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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mabch 19, 1008. 



TbeMissKatelock 



ASTER 



at Rtsedale Gardens, Clatinda, Iowa 



Advertised as the best Aster on the market for 

 Florists' use. 



Seed DOW ready for prompt delivery as long as 

 It lasts. Separate colon?— White, Encbantress 

 Pink and Bright Pink; also the three colors 

 mixed, each at 50c per packet of 800 seeds. 



Cash with order, please. 



- J. A. MARLEY 



806 E. Oarfield St., CLARINDA, lA. 



REAPPRAISEMENT. 



The following reappraisements an- 

 nounced at the New York "customs house 

 March 14 are of interest to seedsmen: 



SEEDS. — From James Carter, Dunnett & Beale 

 and H. P. Sbarpe, London, exported Nov. 18, 

 1907; entered at Albany. File No. 47995. En- 

 try 405. Findings of Sharretts, G. A.: Swede 

 Laings; entered at 35b per cwt. Tamip, Bed 

 American Strap Leaf; entered at .07% U. S. 

 doll, per lb. Ditto, White; entered at .07% 

 U. S. doll, per lb. Add bags. All no advance. 



BEETp SEW).— From L. Robert & Co., Brain 

 Sttr J'^nthia^ exported Nov. 7, 1907; entered 

 ■ Iba " ' '"" 



.150 803 



1,152 42,940 Poppy 100 828 



10 106 Rape 12 114 



8 Sugar beet.. 332 2,180 



455 Other 2,059 



at Albany. File No. 47996. Entry 406. Find 

 x^-hftJpe^ ot SbarrettB, G. A.: Beet Long Blood; 

 ^-1^ W|WBred*^itW.50 francs per cwt. Add bags. No 



advance. 

 SEEDS. — From David Sachs, Quedllnburg, ex- 



ported Jan. 7, 1908; «ntered at New York. File 

 ^iljo. 47946. Inv. No. 22320. Findings of Board 

 ^m. 2. RatSsb Early Scarlet Turnip; entered 

 at 428, advanced to 46s per cwt. Balance as 

 '*--;- rjjublisbed 4n reappralsement No. 12818, Feb. 20, 

 1^. Add jpackages. 

 " •- ■ 'i.'S-J^tt'^.^ ■ ... 



•, - . : IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending March 

 7 were as follows: 



Etod. Pkgs. Val. Kind. Pkgs. Val. 



-Anni.ftn 267 $ 2.526 Millet 40 | 97 



i^Anlafe 120 1,175 Mustard 



Clover 

 "Fennel 



Grass .... 1 



finnp .... 109 



• In the same period the imports of 



bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 



$24,369. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



ficesiey Bros. . Nursery, Chicago, III., 

 ornamental and fruit trees, shrubs and 

 plants; Charles Black, Hightstown, N. 

 J., general nursery stock; Clibrans, 

 ■Altrincham, England, nursery stock; 

 WilUam F. Turner & Co., New Bedford, 

 Miss., dahlias; Montgomery Ward & 

 Co., Chicago, 111., seeds and nursery 

 stock; Wilfrid Wheele*, Concord, Mass., 

 strawberry plants and other nursery and 

 greenhouse stock; the Elm City Nursery 

 •Co., New Haven, Conn., nursery stock, 

 fertilizers and grass seed; the Donald- 

 son Co., Willadean Nurseries, Warsaw, 

 Ky., . nursery stock ; Cherry Hill Nur- 

 series, West Newbury, Mass., nursery 

 stock; the Leedle Floral Co., Springfield, 

 Ohio, roses; Joseph Bancroft & Son, 

 Cedar Falls, Iowa, flower seeds, bulbs, 

 plants and cut flowers j Mrs; Bessie M. 

 Eupert, Portland, Me., dahlias; W. W. 

