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The Florists^ Review 



Ai-ftiL 15, 1920 



kinds of mangel. Owing to the energies 

 of seed growers being concentrated 

 more or less on food seeds during the 

 war, there will not be sufficient flower 

 seeds." 



ASVERTISINa IN SEED TERMS. 



The April poster of the Treasury De- 

 partment urges investment in war sav- 

 ings stamps and treasury certificates in 

 seed terms, employing an alliterative 

 and rhyming caption that is worthy of 

 seedsmen 's publicity. The poster reads: 



; Spring Seeds '• 

 ! Fill Pall Needs. 



To Harvest then, Plant now. 

 The man who plants his savings in War Sav- 

 ings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates 

 grows a crop of Interest that nothing can hurt. 

 Frosts, droughts and -market slumps mpan 

 notliing to them. They are always worth more 

 than they cost you. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



KnuU Floral Co., Tampa, Fla.— Illustrated, 

 27-page catalogue of palms, hursery stock, roses, 

 flowering and foliage plants. Prominence is 

 given to the company's landscape department. 

 In outdoor stock, a good proportion of the va- 

 rieties listed are especially adapted to the 

 south. 



Xeedle Floral Co., Springfield, O.— Wholesale 

 list of "Leedle Springfield Roses," a. tiny 40- 

 page booklet, but remarkably thorough and 

 comprehensive. First in order Is jl condensed 

 price list in which the varieties are grouped 

 according to types or classes; next is a "com- 

 bined telegraphic code and predominating color 

 classification," and then follows a complete 

 descriptive list, arranged alphabetically with- 

 out division into groups, but with abbreviations 

 to Indicate the class or type and with the year 

 of introduction and the name of the originator 

 in each case. 



Kelway & Son, langport, England. — Two 

 wholesale seed lists, one of them Intended es- 

 pecially for the gardener, the other for the 

 farmer. Both catalogues are of notably high 

 grade in regard to Illustrations, typography, 

 <iuality of paper and general arrangement. The 

 garden book consists of ninety-six large pages 

 and offers full stocks of flower and vegetable 

 seeds; the 20-page farm list offers seeds of 

 field roots, clovers, grasses and forage plants. 

 The prices are "calculated at the current rate 

 of exchange," with the provision that in case 

 the exchange shall alter decidedly in the com- 

 pany's favor, orders will be filled at "the then 

 revised rate of exoliange, so far as stock Is 

 unsold." 



Spy Hill Conservatories, Beacon, N. Y. — Cata- 

 logue of vegetable and flower seeds; a 22-page 

 booklet, in a neat brown cover. 



Alt F. Clark, Netcong, N. J.— A folder con- 

 taining a wholesale list of dahlias. The stock 

 is not grouped according to classes, but Is ar- 

 ranged in one continuous alphabetical list, with 

 abbreviations to indicate the type or class to 

 •which each variety belongs. 



ONION SEED IN CANARIES. 



Present indications point to a small 

 yield of onion seed in the Canary islands 

 during 1920, states the United States 

 consul at Toncriffo. Tliis crop is of 

 particular interest in that from eighty 

 to ninety per cent of it is exported to 

 the United States. This crop is planted 

 in November and harvested in June, 

 July and August. The greater part of 

 each year's production is contracted for 

 in advance by American seedsmen. It 

 is grown principally on the island of 

 Teneriffe, though small amounts are 

 raised in La Palma, Gomera and Hierro. 



According to exporting interests, 

 plantings last fall were smaller by fifty 

 per cent than the year before and the 

 crop will consequently be the smallest 

 in many years. This was due to two 

 causes: First, the American market 

 was well supplied with seed in 1919 

 and seedsmen postponed sending their 

 contracts; second, onions for planting 

 were 300 per cent higher in price than 

 usual, which made the prospective prof- 

 its from an onion seed crop an extremely 

 speculative proposition. It is too soon 

 to form any reliable opinion as to the 

 prospects of the crop now in the ground, 

 as March and April are critical months. 



