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The Florists' Review 



rEBBDA.RY 25, 1916: 



rendered it primarily, an41sot collater- 

 ally, liable for the payment. The ben- 

 efit derived by defendant from the 

 promise was the securing of delivery 

 of the seed by plaintiff, which other- 

 wise would not have been made. . S. 



CANNING IN UTAH. 



More than one seedsman has noted 

 the increase in the demand for seeds of 

 the canners' specialties that recently 

 has come from Utah, but few realize 

 that the increase has been sixty-seven 

 per cent in two years. The National 

 Copper Bank, of Salt Lake City, has 

 taken a census of the trade. It finds 

 that in 1914 thirty-three canning plants 

 operated in the state, the output being 

 as follows: ^ 



Tomatoes 829,822 cases 



Peas 347,050 cases 



Miscellaneous 151,620 cases 



The acreage under cultivation may 

 be estimated with fair accuracy as fol- 

 lows: Tomatoes, 4,208; peas, 2,433; 

 string beans, 139.5, and all other prod- 

 ucts, 325. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Theo. D. Kuebler, Evansvllle, Ind. — An 8-page 

 wholesale list of rooted cbrysantbemum cuttings. 

 Including noreltles, standard Tarieties, pompons 

 and singles; the standard varieties are grouped 

 according to colors. 



Wm. Toole & Son, Baraboo, Wis. — "Toole's 

 Guide to Pansy Culture and Catalogue of Seeds 

 and Plants." At the beginning of this 18-page 

 book are four pages of instructions on the grow- 

 ing of the pansy, the firm's specialty; then follow 

 lists of pansy seeds, seeds of other flowers, plants 

 for the house and garden, and hardy perennials. 



Hoore Seed Co., Philadelphia, Pa.— "Seed Buy- 

 ers' (luide for It 13," a catalogue of flower, yege- 

 table and agricultural seeds, small fruits, garden 

 and farm implements, insecticides, fertilizers, 

 poultry supplies, and such live stock as poultry, 

 dogs and fancy hogs. The book is freely illus- 

 trated, but otherwise is so arranged as to crowd 

 aa much printed matter as possible into the 140 

 pages. A wholesale catalogue, for market gar- 

 deners and florists, has also been received from 

 this firm; it contains thirty pages, illustrated. 



Wilhelm Pfltzer, Stuttgart, Germany. — Two 

 Illustrated, accurately compiled seed catalogues, 

 wholesale and retail, each containing ninety-six 

 pages, printed In German. Besides seeds, the 

 stock listed comprises bulbs, roots, plants, tools 

 and supplies. Aside from the difference in the 

 prices, the matter in the two books is almost 

 identical. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. — 

 "Burpee's War_ Bulletin," an 8-page supple- 

 mentary list of vegetable and flower seeds which 

 were omitted from the regular edition of this 

 year's catalogue on account of the uncertainties 

 caused by the war, but which have since been 

 received. 



Eleotrio City Conienratoiy, Great Falls, Mont. 

 •^-Catalogue of vegetable and flower seeds, grass 

 seeds and forage plants, greenhouse plants, hardy 

 perennials, shrubs, vines, bush fruits, vegetable 

 plants and cut flowers; thirty-two pages, illus- 

 trated. 



M. B. Skinner tc Co., Chicago, 111.— "Pipe He- 

 pair Book," an instructive 16-page catalogue, 

 illustrating and describing the use of Emergency 

 pipe clamps, Joint clamps, pipe saddles, flange 

 clamps, valve-reseating tools, flue cleaner rods, 

 boiler tube cutters, etc. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York, N. Y. — 

 "Henderson's Farmers' Manual," listing grasses, 

 grains, forage crops, root crops, tobacco and the 

 less common farm seeds, potatoes. Implements, 

 fertilizers, etc.; forty-eight pages, with an abun- 

 dance of illustrations and cultural bints. Special 

 grass mixtures are prominently featured. 



H. J, Weber & Sons Nursery Co., Nursery, Mo. 

 — "Weber's Guide," a general catalogue of both 

 frnlt-bearlng and ornamental nursery stock; also 

 bulbs and greenhouse plants; elghty-slx pages, 

 well illustrated, and bound in an artistic cover. 

 The book contains several pages of information 

 on the transplanting, pruning and spraying of 

 ■took, with formulas for the making of insecti- 

 cides. There are tables, also. In which shrubs 

 are classified according to height, color of foliage 

 or bark, and other peculiarities. 



Kelway ft Son, Langport, England. — "Whole- 

 •ale, real price seed catalogue, for the whole 



J'ear," not the condensed, unadorned wholesale 

 Ist that is usually Issued in the trade, but a 

 sumptuous l)ook of ninety large pages, such as 

 Is usually issued by this firm. It Is printed In 

 large type on enameled paper and Is finely Ulus 

 trated, partly In colors. The first one-third of 

 the book contains the general list of vegetable, 

 root, flower and lawn-grass seeds, with compara- 

 tively few illustrations; then follow the novelties 

 and specialties, which are so numerous and so 

 freely illustrated as to occupy nearly all of the 

 last sixty pages. 



