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February 17, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



45 



Dreer's Superb Asters 



Dreer's Superb Late Branchins Aster. Crezo's Giant Comet Aster. 



We take special paina to secure only the very choicest Asters, and feel sure nothing finer in quality can be bad at any 

 price. We offer below a list of the very best for Florists' use. For complete list see our Wholesale Catalogue. 



Dreer's Superb Late Branchins: Asters 



The flnett Aster for late August and September bloomingr. 



Tbe plants form strong branching bushes, 2 to 2^ feet high, bearing 

 on long, strong stems their handsome Chrysanthemum-like flowers, which, 

 under ordinary cultivstion. average 5 Inches across. Tbe form of the 

 flowers, together with the length of the stems, places them at the head of 

 Asters for cutting. They come into bloom from two to three weeks after 

 the aTerage type, usually being at their best during September. 



Trade pkt. Oz. 



Azure Blue. A rich deep lavender $0.25 91.00 



Pure White. Extra fine stock 26 1.00 



SheU Pink. An exquisite shade 26 1.00 



Rose Pink. A very desirable color 'iS 1.00 



Deep Rose. Rich and brilliant 26 1.00 



Deep Purple. Royal deen blue 26 1.00 



Lavender. A pale grayish-lavender 25 1.00 



Crimson. Very rich 26 1.00 



Finest Mixed. All the colors 25 .75 



Dreer's New Late Aster Crimson King: 



A superb new late branching variety, with perfectly double flowers of 

 rich, rosy crimson, full of fire. Fine for cutting, showing up well under 

 artificial light. 50c per trade pkt.; 93 00 per oz. 



Late Aster Violet King 



A new and distinct color in the Late Branching class, fine large double 

 flowers of a pleasing shade of violet, a strong, free grower and very free 

 flowering. 40c per trade pkt.; $2.00 per oi. 



Credo's Giant Comet Asters 



Magnificent fluffy flowers, averaging over 5 inches across, with long 

 strong stems; the finest of this type. Comes into bloom in August, con- 

 tinning well into Septf mber, and unlike most of the Comet sorts, stands 

 when cut and is a good flower to ship. We offer two colors, our own 

 saving, of the highest quality. ^ ^ .... ^ 



Trade pkt. Oi. 



Shell Pink 90.40 92.6* 



Snow White 40 2.60 



Early Wonder Asters 



This is the earliest Aster in cultivation, being in full bloom when Queen 

 of the Market is only in bud, frequently coming into bloom in late June. 

 Very valuable for cutting. ^ ^ ^^ ^ 



Trade pkt. Oz. 



Early Wonder White. Pure glistening white $0.40 92.00 



Early Wonder Pink. A good, clear pink 40 2.90 



Dreer's New Aster Pink Beauty 



A magnificent cut-flower variety, in bloom from early August until 

 well on in September; 21 to 30 inches high: flowers average 4 inches across, 

 on long, strong stems. Color a delicate bluth pink, and pronounced by 

 experts to be the finest pink mid-season sort yet introduced. 50c per 

 trade pkt,; 94 00 per oz. 



Queen of the Market Asters 



The best and most popular early Aster. 



Trade pkt. Oz. Trade pkt. Oz. 



White 90.20 90.60 Rose 9020 90.60 



Lavender 20 .60 Purple .20 .60 



Pink 20 .60 Crimson 20 .60 



Finest IVIIxed, all colors 15 .50 



Henry A. Dreer, seeds, piants and Buibs. Philadelphia 



Mention The Review when you write 



ties from every corner of the globe. It 

 contains by a full thousand varieties 

 more than any other catalogue ever pub- 

 lished. It is strictly up to date, con- 

 taining even the best 1910 introductions 

 of foreign and American growers. The 

 descriptions are the original descriptions 

 as given by the introducers and are 

 translated into English from eight for- 

 eign languages." 



SEEDS AND THE VASTE. 



The losses resulting from poor seed 

 fall within five principal categories: (1) 

 Seed not acclimatized or adapted to con- 

 ditions, (2) seed of low producing effi- 



An extract from a paper on "The Wastes of 

 the Farm," by A. F. Woods, assistant chief of 

 the Bureau of. Plant Inflnstry, published by the 

 Department of Agrlcnlture In Its Yearbook for 

 1009.— Editor's Note. 



ciency, (3) seed of low vitality, (4) adul- 

 terated seed and weed seed, and (5) lack 

 of trueness to type, or misbranded seed. 

 The importance of natural variation 

 and differences in climate, in relation to 

 agricultural production, has never been 

 fully realized. As far as they are able, 

 plants vary and adjust themselves to their 

 environment. Under natural conditions 

 only those survive which can modify their 

 habits of growth so as to make a suc- 

 cessful resistance to destructive influences 

 and propagate their kind. The rest die. 

 The longer a species or variety grows 

 under a given set of conditions, the better 

 each generation becomes adapted to grow 

 and reproduce under those conditions. 

 Those individuals which are less well 

 adapted, and therefore less vigorous, con- 

 tinually give way to those which are bet- 



ter adapted, and therefore more vigorous. 



When man enters in as a factor he 

 may, and usually does in a considerable 

 measure, interfere with these natural ad- 

 justments. He selects individuals and 

 cultivates them for some natural pecu- 

 liarity, and as a result intensifies these 

 features; but unless he follows nature's 

 methods and destroys the plants that are 

 not best adapted to his conditions and 

 requirements he Boen gets a great mixture 

 of individuals, good, bad and indifferent, 

 and cultivates them all together, receiv- 

 ing poor returns for his labor, and pre- 

 venting, because of the natural crossing 

 that may take place between them and 

 the less desirable plants, the progressive 

 development and improvement of the bet- 

 ter individuals. 



On the other hand, if he .selects for 