 Hunt & Co., the Blue Hills Nurseries, 

 Hartford, Conn., nursery stock; Iowa 

 Seed Co., Des Moines, Iowa, seeds, nur- 

 •sery stock and florists' supplies; Perry's 

 Hardy Plant Farm, Enfield, Middlesex, 

 England, supplementary list of peren- 

 nials, new and rare plants, etc.; Winter- 

 son's Seed Store, Chicago, LI., flower, 

 vegetable and farm seeds, plants, bulbs, 

 etc.; National Florists' Board of Trade, 

 New York, N. Y., booklet containing 

 a brief account of the methods of the 

 organization. ' I 





GLADIOLUS 



SPECIAL LOW PRICE ON 

 ; SUl^PLUS STOCK 



CASH WITH ORDKR 



80 at ItM) rate, 250 at 1000 rate. By express, 

 puroliaser jMtyinsr transportation chargres. 

 Wblle they last, will sell as f oUowa : Per 100 Per 1000 



AoKaata, pure white, blue anthers $1.65 $14.50 



Bousert, very dark red, large.... 2.00 18.00 



Fire KlnjE. flame color, very showy 1.90 17.00 



Henry Gfllman, deep salmon, white bands.... 1.60 15.00 



Jean Biartel, orange red, light stripes, fine.... 1.90 17.00 

 Marie L,emolne, delicate lemon, lower petals 



with crimson blotches 2.00 18.00 



May, pure white, flaked bright crimson 1.40 12.00 



MlH Dudley, light pink, good spike 1.50 13.00 



Orlflamme, crimson maroon, very showy.... 1.60 15.00 



Fayohe, blush pink, yellow blotch 1.90 17.00 



Oroff'a New Hybrids, mixed 1.50 12.50 



Olant Chlldsll, mixed 1.60 15.00 



lilTinrston's xHie Bine, a grand mixture of 



choicest strains, suitable for florists' trade... . 1.75 16.00 



UvlnsBton's Standard Mixture 1.10 10.00 



An unequaled opportunity to buy oboice 

 bulbs at a cut price. 



THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO. 



95 North High Street, COLUMBUS, OHfO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



|N OUR effort to increase the sales of all Aster growers, from 

 year to year; to popularize the Aster and improve it beyond 

 the most sanguine hopes of all, we hope to have your most 

 needed and hearty co-operation.'' Have you our Aster Book ? Have 

 you received a Competition Card, which entitles you to enter our 

 Great Aster Growing Contest } These are Free. The condition in 

 the book requiring competitors to purchase some seeds from us is no 

 longer in force. Now write for what you need today* When we 

 send you a Competition Card we enroll your name in our book of 

 Aster Growers of America; you will be entitled to all the information 

 we collect in regard to Asters. 



WE SELIi ASTER SEED OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY 



ALTIMO CULTURE CO. 



CANFIELD, OHIO 



I 



NEW DOUBLE BLIE LOBELIA 



Kathleen •• Mallard 



THK BEST NOVSLTY FOR 1908. 



Intensely blue flowers, often measuring % inches in diameter, literally cover the plant, 

 producing a splendid effect. By buying now^ you can triplicate your stock from cuttings 

 before planting time. From 2'fl-inch pots, $1.00 per doz.; 98.00 per 100. By express only. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO. 



S Union St., BOSTON, NXSS. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



XXX SEEDS 



Chinese Primrose. Finest grown, mixed, sin- 

 gle and double. 500 seeds, $1.00; Vpkt., 50c. 



Cineraria. Finest large-flowering dwarf, mixed. 

 1000 seeds, 50c. 



aolamen Gisanteum. 200 seeds, 81.00. 

 mt Pansy. Finest grown, critically se- 

 lected. 5000 seeds, $1.00; ^-pkt., 50c. 



CASH : Liberal extra count. 



JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



The Home of Primroses. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



HRONOUNCING 

 DICTIONARY 



A list of PLANT NAMES and the 



Botanical Terms mott fr^oently met 



with in articles on trade topics with 



the 0>rrect Pronunciation tor each. 



Sent postpaid on receipt of 25c 



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