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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 12, 1908. 



LILYmVULLEY 



Surplus of Early Forolns Pips 



$10.50 per 1000; $25.00 per case of 2.500: $1.50 

 per 100. 



These will do splendid for 



EASTER FORCING 



and make very desirable Easter plants with 

 12, 25 and .50 in a pot or pan. 



ORDER NOW 



Finest cold-storage Pips, $14.00 per 1000; 

 $1.75 per 100. 



Fancy Cut Valley always on hand 



H. N. BRUNS 



1407-11 West Madison Street 

 CHICAGO 



LonK Distance Phone, Kedzle 1106 



Mention The Kevlew when you write. 



of such registration and attendant ex- 

 penses. It is recommended that either 

 said joint committee, or a special com- 

 mittee, be made a standing committee to 

 consider all questions in dispute as to the 

 naming of varieties, and if impossible to 

 adjust same amicably between the dis- 

 putants, to submit reports to the board of 

 directors of both organizations. 



"Resolved, That copies of these reso- 

 lutions be sent to each member of the 

 Wholesale Seedsmen's League, and that 

 a sufficient number of copies be sent to 

 the secretary of the American Seed Trade 

 Association for mailing to each member 

 thereof. 



"Such distribution of copies of these 

 resolutions to be accompanied by an ex- 

 planation from the secretary that we seek 

 the cooperation of all honorable houses, 

 in the interests of all, in an earnest en- 

 deavor to fix firmly the usages of the 

 American seed trade upon the highest 

 plane of business ethics. ' ' 



REAPPRAISEMENT. 



The following was the only reappraise- 



ment affecting seeds announced at New 



York March 7: 



RADISH SEEDS.— From Sluis & Groot, Enk- 

 hulzen, exported January 29, 1908; entered at 

 Springfield, Mass. File No. 48122. Invoice No. 

 233. Findings of gharretts, G. A.: Radlsb, 

 Round Deep Scarlet; entwed at 448, advanced 

 to eOs per cwt. Ditto, Scarlet White Tipped; 

 entered at 438 9d, advanced to OOs per cwt. 

 (for forcing). Value of seed not for forcing, 

 50s per cwt. Radish, Long White Strasburg; 

 entered at 45s per cwt. No advance. Add 

 bags. 



STATE OF BUSINESS. 



Business as a whole in all lines of 

 the seed trade ought to be better than it 

 is. The catalogue houses are claiming 

 to be ahead of last year on orders, but 

 this means little ; the season has a lot to 

 do with it. In general it is admitted 

 that it is harder to get future business 

 than it has been at this time of the year 

 for some seasons. This, of course, may 

 only mean that the general merchants are 

 more cautiods and that later on things 

 will come with more of a rush. At all 

 points the local competition has been 

 keener than for some years and many of 

 the consumers who buy in fairly good 

 sized quantities are holding off in hope 

 of getting lower prices by working the 

 price of one dealer against another. It 

 is generally conceded that the planter 

 must have the seed, but it is unfortunate 

 that seed prices in many cases are so 



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Success Rewarded by Success ^ the Unprecedented 



■ale of HiKb-Claaa Aster seed more fully demonstrates th« fact that cut flower growers ot the 

 better classes, as well as the retail florists from all parts of the United States and Canarta, also 

 Europe, are open to conviction that the trade demands a hlKher ar4 better grade and qnallty of 

 Asters than has heretofore been produced; consequently our ImproTed Chrysauthemnm type of 

 Aster Lady Roosevelt seed is in wonderful demand, and not only the seed, but also the cut 

 flovrer product from this unsurpassed Improved variety of Aster, as same are being con- 

 tracted for already for next September delivery by retail florists from several large cities of 

 various parts of the United States, vIe : New York, FittsburK, New Orleans, Denver, etc., at 

 $1.00 per dozen, net. As we are able to produce this superior Aster L>ady Roosevelt by our 

 special improved Scientific Intense Culture Methods with bloom stems 36 inches or more in 

 length, enables us to ship the cut flower product to any city in the United States east of Denver without 

 deterioration, as with the large, long, stiff, wiry stems they absorb a large quantity of water 

 before shipping, which preserves them in transit, and also two or three weeks after their arrival 

 at tbeii destination. 



iM___^|ftiie as it may seem, we are expectiiig this season to improve upon our last season's 

