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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



FBBBDABr 13, 190S. 



Lily of the Valley 



MANN'S EXCELSIOR 



Are the finest In existence and their fiowers 

 brlnr the best prices In the London market. 

 For anotation please apply to 



OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany 



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X^RGKST STOCK OF AIX 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asaleas, Araucarias, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Bef^nias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Belflrium> 



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samples were exhibited on shelves around 

 three sides of the booth, in dark green 

 boxes, the shelves being trimmed in 

 crape paper of the same shade. The 

 samples shown were peas and beans of 

 many varieties, as well as canners' va- 

 rieties of corn, tomato and cucumber. 

 The red walls were almost completely 

 covered with green pea vines of 1908 

 crop, shipped in from Florida specially 

 for this display. The vines represented 

 the main varieties used by canners and 

 were an optical demonstration of the 

 purity of the seed pea display on the 

 shelves beneath. The green vines and 

 pods of the Leonard's Potlatch attracted 

 much attention and comment from the 

 canners and other seedsmen. The seed 

 corn was displayed on the ear on a 

 table in the center of the booth. 



An^ong other seed houses which had 

 booths were Jerome B. Eice Seed Co., 

 which had its usual attractive display 

 of samples of peas, etc. The Everett 

 B. Clark Co. had a well arranged booth, 

 showing peas and corn, as did S. D. 

 Woodruff & Sons. Rogers Bros, exhib- 

 ited for the first time at any of these 

 conventions, showing samples of the 

 main canners' varieties. Hogg & Lytle 

 also were new exhibitors, having a taste- 

 ful booth and displaying canners' vari- 

 eties of peas in bushel bags. Livingston 

 Seed Co. showed its line of canners' 

 seed specialties. D. M. Ferry & 

 Co. had a desk, but no display of 

 samples this year. It is the rule that 

 those who wish to sell at these conven- 

 tions must be members of the Machinery 

 and Supply Association, as it is called. 

 Not a great deal of business was booked 

 by the seedsmen, according to reports, 

 but the friendly feeling that exists be- 

 tween the canning and seed trades was 

 again demonstrated, and much business 

 is expected to follow. 



One subject which occupied much at- 

 i^ention in the convention was that of an 

 equable contract which shall protect the 

 interests of both buyer and seller. The 

 canners have the same troubles the seed 

 trade does over pro rata deliveries on 

 contracts. When a reputable business 

 man contracts to furnish a certain quan- 

 tity of a certain commodity, his busi- 

 ness ethics make him desirous of per- 

 forming his contract to the letter. Yet, 

 in this matter of canned goods, the 

 packer contends, with apparently sound 

 logic, that he cannot be expected to pack 

 more than the weather, the crop condi- 

 tions and similar circumstances will per- 

 mit. Wherefore he has become accus- 

 tomed to frankly state the case to the 

 buyer and then deliver whatever he rea- 

 sonably and conveniently can. 



This is, of course, when the obstacles 

 are purely of the natural sort. But it 



Clirysantlieffluin 



BESSIE EVANS 



From every point of vlew^ a su- 

 perb and beautiful variety. :: :: 



SIZE-Among the largest. FORM— 

 Excellent and always full to the center. 

 Its keeping quality is superior to most and 

 surpassed by none. The florets have 

 the appearance of being made of pearl. 

 COLOR— A delicate and clear pink, 

 minus any magenta tint, very distinct in- 

 deed. Clean, healthy grower with 

 medium foliage well up under, good stiff 

 stem. 



Price, $6.00 per doz. 

 Mailed Free 



W. J. GODFREY 



E X M O U T H 

 Devon, England 



BESSIE EVANS 



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1909 



EARLY MODEL RED GLOBE BEET 



WK ARK KOW BOOKIHO ORDKR8 FOR 

 DKUVXRT AFTKR HARVS8T IMO 



WATKINS & SIMPSON 



SEED MERCHANTS 

 12 Tavistock St., Covent Garden, LONDON, ENG. 



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-TO THK TBADX- 



HENRY METTE, Qoedlioborg, Germaoy 



^■■^^^^'^^■" (E8TABU8HKD IN 1787.) 



Grower and Kxporter oa tk« rery lucfut leal* •! all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Sp«elaltl«at Beana, Beets, OabbaKea, Carrota, Kohl-Rabi, Leeki, Lettaoei, Onloma. 

 Peaa, Badial&ea, Spinach, Turnipi, Swedes, Aatera. Baliama, BeKonlai, Oamationi, 

 Oinerariaa, Gloxinias. Larkspurs, Nasturtioms, Fanalea, Petunias, Phlox, Primolaa, 

 Soablous, Btocka , Ver benas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application. 



HXHRT MXTTB'8 TRIUMPH OF TEW GIAMT PAH8IX8 (mixed), the moit 

 perfect and most beautifal in the world. $5.00 per oc; 11.60 per H-ot.; 76c per 1-lS-oi. 

 Postage paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown onder my personal Buperyislon on my oim cronnda el 

 more than S,000 acrea, and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, flnaal 

 stocks and best quality. I alao crow largely aeeda on oontraot. 



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AZALEAS 



for fall delivery, the best 

 that_ are_ grown, also 



PALMS 



for spring or fall 

 vL±a>j €..c B.V/T..J, ».i>w delivery, furnished by 



AUGUST HAEfiENS, Somergem, KeTio°;'!ff 



ADDRESS THE AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES 



AUGUST ROIiKER & SONS, 31 Barclay St., or P. O. Box 762, New York 



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WIBOLTTS SNOWBALL 

 CAULIfLOWER.SEED 



it ihr earlin< of 

 all Snowballs, ihri| 

 . most compact, the 

 surest header, is 

 giving the largest and snow- 

 whitest heads, and is the 

 best keeper in dry-wrallier. 

 Demand it through your 

 seed^irm or direct from ■» 



R. WIBOLTT, NAKSKOV. DtHMAtT 



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'AlberfSchenkel, 



Hamburg otmsay 

 Jlilflpreh&Schenkel.OrotavalenerJffc) 

 Wholesale growers inSEEDSoF 



_ "^aiuscFulPlanJs, 



Vegetables,bermuoa Onions 



ehc. 

 tlllusiratsd catalogue Fret Dndemand. 



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