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TTjc Weekly Florists* Review. 



Febrdabt 18, 1909. 



Kate Lock Aster Wins 



1st prize again at Toronto Exhibition, as best long-stemmed Aster for florists' use, 

 making six years in succession— every year since its introduction. I grow Aster 

 "Miss Kate L'ock" exclusively, and have done so for ten years. My blooms are all 

 selected when in their prime, which makes them a trifle high, BUT: it pays to buy 

 the best. The cut shows a sample of blooms from which seed is selected. Can not 

 supply seed by bulk this year; will fill all package orders. 



Enchantress-pink or Pure White, $1.00 per trade packet. 



J. H. LOCK, t;^]»iint, 41 Manchester Ave., TORONTO, ONT. 



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ance on hand of $471.38. The total ex- 

 penditure amounted to $3,438.50. An ade- 

 quate grant sufficient for the requirement 

 of the association is given each year. 

 Since the association is now placed on a 

 firm foundation, it is fully expected that 

 it will extend and develop throughout 

 Canada to a still greater degree than 

 it has in the past. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Febru- 

 ary 6 were as follows: 



Kind. Pkgs. Val. Kind Pkgs. Val. 



Annatto . 310 | 2,536 Hemp ... 33 | 122 



Anise 161 2,400 Millet ...2,703 8,640 



Caraway . 200 870 Mustard 



Cardamom 5 216 Poppy . 



Clover ... 400 10,272 Rape 

 Cummin .100 



Fenug'k . 225 



Grass 50 



184 

 66 

 1 

 1,002 Sug. beet. 600 



894 Otber 11,414 



613 



1,619 



248 



26 



4,070 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $4,777. 



VITAUTY OF SEEDS. 



Can tomato seed, cabbage, melon, cu- 

 cumber and celery seeds, and all other 

 garden seeds which retain their vitality 

 for five years, be kept over two or three 

 years and still be all right for sale and 

 use, and will the plants be just as produc- 

 tive and true in every way? Some of 

 the garden books limit tomato seed to 

 four years, and some books say five years. 

 Which is right? Can seeds be kept in 

 Mason fruit jars as satisfactorily as in 

 any other way. I do not wish to keep 

 seed longer than two or three years. 

 Do any market gardeners ever keep their 

 , garden seeds over for two or three years! 

 For example, if seed was harvested in 

 August, 1907, and not planted till May 

 or June of 1909, it would be only one 

 year and ten months. F. C. P. 



Seeds that have a vitality of from three 

 to five years are usually all right the 

 second or third year. I would not con- 

 sider that they would be really good up 

 to the full time stated. 



When seedsmen speak of the vitality of 

 seed and put the limit at five years, they 

 mean to say that the seed will germinate 

 up to that time, but it will not germinate 

 the full percentage. It will drop off, say, 

 ten to fifteen per cent every year, and 

 at the end of four or five years, in the 

 case of seed that is put down as being 

 good for five years, it would not ger- 

 minate strongly enough to make it what 

 would be called good seed. 



The thing to do, in all cases, is to 

 plant the seed when it is received and 

 not hold it at all. There are so many 

 things that might happen to ruin the 

 germination of the seed that it is not 

 wise policy to take any chances on what 

 it will do in any succeeding year. 



I may make one exception to this, and 



Quality of Aster Seeds 



IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO THE GROWER. 



Favorable conditionB amount to nought if seeds are not good. 



We take every precaution to have our seed true to name and of 

 the highest quality. 



We have all the best for Florists' use. Now is the time to 

 order, while stock is unbroken. 



ELMER D. SMITH & CO., Adrian, Mich. 



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FRESH SEEDS READY NOW 



RAWSOH'B MAMMOTH VKRBKNA«-Tbe most perfect strain. 



Finest llixed ^oz., 90c oz., $1.00 Blue k oz., 80c oz., 91.00 



Pink " 30c " 1.00 Scarlet " 80c " 1.00 



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



SALVIA 8PLKHDKN8 



Orandiflora ^ oz., 26c oz.,91.50 Lord Fauntleroy, dwarf.. ^ oz., 76c oz., 14.00 



Compacta " 40c " 2.60 Zurich " 76o " 6.00 



Bonfire " 40c " 2.60 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., 



6 Union Street. BOSTON, MASS. 



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Currie's Choice Florists' Asters 



Early Wonder— White, pink, mixed 1000 eeeds, 20c 



Queen of tlie Market— White, pink, light blue, mixed 1000 seeds, lOc 



Carlson (Invincible)— White, lavender, pink, mixed 1000 seeds, 20c 



Giant Comet— White, light blue, deep rose, peach blossom, 1000 seeds, 20c 

 SemiAe'a Branoblnc— White, lavender, pink, rose, blue, 



mixed 1000 seeds, 10c 



Lavender Gem lOOO seeds, 20c 



Purity 1000 seeds. 20c 



Daybreak lOOO seeds, 20c 



Violet Klnc 1000 seeds, 20c 



Royal Purple 1000 seeds, 20c 



SKMD VOB TRADE CATALOG 



CURRIE BROS. CO., Milwaukee, Wis. 



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GLADIOLI 



Not the largest stock, but as good as any. 



Iris Germanloa, Madeira and Clnna* 

 mon Vines, the largest and best stock in the 

 country. 



Ulles, Hyaelntkus Candlcans, Spot- 

 ted Callas, Oxalls, Mlllas, Besseras, etc., 

 in fine bulbs. 



Iris Kaempferl, and other Hardy 

 Plants, price list on application. 



■. 8. IILLEB, Wading Blver, Loaf Island, N. T. 



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Seeds and Bufbs 



Highest Quality-Lowest Price 



Yuess Gardens Co., 



NEWBUROH, N. Y. 



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