 ''***•'*'•"*** accomplishments by growing our Aster plants 6 feet tall, whereas last season 

 they were only 4^ and 5 fret in height, thereby producing bloom stems 36 to 48 in. in length with flowers 4^ 

 to 5K in. in diameter, thus enabling us to realize net $4000 or more from the M Mere that we intend 

 to grow for the cut flower trade- These will be marketed in at least 40 and possibly 60 different cities 

 in the United States, from Boston, Mass., to Denver, inclusive. This is our proposed plan for 

 creating a demand and sale for our unparalleled Chrysanthf mum type of Aster Lady Roosevelt, 

 for those who may in the near future necome producers of this special Aster from the seed they are now 

 purchasing from us. FOB still further desired Information send for our Illustrated folder— which 

 also contains other very Interesting information relative to other April crops we are engaged in 



the culture of. ^^^ SCIENTIFIC INTENSE CCLTUBE RANCH, ELMHUBST, ILL., Box 844. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



100 1000 



$2.50 $22.50 



Tuberous-rooted, single, in ^"'^ 

 4 separate colors- 35c 



Tuberous-rooted, double, in 

 4 separate colors 60c 



GLOXINIAS, in 3 separate colors _ 50c 



TUBEROSES, Dwarf Excelsior Pearl, selected 



CALADIUMS, 7 to 9, $3.50 100; $32.00 1000; 9 to 12, $6.00 100; $55.00 1000 



CURRIE BROS. CO. Milwaukee, Wis. 



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4.50 42.50 

 3.50 32.50 

 1.00 9.00 



Gladiolus Bulbs 



100.000 from 1\ inches up, $4.00 per 1000. 100.000 

 from % to m inches, $2.00 per 1000. Cash with 

 order. Description given on request. 



Nice block of California Privet, $10.00 per 

 1000 and up. As to quality , write for particulars. 



Nice lot of American Chestnut trees at a 

 bargain. 35 lart,'e Suear trees, most of them 

 sample trees. 



I. A J. L. LEONARD, lona, N. J. 



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GLADIOLI 



Write for 1908 trade list of 



Naned Varieties, Color Sections and 

 Choice Mixtures 



First-class stock at reasonable prices. 

 E. E. STEWART, Rivet Junction, Mich. 



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GLADIOLI 



CINNAMON Wm MADEIRA VINE 



HTACINTHU8 CANDICANS 



SPOTTED CALXA ULIES IN VARIETT 



GERMAN IRIS 



VARIEGATED DAT LILT 



DELPHINIUM rORMOSUM 



Send for Price List of Bulbs and Hardy Plants. 



E. S. MIIJ:<ER,Wadiner River, N. Y. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



filadiolos Bulbs 



Onr bolbs are not better than 

 the belt, bat better than the reit. 



Cuskman Gladiolus Co. 



8TLVANIA. OHIO. 



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much higher than ordinary, while the 

 buying power of the consumer seems to 

 be below the ordinary. It is hoped that 

 the outcome of the year will be all to the 

 good, however. 



EARLY 



FORCING VALLEY 



HiKhest quality; special offer to reduce 



surplus stock. 



$1.85 per 100; $10.00 per 1000; 



Per case (2500), $28.00. 



JUST RECEIVED 



CYCAS STEMS 



(SAGO PALM) 



TRUE LONG -LEAVED VARIETT 



5 pounds per pound, 12c 



10 •' '• 10c 



25 " " 8c 



■100 " " 7c 



300 " (case) $19.00 



Stems are graded in cases, as follows: ^3 lb. to 2 

 lbs.; 2 lbs. to 6 lbs.; 5 lbs. to 10 lbs. 



See our offer of Besfonlas and Gloxinias 

 in last Issue. 



JOHNSOH SEED COiNPANY 



217 Market St., PHIUDELPHIA, PA. 



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Dahlias 



Named varieties. 

 Send for liat. 



DAVID HERBERT & SON 



SuccessorB to L. K. Peacock, Inc. ATCO, N. J. 



Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



EitablUked 18S4. BICKABD8 BBOS., Props. 



Importers and growers of blgh-grade 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, ETC. 



37 Eut t9th St , NEW YORK CITY 



Telephone 4235 Gramercy 



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 writing: advertisers. 



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