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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ decembeh it. loos. 



Buch opportunities open at the present 

 time. , 



Push along with the catalogue or you 

 will be behind the procession. 



In addition to the valley pips reported 

 last week as arriving from Hamburg on 

 the Patricia, there were 382 cases in care 

 of P. H. Petry & Co. 



Eakly on the morning of December 9 

 there was a small fire on the second floor 

 of the seed warehouse of the Amzi God- 

 den Co., Birmingham, Ala., but the loss 

 did not exceed $1,000. 



Mk. Hogg, of Hogg & Lytle, Ltd., To- 

 ronto, growers of peas and other seeds 

 in Canada and Michigan, is visiting the 

 trade in England, but is expected home 

 shortly after New Year's. 



It is reported that the canners are 

 placing orders for peas at the advanced 

 prices for next year's harvest. The 

 advance looks high to them, but the con- 

 ditions all around warrant an advance 

 and there seems to be nothing else for 

 them to do. 



The National Canners' Association is 

 preparing for a record-breaking conven- 

 tion at Louisville, February 1 to 6, and 

 many seedsmen will be in attendance. 

 Four special trains will run to the con- 

 vention, one from Boston, one from New 

 York, one from Baltimore, and another 

 from Chicago. 



At the last meeting of the directors 

 of the Wholesale Seedsmen's League 

 Charles H. Breck presented a full and 

 satisfactory report from the manager of 

 the credit bureau of the league. This 

 report and its recommendations so im- 

 pressed the Board that a committee was 

 appointed to confer with the manager of 

 the credit bureau as to the practicability 

 of greatly extending its usefulness to 

 the seed trade in general. 



E. Nicholson, of the Texas Seed & 

 Floral Co., Dallas, sends a copy of the 

 1909 catalogue and says: "We pride 

 ourselves on this being the best catalogue 

 we ever have sent out. This is the first 

 year we have had a first-class litho- 

 graphed cover and we think you will ad- 

 mit it is a fairly good job." It is. It 

 shows Nicholson's Southern Beauty to- 

 mato on the front and Mean's water- 

 melon on the back, in a way that seed 

 buyers seem to like. 



It is reported from Pinneberg, Ger- 

 many, that a considerable number of 

 wholesale growers who send lily of the 

 valley in large quantities via Hamburg 

 to England, Norway, Sweden, Russia and 

 the United States have not done the cus- 

 tomary amount of business. The reason 

 given is the unfavorable weather in the 

 summer season. As a consequence of the 

 lessening of the supply, the prices ad- 

 vanced so that the one balanced the other. 

 The prices are ten to twenty-five per cent 

 higher than those of 1907. 



PURE SEED INVESTIGATIONS. 



In his annual report, made public De- 

 cember 14, James Wilson, Secretary of 

 Agriculture, speaks of the Department's 

 work for pure seeds as follows: 



' ' The pure-seed work has been ex- 

 tended during the past year by the es- 

 tablishment of testing laboratories in co- 

 operation with the Nebraska Agricultural 

 Experiment Station and the Missouri Ag- 

 ricultural Experiment Station. At the 

 laboratory in Washington, D. C, a 



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Gladiolus Gandavensis Hybrids 



Many , florists plant these In boxes, or 

 among their carnations, In the winter. They 

 are excellent for decorative purposes and 

 realize sood prices, either wholesale or 

 retail. Gladioli are a good catch crop and 

 take up but little room. The following are 

 the best for this purpose: 



America. The flowers, which are of im- 

 mense size, are of the most beautiful flesh- 

 pink color. $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 



AuKuata. The florists' best white Gladiolus. 

 First size bulbs, Ih inches and up. $8.00 

 per 100; $t8.00 per 1000. 



Bulbs, I>i2 to 1»4 in., $1.75 per 100; $16.00 

 per 1000. 



Shak«ipeare. White and rose. $4.75 per 

 100; $45.00 per 1000. 



May. Pure white, flaked rosy crimson; the 

 best forcer. Selected bulbs, $1.75 per 100; 

 $15.00 per 1000. 



BrenchleyensU (true). Fiery scarlet. Se- 

 lected bulbs, $1.50 per 100; $13.00 per 1000. 

 First size bulbs, $1.85 per 100; $10.00 per 



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BoddlnKton'a White and l,ig;ht. Extra 

 selected bulbs. 1^4 in. and up. $1.50 per 

 100: $14.00 per 1000. 

 -• Bulbs. 1^2 to 1\ in., $1.85 per 100; $10.00 

 per 1000. 



American Hybrids. A mixture of the 

 choicest varieties of Gladiolus in cultiva- 

 tion. $ I.UO per 100; $9.00 per lOOO. 



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TilESH SEEDS READY NOW 



RAWSOM'8 MAMMOTH VKRBENA8-The most perfect strain. 



FlnestMixed ^ oz., 80c oz., $1.00 Blue H oz., 30c oz., $1.00 



Pink " 30c " 1.00 Scarlet " 30c " 1.00 



White " 80c " 1.00 Striped " 30c " 1.00 



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Orandiflora ^ oz., 25c oz.,$1.60 Lord Fauntleroy, dwarf. .^e oz., 76c oz , $4.00 



Compacta "' 40c '" 2.50 Zurlph "' 76c " 5.00 



Bonfire " 40c " 2.50 [ 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., 



6 Union Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



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Bargains j HYACINTHS I Bargains 



first Size -- SINGLE AND DOUBLE, $4.50 PER 100 - Best for Fordns 



8INQLK:— Priestly. Amy; Baron van Tuyll, pink; Charles Dickens, pink; Fabiola. Gari- 

 baldi, General Pelissier. G< rtrude. Gigantea, Norma, Robert Steiger, Roi des Beiges. Romeo, 

 Alba Superbissima. Albertinl; Baroness van Tuyll, white; Grandeur a Mcrvellle. La Franchise, 

 La Grandesse. L'Innocence. Pavilion Blanc, Queen Victoria: Baron van 'I\iyll, 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, Jaune Supreme. 



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



NARCISSUS 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 



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STOCK SEED 



For Winter Blooming. Our strain of Double 

 Branching Stocks is exceptionally true. 



About 90 per cent Double Flowers. 



In colors V oz., 60c; oz., $4 00 



Pure white 's-oz., 76c; oz., 5.00 



H. E. nSKE SEED CO. 



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Catalogues, Colored Plates, 



CALCNDARS, POST CARDS. ETC. 



HIGH CLASS ENGRAVINGS of ALL KINDS 



Send for Catalogue. 



VREDENBURG&CO. 



ROCHKBTER NEW YORK 



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The Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus Gardens offer 



1,500,000 Large Flowering Gladioli 



in mixtures. All premium stock of blooming 

 age. 



Also 300 selected varieties of Dahlia!. All 

 field-grown roots. Send for list. 



J. L. MOORE, - Northboro, Mass. 



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LILY OF TBE VALLEY 



Four-year old clumps grown from imported 

 Berlin Pips, splendid for out of doors or late forc- 

 ing. About 20 pips per clump. Fall or spring 

 delivery. Price per 1000 pips. $3.00; per 10,000. 

 $25.00; per 100,000, $200.00. Cash with order. 



W. A. FINGER, ^''fSSh'^lS:^^, 



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