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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



January 3, 1907. 



Vick's Aster Seed 



THE BEST IN THE WORLD 

 FINE NEW VARIETIES FOR 1907 



Did you see our adv. in Christmas 

 Number of the Plubists' Review? 

 Look it up. It is worth reading. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



THE LEADING SPECIALISTS AND LARGEST 



GROWERS OF HIGH-GRADE ASTERS 



IN THE WORLD. 



Mention The BeTlew when you write. 



Seedsmaa Wanted 



An inside and outside salesman for market 

 garden trade; splendid opportunity for advance- 

 ment; state age, experience and salary expected; 

 correspondence strictly confidental. Address 

 No. 16, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



from abroad. Preliminary experiments 

 and tests indicate we can grow as good 

 or better seed in this country. It is in- 

 tended, if congress gives permission, to 

 produce and distribute commercial sugar 

 beet seed with the primary object of de- 

 veloping a new American industry. 



Secretary Wilson does not believe the 

 present free seed distribution should con- 

 tinue because he regards it as a waste of 

 public money. Undoubtedly when the 

 question of inclusion of another appro- 

 priation for free seed, similar to that in 

 past appropriation bills, is taken up by 

 the house agricultural committee it will 

 be rejected. This was done last year, 

 but the free-seeders were strong enough 

 to induce the house to authorize the ap- 

 propriation. "Whether they are so strong 

 this year remains to be seen. 



GRADING SEED CORN. 



A perfect stand is one of the principal 

 factors in securing a good yield. If 

 three or four stalks per hill is a perfect 

 stand, hills with one or two or with five 

 or six stalks will make a poor stand 

 and give a loss in yield. It is important 

 to have good seed of perfect germina- 

 tion, and to have the seed grains dropped 

 uniformly, with the right number in the 

 hill. It is thus desirable, as emphasized 

 by Prof. P. G. Holden, of the Iowa Agri- 

 cultural College, to separate the seed 

 ears selected into three classes, or grades, 

 having small, intermediate, and large 

 kernels, and shell and preserve these 

 three grades of seed separately. Before 

 beginning the planting, the planter can 

 be carefully tested with each grade of 

 seed, and the dropping plates with dif- 

 ferent-sized holes or marginal notches 

 selected for each grade, which by careful 

 trial are found to uniformly drop the 

 desired number of kernels. These plates, 

 after thorough test, can be marked, and 

 used when needed with the proper size 

 of seed grains without loss of time in the 

 rush of planting. 



TOLEDO GRASS SEED MARKET. 



Toledo, the greatest clover seed mart 

 in the world, is now obliged to buy large 

 quantities of the seed in foreign markets. 

 This unusual condition is occasioned by 

 the shortage in the crops this year in 

 this country. March seed is being pur- 

 chased at $8.40 a bushel, or about 14 



Asparagus 

 Plumosus Nanus 



Greenhoase grOTin, 100 seeds, 60c; 

 $8.76 for 500 seeds; 1000 seeds, 

 $6.00: $23.75 for 6000 seeds. 



Please don't compare this with cheap 

 outdoorgrown seed which is inferior 

 and offered at tempting prices. 



Verbena, Hammotli Fancy Strain, 

 in separate colors, blue, pink, scarlet, 

 striped and white, 30c per trade pkt.; 

 peroz., $1.50. 



Mammoth Fancy Mixed of all colors, 

 30c per trade put.; per oz., $1.50. 



Vlnca — Carefully selected from 

 choice plants. Trade pkt. Oz. 



Alba, white with ro(=e center.. 20c 60c 



Alba Pnra, pure white 20c (>0c 



Rosea, pink 20c 60c 



Mixed, all colors 15c 60c 



CARNATION BANDS 



Used by all progressive florists, 

 to utilize bursted carnations. 



1000 15c 25c for 2000 



4500 50c 76c for 7000 



$1.00 per 10,000. All postpaid. 



