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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 11, 1906. 



too little, the check to the growth 

 which undoubtedly causes the damage 

 would result. Experienced growers of 

 celery do not blame the seed when 

 their crop goes to seed prematurely, or 

 when, as is more common, it produces 

 a hollow-stalked crop. It has been 

 proved many times over that the seed 

 which made a good crop this year may 

 make a failure next year, and vice 

 versa. 



As regards our correspondent's in- 

 quiry if seed two or more years old 

 would be more likely to go to seed 

 prematurely than new seed, we can 

 safely say noj the age of the seed will 

 make no difference providj^d it id' not 

 too old to germinate properly. In re- 

 gard to the inquiry as to foreign or 

 home grown seed, we may say that 

 there is no proof that French or any 

 other foreign grown seed is better than 

 the home grown. It all depends upon 

 how the seed was matured and the 

 purity of the stock it was grown from. 

 The best American celery growers pre- 

 fer American grown seed to that grown 

 in any other country. This applies to 

 the Self Blanching sorts as well as to 

 the others. 



A grower who knows his business, 

 if he can secure seed properly matured 

 and of a good selection grown by his 

 next neighbor, will not hesitate to pay 

 a good price for it, and he will have 

 no fear but what it will be just as 

 safe as anything he could get from 

 abroad. 



[If there are other seedsmen who 

 would like to have trade inquiries an- 

 swered in this department, we shall be 

 glad to have them submitted. — Ed.] 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, gen- 

 eral seed catalogue; Golden State Plant 

 and Floral Co., Santa Monica, Cal., sou- 

 venir of Santa Monica; E. E. Stewart, 

 Eives Junction, Mich., gladioli and hardy 

 plants; Texas Seed & Floral Co., Dallas, 

 Tex., general list of seeds, plants and 

 gardening requirements, considerably the 

 most elaborate book they have yet is- 

 sued; C. W. Brownell & Co., Walden, 

 N. Y., price list of peat moss, etc.; The 

 Templin Co., Calla, 0., general catalogue 

 of seeds and plants; J. H. A. Hutchi- 

 son, Oxford, Pa., list of carnation cut- 

 tings; Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, 

 cut flower boxes; Currie Bros. Co., Mil- 

 waukee, farm and garden annual for 

 1906. 



VEGETABLE FORCERS. 

 The Eeview will appreciate the cour- 

 tesy of its readers if they will send us 

 the names and addresses of those in their 

 vicinity who are growing vegetables un- 

 der glass. 



KING PANSY BASKET 



White, 6 by 10, bales, tin ends. 

 Samples sent, or 100 for $1.60. 



8EAVEB BASKET CO.. Tafts College, Mass. 

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New Crop Asparagus Plumosus Nanus Seed 



GREENHOUSE GROWN- Per 100 seeds. (JOc; per 1000 seeds, $5.00; 5000 seeds, $22.50. 



ASPARAGUS SEED OF HIGH GERMINATION— The strain of seed we offer was used in 

 our Floracroft Greenliouses during tlie i>ast season witli tlie most gratifying results. 



NEW CROP SNILAX SEED 



Per oz., 20c; per Ji lb., 60c; per lb.. $2.00. 



New Crop Nammoth Verbena Seed 



Tlie largest flowers and the most brilliant and distinctive colors and markings ofiFered to the 

 trade Separate Colors, per 1000 seeds, 25c; 3000 seeds, 60c; per oz., $1.25. Brilliant Mixture, 

 per 1000 seeds, 20c; 3000 seeds, 50c; per oz., $1.00. 



See our offer of BEGONIAS and GLOXINIAS in last week's Review. 



4PHNS0N & STOKES, 217-219 Market St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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A BED OP MUSHROOMS 



Raised from our Spawn wiU BEAR LONGER and YI£L.D BETTER than from any other 

 variety of Spawn. Thia is proven by facts. Full particulars and information how to succeed in Mush- 

 room raising: free. We warrant you If using our method of growingr Mushrooms that all will go well 



KNUD GUNDESTRUP & CO., MUSHROOM SPECIALISTS, 



4273 Milwaukee Avenue, CHICXGO. 



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IvilCHELL'S NEW CROP 

 FLOWER SLEDS. 



Now Ready for IJelivery. 



Asparagrus Plumosus Nanus, green- 

 house grown seed, strictly fresh— 



Period seeds *1.C0 



Per ) ,00«i seeds , ■ • S.OO 



Aaparaicns Sprengeri, per 100 seeds. .IT) 



Per l.OuO seeds T.-i 



Tr. plit. Oz. 



Alyssum I,ittle(;eni lO.lO 10.3.') 



