Januabv 2, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



31 



VICK'S ASTER SEED 



THE STANDSRD OF EXCELLENCE 



VICK QUALITY ASTERS 



INTRODUCED BY U8 

 GROMfN EVERYWHERE 



Vlek's Branoliinff (8 colors) 

 ▼iok's Bnowdrltt 

 Vlok's Boyal Purple 

 Vlok'a &»T«nd«r 0«m 

 ▼lok'a Daybreak 

 Vlok'e Purity 

 ▼lok'a ■naset 

 Vlok'a Mikado 

 Viok'a Cardinal 

 yick's Violet Zinff 



HOW TO GROW ASTERS 



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Fun tf Inforaation for After Browcrs 



Price 10 oenti 



Free with an order of Aster Seed. 



Florists' Novelty Collection 



six of oar latest introductions, 

 includiUK Sunrise (new) and Early 

 White Branching (new). 



Price 

 Vick'a Early White Branch- 

 ing 10.26 



Vick'B Imperial Aster, Sun- 

 rise 26 



Vick'B Violet King 20 



Vick's Cardinal 26 



Vick's Lavender Gem 26 



Vick'B Rosy Carmine 26 



How to Grow Asters .10 



$1.60 

 All of the above, including our 

 "Aster Book for Florists," for 

 90 OBVTfl 



SEND FOR OUR NEW 



ZUnstrated and Desoriptlve 



Ast8rBook''"Florists 



It describes in detail, not only the vari- 

 eties originating -with qs, but also all 

 other leading sorts. 



The largest and handsomest work of 

 its kind ever issued. 



Intended only for wide-awake florists 

 who appreciate the fact that 



THE BEST QUALITY IS 

 ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST 



Mailed free upon request. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



Rochester, N. Y. 



The Iieadin^^ Specialista and Larg- 



est Growers of Hig^h-Orade 



Asters in the World. 



TWO NEW VARIETIES FOR 1908. 



Vick*s Imperial Sunrise 



A novelty of extraordinary merit. Seed- 

 ling from Vick's Daybreak, but distinct in 

 form of flower, each petal being perfectly 

 quilled. Color, delicate pink. Plant a 

 robust grower, upright branches, each 

 crowned with magnificent double flowers, 

 three to five inches in diameter. Type se- 

 curely fixed. Sure to be a winner. Packet, 

 25c; two packets or more, 20c each. 



Vick's Early Branching 



Developed from Vick's Late Branching. 

 Flowers of this new variety can be placed 

 on the market ten days ahfead of Late 

 Branching sorts. Plants have few branches 

 which are free from side buds, the whole 

 strength of the plant being given to the de- 

 velopment of large, perfectly double flow- 

 ers. Long stems. Two colors, White and 

 Kose. Packet, 25c; two packets or more, 

 20c each. For prices in quantity see our 

 "Aster Book for Florists." 



Other Favorite Varieties 



HOHBNZOLLEBN BABLT HOHEIKZOLLEBN LATB 

 WHITE FLEECE E4BLT WONDEB 



E MPBESS EBBOEBICK GIANT COMET 

 Sevple's Braachleg Plak QUEEN Of THE HABEET 



For prices see our "Aster Book for Florists." 



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Mention The Review when you write. 



W. F. Dreer, Philadelphia, passed 

 through CJhieago December 28, en route 

 to California. 



The death of A. B. Howard, originator 

 of the Star petunia, is recorded in the 

 obituary column this week. 



Onion seed is stiH^too high to meet the 

 view of the onion-set growers. It is 

 hoped that they will come to see it dif- 

 ferently soon. 



Rogers & Co., Leamington Spa, Eng- 

 land, offer an onion competition open to 

 all gardeners, with first premium of £100 

 and sixty other prizes. 



Notice of the death of Alfred Plant, 

 head of the Plant Seed Co., St. Louis, 

 will be found in the obituary column 

 this week. He was 87 years of age and 

 .had been in the seed trade over half a ' 

 century. 



Seedsmen will be interested in the 

 outcome of a legal battle, reported in 

 this issue of the Review, whereby the 

 JuUus Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J., 

 has fixed upon the Cold Storage Co. re- 

 sponsibility for the loss of valley pips 

 which started in the warehouse. 



Carl Sonderegger made a hit with 

 the people of Beatrice, Neb., when he 

 opened a seed department as an adjunct 

 to his nursery business, for one of their 

 favorite themes is the amount of adver- 

 tising he will do for Beatrice and the 

 amount of business he will bring to the 

 town. A. Luck, formerly of Des Moines, 

 18 in charge of the department. The 

 catalogue will have 104 pages and 80.000 

 copies will be sent out. 



Cold Storage LILIES 



Lilium Long^iflorum, 9 to 10, 200 bulbs in case $14.00 per case 



Multillorum, 9 to 10, 200 bulbs in case 18.00 per case 



Gigranteum, 7 to 9, 300 bulbs in case 21.00 per case 



" 9 to 10, 200 bulbs in case 21,00 per case 



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CURRIE BROS. CO. .rJU!^. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Mention The R«Tlew when yon write. 



There are few prize oflfers in the 1908 

 seed catalogues. 



There is no equity in the average 

 claim for damages because of a crop 

 failure; for instance, in the latest law- 

 suit $3,600 was asked because seed for 

 which $2.45 was paid failed to give the 

 results expected. The two amounts are 

 out of all proportion to each other. 



This year it is found that the seed 

 stocks of the market gardeners' quality 

 all through the list are scarce. There 

 will not be enough of them to go around. 

 It is likely that when the first call has 

 been met other stocks, which heretofore 

 have not been classed as entirely suitable 

 for market gardeners, will be given out 

 and if the result is satisfactory a change 

 of opinion regarding sources of supply 

 for reliable market gardeners' quality 

 may occur. 



lUe' iName 



GENUINE 



PHILADELPHIA 



On a LAWN MOWER 

 is what 

 STERLING" is on silver. 



Seedsmen — Oatalogne the Philadelphia line 



and yon will be sare you are right. For 



terms and electrotypes, address 



Philadelphia Lawn Mower Co. 



y j407-09 ttestiiPt St., PHILADELPHIA^ 



Mention The Berlew when you write. 



The man who buys the cheapest seeds 

 he can find is not infrequently the one 

 who puts up the loudest "holler" when 

 the results are not to his liking. 



