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The Horists^ Review 



March 25, 1920 



Pot Lilies 



Giganteum, 3 to 6 blooms in 5-inch 

 pots, 12 to 20 inches tall, good foliage 

 and large flowers, 



30 cents per flower and bud. 



Just right for Easter. Order at once to insure your supply. Orders for 

 $50.00 or more, packing free. For less, 10 per cent for packing. 



Cash, Please. 



Also heavy 7-mch Teddy Jr. Ferns at $1.50 each. 



H. S. BRANDT, York, Pa. 



clean. After the seeds are dry they 

 should be sterilized in five per cent 

 formalin for two and one-half minutes 

 and thoroughly washed several times 

 with boiled water that has been cooled. 



Transfer to Higher Temperature. 



The seeds are then put into petri 

 dishes or other covered flat vessels on 

 filter paper supported by wet cotton, 

 which furnishes an abundance of mois- 

 ture for germination. These vessels of 

 seeds are kept at a constant tempera- 

 ture of about 41 degrees for after-ripen- 

 ing, which takes 100 to 110 days. This 

 after-ripening period can be shortened 

 ten days by drying slightly and mois- 

 tening again the seeds at about the 

 forty-fifth day. When the coats have 

 split open and the hypocotyls are one- 

 eighth inch long, the seedlings are 

 transferred to pans of leaf-mold and 

 kept at 60 degrees. These pans are pre- 

 pared in the ordinary way, using leaf- 

 mold and sand. If a glass plate and 

 paper are placed over the pan to protect 

 the seedlings from drying and from di- 

 rect light, the hypocotyls soon penetrate 

 the soil and erect the cotyledons. When 

 the seedlings are about one and one-half 

 inches high, touching the glass plate, ! 

 they are put into separate small pots or 

 beds containing relatively more sandy 

 soil and less leaf-mold. One should, 

 however, transfer the seeds when the 

 coats have split open from the germina- 

 tor at 41 degrees direct to beds at 60 de- 

 grees, if they are protected for the first 

 few days. 



Though these seeds have been ger- 

 minated every month in the year, one 

 can take advantage of the temperature 

 conditions by placing them in the ger- 

 minator about January. If this is done, 

 one has less bother in keeping the ger- 

 minator at a constant temperature of 

 about 41 degrees. The importance of this 

 after-ripening and germination at this 

 temperature cannot be overemphasized. 



Dean A. Pack. 



Sapulpa, Okla. — Mr. and Mrs. C. L. 

 Washburn, of Chicago, who are on a 

 pleasure trip through the southwest, 

 spent a few hours in Sapulpa March 11, 

 with Mr. and Mrs. Otto Eice, going 

 from here to Fort Worth, Tex. 



Special Stock Selections 



READY NOW 



Asparagus Plumosus, 2^-in., $5.00 per 100; 3-in., $10.00 per 100; 4-in., $18.00 



per 100. 

 Achyranthes Herbstii, bright red, $5.00 per 100. 



Bougainvillea Glabra Sanderiana. 2^-in., $7.50 per 100; 3-in., $25.00 per 100. 

 Begonia Chatelaine, $8.00 per 100. 

 Begonia Otto Hacker, flO.OO per 100. 

 Begonia Pres. Camot, $10.00 per 100. 

 Caladium, Fancy Leaved, splendid bulbs, $16.00 per 100. 

 Dracaena Indivisa, heavy, 2^-in., ready for 3-in., $7.00 per 100. 

 Perns, Fern dish sorts, bushy, $6.00 per 100. 

 Ferns, Neph. Verona, 2j4-in., $7.00 per 100. 

 Fuchsia Mrs. E. G. Hill, best double white, $6.00 per 100. 

 Heliotrope, best purple sorts, $5.00 per 100. 

 Hydrangea, fine, 2^-in., Mme. E. Mouillere, Mme. Chautard, Vicomtesse 



de Vibraye, Mme. Maurice Hamar, $7.00 per 100; Bouquet Rose, 



Ramis Pictis and Otaksa, $6.00 per 100. 

 Impatiens Sultani Hybrids, fine range of color, in mixed hybrids from 



cuttings, $6.00 per 100. 

 Pelargonium Mrs. Layal, Pansy Geranium, $10.00 per 100. 

 Salvia America, the best one of all, true from cuttings, $5.00 per 100. 



STORRS & HARRISON CO. 



PAINESVILLE, OHIO 



CYCLAMEN 



2K-in., 3-in., 4-in., for May, June and July 



delivery 



$18.00, $2S.OO and $80.00 per 100 



Finest Stock of Best Varieties 



Place your order now and be sure of your supply. 



PETER PEARSON 



6732 Gunnison Street, Chicago 



