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The Florists' Review 



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Mat 1.1, 1916. 



crop has baffled the expectations of the 

 growers. Damage has oeen done to the 

 extent of forty per cent and, as usual, 

 the poor thrips and the much abused 

 weather conditions have got the blame 

 for it. Next to this, the blame for 

 the ultimate bad result of the sales be- 

 cause of the onions arriving at distant 

 points in a "wasty" condition will be 

 eventually shifted to the shoulders of 

 the railroad company, the steamship 

 company, or the negligence of the 

 broker who sold the onions. But the 

 fact is that a considerable quantity of 

 the commercial seed bought and dis- 

 tributed by the majority of dealers in 

 America is mainly responsible for the 

 damage continuously observed in the 

 last four or five years. These dealers 

 are involuntarily killing this industry 

 at both ends and doing a real harm and 

 injury to the growers and to their own 

 country at large, by importing, un- 

 awares, badly degenerated seed. 



Commercial seed is degenerated seed 

 and, although cheap to the American 

 dealers, it comes out terribly expensive 

 to the onion growers, in view of the 

 considerable loss it brings about. Such 

 seed is no good anywhere and cannot 

 produce good keeping onions. Hence 

 the great number of cars which arrive 

 in a bad condition at northern points. 



American seedsmen and dealers have 

 introduced in Teneriffe such a chaotic 

 state of affairs, establishing the keen- 

 est competition among the dealers and 

 so-called growers here, from bankers 

 and general provision merchants down 

 to barbers and tailors, in order to get 

 the seed at cheap prices, with the 

 natural increase in their profits, that 

 the real victim is the onion grower in 

 the United States. 



I am positive that the shortage of 

 our onion seed will give rise to the 

 same ridiculous position of the market 

 over here that happened for similar 

 reasons in 1912, when everybody in the 

 trade lost unnecessarily heaps of 

 dollars. 



To avoid the recurrence of such 

 things, I have devised a common-sense, 

 practical business plan whereby I hope 

 seedsmen and dealers in the United 

 States will secure the seed at moderate 

 prices under the abnormal circum- 

 stances of the present fall. 



Federico C. Varela. 



April 11, 1916. 



XXX SEEDS 



CHINESE PRIMROSE, finest ?rown, Blngle 

 and double, mixed, 650 seeds, $1.00; 1000 seeds, 

 $1.25; ^ pkt., 60c. Colors separate also. 



PRIMULA KEWENSIS, new dwarf yellow, 20c. 



PRIMULA MALACOIDES, Giant Baby.20c. 



CINKRARIA, large flowering dwarf mixed, 1000 

 seeds. Sic; b pkt., 25c. 



CALCEOLARIA, dwarf giant, spotted, pkt., 50c. 



CYCLAMEN, finest giants, 260 seeds, $1.00. 



GIANT PANSY2";!?,XS-^r '■'"^ ^^•■'^"^''' 



6000 seeds. $1.00; ^ pkt., 50c. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shirananstown, Pa. 



Mention The Reriew when yon wrlta. 



Our GLADIOLI were awarded 

 the Grand Prize at San Fran- 

 cisco last year. 



New catalogue now ri 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Inc. 



Howerf ield, L. I., N. Y. 



Seeds, Plants and Bulbs 



PANST 8SED, special florists' mixture, extra fine strain 15.00 per ounce 



MIGNONKTTK SESD, giant strain, greenhouse grown. 5.00 per ounce 



SNAPDRAGON, KKTSTONE (new), a clear rose-pink winter- blooming variety. 11.00 

 per packet. 



CYCLAMEN SEED. English (separate colors) 18.50 per 1000 



•• *• German " " 6.60 perlOOO 



ASPARAGUS PLUM08US SEED, greenhouse-grown $3.50 perlOOO; $30.00 forlO.OOO 



BEGONIAS— Per 100 PerlOOO 



Lorraine, 2ifl-inch, strong $12.00 $110.00 



Cincinnati, 2^-inch, strong (twice transplanted) 15.00 160.00 



Cliatelalne, 2>fl-inch, strong 4.50 4000 



POINSETTIAS, strong Z^fl-inch (true Xmas type) 6.00 50.00 



Write us regarding Fern Flats, BOSTON, SCOTTII, ROOSEVELT, WHITMANI, 



TEDDY, JR.. and other varieties fur immediate or later planting. 



