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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Mahch 4, 1909. 



THE ASTER THAT MADE $2.00 FAMOUS 



KATE LOCK. Enchantress-pink or pure white, 

 $1.00 per 1000; reaelected eeed. 



Buy direct from grower of one variety only. For de- 

 scription Bee issue of February 18th, page 38. 



Price received for cut blooms $160.75 



Kate Lock Aster Seed 2.00 



My Motto. "QuaUty. 



cbeap seed. 



Returns, $158.75 

 Don't waste labor, ground and money in 



J. H. LOCK9 Aster Specialist, 41 Mancliester Avenue, Toronto, Canada. 



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whenever climatic conditions allow. In 

 winter 48 degrees at night is a suitable 

 temperature for plants in flower. The crop 

 of sweet peas will last for several months. 

 Those starting to bloom in October will 

 flower until February. It pays to have 

 another batch coming along to follow 

 these, sown in October. 



Suitable forcing varieties are Mont 

 Blanc or Christmas White, white; Christ- 

 mas Pink or Extra Earliest of All, pink 

 and white; Sunbeams, pale yellow. There 

 are also several other colors of the 

 Zvolanek varieties now being used for 

 forcing. C. W. 



FORGET-ME-NOTS IN WINTER. 



Can forget-me-nots be flowered during 

 the winter months? If they can, please 

 give me cultural directions. I wish to 

 grow them for funeral purposes. 



J. B. 



The forget-me-nots, myosotis, can be 

 satisfactorily flowered in winter. Plants 

 can be raised either from seed or cut- 

 tings. The latter is the easier method. 

 If you prefer to use seed, sow in a 

 shaded coldf rame in July. Transplant 

 to the field and keep well cultivated; 

 lift and plant in the benches in October. 

 If you take cuttings, the end of August 

 is sufficiently early to insert them. For- 

 get-me-nots succeed well in a tempera- 

 ture of 45 to 50 degrees at night, but 

 must not be grown any warmer. They 

 can be grown in a violet house, in which, 

 however, they will not flower so early. 



The best winter blooming variety is 

 Myosotis dissitiflora. M. alpestria^ Vic- 

 toria makes a pretty, compact pot plant, 

 useful for spring sales. 



A common method of growing for-get- 

 me-nots is to plant them on the edges of 

 benches containing other crops, in the 

 same way as alyssum and candytuft are 

 often cultivated. C. W. 



CHLIDANTHUS FRAGRANS. 



I have been growing Chlidanthus fra- 

 grans for some years in the black corn 

 belt soil of Illinois, treating them like 

 the gladiolus. They make many and fine 

 bulbs, but not one in a thousand ever 

 blooms. Can someone tell me why? 



L. S. S. 



These South American bulbs should 

 grow well in your soil. The bulbs should 

 be kept cool and dry in winter, like 

 gladioli. Try potting some of them in 

 a mixture of loam, leaf-mold and sand 

 and place in a greenhouse kept at 50 to 

 55 degrees. After flowering, plunge the 

 pots outdoors in a bed of ashes and 

 keep watered during the summer. If you 

 prefer to plant right outdoors, use some 

 sand in the soil, and a mulching of old 

 manure, when hot weather comes along, 

 will be found beneficial. C. W. 



Oleax, X. Y.— The Olean Floral Co. 

 is going out of business. 



Gloucester, Mass. — W. P. Wakefield 

 has erected a greenhouse, in which he 

 intends to grow plants and vegetables. 



Rawson's Superior ASTERS 



"Bawson't QaalltT" is an established factor with the American Florist 

 IF YOU WANT THK BKST. BUT "RAWSON'S" 



Rawaon'a Queen of the 

 Market Aster 



^ oz. Oz. 



Finest Mixed 15c 50c 



Crimson 2Qc 60c 



Dark Blue 20c 60c 



Light Blue 20c 60c 



Rose aOc 60c 



Peach Blossom .... 20c 60c 



White 20c 60c 



Rawaon's New 

 Midsninmer Aster 



"4 oz. Oz. 



