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The Florists' Review 



KoTiMBWi 7, 1918. 



WHY DON'T YOU ORDER SOME 



Spen^f! Sweet Peas? 



READY FOR DEUVERY NOW 



Pkt. Oz. H lb. 



Acta Ohn. Lavender $0.25 $1.25 $3.50 



Blanche Ferry 15 .75 2.50 



Cream. Primrose 25 1 .25 3.50 



Early Snowflake. Pure white 15 .75 2.50 



Heatherbell. Lavender-mauve 15 .75 2.50 



Helen Lewis. Salmon-pink 25 1.25 3.50 



Hercules. Rich pink 25 1.25 3.50 



Melody. Soft rose 15 .75 2.50 



Morning Star. Orange-scarlet 15 .75 2.50 



Mrs. Spanolin. White 15 .75 2.50 



Rose Queen. Rose-pink 25 1.25 3.50 



Song Bird. Pale rose 15 .75 2.50 



Spring Maid. Light pink and cream 15 .75 2.50 



Venus. White, flushed pink 25 1.25 3.50 



Wedgwood. Clear blue 25 1.25 3.50 



White Orchid. Pure v\rhite 15 .75 2.50 



AUSTRALIAN VARIETIES 



(CONCORD STRAIN) Pkt. ^ oz. 1 oz. 



Concord Pink $0.60 $1.50 $2.50 



Concord Crimson 50 1.50 2.50 



Concord Lavender 50 1.50 2.50 



Concord White 60 1.50 2.50 



Concord Salmon 50 1.50 2.50 



Concord Purple 50 1.50 2.60 



Yarrawa. Rose-pink and cream 15 .60 1.00 



We have on hand fresh seed of Giant Flowered Cyclamen in all popu- 

 lar colors, also Primula, Cineraria, Calceolaria; Perennial Flower 



Seeds for summer sowing and Annuals for winter flowering under glass. 



STUMPP S WALTER CO., 



30-32 Barclay Straat, 

 NEW YORK 



The white tepary bean is sometimes sub- 

 stituted for the navy bean, which it re- 

 sembles somewhat closely, but it is suit- 

 ed only to the dry southwest. 



California devoted approximately 

 150,000 acres to the production of Lima 

 beans for drying and the quantity of 

 seed required for planting this acreage 

 is nearly 12,000,000 pounds. Lima beans 

 are extensively used as a green vege- 

 table, but our seed requirements for this 

 purpose are not known. 



It is of the so-called strictly garden 

 varieties of beans that there is difficulty 

 in producing an ample supply of seed. 

 The exact requirements are not definite- 

 ly known, but they are large, since al- 

 most every garden in the country has 

 a few rows of snap beans of one variety 

 or another. The total area of the va- 

 rieties planted for seed is probably less 

 than 200,000 acres, scattered throughout 

 the principal bean-growing states. 



Where the Sweet Corn Grows. 



While sweet corn is grown for seed 

 somewhat generally throughout the en- 

 tire corn belt, the bulk of our supply 

 comes from Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, 

 Illinois and Ohio. It requires a large 

 quantity of seed for planting the acre- 

 age for the canneries, as well as for 

 home gardens, but data are not available 

 as to the total number of bushels needed. 

 Early frosts in the fall of 1917 and sub- 

 sequent unfavorable weather injured the 

 vitality of the seed and reduced the 

 supply to a point so low as to cause 

 concern, while only a small stock was 



carried over from the crop of 1916; 

 therefore the total supply of seed for 

 1918 is far from abundant. 



Before the present war, Europe sup- 

 plied us with much seed of the crucif- 

 erous vegetables, including principally 

 radish, turnip, cabbage and kale. Most 

 of our foreign radish seed, and we im- 

 ported heavily, came from Germany, 

 France and England. Now we are even 

 exporting small quantities to the last 

 two countries. Most of our radish seed 

 is grown in California and the seed 

 growers there have expanded their acre- 

 ages of this crop substantially. 



It was estimated that prior to 1914 

 we imported more than seventy-five per 

 cent of the turnip seed we required. 

 Tliis came chiefly from Denmark, Swe- 

 den, Holland, Germany, France and Eng- 

 land. Most of our domestic supply is 

 produced in the Pacific northwest. On 

 account of the large surplus stocks in 

 the hands of the seed growers, seeds- 

 men and jobbers when the war began 

 and the slowness with which the Euro- 

 pean supply became unavailable, we did 

 not at first realize what it would mean 

 to be dependent upon our own growers 

 for turnip seed. The realization came 

 early in 1917 and the advance in the 

 wholesale price of seed was quicker and 

 more pronounced than that of any other 

 vegetable. The poor seed crop of the 

 Pacific northwest in 1917 still further 

 increased the price and from present in- 

 dications it will be necessary for us to 

 conserve rigidly our stocks of turnip 

 seed, both of the English and Swede 



"Worth -while" 

 dualitr Bulbs 



FOR PROMPT 

 SHIPMENT 



High-grade stock is in short 

 supply with an active de- 

 mand and we urge early 

 purchase. If you are in 

 the market for a goodly 

 number please write for 

 special prices. 



FRENCH BULBS 



lOM 



{20.00 



23.00 



23.00 



8.00 



15.00 

 20.UO 



NARCISSI 



Paper White Grandiflora 100 



Select. 1250 to case S 2.15 



Giant, 1000 to case 2.50 



Trumpet Major 2.S0 



Grand Solell d'Or (yellow 



Paper White) 6.0» 



ALLIUM NEAPOLI- 



TANUM 1.00 



FREESIA REFRACTA 

 ALBA 



Mammoth 1.75 



Jumbo 2.25 



LILIUM CANDroUM 



Select 6.50 



Mammoth 10.50 



ROMAN HYACINTHS 



White. 12 to 15 ctm 5.«0 



White. 13 to 16 ctm 6.00 



We name below a few important 

 items— 



DUTCH HYACINTHS 



1st size named— red, pink, blue, lot 

 white $7.60 



2nd size named— red, pink, blue, 



white 6,00 



DUTCH ROMANS, best named 



varieties i.oo 



BEDDING GRADE HYA- 

 CINTHS 



Red, pink, blue, white. 



Fancy grade 4.50 



Regular grade \\\\ 4*25 



SINGLE TULIPS 



La Reine 2.OO 



Keizerskroon " 210 



Couleur de Cardinal ,.!!!!!!.'.' 8 75 

 Chrysolora ..!!.. 2!l5 



DOUBLE TULIPS 



Murillo 2.15 



La i.andeur .'.'!'..".*!!!!'.*.."' 2*00 



COTTAGE TULIPS 



Gesneriana Spalhulata Major.. 1 75 



DARWIN TULIPS 



Clara Butt 9 iv\ 



Glow ::::; ,j.^ 



Pride of Haarlem 2'25 



DAFFODILS 



Double Von Sion 2 65 



Golden Spur 2 65 



SPANISH IRIS, named variVties ' 



per 100, $1.10; per 1,000, $10.00. 



We expect to have nominal quantities 

 of other Standard Varieties and shall be 

 glad to have your list for estimate. 



We appreciate the importance of 



prompt shipment and act 



i accordingly. 1 



Winterson's Seed Store 



Lona: Distance Phone Central 6004 



166 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL 



