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The Florists' Review 



Fbbbuaby 25, 1915. 



FORCING GLADIOLI 



:? ; AMERICA, l^a to 2i2 inches, at $ 8.00 per 1000 : 



<?^ FRANCIS KING, 1^ to 2I3 inches, at 10.00 per 1000 



8 PKR CENT FOR CASH. 



This stock was grown on my new farm, which is gravelly loam and which produces bulbs of the 

 finest quality. If wanted in large quantities send list of wants. Write for wholesale list of 60 varieties. 



E. E. STEWART, 



Brooklyn, Mich. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Vegetable Forcing 



GOOD EABLY TOMATOES. 



I intend to plajit tomatoes for early 

 market, but am sft a loss to know what 

 varieties to plant. I want a smooth, 

 red tomato and the earliest that can 

 be had. Will you please mention a few 

 of the earliest large sorts? We can 

 use only the dark red varieties. 



W. S. 



You will find Chalk's Early Jewel 

 quite early. It is bright red in color 

 and is hard to beat as an early outdoor 

 variety. Sparks' Earliana is another 

 good early sort. These are not so large 

 as Globe or Matchless, or the old, re- 

 liable Stone, which is still the best 

 main crop variety. C. W. 



LEGUMINOUS CROP FOR HUMUS. 



I am growing a crop of tomatoes in 

 my greenhouses this winter. When mj- 

 crop is out, say in July or August, would 

 it be practicable to sow some crop sue 11 

 as cowpeas, and turn the crop under 

 the sod in a green state to get humus 

 into the soil? What is the best crop 

 to grow for that purpose? E. G. C. 



You could sow either cowpeas or 

 Soja beans, if you wish. This crop 

 would, however, need lots of water, 

 and I doubt if it would pay you, con- 

 sidering the labor of watering, etc., as 

 well as would putting the value into 

 good cow or horse manure. Personally, 

 I favor the latter, but for outdoor work 

 these leguminous crops certainly add 

 much fertility to the soil. C. W. 



WORCESTER, MASS. 



The Market. 

 Retail trade is still increasing and 

 the valentine business was a big sur- 

 prise to the florists here. The public 

 was generous in its outlay for flowers 

 on that day. Violets in red heart- 

 shaped boxes were in great demand and 

 many of the florists used kewpies to 

 great advantage in advertising. 



Various Notes. 



Harry Randall had a beautiful dis- 

 play of spring flowers last week. He 

 sent out 1,000 folders as an advertise- 

 ment for Valentine's day, from which 

 he received astonishing results. Mr. 

 Randall has purchased a light delivery 

 car. 



H. F. A. Lange had a cineraria sale 

 last week and cleared nearly his en- 



Florists' Flower and Vegetable Seeds 



Oz. Lb. 



Cabbage Copenhagen Market $0.30 I 3.00 



Cabbage Enkhuizen Olory 25 2.50 



Cabbage Early Summer 20 2.25 



Cabbage Jersey Wakefl eld 20 2.50 



Cabbage Winninustadt 15 1.75 



Cabbage (any late variety ) 20 2.25 



Cauliflower Cokely's Sure 



Header . pkt., 25c; 3,00 



Cauliflower Snowball .... pkt.; 10c; l.?5 

 Cauliflower Dry Weather..pkt., 25c; 2.50 



Celery White Plume .30 3.00 



Celery Golden Self- blanching ;88 12.00 



Celery Giant Pascal 20 2,00 



Celery Winter Queen 20 2.00 



Oz. Lb, 



Pepper Bull Nose $0.20 



Pepper Ruby King 20 



Pepper Neapolitan 20 



Pepper Chinese Giant 30 



Pepper Cayenne 20 



Lettuce Grand Rapids Forcing .10 



Tomato Acme 20 



Tomato Bonny Best 26 



Tomato Chalk's Early Jewel 25 



Tomato Dwarf Champion 26 



Tomato Dwarf Stone 25 



Tomato Earliana 26 



Tomato Ponderosa 30 



Tomato Stone Im proved 25 



Special Prioes on LaxKer Quantities 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Alyssum Little Gem tO.lO $0.30 



Antirrhinum, Giant 20 .60 



Begonia Luminosa 35 



Gentaurea Gymnocarpa 15 ,35 



Cobaea Scandens .16 .40 



Dracaena Indivisa 10 .30 



Lobelia C. P. Compacta 25 



Phlox Nana Com pacta M 1,60 



Tr. Pkt, 



Petunia Ruffled Giant ll.OO 



Salvia Splendens 26 



Salvia Bonfire , 40 



Salvia Zurich 50 



Smilaz /.< 10 



Stocks. Dwarf 10 Weeks 40 



Thunbergia 15 



Verbena, Mammoth 30 



$2.26 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 3.60 

 2.00 



.90 



1.75 

 2.60 

 2.00 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.60 

 3.00 

 1.75 



Oz, 



$1.00 

 2,25 

 4.00 



.80 

 2.60 



.40 

 1.60 



B. E. AND J. T. COKELY 



Cokely's "Sure Crop" Seeds 201 N. 7tli Ave., SCRANTON, PA. 



Send for complete list of Veeetable and Flow^er Seeds 

 MantloD The lt«Tlew when yon write. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



THREE GOOD ONES 



GAZANIA LGNGISCAPA ) 



PANSY, New, Winter-blMming i All 25c pkt. 



SWEET PEA, NORVIC (Spencer) 3 



Send for Novelty list. 

 J. J. WILSON SKID CO,. Inc., Newark. N. I. 



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T TT TTT\f OlBanteum, Rubrum. Formoeum, 

 UXUl-U i^i- Album. Anratum; French Romans, 

 Frecsias, Spiraea Oladslone; select stock of dor- 

 mant Roses for forclnf?; Gladiolus America, Peo- 

 nies; Lily of the Valley pips from storage; Wood 

 Moaa and Sphasnum, Bamboo Canes and Florists' 

 SappUes. 



Write for Prices 



To-bak-lne, Nlkoteen and Nlco-Ftune 



DVII^mNI 1*8 W«it 6th street, 



• nwwvwnit CTNCTKrWATI. OHTO 



Al^^ays mention the Florists* RevMir 

 when wrltins advertisers^ 



<Q> 



Watch for our Trade Mark Stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pure Culture Nushroom Spawn 



Substitution of cheaper grades is thus 

 easily exposed. Fresb sample brick, 

 with illustrated book, mailed postpaid 

 by manufacturers upon receint of 40 

 cents In postatre. Address 



TradeMark American Spawn Co., Sf. Paul, Minn. 



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It is our BUSINESS 



to supply YOU 



with SUPERIOR GLADIOLI 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS 

 Flowerfield, L. L, N.Y. 



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 'When wrltlnar adrertlsen. 