Have you placed your order for LUlum Glsanteiun, Rubrum, Formosum and Album? 



We aim to supply the best produced in Japan and invite correspondence regarding 

 our stock. 



Having any trouble with your bostf ? The MAGIC HOSE- best made -will do away 

 with all your troubles. We handle that brand and no other, ^-inch (2-ply), 15c per 

 foot; ^-inch (2-oly), ifip per foot— couplings included. 



Catalosrue for the asking;. See our Classified ads. 



s. s. SKiDELSKY 8 CO., **^ yEs:!;:.;a;;v.. 



Mention Tlie Rerlew when yon write. 



The War tots not interfere wKh my Shifinents. 

 I deliver seeds from May until Oecembtr. 



Fischer's Cyclamen Seed 



The Aukamm Wandsbek Type, in Glowing 

 Dark Red (Xmas Red); Glowing Red (Bright 

 Cherry Red); Rose of Marienthal (Bright 

 Pink); Pure White; White with Red Eye; 

 Lilac. 



$3.60 $26.00 $100.00 



per 1000 seeds. per 10,000 seeds. per 50,000 seeds. 



The Aakamm Wandsbek Type, in Glory of 

 Wandsbek (Salmon Red); Pearl of Zehlendorf 

 (Salmon); Rose of Wandsbek and Rose of 

 Zehlendorf (Light Salmon); the four best sal- 

 mon sorts grown. 



Rococo erecta (new orchid flowered) $6.00 per 1000 seeds 

 Victoria Cydamen, - - 5.00 per 1000 seeds 



Cash with order, please. 



FERD. FISCHER, Wiesbaden, Aukamm, Germany 



Orer 500 testimonials and repeated orders lor Cyclamen 

 The Ankamm Wandsbek Type Seed were shown to the editor of The Florists' Kevlew. 



medium glzg. \iMnnon Tho B«»tI»w when you writ*. 



LUJUN GIGANTEUN, 7/9 bulbi 



Taberosea, Dwarf Pearl. 



GLADIOLUS, America, Ansrusta, Francis Klpg 



and Halley. 

 CANNAS, separate colors. 



Wood Moss, Spha^rnum Moss, Bamboo Canes, Tobak- 

 Ine, Nlco-fume and other Florists' Supplies. 

 Prices on application. 



DPIICf nNI 188 West 6th Street, 

 . AUOI/Uni, CINCINNATI, OHIO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



August Rolker & Sons 



ttenanil Horticultural Importers 



for the trade only. Send for estimates or 

 price list to 



61 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK 

 •r P. O. Box 782 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



A ■■ p ■% J% Best that srow. We sell dl- 

 ^r L L 1 1 ^T rect to irardeners and florists at 

 ^tr F 11^ wholesale. Big beautiful cata- 

 WbubuW logae free. Write today. 

 ABCHIA8 SEED STORE, Box 84. SEDALIA, MO. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



BURNETT BROS. 



IS BULBS » PLANTS 

 98 Chambmv 9U NIW YCMC CITY 



GLADIOLI 



All First 8lzo Bulbs 



PerlOOO 



America $11 .00 



Augusta 12.00 



Francis King, scarlet 10.60 



Halley, sal. pink 16.00 



Independence, rose pink 11.00 



TUBEROSES 



PerlOOO 



Double Pearl, 1st size $12.50 



S. Armstrong, 1st size $13.00 



ST. LOUIS SEED CO. 



The Home of "Pure and Sure Seeds" 



411-13 Washington Ave., St. Lonis, No. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



SEEDS 



BULBS 



PLANTS 



D. D. P. .ROY 



168 N. Michigan Ave., CHICAQO. ILi. 



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