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The Florists' Review 



Fbbbuabx 17, 1916. 



seed corn, according to A. H. Luck, sec- 

 retary. 



How much of the corn will be fit for 

 seed purposes T And what should one do 

 before the facts become known f 



This is a trade of contradictions. Not 

 many months ago the appearances were 

 that (German valley would be a famine 

 in 1916, and Japanese lilies a surplus. 

 Today almost the' opposite is the case; 

 giganteum bulbs are scarce and valley 

 pips seek a market. 



Eeports from California seed-growing 

 districts confirm the statement made in 

 this column while communication was cut 

 off by floods. There has been much rain 

 where seeds are grown, delaying work, 

 but the floods that received so much at- 

 tention from the newspapers were not in 

 the seed valleys. 



Now that the important seed cata- 

 logues all have been distributed, it ap- 

 pears that few houses have made the at- 

 tempt to cut costs save by some reduction 

 in the edition made possible by dropping 

 dead names from mailing lists. Quite 

 the contrary, some of the books show 

 marked improvement through skillful 

 editing and typesetting. 



Complaint is general regarding the un- 

 satisfactory flowering qualities of bulbs 

 this season. Paper Whites as well as 

 jonquils, daflfodDs, hyacinths and tulips 

 fail to flower; some come blind and some 

 do not develop good flowers. Now and 

 then a man is found who lays the trouble 

 to haste on the part of the producer, but 

 the general belief is that it is the result 

 of delays and heating in transit., 



The customs authorities are having con- 

 tinuous difficulty with the clause of the 

 tariff law that provides for the free ad- 

 mission of mother flowering bulbs im- 

 ported exclusively for propagating pur- 

 poses. Gladioli and orchids, according to 

 protests filed by customhouse brokers, 

 are largely imported under this head. 

 When fortified with the right evidence, 

 the protests are sustained. 



DBEAMS THAT COME TBUE. 



"Rich man, poor man, beggar man" 

 — whatever his worldly station, prob- 

 ably every man in the flush of youth 

 has dreamed that he dwelt in marble 

 halls. If Frederick M. Clark, of Mil- 



TO SEEDSM EN AND SEED DEALERS 



A Profitable Proposition 



If you have not our new (1916) CATALOGUES, you should write 

 at once for the prices of our world-renowned, high-class 



GARDEN AND FARM 



which are in the majority of cases raised and selected 

 on our own FARMS at or near Langport, England. 



KELWAT'S SKKDS at 

 KKLWAT'S FRICES 

 are a class In themselves 



Catalogues or forward price lists sent free to genuine 

 seed dealers on application. 



KELWAY & SON, 



Wholesale Seed Growers, 



LANGPORT, ENGLAND 



Mention The Review when you write. 



FREESIA EXCELSIOR 



Ask our special prices for this new variety, extra 

 large flowers, same color as Refracta Alba. Very strong 

 grower, the best for pots. We offer also all other I>ench 

 bulbs at reasonable prices. 



American Address gLAGARDE S SPEELMAN 



Box 124 Icoi U. Wbolesale Bulb Growers 



HOBOKENp N. J. WoLLIOULES, YAH. FRANCE 



MPntton The Rerl^w when yon writ*. 



PAPER POTS 



Send postal for free Big Folder containing the 

 Experiences of 131 Florists and free samples. 

 Price list, page 99. F. W. Rochelle & Sons, 

 Chester, N. J. 



Always mention the Florists' Review when 

 writing advertisers* 



New Home of Fred M. Clark, Milford, a Product of 0)naectlcut Seeds. 



August Rolker & Sons 



Oeaeral Horticultural Importers 



for the trade only. Send for estimates or 

 ^ price list to 



61 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK 

 or P. O. Box 782 



Mention The BcTlew when yon writ*. 



Have Just received a small surplus of 



Japan Gnwn Freesias and L. rormosnms. 



Cold Storace GlBanteumstalways on hand. 

 Write for Drioei. 



YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ui. 



Woolworth Bids** Now York City 



Mention The Reriew when yon write. 



ford, Conn., ever dreamed thusly, the 

 illustration on this page will attest the 

 fact that his dreams certainly have 

 come true, for it pictures the nev? home 

 of the New England seedsman. Mr. 

 Clark is associated with, or rather part 

 of, the EVerett B. Clark Seed Co., which 

 has its headquarters at Milford. There 

 are growing stations at East Jordan, 

 Mich., Green Bay, Wis., and St. An- 

 thony, Idaho. Recently the company 

 acquired the Dennis Fenn farm at Mil- 

 ford, consisting of 110 acres of what is 

 said to be the best seed growing land 

 in Connecticut. 



