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The Florists^ Review 



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era of the Semple's and other branch- 

 ing kinds. In addition, the Bodger 

 strain has a finely filled up, cushion- 

 like center to the blooms, and all plants 

 bearing flowers without this distinc- 

 tive point are ruthlessly rogued out. 

 Mr. Bodger, Sr., superinte^nds this per- 

 sonally and also keeps the records of 

 all novel and striking breaks, of which 

 there are many. The colors of the va- 

 rieties are rich, clear and well defined, 

 anything of a dingy or indistinct char- 

 acter being thrown away on sight. 



I could not hope to chronicle all the 

 varieties of this strain alone, but a 

 few that appealed to me particularly 

 were the blue, light blue, dark purple, 

 rose, and an entirely new break of 

 which the stock as yet is somewhat 

 limited and which the firm lists as 

 shrimp pink. This is a lovely tint and 

 will doubtless have quite a vogue 

 among high-class florists when it be- 

 comes better known. The white, too, 

 is a superb variety, its chasteness and 

 purity being remarkable, while the fine 

 substance and width of petal and high, 

 well covered center make it one of the 

 choicest asters I have ever seen. In 

 addition to these, and somewhat simi- 

 lar, are the improved forms of the 

 Crogo asters, white and pink, which 

 Hre also grown here in large numbers. 



{ Otber Strains of Asters. 



The ordinary branching asters are 

 not grown here, every variety of this 

 kind being of the improved strain of 

 which the firm has long made a spe- 

 cialty. The first of these we came 

 to was a beautiful light lavender, so 

 closely rogued out that not a sign of 

 any other tint could be seen in the 

 acre or two planted to this variety 

 alone. "Count the flowers on a plant. 

 Jack," says Mr. Bodger, and, taking 

 one at random, "Jack" did. There 

 were eighty-five large, salable flowers 

 on one plant. Comment from me is 

 hardly necessary on a strain of this 

 kind. Briefly, the same high quality 

 and the same careful treatment as to 

 selection and trueness to form are ob- 

 served in all the other colors of this 

 section, which I could not hope to de- 

 scribe in detail here. 



Among the novelties in other strains, 

 Violet King stands out prominently. 

 This variety has flowers of exactly 

 the right shade of color for use in the 

 Elks' emblems and will be valuable 

 on this account as well as for its other 

 good qualities. Sunrise is a lovely 

 shaded pink. Lavender Gem is dwarf 

 in habit, with prettily fimbriated pet- 

 alage. Blood Hed and Cardinal hardly 

 need description, as the names suffice. 

 They are the last word in highly colored 

 asters. Close alongside these novelties 

 are the Crown or Cocardeau asters, 

 which old growers will recall as having 

 white raised centers and deep colored 

 margins. Then there is a fine strain of 

 Betteridge's Quilled or the old "Ger- 

 man" aster, TruflFauts and other peony- 

 flowered kinds that stir up old memo- 

 ries. None of these, of course, are 

 Srown in such large quantities as the 

 own-to-date varieties already noted. 

 I do not usually go in much for 

 statistics, but think it worthy of note 

 that over a ton of choice aster seed is 

 grown here annually, so that Bodger & 

 Sons may well claim a pretty high 

 position in the aster world. 



Various Seed Crops. 



"While my visit was timed primarily 

 to see the asters, just a brief mention 



PLANTS AND NEW QROP SEED 



OF 



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We are handling the entire crop 

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 of this, the most valuable aspar- 

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wbfcU now ready 



$1^8 p«r 100: $ib.OO p«r lOOO. 



250 or more at lOOO rale. 



PLANTS now raady 



Strong, out of 2^-incb pots. 

 $2.00 p«r doz.; 91O.0O p«r lOO; 

 $78.00 par lOOO. 



See our September Wholesale 

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Henry A. Dreer 



PHILADELPHIA 



ORDERS FOR MY 



Winter flowering 

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can be sent either directly to 

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" Early Snowball, per lb 12.00 



Cabbage, Snrehead. per lb 1.08 



Danish Ball Head, per lb 1.80 



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Kale, Tbousaod Headed, per lb 82 



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Sfnd for quotations on onr fall bnlbs. 



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