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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Aprii. 16, 1908. 



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ASTER SEED! Have You All You Need? 



If you still have an order to send, DO NOT DELAY, SEND IT TODAY 





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We are now sold out of our Special Giant Comet. Some of the other 

 varieties are almost sold out. All seed grown by us in 1907. Aster Book 

 and Competition Card for Great Aster Growing Contest, Free. 



ALTIMO CULTURE CO., CSNFIELD, OHIO 



Mention Tbe BeTlew when yon write. 



is convinced that even at these low prices 

 he is asked more than he should pay; he 

 thinks the seedsman is, after all, a rob- 

 ber, and he places the order with the 

 cheapest house. 



To be able to sell cheaply, stocks must 

 be obtained from any low-cost source, 

 and the result is a continuous deprecia- 

 tion in quality. The country shopkeeper, 

 drummed almost to the point of dis- 

 traction, finally selects his garden vege- 

 table seeds or agricultural seeds of the 

 lowest-priced sorts, and certainly gets 

 a grade in accordance with the prices. 



But lowest prices are not demanded 

 by market gardeners who purchase their 

 seeds with the one idea of making a 

 profit from the results of their crops, 

 men who realize the necessity of reliable 

 stocks and, therefore, are anxious to 

 purchase from a source of reputation 

 and are ready to pay a price which 

 gives some assurance of quality. Mar- 

 ket gardeners fight shy of cheap seeds, 

 knowing that the very price condemns 

 them; but the country merchant wants 

 his seeds to be as cheap as any sold 

 by a competitor across the street or 

 around the corner. 



The Logical Result. 



The logical result can only be just 

 what has occurred in other branches of 

 trade : There will be two or three grades 

 of seed, just as there are two or three 

 grades of candy — every girl knows that; 

 and two or three grades of drugs, as 

 every observant man knows, for it is 

 well known that physicians recommend 

 their patients to avoid certain drug 

 stores because the proprietors are known 

 never to purch^e anything but the cheap- 

 est drugs. And just so will it be with 

 seeds, for some dealers in seeds purchase 

 anything; with them seeds are just 

 seeds. 



But, thanks to the technical intel- 

 ligence, self-respect and high ideals of 

 many wholesale seed merchants and many 

 seed-growing contractors, there has been 

 in the past and yet is more active than 

 ever, a constant effort toward the im- 

 provement of species, for it is manifest 

 that all the varieties of vegetables which 

 can be mentioned as notable objects of 

 deterioration in the hands of careless 

 men, have at the same time vastly im- 

 proved in the hands of a few who pre- 

 fer an honorable reputation to shoddy 

 dollars. 



In the past the writer has been inclined 

 often to be incensed against what he 

 considered the masterful ways of the 

 Department of Agriculture, but he is 

 changing his opinion, for the work in 

 the Seed Division, if properly regulated, 

 may be on similar lines to the work of 

 Dr. Wiley as respects foods and their 

 adulterations, and everyone freely ad- 

 mits that the genial doctor has in two or 



Rawson's Sweet Peas 



are just a grade superior to what you can buy elsewhere. Our Nov- 

 elty list for 1908 contains the following: Theseareall "Spencer tsrpe." 



Audrey Crier. Received sliver medal 

 and flrst-class certiflcate of National 

 Sweet Pea Society of England. Color, 

 lovely salmon pink, per pkg. 10 seeds.. $0.35 



Burpee** Wlilte Spencer. Pure 

 white, per pkg. 25 seeds 20 



Burpee a Primroae Spencer. Prim- 

 rose yellow, per pkg. 26 seeds 20 



Oz. 4-Oz. Lb. 

 Countess of Spencer, true, 



pale pink, darker edge $0.10 $0.25 $0.75 



■. J. Castle, bright rose 



crimson 75 2.50 8.00 



Kncliantress, bright pink, 



deeper at the edges 60 2.00 6.00 



Krlo Htnton, delicate light 



piuk 30 1.00 3.00 



Ktta Dyke, award of merit. 



London, Eng., the largest 



white, per pkg. 10 seeds, 35t! 

 Florence Spencer, delicate 



blush 15 .50 1.50 



Oz. 4-Oz. Lb. 



Frank Dolby, pale blue.... $0.75 $2.50 $8.00 



Geo. Herbert, certificate of 

 merit. Royal Botanic Socie- 

 ty, London, deep rose 60 2.00 6.00 



Gladys UnifHn, clear.bright, 

 light pink 10 .20 .50 



John Incman, rosy scarlet .15 .40 1.00 



Mrs. Alfred Watklns,raost 



delicate pink 75 2.50 8.00 



Nora Un^irin, pure white, 



giant flowering 75 2.50 8.00 



Paradise, fresh delicate pink .60 2.00 6.00 

 PhyUlsUnwln, light rose.. .15 .40 1.00 

 Prince of Asturlas, deep 



chocolate, per pkg. 10 seeds, 



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Queen ^ezandirm, bright 



scarlet, immense flower 20 .60 2.25 



Shasta, pure white 15 .40 1.00 



Zoe.deepblue 75 2.50 8.00 



W. W. RAWSON & CO. 



5 Union St., BOSTON, MASS. 



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ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS SEED 



New Crop, Hlgtaett Germination fS.50 per 1000 Caih. 



DBAKE POINT GBIEKNHOUSBS, TALAHA. FLORIDA. 



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ASTER SEED 



Our descriptive price list of High Orade 

 Aster Seed is now ready, and will be sent 

 free on application. 



It will soon be time to sow yonr 

 main crop uf Aster Seed. Give 

 oar strain a trial. None better. 



"Pointers on How to Grow Asters Success- 

 fully" sent free with every order. 



VICK & HILL CO. 



P. O. Box 613, Rochester, N. Y. 



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three years accomplished wonders in 

 bringing manufacturers of adulterated 

 foods up to the rack, and forcing them 

 to label their manufactures just accord- 

 ing to their component parts. 



Scope of the Government's Work. 



True seed investigations cannot be 



" The Fastest Growingr and 

 Most Centrally Located Seed 

 House in the U. S.** 



ST. LOUIS 

 SEED CO. 



545-547 N. 4lh St. 



ST. LOUIS, MO., U. S. A. 



•• Get Our Prices." 



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pursued with the same thoroughness as 

 in the case of food preparations, but 

 much can be done to arrest the selling 

 of cheapened seed, adulterated seeds as 

 shown by the microscope, and unvital 

 seeds as shown by the germinator; and 

 those seedsmen who have clear con- 



