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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Februarv "2, 1911. 



to have flowering hyacinths by Christ- 

 mas in the open. The spikes were as 

 fine as in the best period of the season, 

 and the leaves were also well grown. 



' ' The varieties used were Arentine 

 Arendsen, a beautiful, rather new, pure 

 white variety, with large round spikes; 

 Victor Emmanuel, a deep rose colored, 

 with splendiii spikes; Hein Roozen, 

 snow-white and with long, broad flow- 

 ers; L 'Innocence, the well-known white 

 trade variety; Linnaeus and General 

 Pelissier, both deep red, but the former 

 more brilliant; General van de Heyden, 

 lovely blue; Garibaldi, brilliant crimson 

 and large bells; Grande Vedette, bright 

 porcelain blue; Grand Lilas, pale blue, 

 fine spike; British Queen, white; Sir 

 William Mansfield, deep violet; General 

 Vetter, pure white, enormous spike, 

 and Distinction, dark purple. Moreno, 

 although in flower, had spikes which 

 were not so well developed as with the 

 other varieties. La Victoire did not 

 flower so well as expected. 



"The trials had an excellent result 

 and consequently the methods of pre- 

 paring the bulbs will be of the highest 

 interest to all growers, as the hyacinths 

 for Christmas flowering have always 

 been in keen demand. If really the 

 preparation of hyacinths for Christmas 

 bloom proves reliable, even in the sea- 

 sons when tne ordinary forcing gives 

 poor results, the cultivation of Dutch 

 hyacinths in southern countries will be 

 entirely abandoned, and the 'Dutch Ro- 

 mans' in all shades of color will once 

 more replace tne Roman hyacinths from 

 France." 



VALUE OF AZALEAS. 



The customs appraisers have advanced 



many of the invoice values of azaleas of 



the last season's importation. Here is 



an advance announced last week: 



AZALEAS — From Louis Van Houtte, Pere. 

 Ghent, exported October 7, 1910; entered at 

 Chicago. File No. 67320. Entry 18998. Find- 

 ings of McClelland, C. A.; Azalea indica, 12 

 to 14% Inches, entered at 20 cents, advanced 

 to 22 cents each. Discount, five per cent. Add 

 packing. 



THOSE FBEE SEEDS. 



Healy Bros., Belle Center, 0., send a 

 clipping that reads as follows: 



A .NEW RULING. 



Heretoforo the postal department of the gov- 

 ernment has been printing return cards on 

 stamped envelopes at less than cost for business 

 Arms. A recent order of the department states 

 that no more will be printed, but that stamped 

 envelopes will be sold to local printers for the 

 printing. Thus one of the places where the gov- 

 ernment has been competing with business inter- 

 ests has l)een closed. Another abuse that should 

 be stopped Is the practice of the cougressnien in 

 distributing thousands of pounds of garden seeds 

 indiscriminately to their constituents at the ex- 

 pense of the government. Half these seeds are 

 never planted and the other half come in direct 

 competition with seed firms that have vast 

 amounts of money invested in their business. 

 To stop sending these seeds would do away 

 with much of the postal deficit that has been 

 charged to the second class publications. 



Healy Bros, add the following com- 

 ment: "We enclose herewith a clip- 

 ping taken from our local paper, the 

 Herald- Voice, which has a large circu- 

 lation in the rural districts of this sec- 

 tion of the state, representing prob- 

 ably as fertile lands, as conservative 

 and as intellectual an element of farm- 

 ers as is to be found anywhere in the 

 United States. At this time of the year 

 there are from one to three catalogues 

 of the best seed houses on their tables, 

 from which they invariably buy their 

 seed wants, and on which they rely. 

 We think we bespeak the sentiments of 

 the farmers of this section, when we 



Dreer's Superb Strains »{ the Best Asters 



Our stocks of the following Aster* are grown under our own supervision and we are quite sure 

 that nothing finer in quality can ije had at any price from any source. Our yearly increasing sales 

 are the best evidence that they give complete satisfaction. 



DREER'S "PEERLESS PINK" 



A magnificent new variety which may briefly 

 be described as an improved late-branching ihell- 

 pink. Flowers of largest size of rich shell-pink, 

 borne on long, strong stems, making them one of 

 the finest for cutting. 50 cents per trade packet; 

 $1.00 per ounce. 



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DREER'S SUPERB 

 LATE-BRANCHINQ 



he finest of all Septemljer-blooming Asters, 

 dwk stock has been re-selected for a number of 

 yean and is now as perfect as the most pains- 

 taking care can make it. We offer the following 

 eight distinct colors : 



Axure Blu* or deep lavender Deep Purple 



Pale Lavender Rose-Pink 



Deep Crimson Shell-Pink 



Deep Rose Pure Wblte 



Any of the above 25 cents per trade packet: 



$1.00 per ounce. Finest mixed, all colors. 25 



cents per trade packet ; 75 cents per ounce. 



CREQO'S QIANT COMET 



The perfection of Comet Asters, immense fluflfy 

 flowers, five inches and over across, borne on 

 long, strong stems, coming into bloom in August, 

 continuing through September. We offer pure 

 white and shell-pink, 40 cents per trade packet; 

 $2.00 per ounce. 



DAYBREAK 



A fine mid-season .\«terof symmetrical growth, 

 18 incbes high, with good-sized, densely double 

 soft pink flowers. 50 cents per trade packet; $2.50 

 per ounce. 



VIOLET KINO 



A fine late-branching variety of exceptionally 

 free growth, bearing very large double flowers of 

 a pleasing shade of soft violet. 30 cents i>er trade 

 packet; $1..50 per ounce. 



EARLY WONDER 



The earliest of all Astern, blooming at the end 

 of June; fiowers of good size on good stems and 

 valuable where early flowers are desired. We offer 

 pure white and pink. 40 cents per trade packet; 

 $■2.00 per ounce. 



QUEEN OF THE MARKET 



An early flowering first-class Aster, coming into 

 bloom in July lasting well through August; 

 fiowers of large size on long, stiong stems. A 

 good variety for growing imder glass. We can 

 supply in the following six desirable colors: 

 Pink BrlKht Rose 



Purple Crimson 



Wmte Lavender 



.\ny of the above, 20 cents per trade packet; 60 



cents per ounce. Finest mixed, all colors, 15 



cents per trade packet; 50 cents per ounce. 



The above are but a few of the many Ast<jrs which we offer. For a complete list see pages 2 and 3 



of our current w holesale price list. If you do not have a copy we will Ije pleased to send one to any 



Florist on application. New crop seeds of almost all kinds are now in stock and early orders from the 



trade are solicited. 



714 Chestnut'Street, 



' PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



HENRY A. DREER, 



