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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April 30, 1008. 



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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to the roots of smooth-bladed finer 

 grasses and acts as a valuable fertilizer. 

 The most weedy and impoverished lawn 

 will show a remarkable improvement 

 after a single application." 



W. W. Bawson & Co., Boston, say 

 that they have carried on extensive ex- 

 periments and are absolutely convinced 

 that the above statement is the exact 

 truth, 80 that they have taken the sole 

 agency for the preparation for the Unit- 

 ed States. 



SWEET PEAS IN ENGLAND. 



A writer in the Horticultural Adver- 

 tiser (England) says: "There is still 

 a big demand for sweet peas, and it is 

 interesting to note how the tastes of the 

 later buyers differ from the early ones. 

 The early folk appear to be exhibitors, 

 and their chief cry is for the newer giant 

 forms, bright colored varieties especially. 

 The late customers appear to be content 

 with older sorts, and cheap collections 

 are in much greater demand now than 

 they were earlier in the season. 



"Sweet peas under glass are just be- 

 ginning to move a bit now, and it is in- 

 teresting to note the behavior of the new 

 sorts. All those varieties which indi- 

 cated a bad seed harvest are weakly, in 

 some cases deplorably so. Those firms 

 who had enough stock or strength of will 

 to enable them to clear out all doubtful 

 seeds, have reason to congratulate them- 

 selves, for it goes a long way with buy- 

 ers if seed gernlinates well. 



"Burpee & Co. and Morse & Co. have 

 a strong pull over English firms this sea- 

 son, for the white and cream Spencers 

 and Florence Morse Spencer are tre- 

 mendously vigorous. Our tests under 

 glass prove a full ninety-six per cent 

 good, and in some instances the plants 

 are remarkably strong. This latter fea- 

 ture can always be traced to extra large 

 seeds. Saint George, too, is extremely 

 good, which is not surprising, seeing what 

 fine seed was offered. I almost find my- 

 self doubting its being English grown. 



' * Eckf ord 's varieties are extremely 



§ood, although the new yellow, James 

 rieve, is giving trouble in some quar- 

 ters. This is not surprising, for quite a 

 lot of the English grown pale seed is dis- 

 tinctly off this season, more so now than 

 it was when harvested. It is to be hoped 

 that there is no truth in the prophesies 

 as to a worse season than last year, or 

 some of us will be in queer street. Many 

 beautiful seedlings were lost last season 

 owing to the bad weather. 



' ' Speaking of sweet peas, it will doubt- 

 less interest our exhibiting firms to learn 

 that the Burpee trophy for waved sweet 

 peas, at the national show, is something 

 worth striving for. It differs from the 

 ordinary bowl or cup, being of elongated 

 shape, with curving extremities which 



If you want gfood Primroses by Xmas, you must sow them now 



BHWSON'S GOLD MED«L PRIMUHS 



Are the finest in the world. We offer the following desirable colors: 



PURE WHITE, BRILLIANT PINK, DEEP BLUE, CRIMSON, SALMON, XMAS 

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

 100 seeds, SOc; 1000 seeds, $4.00. 



RAWSON'S SEEDS ALWAYS GERMINATE 



W. W. RAWSON & CO. 



5 Union St., BOSTON, MXSS. 



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** 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." 



form the handles. Both sides are beau- 

 tifully embossed with waved sweet peas. 

 It is mounted on an ebony stand and 

 weighs fifty ounces. I expect to see a 

 great struggle for this trophy, for sev- 

 eral gardeners are laying themselves out 

 for it, so that traders may calculate on 

 having a hot time. Burpee & Co. have 

 certainly set out to make their novelties 

 well known, for apart from the national, 

 the firm is giving prizes for these varie- 

 ties at Ulverston, Cardiff and Folke- 

 stone. ' ' 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



In the trade in this city there are sev- 

 eral firms whose business has become so 

 large and prosperous as to win for them 

 a national reputation. Among these may 

 be mentioned Geny Bros, and the Joy 

 Floral Co. 



The firm of Geny Bros, succeeded to 

 the business which their father had taken 

 many years to build up, they being 

 reared in the work and having a natural 

 aptitude for it. It was only eight years 

 ago, however, that they opened a store 

 in Nashville under their present firm 

 title, the partnership being O. and L. H. 

 Geny. Their original plant at Belleville 

 and Jackson streets has grown from 



^— Established 180S ^^— 



Seeds of Asparagus plumosus 

 nanus, $2.00 per 1000 



Seeds of Asparagus plumosus 

 robustus, - - $2.00 per 1000 



Cold Storage Lily Of the Valler Pips 



JAPAN LILIES 

 JAPAN IRIS 



For prices state quantities required. 



J. M. THORBURN A CO. 



88 Barclay Strset, through to 

 88 Park Place, NEW TOBK. 



EVERYTHING OF THE HIGHEST GRADE 



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FLOWER and VEGETABLE 



The Beit Kindt for Market Bardners aari Rarittt 



Aster Saed: 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, Articliokes. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 

 SEEDSMEN 



Rochester, New York 



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