Pure White 60c $2.00 



Delicate Shell 



Pink 60c 2.00 



Royal Purple 60c 2.00 



True La vender.... 60c 2.00 



Bright Rose 60c 2.00 



Finest Mixed 50c L50 



Rawisa't Lata Bnnchini Aster 



I4 oz. Oz. 



Finest Mixed 25c $0.75 



Crimson 80c 1.00 



Dark Blue ...SOc 1.00 



Light Blue SOc 1.00 



Rose Pink 30c 1.00 



Shell Pink SOc 1.00 



Scarlet SOc 1.00 



White SOc 1.00 



W. W. RAWSON A CO. 



ft UNION ST.. BOSTON, MASS. 



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Some Flower Seed 

 Novelties p^t 



Begonia Dlobroa and JJaantngtkml 25c 



Calliopsis Crimson Kins and Beauty 25c 



Cineraria Maritima Dtamond 25c 



Chrysanthemums, Annuals— Northern Star. 



Momlns Star, Bridal Robe 25c 



Dahlia Semi-double Giant 26c 



Eschscholtzia Dainty Queen 26c 



Oladiohupraeeox— annual 26c 



Lantana Pletavl hybrids 60c 



Lobelia lACttanenala, Kambursla 26c 



MimnluB moeoliatua oompactus 25c 



Verbena hyb. oomitacta 25c 



All the standard varieties in new crop seed. 

 Catalogue on application. 



W. C. BECKERT 



North Bide PITTSBURG. PA. 



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COLD 8TORAGK BULBS 



GIGANTEUM and AURATUM 



Camias, Caladinffls, Gladiolus and Tuberose Bulbs 



SEEDS FOR FLORISTS 



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BULBS 



THE TEBT BB8T 



at reasonable 

 prices. Just re- 

 ceived a fine lot 

 of bolba (Dutch) In the leading varieties. Now 

 ready for delivery. Prices on small and large 

 quantities cheerfully given. 



r. W. O. SCHMITZ 



PRINCB BAT. NEW YORK 



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RELIABLE SEEDS-SOW NOW 



PRIMUU OBCONICA GRANDIFLORA: 



1000 seeds Tr.pkt. 



Blood red, fine seller $1.60 $0.60 



Real pink, fine for cut 1.00 .50 



Pure white, fine for cut 1.00 .50 



Compacta. fine potter 1.60 .60 



Mixed Hybrids 1.00 .50 



O. V. aSANOSN, ^OBOKEfl, N. J. 



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Bulbs, Seeds and Plants 



H. H. BXRGKR ti CO., 

 70 Warren St. New Tork 



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BURNETT BROS. 



SEEDS :: BULBS :: PLANTS 



72 Cortlandt St. NBW TORKCITT 



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Lily of the Valley 



PIPS 



Unexcelled Hamburg or Berlin. 



Tuberous Booted Begonias. 



Olozinias. 



Roaa Multiflora Nana Seed and 



all other flower seeds for Florists. 

 —Send for Catalogue.— 



J. M. THORDURN it CO. 



M Barclay Straet. throach to 

 n Park Plaea. NBW TORK. 



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BridgMian's Som Wanhousi 



■■takllBha4 1M4. BIGKABDS BIOS., Props. 



Importen and growera of high-grade 



SEEDS, BULBS, PUNTS, ETC. 



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Telephone 4285 Gramercy 

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Cleary's Horticultural Co. 



68 Veaey St., NEW TORK 



Tel. 7818 Cortlandt 



Special Price Ust on Bollis 



▲notion Sales. Tueedar and Friday 



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Chllds' 



"■^•^■"Wfcl are noted for su- 

 perior merit, and they DO GIVE satisfaction. 

 Write us for catalog. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y. 



