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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 19, 1908. 



"The Fastest Growing and Most Centrally Located Seed House in the U.S»f" 



ST. LOiJis SEED CO; 



545-547 North Fourth St ST. LOIIS, MO., I. S. A. 



"GET OUR PRICES'* 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



Florists' Finest Aster — Best In Existence 



For cnt flowers It has no eqnal. Has been 

 awarded Ist prlae whererer shown. It has 

 neTer been beat. 



Aster Kate Lock, colors Enchantress Pink or 

 White, 60c tr. pkt. InstmetionB "How to 

 Grow Asters" with erery order. 



J. H. LOCK, Aster Specialist, 



!l:;r;;::r£.'i:r^." 4i iManchester Ave., Toronto, Ontario 



Mention The BcTlew when you write. 



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Seed Trade News. 



AMEBICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., (Jeorge S. Green, Chicago; First Vice- 

 pres., M. H. Duryea, New York: Sec'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. Twenty-sixth 

 annual convention at Hotel Poutcbartrain, De- 

 troit, Mich.. June 23 to 25, 1908. 



The seed advertising is light in the 

 general magazines, but it is heavier than 

 ever in the farm papers of the better 

 class. 



The pea and bean growing business 

 of the Bromfield-Colvin Bies Co., Bay 

 City, Mich., is now conducted by Brom- 

 field & Colviil. 



Seed of the late sweet corns, and the 

 popular varieties of the field sorts are 

 showing up better and enough of a sup- 

 ply wifl likely develop. 



The California solicitors for future 

 trade are said to look happy as they 

 appear, but it is also said by some that 

 business does not warrant the happy ap- 

 pearance. 



In spite of reports of a more or less 

 unsatisfactory season by some wholesale 

 seedsmen in England, Watkins & Simp- 

 son say they have had a decidedly busy 

 time the last three months. 



The building which was owned and oc- 

 cupied by the defunct Thompson Seed 

 Co., on South Broadway, Albert Lea, 

 Minn., was purchased recently by the G. 

 A. Olson Mfg. Co. for $4,000. 



The St. Louis Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo., 

 reports mail trade up to the best records 

 for .the middle of March. Under the di- 

 rection of "Walter Eetzer the business 

 done with florists is being largely in- 

 creased this year. 



Wholesale seedsmen in England were 

 offering, as late as March 1, stocks of 

 some of the best and newest varieties 

 of sweet peas, although the sale for 

 sweet pea seeds this year is reported 

 to have been unusually heavy. 



James Vick's Sons, Rochester, send 

 out a large mailing card, offering 

 ' ' Vick 's vegetable collections, ' ' and with 

 one' corner perforated to be torn off and 

 become a smaller post card, requesting 

 a copy of Vick's general catalogue. 



ASTER SEED 



Our descriptive price list of High Grade 

 Aster Seed is now ready, and will be sent 

 free on application. 



It will soon be time to sow yonr 

 main crop of Aster Seed. Give 

 onr strain a trial. None better. 



"Pointers on How to Grow Asters Success- 

 fully" sent free with every order. 



VICK & HILL CO. 



P. O. Box 618, Rochester, N. Y. 



Mention The jtevlew when you write. 



A PURE yellow sweet pea will bring a 

 golden harvest to the "creator," or as 

 likely to the discoverer. 



Visited Chicago: H. L. Tawzer, 

 treasurer of B. F. Adams Co., Peoria, 

 m.; E. E. Stewart, gladiolus grower, 

 Bives Junction, Mich. 



The Hollanders now in this country 

 have received advices from home that 

 the bulb fields have come through the 

 winter in good shape. 



One of the Holland bulb travelers re- 

 marks that at any rate railroad fares 

 have been reduced to 2 cents a mile in 

 many of the states since last season. 



Kentia seeds are not as high in Lon- 

 don as might be expected from the 

 fact that kentia plants of useful size are 

 good property the world over. Becent 

 shipments from Australia were offered 

 at as little as 10 shillings per thou- 

 sand in large lots and 12 shillings per 

 single thousand for Belmoreana; Fors- 

 teriana brought a little higher figure. 



At Brawley, Cal., Peter D. Frederick 

 is experimenting at starting cantaloupes 

 early under a muslin protection. The 

 cantaloupes are planted in the usual man- 

 ner, so far as hiUing and spacing are 

 concerned, but over each hill there is 

 stretched a canopy of muslin about the 

 size of a man's handkerchief. Two 

 arched wires are used, crossed over the 

 melon hill somewhat like the center wick- 

 et in a croquet ground. The ends of 

 these wires are sewed to the corners of 

 the muslin squares, and the wires are 

 then thrust firmly into the ground, so as 

 to secure the canopies .and prevent the 

 wind blowing them away. 



Gold IVIedal Strain 

 BEGONIAS 



Tuberoua-Rooted 



SlBKle- Per doz. 100 



White $0.40 J2.50 



Yellow 40 2J» 



Nankeen 40 2.60 



Pink 40 2J50 



Rose 40 2J» 



Red....... 40 2.60 



DarkRed 40 2.60 



Salmon 40 2.60 



.Orange 40 2J» 



Mixed 35 2.25 



Doable— 



WUte .65 8.00 



Yellow 65 5.00 



Orange 65 6.00 



Rose 65 5.00 



Dark Rose 65 5.00 



DarkRed 65 5.00 



Red 65 5.00 



Salmon 65 5.00 



Mixed 50 4.00 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM 

 or Elephant** Ear 



Per doz. 100 



Size 5x7-incb bulbs $0.36 $ 2.00 



;; 7x9 " " 48 3.00 



9x11" " 85 6.00 



' ' 12-lnch and over bulbs 2.40 16.00 



GLADIOLUS BULBS 



Of the following varieties we have exception- 

 ally large and choice stock. 



Per 100 1000 5000 



America $7.00 $60.00 $250.00 



Aasnsta 2.50 20.00 95.00 



Brenohleyanila, selected 



1st size ].50 10.00 47.50 



M«y 2.00 15.00 60.00 



White and Lisht 1.50 12.00 57.50 



Special Mixed, extra large 



selectbulbs l.OO 8.00 37.50 



Tabroaea. Bxoeltlor Pearl, 



4x6-l8tslze 9.00 40.00 



so Sat-dof Str®^^ 



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