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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Januaby 7, 1909. 



Vkk Quality Asters "»•. SSJSSl "' 



Introdaccd by ns; sTO'wn evetywhere— 

 Vick's Late Branching (8 colon); Vick't Snowdrift; 

 Vkk»' Lavender Gem ;Vickm)aybreak; Vick's Purity; 

 Vick's Violet Kingr, and many other money-making 

 varieties. 



Other Recent Introdnotlons— Vick's Early 

 Branching; Vick's Royal Purple; Vick's Upright 

 White; vick's Cardinal. 



NEW TARIBTIE8 



Tick's Mikado Pink— Just the thing to grow 

 between the extra earlv and late flowering sorts. Sold 

 this year by packet only. 25c each. 



Tick's Imperial Iiavender— Similar to Day- 

 break, except in color. 1-64 oz., 40c; l-32oz., 60c; 

 1-16 oz., $1.00; »8 oz., $1.60; H oz., $2 50; ^a oz., $4.50; 

 1 oz., $8.00. 



Tick's Non-lateral Branching— A new strain. 

 Every stem bears an exhibition flower. No lateral side 

 buds. 1-32 oz., 25c; 1-16 oz., 40c; ^s oz., 60c; Moz., 

 $1.00; H oz., $1.76; 1 oz , $.S.00. 



Send for our Aster Book for Florists. 

 JAMK8 VICK'S SONS, Roobester, N. T. 



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that happen to miss their hold on the 

 stem, or, in other words, those that are 

 not able to attach themselves to the bark 

 of the stem, can be seen withering away 

 on the upper part of the tree. It is also 

 very curious to notice that owing to the 

 peculiar way in which this tree grows, 

 the inside is completely hollow. The 

 most famous dragon tree ever known in 

 Teneriflfe stood at Villa de Orotava, and 

 was estimated by Humboldt to be at 

 least 6,000 years old, but judging from 

 the size and age of similar trees of more 

 recent date, I consider that Humboldt 

 overestimated the age. Unfortunately 

 this mammoth and secular tree was acci- 

 dentally burned down in the year 1867. 

 I understand that a cutting of this old 

 tree is still growing in one of the con- 

 servatories at Kew Gardens, England. 



I have in my garden the best speci- 

 men of dragon tree around the town of 

 Santa Cruz de Teneriflfe, and it is 30 

 years old. It may be propagated by the 

 seeds it throws out every year in clus- 

 ters, like small round dates. 



The culture of bulbs, flowers and 

 plants in Teneriflfe has not yet received 

 proper attention, although our island is 

 singularly placed, not only for its splen- 

 did climatic condition, covering as it 

 does a wide range of culture, but also 

 because we are continually in communi- 

 cation by passing steamers with almost 

 all parts of the world. 



Pouibilitiet in Scented Oils. 



The most important industry of the 

 Calados, or drawn linen work, now al- 

 most abandoned through the keen com- 

 petition from Japan, gave employment 

 to many thousands of women, and these 

 people, accustomed to keep their hands 

 and fingers scrupulously- clean, would do 

 well for the manufacturer of scented fats 

 by the enfleurage process, as they would 

 not impart any disagreeable scents to 

 the fats and therefore spoil the goods 

 for j|;he markets beyond the seas. There 

 is a^ ideal place in this island to estab- 

 lish this new business, and that is 

 Eealejo, which lies 1,000 feet above the 

 sea level and in a situation shaded by the 

 long distance high mountains, where the 

 sun rises late, and therefore the flowers 

 can be gathered in the morning with all 

 their full fragrance in their fresh petals 

 titillating with the night dew. I have 

 no doubt that we can produce here all 

 sorts of flowers for pomades, scented oils 

 and distilled plants for essences. 



White hyacinth bulbs, narcissus, tube- 

 rose, lily bulbs and all other strong and 

 sweet odoriferous flowers can be culti- 

 vated here under the best conditions on 

 a large scale, besides the cultivation of 

 flower seeds and plants. Almost the 





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New Crop Flower Seed Comios in Rapidly 



STOKX8' MAMMOTH VCBBKNA, wUt*. vlnk, ■oarlet, purple, mixed. 



trade pkt., 20c; oz., $1.25. 



STOCKS/ DWARF, ULRQK FLOWBRING TEN WEKKS, blood red. pink, blae, 



white, mixed trade pkt, 25c; oz., $2.00 



Prinoeae Alice trade pkt.. 80c; oz., 2.60 



Improved SnowfUake trade pkt., 40c 



SALVIA, my own growing. 



Splendena trade pkt., 25c; oz., $1.00 



Bonfire trade pkt., SOc: oz., 2.00 



Zurlcb trade pkt., 60c; l-16oz., 1.00 



MIONONSTTE, Maehet trade pkt., 10c; oz., 85c; k-lb., 1.25 



LOBSL.IA, Crystal Palace Compaota trade pkt., 25c; oz., 1.26 



PRIMULA, Stokes* Standard ClUnese. 



An unsurpassed strain per 100 seeds, 25c; per 500 seeds, $1.00; per 1000 seeds, 1.65 



Kermesina Splendens, Snow White, Peach Blossom, Blue. Alba Rosea, Striped. 



— per 250 seeds, 60c; per 1000 seeds, 1.75 



PETUNIA, Giant of California trade pkt., 45c 



Howard's Star trade pkt., 35c 



Blotched and Striped trade pkt., 15c; oz., 60c 



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Seeds { 



For the Florist 



and Gardener 



FRESH ENGLISH MUSHROOM SPAWN 



$6.60 per 100 lbs. 

 SEND FOR TRADE CATALOG 



Currie Bros. Co., '^"'^IS^fs".''" 



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An Excellent Forcing Winter Flower Is 



Rawson's New Pink Beauty Lupin 



Seeds sown now will prodace immense spikes of beautiful 

 pink blossoms inside of three months. 



FRESH SEEDS ARE READY NOW I Per oi., SOc; 4 ob., $1.00. 



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5 Union Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



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PRIZE STRAIN 



TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS 



SHrOLE, white, yellow, scarlet, rose and crimson per doz., 35c per 100, $2.60 per 1000, $22.00 



MIXED '• 300 '• 2.25 " 20.00 



DOUBLE, white, yellow, scarlet, rose and crimson.... " 60c " 4.00 " 88.00 



GIANT fLOWERING GLOXINIAS, choice mixed, $3.50 per 100; $32.00 per 1000. 



New Crop Flower Seeds -Write For Florists' Wholesale List. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY, 217 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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■took*. Out and Come Again, assorted colors, 



2Sc trsde pkt. 

 Stocks, Dwarf Bouquet, ass't. colors, 26c tr. pkt. 



Snowflake, white. 50c trade pkt. 

 Patouls, frinsed, single, mixed, .'iOc trade pkt. 

 fringed, double, mixed, 11.00 trade pkt. 

 Fx««b Tobscoo 8t«ms, S1.50 for 800-lb. bale. 

 Tfmh MIU Tr»ok Spawn, 16.00 per 100 lbs. 



W. C. BECKERT, Seedsman, 

 North Side PITTSBURG, PA. 



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Dahlias 



Named varieties. 

 Send for list. 



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