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The Florists^ Review 



March 13, 1918. 



The GENUINE Crego Aster 



One of the largest growers at Irondequoit, the great aster center of New York state, says: "Our best Crego blooms 

 usually sell at about $1.00 per dozen, retail, about twice as much as can be got here for any other variety." (See "Asters 

 at Irondequoit" in Florists' Review, April 25. 1912.) Both wholesale and retail, when properly handled, the Crego Aster 

 has always maintained its position at the top to the market. 



:buy your seed direct from the originator. 



With its enormous blossoms, long stems and vigorous, healthy plants, this Aster is becoming more valuable to the 

 florist from year to year, and its remarkable success is due to the fact that it has had the benefit of twelve years of the 

 most rigid and painstaking selection, every effort having been directed toward developing its commercial qualities— 

 toward making it a money-maker for every florist who handles it. Growing no other seed off any kind, I am able 

 to give this the closest possible attention. 



I am offering the Crego Aster in four colors : White, Shell-pink, Rose-pink and Violet— all fully 

 up to Crego grade, with immense, fluffy blooms 4 to 6 inches in diameter and of splendid color. 



NOTE THE PRICES: ^-ounce, 50c; >^-ounce, $1.00; ounce, $2.00 



Send Casii with Your Order 



G. S. CREGO, 



103$ Vancouver Avenue, PORTLAND, ORE. 



Mfntlon The RptIpw when yon write. 



acres at the Gardena ranch of his firm 

 and the abundant rainfall of a week or 

 80 ago has filled the soil with moisture, 

 80 that the prospects for a full crop 

 are excellent. This is a different state 

 of affairs from last year, when the long 

 continued drought gave growers such 

 an anxious time, and also different by 

 all accounts from conditions obtaining 

 with growers in the northern part of 

 the state. The asters are also going 

 into the ground in fine shape, the soil 

 working splendidly. The prospects all 

 around are excellent. 



M. L. Germain, of the Germain Seed 

 & Plant Co., and L. L. Morse, of San 

 Francisco, were in attendance at the 

 ofiice of the horticultural commissioners 

 at Sacramento February 27 to oppose 

 a pernicious seed bill, requiring, among 

 other things, a guarantee of germina- 

 tion. It is well within the possibil- 

 ities that such a law would be set aside 

 as unconstitutional, but it is expected 

 that the seedsmen's protest will lend to 

 the modification of the bill along the 

 lines of the state legislation approved 

 by the American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion. The general feeling ie that 

 Messrs. Morse and Germain are to be 

 congratulated on the success of their 

 efforts and deserve the thanks of the 

 trade for the trouble they have taken. 



H. E. E. 



SEED TRADE ADVEBTISINO. 



J. L. Farmer, of Pulaski, N. Y., notes 

 the lack of seed advertising in the gen- 

 eral magazines and makes the following 

 interesting comparisons with olden 

 times: 



"I cannot help but notice how fash- 

 ions change even in advertising. As 

 I was looking over some old magazines 

 the other day I came across the Feb- 

 ruary issue of Century Magazine, issued 

 in 1891. This was twenty-two years 

 ago. 



"The magazine contained thirteen 

 page^ of seed and nursery advertising 

 and, compared with this, the Cosmo- 

 politan of February, 1913, which maga- 

 zine claims the largest circulation of i^y 

 now published, has less than two pages 

 of seed and nursery advertising. Other 

 lines of advertising have increased in | 



SPRING-FLOWERING BULBS 



BEGONIAS 



Doz. 100 



Single, separate colors $0.40 $2.50 



Double, separate colors ... .60 4.00 



CALADIUMS 



With live center shoots 



Doz. 100 



5- 7 inch $0.30 $1.80 



7- 9 inch 50 3.50 



9-11 inch 85 6.00 



GLADIOLI 



First size bulbs 



100 1000 



America, pink $3.00 $26.00 



Augusta, white 2.25 20.00 



Francis King, scarlet 2 . 00 18 . 00 



Light and White florists' 

 mixture 1.76 16.00 



CANNAS 



Two to three-eye roots 



100 1000 



Austria $2.00 $18.00 



Buttercup 3.00 



Chas. Henderson 2.00 18.00 



David Harum 2.60 20.00 



Florence Vaughan 2 . 00 18 . 00 



King Humbert 6.00 



Mme. Crozy 2.60 20.00 



Queen Charlotte 2.50 20.00 



Richard Wallace 2.60 20.00 



TUBEROSES 



Dwarf Pearl ,^ ,^^ 



100 1000 



First size $1.00 $9.00 



Second size 60 5.00 



A. HENDERSON & CO., 3S2 N. Nichigan Ave., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



GLADIOLI 



AMERICA 



Planting: Stock 



Strong, plump bulbs of best quality. 



Write your needs and 

 let us quote low prices. 



A. H. AUSTIN CO. 



Wayland, Ohio 



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 wlien wrttlna advertleen* 



VICKSun^VICK 



IISTEB SEEDI 



Aster Book now ready. 



Indispensable 

 for commercial growers 



Send for copy today. 



iJamesVick'sSons 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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 when wrttlna advertisers. 



