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July 6, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



61 



MICHELUS SWEET PEAS 



Winter Flowering Spencer 



Oz. 



A»t» Ohn. Rich lavender $0.60 



Blue Bird. Charming shade of blue 60 



Bohemian Girl. Deep pink 60 



Cherry Ripe, Cherry or salmon cerise 60 



Columbia. Standard salmon, wings white 80 



Knchantresg. Bright rose pink 60 



JKlre King. Deep orange scarlet 60 



Glitters. Orange scarlet 1.00 



Heather Bell. Rich mauve lavender .60 



Helen l.ewi». Fine shade of oranyu pink 60 



Hercules. Soft rose pink 60 



Uluminatlon. Salmon cerise, suffused orange 60 



I.AVender King:. Deep lavender 60 



Mauve Beauty. Rosy mauve 60 



Meadow I..arl<. Beautiful rich cream 60 



Melody. Roae-pink on white ground 00 



MomijiK Star. Deep orange scarlet in standard, orange 



pink wings 60 



Mrs. A. A. Skaacli. Clear, bright pink 60 



Mrs. M. Hpanolin. Black seeded; pure white 60 



Mrs. William Sim. Salmon pink 60 



(Hhello. Beautiful maroon 60 



I'ink Beaut.v. Rose pink on white ground 60 



I'lnk and White. Blanche Ferry type 60 



I'rlmrose Beauty. Deep primrose flushed rose 60 



Ked Orchid. Bright cherry red 



Bose Queen. Color a most attractive shade of pink. 



Greenhouse Grown Seed 



Outdoor (irown Heed 



Sankey. Black seeded ; white 



Snowtfake. I'lire white 60 



Snowstorm. I'ure white 60 



Song Bird. I'ale pink on white ground 60 



Songster. Hicli lavender 00 



Sprinjt MnJd. Mght pink on cream ground 60 



.60 



3.00 

 .00 

 60 



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'i'rue Blue. Cl'.arnilng blut 



Venus. White, blushed pink 



Warbler. Rich, mauve purple 



White Orchid. I'ure white 



Yarrawa. IJright rose pink, with liKliter wlnH.- 



Zepliyr. I'ale blue or lavendiT 



Zvolanek's Kose. Rose iiink 



.SO 

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 .60 

 .60 

 .60 

 .60 

 1.00 



>A lb. 



$1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 2.40 

 1.80 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 2.00 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 



1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

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 1.80 



10.00 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 2.00 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 2.40 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 3.00 



Lb. 



*6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

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 8.00 

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10.00 

 6.00 

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6.00 

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35.00 

 fi.OO 

 6.00 

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 8.00 

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10.00 



Send for our LATEST WHOI.E.SAI.,E PKICE LIST of SEKDS, BULBS 

 and SUPPLIES, If you did not receive a copy 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



518-516 MARKET STREET, 



PHILA., PA. 



otlicr .seeds is eliminated. In the case 

 of bienniiils, there is tlic solection of the 

 >j;ood plants or roots and the rejection of 

 the "rogues" and the ))roper storing, 

 l)ittiiig and planting out of the s.'iine. 



Use of Improper Seed. 



All of this sounds more or loss siiiijiie 

 in the saying, but it is very, very difti- 

 cult in performance. If the original 

 seed grower does not iirodiice good 

 seed, of course, it is iinpossiblc for the 

 contract seed grower, the -wholesaler, or 

 the retailer, in turn, to function itroj)- 

 erly. I shall cite a nnmlicr of the jjlaces 

 where the grower sometimes f.'tlls down: 



In the first place, and most often, iin- 

 jiroper stock seed is used, poor stock 

 seed, maybe. It may be, first, off grade 

 on selection. Tliis niaj' be due to cnre- 

 lessness, and also ignorance, as to 

 ]iroper methods of selection, but in my 

 limited experience is generally the re- 

 sult of taking a cdiance with untested 

 commcTcial seed to raise certain crops 

 for whicli there ha.s arisen an extr.'ior- 

 dinary or unexjiected demand. The be- 

 ginner usually has to take tiiis chance, 

 and here is the reason the old, couserva 

 five seedsman gives exceedingly few, 

 if any, orders to the new grower. De- 

 pending, of course, on the sjjccies and 

 specific variety, a good uniform stock 

 not reselectcd each year runs "off" 

 rapidly and will show sports, from a 

 small percentage to one where the 

 original sort can hardly be recognized. 

 The extreme war demand for ;ill kinds 

 of seed resulted in the planting of thou- 

 sands of acres with unselected stock 

 seed, as all seedsmen can tell from bit- 

 ter experience. 



Second, the seed may be unsuitod for 



CINERARIA 



One of the most useful and orna- 

 mental plants that can be grown for 

 Conservatory Decoration. 



Fottler's Exhibition Mixture 



unsurpassed for size and assort- 

 ment of gorgeous eo ors. 



^ trade packet $0.00 



1 trade packet ■. . 100 



Also Primula and Cyclamen 

 Pettier, Fiske, Rawson Co. 



12 and 13 Faneuil Hal! Square, 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



Mention The Review when j-nii write. 



Seasonable Seed for Florists 



Asparaguc Plumosus Nanus perinoo, $3.00 per lO.noo, S2S.00 



Asparagus ^prengfri per 1000, 1.50 



Cineraria, Giant Prize .Strain. Semi-Dwarf, Mixed Tr. Pkt.. $0.50 



Primula, Ihinese, SiuKle Pringed, Mi.xed Tr, Pl<t., .50 



Primula Oliconica Grandlflora Tr, Pkt., .50 



Primula Malacoides Tr, Pkt., .25 



Pansles, St. L. S. Co. Nonparei'. Giant Strain, Finest Florists' 



Mixture -•4 oz., $2.00 Oz„ $7.50 



ST. LOUIS SEED COMPANY, 411 Washington Ave., St. Louis. Mo. 



Mention The Keview wlion yun write. 



BECKERT'S 



SEEDS, BULBS 

 SUPPLIES :: 



Quality and Service 



Baekart's Saad^ Store, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



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A New Florists' Aster 



EARLY AMERICAN BEAUTY 



Blooms with the Royals 

 aKSD FX)R FLORISTS' CATALOGUE 



HART & VICK 



SS Stooe St., ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



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