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Tbe Florists^ Review 



• ACODBT 26, 1915. 



gladiolus producer, due to the class of 

 bulb the soil and climate produces. I 

 have handled not a few Dutch, Amer- 

 ican and English bulbs, but I never saw 

 the like of Mair & Son's special seed- 

 ling bulbs. The Mairs are not only 

 growers, but breeders also, and if 

 Europa has not more than met its 

 match in Mairs' Snow-wreath, I am 

 much mistaken. 



"It is curious how the craze for big 

 corms has developed. This no doubt is 

 due to the amateur who labors under 

 the delusion that big bulbs are better 

 than small. As might be expected, top 

 size corms of two inches and over form 

 only a small proportion of a crop, and 

 a higher price is asked. But these big 

 corms do not denote extra vigor or 

 quality. They simply come about 

 through being grown on moist, rich 

 soil, such as Holland possesses. 



"It remains to be seen what will 

 happen through this overfatness of 

 Dutch gladioli, and with a view to 

 making comparisons I am this season 

 planting trial lots of large and small 

 corms of both Dutch and home growth, 

 l)itting them against some large Scotch 

 and some small American corms. 



"Personally, I am inclined to think 

 that the thick giant corms are more 

 liable to suffer when planted on dry, 

 poorish soils. I have demonstrated to 

 my own satisfaction that extremely dry 

 soils bring about some form of disease 

 in gladioli, and a big American grower 

 has informed me that he has observed 

 the same thing. 



"Speaking of American grown gladi- 

 oli, they are never large nor so thick 

 as the Dutch, but they are brighter in 

 appearance and better ripened than the 

 average Dutch sample, and to some 

 extent, give better results. The higher 

 prices, however, tell against them in 

 England in these days of cheapness, to 

 say nothing of freightage and the 

 greater delay if wanted in a hurry. ' ' 



FORCE OF TRADE CUSTOMS. 



Contracts for sale of wholesale quan- 

 tities of seed, nursery or floral stock 

 are subject to the well established rule 

 of law that a business contract is con- 

 trolled by uniform trade customs when 

 not at variance with the express terms 

 Oi the agreement. This is especially 

 so where both parties either know of 

 such customs, or are so situated that 

 their knowledge of them may be 

 presumed. 



This rule was applied by the Wis- 

 consin Supreme court in an interesting 

 case growing out of a contract for sale 

 of clover seed. (Gehl vs. Milwaukee 

 Produce Co., 105 Wisconsin Keports, 

 573.) The court decided that when a 

 custom as to place of delivery is shown 

 to be uniform in the locality where it 

 is recognized, unless it is shown that 

 both parties are silent on that point, 

 intending to exclude it, or that one 

 party is ignorant thereof to the knowl- 

 edge of the other, the custom should 

 control as to the manner and place of 

 delivery. In this case it appears that 

 the plaintiffs agreed to sell a quantity 

 of white clover seed to the defendant, 

 but that no place for delivery was desig- 

 nated. It also appeared that there was 

 a uniform custom among seed dealers 

 in Milwaukee, where the transaction 

 arose, requiring the seller to deliver at 

 the buyer's store. But the plaintiffs 

 insisted that, in the absence of agree- 

 ment as to place of delivery, the de- 

 fendant buyer was bound to call for the 



GUNTPANSIES-SELECT SWEET PEAS 



% oz. 



St. Lonis Seed Co.'s Exhibition 

 Mixture — A magniflcent mixture. 

 The flowers are the very largest, 

 perfect In form, gorgeously col- 

 ored and free blooming |1.75 



St. L.. 8. Co. "Nonpareil" Mixture 

 — This Is certainly one of the 

 grandest collections of the rar- 

 est and most beautiful varieties 

 of Pansies 1.25 



Masterpiece — The petals waved or 

 frilled, which gives the flower 

 an almost double appearance.. 



Trimardeau Giant FlowerioK 

 Mixed : 



BuKnot's Giant Mixture — One of 

 the flnest blotched varieties... 



Cassier's Giant 5 Spotted Mixed — 

 With petals of the finest color- 

 ing 



Imperial German Giant, Mixed — 

 A rich strain 



SfiPAKATE COLORS. 

 AU Giant-Flowered Varieties. 



Giant Adonis — Lavender blue 35 



Giant Emperor William — Ultrama- 

 rine blue 35 



Giant Gold Elsie — Clear yellow... .35 



Giant Fire King— Bright reddish 

 brown . .i 



Giant Kinar^of the Blacks (Faust) 

 — Pure jet black 



Giant LiOrd Beaconsfleld — Lavender 

 and violet 35 



Giant Snowflake — Wbl te 86 



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60 

 50 



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 35 



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5.00 



3.00 

 1.00 

 2.60 



2.00 

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CHRISTMAS VARIETIES. 



% lb. 1 lb. 



Burpee's Early White $0.40 $1.60 



Christmas Pink 40 1.25 



Christmas White 40 1.25 



Mr8< Alex. Wallace, Lavender 40 1.60 



Mont Blanc, White 30 1.00 



Florence Denzef, Pure Vhlte 40 1.26 



Earliest of All, Pink and White.. .40 1.26 



Mrs. Geo^Dre Lewis, White waved .40 1.26 



Sirs. William Sim, Salmon Pink.. .40 1.25 



SPENCER SWEET PEAS. 



^ lb. 1 lb'. 



Apple Blossom, Spencer Pink $0.66 $2.00 



Asta Ohn, Soft Lavender 60 2.26 



Blanche Ferry Spencer, Pink & 



White 55 2.00 



Countess Spencer, Rose Pink 55 2.00 



Flora Norton Spencer, Lavender.. .60 2.26 



Hercules Spencer, White 80 8.00 



IllunUnator Spencer, Salmon Pink .75 2.50 



King White. Best of All 90 3.60 



Marie Corelli Spencer, Rose 55 2.00 



Mrs. Cuthbertson, Rose Pink 60 2.60 



Wedsrwood, Blue Spencer 60 2.60 



White Spencer 60 2.50 



St. L. 



MIGNONETTE. 



^-oz. % oz. 



Seed Co.'s Giant $0.75 $2.50 



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adapted for the florist use. We have the complete line. E 



PANSY SBED-Our Triumph Exhibition Mixture, = 



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The kind you have always been tr.vln^ to get. 

 Prices based on quality, not conipeMtion, and .vet 

 the prices are lower than those of most reliable 

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 or better still, let us have a list of your require- 

 ments for prices. 



PETER PEARSON 



Seedsman and Floriet 



5732-5752 Gunnison Street, CHICAGO 



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