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The Rorists^ Review 



June 3, 1920 



BUY BOOT'S BULBS 



Boot's Bulbs, Dutch and French, bring best business to buyers. Book 'Bout 

 Boot's Bulbs being mailed to all who ask for it. Write for yours today. 



Specialists in growing Single Narcissi, Bicolor, Victoria. 



BOOT &. CO., Voorhout, Holland 



Address care G^ W. HAMPTON CO., 17 Battery Place, Mew York, N. Y. 



outweigh its own herbage, and the herb- 

 age, if cut green, frequently crops at the 

 rate of sixteen to twenty tons per acre. 

 Tliis wonderful productiveness makes 

 the bean a favorite of the get-rich-quick 

 gentry who seek to introduce a new and 

 marvelous commercial plant. This popn- 

 larity among unscrupulous promoters 

 accounts in part, at least, for the nu- 

 merous aliases under which the jack 

 bean is known. "Pearson bean," 

 "wonder bean," "Wataka bean," 

 "Gotani bean," "South American cof- 

 fee bean," etc., are only a few of the 

 names in which the jack bean has been 

 rechristened. 



It has some value in the south as a 

 green-manure crop, and there is evi- 

 dence to show that it may be a good 

 silage crop when cut green. 



Cattle do not relish the jack-bean 

 hay, nor do they make gains upon the 

 ground seed, which product they must 

 be taught to eat. 



The bean is eaten by natives of Mex- 

 ico, but most experimenters describe it 

 as flat and coarse in flavor. 



The seed contains a large proportion 

 of a material known as urease and used 

 in chemical analysis, but the demand 

 for this product is extremely limited. 



After all, the scientists warn the pros- 

 pective buyer of "wonder beans" to 

 have a specimen identified, or else con- 

 fine the first plantings to small areas 

 until the doubtful values of the bean 

 are better established and a better mar- 

 ket provided than seems to exist at 

 present. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Charles Frost, Kcnilwortli, N. .T. "Tlic Keii- 

 ilworth Strain of (lijiiit Pansy .Seed," nn illus- 

 tnifod. well printed folder. Mnnv distinct vii 

 rieties and sep.Trnte colors arc listed, as well ns 

 nnnierous mixtures. "It is a well known fact." 

 sa.vs Mr. Frost, "that .\nierican carefiiU.v grown 

 pansy seed will produce larger flowers than En 

 ropean seed." 



Lester B. Linsley, West Haven. Conn. — .\ 16- 

 p.iKC ciitaloRue of dahlias, with no illustrations. 

 t>ut with cle:ir descriptions. The lists contain 

 -. ;:'>o<I proportion of new varieties, many of 

 them originated by Streilwick. in Kimland. Half 

 a dozen special ass<irtnients. of Mr. I,insley's 

 .•iclection. are offered. Hrief cultural directions 

 are given. 



Baboock Peony Gardens, .Tiiniestown. N. V. — 

 Illustrated catalogue of iR-onies and other hardy 

 plants. Peonies are the sjM-cialty and (xctipy 

 ntwut a dozen of the total twenty large pages. 

 Many of Hrand's novelties and older introductions 

 are included. At the beginning are a few i>ara- 

 graplis of concise cultural directions. Hesides 

 the peonies, the lists comprise luircissi. irises, 

 [ihloxes, lilies, perennials and u selection of 

 shrubs. 



Allen's Water Gardens, Ixis .Vngeles. Cal. — Il- 

 lustrated catalogue of water lilies, miscellaneous 

 a()uatics. afiuarium plants, goldfish and nistic 

 garden orn.uuents; a t.'isteful lli i)age l>o<iklet. 

 in an artistically designed green anil gold cover. 

 The garden ornaments are made of cement, in 

 imitation of tree stumps and bninches. Hrief 

 suggestions are given on the construction of lily 

 ponds. 



Ant. C. Zvolanek tc Sons, Ix)mpfic. Cal.- 

 "Florists' List of Sweet Pea Seed.' The list is 

 a practical, selective one. rather than an ex 

 haustive one. The company says, "We have now 



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BULBS 



C. J. SPEELHAN & SONS, 470 Greenwich Street, New York City 



ESTABLISHED 1868 



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German Lily of the Valley 



Rene Schoo & Co., Bulb Growers, Hillegom, Holland, 



and at Wandsbek, Germany, near Hamburg, 



Lindenstrasse 21 



Beg to offer an extra quality for fall delivery, high grade German 

 grown Lily of the Valley, f. o. b. Rotterdam or Hamburg, at $16.00 

 per 1000. Cash with order. Stocks are very limited, so early 

 ordering is desired. 



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