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MICHELL'S PRIMULA SEED 



Primula Chinensis 



»«tr. Tr. 

 pkt. pkl 

 MichfU's Prize Mixture. An 



even blending of all colors. .$0 60 $1 o.i 



Alba Magnifica. White 60 l.Od 



ClilswickRed. Bright red... .60 l.(X) 

 Duchess. White with zone of 



rosy carmine, yellow eye 60 l fx) 



Holbom Hlue eo l.rx) 



Kermesina Splendens. 



Crimson 60 1.00 



Rosy Morn. Pink .60 l.oo 



Primula Obconica Gigantea 



A great improvement over the old typo; 

 flowers much larger. Tr. plit. 



Lllacina. Pale lilac. .$0 50 



Kermesina. Deep crimson 50 



Rosea. Pink 50 



Alba. White. . 50 



r ^ Hybrida Mixed £0 



%^^ Also all other ^^easonable Seeds, Bulbs 



and Supplies. Send for ¥niolc«*k Catalome. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., sis M«ket St., PBILADELrBIA,PA. 



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Snapdragons 



are playing a leading role with every livt florist- 

 Get your sha^'e of this business. Plants may be 

 started any time from seed. 



Seed ot our famous Silver Pink, $1.00 per pkt,; 

 8 for S2.50; 7 for S6.00. 



Seed of our new Hybrid Pink and of our new 

 Golden Pink Queen, same price. 



Seed of Keystone, Nelrose, Garnet, White. 

 Yellow, Light Pink. Buxton and Fancy Mixed, 

 5c per pkt.; 8 for Sl.OO. 



Free cultural direcUons. All orders cash. 



G. S-RANSBURG, SONCRSWORTH,N.a. 



Selected Seed of 



Solanum Melvinii 



and 



Bird's Eye Peppers 



SOc per trade packet 



PETER PEARf^ON 



5732 Gunnison Street, CHICAGO 



ST. LOUIS SEED CO. 



The Home of "Pare and Snre" Seeds 



411-413 WASHINGTON AVENUE 

 ST. LOUIS, MO. 



PRIMROSE SEED 



Improved I hln««e- Finest Krown; mixed, 3.")(l 

 seeds, ?I.flO; Va pkt., .')<ic; lOCX) seeds, ?2.0(i. Primula 

 Obctmica— Finest Giants, mixed, pkt.,50c; ^2 pKt., 

 2.5c. P. Malncol«l«^8— Giant ISaby, pkt., 25c. P. 

 Kei^ensls— New dwarf yellow, 2.'x\ 



CINKKAKIA, Large-floweilnjr dwarf, finest 

 grown, all colors, mixed, pkt., SOc; 'a pkt. ,25c. 



CYCLAMEN GIGAM KLM, Choicest Glante, 

 mixed, 150 seeds, $1.00; >q pkt., 50c. 



JOHN F. RUFF, Shiremanstown, Fa. 



Exports of onion seed to the United 

 States during the last two years have 

 been as follows: 1918, 94,045 pounds, 

 valued at $99,036; 1919, 69,.'392 pounds, 

 valued at $74,24,5. . 



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KENILWORTH 



GIANT FANSY SEED 



In Mixture or Sep 

 arate Colors 



1000 seeds, 30c; 4000, $1.00 

 ^4 0Z.;$1.25; oz.,$5.00. 



My Winter Orchid-flowering 

 Sweet Peas 



are now grown by over 8000 commercial floriat* 

 They have no eaual. Send for list. 



Ant. C. Zvolanek & Sons, 

 LOMPOC. CAL. 



St. Paul, Minn. — The employees of 

 Holm & Olson have organized a cluh 

 with a membership of eighty persons. 

 It will meet every second and fourth 

 Tuesday. Aaron Johnson is chairman- 



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