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OCTOBEB 26. 1916. 



The Florists* Review 



The American Bulb Co. 



offers a list of bulbs to the Trade, comprising the best commercial varieties, well cured, uniform 

 in size, and selected for us by our own representative, who is now in the bulb district in Holland. 



Lilium Giganteum 



True type, best in the country Per case 



7x 9, 300 to case $15.00 



8x 9, 200 to case 13.00 



9x10, 200 to case 19.00 



French Bulbs 



Ready for immediate delivery Periooo 



Paper White Grandiflora, 1250 to case $12 OO 



Paper White Grandiflora, 1000 to case 16.00 



French Trumpet Majors, 2200 to case 15.00 



Tulips 



La Reine $ 7.50 



Prince of Austria 12.00 



Artus 7.00 



White Hawk 13.50 



Keizerskroon 12.50 



Yellow Prince 9.00 



Proserpine 17.00 



Murillo 10.00 



Couronne d'Or 15.00 



Darwin Tulips: ^^!^^ 



Clara Butt ^JJ-O^ 



Pride of Haarlem qkA 



Gretchen ^.50 



Gesneriana Spathulata i nn 



Farncombe Sanders 14.00 



Hyacinths 



First size $38.00 



Second size 25.00 



Miniatures, all in the following varieties : 



L'Innocence, La Grandesse, Queen of the Blues, 

 King of the Blues, Grand Maitre, Lady Derby, 

 Gertrude 14.00 



Narcissi 



Extra select, double-nose 



Princeps $10.00 



Emperor 17.00 



Golden Spur 22.00 



Extra select, first sise 



Princeps 7.00 



Golden Spur 12.50 



Order from us and assure yourself of the best the market can offer. Provide yourself now with the 

 bulbs you will need, as the outlook for a large flower business this comins season is very promising. 



E R I C A N BULB C 0>. 



IMPORTBRS OF FLORISTS' NECISSITIKS 



"WATCH US GROW 



172 N.WABASH AVE.. 



CHICAGO. ILL. 



Mention The R«t1«w when yon write. 



Nichell's Distinctive Seeds 



S»nA for Catalogu* 



S18 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mentloa The Ben«w when yon write. 



CARTER'S TESTED SEEDS, Inc. 



JAMES FISHER. Western Representative 

 Room 519, 180 N. Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL 



Mention The Review when you write. 



^^■■■■■%M B«8t that crow. We teU dl- 

 %■ L L II W rect to Kardener* and florittt at 

 J^ F P 1 1 r% wholeiale. Big beaatltnl cata- 

 VkbMU loffnefree. Write today- 

 ABCMIA8 §BKD 8T0BE. Box 84. SEDALIA. BO. 

 MoBtfcm Tlio BoTlow whea yo« wrlf. 



has been rebuilt, with latest improye- 

 ments. "The work badly interfered with 

 the season's business, but with the in- 

 creased facilities we hope soon to re- 

 cover lost ground," commented Charles 

 Stewart. "We think The Eeview's 

 report of the vegetable growers' con- 

 vention at Chicago full of meat." 



"Bumper crops of corn and cereals, 

 yet seed stocks will be high for next 

 season's delivery — our business never 

 was so good, ' ' observed Manager Wind- 

 heim of the Nebraska Seed Co., Omaha, 

 Neb. 



The Gunn Seed Co., of Lincoln, Neb., 

 is well pleased with this, its second sea- 

 son. "It is the gunner who guns for 

 the business who usually gets it," is 

 the opinion of Charles Gunn. 



Manager G. A. Chambers, of the Gris- 

 wold Seed & Nursery Co., of Lincoln, 

 says things have moved smoothly since 



SPECIALI 



Dutch Flowering Bulbs 



In Stock— All Varieties 



Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocuses, Narcissi 



Write for Prices 



Paper White Narcissus . . .$10.00 per 1000 

 Mammoth Chinese Lily Bulbs, 

 flat of 120 bulbs $10.00 



Cash with Order 



The Barclay Nursery 



60 Barclay St., New York 



Montloit Tht Brtow wb— yo« write. 



HELLERS 

 MICE 



PROOF 

 SEED 



CASES. 



Sead for Catatogne. 



HELLER & CO. 



Montpefier, Ohio 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



their reorganization. The main part of 

 the business is in field seeds, and local 

 counter trade is steadily increasing. 



The Mangelsdorf Seed Co., of Atchi- 

 son, Kan., offsets the monotony of its 

 new concrete building by having win- 

 dow boxes made around the entire sec- 

 ond floor. These are planted with 

 blooming plants and vines through the 

 summer and replaced with shrubs for 

 the winter season. The company looks 

 for a big export business in grasses a^ 

 soon as the war is over. W. M. 



lilium Harrisii Bulbs 



5-in. to 7-in, 

 7-in. to 9-in. 



Per 100 1000 

 ..$4.50 $36.00 

 .. 8.00 72.00 



Paper White Narcissus 

 Grandiflorus 



Prices on application. 



We Offer to Florists a Choice 



Selection of Hyacinths, 



Tulips, etc., etc., 



for forcing or outdoor planting. 



Send us a list of your require- 

 ments and we will give you attrac- 

 tive special prices. 



J. N. THORBURN & CO. 



53 Barclay Street 

 throuarh to 84 Park Place 



NEW YORK CITY 



Mention The Review when yon write. 

 ANALYST ON THE DISCLAIMEB. 



[In last week's Issue of The Review, A. L. 

 Stone, president of the American Seed Analyst*' 

 Association, was quoted on the seedsman's atti- 

 tude toward the disclaimer; here he dlscussea 

 the attitude of others at interest.] 



In the preceding paragraphs I have 



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