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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Jandabx 9, 1008. 



basis and that a much larger fill-in busi- 

 ness than usual will be a feature of this 

 line of trade during the spring of 1908. 



The market gardeners are on the alert 

 and are buying seeds early. 



Send your 1908 catalogue to the Re- 

 view and see that the Review is on your 

 mailing list to receive your printed mat- 

 ter regularly. 



The conditions now prevailing in the 

 grocery trade cause some of the canners 

 to wonder if they haven't, after all, 

 enough seed for the 1908 pack. 



The one hundred and seventh annual 

 catalogue of J. M. Thorburn & Co. is one 

 of the handsomest they have issued. The 

 cover is in keeping with the dignity of 

 their years. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has recently issued a bulletin entitled 

 "The Culture and Uses of Brome 

 Grass," which will be of interest to 

 seedsmen. 



The Green Seed & Plant Co., Kearney, 

 Neb., says that it is, like others in the 

 locality, disappointed with the crops of 

 sweet com and vine seeds, but looks for a 

 good spring business. 



The Ford Seed Co., of Ravenna, O., 

 says that the Nectar sweet corn and Glory 

 cabbage are becoming very popular. This 

 firm introduced these varieties last year 

 and looks for a large sale on them during 

 the coming season. 



H. WiLLAED Beown, of the firm of H. 

 G. Hastings & Co., seedsmen, Atlanta, Ga., 

 is at St. Augustine, Fla., superintending 

 the mailing of catalogues. These have 

 been sent out from the St. Augustine 

 postoflBce at the rate of 30,000 a day for 

 the last two weeks. 



A. T. BODDINGTON, New York, has 

 adopted the word "Quality" as a trade- 

 mark, and if the characteristic is appar- 

 ent in his seeds with the same frequency 

 that the word appears in his 1908 cata- 

 logue he can not fail to build up a large 

 business among those who want the best. 



The Page Seed Co., of Greene, N. Y., 

 expects to erect another warehouse the 

 coming season, as the present building, 

 40x210 feet, three floors, does not afford 

 suflScient room. The firm's sales on seed 

 com alone were over 30,000 bushels last 

 year. Another Brown bag filling machine 

 is being installed in the plant. 



The success which is attending the 

 seedsmen's travelers in their trips to the 

 sections where the summer homes of the 

 wealthy abound relieves all fear of a 

 poor season among this desirable class 

 of trade. The gardeners frequently say 

 they have had instructions to keep down 

 expenses, but orders are as large as ever. 



Henry A. Deeee, Inc., Philadelphia, 

 celebrates this year the seventieth anni- 

 versary of the business. The annual cat- 

 tklogue devotes twenty- four pages on spe- 

 cial paper in the front of the book to a 

 brief history of the house and an ac- 

 count ot its various departments, fully 

 illustrated. The Dreer book this year 

 contains 248 pages and is undoubtedly 

 the most complete horticultural cata- 

 logue issued in the United States. 



W. W. Rawson & Co., Boston, have 

 undertaken the creation of a unique fea- 

 ture in an outdoor display and salesroom 

 at ^ 5 Green street, Marblehead, Mass. 

 This they intend to use only for growing 

 for exhibition, visitors being welcome 

 every day in the week, including Sunday, 



WATKINS & SIMPSON 



12 Tavistock St., Covent Garden 

 LONDON, ENGLAND 



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■^^^^^"■^^~ (ESTABUSHID IK 1787.) 



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with a guide and salesmen constantly in 

 attendance. It is their purpose to dis- 

 play here practically all garden flowers 

 and a number of special exhibitions al- 

 ready have been planned, beginning in 

 May, the blooming period of what the 

 firm claims to be the largest collection of 

 Darwin and Breeder tulips ever grown 



he Royal Tottenham 

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Established in 187S 

 Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DCR aST 



Dedemsvaart, Holland 



Headquarters for Hardy Perennials, among 

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 devoted to growing this line Including Anemone. 

 Aster, Oampanula, DelphlDlum. Funkias. Hem- 

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 Phlox decussata and suffruticosa. Primula. 

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No.34; 



WIBOLTTS SNOWBALL 

 CAULIJ'LOWERSEED 



« ihf carlint of , 

 all Snovballs. thri| 

 tno&t compact, the 

 surest header, is 

 giving the largest and snow- 

 whitest heads, and is the 

 best keeper in dry-wralher. 

 Demand it through your 

 seed-firm or direct from - 



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 LARGK8T STOCK OV A¥.t. 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Aaaleas, Arancarian, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Begroniaa, Gloxinias, etc. 



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in one place anywhere in the world. Each 

 variety is planted in a separate bed and 

 labeled. 



In their January wholesale trade price 

 list, J. M. Thorburn & Co. say of sweet 

 corn: "We quote tentative prices only; 

 impossible to fix quotations firmly at 



