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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 23, 1905. 



under ditches with poor water rights, 

 the land is worth but a few dollars per 

 acre, and the crops cannot be depended 

 upon. We know where this seedsman 

 planted his crops last year and that prac- 

 tically all were under the latter class. 



"The' following parties visited our 

 fields last season and can tell you what 

 kind of crops we grew: S. F. Willard, 

 Ex-President of the American Seed Trade 

 Association; Howard M. Earl, of W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co. ; Mr. Forbes, of Peter 

 Henderson & Co.; Mr. Dungan, of Wm. 

 Henry Maule; Mr. Coulter, of D. M. 

 Ferry & Co., and Mr. Coulter, of Jerome 

 B. Rice Seed Co., also many other seeds- 

 men who expressed themselves as being 

 highly pleased with our methods of 

 growing seeds under irrigation. 



"I am inclosing herewith a small sam- 

 ple of seeds of our own growing, and 

 wish to call your attention to the weight 

 of the germ. In comparing seeds grown 

 here with those grown in other sections, 

 we find a difference in squash seeds of 

 twenty-five to thirty per cent in weight 

 in favor of our growings. 



"Our contract orders are very heavy 

 this year, showing that our old custom- 

 ers have been well pleased with the re- 

 sults obtained here. The ground is in 

 good working condition, water supply 

 plentiful and present indications very 

 favorable for a good crop the coming 

 season. 



"Under our best ditches, where we 

 have water throughout the entire season 

 whenever wanted, the plant is not al- 

 lowed to want. With this condition, 

 when the plant needs water it gets it, 

 and wheti it does not need water it is 

 kept away, while under the poor ditches, 

 owing to the fact that we depend en- 

 tirely on irrigation to grow crops, many 

 times the plants suffer and cannot ma- 

 ture crops giving satisfactory results. 

 This same condition will be met with to 

 a greater or less extent in districts 

 where the crops are grown without irri- 

 gation. If at the time the seed is fill- 

 ing the plant suffers for water, shriveled, 

 light seed must result, and only under 

 favorable seasons can seeds of good 

 quality be expected." 



HOLLAND BULB CROPS. 



The following report on Holland bulb 



crops is from a correspondent of the 



Horticultural Trade Journal: 



Whereas April opened with delightfully mild 

 weather, the month all through, with the ex- 

 ception of one or two fine days, proved a very 

 sad disappointment to all concerned. Where 

 we had hyacinths In full bloom on the first day 

 of April and had expected to find the bulk of 

 bnlb flowers to be over at the Easter holidays, 

 the cold retarded the flowering season to such 

 an unusual extent that many hyacinths were 

 still In bloom at Easter, and the tulips would 

 have been at their best If the hailstorms had 

 not completely ruined the flowers, and even 

 those that are still In bud state already show 

 the disastrous results of the continued rain and 

 wet, and very likely even the late or May- 

 flowering tulips will not come out to perfec- 

 tion. Generally speaking, the whole of the 

 flowering sea.son has been a sad disappointment 

 to us all. Spring shipments have now come to 

 a close and have been most satisfactory, as no 

 surplus stock has been left on th^ hands of 

 any of the growers. 



A MAN who had been sixte«i years 

 in the employ of the Albert Dickinson 

 Co., Chicago, hung himself in the firm's 

 warehouse May 23. 



We esteem the Eevibw very highly for 

 its Seed Trade News. — Binghamton 

 Seed Co., Binghamton, N. T. 



LEONARD 



SEED 



OaiOH SKTS. 



Our plantings for the 

 new crop are now 

 completed. 

 We take orders now lor dellv- "•■•r iMdi 

 ery this fall or next spring. **' 

 Writ* f«r Priess. ■■'k* 



Mention The Bevlew when yon write, 



WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS. 



Seeds for present requirements ready to ship. 

 Contract orders for delivery after harvest 1906 

 are being booked now. 

 BUNS. PCAS AND GARDEN SEEDS. Write for Prices. 



TURNIP SEED.^'yilS^'KJS" 



CO. CHICAGO 



' Genuine BERMUDA ONION SEED ' 



OrowD and 

 Exported by 



WILDPRET BROTHERS, '"".o'SiS'X.JS'r"- 



Write for prices at once and place your order at an early date so aa to secure a full supply. 

 ^ Best references required from unknown firms. Orders accepted from the wholesale trade only. J 



Mention The Reylew when yon write 



in Bulk 

 and PackagcB 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



Dickinsons, Evergreen, and Pine Tree Brands 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



CHICAGO 



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HAVING BEEN AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE 



For MIy ^| /tnim I ^^ ^^^ 



Exhibition of ULMUlvrLi World's Fair 



it is with increased confidence in my ability to supply superior stock that I solicit a continuance ot 

 patronage, and new customers. OrofTa Hybrids aJid other aorta the beat obtainable. 



Write for 

 Oataloeue. 



ARTHUR OOWEE,6ladiolus Specialist, Meadowvale Farm, Berlin, N.Y. 



Mention TTie Review when yon write 



Burpee's Seeds Grow 



Mention The Review when you write. 



VALLEY PIPS 



Best German forcing and forcing &XI«A'08, 8FIKABA 

 O&YTMPB. in sorts, selected KONOm^OBVM BU^BB, 

 OBnCBOB BAMBKBBS, AXAIMAS and otber Baater 

 forclnar Plants and Bnlbs imported to order. Fall dellTery. 



Address: AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, P.VtflSi^fi: NEW YORK 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



CANNAS. 

 We started our cannas in sand and 

 after they were well rooted cut .th« 

 bulbs off enough so as to put them in 

 21^-inch pots. Will these make as large' 

 plants as if we had not cut them ? 



■ L. M. B. 



The roots should be divided or cut up 

 at the time you start them as dormant 

 roots. If you did that and started them 

 in sand they should need no more cut- 

 ting and the smallest pot for them 

 should be a 4-inch. If there is a good 

 bunch of roots left on the old piece of 

 lOot they will keep on growing all right, 

 but next time cut the roots up into 

 pieces three or four inches long, with 

 one or two good eyes, and after they 

 are started in sand and sphagnum moss 

 pot them into 4-inch. W. S. 



Marquette, Mich. — The Lutey Floral 

 Co. has a new scheme for pushing the 

 spring plant business. They print a 

 coupon in the daily paper the presenta- 

 tion of which entitles the purchaser of 

 a certain number of plants to a window 

 box free. 



SEED BAGS 



for the Trade 



A full line in Manila* Fibre and Laid 

 papers, White, Amber and Colored. Print- 

 ing in large or small quantities, one or more 

 colors, with ctiltural directions and with or 

 without cuts. Samples and estimates on 

 application. 



The Brown Bag Filling Machine Co. 



Seed Bag Dept. FITCHBUR6, MASS. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



SEED GROWERS 



n«ld, 8wa«t and Pop Corn, Ouonm- 

 ber. Melon and Squash Seed. Write 

 ua before placintr contracts We have 

 superior stock Seei and can furnish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



A. A. BERRY SEED COMPANY, Clarinda, la. 



Always mention the Florists' Beview 

 when writing advertisers. 



