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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Apbil 23, 1908. 



ASTER SEED! Have You All You Need? 



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



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., CXNFIELD, OHIO 



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ti; J. Staer & Co., Wahroonga, New 

 South Wales, Australia, seeds, trees, 

 shrubs and herbaceous plants; George 

 S. Woodruff, Independence, la., gladioli; 

 August Haerens, Somergem, Belgium, 

 Indian azaleas, greenhouse palms, arau- 

 carias, ficus, rhododendrons, bay trees, 

 etc.; B. Schroeter, Detroit, Mich., "Sug- 

 gestions for Easter"; George Hollis, 

 South Weymouth, Mass., peonies; J. F. 

 Sullivan, Detroit, Mich., Easter announce- 

 ment; Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, Mich., 

 catalogue of vases for lawn and ceme- 

 tery; Soupert & Notting, Luxemburg, 

 Germany, roses; Peter Lambert, Trier, 

 Germany, roses and general nursery stock. 



CLOVER AND TIMOTHY. 



Chicago, III., April 20. — Timothy 

 seed, April, $4.25. Cloverseed, nothing 

 doing. 



Toledo, O., April 20. — Cloverseed, re- 

 ceipts, 150; shipments, 15. Closing: 

 Cash, $12.50; April, $11.50; October, 

 $7.55. 



C. A. King & Co. say of cloverseed: 

 "Shorts covering October advanced mar- 

 ket sharply. October opened one sale 

 $7.50, then quickly up to $7.95. Some 

 realizing on the advance and short sell- 

 ing caused reaction. October closing, 

 $7.70; prime, $12.50 bid; April closes 

 $11.50 bid. Low grades neglected. Im- 

 ports at New York for last week were 

 409 bags, against 4,450 bags year ago. 

 Eeceipts here this week 200 bags, against 

 445 last week and 585 year ago. Total 

 this season 28,700 bags, against 47,100 

 year ago, 78,500 two years ago, 77,900 

 three years ago, 120,500 four years ago 

 and 95,900 five years ago. Shipments 

 this week 735 bags, against 813 last 

 week and 490 last year. Total this sea- 

 son 31,300 bags, against 54,300 last year, 

 78,200 two years ago, 83,200 three years 

 ago, 110,100 four years ago and 120,500 

 five years ago. Alsike receipts, 4,200 

 bags this season ; last year, 13,200 bags. ' ' 



MARYLAND TOMATO PACK, 



Word comes from Baltimore that with 

 the packers ' ' the buying of tomatoes for 

 future delivery was larger during this 

 week than at any time since the first of 

 the year, but the total volume of the 

 sales is far behind the sales up to the 

 same date last year. Usually, by this 

 time the canners have contracted with the 

 growers for the coming crop, and all the 

 details have been worked out. Not so 

 this year. The small buying of futures 

 causes the canners to hold off the grow- 

 ers, and the latter must soon decide 

 whether to grow tomatoes this year, or 

 put in other crops that are more certain 

 to show them satisfactorv returns. At 



If you Mrant gfood Primroses by Xmas* you must bo'w them no'w 



BAWSON'S CGLD MEDAL PBIHDUS 



Are the finest in the world. We otfer the feliowing desirable colors: 



FURS WHITK, BRILLIANT FINK, DEEP BLUE, CRIMSON, SALMON, XMAS 

 RED, WHITE WITH RED EYE. Also a splendid mlxtvire of all colors. 

 100 seeds, 50c; 1000 seeds, $4.00. 



RAWSON'S SEEDS ALWAYS GERMINATE 



W. W. RAWSON & CO. 



5 Union St., BOSTON, MASS. 



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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 ronr 

 main crop uf Aster Seed. GiTe 

 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 613, Rochester, N. Y« 



"The Fastest Growing and 

 Most Centrally Located Seed 

 House in the U. S." 



ST. LOUIS 

 SEED CO. 



545-547 N. 4th St. 



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



•• Get Our Prices." 



present it looks like the size of the pack 

 this year as compared with last year will 

 be reduced materially. Those jobbers 

 who are waiting for still lower prices for 

 future tomatoes may be disappointed." 



Wyomissing, Pa. — The greenhouses of 

 the late James Ruth, on Evans avenue, 

 have been taken in charge by his broth- 

 ers, of Oakbrook, who are selling consid- 

 erable quantities of the stock in the 

 Reading market. 



i»— KstabUshed 1803 ^^— 



Seeds of Asparagus plumosus 

 nanus, $2.00 per 1000 



Seeds of Asparagfus plumosus 

 robustus, • • $2.00 per 1000 



Cold Storage Lily Of the Valley Pips 



JAPAN LILIES 

 JAPAN IRIS 



For prices state quantities required. 



J. M. THORBURN A CO. 



83 Barclay Street, tbrooKb to 

 88 Park Place, NBW YORK. 



EVERYTHING OF THE HIGHEST GRADE 



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FLOWER and VEGETABLE 



The Best Kinds for Market Girrfenert and Flarists 



Aster Seed: All the leading varie- 

 ties. 



Tuberoses: Dwarf pearl, 



75c per 100; $7.00 per 1000. 



Dahlias: All the leading sorts. 



Roses, Lilies, Cannas, Gera- 

 niums, Artichokes. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



SEEDSMEN 



Rochester, New York 



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