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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 25, 1906. 



next to impossible to raise good celery 

 plants there; they should be raised in 

 cold frames right on the level ground. 

 If the outside is banked up and the glass 

 covered with mats or blankets in the 

 night, frost can be kept out. The seed 

 should be put in in the latter part of 

 January, and it does not hurt it if the 

 ground freezes slightly; the bed should 

 at all times be kept moist, not soggy, 

 from the time the seed is put in till the 

 plants are out. 



If your ground is at any time apt to be 

 too dry for the production of first-class 

 celery, grow something else. If you want 

 to grow celery get some ground that is 

 suitable or irrigate. 



A neighbor of mine has four acres of 

 land; the top eighteen inches to two 

 feet is a wash; it is a gravelly loam that 

 water passes freely through and it is very 

 rich; the subsoil is a hard sticky clay 

 that no water can pass through and there 

 is always water flowing on top of this 

 clay from irrigated lands above. This 

 land looks dry on top but you can always 

 kick your foot down to moist soil if it 

 is cultivated. It needs no irrigation 

 and is ideal garden land, and, I think, 

 ideal celery land. He raises about 2,000 

 stalks every year and always has a large 

 per cent go to seed. I have raised about 

 10,000 and never had one go to seed. 

 My land is a well manured but heavy 

 clay, that if dry will crack wide open so 

 you can stick your foot in the cracks. 

 I irrigate once a week and always have 

 the largest and sweetest celery when fall 

 comes. I plant my seed in the open 

 ground in spring in a prepared seedbed 

 and transplant, raising radish, lettuce or 

 beets first on the celery ground. He plants 

 his celery seed in the hotbed and sets it 

 out early in spring. S. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia, gen- 

 eral line of seeds, plants and requisites 

 for 1906; Hyde Park Seed and Floral 

 Co., Austin, Tex., pamphlet entitled 

 "Better Seed Corn"; Wm. Toole, Bara- 

 boo. Wis., "Guide to Pansy Culture"; 

 W. C. Beckert, Allegheny, Pa., general 

 catalogue of vegetable and flower seeds, 

 also wholesale list for florists and mar- 

 ket gardeners ; John Sharpe & Son, Bard- 

 ney, Lincolnshire, England, wholesale 

 trade list of seeds; S. J. Galloway, Eaton, 

 O., bulbs and plants; T. R. Watson, 

 Plymouth, Mass., nursery stock; Califor- 

 nia Rose Co., Los Angeles, Cal., field- 

 grown roses; C. C. Morse & Co., San 

 Francisco, retail seed catalogue; Conard 

 & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa., general 

 catalogue of plants and seeds; W. C. 

 Mountain, Constantinople, bulbs. 



GARDEN VASES i:.^sj;;r 



Made in a great variety of styles and designs 

 to harmonize with any garden scheme. Also, 

 Lava Fountaiot. Aquaria. Stitaan, tatttaa and Cbaira 

 Trea Guards, Gat and Elactilc Llglit Poits and Laa»s. 



WE issue separate catalojrues of each of the 

 above, which will be sent on request. 

 Address Okxamental Depahtmknt. 



THE J. L. MOTT IRON WORKS 



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 Mention The Kevlew when you write. 



Burpee's Earliest White— in contrast with Mont Blanc to the left— see text below. 



NEW SWEET PEA 



BURPEE'S EARLIEST WHITE 



Origin 



Burpee's Earliest Wliite 



Florists who force Sweet Peas can imagine our delight when, two years ago, 

 our friend Mb. Thos. Gould, of Ventura County, California, found that in a 

 field of the Re-selected Burpee's Earliest of All. which he was growing for us, one plant- 

 exactly similar in all other respects— produced pure white flowers. Needless to say this plant 

 was carefully guarded and by growing two crops each season we are now able to introduce 

 Burpee's Earliest White as the only white Sweet Pea that will be used for forcing or extreme 

 early crop just as soon as its unique merits are known and suificient seed can be obtained. 



has been carefully tested at Foedhook and 

 the originator's crops thoroughly inspected 

 in California during the seasons of 1904 and 1905. After returning from our first visit the past 

 season (in July) we wrote that of the new crop then starting (with Mont Blanc alongside) we 

 should like a photograph. On August 22, 1905, Mb. Thos. Gould sent a photograph from 

 which the above illustration has been reproduced and wrote : 



"The crop planted July 12 came in 

 bloom August 20 and is now quite white 

 as a field witr no sports whatever show- 

 ing. The habit is without exception uni- 

 formly dwarf and even. The coloring is 

 clear white and the stock is of 

 unusual sturdiness, both in germi- 

 nation and in growing qualUies. 

 The plants of Mont Blanc, 

 from seed planted the same 

 day, are as yet showing no 

 signs of bloom. In 

 this line I should 

 remark that in 

 former tests where- 

 in I quoted the 

 Mont Blanc as a 

 white variety next 

 earliest bloomer it 

 related only to one 

 or two plants in the 

 lot tested as com- 

 petitors. As to the 

 general blooming 

 of the two varieties 

 the Mont Blanc was 

 too far behind for 

 real consideration. 

 ...A description of 



Burpee's "Earliest of All" excepting as to 

 color will correctly apply to thisnew pea." 



Burpee's Earliest 



Burpee's Earliest White 



Burpee's I arliest White 



%J|/|«SfA comes into full bloom in 

 TT liiiv/ lorty-live days after the 

 seed is planted in the open ground. The dwarf plants, sixteen to twenty inches high, are clad 

 in rich dark-green foliage and carry a profusion of the pure white flowers borne upon strong 

 stems six to eight inches long. Each stem has two or three of the fully expanded well-formed 

 flowers, of good size and placed close together. 



From seed planted on May 18 last nrRPEE'.s Earliest White was in full bloom on July 

 1. while Mont Blanc, planted the same day, was showing only a few buds. It is also wonder- 

 fully profuse blooming. 



is not only as extremely early but also just 

 as hardy as the famous pink and white Bur- 

 pee's Earliest of All. It has black seed-and is really the only clear white Sweet Pea that has! 

 This insures a bettor stand, stronger and more thrifty plants. 



will be welcomed by florists for forcing, be- 

 cause there is no other variety so quick- 

 growing or sure-cropping, excepting only The Re-selected Burpee's Earliest of All— the earliest 

 pink and white. Like the latter, the plants under glass begin to bloom freely when only 

 twelve inches high and continue to grow and flower profusely until, when six or eight feet tall 

 they reach the top of the greenhouse: the plants can then be cut back, if desired, and will 

 make an equally vigorous second growth. **"A11 florists know, of course that the regular 

 varieties of Tall Sweet Peas are of no value whatever for forcing if early flowers are desired. 



is sold only in our original sealed 

 packets— and only direct to planters— 



none to other seedsmen. The seed is all hand-picked and every seed should grow. Per pkt. 



(of 40 seeds) 25 cts., less one-third: 5 pkts. for 75 cts. net. Half size packets: Per pkt. 



(20 seeds) 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts.; 10 pkts. for 75 cts. net. 



BURPEE'S ''BLUE LIST" FOR 1906 



is now ready to mail. This is our complete catalogue of wholesale prices for the choicest 

 flower seeds for florists and the finest vegetable seeds for market gardeners. Any florist or 

 market gardener who does not receive a copy by February 1 should apply for same immedl- 



ateiyto ^ 3TLEE BURPEE & CO., Philadelphia 



2956 Burpee's Earliest White 



