NOVEMBXB 16, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



77 



FLORISTS ARE LIKE CABBAGES 



They don't head well when planted too 

 close together. Some towns are so full 

 of them that they have to hammer each 

 other to keep busy, using epithets such as 

 Crape-Chaser, Shrapnel-faced bouquet 

 peddler, Sockless John the cut-priced 

 fiend, Fritz the 5 & 10 cent store slave, 

 etc., merely to indicate the sore spot in 

 their own carcass. Now the basic princi- 

 ple of knocking is jealousy, and jealousy 

 is a social cancer that grows by what it 

 feeds upon. It is also a form of damphool- 

 ishness that rebounds against the dis- 

 penser like a boomerang. If you happen 

 to belong to this society of sad-eyed sea- 

 son sweaters, resign at once and sell your 

 hammer and buy a horn — and blow it ever 

 afterward. Advertise flowers — go after 

 business, and if you can't make a good 

 living in your town, get out of it and into 

 another — never mind the greenhouses — 

 sell them for whatever they will bring, for 

 they're no good if they will not support 

 you. Many a man has had to start over 

 in life and it's never too late either. And 

 remember— IT DOES NOT TAKE SO 

 MUCH STRENGTH TO DO THINGS 

 AS IT DOES TO KNOW WHAT TO 

 DO AND WHEN TO DO IT. There is 

 one thing we can save you thinking about 

 by telling you what to do and when to do 

 it, and that is GET SOME HORSESHOE 

 BRAND GIGANTEUM— GET THEM 

 RIGHT NOW— plant them for Easter 

 Flowering. And if you want some during 

 the season in 1917 — send for our improved 

 planting table showing planting and flow- 

 ering dates all through the year. 



GIGANTEUM 

 The Best WMte Lily for Easter — Plant Now 



$18.00 per case of 400 

 18.00 per case of 300 

 19.00 per case of 280 

 20.00 per case of 250 

 19.00 per case of 200 

 18.00 per case of 150 



Size 6x 8 in $ 5.00 per 100; 



Size 7x 9 in 7.00 per 100; 



Size 8x 9 in 8.00 per 100; 



Size 8x10 in 9.00 per 100; 



Size 9x10 in 10.00 per 100; 



Size 10x11 in 13.00 per 100; 



Prices quoted upon application for Cold Storage Gigan- 

 teum delivered any time during 1917. Send for a Planting 

 Table, showing planting and flowering dates. State quan- 

 tities required per week or month. 



FOEMOSUM 



For early flowering — and for those who have insufficient 

 heat for forcing Giganteum for Easter. 



Size 6x 7 in $ 5.00 per 100; $16.00 per 



Size 7x 9 in 7.00 per 100; 18.00 per 



Size 9x10 in 10.00 per 100; 16.00 per 



Size 9x11 in 12.00 per 100; 16.00 per 



Size 10x11 in 13.00 per 100; 16.00 per 



Size 10x12 in 14.00 per 100; 16.00 per 



case of 380 

 case of 270 

 case of 160 

 case of 150 

 case of 140 

 case of 120 



HYACINTHS 



Second Size Named. 100 1000 



Good varieties $3.50 $30.00 



Miniatures. 



Good named varieties 2.00 15.00 



SINGLE TULIPS 



Belle Alliance. Scarlet 1.50 10.00 



La Reine. White 1.00 8.00 



Keizerskroon. Eed and yellow 1.50 12.00 



Rose Grisdelin. White, pink shade 1.00 7.00 



YeUow Prince. Yellow 1.00 9.00 



Single Superfine Mixture 75 6.50 



DOUBLE TULIPS 



Imperator rubronun. Scarlet 2.00 15.00 



Toumesol. Ked and yellow 2.00 18.00 



Double Superfine Mixture 85 7.50 



DARWIN and COTTAGE TULIPS 



Gretchen (Margaret). Flesh color 1.00 9.00 



Inglescombe. Large, yellow 2.50 20.00 



Madame Krelage. Lilac rose 1.50 12.00 



Gesneriana spathulata. Fine scarlet, blue base 1.25 10.00 



Pride of Haarlem. Fine rose, blue base 2.00 15.00 



NARCISSI 



Von Sions (Daffodils). Double Nosed Bulbs 2.50 20.00 

 Princeps Maximus. Primrose, with yellow 

 trumpet. 



Double Nosed Bulbs 1.25 10.00 



Single Nosed Bulbs 1.00 8.00 



Poeticus Omatus, double nosed 75 6.50 



MISCELLANEOUS BULBS 



Paper White Grandiflora. Fine for late planting. First 

 size can be shipped from Bound Brook, N. J., or Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio. Extra size from Bound Brook only. 



First Size: $7.00 per 500; $15.00 per case of 1250 bulbs. 



Extra Size: $9.00 per 500; $16.00 per case of 1000 bulbs. 



Chinese Sacred Lilies, $7.00 per mat of 120 bulbs. 



Grand Soleil d'Or, French grown, $25.00 per case of 1100. 



Ralph M.Ward & Co. 



The Lily House 



71-73 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY 



BRANCH AT ROTTERDAM 



