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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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January 28, 1909. 



Seed Trade News. 



AHEBICAlif S88D TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., Watsoo S. Woodruff, Orange, Conn.; 

 First Vice-pres., J. O. Robinson, Waterloo, Neb.; 

 Sec'y and Treas., 0. E. Kendel, Cleveland. 

 Twenty- seventh annual convention, Niagara 

 Falls, Ont., June 22 to 24. 1909. 



The largest part of the government 

 seed contract, for the stock for the dis- 

 tribution of 1910, was let last week to 

 the Braslan Seed Growers' Co., San Jose, 

 Cal. 



The 16-page order sheets, listing every 

 variety in the general catalogue, are 

 quite the thing this year; they are in- 

 cluded in a dozen or more of the leading 

 books. 



Ernest Bitteehoff, of August Bit- 

 terhoff & Son, Berlin, Germany, export- 

 ers of valley pips, is making a tour of 

 the United States. McHutchison & Co. 

 are the American agents. 



The trade all will be interested in the 

 article in this issue on Amami 0-Shima, 

 its cycas and its lily crops, by Alfred 

 Unger, of the old firm of Louis Boeh- 

 mer, Yokohama. 



At 117 Fifth avenue, Chicago, the sign 

 of the W. W. Barnard Co. has replaced 

 that of the National Seed Co. The store 

 has been brightened up, restocked and 

 made ready for spring business. 



The a. L. Kandall Co., wholesale 

 florists at 19 Eandolph street, Chicago, 

 has become Cook county general agent 

 for the poultry supplies of the Geo. H. 

 Lee Co., Omaha, H. S. Seely being in 

 charge, and rumor has it that seeds are 

 to be added. 



The Northrup, King & Co. catalogue 

 for 1909 is the twenty-fifth annual edi- 

 tion. It is a Dig book in every way, and 

 with a wholly distinct cover representing 

 the seed buyer in a canoe shooting 

 rapids in which the rocks which beset the 

 seed planter show up prominently. The 

 pages are larger than those of any other 

 general seed catalogue that has reached 

 the Eeview this year. 



PURE CULTURE SPAWN. 



F. A. Waugh, of the Massachusetts 

 Experiment Station, compared pure-cul- 

 ture spawn with English and French 

 spawn in mushroom culture during two 

 years under ordinary conditions and 

 found that pure-culture spawn is, as a 

 rule, much better than either English or 

 French spawn, but that there are im- 

 portant points of difference between the 

 commercial pure-culture varieties. These 

 differences consist in color, flavor, form, 

 and, above all else, in productivity. In 

 all of the experiments pure cultures gave 

 larger yields than either the English or 

 French spawn. 



"It seems to be one of the chief ad- 

 vantages of the new method of growing 

 mushroom spawn from pure culture that 

 it nearly always gives fresher and more 

 vigorous spawn. The product is nearly 

 always more uniform and of higher qual- 

 ity; but, while this advantage is impor- 

 tant, it is not so great as the one already 

 mentioned. ' ' 



FiNDLAY, O. — E. J. Foster & Son have 

 abandoned their downtown store. Miss 

 Emma Barnd, who has been in charge, 

 will occupy a position at the greenhouses 

 on South Cory street. 



Stokes' Staodaird New Crop Flower Seeds 



ARK NOW IN 



New Karly BranohlnK Aster, a decided 

 improvement over the old Seiaple's Branch- 

 ing—two weeks earlier. Color, pure white. 

 Most profitable aster ever Krown. Trade 

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



AKeratum Blue Perfection. Trade pkt., 

 15c; oz., 50c. 



Aeeratum Prlnoeis Victoria Louise. 

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



Aceratuin Blue Star— new— 4 to 5 Inches 

 high, fine for edging. Trade pkt., SOc. 



Antirrhinum Giant. Six separate colors. 

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



Lobelia Crystal Palace Compacta. 

 Trade pkt., 25c; oz., $1.25. 



Misnonette— Maohet. Trade pkt., 10c; 



oz., 85c; 14 lb., $1.25. 

 Petunia— Giant Frineed, single. Trade 



pkt. 45c. 

 Petunia— New Snowball, fine for pots. 



Trade pkt., SOc; oz., $1.15. 

 Pansy— Stokes' Standard Mixed. Trade 



pkt.. 50c; ^ oz.. $3.60; oz., $6.00. 

 Nicella Miss Jekyll, a sterling novelty. 



Beautiful blue flower. Tr. pkt., 10c; oz.,76c. 

 Salvia Splendens (my own growing). 



Trade pkt., 26c; oz., $1.00. 

 Salvia Bonfire. Trade pkt , SOc; oz., $2.00. 

 Salvia Zurich. Trade pkt., 50c; 1-16 oz., 



$1.00. Best for pot culture. 



Send for Market Gardeners* and Plorists* wholesale oataloc, lust published 



219 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write 



JOHNSON'S 

 HIGH-GRADE 



ASTER SEED 



Tor 

 riorists 



From Renowned American and Kuropean Specialists. 



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



Trade pkt 



BliKnoii, an invaluable variety for 



cutting, pure white $0.26 



Choice mixed 25 



HohenzoUern, extremely early, sep- 

 arate colors 20 



Choice mixed 20 



Comet, a beautiful class, with curled 

 and twisted petals, separate colors. . .25 

 Choice mixed 25 



Daybreak, (originator's stock), shell- 

 pink, one of the most beautiful of 

 Asters, early, long-stemmed and of 

 compact habit 30 



Purity, (originator's stock), pure 

 white, and identical in form and 

 habit with Daybreak 30 



Snowdrift, pure white SO 



HunllKht, sulphur yellow 30 



Tiolet King SO 



oz. 



$1.50 

 1.25 



1.25 

 1.00 



1.60 

 1.25 



2.00 



2.00 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 2.00 



Trade pkt. 



White Fleece $0.30 



LiBTender Gem SO 



Qae^n of the Market, three weeks 

 earlier than other Asters, separate 



colors 20 



Choice mixed 15 



Semple's late Branching, high- 

 grade American grown, separate 



colors 20 



Choice mixed 20 



Ostrich Flame, separate colors 25 



Choice mixed 25 



Victoria, highly prized by florists for 

 bedding and cutting, separate colors .25 

 Choice mixed 25 



Improved Peony Perfection, very 

 popular with florists, a profuse 



bloomer, separate colors 25 



Choice mixed 20 



oz. 



$2.00 



2.00 



.60 

 .60 



.75 



.76 



150 



1.25 



1.75 

 1.60 



1.50 

 1.25 



Send for our new Wholesale List for Florists— Just issued. 



JOHNSON SEED CO., 217 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



C^^^^^^^l ^ j For the Florist 

 >i3^^U9 I and Gardener 



Salvia Splenden SOc per 1000 seeds; $1.00 per oz. 



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



Verbena, 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. 



Asparasrus Plumosus Nanus $4.00 per 1000 seeds 



Asparasus Sprenarerl 75 per 1000 seeds 



SEND FOR TRADE CATALOG 



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



Mention The Review when you write. 



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 ok., SOc; 4 oz., $1.00. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., 



6 Union Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



MentloD The Review when you write. 



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