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The Florists^ Review 



May 31, 1917. 



mS HYBRID YELLOW POLYANTHUS 



I had two houses of Giant Yellow 

 Polyanthus in full crop at Easter. 

 A Review correspondent saw them 

 March 31st and wrote: 



"They include some beautiful varieties, 

 which are being carefully marked and 

 saved for propagation. One bed 300 feet 

 long, of a pale yellow polyanthus, true to 

 type in every plant, was particularly 

 fine. I measured individual flowers two 

 inches in diameter and many of the stalks 

 stood eighteen inches high. Two houses, 

 each 300 feet long, are devoted to this 

 crop, and a glorious sight they are." 



But the best of it is they had a 

 glorious sale. You can do as well 

 next season if you order your stock 

 now. 



Strong divisions ready 

 in May. 



This is one of my houses, 20x300 feet, of National Flower Show Gold Medal Polyanthus. 

 These have been in blooai constantly since November and will continue into May. 



WILLIAM SIM, 



• • 



CLIFTONDALE, MASS. 



Mention The Rerlew when you wrlt». 



agency or salesmen's business will suf- 

 fer, perhaps, where the salesmen or 

 agents cannot be found in sufficient 

 quantities, but where salesmen are 

 working I believe they will be able 

 to do a good business. 



"The labor situation, of course, is 

 one of the nurseryman's big problems. 

 The freight situation is another prob- 

 lem; however, these, like all other prob- 

 lems, will be solved somehow. 



"I note a tendency towards pessi- 

 mism in some quarters. This to my mind 

 is all dead wrong. Now is the time 

 to be conservative, of course, but pes- 

 simism won't help, and it will hurt a 

 lot. There are, on the contrary, many 

 causes for optimism in nursery circles. 



"First and foremost, the farmer, wlio 

 buys most of the nursery products, is 

 a favored son as never before; both 

 the government and the banks are hold- 

 ing him up and the government will 

 undoubtedly supply him with labor. On 

 the other hand, the man who plants 

 ornamentals in a large way, in many 

 cases has more money than ever be- 

 fore and he probably will continue to 

 buy. The first year probably will be 

 worse than the succeeding ones if 

 Canada furnishes us a fair example. 

 In the meantime, we nurserymen must 

 do what we can to line up the agricul- 

 tural colleges, the agricultural publi- 

 cations, the Department of Agriculture, 

 etc., and get them to urge production 

 and conservation of fruit food products 

 and incidentally this will help the 

 planting of orchards. " 



EocKford, 111. — The flower and mar- 

 ket gardening business of the late 

 George H. Chamberlain has been ac- 

 quired by J. K. Dawson. 



Bedding Plants 



GERANIUMS 



10,000 Extra Strong 4-inch S. A. Nutt. Very choice plants, $9.00 per 100 

 100,000 312-inch S. A. Nutt, Ricard, Viand, Poitevine and Grant, $7.00 per 100 



CANNAS 



35,000 3i<i-inch King Humbert. Florence Vaughan, Pennsylvania, Henderson, 

 Louisiana and Austria. King Humbert, $S.00 per 100. Other varieties, 

 $6.00 per 100. 



SALVIA 



40,000 3A2-inch Bonfire and Zurich, $6.00 per 100. 



Note— All S^^-inch stock listed above practically 

 the same as 4-inch stock, but grown in S^iz-inch 

 to economize in shipping. 



COLEUS 



100,000 strong 214-inch. All the best standard varieties, $2.50 per 100; 

 $20.00 per 1000. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Mme. Salleroi Geraniums, Alternantheras, single and double Petunias, Ver- 

 benas, etc. Prices on application. 



CAREFUL PACKING-PROMPT SHIPMENT-QUALITY STOCK 



ROLF ZETLITZ 



Woodlawn Avenue, 



LIMA, OHIO 



