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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 13, 1909. 



XXX STOCK 



LOBBUA. MALLARD, the new double blue, 

 XXX fine. Strong, 2»«-ln., In bud, $2.60 100. 



AIFABAGU8 Sprengeri, strong, S-in., 93.00 



per 100. 

 DBACAXNA IndiyiBa, BtroDg, 3-In., $4.00 per 



100. 

 VXBBKHA CALIFORNIA GIANT. Btrong 



and fine, mixed colors, 2^-iD.. $2.00 per 100. 

 ■ALVIA BONFIRB. finest of all Salvias. 



■trong, 2-in., $2 00 per 100; BtroDg, 3-in., $8.60 



per 100. 



XXX SEEDS 



CHINESE PRIMROSE 



IMPROVED LARGE FLOWERING; 



finest grown; best colore, separate or 

 mixed, 500 aeeds, $1.00; %. pkt., 50c. 



FRIMULA OBCONICA GRAND., finest new 



large-flowering hybrid: mixed. 1000 seeds, 50c. 

 FBmnLA KBWBN8I8. the great and grand 



new, sweet scented Yellow Primrose. Be 



Bure to sow it. Tr. pkt., 60c. 

 CINXRARIA, large flowering dwarf mixed, 



lOOOseedB, 60c.; ^ pkt., 26c. 



GIANT PANSY L'^eS V^iif^ 



eties, critically selected.5000 seeds. $1.00; half pkt., 

 50c. 500 seeds of Oiant Mme. Ferret Pansy 

 seed added to every $1.00 pkt. of Giant Pansy. 

 CASH. Liberal extra count. 



JOHN F. RUPP» Shiremanstown, Pa. 



BUPFTOM ; The Home of Prlmroaea 



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RELIABLE SEEDS 



SOW NOW 



CHINESE PRIMROSES !,Vlk°,'.7,?fS: 



Pure White, Pink. Mauve, Blood Red. Each 

 color separate. Per 1000 seeds, $2.00; 

 per tr. pkt., 50o. 



All Colors, Fine Mixed. Fer 1000 seeds, 

 $1.50; per tr. pkt., 50o. 



OBCONICA PRIMROSES ':.ll\Si. 



tion strain. Carmine, Daybreak. Purple, Pink, 

 Pure White, Lilac. Each color separate. 

 Fer 1000 seeds, $1.00; per tr. pkt., 50o. 

 All Colors, Fine Mixed. Fer 1000 seeds, 

 $1.00; per tr. pkt., 50c. 



rOR OTHER VARIETIES SEE MY CATALOGUE, 

 WHICH WILL BE SENT POST FREE 



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BEGONIA 

 6L0IRE DE LORRAINE 



strong, 2^-in. pot plants, leaf cuttings, $15.00 

 per 100; $140.00 per 1000. 



Poinsetlias 



2>«-ln., $5.00 per 100: $45.00 per 1000. 



Cyclamen 



3-In., $7.00 per 100; 4-in., $15.00; 5-in., $25.00. 

 Catalogue for the asking. 

 Let us bear from you 



SKIDELSKY A IRWIN CO. 



144 N. 7th St., PHILADELPHIA 



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BURNETT BROS. 



BEKDS :: BULBS :: PLANTS 



73 Cortlandt 8t. MKW TOBK CITT 



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 writing advertisers. 



York, with good cultivation, the product 

 reaches an enormous size, the seeds are 

 but few, much shriveled and of low ger- 

 mination. The cause of the large size 

 of the fruits is not due to extreme culti- 

 vation, as might be supposed, but is to 

 be found in the extra care that nature 

 takes in the protection of the germs. The 

 colder the climate the more pulp nature 

 puts around each seed for protection 

 against cold. An egg plant grown in 

 Georgia will contain twenty tirades as 

 much seed as one grown on Long Island, 

 where the trucker formerly gave $5 per 

 ounce for the latter, and would not use 

 the former were it given him. Nature 

 requires from every plant a given amount 

 of seed for reproduction — from each 

 fruit a proportionate share; when one 

 fruit does not furnish its proportionate 

 share more fruits are furnished. As the 

 trucker only sells the fruits, the more he 

 gets from the plant the greater his prof- 

 its. Hence, the true value of seed, in this 

 class of low germination or recuperative 

 strength. ' ' 



DISEASED BULB FIELDS. 



