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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



March 7, 1912. 



Azaleas 



Give us a 

 trial on 



".j.OOO fine shaped Azalea Indica, Krown ex- 

 clusively for Amerieaii trade. Special prices 

 upon request. 



O. TH. De RAEVE 



Chaussee d'Anvers 31 3-462, Mont St. Amand, Ghent 



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Seed Trade News. 



AXERIOAV SEED TRABX AB800IATX0V. 



Pres., Leonard H. Vaugban, Chicago; First Vlce- 

 Pres., M. H. Duryea, New York City; Sec'y and 

 Treaa.. O. E. Kendel, Cleveland. O. 



Thirtieth annual convention, Chicago, June 25 to 

 27, 1912. 



SPBINO SONG. 



(N'ot knocking Congressman Mann.) 

 A man of seeds 

 And not of deeds 

 Is like a garden 

 Full of weeds. 



— B. I,. T. in Cliieago Tribune. 



The man whose catalogue was late was 

 not so far behind, after all, this year. 



Spring officially is a week old but, 

 practically, not many seed buyers have 

 been able to see any other sign of it than 

 the pile of bright covered catalogues on 

 the reading table. 



The counter trade is beginning to 

 show some life in eastern cities, but in 

 Chicago and the west cold lamb was on 

 the menu for March 1 and there was lit- 

 tle stirring in the way of counter trade 

 up to that date. The changes in the tem- 

 perature sliow on the cash register. 



The W. W. Barnard Co.. 231 West 

 IMadison street, Chicago, has its large 

 and handsome new store completed and 

 ready for the rush of counter trade that 

 is sure to come as soon as the Avinter 

 breaks. The show windows i)resent an 

 enticing appearance to the thousands of 

 suburbanites who pass. 



The February mail orders are various- 

 ly reported, some of the houses that 

 have been forging ahead the last few 

 years reporting another gain as compared 

 with 1911, but on the whole the trade 

 has no more than held its own in Febru- 

 ary, as in January. The severity of the 

 winter has held the orders back.' A rec- 

 ord-breaking rush generally is thought 

 to bo in early prospect. 



AT LAST, THE RAIN! 



[Night letter telegrams.] 



.Santa Cruz, Cal., March 5. — A long 

 needed rain began falling in the Santa 

 Clara valley March 4 and continued 

 through March 5. The San Juan val- 

 ley got a nice shower the night of 

 March .3 and there are good indications 

 of more to come. — G. L. Grant. 



Carpinteria, Cal., March 5. — To 

 March 1 this has been the driest sea- 

 son in southern California for forty- 

 eight years. We are now getting light 

 rains, which are very encouraging, al- 

 though by no means insuring crops. 



-TO THK TRADK- 



HENRY METTE, auedlinbui^, Gennany 



^^"^~'™^''^^" (ESTABUSHEU IN 1787) 



Grower and Exporter on the very larseat scale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Specialties: Beans, Beets, Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl-Rabi, Leeks. Lettuces, Onions, 

 Peas, Radishes, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Asters, Balsams, Betronias, Carnations, 

 Cinerarias, Oloxlnias. Larkspurs, Nasturtiums. Pansles, Petunias, Phlox, Primulas, Scabious, 

 Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application, 



HKNRT METTE 'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most per- 

 fect and most beautiful in ihe world, |5.00 per oz. ; |1.50 per H oz ; 75c per 1/lC oz. Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast Grounds, 

 and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality. I also 

 srow^ largrely seeds on contract. 





-PERFECT PLANT FOODS- 



THONSOirS 



Viie rUit ml 

 Vegetthk 



MANURE 



Unrivaled (or rlnea. tonuttoea. cnenmberB, all lowering. foUage 

 »Dd fruit bearing plants; vegetables, lawns, etc. Has stood the 

 test of 80 years. The result of many years of practical experience. 



Sold by lioadlns American Seedsmen . 



Alto Thomson*! Special Chnraanthemam and Topdressliiff 



Manore. An Exeellent Stlmnlant. 



Freight paid on quantities; Uberal terms to retailers. Write 



for our special offer to the Ajuerican trade, agents' circulars, 



pamphlets, etc.. to sole makers. 



Exporters of PuFC Scotch SoOt prioM. eto. 



Wnie Thomson & Sons, Ltd*, 



Tweed Tlneyards, 

 CIOTSnloris, SeotUuid 



Export House tor Field-g>rown, Own-raised German Roses 



NEW ROSES FOR 1912 



I IIIQC I II I A (H. T.) Darkest blood red and sweetest rose in existence. Two- 

 LUiOC LILIfl year, open-ground plants. Eacli, $3.00; 10 plants, $80 00. 



SCHNEEZWERG 

 GOETHE 



And All Leading; Cutting:, Forolns and Bedding: Roses. 



PETER LAMBERT, TRIER, GERMANY 



(Rug:osa hybrid.) Snow white, semi-double, middle with yel- 

 low .stamens, remontant, hedge androckery rose. Each, $S.OO. 



(climbing: moss-polyantha.) Hardy, crimson red, 

 flower buds very finely mossed. Each, $1.50. 



branches and 



Raiser of the famous Frai Karl Draschld and Kaiseria 



VAN GRIEKEN'S BULBS, wra^s^cnD 



Hlgrh-grade Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, 

 Crocus, etc. Write for Catalog:ue. 



LEO VAN GRMEN, line, Hilhiid 



FOR 



SEEDS 



of all kinds apply to 

 W. W. JOHNSON & SON, Ltd. 



BOSTON, BNGLAND 



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Gennan Stock Seeds 



A QRAND SPBCIALTY 



Price list on application 



PAUL TEICHBI, Striegau, Gennany 



Oldest Special House 



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Ask for "Real Price" Catalofnio and 

 Contract Offers. 



AIL VARIE- < < , 

 TIES OF .. 



QUALITY" 



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WE IMPORT 



to order for the Trade only, PLANTS and 

 BULBS from Europe and Japan. Spring 

 or Fall DeUvery. Address with business card. 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS 



P. 0. Bax 752. or 31 Barclay Street, HEW YORK 



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