Aster Oueen of Market, darlc 



and liglit blue, pink, scarlet, 



white and mixed, each 20 .(K) 



Calendula (irandiflora 10 .15 



Cantly tuf t Kmpress 10 .2.'> 



Impatiens Sultani <W 



I..obella Crystal Palace Com- 



pacta 30 l.fiO 



Lobelia Crystal Palace Spe- 



ciosa 20 .60 



Maurandia Barclayana 20 1.2.') 



Maurandia, Mixed 20 1.2.') 



Moon Flower 15 .i)0 



Petunia ( iranditlora, Fringed . .51) 



Petunia, Dwarf Inimitable, 50 



Phlox Drummondil, Dwarf 



Mixed 40 1.75 



Salvia Bonfire (Clara Bedman) . .40 2.50 



Salvia Splendens 25 1.25 



Smilax, per H lb., 80c 10 .25 



ThunberKia, Mixed !;> .50 



Verbena, Mammoth Fancy 



Strain, blue, pink, scarlet, 



stripeo, white and mixed, each. 30 1.50 



Send for Wholesale Catalogue and 

 "Handy (Jrder Sheet" Now Ready. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



Flower Seed Specialists 

 1018 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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Lambert's PURE Culture 

 Mu8hi:ooin Spawn 



Produced by new grafting 

 process from selected and 

 prolific specimen, thor- 

 oughly acclimatized. 



Has nerer failed to run. 

 Sold by leading seedsmen. 



Practical Instriictions on 

 "Mushrooja Culture" 

 mailed free on application. 



MinniMta Span Cs., St. Piul. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



MAKERS of PURE CULTURE TISSUE 



C0LIIN6IA, ALASKA, BOHEMIA 



MUSHROOM 

 =SPAWN = 



Presh Spawn Always on hand. 



WRITE FOR PRICES. 



COCHRAN MUSHROOM & SPAWN CO. 



01 I CHEMICAL BLDO. 



ST. LOUIS. MO. 



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NEW CROP FLOWER SEEDS 



Verbena— Mammoth white, pink, blue, scarlet. 



striped, auricula flo. or mixed, ^oz.,26e; oz.,75c. 

 Petunia— Sgl. large flo.,fringred and stained, Cal- 

 ifornia Giants, each T. P.,50c. Dbl. large flo., 



fringed and stained, T. P., $1.00. 

 Salvia— Bonfire, T. P., 25c; H oz., "Oc; oz., $2.5U 



Splendens, H oz., 30c; oz., $1.00. 

 Cyclamen GIk.— Separate colors or mixed, 100 



seeds, 60c: 1000 seeds, $6.00. 

 Stocks-Dwf. Snowflake, T. P., 26c; ^ oz.. $2.5U 



Large flo. 10 Weeks', T. P., 25c; H oz., 70c. 

 Begonia— Erfordii, Dwf. Vernon, Vulcan, Zulu 



King, each T. P.. 26c. 

 Mignonette- King of the Dwarfs, T. P., 25c: U 



oz., 60c; oz., $1.75. Bismark, T. P., 15c; 34 oz.. 



25c; oz., 75c. 

 Moonflower— White seeded, oz., 36c; 4 oz., $1.25 



Black seeded, oz.j26c; i oz., 90c. 

 Liobella— Crystal Palace Compacta, T, P., 15c; 



Hoz., 35c; oz., $1.25. 

 BONORA, the New PlantFood- lb., 50c (b.v 



mall, 66c) ; 5 lbs. by express, $2.50. 

 Write for 1906 Wholesale Catalogue, now ready. 



W. C. BECKEBT, ALI^EGHENY, PA. 



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Now Ready ! 



From a leading Belgian grower. 



BEGONIAS. 



Giant Flowering, Tuberous Rooted. Single 

 varieties, in separate colors, scarlet, white, 



yellow, rose $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 100«. 



Double varieties, in separate colors, scarlet, 

 white, yellow, rose, $5.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. 



GLOXINIAS. 



Choice sorts, in separate colors, red, white and 

 blue, $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 



LILT OF THE VALLEY. 



Early Giant Forcing, Per 1000, $14.00; per 

 case of 2500, $34.50. 



ni IODIC DOn^ Pn 3<»-3'* broadway. 

 llUnnli: DnUOi uUi MUwaukee^Wis. 



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New Valley 



NOW READY 



Finest pips for earlj^ forcing, $1.50 

 per 100; $14.00 per 1000. Every 

 case guaranteed. 



FANCY CIT VALLEY 



For the Holidays. 



H. N. BRUNS 



1409-1411 W. Madison St. CHICAGO 



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