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The Weekly Florists* Review, 



October 1, 1908. 



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Florists' Bulbs, Flower Seeds and Supplies 



YUESS GARDENS CO., 



91WaterSt., NEWBURGH, N. Y. 



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PALM SEED 



Just arrived direct from Australia 



Kentia Belmoreana and 

 Kenlia Forsteriana. 



Per 1000 seeds, $6.00; 50OO for $25.00. 



Ready now. Prompt siiipment. 

 Order quick. 



JACKSON & PERKINS CO., Newark, New York 



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^..^^l^^aAA^^BA Superb EngliRh strain, 

 IjVCIBITIBn i^^tra large ilowerlDg, 

 w^wB«««aBWBB Fresh seed just arrived. 

 in the following colors: 



Deep crimson; white, claret base; pure white, 

 mauve, cream white, bright Xmas red, delicate 

 pink, salmon pink. 



Per 100 seeds, $1.00; per 1000 seeds, $9.00. 



H. E. FI8KE SEED CO. 



IS uid 18 Faneail Hall Sa. BOSTON, MASS. 

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Dahlias 



Named varieties. 

 Send for Ust. 



DAVID HERBERT & SON 



^accesaorsto L. K. Peacock. Inc. ATCO. N. J. 

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Skidelsky & Irwin Co. 



Seeds, Bulbs and Plants 



144 North Seventh St. 



Philadelphia 



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€ladiolos Ealbs 



Our bulbs are not better than 

 the best, but better than the rest. 

 TRT THEM. 



Cushman Gladiolus COr 



STLVAHXA. OHIO. 



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Gladioli 



I can supply choice cut spikes of Gladioli in any 

 color or in choice mixture at reasonable prices. 



E. E. STEWART, "ivesjuhction, 



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Florists' Review 



Wlien Wrltlna: Adverttser* 



wanted to know what kind of washing 

 powder I used that produced such bright, 

 clean turnips, but everyona wanted to 

 know the name of the turnip. When I 

 told them it was the Eed-top White 

 Globe, they could scarcely believe it. 

 "Why," they said, "we planted the 

 same kind, but we have no such turnips. ' ' 

 Of course not; \ didn't have them either, 

 before. I sold them for 50 cents a half 

 bushel basket and though I put as many 

 as thirty baskets a trip on my market 

 wagon I never had enough to go around, 

 and this when turnips of the common 

 variety went begging for a buyer at 25 

 cents a basket. In producing this seed 

 I selected a turnip somewhat elongated, 

 with as small a top and tap root as 

 possible, the white I wanted as waxy 

 white as possible, and the purple as 

 bright and distinct as colors can be pro- 

 duced. I certainly have a thoroughbred 

 turnip, but don't anybody ask me for 

 seed. I have none to sell, nor shall I 

 ever be in the seed business. 



Now a word as to the price of seeds 

 charged by the seed merchant. If the 

 grower of seeds who produces such seeds 

 as I am advocating, got every cent that 

 the seed merchant sells his stock for, I 

 do not believe that this would be suffi- 

 cient pay to grow seed as pure and 

 carefully as it should be grown. Poor 

 seed is dear at any price, but it seems 

 to me that quality is lost sight of by the 

 seed merchant in a desire to produce 

 cheap seeds, probably to undersell his 

 competitor. I might sum up the prin- 

 cipal causes of cheap and inferior seed, 

 which may be attributed to a species of 

 parasites, bugs, humbugs and other in- 

 sects which feed upon both production 

 and distribution of the seed business. 

 Prof. Slingerland usually is able to name 

 a remedy or spray to destroy or keep 

 in check all of them except the humbug. 

 This is the one that mails you that high- 

 priced catalogue full of impossible pic- 

 tures and exaggerated descriptions. I 

 have in mind a picture of a Prizetaker 

 onion in one of those catalogues, I 

 •wish I were able to reproduce it in 

 size, shape and color. If these fellows 

 could be eliminated and the seed grower 

 brought together with the gardener, 

 truck and general farmer, our crops 

 would be much better, our meadows 

 cleaner and freer from noxious weeds; in 

 fact, it would greatly benefit both pro- 

 ducer and consumer. 



J. H. Bollinger. 



THE STYLE IN CATALOGUES. 



As 1907 styles in seed catalogues will 

 prevail in 1908, "only more so," it will 

 be interesting to note what a writer in 

 a leading agricultural paper said last 

 spring: 



"The seed and nursery catalogues for 

 the season are now nearly all in the hands 

 of readers. With rare exceptions they 

 are a fine lot — probably the most at- 

 tractive and useful set of horticultural 

 trade publications that has been issued 

 in this country. That there is still room 

 for improvement, the business firms re- 

 sponsible for them will doubtless admit, 

 but the progress made in eliminating the 

 objectionable features of former issues 

 is most gratifying. The covers generally 

 are free from the glaring color effects 

 once so commonly used. Many are in 

 monochrome or subdued tints that -are 

 at once artistic and agreeable. Colored 

 plates are much reduced in number and 

 generally only used to illustrate some 

 striking specialty. Well-finished half- 



Big Bargains In 



PRIMROSES 



IMPROVED CHINESE, finest grown, mixed, 

 single and double, extra strong and fine, 

 2-in., $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. XXX 

 strong. 8-in., $4.00 per 100. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA, new varieties mixed, 

 strong, 2Vin., $4.00 per 100. 



ASPARAGUS FLUM08US NANUS and 

 SPRENGERI, very fine, strong, 2-incb, 

 $2.00 per 100. 



CINERARIAS, large-flowering dwarf varieties, 

 mixed, strong, 2-ln., $2.00 per 100. 



GIANT PANSIE8. strong plants. $3.00 per 1000. 



XXX SEEDS 



CHINESE PRIMROSE, finest grown, singlr 

 and double, mixed, 600 seeds, $1.00; ^ pkt., 50e 



GIANT PANST, finest grown, critically se- 

 lected, 5000 seeds, $1.00; ^a pkt., 60c. 



CINERARIA, large flowering dwarf, mixed, 



1000 seeds, 50c. ■ 



CYCLAMEN GIC^ANTEUM, finest Giants, 

 mixed. 200 seeds, $1.00; H pkt., 60c. 



SHAMROCK, Irish, the real thing, green, sow 

 this fall, 1000 seeds, 60c. 



GASH. Liberal extra count. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



RUPPTON : The Home of PrlmrosaB. 



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Fall Bflins 



AU ttae Leadina: Varletlea 

 BEST QUALITY, LOWEST PRICES 



Write l()T Catalogue. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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'We are indisputably tlie^ 



Largest Bulb Growers 



in this country; this fact stands for reliability 

 and experience -. ■.; 



We have enormous quantities of 



Narcissus Emperor 



at the following low prices: 

 $10.00 $8.00 $6.00 



Also more than 12,000,000 bulbs in variety at 

 the same reasonable prices for reliable bulbs 



HUBERT BULB CO., General Agents, 



Lowenbergh BIdg., Main St., Norfolk. Va. 



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Lilium Honsoni 



Is one of the best lilies for fall planting 



Tine, aound bulbs, 

 $4.00 per doz. $30.00 per 100 



8H discount for cash with order. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILOS, Floral Park, N.Y. 



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Bulbs, Seeds and Plants 



H. H. BERGER 8e CO., 

 70 Warren St. New York 



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