•By Their 

 Fruits Ye 

 Shall Know 

 Them." 



cc 



JOHN BAER" TOMATO 



THE EARLIEST AND BEST TOMATO ON EARTH 



'As Ye Sow. 

 So Shall Ye 

 Reap." 



Produces perfect, solid, high-crown, l)eautiful, brilliant, deep red shipping Tomatoes in 30 Dajs. 



From large, strong, well matured plants, in veneer bands, with roots undisturbed. 

 Pkt., 50c; >4 oz., 7Sc; oz., $2 00; ^4 lb., $7.50; lb., $25.00. \i off to the Trade. 



S. D. PRICHARD, Florist 

 S. Wayne St., Phelps, N. Y. 

 February 6th, 1916. 

 J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md. 



Gentlemen: Your Adv. of Feb. 6th 

 in The Florists' Exchange is some puff 

 for "John Baer" Tomato, which is 

 all true. 1 tried the "John Baer" 

 last year and there was not one In 

 your Adv. that bad one on me. 



From 620 plants I sold over 2\i 

 tons of Tomatoes. Set 3 feet each 

 way and trained to bamboo stakes 

 trimmed to one shoot. When they be- 

 came heavy with tomatoes, I tied the 

 top of four stakes together as shown 

 In the enclosed photo, and as the sea- 

 son was cold In the Spring could not 

 set the plants until the last of May 

 and commenced to market on the 17th 

 of July. I raised Celery between the 

 i-ows. Inclosed find check for 1 ounce 

 of "John Baer" Tomato Seed. 

 Very truly, 

 (Signed) S. D. PRICHARD. 

 G. BRUNNER'S SONS, Florists 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, February 7th, 1915. 

 J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md. 



Gentlemen: Glad to see your Adv. 

 again on "John Baer" Tomato Seed. 

 I bought $1.00 worth of seed last year 

 from you, all people gave me the laugh 

 for paying such a price for Tomato 

 .Seed, but when they found me picking 

 Big, Fine, Solid, Fine Tasting Fruit 

 on tlie 3rd day of July, 1914, then all 

 the neighbors came to see them. I 

 could have sold all my fruit, but to 

 please the "wise ones" I presented 

 each with a nice basket of them. Out of 50 "John 

 Baer" Plants I picked on an average of % bushel 

 every other day, where on my other varieties, I 

 did not average a small measure a day. I saved 

 12 of my largest and best "John Baer" Tomatoes 

 for seed, there wasn't enough seed in them to 

 give me 50 plants this year, so you see why 

 I must send for some to be sure I will have 



1818 



J. B 



"JOHN BAER" TOMATO 

 The Earliest and Best Tomato on Earth 



good old "John Baer." By me It is more than 

 you claimed for it. In your last year's Adv. in 

 The Florists' Exchange. 



Yours respectfully, 



(Signed) WM. F. MASS, 



G. Brunner's Sons. 

 Rosemont Ave., Price Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



1915 



OLGI A NO & SON 



Almost 100 Years Sellinc: Trustworthy Seeds 



GROWERS oF^PKDiGRKED Baltlmorc, Md., U. S. A. 



Mention Th« Review whan yon write. 



IF YOU HAVE 



NOT THE 



WINTER-FLOWERING ORCHID SWEET PEA 



in your irreenhouses, see and ask your neigbbor 

 how they pay. It is still time to sow some now. 



Now is the time to sow some of the Summer Sweet Pea Seed, outdoors or in 

 cold frames, to have good crop for Decoration Day. I have only the best commercial 

 varieties, like: Frank Dolby (lavender), Nora Unwin (white), Gladys Unwin (pink), 

 etc.; 1 lb., $1.50; 5 lbs. of each, at $5.00. 



My reselected Pink Spencer, White Spencer, Lavender Spencer, Lilac Spencer, 

 Orange Spencer, Red Spencer, etc., at $5.00 per pound ; in 5-lb. lots, at $4.00. Guar- 

 anteed over 90^ true. 



Countess Spencer, White Spencer (Burpee), Blanche Ferry Spencer, King Edward 

 Spencer, at $1.50 per lb.; in 5-lb. lots, at $1.00, as long as surplus lasts. 



S«e Me at the Mew York Flower Show. 



ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, Sweet Pea Specialist, 



Meatioa The Review when yon write. 



Lompoc, Cal. 



C. F. M. SPECIALS 



Floribunda .VALLEY Pips, select quality for Easter forcing, at $15.00 

 per 1000. 



T Brand LIL. 6I6ANTEUM, the lily without a peer, per case : 7/9, 

 $18.00; 8/10 $19 00; 9/10. $20.00. 



LIL. SPEC. RUBRUM MAGNIFICUM, size 8/9 (200 bulbs), special at 

 $10.60 per case. 



CORP. OF CHAS. P. MEYER. 99 Warren Street. NEW YORK 



Mention Th« H»n*w wbtn yon write. 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus Seed 



Fresh 1916 Crop 



1(X)0 to 5000 at $1.25 per 1000; 5000 and over at $1.00 per 1000 



DRAKE POINT GREENHOUSES, Yalaha, Florida 



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