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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 7, 1908. 



ASTER SEED! Have you AII you Need? 



If you still have an order to send, DO NOT DEUY, 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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WILL BEAR IT. 



An English market growers' publica- 

 tion says: "Our American contempo- 

 raries report that gluts of bulbous flow- 

 ers in the markets of the United States 

 have made buyers rather cautious this 

 season, and consequently our Dutch 

 friends have not filled up their pocket- 

 books with such large orders as usual. 

 We shall be able to bear this with 

 equanimity if it means that we shall 

 get more favorable quotations than of 

 late." ,_j1 



PRIMULA KEWENSIS. 



Primula verticillata is a peculiar spe- 

 cies producing sweet-scented flowers that 

 are borne on long, slender stalks. The 

 foliage, which is tomentose, somewhat 

 resembles that of P. cashmeriana, but is 

 longer and not quite so wide. It is not 

 quite hardy, but it is most valuable for 

 the greenhouse or a shaded place in the 

 garden. The flowers are tubular, and 

 of a clear canary color, not by any means 

 showy, but their fragrance reminds one 

 of the common primrose. 



Primula Kewensis is a superb hybrid 

 originated from the last-named, but dif- 

 fers from it considerably, the flowers 

 being larger and of a brighter color. 

 This is a charming plant for the green- 

 house, as its free flowering habit makes 

 it most useful and effective. The long 

 tubular flowers, borne on stout stems, are 

 carried well above the foliage. Accord- 

 ing to the Gardeners' Magazine, treated 

 in the same way as P. verticil- 

 lata the plants will grow strongly and 

 bloom most profusely, giving a wealth 

 of flowers that is sure to please the 

 most fastidious. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



The cut flower market is dragging 

 along about the same as the week pre- 

 vious in both retail and wholesale 

 circles, and the prices seem even lower 

 than at any time since Easter. The four 

 wholesale markets have been loaded up 

 last week with all kinds and all grades 

 of stock. A few of the retailers say 

 they had a fair week, but it was all 

 funeral work. The downtown storemen 

 were trying to undersell each other last 

 week, roses selling as low as 15 cents 

 per dozen and carnations 10 cents. These 

 sales generally have a bad effect with 

 the trade in other parts of the city. 

 Then, the bad weather all of the last 

 week had a great deal to do with bad 

 business. Even the greenhouse men had 

 to stop planting out, fearing frost. 



Social work for the upper set should 



If you want good Primroses by Xmas, you must sow them now^ 



B»WS0I1'S GOLD MEDAL PRIMUUS 



Are the finest in the werld. We offer the fellowing desirable colors: 



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

 RED, WHITE WITH RED ETE. Also a splendid mixture 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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**The Fastest Growing and 

 Most Centrally Located Seed 

 House in the U. S." 



ST. LOUIS 

 SEED CO. 



545-547 N. 4fh St. 



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



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be good, but large weddings and recep- 

 tions have been scarce. As to prices 

 on stock in any of the grades, it is 

 a hard matter to give quotations, as the 

 prices are next to nothing. 



Variottt Notes. 



Theodore Klockenkemper will leave 

 this week for a summer trip to Ger- 

 many. Mrs. Klockenkemper will join 

 him there in July and both will return 

 home in time for the convention at 

 Niagara Falls. 



Frank Buckshat, who has charge of 

 the Grand Leader floral department, re- 

 ports that they did a large plant busi- 

 ness Easter and that the good business 

 has kept up since. 



Ed Gerlach, manager at Kuehn's 

 wholesale house, served on the jury in 

 one of the famous boodle cases last 

 week. He says it is all right to be a 

 juryman, but not when the first of the 

 month is so close at hand and book 

 work piling up on all sides. 



W. C. Smith & Co. have issued a neat 

 catalogue of their garden furniture, wire 

 trellises and tree boxes, in which they 

 are doing an extensive business, both 

 local and shipping. 



A. Bogdahn, formerly with Fleisch- 



— i— EstabUshed 1803 ^^^ 



Seeds of Asparagus plumosus 

 nanus, $8.00 per 1000 



Seeds of Asparagus plumosus 

 robustus, - • $2.00 per 1000 



Cold Storage Lily Of tti8 Valley Pips 



JAPAN LILIES 

 JAPAN IRIS 



For prices state quantities required. 



J. M. THORBURN St CO. 



88 Barclay 8tr«et, throash to 

 88 Park Place, NEW TOBK. 



EVERYTHING OP THE HIGHEST GRADE 



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FLOWER and VEGETABLE 



The Best Kinis fir Market Girduers »ni FItristt 



Aster Seed: All the leading varie- 

 ties. 



Tuberoses: Dwarf pearl, 



75c per 100; $7.00 per 1000. 



Dabllas: All the leading sorts. 



Roses, Lilies, Cannas, Gera- 

 nltims. Artichokes. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



SEEDSMEN 



Rochester, New York 



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