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The Florists^ Review 



March 24. 1921. 



Hyadnths for PropauZatintf at 

 Sctfcr* Btathmn' Bulb Nuraerles. 



For HoQand Grown 

 BULBS OF QUALITY 



Get acquainted with 



Segers Brothers, Ltd., Lisse, Holland 



WHOLESALE BULB GROWERS 



New York Address, care ef Naltns & Ware, 116 Broad Street 

 We shall appreciate your communication*. 



described the firm's offer, the result of 

 Fred Howard's European trip in 1919. 

 "Lest we forget the poppies of 

 Flanders field," reads the headline. 

 The remainder of the advertisement 

 runs as follows: 



While abroad during the Knmmor of 1919 on 

 a hortlcuUural commisslim for the French gov- 

 ernment, the president of our company had an 

 opportunity of visiting some of the recent bat- 

 tlegrounds of France and of viewing the disaster 

 wrouglit by modern warfare. The devastated 

 cities and towns, the chaos of forest and field, 

 the ruined cathedrals and desolated homes, the 

 homeless wandering aimlessly alx>ut with only 

 a hare existence confronting them and all the 

 Joy of living gone — all these sights bore mute 

 testimony to the curse of autocracy's ambition. 



As he stood in contemplation of this hideous 

 mockery of man's effort and achievement he 

 was Impressed, as with a miracle, by the beauty 

 and promise of the iwppies everywhere ex- 

 istent, lu the abandoned trenches, in the shell 

 boles, in the very ruins of buildings, on the 

 roadside and in the deserted street and on the 

 fields of carnage where the martyrs to a cause 

 gasped an end to earthly life, there, blood red, 

 symbols of the life blood of the heroic dead, 

 grew the poppies. 



And thereupon a thought occurred to him, and 

 of that idea was Iwrn a mental vision of those 

 same poppies growing in a land wliere the high- 

 est ideals of mankind have birth and fructify; 

 growing along our magnificent lioulevards. in 

 beautiful gardens and public parks; growing in 

 memory of the sons of America and the sons of 

 our allies, who gave to the full measure of their 

 devotion that liberty and justice should not per- 

 ish from the earlli. 



And of this was born tlie resolution to crys- 

 tallize the thought into accomplished fact — but 

 free of any commercialism. Arrangements for 

 harvesting the seed and its shipment to us were 

 undertaken and perfected, but unavoidable de- 

 lays have Just placed us in i)ossession of It. It 

 is now ready for distribution williout charge to 

 anyone who regards the ideas as commendable 

 and who wishes to take part in its fulfillment. 



As long as the supply lasts the seed will be 

 distributed with tlie compliments of Howard & 

 Smith. 



STERILE PACKING FOE BULBS. 



The federal horticultural board has 

 authorized from lime to time various 

 packing materials for bulbs. Notifica- 

 tions of such authorizations were given 

 at the time of issuance to the countries 

 and in.spectors concerned and were later 

 brought together and published in the 

 service and regulatory announcements 

 for January-April, 1920. This statement 

 from these announcements is now re- 

 issued in the form of a horticultural 

 board letter for use in correspondence. 

 Such packing is not authorized for plants 

 other than bulbs. 



Amendment 1 to Quarantine 37 pro- 

 vides that the requirement as to freedom 

 from sand, soil or earth shall not apply 

 to sand, soil or earth used for packing 

 the articles enumerated in item No. 1 

 of regulation 3 when such sand, soil or 

 earth has been previously sterilized in 

 accordance with methods prescribed by 

 the federal horticultural board under 

 the supervision of an authorized in- 

 spector of the country of origin, such 

 sterilization to be certified to by the 



TRONP BROS. 



SUCCESSORS TO GERRIT SEGERS 



Wholesale Bulb Growers 



LiMe, Holland 

 ••NONE BUT THE BEST" 



FRENCH BULBS 

 CATALOGUE ON APPUCATION 



REPRESENTATIVE, G. OVERDUIN 

 116 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK CITY 



GULDENOND & SON, USSE, HOLLAND 



NEW YORK, 116 Broad St., Room 40. 



RELIABLE BULBS 



Over 300 Acres in Cultivation. 

 NONE BETTER GROWN. 



SPECIAL PRICES AND TERMS ON DEMAND. 



Mention The Rerlew when you writ*. 



Lilium Speciosum from Holland 



We offer Lilium Speciosum 



Album, Roseum, Rubrom and Nelpomene 



in all sizes (in cold storage at New York) 

 Apply for our lowest prices. 



VAN'T HOF & BLOKKER, care Maltu. & Ware 



116 Broad Street, NEW YORK 



Mectton Th« Bertow when yon write. 



DUTCH AND FRENCH BULBS 

 CJ.SieelButS«u LafiHe t Speebu 



MUEmEIM. HOLLMD ILUMLES. VU. FIUCE 

 New T»rk Office: 470 GREENWICH ST. 



Pacific CoaatRep., W. B. Clarke, 



Box MS, Ban Joae, Calif. 



HentloD The BeTlew when 700 write. 



Van Neeuwen & Tegeltar, Inc. 



WholcMdc 



Dutch Bulb Growers 



1133 Broadway, New York. 



Nurseries at LISSE. HOLLAND. 



Uention The Bevlew when you write. 



