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The Florists' Review 



May 10, 1917. 



CALADIUMS doz. 100 



Caladiums. 7- 9 in f0.60 $3.50 



Caladiunis, 9 11 in 90 



CANNAS 



Strong dump roots, 2 to 3 eyes, now 



ready. 100 1000 



Charles Henderson $i.60 $20.00 



ROSES, dormant 10 100 



Crimson Rambler, 



extra heavy $2.50 $18.00 



Lady Gay, No. 1 1.50 12.00 



Excelsa. 1.50 12,00 



Queen of the Prairie l.,')0 12.00 



PRIVET 10 100 



Anioor River Privet, 2-3 ft.. .$1.25 $10.00 



California Privet. 2-3 ft 1.00 5.00 



Packing free. 



PETER PEARSON 



Seedsman and Florist 



5732-5752 Gunnison St., 

 CHICAGO 



Mention The Reriew \rben yon write. 



Uncle Si sez: 



Firing coal at $7.00 

 a ton is making more 

 ashes than money on 

 some stock. 



LILIES 



For SUMMER GROWING 



Rubrum, $5.00, $6.50, $7.00 per 100 



Gi^ranteum, $5.00-$6.50 per 100 

 Special prices on case lots. 



M. M. CARROLL 



Norwood, (Near Cincinnati) Ohio 



Montion The K'.-view when you write. 



SHAPDRAGON 



Make all out-of-doors beautiful by freely 

 using the best flower that grows — SNAP- 

 DRAGON. Free blooming, very showy; splen- 

 did for cut blooms— a combination not found 

 in any other plant 



Grow Snapdragons. We have all of the good 

 ones. Seed of our famous Silver Pink, $1.00 

 per pkt ; 3 for $2.50; 7 for $5.00. Seed of Light 

 Pink. Nelrose, White, Yellow Garnet and 

 , Fancy Mixed, 35c per pkt.: 3 for $1.00. Free 

 cultural directions. All orders cash. 



See our display ad for Locking Dirt Bands 

 and Pots. 



G. S. RAMSBURG, 



SOIMERSWORTH. NEW HAMPSHIRE 



Mention The ReTJew when yon writs. 



''Wilson's Seeds will 



grow anywhere" 



J. J. WILSON SBED CO., NBWARK, M.J. 



Always mention the Florists' Review wher 

 writing advertisers. 



the very things that the public needs the 

 most. One seedsman told me that he 

 could sell anything that he could find 

 to buy this season. A diligent search 

 one day last w^eek failed to locate even 

 one pound of soy beans, or of several 

 of the most popidar standard beans, 

 while several of the cow peas are no- 

 where to be found. With every farmer 

 anxious to increase his planting of these 

 most important food crops, which can be 

 better grown here than in most other 

 ])laces in tlie United States, the situation 

 is serious. F. B. 



ITALIAN SEEDS ARE SUNK. 



At a recent London meeting of the 

 Horticultural Trades" Association of 

 Great Britain W. Cuthbertson presented 

 a letter from C. C. Morse & Co., San 

 Francisco, Cal., on the subject of diflS.- 

 I'ulty of sliipping seeds from America. 

 The letter stated that eighty-five per 

 cent of all shipping space was reserved 

 by the British government for national 

 needs, so that the margin available for 

 seeds was small. It was decided to ap- 

 proach the Board of Trade aud the Board 

 of Agriculture with a view to securing 

 special consideration for the seed trade, 

 on account of the national importance 

 of the food seed supply at the present 

 time. It was also agreed to issue a warn- 

 ing against packing too large a propor- 

 tion of seeds in any one vessel, in conse- 

 quence of the recent loss of onion and 

 cauliflower from Italy, the cargo sunk 

 being almost all the available supply of 

 these seeds from that country. 



MOTT-IiY GLEANINGS. 



John Degnan, of Winterson's Seed 

 Store, Chicago, commented on the ex- 

 cellent demand for and taste in the 

 selection of trees for cemetery use, illus- 

 trating the sale of the weeping mulberry, 

 a tree which for sentimental and utili- 

 tarian reasons is admirably suited for 

 the work. 



