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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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December 17, 1008. 



35 



pioslips i 



All Growers of Mushrooma 

 should buy their 



SPAWN 



direct from 

 the Beat Engliah Makera. 



Johnson's^ Ltcl«9 are the 



chief makers of Spawn and 

 growers of Mushrooms 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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Holland Bulbs 



Maathnla & Tan Alphen, wholesale bulb 

 growers and exporters, Llsse, near Haarlem, 

 Holland. Superior quality, low prices. 



Sole American Aoikt, 

 J. MEERKAMP VAN EMBDEN, ML Vernon, N. Y. 



Ask for Oataloo. 

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CAULIFLOWER OaaH 

 A B B A G E OUuU 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



12 Stormgade, Copenhigen, Denmark. 



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well as seeds. Some interesting views 

 on the seed farms are included. 



Now the catalogues are coming to 

 ■ hand with every mail. 



E. V. Hallock, seedsman at Queens, 

 was elected president of the New York 

 Florists' Club December 14. 



Christmas greens are occupying the 

 attention, night as well as day, in a 

 good many seed houses this week. 



The California seed growers are pay- 

 ing their annual visits to customers east, 

 but will soon proceed to get busy plant- 

 ing for next crop. 



It appears that instead of there be- 

 ing two or three excellent chances for 

 men with a little money to acquire es- 

 tablished seed businesses, as stated in a 

 recent Review, there are at least five 



Japanese Lily Bulbs and Plants 



Grown and Exported by 



RIHACHIRO TANOI 



Yokohama, Japan 



CATALOGS FOR 1909 ON APPLICATI 



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— — T^ THS TRADK 



HENRY METTE, Qoedlinbors, demiaDy 



^^^^^^■'^^■^ (Established in 1787) 



Grower and Exporter on the very largeat scale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Specialties : Beans, Beeta, Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl-Rabi, Leeks, Lettuces, Onions, 

 Peas, Badlslies, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Asters, Balsams, Beaonias, Carnations. 

 Cinerarias, Oloxinias, Larkspurs, Nasturtiums. Pansles, Petunias, Phlox. Primulas, 

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



HKNRY BIKTTK'S TRIUMPH OP THK GLANT PAM8IES (mixed), the most 

 perfect and most beautiful in the world, $5.00 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 OT^n BTOunds of 

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

 stocks and best quality. I also stow larsely seeds on contract. 



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AZALEAS 



for tall delivery, the best 

 that are grown, also 



for spring or fall 

 dell^ ery, furnished by 

 Belgium ; ordert 

 _ now.... 



ADDKK88 THK AMKBIOAN BIPBKSKNTATrVIS 



A.UGUST ROLKER A SONS. 81 Barclay St., or P. O. Box 768, New York 



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PALMS 



, Somarpm, L%T 



A good farmer is the wisest of all men, who, 

 with the plough, writes on the land the magnificent 

 book of human happiness. (B. P. G.) 



THE BEST GRO^ OF ONIONS 



can be raised In the United State* with 



"VARELA'S" 



Improved Bermuda Onion Seeds 



Limited production for 1909. Write soon to secure 

 some. My IMPROVED SEEDS are onhr obtain- 

 able through seedsmen and dealers in the U S. If a 

 grower cannot get it from his seedsman, write to me 

 and I will give you the names of many who can supply it. 



fEDERICO C. YARCLA,(cYn^fA'.™ds) 



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No.341 



WIBOLTTS SNOWBALL 

 CAULIFLOWER-SEED 



is the earhnt of 

 all Snowballs, ihei 

 , most compact, the 

 ' surest header, is { 

 giving the largest and snow- 

 whitest heads, and is the 

 best keeper in dry-weather. 

 Demand it through your 

 seed-firm or direct from 



R. WtBOLTT, MAKSKOV, mUkM 



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LARGEST STOCK OF ALL 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Ajtaleas, Araucarias, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Begonias, Gloxinias, etc* 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE, PERE 



GHENT, Belgrium. 



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COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Very finest grades of Hamburg Valley, for 

 shipment as desired. 



Pruit and Ornamental Stocks. 



French grown, best quality, carefully selected, 

 graded and packed. 



CnsUsh Manettl Stocks. 



Grown especially for florists' use. 

 Holland Plants. 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Boztrees, 

 Clematis, Conifers, etc. 



Lily of the VaUey. 



Finest grades of Berlin and Hamburg for im- 

 port. 



For catalogs, specialoSers, etc., please apply to 

 H. FRANK DARROW, 

 Importer Wholesaler 



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



Seedsof Choice Herbaceous aid Alpine Plants 



We desire to extend our already large business with 

 our Colonies and the United States, America, in the 

 above class of seeds, our great specialty. We know 

 that our seeds have been the means of enabling 

 many lovers of old-fashicned hardy perennials and 

 Alpine plants to obtain a gocd collection at a very 

 small cost, whereas the expense of getting plants from 

 England is prohibitory in most cases. Catalog, which 

 contains descriptions of nearly 3000 kinds of flower 

 seeds of all classes, including latest novelties, and 

 also much educational matter, will be sent free on 

 application. Established over 50 years. 



Thompson & Morgan, 



IPSWICH, ENGLAND 



English Grown Seeds 



Farm, Garden and Flower Seeds of best qual- 

 ty. Specialties: Giant Fancy Pansy, saved from 

 lamed plants: Carrot, Onion. Brussels Sprouts, 

 Jabbage. Golden Ball Turnip. 



Price list free on application to 



THE BEDFORDSHIRE SEED CO., Ltd. 



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