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The Florists' Review 



Dbcuibib 21. 1916. 



ments. Several new mills are in process 

 of construction for next year. 



The problem of drjinf the sugar 

 beets for the purpose of increasing the 

 amount of raw material for the mill 

 and thereby increasing the length of 

 the sugar campaign has been further im- 

 vestigated. The principal difficult^ has 

 been in finding or devising a dryer of 

 suitable capacity to handle enough 

 beets per day to be profitable. A satis- 

 factory solution of the problem will be 

 beneficial in those small valleys in the 

 intermountain states, where the acre- 

 age is not suflScient to support a sugar 

 mill, and yet the sugar beet is neces- 

 sary to the highest results in the farm- 

 ing operations. 



SHOBTAGE OF SEED WHEAT. 



"The northwest is facing the most 

 serious seed wheat problem ever 

 known," says the Northwestern 

 Miller in a recent issue, "in conse- 

 quence of the low vitality of the 1916 

 crop, and the Minneapolis Chamber of 

 Commerce, the Duluth Board of Trade, 

 and the Minnesota, North and South 

 Dakota State Agricultural Colleges are 

 flooding the country with advice to 

 farmers to hold back good seed for the 

 1917 crop. 



"Dean A. F. Woods, of the Minne- 

 sota State Agricultural College, sounded 

 a warning recently, and editors of agri- 

 cultural papers are also working to 

 awaken the farmers to the situation. 



"While the situation is without prec- 

 edent, it is believed the northwest will 

 get through. There was a liberal carry- 

 over of 1915 wheat and if this is in- 

 sufficient there is good seed in Mon- 

 tana and Alberta. It is unlikely there 

 will be any Russian seed imported, but 

 quite probable that there will be Cana- 

 dian seed wanted." 



CHICOBY SEED IN OEBMANY. 



Methods employed in Germany for 



Planting and cultivating chicory seed 

 ave been described by Gustav Jaensch, 

 who believes they will prove of great 

 assistance in efforts to raise the product 

 in the United States: 



"Chicory seeds are planted there in 

 14.1-inch rows ('36 cm. in der Reine')> 

 about 19.7 inches apart. The plants are 

 allowed to grow out and bloom out until 

 the first blossoms have developed a 

 hard, yellow-brown grain. Neither the 

 lateral branches nor the ends of the 

 plants are cut off. 



"In this region, where the climate 

 is moderate and great heat rarely pre- 

 vails, the plants normally reach a height 

 of four to five feet. The crop from 

 March plantings is usually harvested in 

 the second half of September. The en- 

 tire plants are then cut off just above 

 the roots with sharp and slightly 

 curved knives, bound together in small 

 bunches, and set up in double rows on 

 the fields for after-ripening. The seed 

 can then be threshed only in dry 

 weather or heavy frost in winter. 



"Despite all precautionary measures 

 at least ten per cent of the ripened seed 

 usually lies on the ground, as a certain 

 percentage necessarily falls off when 

 the plants are touched. Inasmuch as 

 chicory seeds are always considerably 

 damaged by birds in Germany, watch- 

 men have to be kept in the fields all 

 day to prevent excessive loss." 



CATALOGUES BEOEIVED. 



0. W. Brown ft Son, Ashland, Mass. — A 12- 



IJST OF SURPLUS STOCK AT REM6ED PRICES 



DUTCH HTAOINTES 



StrioUy Fint Slu, or ExUbitlon, Bal1)i: 

 000 Glgantea, 250 Koh-i-noor, 650 La Grand- 

 ease, Ap General Kohler, 600 Noble par Me- 

 rite, BB60 Gertrude;- 676 L'Innocence, 4#0 

 Grand Monarque, 200 Oarrlck, etc. 



M.60 per 100, $86.00 per 1000 



Second Site, Named: 

 150 Grand Maitre, 100 Cardinal Wiseman, 175 

 Gertrude, 200 L'Innocence, 450 Gigantea, 250 

 La Grandesse, 600 Garrick, 500 Noble par 

 Merlte etc. 



$3.60 per 100. $85.00 per 1000 



Third Size, Named: 

 250 Grand Monarque, 600 Sir Wm. Mansfield, 

 450 Moreno, 1000 Garrick, 660 Xia Victolre. 

 2200 Gertrude, etc. 



$2.60 per 100, $20.00 per 1000 



Separate Colors, Single: 



1300 Rose, 2600 Pure white, 1500 Light blue, 

 750 Dark red, 876 Blush white, and 67S Dark 

 blue. 



$2.00 per 100, $16.00 per 1000 



Miniature, Named: 

 1200 La Grandesse, 1200 L'Innocence. 1400 

 Gigantea. 



