrown. not Cali- 

 fornia, separate colors '.'II 



Choice mixed ','11 



Ostrich Plume, separate colors '-) 



Cliiilce iiii.xed •,'.■> 



Vl<rtoria, iiis-'hl.v prizeil b.v florists for 

 bedding and cutiing Hepar.ite colors .'-'.'i 

 Choice mixed '.'.'i 



Improved Pe«>ny Perfection, very 

 popxilar with tiorists, a profuse 



hliionier, separate colors '-'.'> 



Choice mixed M 



MiKnon, an Invaluable variety for 



cutting, pure while '-•'> 



Choice mi.Ked '''> 



Hohenzollern, enormous Mowers, 



separate colors '-'0 



Choice mixed ','tl 



Comet, a beautiful class, with curled 

 and twisted petals, separatt- colors.. .'-'.'> 

 Choice mixed '-'■'' 



I>aybreak (originator's stock i. shell- 

 pink, one of the most beautiful of 

 Asters, early, lont;-stemnied and of 

 compact habit :>U 



Purity (originators stock), pure 

 while, and identical in form .ind 

 habit with Daybreak :ui 



SWKKT' PEAS, florists' standard sorts, oz., r)c; U lb., lllc; pound. '-'.»•. 



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



Herbert W. Johnson, of the late firm of Johnson iV: Stokes. President. 

 Mention The Review when you 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. Ali.ium. 



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 signe<l 



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- 

 j.loyees. goes (Ml to Say that "while so 

 niatiy 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 imt the least oiijection 

 to doing so, if we have the express ap- 

 proval of the customer in writing. For 

 this jiurpose we append a form, which 

 may be signed and returned to us." Ac- 

 cording to th(! English trade papers, it 

 has raised a storm, as being a violation 



