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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April 1, 1909. 



KstabUsbed 1802 



Fine Clumps 



JAPAN IRIS 



Tuberous Rooted Begonias. 

 Gloxinias. 



Rosa Multiflora Nana Seed and 



all other flower eeede for FloriBts. 

 —Send for Catalogue.— 



J. M. THORBURN A CO. 



88 B»rcl»7 Street, ttaronch ttt 

 88 PMTk Place. NBW TOBK. 



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DAFFODILS 



July delivery, order now. Bulbs that bloom 

 very early, well cured, true to name. Quantity 

 limited. Sir Watkin, Emperor, Ornatus, Langtry, 

 Horsfleldii, Barri, etc. 



ROSE GARDENS 



Wholesale Growers. Nortb Kmporla, Va. 



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STOCK SEED 



For Winter Blooming. Our strain of Double 

 Branching Stocks is exceptionally true. 



About 90 per cent Double Flowers. 



In colors '«-oz.,60c; oz., $4 00 



Pure white Voz..76c; oz., 5.00 



H. E. riSKE SEED CO. 



FaneuU Hall Square, BOSTON, MASS. 



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in the month that orders were coming in 

 more numerously than in either of the 

 last two years, but cold weather in the 

 west has checked the flow in the last ten 

 days of the month and pulled off any 

 gain the average house made earlier. Or- 

 ders have averaged fully as large as last 

 year. Some of the houses that put out 

 more catalogues than last year report 

 material gains in business. The big day 

 of the year was probably March 22, when 

 some of the catalogue houses say they 

 received more orders than on any other 

 one day in their history. Had the weather 

 warmed up in the last week, the month 

 would have made a most favorable record. 



Counter trade has made an excellent 

 start at Philadelphia and Baltimore, but 

 at New York and Boston the start has 

 not been as early as last season, owing 

 to colder weather conditions; still, buy- 

 ers are numerous. At Chicago the over- 

 the-counter buyers are just beginning to 

 awaken from the winter hibernation, but 

 market gardeners' business has been 

 good. 



The serious shortages which were 

 feared last fall have not developed. One 

 of the oldest men in the trade commented 

 some time ago that "if one does not 

 speculate in seeds, there is no longer any 

 occasion to lose sleep over the seed sup- 

 ply; the business is now so broad that 

 stocks are always forthcoming from some- 

 where ; if not just the varieties preferred, 

 then something that will answer the pur- 

 pose. " So it has proven this season. 



The Burpee Quality in Sweet Peas 



Few Florists or Market Gardeners local ^ 



near summer resorts and large towns seem to realize 

 that by plartirg .Sweet Peas early (as early in April as 



possible) they can add largely to their summer and <s^^^^^^^bp ^ ^ Tim,. ^^^.'• ^ 



early fall income. We have recently received letters <^^^^^^^B^ ^ Mikl if^ii^^^ ^ 



from progressive planters sttting that in 1U08 they were H^^^^Hf ^//M W/i^^^^mki^!^ 



able to add hundreds of dollars to the profit side of the s^^^^^l^^ ^tn/M/m JM^^^ 



ledger by selling Sweet Pea blooms grown from -^^^^^^v^ JMmm/& 

 "Barpee's Seeds." 



Florists and Market Gardeners, like other 

 horticulturists, differ as to what is best— we suggest as 

 the raoit desirable of their color in the grandiflora type 

 of Sweet Peas: 



Oz. M\h. lb. 

 Dorothy Fckford, the best #\ , # 



white $0.06 $0.15 $0.45 



White Wonder, frequently pro- 

 duces six to eight blooms to a .«« 

 spray 10 .25 .75 ^ 



Mrs. Collier, best cream or prim- /^BE:^ .^V7 ,„ 



rosecolored 10 .30 1.00 a^^ JmhJ/i^!. 



Janet Scott, "The Best Pink". M .15 .40 -i^^ Mir-'-'''""'<^''-W^ Slii^^Mf 



Prima Donna, blush-piok 06 .10 .35 ^Hfc^ii 



Countess of !■ at horn, soft eSf^m^f^^^'- ^"^ 



cream pink, very Urge flowers . . . .06 .15 .40 



Prince of Wales, large self- 

 rose colored 06 .15 .45 



King; Edward VII, the best 

 crimson scarlet 07 .18 .60 JANET SCOTT SWEET PIA 



Queen Alexandra, bright scar- „ , , „ 



let 10 .30 1.00 . , ^, , Oz. Mlb. lb. 



vi«,.a i>T».4-»« u. »-f 1 -1, Brilliant Blue (Lord Nel- 



ifJ.^H.?**'***"' ''""*'^"^ "''•' ^- •..; ^ son), finest dark blue $0.12 $0.35 $1.25 



lavender 06 .15 .40 Black Knight, rich maroon. .06 .15 .40 



Mrs. Walter Wright, deep Helen Fierce, white ground 



_^ mauve 06 .15 .45 mottled with blue 10 .30 1.00 



If you -vrXMh. the Sweet Peas forwarded by mall postpaid, 

 kindly remit at the rate of 8 cents per pound additional. 



The fourteen varieties cffered above, together with all the other best grandiflora varieties, and also the 

 superb new Spencers, are fully described in 



Burpee's Farm Annual for 1909 



The Leading American Seed Catalogue 



An elegant book of 174 pages. It is "The Silent Salesman" of the World's Largest Mail- 

 order Seed Trade It tells the plain truth about the Best Seeds that can be gro^n. Bound in covers 

 lithographed in nine colors, it shows, with the beautiful colored plates. Seven Superb Novelties in Vegeta- 

 bles, Three New "Spencer" Sweet Peas, and the most beautiful New Giant-flowered Pansies— all accurately 

 painted from nature. It is a Safe Guide to success in the garden, and should be consulted by every one 

 who gardens either for pleasure or profit. It is mailed FR£E to all who appreciate Quality in seeds. 

 Shall we mail YOU a copy? 



You should also ask for a copy of THE BLiUE LIST, which gives special prices quoted Florists and 

 Market Gardeners. Time for planting all seeds is close at hand— you had better write tor either or both 

 catalogues today. 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO.. Philadelphia. Pa. 



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The FINEST VALLEY for EASTER 



ORDER NOW 



Cblcaaro Market Brand. Giving the largest number ai d the biggest bells all the year 



round. There is nothing better. $1.75 per 100; $15,00 per 1000, 

 Berlin Special Brand. Fine for Easter, giving good results, $1,50 per 100; 113,00 per 1000, 

 Write for prices on large lots. It pays to grow Bruns' Valley. 

 FANCY CUT VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



H. N. BRUNSy w. MAmsoN ST.. ChlcsQO, III. 



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GLADIOLI 



SHAKESPEARE ISAAC BUCHANAN 



OCTOROON PACTOLE, MAY 



Fine BeedlingB. Write for prices of above, and 



LILIES, IRIS, MADEIRA VINES AND OTHER BULDS 



E. S. MILLER, Wading River, Long Island, N. Y. 



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