$1.50 per 100, $18.60 per 1000 



IXTLIFS 



Double Early: Per 1000 



2000 La Candeur $ 8.50 



1750 Le Matador 15.00 



1000 Murillo, 800 Rubra Maxima 10.00 



1800 Salvator Rosa 11.00 



1350 Tournesol, Red and Yellow 16.00 



8000 Schoonord (White Murillo) 14.00 



6500 Extra Fine Mixed 6.00 



Single Early: 



2760 Cramolsi Brilliant 8.00 



4600 Keizerskroon 12.60 



8600 La Reine 7.60 



1100 Pottebakker, White 13.50 



1250 Prince of Austria 12.00 



4250 Rose Grlsdelin 6.50 



1260 Rose Luisante 13.00 



2500 Princess Helena 11.00 



1000 Queen of Roses, 900 Le Matelas... 15.00 

 8000 Extra Fine Mixed 6.00 



F. R. PIERSON CO. 



Danria: ' per looo 

 760 Mr. Famcombe Sanders $14.oo 



1300 Massachusetts 14'gQ 



060 Painted Lady u'*^ 



2000 Pride of Haarlem la.'JJ 



408 Prof. FrancleKDarwln lajA 



1000 Finest Mixed i^^ 



Cottage, or Hay-flowering: 



050 Caledonia, 400 Isabella (Blushing 



Bride) t.o} 



1000 Picotee (Maiden's Blush) lo.jo 



1000 Sweet Nancy, 1600 Finest Mixed... 8.00 



Parrot: 

 1000 Admiral of Constantinople, 750 Lu- 

 tea Major, 760 Markgraf van 



Baden, 900 Perfecta 7.00 



1300 Finest Mixed 6.00 



NAS0I8SI 



8600 Emperor, double-nosed bulbs 17.Q0 



2400 Emperor, first slsed bulbs 12.00 



2000 Ctolden Spur, double-nosed bulbs 21.00 



1200 Prlnceps, double-nosed bulbs 9.00 



2200 Victoria, double-nosed bulbs 20.00 



1500 Barrli Conspicuus 7,00 



4000 Poetious Omatus, double-nosed 7.6O 



2500 PoetlcuB 8.50 



4500 Von Sion, Double, douhle-nonfd 22.00 



3000 Von Slon, Double, first sized 14.00 



7500 Victoria, first sized bulbs 11.00 



SPANISH lEIS 

 750 Cajanus, 1000 Chrysolora, $4.00 per 1000. 



SPIRAEA 



Gladstone, case of 100 clumps, $9.00; tl.2S 

 per dozen. 



Queen Alexandra, case of 100 clumiw, $10.00; 

 $1.50 per dozen. 



- Tarrytown, N Y. 



FILL THOSE EMPTY SPACES IN YOUR GREENHOUSE WITH 



BABY GLADIOLUS 



Peach Blossom $4.50 per 1000 Blushing Bride $4.50 per 1000 



The Bride $6.00 per 1000 



Gladstone . 



SPIRAEA 



$7.00 per 100 Peach Blossom $7.00 per 100 



LILIUM GIGANTEUN 



Per case of 400, size 6'8 $15.00 Per case of 250. size 8/9 $18.00 



Per case of 300, size 7/9 16.00 Per case of 200. size 8/10 20.00 



LECHNER BROS., Caxton BIdg., St. Louis, Mo. 



Asents for THE GROWERS ASSOCIATION, Aim Pailowna, Hollaid 



Mention The RcTlew when yen write. , 



SWEET 



For All-Mrlnter Flowerlntf Under Glass. This improved strain 

 is most profitable to «row. Flowers very early and blooms eon- 

 tinuously all through the winter months. Three selected color*> 

 White, Pink and Lavender. Each color, ox., SOc; '4-lb., $1.50; 



^^^' M. B. FAXON, Seedsman, FOXBOROUGH, MASS. 



Mesttoa Tlie Bevlsw wfcsa yea write. 



PaperWhItes 



$ll.50 per lOOO 



IM. M. CARROLL 



NORWOOD (Cincinnati) OHIO 



page catalogtie of gladiolus bulbs, with brief de- 

 scriptions and a few cultural suggestions. 



W. W. Wilmore. Denver, Colo. — Two cata- 

 logues, general ami wholesale, which are chiefly 

 devoted to the "Wilmore specialty, dahlias, but 

 which also offer roses, vines, gladioli, phloxes, 

 peoies and other hardy plants. The general cata- 

 logue is well illustrated and consists of sixteen 

 pages and cover; the wholesale list is condensed 

 to four pages. 



W. F. Pitts Seed & Nursery Co., San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal. — Illustrated catalogue of seeds, vege- 

 table plants and roots, flowering plants, orna- 

 mental trees and shrubs, fruit-bearing stock, nut 

 trees, etc. ; forty-two pages and cover, with sev- 

 eral pages of cultural directions. Citma and 

 tropical fruits are included. Enclosed is a neat 

 8-page booklet, entitled "Holiday Suggestlona." 



QIANT PANSY SEED 



Kenilworth Mixture 

 Kenilworth Cut Flower Mixture 

 Giant Three and Five Blot 'hed 

 Masterpiece, curled waved 

 Kenilworth Show 

 Princess, new, uoright Pan^y 



Parisian, enormous blotched flowers 



Giant Woite 



Giant White, with large violet center 



Giant Golden Queen, yellow 



Giant Golden, yellow with dark center 



Giant Psyche 



lOOO seeds, 25c; 5000, $1.00; 



H-o*., $1.25; oz., $5.00 



I will send 1000 seeds of 

 Rainbow free with every 

 Sl.OO worth of seeds and 

 with other amounts in 

 like proportion. 



BURNETT BROS. 



SUDS I BULBS I PUUITS ^ 



StTMt, NKW YORK Cin 



