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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbbdaby 19, 1820 



other counties where the production has 

 been smaller than usual growers are be- 

 ing offered $3 or more for their seed. 

 In general the prices being paid have 

 been 25 to 75 cents per hundred pounds 

 lower than those paid last year at a 

 corresponding time. During the last of 

 December and the first few days of 

 January about $1.80 to $2 was being 

 offered to growers for country-run am- 

 ber, orange and sumac sorgo seed in 

 some of the largest seed-producing sec- 

 tions. 



CATALOOUES BECEIVED. 



Jeromo B. Hioe Beed Co., Cambridge, N. T.— 

 An accurately edited, well printed wholesale 

 catalogue, In a neat gray cover. Nearly aU the 

 eeventy-two pages are occupied by vegetable 

 seeds. In flowers, only sweet peas and a lew 

 other favorites are listed. Herb and grass seeds 

 also are offered. 



Alesaaadro Sqnadrilli, Naples, Italy.— "Special 

 offer of Vegetable and Flower Seeds," sixteen 

 large pages, closely printed. This is a cosmo- 

 politan sort of catalogue, issued in Italy and 

 printed in three languages, English, German and 

 French, with the prices quoted in francs. 



AroUas' Seed Store, Sedalia. Mo. — "Archlas' 

 Seed Annual." a 6ft-page, illustrated catalogue 

 of seeds, bulbs, plants, shrubs, frnit-bearlng 

 stock, gardeners' and florists' supplies. The list 

 of supplies, in the last sixteen pages, is espe- 

 cially comprehensive. 



E, O. Hill Co,, Richmond, Ind. — Wholesale list 

 of roses and chrysanthemums; twenty pages, 

 well illustrated. In this catalogue the Bill 

 leadership in roses is not indicated by naming 

 an extensive assortment of varieties, but rather 

 by drawing attention to a few of the choice 

 sorts, which, as Mr. Hill says, "hold the wide 

 center of the stage." In chrysanthemums, on 

 the other hand, about 100 varieties are offered. 

 Including Totty's novelties, standard varieties, 

 pompons, anemones and singles. 



John Oonnon Co., Ltd., Hamilton, Ont. — A 28- 

 page wholesale list of greenhouse and outdoor 

 plants, bulbs, hardy roses, culinary roots and 

 a general line of ornamental nursery stock, both 

 evergreen and deciduous. 



▲nrora Norseiles, Aurora, III.— Spring whole- 

 sale list of general nursery stock, including 

 perennials; also sbmb seeds and a smaU lot 

 of a special variety of seed com. 



T. Bakata ft Co., Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan. 

 — Two wholesale lists of flower seeds; one of 

 them is a list of surplus stock for immediate 

 shipment, the other a "contract growing" list, 

 for shipment after crop of 1920. 



Williams Seed Co., Norfolk, Va. — Illustrated 

 catalogue; forty-eight pages and cover. An 

 enclosed leaflet announces an enlargement of the 

 flower seed department. 



Henij Field Seed Co., Shenandoah, la.— nius- 

 trated catalogue, compiled in the unfailingly 

 original and interesting Field fashion; 112 pages, 

 besides three inserta bearing colored pictures of 

 flowers, fruits and vegetables; also an 8-page 

 Insert containing condensed price lists. En- 

 closed with the catalogue is a copy of the Feb- 

 ruary issue of Field's Seed Sense, "printed and 

 published In the private printsbop of the Henry 

 Field Seed Co." 



Barton Beed Co., Denver, Colo. — "Burton's 

 1920 Seed Book," 128 pages and colored cover. 

 Besides seeds, the lists comprise plants, roots, 

 bulbs, nursery stock, implementa and sundries. 

 On pages 66 to 73 is a condensed price list of 

 vegetable and flower seeds, "for the convenience 

 of customers in ordering." 



Turner Bros., Bladen. Neb.— A 16-page, illus- 

 trated catalogue, the first half of which is de- 

 voted chiefly to "glass cloth" and protective 

 or forcing devices made from that material, 

 while the remaining pages are occupied by veg- 

 etable seeds and a few garden equlpmenU. 



J. W. Jung Seed Co., Randolph, Wis. — "Jung's 

 Seed Annual," forty-eight pages, besides sixteen 

 pages of Inserts. An 8-page insert in the center 

 is devoted to "Vegetables of Special Merit," and 

 in this section the illustrations are tinted green. 

 The field and forage seeds are listed in another 

 8-page insert, at the end of the catalogue. 



"W. W, Barnard Co., Chicago, 111.— Two cata- 

 logues, one for general distribution and the other 

 for florista only; both are well illustrated and 

 clearly printed on a good grade of paper. The 

 general catalogue, offering full lines of both 

 seed and nursery stock, contains 112 pages and' 

 is bound In an embossed cover of the same style 

 as previous editions, except that this time the 

 colors are green and white. The other cata- 

 logue, true to its name, devotes its twenty-four 

 pages eatlrely to florists, omitting farm and veg- 

 etable seeds, except a few varieties that are 

 "of special interest to florists." 



Howard M. Oillet, Lebanon Springs. N. T. — 

 "The Gladiolus Beautiful," a tasteful, well print- 

 ed, 16-page booklet, offering fifty or more dis- 

 tinct varieties of gladioli, as well as several mix- 

 tures and collections. 



John A. Salzer Beed Co., La Crosse, Wis. — A 

 catalogue which seems to have been compiled 

 without seriously begrudging any expenditure 

 that would add to its comprehensiveness or ita 



THE SECRET IS OUT 



For years a certain grower near New York had the 

 entire monopoly of the New York market on a dainty' blue 

 flower which he gave the name of 



"Blue Lace Flower" 



In form it resembles the "QUEEN ANN'S LACE," or 

 commonly known ' 'Wild Carrot. ' ' Of course it is much more 

 refined and of a most delightful pale blue color. It is found 

 in all the better Fifth Avenue shops and is sold at fabulously 

 high prices. 



No one — and I asked every good professional man I know 

 of — could give me the botanical name of the floJfcr, until I 

 happened to see it growing, when I recognized i^,s one of 

 the oldest annuals I know of. 



I do not believe that anyone should have a monopoly on 

 what I call "Nature's noblest gift to mankind" and so I se- 

 cured a big quantity of the seed absolutely fresh and guaran- 

 teed to be the genuine article, and oflFer it herewith to the 

 trade. 



Sown in February, flowers can be cut by May and a single 

 crop lasts for two months, as only side shoots are cut. Will 

 succeed best in 50-55 degrees temperature at night. 



Per trade pkt. $1.00, }i oz. $1.50, % oz. $5.50, oz, $10.00. 



MAURICE FULD 



PLANTSMAN, SEEDSMAN 



7 WEST 45th ST. NEW YORK 



Lily of the Valley 



Best Holland-grown Pips 



$22.00 per 1000 



Ready for immediate delivery. Order now for Easter forcing. 



C. J. SPEELMAN &' SONS 



E.id>ii<i>«i 18C8 38 Murray St., NEW YORK CITY 



Mention Tke Bevlew when yon write. 



