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ThcWcckly Florists' Review. 



August 3, 1905. 



Lilium 

 Harrisii 



Never Looked 



Captains Island 



We are in possession of a consfgfnment which arrived July 15^ and are offering: in case lots only, while they last: 

 5 to 7, 400 to a case, at $3.00 per 100 or $12.00 per case. 7 to 9, 200 to a case, at $6.00 per 100 or $12.00 per case. 



Address aU correspondence to Auction Dept. W. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 



Better. 



son extends over a period of about six 

 months, beginning with salsify and spin- 

 ach in May and closing with leek, cu- 

 cumber and tomato about November 1. 



Perhaps an estimate of the areas de- 

 voted to the several crops will be inter- 

 esting, but as I have compiled them 

 rather rudely, I trust they will not be 

 accepted as definite. They are at least 

 approximately correct and represent the 

 state of California only. I will mention 

 the kinds only that include twenty-five 

 acres or over; beet, fifty acres; carrot, 

 200 acres; celery and celeriac, fifty 

 acres; cucumber, 250 acres; endive, 

 twenty-five acres; leek, twenty-five acres; 

 lettuce, 300 acres; curled mustard, 

 twenty-five acres; onion, 2,000 acres; 

 parsley, twenty-five acres; parsnip, 

 twenty-five acres; radish, 500 acres; sal- 

 sify, twenty-five acres; spinach, 100 

 acres; tomato, 125 acres; sweet peas, 

 750 acres; nasturtiums, fifty acres; other 

 flower seeds, fifty acres; turnip, 100 

 acres; cabbage, twenty -five acres; gar- 

 den peas, 1,000 acres; pole beans, 1,500 

 acres; bush beans, 750 acres; lima 

 beans, 2,000 acres. 



I have not included in these figures 

 any commercial mustards, or market 

 eating beans, but only what is wholly 

 grown for the seed trade. My total 

 figures make just about 10,000 acres. 

 Included in this estimate is the item 

 of miscellaneous flower seeds, a feature 

 that promises greater proportionate ex- 

 pansion than any other lice. A better 

 knowledge of methods^ and selection and 

 general type development is all that is 

 necessary to give California flower seeds 

 an equal reputation with those of any 

 other country, with the very great ad- 

 vantage of a strong vitality and a fine 

 sample of seed. The flower seed list 

 includes asters, centaureas, marigolds, 

 poppies, mignonette, eschscholtzias and 

 smaller breadths of a score of other 

 flowjers. 



I am not sure that I have enumerated 

 enough in detail the varied crops of a 

 California seed farm but I trust I have 

 said enough to convince the convention 

 that a visit to California in May and 

 June would be an attractive excursion. 

 The sweet peas are in bloom, the lettuce 

 fields are great, varied-colored lawns, 

 the onions are oceans of silver green, 

 radish a forest of white, fragrant bou- 

 quets, and all nature is glorious in Cali- 

 fornia in May. Then is the best time 

 to come. The glory holds till well into 

 June and June is a good time to come. 

 The harvest begins to predict itself in 

 July and the seedsman brings his note 

 book and figures possibilities in July 

 and therefore July is a good time to 

 come. 



One can begin at Seattle and travel 

 south to Los Angeles and go home from 

 there, or reverse the order. Stops can 

 be made all along the way and all the 

 seed farms can be visited without retrac- 

 ing any part of the trip. 



LILIIM 

 HARRISII 



sbx;botbd high obadb bui^bb. 

 how bbadt fob shipwbht. 



Size Prices per 100 Per 1000 



Sto7incbeB 14.00 $36 00 



6 to 7 inches ■.... 4.75 42 50 



7to9Incl)e8 S.fiO 76.00 



9 to 12 inches 18 00 160.00 



Write for list of prices of other 

 Bulbs. PJants. etc. 



CURRIE BROS. CO. 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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PIIIISY SEED 



Brown's extra select superb Giant 

 prize "Pansies awarded Silver Medal 

 St. Louis Exposition 1904. My own grown 

 new 1905 crop ready. Price mixed seed, 

 3000 seeds, $1.00; X-oz.,$i. 50; )^-oz., $2.50; 

 i-oz., $5.00; X-'b-» $1400; >^-lb., $25.00; 

 I -lb.. $50.00. Cash with order. Plants 

 ready September i. 



PETER BROWN 



LANCASTER, PA. 



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PANSY 



HO* MES' MAMMOIH EXHIBITION STRAIN. 



Positively unsurpassed in size and mark- 

 ings. Batlsfaction ffnarantaad or 

 money refnndad. H«w crop seed in any 

 quantity. Special price for trial package 

 flOOO seeds), vBo ; trade packet, (2000 seeds), 

 §1.25. 



Write for special wholesale prices on larger 



Quantities. Send your list of Fall Bulbs for 



BPBCXAZi QVOTATIOHB. 



Holmes Seed Co. SEED 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 



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RAWSON'S 



Mid-Summer Catalogue 



Hardy Pci«eniiial Seeds 

 Bent on Application. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., siKDBMiif, 

 12 ul IS Fueall Hall Sqaare, BOSTON. 



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Queen Beatrice 



Alwayi mention the Flofiats' Review whea 

 writing; advcrtisefs. 



We are now booUncr orders for 



LILIUM HARRISII, 



LILIUM LONGIFLORUM, 



ROMAN HYACINTHS, 



PAPER WHITE NARCISSI, etc. 



WHOLESAIE PRICE LIST NOW READY. 

 CTOAB BEVOIiUTA 



at $8.00 per 100 lbs. 

 COLD STOBAOE VALLEY PXPB 



in cases of 3000, at $10.00 per 1000. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



36 Cortlandt St. NEW TOBK. 



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Cyclamen Seed 



FRESH CROP. Chan, Plump Seed 



These seeds have been carefully saved from 

 the finest specimens both as to plant and bloom. 

 Our plants are from a well known strain which 

 we have greatly improved during the past four 

 years. Those who visited our place during their 

 blooming time know what they are. Tou will 

 make no mistake in sowing this seed. Sow in 

 Augiut for large specimen plants. In separate 

 colors. White, white with red eye, rose, lavender 

 and wine color. 16.00 per 1000. 



BAUR & SMITH 



SBth St. and Senate Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 



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FISCHER'S 



Grand Freesia Purity 



The three largest size bulbs which I offered are 

 all sold out; but I have a smaller size, all strong 

 flowering bulbs, which will give entire satisfac- 

 tion, $3.00 per 100; $20.00 per 1000: 500 at 1000 rate. 

 Discount on 5000 lots. No orders taken after 

 Sept. 1, for by that time what isn't sold will be 

 planted. Cash with order please. Cash orders 

 sent free by mall. 



Re FISCHER 



GREAT NECK, L. I., N. Y. 



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NARCISSUS 



Surplus stock. 60.000 strong, blooming bulbs. 

 Fine for Decoration Day (grown north of 

 Chicago). In four hardy sorts, double and 

 single, 60c per 100 ; $5.00 per 1000. 



F. A. BALLER, BL00MIN6T0N, ILL. 



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