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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbhuaky 8, 1917. 



Cannas Cannas Cannas 



J-ust received a carload in fine shape, two to three eye, plump, dormant roots, true to name. 



KING HUMBERT, most popular Canna of all, fine Bronze leaf, 

 Orange-scarlet flower, per 100, $4.00; 250 for $9.00; per 1000, $».00 



Red Flowering, green foliage Doz. 



Alphonse Bouvier, 5 ft., dark crimson $0.35 



Chas. Henderson, 4 ft., bright crimson 30 



Duke of Marlborough, 4'fl ft., dark crimson.. .30 



Express. 2^3 ft., scarlet-crimson 50 



J. D. Eisele, 5 ft., vermilion-scarlet 30 



Louisiana, 7 ft., bright scarlet 30 



Pennsylvania, 5 ft., vermilion-scarlet 30 



Prince Wied, 4 ft., deep crimson 35 



Pink-flowering Sorts 



Hungaria. 3»2 ft., large flowers, beautiful 



rose- pink 00 



Mme. Berat. 4^ ft., rose-carmine 35 



100 

 $3.50 



1000 

 $32.00 



80 1.90 17.00 



White-flowering Sorts Doz. 



Mont Blanc, S'a ft., almost^re white $0.60 



Yellow and Orange Sorts 



Austria. 5 ft.. canar.v Yellow 



Florence Vaughan, 5 ft., yellow, spotted 



crimson 35 2.25 20.00 



Gladiator. 4*fl ft., deep yellow, dotted red ... .30 1.90 17.00 



Indiana. 3ifl ft., orange, striped red 30 1,'.K) 17.00 



Kate Gray, 5 ft., orange-salmon 35 2.25 20.00 



Richard Wallace, 4ifl ft., canary yellow 30 2.00 * 18.00 



Bronze Leaf Sorts 



David Harum, 3»2 ft., dark bronze foliage 40 2.60 22.00 



Egandale. 4 ft., currant red 35 2.25 2000 



King Humbert. 6 ft., orange-scarlet 70 4.00 35.00 



A. HENDERSON & CO., 211 North State Street, CHICAGO 



iusisteuco of tlio House when the Ijill 

 goes to confcreiicc. Tliis is the aimiial 

 t'ustoni, for Congress is loath to jjive up 

 that -which has become an institution. 



J. H. Warren, a traveler for the Albert 

 Dickinson Co., Cliica^o, suffered a badly 

 lacerated foot in .1 wreck at Cronnvell. 

 la., February 2. He is at his home at 

 La Grange, 111. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has issued a bulletin, No. 406, called ''a 

 professional paper," which will be of 

 interest to many seedsmen. It describes 

 the distinguishing characters of seeds of 

 Sudan grass and Joiinson grass, written 

 by F. H. Hillman. 



The Aggeler & Musser Seed Co.. Los 

 Angeles, claims to have been the lirst to 

 offer seed of the casaha varieties of 

 melon. When Golden Beauty was in- 

 troduced shippers were afraid to go in 

 ou it, l)ut it is said last season oOO ear- 

 loads of fruit of this variety were shipped 

 out of California. 



FoLLOwixr, the precedent set by other 

 Dutch houses, Wcsterbeck & KH'u, bulb 

 growers of Sassenheim, Holland, have 

 established a jtermanent branch office 

 at 25 Beaver street, New York. An 

 American bulb man has been put in 

 charge of the office, from which the firm 

 will handle its shipments, correspond- 

 ence and sales. 



GET GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, has an- 

 nounced the following list of successful 

 bidders for the contracts for supplying 

 the seeds for the congressional free dis- 

 tribution of 1917-18: 



AgRcler & Miisscr Seed Co., Los Angeles, Cal., 

 contract pons. 



Harteldes Seed Co., Lawrence, Kan., surplus 

 turnip. 



.Tolin RodRpr & Sons Co., Los Anpelos. Cal., 

 surplus calendula anil delphinium, contract beet, 

 carrot, radisli, candytuft, coreopsis and mignon- 

 ette. 



(California Seed Growers' Association, San ,Tose, 

 Cal., suriiliis lieet and lettuce, contract onion and 

 parsley. 



