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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Dbcembbb 10, 1908. 



Lilium Longiflorum 

 Giganteum 



Tbe best of all the Lilies for pot culture for 

 Easter-only SOOO left. 



7x9, 300 to the case. 70 per cent single 

 crown, $70.00 per 1000. 



Narcissus Paper While 

 Grandiflora 



Of this, the most popular and most profitable 

 of all bulbs for florists' forcing, we have a very 

 large stock, and also of the very best, largest 

 flowering quality. These bulbs we can place in 

 cold storage for our customers and deliver them 

 as wanted up to January 1st, at an additional cost 

 of 25c per 1000 per month after September 1st. 



First Size Bnlbs. 13 cm. and up, $1.10 per 

 100; $9.00 per 1000: $43.75 per 6000: $85.00 per 10,000. 



Monster Bnlbs, 14 cm. and up, $1.30 per 100; 

 $11.00 per 1000; $53.75 per 5000; $106.00 per 10,000. 



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variety of onions would this seed pro- 

 duce? Anything, everything. Ohio Yel- 

 low Globe? Yes. Southport Yellow 

 Globe t Yes. Globe Danvers? Yes. 

 Flat Danvers? Yes. Strasburg or Flat 

 Dutch t Yes. Anything or, everything 

 that was yellow. The seed grower had 

 his profit on this seed; the seed dealer, 

 who bought it for some specific variety, 

 had his profit, but the planter, who had 

 a market for some particular variety, had 

 to stand the loss. 



This instance, with many others of 

 like character that have come under our 

 observation, makes us wonder that the 

 planter gets good seed as often as he 

 does, and leads to the conclusion that 

 the planter has a right to know, and 

 should insist on knowing when, where and 

 by whom the seed he orders is grown. 

 And the seed dealer who evades or re- 

 fuses to answer such inquiry, or to put 

 his answer in writing if asked to do so, is 

 not entitled to the confidence of the 

 planter. R. W. Laughlin. 



OPERA BOUFFE GRASS. 



Hommo Ten Have is the somewhat 

 unusual name of a seed merchant and 

 contract grower at Westerlee, Holland. 

 Possibly to heighten the opera bouffe 

 effect of his patronymic, he offers the 

 trade a new forage grass under the name 

 Lolium Western Woldicum, or Western 

 Wolths grass. Of this he says: 



' * This new grass was discovered in the 

 County of Westerwolde, near the Ger- 

 man frontier, growing on poor, sandy 

 soil. Its value was first demonstrated 

 by a laborer who took measures to have 

 it grown separately from other sorts. 

 The agricultural world owes this humble 

 man a debt of gratitude for the intro- 

 duction of this valuable plant, and there 

 is little doubt that if it had come into 

 the possession of a more influential agri- 

 culturist it would, ere this, have been 

 more widely known and cultivated. 



"In appearance the seed cannot be 

 distinguished from Italian ryegrass, but 

 Western Wolths grass is strictly an an- 

 nual plant, whereas Italian ryegrass may 

 remain in the soil for two or three years. 

 It far surpasses Italian in the rapidity 

 of its growth and weight of herbage. On 

 good soils when topdressed with nitrate 

 of soda it may be cut five or six times 

 during a single summer. 



' ' It will thrive on almost all soils, but 

 the best results have been had on heavy 



The Crego Aster 



"The Best in the Market" 



After having demonstrated, by actual competition in the open 

 market, that it has fully earned its title as ** Tbe Best in the 

 Market," the CREGO ASTER is again offered to the trade, with 

 the positive assurance that it has ** made good." 



A SATISFIED GROWER 



Near St. Paul, Minn., writes under date of September 15th: 



"The germination of tbe seed purchased from you last Bpring was the best I 

 ever saw, apparently every seed producing a plant. I gave the best possible 

 cultivation and saw the results about the first of September, when they com- 

 menced to bloom. They were perfectly magnificent. At our annual flower show 

 I entered the CREGO ASTER in seven different classes, and took the first prize in 

 every instance. My asters were in a class by themselves, and a local florist, who 

 was one of the judges, said they were the floesthe had ever seen, and he offered 

 to buy my crop at from $5.00 to $7.00 per 100." 



NEW CROP SEED 



Grown in the rich soil, temperate climate and long season of Oregon, will do 

 as well in the hands of any good, careful grower. While very short in quantity, 

 this new seed is decidedly 'Moog** in quality and vitality, and will produce a big 

 crop of dollars for the florist whose business eye-sight is sharp enough to recognize 

 a good thing when it is offered to him. Orders are coming in already, and those 

 who order early will run the least risk of being disappointed. 



In colors I offer White, Shell-pink and Rose-pink. 



PRICES:-Trade packet, $1.00; Half ounce, $4.50; Ounce, $8.00. 



Seedsmen, write for liberal discounts. 



6. S. CRE60, 693 E. lotb street, Poftland, Ore. 



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FRESH SEEDS READY NOW 



RAWSON'g MAMMOTH VXRBENAS-The most perfect strain. 



Finest Mixed '4 oz., 30c oz., $1.00 Blue '4 oz., 30c oz., $1.00 



Pink •■ .SOc " 1.00 Scarlet " aoc " 1.00 



White " 30c " 1.00 Striped " 30c " 1.00 



SALVIA SPLKNDKNS 



Grandiflora ^e oz., 25c oz., $1.60. Lord Fauntleroy, dwarf. .^8 oz., 75c oz, $4.00 



Compacta •" 40c " 2.60' Zurich " 75c " 5.00 



Bonfire " 40c " 2.50 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., 



6 Union Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



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Bargains HYACINTHS Bargains 



First Size -- SINGLE AND DOUBLE, $4.50 PER 100 -- B«st for Forcing 



SINGLE:— Priestly. Amy; Baron van Tuyll, pink; Charles Dickens, pink; Fabiola, Gari- 

 baldi, (ieneral Pelissier, G' rtrude. Gigantea, Norma, Robert SteiRer, Roi des Beiges. Romeo, 

 Alba Superbissima. Albertini; Baroness van Tuyll, white; Grandeur a Mcrveille La Franchise, 

 La Grandesse, I/Innocence, Pavilion Blanc, Queen Victoria; Baron van Tuyll. blue; Bleu 

 Mourant; Charles Dickens, blue; Grand Lilas, Grand Maitre, King of the Blues, La Peyrouse, 

 Leonidas. Pieneman, Queen of Blues, Regulus, King of Yellows, Haydn, Czar Peter. 



DOUBLE:— Bouquet Royal, red; Bouquet Tendre, Czar Nicholas, Grootvorst, Le Grand 

 Concurrent. Noble par Merite. Prince of Orange; Bouquet Royal, white; Grootvorstin, La 

 Virginite, Non Plus Ultra, Bloksberg; Charles Dickens, blue; Crown Prince, General Antlnck, 

 Lord Raglan, Goethe, .Taune Supreme. 



State second choice. iMentlon this offer to secure these prices. 



NARCISSUS 



JAMES VIGK'S SONS 



ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 



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loam, clay, or land of a somewhat damp 

 character. For one year's hay or pas- 

 ture this grass, when mixed with red 



clover, can be highly recommended. 

 Many farmers in Holland are sowing it 

 in proximity to their farm buildings, to 



