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The Florists' Review 



ArEiL 7, 1921 



RUGOWSKrS ASTERS 



Are The World's Best — We Have Proven It. 



SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF ASTERS AND 

 OTHER NOVELTIES NOW OUT. WRITE TODAY. 



J. K. Rugowski Seed Co., Manitowoc, Wis. 



Mention The Berlew when you write. 



humble place as the plebeian of ' ' grand- 

 ma 's garden" to the proud patrician 

 of exclusive florists' shops. The de- 

 mand for these flowers is so great that 

 the company is devoting 200 acres this 

 season to asters and zinnias alone. 



Sons Carry On Work. 



While Mr. Bodgcr is in Europe, his 

 firm will be carrying on business as 

 usual under the able supervision of his 

 sons, Walter Bodger, vice-president, 

 John C. Bodger, secretary, and Tom 

 M. Bodger, superintendent. The photo- 

 graph on page 104 was taken just be- 

 fore Mr. Bodger and his wife started 

 for New York, where they will embark 

 for Southampton, sailing April 12. 



Present Activities. 



Good rains followed by good planting 

 weather have made the prospects for a 

 normal crop of seeds at the Bodger 

 farms good. The company reports an 

 exceptional run on surplus stock of 

 flower seeds, especially asters and 

 zinnias. There has been a marked in- 

 crease in sales during the last three 

 or four years, says John C. Bodgcr, 

 since the introduction of tlie new 

 strains and novelties, and he prophesies 

 that in a few more years the zinnia will 

 be the most popular annual flower 

 grown. He bases this assertion on the 

 many complimentary letters and reports 

 received from Seattle, Montreal, Texas 

 and Florida, which go to show that 

 these flowers will thrive in any climate 

 and under any condition, which cannot 

 be said of the aster and many other 

 flowers which are used largely in flo- 

 rists' work. 



The company has just planted out 

 two .nnd one-half acres under lath 

 houses to aspidistras, both variegated 

 and green, and hopes to be able to take 

 care of the trade in that line in from 

 two to three years. It also anticipates 

 a successful growing season for Iris 

 tingitana and hopes to find at digging 

 time that the bulbs produced are of as 

 fine quality as those imported from 

 pjurope. The company has planted 50,- 

 00(1 as a trv-oiit. 



SOY BEAN GOING NORTH. 



The soy bean, an Asiatic importation, 

 popularly associated with the south, is 

 making its way north, and, according to 

 reports received by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, is being well 

 received. 



Most of the varieties first brought to 

 this country were from parts of Asia 

 whose climate corresponded more nearly 



. Oar Offlcca and Warchotucs at LImc, Holland 



Pioneer Growers Df TI DC o^ Every 



and Exporters of D kJ LtDiD Description 



M. Veldhuyzen van Zanten & Sons 



USSE, HOLLAND 



The Same Old Firm at the Same Old Stand 



MAIL ADDRESS froa Junarj 1 to Maj 1. Cart R. F. Lav. S2 Bread Street. NEW YORK. N. T. 

 CABLE ADDRESS, VELDZANTEN. USSE. HOLUND. 



EgtahlUhed 1870— StiU going strong I9ti Catalogue free on application 



ASPARAGUS 



PLUMOSUS NANUS 



GREENHOUSE-GROWN SEED 



1000 Seeds $ 4.00 



5000 Seeds 19.00 



10.000 Seeds $36.00 



25,000 Seeds 85.00 



LATHHOUSE-GROWN SEED 



. .$ J.iiS 10,000 Seeds $20.00 



..10.76 25,000 Seeds 47.50 



1000 Seeds. 

 5000 Seeds. 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI 



1000 .Seeds $1.50 



5000Seeds 0.75 



10.000 Seeds $12.50 



25.000 Seeds 28.75 



Special Prices on Larger Quantities. 



AIrO all other Seasonable Seeds, Bulbs and 



Supplies. 

 It's Free. 



Send for Wholesale Price List- 



Micheirs Seed House, M^'rSe^'s? . Philadelphia, Pa. 



F. G. MARQUARDT, Inc. 

 Importers of Bulbs 



1 16-120 West 32nd Street 



NEW YORK CITY 



Chas. Schwake & Co., he 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



JapMMM UHcs. rriM* mi imtk MIt 

 1042 Wot BtMhriT NEW YORK 