Manager Howe, of the W. W. Barnard 

 Co., Chicago, attributes the company's 

 big business to thorougli preparedness. 

 He referred to a booklet in preparation 

 for the amateur gardeners, of which the 

 first issue of 10,000 will soon be ex- 

 hausted. 



J. J. Sluis, of the Sluis Seed Store, 

 Chicago, compared tlie tremendous de- 

 mand for garden seeds to a veritable 

 mania. Said Mr. Sluis; "Everybody 

 has got it and as most of our customers 

 have absorbed the information so freely 

 given l)y the })ress, all we can do is to 

 give them what they ask for. We fear, 

 however, tliat those who plant the po- 

 tato locally will be disappointed, the soil 

 not being adapted to this tuber." 



The Alfred .1. Brown Seed Co., of 

 Grand Kapids, Midi., has acquired the 

 business of the Jones Seed Co., a re- 

 tail concern, wliich it will continue as 

 before, under the management of the 

 veteran seedsman, John Jones, who re- 

 ports a big trade. The same conditions 

 prevail at the Brown retail store, and 

 the wholesale department has beaten all 

 records. 



Harry K. Saier, of Lansing, Mich., 

 took out the j^artition that divided his 

 store from the one adjoining, to accom- 

 modate the increase in his seed business, 

 and this in the first year. A secret in 

 his business is an unseen force, together 

 with exceptional opportunity, and it is 

 ])ossible an up-to-date building may soon 

 rise. 



W. M. 



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SEASONABLE STOCK OF 



WORTH-WHILE 

 QUALITY 



M 



MAKE US PROVE IT. 



We pay freight both ways if you 

 don't agree with us. 



it 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



HARDY EVERGREEN 



»» 



(The Good Kind) 



1-lb. cartons 20c; retails, $0.30 



5-lb. bags . 90c; retails, 1.25 



Bulk, $17.60 per 100 lbs. 



DAHLIAS 



Strong Roots Doz. 100 



White shades .\ 



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Variegated / 



Lily Bulbs cold'irorage 



We ask you to try 100 or more of 

 our "specially graded" stock and 

 compare them with the other fellow's 



Lilium Giganteum 



Per 100 



7 to 9-inch $ 5.50 



Per case of 300, $15.00. 



9 to 10-inch 9.00 



Allow us to ship you 100 or more 

 every two weeks. We believe you 

 will find them profitable. 



Lilhim Speciosum Rubrum 



Doz. 100 



8 to 9 inch $1.00 $6.50 



Lilium Auratum 



Doz. 100 



8to 9inch $I.I0 $6.50 



9tol0inch 1.50 10.00 



11 to 14 inch 2.50 15.00 



Lily of Ihe Valley Pips 



New Crop, Fancy 



Per case 



Case of 250 $ 6.50 



Case of 500 12.50 



lily of the Valley Clumps 



For Outdooi Planting 



Per Doz. 100 

 Larg»? size $3.15 $25.00 



Caladium Esculentum 



Per 100 1000 



9 to 11-inch circ $5.75 $62.50 



13 to 15-inch circ 13.00 



15 to 17-inch circ 20.00 



GLADIOLI 100 1000 



America $2.no $17.00 



Mrs. Francis King 1.60 14.00 



Augusta 1.50 13.00 



STRICTLY FIRST SIZE AND 

 AMERICAN PRODUCTION 



"THERE'S A DIffERENCE" 

 Write for prices on other varieties 



Tuberoses 



Dwf. Ex. Pearl, first size, per 100, 

 $1.00; per 1000. $9.00. 



A complete line of Gladioli and 

 Spring Bulbs. If you are in the mar- 

 ket, we believe it will pay you to get 

 in touch with us. 



PEONIES 



Red, white or pink clumps. ISI 



3to&eyes doz., $1.60; 100. $10.00 1S| 



WINTERSON'S 

 SEED STORE 



166 N. Wabash Ave. jt CHICAGO 



