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Mabch 14, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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1269 



Dreer's Summer Flowering Bulbs 



The Beffonlas and Oloxinlag offered by nu are the best that akill and 

 oarefdl selection can produce, being' grrown tor ns by one of the most 

 expert European specialists. 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS 



single Flo'wered, Scarlet, Orimson, White, Tellow, Rose and Orange, 40c per 

 doz.: $8.00 per 100: $2'>.00 per ICOO. 



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



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

 $40.00 per 1000. 



Choicest Double Flowerins in Bflxture, 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 best 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 lOOO. 



FANCY-LEAVED 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 quarterly Wholesale £ist offers a full line,' 

 of Seasonable Plants, Seeds and Bulbs. 



HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



will continue to represent the Poulsen 

 firm in this country. 



A PURE seed bill is pending in the 

 Michigan legislature. 



The acreage of beans in Michigan is 

 likely to show another increase this year. 



The Evans Seed Co., West Branch, 

 Mich., suffered $10,000 damage by fire 

 March 5; partially insured. 



The H. E. Fiske Seed Co., Boston, re- 

 ports counter trade as having opened 

 well since the weather moderated. 



J. J. Grullemans, Jr., of J. J. Grulle- 

 mans & Sons, Lisse, Holland, is making 

 his first trip to the United States. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 

 are advertising their Farm Annual for 

 1907 in leading European gardening pa- 

 pers. 



It is reported that one English firm 

 handles annually ten million valley pips, 

 nearly all of which spend some mouths 

 in cold storage. 



W. W. Eawson & Co., Boston, report 

 that Gladiolus Harvard took so well that 

 they were entirely sold out of it before 

 the end of February. 



Henry Carr, president of the Ogemaw 

 Grain and Seed Co., West Branch, Mich., 

 says that sixty carloads of beans were 

 shipped from Saginaw to Cuba last year. 



Does not the offering of seeds as 

 premiums, or premiums on the purchase 

 of seeds, lead the public to the belief 

 that the seedsmen's stock in trade is of 

 little real value? 



Josiah Young is moving to a new 

 location, 375 to 377 Eiver street, Troy, 

 N. Y., and when settled will have one 

 of the finest stores in the country for 

 handling seeds and flowers. 



The building occupied by the Spring- 

 field Seed Co., Springfield, Mo., has been 

 sold for $22,500, but as the purchasers 

 bought purely for investment, the firm 



Giant-Flowering 



Highest Quality 



BEGONIA BULBS 



Extra Larg^ Size Bulbs, measuring 1^ to 2 inches 



BEGONiAS-TUBEROUS-ROOTED pe,.„, p„™ p,„». 



Single, separate colors, Scarlet, Crimson, Rose, White and Orange $0.35 $2.50 $28.00 



Single, choice mixed S*) 2 25 22.00 



Double, separate colors, same as above colors 60 4.25 38.00 



Double, choice mixed ; 50 4.00 85.00 



GLOXI Nl AS-GiSNT- FLO WERI NG "'^f^^^.S^^r i™. 



Separate colors, Spotted, Red, White, Blue, Red with white border, and 



Blue with white border, or mixed $0.50 $4.00 $35.00 



"•"^^^e^nIS?"'^ CHINESE PEONIES 



Exceptionally Fine Roots yrlth. 2 to 7 Eyes. 



Double white $1.50 per doz.; $8 00 per 100 Double red $1.25 per doz.; $7.50 per 100 



Double dark red 1.25perdoz.; 7.00 per 100 Double mixed l.OOperdoz.; 6.00 per 100 



Write for our Complete Bulb and Flo'^er Seed Cataloerue for Florists. 



JOHNSON SEED CO. M.rl'J.s.. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Herbert W. Johnson, of the Iat6 firm of Johnson & Stokes, President. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



doubtless will not be disturbed at the ex- 

 piration of its lease, which has some time 

 to run. 



The onion set is still holding its own 

 and, by the way, if it is true as reported, 

 that southern California shipped 1,000 

 tons of onion sets into Texas the past 

 year, it is remarkable that so large a lot 

 was overlooked when the crop reporter 

 was sizing up the year's product. 



SAMPLING. 



Our congressmen have been setting an 

 example for our seedsmen to follow, so 

 that now we are getting free samples 

 with at least one-half of the seed cata- 

 logues that come to our tables. These 

 are all intended as baits to catch trade, 

 and as such are a menace to square deal- 

 ing and to the honest seedsman. I take 

 it that the honest seedsman with an es- 

 tablished reputation does not need to 



send out these free samples, and the hon- 

 est buyer does not care to be worked 

 in this way. T"he average buyer of seeds 

 does not care to take the time and trou- 

 ble to test these sample packets, but pre- 

 fers to rely upon the reputation of the 

 seedsman for honest goods. Nineteen- 

 twentieths of the sample packets thus 

 sent out by our seedsmen were un- 

 doubtedly never intended to be tested, 

 but are calculated as baits for a con- 

 stantly wavering trade. 



L. 0, Williams, 



WEATHER AND TRADE. 



Unseasonably cold weather west and 

 south is holding trade back. The whole- 

 salers are well caught up on advance or- 

 ders and report fill-in business hardly up 

 to expectations. It is thought that an 

 unusual rush will take place when the 

 east and south get thawed out. The cen- 



