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The Florists^ Review 



JCMB 10. 1922 



Retail Florists — Attention! 



ETcry RcUil Florist u uked, timet witbont nnmber, (or raDcthiDf to keep hooM planti bealthf aad make tkem grow. 



The Public Wants It — We Have It — Here It Is 



ZENKE'S 



"NEW PLANT UFE" 



A Liquid Plant Food, Tonic and Fertilizer. Odorless, Economical, Harmless. 



In Chicago alone over 300 Retail Florists are selling it and sending repeat orders every month. 



SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER— Cut coupon below and order today 



EXCELL LABORATORIES, 4535 Raventwood Ave. , CHICAGO, ILL. 



Enclosed please find check for $10.00, for which kindly ship at once, the following: 



5 Doz. NEW PLANT LIFE, 'o.pint size, @ $2.00 $10.00 



1 Doz. NEW PLANT LIFE, <»-pint size FREE 



Also a good supply of leaflets, without charge. Retailing at 25c per can, brings $18,00, or $8.00 net profit. 



Name 



Street City and State. 



3^- pint can 

 Retails for . . 



25c 



duce the stand from 9,800 to 5,880 hills 

 to the acre, and thus reduce the yield 

 from a possible ninety-eight bushels to 

 an actual fifty-nine bushels. 



Seed corn is often damaged in only 

 a slight degree and will, under favorable 

 conditions, sprout and send the first 

 leaves above ground. But every farmer 

 has seen the yellow, spindling, unthrifty 

 corn plant that never amounts to any- 

 thing. Add to the loss of stand caused 

 by poor seed, the losses caused by cut 

 worms, bud worms, birds and accidents, 

 and the effective stand is reduced to fifty 

 per cent or less, with the consequent re- 

 duction in yield. Every corn grower 

 knows the "replant" is worth little ex- 

 cept for forage. 



Vitality, Development and Maturity. 



Not only is the crop yield frequently 

 reduced by an imperfect stand, due to 

 dead seed or seed of low vitality, but the 

 development and growth of the plant 

 and the normal maturity of the crop are 

 also affected by the use of seed of low 

 germinating power. A careful examina- 

 tion of a field of wheat, for example, 

 when the crop is first coming up, will 

 generally reveal plantlets of different 

 degrees of growth, and this difference 

 is generally maintained throughout the 

 development and maturity of the crop. 

 Ketardation due to weed growth cannot 

 be ignored. 



When the farmer pays the seedsman 

 $25 for a bushel of clover seed that 

 contains twenty per cent of weed seeds 

 and sows these seeds without recleaning 

 them, he loses a vast deal more than the 

 .$5 cash paid for the weed seeds. In a 

 field sown to such unclean seed the 

 owner is likely to find all the noxious 

 weeds. 



From what has been said, it is evident 

 that the farmer's first interest, in the 

 process of securing a normal crop yield, 

 is to know precisely what kind of seeds 

 he is about to plant; wlietlior tlicy arc 

 jnire, sduiid, well matured and viable. 



It is always wise to test seeds before 

 jilfiiitiiifr tlicni, and, in most cases, the 

 farmers should have all commercial seeds 

 examined for purity and germination by 

 the state laboratory before purchasing. 

 The farmer should always require the 

 seeds he buys from seedsmen to be sold 

 under a guarantee of purity and ger- 

 mination, and see that they are properly 

 tagged to show the jiercentage of purity 

 and germination, and the date the gcr- 



Darwin Tulip Specialists 



Let us have your list; we will give you the right varieties to catalogue at the 

 right price. We are growers of the finest and largest collection in the world. 

 Also originators of some extremely fine Darwin and Breeder Tulips. Large 

 growers of Hyacinths, Early Tulips, Crocuses and Narcissi. Originators of 

 the finest and earliest Gladiolus F^imulinus. 



J. J. GniUemans & Sons, "^iJ^ t^ New York, N. Y. 



g>m MrHOI I ^^^ FORCING OR 



\MM^f%MJm\^m^m outside planting 



UNITED BULB CO., Mt aemens, Mich. 



LEADING GROWERS OF GLADIOLI 



send ii small sample to his state .seed 

 laboratory to see whether they come uji 

 to the guarantee. 



This is the farmer's siilc of the equa- 

 tion; but we find that the honest seeds- 

 man also needs jirotei-tidu. It not in- 

 frequently occurs that wholesalers in 

 other states seek to unload filth and 



(Continued on Dage V2i.) 



DUTCH AND FRENCH BULBS 



C. J. Speelfflu & Sens Ligarde & Speelfflu 



SAISQMEIM. HOLUm OLUOULES. VU, HUURE 

 New York Office: 470 GREENWICH ST. 

 Pacific Coast Rep., W. B. Clarke, 



Box S43, San Joee, Oallf. 



