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OCTOBEE 8, 1908. 



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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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35 



All Ghrowers of Mushrooms 

 should buy their 



direct from 

 the Best English Makers. 



' Johnson's, Lid., are the 



chf(Bf makers of Spawn and 

 growers of MuBhrooms in Eng- 

 land. Their Spawn-bricks are 

 scientifically inoculated with 

 fine Virgin Spawn and this 

 year's stock is better than ever. 



Prices and particulars on 

 application. 



Send one shilling (24 cents) for our 

 new book on Mushroom Culture. 



ADDRESS : 



JOHNSON'S, Ltd. 



44 Bedford Row* 

 LONDON, ENGLAND. 



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BEST 



ONION SEEDS 



Bermuda Rtd, White and Crystal. 



To SEEDSIVIENt Sn-Seed. 



To GROWERS: Sk7o^^'°'' 



••VAIWLA'S" Onion Seeds. 



49- My buslneaa !• to dve •attstaotlon. 



FEDERICO C. VAREU 



TENERIFFE (Canary blaixb). 



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where the cut flowers are arranged and 

 the dried plants and mosses are put to- 

 gether in wreaths or bundles. 



"Garden products grown in Erfurt 

 may not be peddled in the city. This 

 business is mostly of an export nature, 

 shipping to various parts of Germany. 

 The annual shipment of cauliflower 

 amounts to 6,600,000 pounds. 



Wages Paid. 



"Compared with the standard in the 

 United States, the wages in Erfurt are 

 small. A superintendent receives annu- 

 ally 3,000 to 4,000 marks (the mark 

 equals 23.8 cents), a technical man 2,000 

 to 3,500 marks, an oflSce superintendent 

 SOO to 2,000 marks. Experienced work- 

 men are paid weekly and receive 800 to 

 1,800 marks a year. Inexperienced men 

 receive 800 to 1,000 marks, and the same 

 *laSs of women labor from 500 to 600 



■TO THX TRADE- 



HENRY METTE, Qaedliiibor& (lenipy 



•■'■'"■^^^^^■* (Established in 1787) ^^^^ • 



Grower «nd Exporter on the rery luseat acale of kll ' ^^ ^ ' 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Specialties : Beans, Beets, Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl-Rabi, Leeks, Lettuces, Onion*, 

 Peas, Radlsbes, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Asters, Balsams, Begonias, Carnations. 

 Cinerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspurs, Nasturtiums, Pansles, Petunias, Phlox, Primulas, 

 Scabious, Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free ou application. . . 



HiatRT MKTTE'S TRIUMPH OF THK GIANT PAN8IKS (mixed), the most 

 perfect and most beautiful in the world, 15.00 per oz.: $1.50 per ^-oz.; 75c per 1-16 oz. Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my ovm. crounds ot 

 more than 8000 acres, and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest 

 stocks and best quality. 1 also STOTT largely seeds on contract. 



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i Cyclamen Seed} 



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Crop 1908 now ready of our unsurpassed gigantenm strains, price, 

 $120.00 per ounce; Low's Salmon Bang;, $160.00 per ounce. 'Also 

 seed of Schisanthua Wisetonensis, $160.00 per ounce. 



H USH LOW & CO., Bush Hi ll Park, Middlesex , Englan d 



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AZALEAS 



for fall delivery, the best DAI 119 for spring or fall 

 that are grown, also IflLIHO delivery, fumishedby 



AUGUST HAEHENS, Somergem, If&n^^. 



ADDRESS THX AMKKICAN BKPBKSKNTATIVKS 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 81 Barclay St.. or P. O. Box 768, New York 



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:tS 



No.34i 



WIBOLTTS SNOWBALL 

 CAULIf LOWER-SEED 



is thf urli«st of 

 all Snowballs, ihrtj 

 . most compaci, the 

 ' surest header, is 

 giving the largest and snow- 

 whilest heads, and is (he 

 best keeper in dry-weather. 

 Demand it through yowr 

 seed-firm or direct from 

 R. WIBOLTT, HAKSKOV. vatUMi 



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 E. W. KING & CO'S 



NEl^ ASTER WONDER 



WHITE, 80c per oz.; the earliest white aster in 

 cultivation, twice the size of Queen of the Market; 

 very long stems, splendid for decorations. FINK, 

 $1.00 per oz.; a worthy companion to the white. 



We are one of the largest English bona tide growers 

 of Nastartinms. Godetia, Candytuft, Lark- 

 spar, Poppy and other hardy annuals. 

 Send for price list to 

 Griwers if New aii4 iMcial Varieties of Sweet Peat. 



E. W. KING & CO., ^^"^^Sf'SSlik^'.'"' 



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English Grown Seeds 



Farm, Garden and Flower Seeds of best qual- 

 ity. Specialties : Giant Fancy Pansy, saved from 

 named plants; Carrot, Onion, Brussels Bprouts, 

 Cabbage, Golden Ball Turnip. 



Price list free on application to 



THE BEDFORDSHIRE SEED CO., Ltd. 



SAXDT. BNOL,Ain> 



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marks. Women employed in the bind- 

 eries are paid 700 to 800 marks a year. 

 "Office men work from 7 to 12 a. m. 

 and from 2 to 6 p. m. The working 

 hours for the other employees are, in 

 summer, 6 a. m. to 7 p. m. ; in winter, 

 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. The rest periods are 

 one-half hour for second breakfast (Ger- 

 mans take only coflfee and rolls early in 

 the morning and eat a heartier meal later 



IMPORTANT 



Novelties 



of our ralslnc of 



Perennials, Carnations 



DAHUAS, CLEMATIS, etc. 

 Our NOVKLTT LIST tre* on apitUoatlon 



6oos & Koenemann 



NIEDERWAUiUF 

 (BhalnKan) OWBMAMT 



AZALE4 INDICA 



Immense stock of all leading varieties, nicely 

 itMped and weU budded plants. 



LILT OF THK VAIXKT 



Very finest Hambbrg and Berlin Pipa for Im- 

 port and from cold storage. 



MAmXTI STOCKS 



English and French grown especially for flo- 

 riste' use. 



HOLLAND PI.A1ITS 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Box Treei. 

 Clematis, Conifers, etc. 



LILT BULBS 



Japanese, Bermuda and Azores, Dutch and 

 French Hyacinths, etc. 



For particulars and other information please 

 apply to. 



H. FRANK DARROW, 



Import Wliolesal* 



P. 0. Bex 1260. 26 Barclay St., New Yark 



LABGBST STOCK OF ALL 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asaleas, Arancariaa, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Begonias, Gloxinias, etc 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE, PERE 



GHENT, Belgrium. 



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