C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Valley, Xeb., surplus 

 cucumber and contract sqiiasli. 



C. P. Coy & Son, Waterloo, Neb., surplus 

 cucumber and contract squash. 



Ebbert Seed Co., Rocky Ford, Colo., contract 

 cucumber. 



Walter Kinder, Rocky Ford, Colo., surplus cu- 

 cumber. 



Irvin Bros., Rocky Ford, Colo., surplus cu- 

 cumber. 



MICHELL'S SEASONABLE BULBS 



CANNA ROOTS 



100 



AUSTRIA. Yellow $3.00 



BRANDYWINE. Scarlet 3.00 



CHAS. HENDERSON. Crimson 3.00 



CRIMSON REDDER. Crimson 3.00 



DR. ACKERKNECHT. Red 5.00 



EGANDALE. Red 3.00 



EXPRESS. Crimson 3.50 



FLORENCE VAUGHAN, Yel. and 



red .1.00 



GLADIATOR. Yel. and red 3.00 



GUSTAVE GUMPPER. Yellow .-).00 



ITALIA. Red and yellow 3.00 



KATE F. DEEMET. Yel and red... 4.00 



KING HUMBERT. Orange red 3.00 



MATOS. Cream 4.00 



METEOR. Red s.:!.", 



MUSAFOLIA, (Foli;ige v;irietv) . . . :.".50 

 PINK BEAUTY OF HUNGARIA. 



Pink 7.00 



PRES. MoKINLEY. Red 3.25 



QUEEN CHARLOTTE. Red and 



gold 3.00 



RICHARD WALLACE. Yellow 3.00 



ROSEA GIGANTEA. Rose 10.(K) 



VENUS. Pink 3..')0 



WYOMING. Red 2.50 



GLADIOLUS BULBS 



AMERICA. Delicate pink 1.7.' 



AUGUSTA. Piir.' white 1.85 



BRENCHLEYENSIS. Scarlet 1.40 



GLORY OF HOLLAND. White, lav- 

 ender anthers 2.50 



MAY. White penciled crimson 2.25 



MRS. FRAKOIS KING, Scarlet... 1..5() 



PINK AUGWTA 2.25 



PINK PERlSbTION 4.00 



SPECIAL jraiTE AND LIGHT 



MIXTURE 1.75 



(.Vlso all other varieties.) 



1000 

 $25.00 

 27. .50 

 27.50 

 27.50 

 40.00 

 27.5(1 

 30.00 



25.00 

 25. (H) 

 40.00 

 25.00 

 .35.00 

 30.()(» 

 .35.00 

 75.00 

 20.00 



00.00 

 30.00 



25.00 

 27.. 50 

 S5,0(l 

 30.00 

 20.00 



15.00 

 10. (Ml 

 12.00 



20.00 

 liO.Od 

 13..50 

 20.00 

 35.00 



COO 



ALSO BEGONIAS. CALADIUMS, ESCULEN- 

 TUM AND FANCY LEAVED CALADIUMS. 

 TUBEROSES, ETC, SEND FOR WHOLESALE 

 CATALOGUE. 



Henry F. MIchell Co. 



S18 Market St., PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Review when you write. 



J.BOLGIANO&SON 



Careful Seed Growers for 99 years. 



Send for our 1917 wholesale prices 

 to Florists and Market Gardeners 



BALTIMORE. MARYLAND 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Kimberlin Seed Co.. Santa Clara, Cal., surplus 

 onion and contract onion. 



.Tames I-. Maiildin, (,'airo. Oa.. surplus collnrds. 



Norton H. Morrison, F'airfield, Wash., contract 

 candytuft and double Jiopp.v. 



PLANT RUBRUMS 



Now for Late Spring Blooming, 

 $5.50 and 1(1.50 per 100 



. CARROLL 



NORWOOD (Cincinnati) OHIO 



Mention The Beylew whwt yon writ*. 



B. 0. Morrison, Fairfleld, Wash., contract 

 parsnip, radish, tnrnip and single poppy. 



George R. Pedrick & Son, Pedrlcktown, N. J., 

 contract squash and tomato. 



L. C. Pharr, Catherine, Ala., contract okra. 



