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The Florists^ Review 



January 22, 1920. 



In this article the menace of the pest 

 is greatly minimized. It states: 



"The experience of last season with 

 the European corn borer leads the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture to make the statement that appar- 

 ently there is little justification for un- 

 due alarm over the possibility of this 

 insect becoming a menace to the corn 

 crop throughout the entire country. 



"It was perfectly natural at the out- 

 set, when it was discovered that this 

 insect was working considerable harm 

 to small patches of sweet corn and the 

 dwarf flint corn grown about Boston, 

 that grave fears for the future of the 

 corn crop of this country should be 

 aroused. The facts as now known, how- 

 ever, give basis for a material modifi- 

 cation of the earlier judgments as to 

 the possible future importance of this 

 insect. 



Injury Is Negligible. 



"Up to the present time the corn 

 borer has inflicted considerable damage 

 to corn only in the Boston district, 

 where the corn grown is of the sweet 

 and dwarf varieties and where the corn 

 borer, owing to the climatic influence 

 of the Gulf stream, is 2-brooded. How- 

 ever, in most of the fields in the area 

 now invaded in coastal Massachusetts 

 and New Hampshire, the injury has 

 been negligible. When the corn-borer 

 larvte are limited to the stalks the ears, 

 as a rule, are normal. Even when the 

 larvae enter the ears the injury is cer- 

 tainly not greater than that caused by 

 the ordinary corn ear worm, which is 

 reckoned at about seven per cent by 

 weight of the kernels of each ear at- 

 tacked. The presence of corn-borer 

 larvae in ears of sweet com has not 

 prevented the sale of the corn and, in 

 most instances, it has been sold at the 

 ordinary market price." 



Because it is single-brooded in that 

 region, there is little danger of the in- 

 sect being a menace to the corn fields 

 of the central states, the government 

 experts say. Whether the entomolo- 

 gists of Illinois can be so convinced is 

 the question that the trade in that state 

 is concerned with. The adoption of the 

 view expressed in the article quoted 

 will relieve this quarantine and prevent 

 others. Anyway, here is ammunition 

 with which to oppose such restrictions. 



CATAI.OaUES BECEIVED. 



J. K. Alexander, East Bridgewater, Mass. — 

 A 20-paKe wholesale catalogue of dahlias, gladi- 

 oli. Irises, miscellaneous hardy plants and shrubs. 

 Since dahlias have l)een the Alexander specialty 

 for a quarter of a century, an eztenslTe, care- 

 fully classified stock of these Is oCTered. 



W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago. 111. — A 24-page 

 catalogue which is devoted entirely to poultry 

 supplies. According to its title, it is a list of 

 "poultry feeds, grains, incubators and brooders, 

 remedies and tonics, fountains, feeders and sun- 

 dries." It Is freely illustrated. 



Aurora Nnrseries, Aurora, 111. — A special 

 wholesale list of young stock for lining out; also 

 a surplus stock of shrub seeds. Accompanying 

 the list is an illustrated folder entitled "Coton- 

 easter Acutifolia, the Hedge and Landscape 

 PUnt without a Fault." 



Geo. S. Woodruff, Independence. la. — "The 

 Modern Gladiolus," a list of the Woodruff "best 

 strains and varieties," in eight good-sized pages. 

 Mr. Woodniff explains that be reduced the cata- 

 logue to this size by eliminating history and 

 other nonessential matter, because "printers' 

 wages are high and paper is out of sight." 



L. Van Leeuwen & Son, Sassenheim. Holland. 

 bat addressed at present in care of J. W. Hamp- 

 t«>n, Jr., & Co., New Tork, N. Y. — Wliolesale 

 catalogue of bulbs and plants; twenty-eight 

 long, narrow, closely printed pages, in a neat 

 red cover. The company states that certain 

 items, though excluded from the United States 

 by Quarantine 37, are listed nevertheless, in the 

 hope that the American government soon will 

 modify the restrictions. 



A. N. Pieraon, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. — "Wliole- 

 sale Trade List of Qreenbouse Boses, Carnations, 



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Snapdragons 



are playing a leading role with every live florist. 

 Get your share of this business. Plants may be 

 started any time from seed. 



Seed of our famous Silver Pink, Sl.00 per pkt.; 

 8 for $2.60; 7 for $6.00. 



Seed of our new Hybrid Pink and of our new 

 Golden Pink Queen, same price. 



Seed of Keystone, Nelrose, Garnet, White. 

 Tellow, Light Pink, Buxton and Fancy Mixed, 

 86c per pkt.; 8 for Sl.00. 



Free cultural directions. All orden cash. 



G.S.RANSBURG,SONERSWORTH,N.H. 



Mention The Koriew when yon write. 



Lilium Giganteum 



From Cold Storage 



SPECIAL PRICE: 



7x9-per 100 ... .' $18.00 



7x9-per case 300 50.00 



B. E. and J. T. Cokely 



Scranton, Pa. 



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I Select Verbena and Vinca Seed 



i Tr. Pkt 01. 



g Verbena, Mammoth White . .. $0..S0 $1.00 



I " " Purple Mantle . . .30 1.V5 



s " " Mar Flower Pink -30 1.25 



5 " *■ Scarlet 30 1.00 



i " " Bine Shades 30 1.00 



I •; " Mixed 30 1.00 



= Floral Clock Mixtnre, Extra 



S .. Large 40 1.50 



= " Fine mixed 15 .50 



5 Vinca Rosea.. 15 .60 



i " RoaeaAlba 15 .CiO 



5 " Alba Pnra 15 .60 



I " Mixed 15 .60 



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7 to 9, 800 per case; 8 to 9, 250 per case; 8 to 

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 Also some 7 to 9, 100 per case. Write for 



prices. 



HERE NOW- 

 ALL VARIETIES 



HARDY UUES 



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Consult our Classified ads for other stock 

 or write us for auotations on whatever else 

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50 Park Place, NEW YORK CITY 



Lilium Formosum, 7 to 9 and 9 to 10. 

 Lilium Multiflorum, 7 to 9 and 9 to 10. 

 Lilium Multiflorum Giganteum, 7 to 9. 



Lily of the Valley Pips 



Begonia Gracilis Lnmdnosa. 

 Dracaena Indlvisa. 

 Salvia Zurich. 

 Smilax Seed. 



Prices on application. 



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S3 BarclarSt., NEW YORK 