A bulb grower admits there are dis- 

 eased bulbs in Holland. "This disease 

 arises, ' ' he says, ' ' from the same rea- 

 son that the disease comes from in the 

 boxes with bulbs ready for forcing; 

 namely, infected soil. There used to 

 be a time that growers in Holland left 

 the remains of tulip -leaves, etc., on the 

 ground and simply dug them under in 

 the autumn, when the soil was prepared 

 for another crop. Part of lands thus 

 carelessly treated have produced diseased 

 tulips, even if the bulbs were planted 

 three or four years afterwards. There 

 also used to be a time that covering ma- 

 terial was used twice; the consequence 

 was no end of diseased bulbs. People 

 have learned to be a good deal more 

 careful now." 



SOME NEWER SWEET PEAS. 



The finest varieties raised by the late 

 Henry Eckford were Dorothy Eckford 

 and Queen Alexandra. Whether in 

 dimensions, in faultless form, or in per- 

 fection of color, those ideal representa- 

 tives of purest white and richest scarlet 

 will not easily be surpassed. At present, 

 however, the predominating forms are 

 the Spencer hybrids, with their fan- 

 tastically waved or crenulated standards, 

 to Avhose excessive multiplication some 

 prominent horticulturists are already be- 

 ginning to object, on the ground that 

 older and — as they deem them — more 

 valuable varieties are in danger of being 

 forgotten. Among the most prominent 

 of the latest Spencerian hybrids is a 

 notable one entitled The King, by 

 Messrs. Dobbie & Co., and King Edward 

 Spencer, by W. Atlee Burpee & Co. It 

 is probably the largest, and one of the 

 most brilliant in color, of all sweet peas 

 of its own peculiar hue, says David R. 

 Williamson, writing in a leading English 

 paper, but requires a fertile soil and a 

 warm summer to develop its possibilities. 

 In the coolness of autumn it perceptibly 

 declines. Etta Dyke, whose synonym in 

 America is the White Countess Spencer, 

 is, perhaps, the most eulogized of all 

 pure white sweet peas of this special de- 

 scription. Very beautiful are also the 

 Primrose, Ramona and Apple Blossom 

 Spencers; likewise the beautiful laven- 

 der-colored Asta Ohn, raised and named 

 after his daughter by Henry Ohn, the 

 Chinese head-hybridist of Lester Morse, 

 of the Santa Clara nurseries, in Califor- 

 nia. Mr. Morse recently sent to me sev- 



■stabUshed 180S 



Fine Clumps 



JAPAN IRIS 



Tuberous Rooted Becronia*. 

 Gloxinia*. 



Rosa Multillora Nana Seed and 



all other flower eeeda for Floriata. 

 —Send for Oatalogue.— 



J. N. THORBURN Jk CO. 



38 Barclay Street, thronKb to 

 88 Park Place, MEW YORK. 



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CaladiamEscolentam 



(Klephant Sars) 



Reduced prices for aulck orders. 



Size Per 100 Per 1000 



5to71nche8 $110 S 9.00 



7to91i.ehe8 2.10 18.60 



9tolllDches 365 a500 



11 incbcB upward 6.60 65.00 



Packed and f. o. b. cars at Richmond. 

 These prices are very low and should prove 

 proUtable sellers for local trade, or to induce 

 the planting of large beda for show purposes. 



T. W. WOOD A SONS 



Seedsmen, RICHMOND, VA. 



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Vick Quality Asters "»Vl!SS2SSi °* 



Introduced by ns; grown everywhere— 



Vick's Late Branching (8 colors) ; Vick's Snowdrift; 

 Vickt" Lavender Gero-.Vick'aDaybreak; Vick'sPurity; 

 Vick's Violet King, and many other money-making 



Other Recent Introdnctlona— Vick's Early 

 Branching; Vick's Royal Purple; Vick's Upright 

 White; Vick's Cardinal. 



NEW TARIBTIES 



Vick's Mikado Pink— Just thi thing to grow 

 between the extra earlv and late floweiina sorts. Sold 

 this year by packet only. 25c each. 



Tick's Imperial Lavender — Similar to Day- 

 break, except In color. 1-64 oz., 40c; 1-32 ox., 60c; 

 1-16 ox.. $1.00; ^ ex., $1.50; M ox., $2.50; ^ ox., $4.50; 

 1 ox., $8.00. 



Tick's Non-lateral Branching— A new strain. 

 Every stem bears an exhibition flower. No lateral side 

 buds. 1-32 ox., 25c; 1-16 ox., 40c; >eox.,60c; Xox.. 

 $1.00; K ox., $1.75; 1 oi , $3.00. 



Send for our Aster Book for Florists. 

 JAMK8 VICK'S SONS, Rochester, N. T. 



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GLADIOLI 



Shakespeare, Isaac Buchanan, 

 Octoroon, Pactole. May. 



Fine seedlings. 



Write for prices of above, and 



Lilies, Iris, Madeira Vines 

 and Other Bulbs 



E. S. MILLER 



Wadlns River, Iauk Island, N. T. 



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