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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Januabx 21, 1909. 



keeps a dear echool, but fools will 

 learn in no other, and scarce in that. 



Five or ten dollars a thousand 

 more for lily bulbs is a difference of 

 only from one-half to one cent a 

 bulb. If only one bulb in ten pro- 

 duce one more flower, it pays. 



Still some haggle over price, 

 trusting to luck instead of common 

 sense for quality. 



A shrewd buyer of bulbs buys 

 from a reliable source, pays for qual- 

 ity and insists on getting it. 



We will appreciate your inquiry 

 for prices on reliable bulbs. 



Ralph M. Ward & Co. 



12 West Broadway 

 New York 



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perhaps in Italy, in which district I be- 

 lieve the cultivation for seed has more 

 than doubled in the last few years. 



The cabbage seed and, I believe, all 

 brassica seed, are fully justifying pre- 

 vious reports of shortage in crop and, so 

 far as my reports go, the supply will be a 

 long way below the demand. Current 

 prices show a considerable advance. The 

 only growers who have the trade well in 

 hand seem to be the Danish firms, and 

 some prices I have just to hand are show- 

 ing the trend of trade. For Danish Ball- 

 head 3 shillings per pound is being asked 

 and obtained; for Danish Summer Ball- 

 head, 3 shillings 6 pence to 4 shillings 6 

 pence; for Danish Roundhead, 3 shillings 

 to 4 shillings, and for Flat Swedish 4 

 shillings to 5 shillings. This is a consider- 

 able advance on quotations I had at this 

 date last year and I am informed a fur- 

 ther advance is likely to be made in the 

 near future. 



Cauliflower for contract growths de- 

 livery autumn 1909 has also advanced, 

 particularly Veitch's Autumn Giant, 

 which has advanced from 2 shillings to 3 

 shillings 6 pence per pound, and Early 

 Snowball, which in some cases is quoted 

 as high as 28 shillings per pound. 



The radish seed trade appears to be 

 fairly well in hand again and practically 

 all continental growers are offering a 

 full list this season. Prices, however, are 

 generally high and likely to go still 

 higher. French growers have had this 

 trade largely in their own hands for 

 some years, but this season English grow- 

 ers and also other countries have a good 

 stock to offer. The English growers, I 

 understand, procure their stock seed from 

 France every year, which appears to give 

 much more satisfactory results than if 

 home-grown seed is used year after year, 

 or even one year, and by this means and 

 careful cultivation the English grower is 

 able to compete with any continental 

 growers, at least as far as quality of 

 strain is concerned, but I do not think 

 the crop is in any season as heavy as 

 more southern cultivations and therefore 

 even if growers here quote their seed at 

 the same price as their competitors 

 (which I understand they are doing) 

 their profits will be materially less. 



J.B. 



Stokes' Standard New Crop Flower Seeds 



ARE NOW IN 



New liaf ly Branolilnar Aster, a decided 

 improvement over the old Semple's branch- 

 ing—two weeks earlier. Color, pure white. 

 Most profltable aster ever grown. Trace 

 pkt., 25c: ^4 oz., 60c; oz., $2.00. 



AKeratum Blue Perfection. Trade pkt., 

 15c; oz , 50c. 



Aeeratum Princess Victoria Louise. 

 Trade pkt.. 20c; oz., 75c. 



Aceratum Blue Star— new— 4 to 5 inches 

 high, tine for edging. Trade pkt., 30c. 



Antirrhinum GMant. Six separate colors. 

 Trade pkt,. 20c; oz., 60c. 



LAbeUa Crystal Palace Compacta. 

 Trade pkt.. 26c; oz., $1.25. 



BIlBTionette-Macliet. Trade pkt., 10c; 



oz.,35c; I4 lb., $1.25. 

 Petunia— Giant Frlnsed, single. Trade 



pkt. 45c. 

 Petunia— Ne\7 Sno^^ball, fine for pots. 



Trade pkt , 30c; oz , $1.15. 

 Pansy— Stokes* Standard Mixed. Trade 



pkt.. 50c; ^ oz.. $3.50; oz.. $6.00. 

 Nlsella BUss Jekyll, a sterling novelty. 



Beautiful blue flower. Tr. pkt.. 10c; oz.,75c. 

 Salvia Splendens (my own growing). 



Trade pkt.. 25c; oz., $1.00. 

 Salvia Bonfire. Trade pkt , 30c; oz., $2.00. 

 Salvia Zurlcb. Trade pkt., 50c: 1-16 oz., 



$1.00. Best for pot culture. 



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219 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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JOHNSON'S 

 HIGH-GRADE 



ASTER SEED 



For 

 rioristo 



From Renowned American and Kuropean Specialists. 



NOTE— We do not sell the inferior California grown Aster Seed. 



Trade pkt. 



MlKnon, an invaluable variety for 



cutting, pure white $0.25 



Choice mixed 25 



Hohenzollern, extremely early, sep- 

 arate colors 20 



Choice mixed 20 



Comet, a beautiful class, with curled 

 and twisted petals, separate colors.. .25 

 Choice mixed 26 



Daybreak, (originator's stock), shell- 

 pink, one of the laost beautiful of 

 Asters, early, longr^temmed and of 

 compact habit , 30 



Purity, (originatoKs stock), pure 

 white, and Identical in form and 



habit with Daybreak SO 



white 30 



oz. 



$1.50 

 125 



1.25 

 1.00 



1.50 

 1.25 



2.00 



2.00 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 2.00 



Trade 1 



White Fleece $ 



LiBTender Gem 



Qae«n of the Market, three weeks 

 earlier than other Asters, separate 



•colors 



Choice mixed 



Semple's late Branchlnc* high- 

 grade American grown, separate 



colors 



Choice mixed 



Ostrich Plume, separate colors 



Choice mixed 



Tiotoria, highly prized by florists for 

 bedding and cutting, separate colors 

 Choice mixed 



Improved Peony Perfection, very 



Eopular with florists, a profuse 

 loomer. separate colors 



Choice mixed 



>kt. 



).30 



.30 



20 



.15 



.20 

 .20 

 .25 

 .25 



.26 



.25 



oz. 



$2.00 



2.00 



.60 

 .50 



.76 



.76 



150 



1.25 



1.76 

 1.60 



.25 

 .20 



1.50 

 1.26 



Snowdrift, pure 



Hnnllsht, sulphur yellow 80 



Violet King 30 



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C^ ^^ jf ^ j For the Florist 

 >i7^^U9 I and Gardener 



Salvia Splenden 30c per 1000 seeds; $1.00 per oz. 



Salvia Bonfire 50c per 1000 seeds; 2.00 per oz. 



yerbena. Mammoth, in 6 separate colors 20c per 1000 seeds; 1.25 per oz. 



choice mixed of the above 20c per 1000 seeds; 1.00 per oz. 



Asparasus Plumosus Nanus $4.00 per 1000 seeds 



Asparacus Sprenserl 75 per 1000 seeds 



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Currie Bros. Co., ^"^^ts"."" 



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An Excellent Torcing Winter Flower is 



Rawson's New Pink Beauty Lupin 



Seeds sown now will produce immense spikes of beautiful 

 pink blossoms inside of three months. 



FRESH SEEDS ARE READY NOW I Per os., 30c; 4 oz., $1.00. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., 



6 Union Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



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