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The Florists' Review 



JUNB 24, 1015. 



cheaper there. It is doubtful if these 

 conditions will prevail again. As we 

 see the situation, it has become a real 

 necessity that all the encouragement be 

 given that is possible, that not only an 

 artistic and great industry may be 

 built up in our own country, but that 

 there may be a source from which you 

 may obtain your actual needs for the 

 future. As California flower seed 

 growers we ask your patience and 

 hearty support and you, we believe, will 

 only be 'casting your bread upon the 

 waters,' to have it returned many 

 fold." 



Value of Technical Training. 



H. E. Van Norman, of University 

 Farm, Davis, Cal., delivered an excel- 

 lent address illustrating "The Value of 

 Technical Training to the Seedsman." 

 He told of the wide variation in results 

 obtained with various crops by the man 

 who knows how compared to the aver- 

 age. In this connection he said: "We 

 are told that Danish seedsmen are gain- 

 ing a foothold in this country for cer- 

 tain classes of seeds, because of the 

 careful work they do in breeding, and 

 the consequent trueness to name and 

 character of their seeds; and that, un- 

 like the American seedsmen, they guar- 

 antee them, whereas the American seeds- 

 man usually emphatically refuses to 

 guarantee, and follows the horse 

 trader's principle of 'let the buyer be- 

 ware.' An eastern experimental sta- 

 tion bought supposedly the same va- 

 riety of cabbage seed from twenty-five 

 different seedsmen, and obtained nearly 

 as many varieties as lots of seed. The 

 yield from 100 plants varied from 

 ninety-one pounds to 201 pounds; the 

 weight of heads varied from fourteen 

 ounces to two pounds and five ounces, 

 with a similar variation in earliness oi 

 maturity. What an advantage the 

 grower has whose skill in plant select- 

 ive breeding and growing enables him 

 to combine the maximum of these de- 

 sirable qualities 1 



"Every successful man owes some- 

 thing to himself in the way of self- 

 development in the knowledge of what 

 is going on, what others are thinking 

 of, and the enjoyment of the comforts 

 and luxuries which his share of worldly 

 success makes possible, and every col- 

 lege course seeks not only to develop 

 the student's ability to see clearly, to 

 think accurately, to arrive at right con- 

 clusions, to the end that his business 

 may prosper financially, but seeks to 

 broaden the vision, making for larger 

 service to his fellow, and the broader 

 development of the student as a man 

 among men. Step by step the educated, 

 trained man has made himself and his 

 need manifest in engineering, in manu- 

 facturing, in live stock growing, in 

 horticulture, in vegetable gardening, 

 and, in fact, in every branch of agricul- 

 ture. Is there any reason why the 

 seedsmen as a class are set apart, un- 

 able to profit by this training t" 



Committee on Experiment Stations. 



L. L. Olds, of Madison, Wis., chair- 

 man of the committee on experiment 

 stations, presented a voluminous report. 

 The committee had asked the station 

 in each state for an account of its work 

 covering matters of special interest' to 

 seedsmen. Forty-four replies were re- 

 ceived and were summarized or quoted 

 from by Mr. Olds, who concluded: 



' ' We ieel like sailing attention to the 

 fact that nearly all the state reports 

 touch on seed legislation. Those who 



Yanava 



THE SWEET PEA PAR EXCELLENCE 

 FOR WINTER-FLOWERING UNDER GLASS 



We were awarded Certificates of Merit for this superb novelty at 

 the International Flower Show in New York, March. 1914. and at 

 the Spring Show of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 

 Philadelphia, March, 1915. 



YARRAWA is absolutely fixed — and true to color and type. 



YARRAWA is an easy and good "doer," invariably giving an 

 excellent account of itself, whether grown in pots, boxes, raised 

 benches or solid beds. 



YARRAWA has the heavy foliage and rank, strong growth of the 

 summer-flowering type and is a true winter-blooming Spencer. 

 From seed sown early in October at Fordhook Farms, the plants 

 came into bloom December 20th and flowered profusely until 

 May. The flowers are exquisitely waved and when well grown 

 will average two and one-half inches in diameter, many of them 

 being duplex or double flowered, thus adding greatly to the gen- 

 eral effect of the bunch. They are borne usually in fours on 

 extra long, strong stems. The color is a most pleasing shade of 

 bright rose pink, with light wings. !5.^'?-i' 



As the supply of seed will be limited, 

 we adyise ordering early. 



Floradale-grown seed exclusively — 



X M , $1.00; per 11 . $S SO; per ^Ib., $12.S0 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 



SEED GROAVKRS 



BURPEE BUIIiDINGS 



PH I LA D E LPHIA 



M«atio» Th« Brtew when yon wrtf. 



GLADIOLI 



I can supply fine, plump bulbs of America 

 in any quantity; 1st size, 1^ to 2J^-inch. 

 If ordered this month, I will make the price 

 $7.00 per 1000, 250 at 1000 rate. Cold stor-. 

 age bulbs next month. 



E. E. STEWART, Brooklyn, Mich, 



Mention The BevUw when yoo write. 



N 



Fresh arrival from Japan, of good quality 

 and always useful to the florist. Bale 

 lots only. F. 0. B. Bound Brook. N. J. 

 Buy them now while they are cheap— you 

 will need them later. 



NATURAL COLOR 

 5 to 6 ft. long, $ 6.00 per bale of 1000 

 5 to 6 ft. long, 10.00 per bale of 2000 

 10 ft. long, - 11.00 per bale of 500 



COLORED GREEN 



2 ft. long, $ 6.00 per bale of 20C0 



3 ft. long, 8.00 per bale of 2000 

 S^ ft. long, 9.00 per bale of 2000 

 5 ft. long, 7.00 per bale of 1000 

 5 ft. long. 12.00 per bale of 2000 



Stake up your plants— make them look 

 neat and attractive. 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



71 Murray Str««t NEW YORK 



L. GIGANTEUNS 



8-9 inch, 8-10 Inch. 9-10 inch 



Also BAMBOO STAKKS, green and natural, 



different sizes. 



Write for prices. 



YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ul 



Woolworth Bldif., New York Citj 



r 



NATURAI. 



6 ft. 1000 to bale $ 6.00 per bale 



6 ft.. 2000 to bale 11.00 per bale 



8 ft., 1000 to bale 9.00 per bale 



10 ft., 600 to bale 6.00 per bale 



12 ft., lOOtobalev 4.00 per bale 



14 ft., 100 to bale 6.00 per bale 



16 ft.. 60 to bale 4.00 per bale 



DYBD ORKKN 

 IHift t0.90perl00: $2.76 per 1000 



2 ft .36 per 100; 3.16 per 1000 



2Hift .60 per 100: 4.26 per 1000 



3 ft eOperlOO; 6.40 per 1000 



3»9 ft 66perl00; 6.00perl000 



4 ft TOperlOO; 6.25perl000 



6 ft 90perl00; 8.60perl000 



Stumpp & Walter Co. 



so Barclay Straat. NIW YORK 



August Rolker & Sons 



Oanaral Hartlcultural Importara 



for the trade only. Send for estimates or 

 price list to 



51 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK 

 ar P. O. Bax 782 



