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•July 13, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



107 



E. J. Steele, Mgr. 



ORIGINATORS OF 



Since 1893 



Mastodon Pansies 



1922 PRICES: 



Mastodon Miracle Mixed — Our initial offering of a super 

 mixture containing all the finest types of all our strains, and 

 including ruffled flowers and many of our new sunburst 

 pansies, smoky rims, henna shades, with fine long stems; 

 in fact, an up-to-the-minute strain that will delight the pansy 

 fan who is looking for something BETTER in the pansy 

 world. Fine for forcing. (O. K. outside.) 



Price: ^ oz., $0.85; % oz., $1.50; }i oz., $2.75; yz oz., 

 $5.25; 1 oz., $10.00; 2 oz., $19.00. 



Steele's Greenhouse Special Mixed — (O. K. outside). 

 A wonderful market strain and a fine forcer. 



Price: ^ oz., $0.65; % oz., $1.00; y^ oz., $1.75; yi oz., 

 $3.25; 1 oz., $6.00; 3 oz., $16.00; 4 oz., $21.00. 



Steele's Mastodon Private Stock Mixed. 



(Unequaled for the price.) 

 Price: ^ oz., $0.65; % oz., $0.75; }i oz., $1.50; J^ oz., 

 $2.75; 1 oz., $5.00; 3 oz., $13.50; 4 oz., $17.50. 



wonderful Pansy. A fine forcer. Price: -^ oz., $1.00; ^ 

 oz., $1.75; % oz., $3.25; J^ oz., $6.25. 

 Steele's Mile. Isabelle — Our novelty. A ruffled bronze, a few are yellow. 

 Mastodon Striata — Our novelty. Of great size and striped in true sunburst fashion. 

 Steele's Improved Vulcano — New. A rich, velvety Burgundy red. Very large. Long stems. 

 The price of each of three varieties named above is the same as Miracle Mixed. 

 Introducing Steele's Improved Orchidea — A mixture of unique sorts, ranging in color from creamy 

 white to shell pink, and of the most delicate orchid shades. A beautiful variety. Price : 400 seeds, 50c ; 

 ^ oz., $1.00. 



Meteor. A wine-red — a profuse bloomer. 

 Black Mastodon. Huge in size. 



Madame Steele, Elk's Purple. Extra fine. 

 Very large. 



Prince Henry. The largest dark blue in exist- 

 ence. 



Mastodon Beaconsfield. Purple, upper petals 

 tinged with lavender. Extra large. 



Mastodon Adonis. Light blue, baby blue and 

 lavender shades. Our most popular blue. 



The price of each of the twelve varieties named above is: -^ oz., $0.65; yi oz., $0.75 ; ^ oz., $1.50; 

 ^ oz., $2.75 ; 1 oz., $5.00; 3 oz., $14.50; 4 oz., $19.00. 



STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, ''^o^^k^.J*^' 



Mile. 



MASTODON PANSIES 



Irene — New. A henna red. 



Panama-Pacific Yellow. Those wonderful Ex- 

 position Pansies. 



Parisian Yellow. A pure yellow of marvelous 

 size. 



Bronze Mastodon. The most popular strain we 

 have. 



White Mastodon. Dark center, the largest 

 pansies we have ever seen. 



Grand Duke Michel. The premier large, all 

 white pansy. 



Madame Perret. Rose and red shades. 



vegetable seed dealer is loss of vitality 

 in tlie earry-over of exjiensive see<ls — a 

 iiect'ssary carryover to jirotect ajjainst 

 I'ossihie cro]) failures and the like. 



The seedsman 's jirolilein is, how <'an 

 this stork he carried safely and the 

 germination controlled? In the first 

 place, care must be taken to buy the 

 best ])ossible stock, checking the ger- 

 mination of each bag of seeds, and then, 

 witli fair storage conditions, stock on 

 the whole will carry fairly well. Hut 

 the germination jirobleni is always j)res- 

 ent. To l)e accurate and to take 

 no chances, the whole vegetable stock 

 should be tested twice a year; the first 

 time in the fall and again four months 



Choice Cyclamen 



English and German strains, quantity 

 limited, :{-in., loe; 4-in., ."iOc. 



Primula Obconica 



Giant Flowering, largely dark shades, 

 best seller, 2-in., 'yc; 23^-in., 63^c. 



Cleveland Cherries 



Fine condition, 2K-in., 6c. 



HOYT BROS. CO. 



N. 11 Post St. SPOKANE, WASH. 



Primula Obconica 



My well known strain 



2^-iDch pots $ 6.00 per 100 



4 -inch pots 20.00 per 100 



Primulk Obconicft Seed, mixed or separate 



varieties. 



76c per packase of 1000 seeds. 



Send for price list of Ferns, Kentias, etc. 



H. PLATH 



"The Ferneries" 



'-JJSSi^.-. San Francisco, Calif . 



