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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Hat 30, 1907. 



-•-^ XstabUali«d 1808 — ^ 



AsparaifV" plnmosas BannB seed 



Send for pricea. 



COLD STORAGE 



Lily of theVaUey Pips 



Best poEsible rrade in cawes of 1000 

 and 8000 pips each, at $12.00 per 1000. 

 Advance orders now belnr booked for 

 Bermuda Easter Lilias 



and Roman Hjaeintha 

 Send for prices. 



J. M. THORBURN it CO. 



88 Barclay St., Umth to 88 Park PI. 

 HBWTORK 



■▼erythini; of the Highest Grade 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



price list of flower seeds, bulbs and 

 plants ; Lord & Burnham Co., New York, 

 circulars on greenhouse construction spe- 

 cialties. 



TULIP VHITE SVAN. 



Ever since tulips have been forced in 

 England La Eeine has held the premier 

 position as a white early forcing variety, 

 and probably it will be many years be- 

 fore any other sort of tulip is forced in 

 equal quantities. For cheapness, ease of 

 cultivation, earliness of flowering, for 

 providing a quantity of white bloom at 

 a cheap rate, it has no equal, but for 

 better class work La Beine is being con- 

 siderably superseded by that lovely white 

 tulip. White Swan. This variety is ab- 

 solutely pure white, with a total absence 

 of the pink tinge sometimes objected to 

 in La Beine. It is as easy to force as 

 La Reine and nearly as early. The 

 growth is much taller and stronger and 

 the constitution much more robust; con- 

 sequently the percentage of failures is 

 much smaller. The bloom is twice as 

 large, and is egg-shaped, similar to the 

 now well-known Darwin section but some- 

 what longer in the petal. In fact, some 

 firms describe it as a half-bred Darwin 

 variety, but its most valuable character- 

 istic is the ease with which it can be 

 forced to perfection, coupled with its 

 lasting qualities when cut, ten days being 

 no uncommon time for it to remain 

 fresh and in good condition in a cut 

 state. In the bulb districts of Holland 

 it is an easy propagator and can be 

 grown as cheaply and plentifully as any 

 of the other popular early forcing sorts 

 as soon as the stocks are suflSciently in- 

 creased. 



As an outdoor tulip it is later than the 

 early sorts and blooms before the May 

 flowering varieties. It is one of the few 

 tulips that will grow and freely propa- 

 gate in England, and in that respect 

 may be classed in the May flowering sec- 

 tion. For these reasons the price will 

 soon be at a useful figure, that is, be- 

 tween 20 and 30 shillings per thousand 

 for the true variety. This year it is 50 

 shillings per thousand. 



It is diflBcult to get the true type, as 

 there are many useless forms offered. 

 Some firms offer J. Cooper van Bierom 



Summer- Blooming Bulbs. 



GLADIOLUS 100 



▲merloa, the rrandest Oladlolua 



up-to-date, color, soft pink 110.00 



Aosaat*, pure white 8.00 



May, white, flaked rose 1.60 



OroH'B Gold Modal Hybrlda. I.OO 

 Olant Ghlldall. splendid mixed. 3.00 

 Whit* and LlKht Florists' 



llUtiuro 1.76 



If IxtvTO of Pink Orennds 1.60 



■ztra Oholoo Aasorloan 



Hybrids iM 



Bend 



1000 



176 00 

 96 00 



15 00 

 18.00 

 18.00 



16 00 

 13.60 



30.00 



GLADIOLUS 100 



Good Mixed 10.81 



Tuberoue-Reoted Begoniee 

 BlnslOt scarlet, white, yellow, 



rose, separate 8.00 



Doable, scarlet, white, yellow, 



rose, separate 5.00 



GLOXINIAS 



Bxtra choice strain In 8 seprate 

 colors. 4.00 



1000 

 17.00 



98.00 

 46.00 



asxo 



tor trade price list. 



CURRIE BROS. CO. 



818 



Broadway, 



Milwaukee, Wis. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



JUST RSCSIVED. TWO NSW COLORS OF 



Kawson's Giant Primula Obconica 



BLOOD RBD, a moat intense, brilliant color 76c per 100 seeds; $6 00 per 1000 seeds 



CIiKAB BLiUK. a decided novelty 76c per 100 seeds; 6.00 perlOOO seeds 



Also our regular supply of the following shades: 



Pink, Crimson, Pure Wlilto and Inporb MIztnro, 



at 600 per 100 seeds or $4.00 per lOOO. 



WS ABB ALWAYS FIBST Dt OFFSBOfG MBBITOBIOU8 NOVBLTIBI. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., 5 Union St., Boston, Mass. 



p. 8. W e are nowSole Distributors for Boston for CABMAB'B 

 ABTI«PBST. If yon wish to know what it is, 

 send for circular. 



Mention The Rerlew when .tou write. 



GLADIOLI 



Write 

 for It. 



Beantifnlly illastrated cat^- 

 loff, colored plate, etc., dei* 

 cribine GroflE's Hvbridi, 

 Named Noveltiei ot rare 

 beanty, Miztarei and Collections to color and Fine Mixtures ef all colors. 



Arthur Cowee,n£!i%^S;fV^: Berlin, N. Y. 



Mention The Reylew when yon write. 



as "White Swan, though the former is a 

 much inferior variety, while some offer 

 varieties called White Hawk and also 

 White Falcon as the true White Swan. 

 Some firms have the true stock under 

 these names. On the other hand, in some 

 cases if these sorts are ordered a totally 

 different variety is received. It is there- 

 fore necessary to order the true, tall 

 growing, pure white, egg shaped White 

 Swan. B. J. 



NEWPORT, R. I. 



Current Conunent. 



The fact that in Newport spring 

 weather, as such is, or was, commonly 

 known, was not experienced this year 

 seems to intensify the change in the ap- 

 pearance of things in a week. Even 

 now the weather is not too warm, but 

 the change has worked wonders in vege- 

 tation. A week ago there was scarcely 

 a leaf unfolded on the maple trees on 

 Bellevue avenue. Now they are almost 

 in full foliage. 



To give further instance of the late- 

 ness of things, the lilac shows no sign 

 of being fit for use on Decoration day. 

 By the way, the absence of lilac for that 

 occasion is by no means deplored by 

 florists in general. Several expressed 

 the opinion that the lack of it will make 

 business much better in more profitable 

 lines, and there seems a good deal in 

 that, too, because many possessed of 

 means to purchase other kinds of flowers 

 would think twice about doing so if they 

 knew where they could put their hands 



This is an example of a half-tone from one of 

 rur wasti'drawins*— gets much more detail 

 than in a retouched photograph. Can bring out 

 any feature, or remove defects. 



Now is the Time 



to get to work OD the cuts^for your 1008 cata- 

 logue. Our artists are the best Id the United 

 States on flower and vegetanle drawing. We 

 make a specialty of Cuts For Seedsmen. 

 All processes. Quick work if necessary. Satis- 

 faction guaranteed. 



CRESCENT ENGRAVING CO, 



841.849 Clark St., CHICAGO 



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Florists' Bulbs. 



Import orders now booked. 

 Best grades only. Write for prices. 



W. C. BECKERT, Allegheny. Pa. 



