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The Florists' Review 



July 31, 1918. 



AUGUST FOR DOLLARS 



$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 



August is the time of sowing for the biggest results from 

 SILVER PINK SNAPDRAGON from seed. Seed for the accom- 

 panyiog picture was sown August 18. By sowing at once a full 

 crop can be had at Easter, which will continue until July, being 

 heaviest at Memorial Day, when this picture was taken. We have 

 said that there was nothing in sight but blossoms and dollars, and 

 it is a fact. Silver Pink from seed is easy to grow and anyone can 

 do as well by following directions. Whether you grow Snapdragons 

 from seed or cuttings, they should be timed to flower with as 

 little pinching as possible. Plants produced ahead of time and 

 held back by pinching lose vitality and often throw blind shoots. 

 By sowing seeid now a^d pinching once you will have fine, stocky 

 plants, ready for the bench in November. Our free cultural 

 directions cover all of the necessary points for success with 

 Silver Pink from seed. 



You will note how successful many of our patrons have been. Oude Bros., 

 Washlogton, D. C, with their six acres of glass and the higrbest class trade 

 in the country, say it is the best they have seen. C. L. Howe, Dover, N. H., 

 with his acres of glass and chain nf stotus. says it is fine and that h-i never 

 had 80 m-iny snapdragon bliwsom'. Mr. J. Uei. .lurgens, for Arthur Cock- 

 croft, Nortbpnit, N. Y., who do<*s an immense wholesale bu-iness. i-ays It Is 

 the only one ti STOW, and that Silver Pink will GO IT ALONE with 

 them this year. Many more strong letters could be given but furth'-r proof 

 is not necessary. These are wide-awake florists who do business for profit. 

 What is profitable and good for the big growers is as good or better for the 

 smaller giower with retail trade, where a steady supply of blossoms Is 

 required. You can cut and cut from a bed of seedling Si'ver Pink and each 

 cut .will make more blossoms. But sow seed at once for best results. 



Price of seed, $1.00 per pkt.: 3 pkts., !f2.50; 7 pkts., $5.00, by mail. 

 Cash; please. Plants sold out until October. 



Quite a few shrewd florists are buying the larger amount of seed and 

 will market their surplus plants. 



G. S. RAMSBURG, Somersworth, N. H. 



MPntlon Thp RptIpw whpti von write. 



The Largest of all Giants 

 W. A D. AMERICAN SHOW 



PANSIES 



With great diversity of colors— ^e oz.. $1.50 



WEEBER & DON, Seed Merchants 



114 Chambsrs Stract. NEW YORK 



high heat at the end of June and be- 

 ginning of July. Now comes the re- 

 port that drought is beginning to tell 

 on most of the seed crops in the east. 

 W. H. Woodruff, secretary and treasurer 

 of F. H. Woodruff & Sons, Milford, 

 Conn., said July 23 that crops not yet 

 harvested had begun to show the ef- 

 fects of the long stretch of dry 

 weather. 



DUTCH BULBS. 



In con.sequence of too much wet 

 weather this summer the growers in the 

 bulb district in Holland find tulip-lift- 

 ing has been progressing slowly and 

 the cleaning of bulbs is much delayed 

 by the excessive moisture and the mud 

 adhering to the bulbs. In addition to 

 this, the crop is far from satisfactory, 

 and in many quarters is a poor one. 

 Hyacinths died down fully a week too 

 early, and the crop could not be a good 

 one under such circumstances. The 

 salable bulbs could hardly be in the 

 warehouses before the end of July, so 

 no definite report of the crop has been 

 possible. Crocuses promise a good crop, 

 but the demand is so strong that prices 

 will be maintained. Narcissi promise 

 a fair crop, notwithstanding that they 

 died down ten days earlier than usual. 



FIELD IS TRAVELING. 



The following appeared in the local 

 paper at Carthage, Mo., July 24: "Mr. 

 and Mrs. Henry Field and seven chil- 

 dren, of Shenandoah, la., tarried in 

 Carthage awhile yesterday evening on 

 an automobile trip into the Ozark moun- 



Giant Pansy Seed, Home Grown 



As fine as the very best abtainable: — 



$5.00 par ounca; $1.50 par quartar ounca; 50c par trada packat 



Cyclamen Seed, the celebrated English 

 strain, $9.00 per 1000. 



Poinsettias, 2i<2-inch, strong, $5.00 per 

 100; $45.00 per 1000. 



Fern Flats, 10 best varieties, $2.00 per 

 flat; 20 flats at $1.75 each. 



Begonia Gloire de Chatelaine, easiest 

 Begonia grown, $8.00 per 100. 



For Roses, Primulas, Snapdrasfon, Aspara^rus Plumosus Nanus, 



Sprenseri and Cyclamen plants, etc., see our ads 



in the Classified Columns. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



1215 BETZ BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



PAPER WHITE NARCISSUS 



Romans, Lilium Candidum, Freesias, 

 Trumpet Major; also Dutch Bulbs, 

 Lilium Qisranteum and Japan Bulbs. 



Write for prices. 



D. RUSCONI, 



126-128 W. 6th Ave., 

 CINCINNATI. OHIO 



Mention Tlit' Itevlew when you writp. 



tains of Arkansas. They carried a ' trail- 

 er' coupled to the automobile, on which 

 they packed all their camp outfit. They 

 left their home a week ago today and 

 expect to be gone a month. For the 



Giant Pansy Seed 



Honkel's Giant-flowerins Mlxtare Is with- 

 out an equal for florlRt«' uxe. ComprlefS the finest 

 strains from the most noted pansy specialists of this 

 country and Kurope. Blooms are of the largest 

 size and very distinct and varied In tbelr markinffs. 



New crop seed 

 $1.36; oz.. $8.00. 



Tr. pkt., Bdc; >8 oz.. 75c; 

 Complete cataloKue free. 



G. H. HUNKEL CO., Seedsmen, Nilwankee, Wis. 



^tent^on The Review when you write. 



last two years they have taken similar 

 trips, but both the other times they 

 went into the mountains of Colorado. 

 Mr. Field is president of the Henry 

 Field Seed Co." 



