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The Florists' Review 



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Jandabt 20, 1920 



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I Buy Boot's Bulbs — Guaranteed Mother Bulbs i 



g Boot & Co. sell Single Narcissus Bicolor Victoria 



I for $36.00 per lOOO to florists. 



I BOOT & CO., 



Voorhout, Holland | 



= Address ceu'e J. W. HANfPTON & CO., 17 Battery Place, New York, N. Y. = 



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desirable that means be found for iden- 

 tifying this seed. 



In a paper prepared by F. H. Hillman 

 and Helen H. Henry, of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, and read before a meet- 

 ing of the Official Seed Analysts of 

 North America at St. Louis, December 

 30, 1919, it was stated that from a study 

 made in the seed laboratory of the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture it was found that alfalfa and red 

 clover seed of Italian origin may be 

 identified by the presence of charac- 

 teristic Italian incidental seeds and the 

 absence of characteristic seeds of any 

 other region of production. The sam- 

 ples used in these studies ranged from 

 200 to 1,000 grams each, the usual trade 

 mail samples being too small to insure 

 the presence of the characteristic seeds. 

 Alfalfa seed was found to be less likely 

 than red clover seed to contain these 

 seeds. 



The following six kinds of incidental 

 seeds were found in both alfalfa and 

 red clover seed from Italy that were 

 not found in alfalfa or red clover seed 

 from any other source: Hedysarum 

 coronarium, a species of galega, prob- 

 ably Galega officinalis; Trifolium supi- 

 num, an annual clover; Cephalaria tran- 

 sylvanica of the dipsicacesB; a species of 

 phalaris, and an undetermined speciei 

 of valerianella, similar to seed of val- 

 erianella dentata but smaller, somewhat 

 pubescent and finely tubercled. 



CATALOGUES BECEIVED. 



Bnborban Seed Co., La Granee, 111. — "Spring 

 Plautiug liuide," an illustrated catalogue of 

 ■eeds, b\ilbi, vegetable routi, general Dur*erT 

 ■took and luppliea; sixteen good-sized, com- 

 pactly printed pages. 



James Vert ft Sons, Saffron Walden, England. 

 — "Vert's UollyliocUs," iucludiug "Cbuter's 

 original gold medal strain" and rurleties orig- 

 inated by tlie Verts; a well printed le-page cata- 

 logue, wltli four full-page i-llustrations, three of 

 tbem colored. 



Tromp Bros., Llsse, Holland, but addressed 

 nntll June in care of Kaitus ft Ware, New Yurk, 

 N. Y. — WlioleHOle cutu'ugue of bulbs; also val- 

 ley pips and assortments of roots and plants, 

 such as spirroas, peonies and phloxes; forty- 

 eight pages. In a neat gray cover. Special at- 

 teutiou, says the rumpany, is given to the cul- 

 tivation of liyucinthi, more particularly with a 

 view to their "preparation for early or Christ- 

 mas flowering." 



Cottage Oaxdens Nurseries, Eureka, Gal., with 

 sales beadguarters at San Jose, Cal. — A 24-page 

 wholesale lixt, "for the trade only," offering 

 such specialties as azaleas, rhododendrons, eri- 

 cas and hydrangeas, as well as a general stock 

 of boxwoods, conifers, broad-leaved evergreens, 

 deciduous shrubs and trees. The stock is listed 

 In Quantities of "less than fifty" and "fifty or 

 more." 



Barteldes Seed Co., Lawrence, Kan., with 

 branch houses at Denver, Colo., and Oklahoma 

 City, Okla. — A comprehensive. Illustrated cata- 

 logue of seeds, roots, plants, nursery stock, 

 tools and sundries; 112 pages. In a handsome 

 offset cover, the rich colors of which blend pleas- 

 ingly with the brown background. The Introduc- 

 tory pages contain a history of the development 

 of the company's business, with a full-page por- 

 trait of r. W. Barteldes. 



W. W. Johaaoa ft Boa, Ltd., Boston, England. 



TROMP BROS. 



SUCCESSORS TO GERRIT SEGERS 



WHOLESALE BULB GROWERS 



LISSE. HOLLAND 



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NONE BUT THE BEST" 



FRENCH BULBS 

 CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION 



REPRESENTATIVE, G. OVERDUIN 

 116 BROAD STREET. NEW YORK CITY 



Primula Obconica Gigantea 

 Rosea 



Dwarf habit, light and dark shades 



of pink. Select strain. 



All fresh seed. 



Sample of flower pro- 

 duced, sent on request 



Packet of 150O seeds for $1.50. Cash. 



ERNEST OECHSLIN 



sad Gak Sis., Rivcr Forest, III. 



Our 1920 Wholesale Bulb List 



Is ready. Ask for a Copy. 



The General Bulb Company 



Established 1883 



Vogelenzangf Holland 



AMERICAN BRANCH 



110 Water Street, NEW YORK 



