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The Florists^ Review 



OUCDMBigB 18, 1919. 



Phoenix Roebelenii Seeds 



FRESH SEEDS- NOW DUE TO ARRtVE 



Write for prices, stating quantity required. 



NcHDTCHISON & CO., 



The ImDort 

 Honie 



9S Chambers Street, New York 



fifty-two cases for A. M. Schoob. De- 

 cember 11 the Noordam arrived at the 

 same port, also from Botterdam, with 

 another eighty cases for McHutchison & 

 Co. and 120 cases consigned to the Inter- 

 national Forwarding Co. The total re- 

 ceipts, therefore, are 280 cases to date. 



KOBE DUTCH BXTIiBS. 



The rumored scarcity of Holland 

 bulbs is developing into a superfluity. 

 After the regular orders had been 

 taken care of, many cases were shipped 

 to England for auction sale there and 

 now still further shipments are coming 

 to this country. On the steamer Noor- 

 dam, which arrived at New York from 

 Botterdam December 11, were 43 cases. 

 They were consigned as follows: 



Ck>nslmee: Cases 



Krng, B. 3 28 



Foncli, Bdye A Co 1 



BqulUble Trust Co 14 



lOLBg, B. T 1 



Maltua A Ware 2 



Total 4S 



A TBUOKEB'S VIEW. 



Tbe Need For Tested Seeds. 



" 'As ye sow, so shall ye reap.' The 

 truth of this text is universally ac- 

 cepted in theory and has been since the 

 dawn of history. In practice, however, 

 many planters either fail to grasp its 

 truth or believe that congenial growing 

 conditions can be made to overcoi '^ the 

 influences of heredity in seed," sail E. 

 E. Bennett, of Boise, Idaho, at the vege- 

 table growers' conference at R'verside, 

 Oal., last summer. 



"To discuss this question intelligent- 

 ly, we must first define what is meant 

 by good seed. Good seed from the 

 planter's standpoint is seed of a given 

 variety of good viability, from high- 

 yielding, healthy plants, true to type 

 and free from the influences of poUeniza- 

 tion from other varieties or undesirable 

 strains of the same variety. All these 

 characteristics are invisible and so in- 

 tangible that it is easy, to forget their 

 importance and to trust to luck in secur- 

 ing seed stock for planting. 



Where Heredity Counts. 



* ' By far the larger part of the experi- 

 ments and literature on the subject of 

 gardening pertains to the culture — en- 

 vironment — rather than to the heredity 

 of the plants with which we work. To 

 say which of these two factors in truck 

 growing is more important is to bring 

 up the perennial question of heredity 

 versus environment. Anyone who cul- 

 tivates a garden realizes the necessity 

 for providing the proper fertility, mois- 

 ture, etc., in order to make plants grow 

 successfully. That intangible something 



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OP THE 



CABBAGE and of BRASSICAS fn general, ^ - 

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Write and get our special prices on all SEEDS! 



SPOT OR FORWARD DELIVERY. 



KELWAY & SOR9 seed'grow'ers. LANGPORT, ENG. 



\ 



llentton Tka B*vl«w wh«n 7011 write. 



Watkins & Simpson^ Ltd. 



will shortly issue their advance offer of seeds 

 for the approaching season, and will be pleased 

 to mail a copy on application to 



27-29 Drury Lane LONDON, Enffland 



Mention The BcTlew whaa 70a write. 



NARCISSUS— Paper White Grandiflora 



First size. 13 C. M.. 1300 to case, $24.70 per case 



ST. LOUIS SEED COMPANY 



The Home of "Pore and Sure" Seed* 

 411-413 Washington Ave., ST. LOUIS, MO. 



