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The Florists' Review 



Jancabx 4, 1917. 



Holland 

 Grown 



BEGONIAS 



DELIVERY JANUARY-MARCH 



Tuberous 

 Rooted 



Per lOO 



$2.00 



Only small quantity left, so buy at once to profit by this special offer. 



1 PROMPT DELIVERY GUARANTEED 



Single extra large flowering type» 



Double extra large flowering type, - - - - 2.50 



Single Begonia Crispa, 4.00 



Begonia Cristata, 4.50 



ALL IN RED. WHITE, ROSE. YELLOW AND ORANGE COLORS. 



PHLOX, mixed colors, 



PHLOX, in extra fine new varieties, . . . . 



JAPANESE IRIS, in the finest giant flowered varieties, 

 FUNKIA UNDULATA (silver leaved), best field grown clumps, 



PRICES F. O. B. NEW YORK OR CHICAGO 



$3.00 

 $4.50 

 $5.00 

 $6.00 



Per lOOO 



sip.oo 



^.00 

 ^.00 

 40.00 



per 100 

 per 100 

 per 100 

 per 100 



F. RYNVELD & SONS 



14 STONE STREET 



NEW YORK, N. Y. 



Mention Th« Brlew when yon write. 



One service the war has done the seed 

 trade of America is to turn attention to 

 the creation of a home supply of flower 

 seeds. It probably will be some years 

 before the quality can be made as depend- 

 able as in the case of the best German 

 stock, but even this year the supply of 

 acceptable stock is much greater than 

 ever before. 



It will be unanimously admitted that 

 the crop of gladiolus bulbs vras light 

 this season, both in the United States 

 and in Holland, but there is difference of 

 opinion as to whether or not second 

 hands will experience a shortage in the 

 spring. Because of the shortage, deal- 

 ers have bought with avidity. Impor- 

 tations are and will be heavy. There 

 are those who believe a good number of 

 dealers will find they have overbought. 



FEEE SEEDS OF 1916. 



In the annual report of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, it is stated that "during 

 the fiscal year 1916 there were distrib- 

 uted on congressional and miscellaneous 

 requests 12,417,972 packages of vege- 

 table seed and 3,754,870 packages of 

 flower seed, or a total of 16,172,842 pack- 

 ages, each containing five packets of dif- 

 ferent kinds. There were also distrib- 

 uted 14,202 packages of lawn-grass seed, 

 819 packets of tobacco seed, 10,364 

 boxes of narcissus and tulip bulbs, and 

 96,000 strawberry plants, comprising 

 sixteen varieties. 



"A distribution of new and rare field 

 seeds was made throughout the entire 

 United States, having for its object the 

 dissemination of seed of new and rare 



PEDIGREE SEEDS 

 AND NOVELTIES FOR 1917 



OUR NEW CATALOGUE WILL ,BE .READY SHORTLY 



WATKINS & SIMPSON, Ltd. 



27, 28 & 29 DRURY LANE. LONDON, ENG. 



Mention Th« Reylew when yon write. 



FOR 



Dutch and Trench-grown Bulbs 



WRITE 



HOGEWONING & SONS 



Bulb GroT^ers 



Rynsburg, Holland 32 Broadway, New York 



Mention The Rcrlew when yon write. 



KELWAY'S SEEDS 



FLOWER, VEGETABLE and FARM 



for present delivery or on contract. Special 

 Quotations for next season and from harvest 

 1917 now ready. 



Langport, England 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



97th Ytar 



J. BOLSIimO & SON 



WholMal* QardMi ami FtoM SMds. 

 Onloii S«to, S««d P«tato«s. 



BALTIMORE, MD. 



■f 

 TwMte t w it 



FRENCH BULBS 



FOR 1917 DELIVERY 



Lagarde & Speelman 



OLLIOULES, VAR. FRANCE 



Largest growers of 



FRENCH GOLDEN SPUR 



FRENCH DUTCH CHRISTMAS HYACINTHS 



FREESIA EXCELSIOR, ETC., ETC 



Prices from our branch : 

 P. O. Box 124, HOBOKEN, N. J. 



Mention The ReTlcw when yen write. 



DANISH SEED IMPORT 



Import of all kinds of Seeds direct from seed 

 trowers in Denmark. PleMe send for price list 

 Chr. Moabjars. 21« 7tk St. N.. MiMiHeHt. Miss. 

 Mention The Berlew when yon writa. 



AVI" n A ^*"^ ^^'^*' crow. We mU dl- 

 W L L 1 1 ^ rect ta gardeners and floriiti at 

 ^r r IIJl wholenle. Big beantlfnl cate- 

 WAakW loamefree. Write today. 

 A1C1IA8 SEBD gTOBE, Bax 14. 8E0ALIA, 10. 

 MeatlOB The Rarlaw wtaea yon writa. 