Send for our combined order 



sheet and price list of 

 Florists* FloTver Seeds 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



1018 Market St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when yon^rrlte. 



GLADIOLI 



Augusta, May, E. Scribe, Mme. Monneret, Fire 

 King, Orlflamme, Pactole. "1900," Marie Lemolne, 

 Klondike. Assorted colors— Red, pink, yellow, 

 white and light, variegated, blue and purple. 

 Silver Trophy, ii sections. Lemolne Hyb., Grofif 

 Hyb., choice mixture. Write for trade list. 



£. E. STEWART, Rives Junction, Mich. 



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Augusta Gladiolus 



First size, 1>4 and up $12.00 per 1000 



Second size, Ij^-lj^ 8.00 per 1000 



Cash with order. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



Rowehl & 6ranz,Hicl(Sville,L.I.,N.Y. 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



cents a pound, but this price, Toledo 

 dealers say, is not in excess of what has 

 been paid in this country. 



Toledo dealers are buying quantities 

 of clover seed in English, German and 

 Italian markets, because the stock cannot 

 be secured in America. Toledo dealers 

 are interested in the law concerning the 

 importation of clover seed which, after 

 January 1, makes it mandatory that sam- 

 ples of all foreign seed be first submitted 

 to the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



CARE OF SEED CORN. 



"It is advisable that all corn which 

 is to be used as seed — for the breeding 

 plat, for general planting, or for sale — 

 should be presers'ed in the best manner 

 possible," says C. P. Hartley, in a re- 

 cent bulletin of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. ' ' Good care consists in 

 carefully drying the ears, and at the 

 same time seeing that they dry quite 

 rapidly. This should be done as soon as 

 they are gathered, and they should then 

 be stored in a dry place of even tem- 

 perature and where they will not be 

 reached by damp air. Seed corn, al- 

 though it may have become very dry, 

 will absorb moisture if it comes in con- 



So'w Now 

 The True Thing 



Ageratum Blue Star, the best of all for pots, & 

 tr. pktB., $1.25; tr. pkt., 25c. 



AlyBBum Carpet Queen, fine extra dwarf strain, 

 6 tr. pkts., 11.25; tr. pkt., 25e. 



Begonia Erfordll, for pots the best rosy pink, 

 6 tr. pkt., 11.25; tr. pkt., 25c. 



Begonia Gracilis LuminoHa, bedder, new, wltK 

 large, bright scarlet flowers and ball- shaped 

 habit, unexcelled for pots and outdoors. 6 tr. 

 pkts., 12.50; tr. pkt., 50c. 



Cyclamen, giant-flowering, separate colors. 

 1000 seecs, $0.00; tr. pkt., $1.00. 



Cyclamen, giant-flowering, mixed colors. 1000' 

 seeds, ^.00; tr. pkt., 75c. 



Petunia Rosy Morn, a fine bedder, 6 tr. pkts., 

 $1.V5; tr. pkt., 25c. 



Petunia, California single giants, extra strain, 

 6 tr. pkte., $4.00; tr. pkt., 76c. 



Petania, double fringed Giants, 6 tr. pkts., $5.0Q; 

 tr. pkt., $1.00. 



Phlox New Cecily, the very best large-flowered, 

 real dwarf, compact. Drum. Phlox for pots, 

 mixed colors, 6 tr, pkts., $2.50; tr. pkt., 50c. 



Salvia Fireball, this is a new, real dwarf com- 

 pact early-flowering, tine variety and there 1& 

 hardly a better one for pots. 6 tr. pkts., $2.50; 

 tr. pkt., 50c. 



Verbena, Mammoth, unexcelled strains; as 

 Aurlcolor flowered, scarlet, striped, pink, pur- 

 ple, white, each separate, oz., $1.50; tr. pkt., 25c. 

 For larger quantities special quotations. 



0. V. ZANGEN, Seedsman, HOBOKEN, N. J. 



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XXX SEEDS 



Verbena. Improved mammoths; the very finest 

 grown; mixed, 1000 seeds, 25c. ' 



Cineraria. Finest large-flowering dwarf, mixed 

 colors, 1000 seeds, 50c. 



Phlox Pnmila Compacta. Very, dwarf and 

 compact; grand for pota; in finest colors,, 

 mixed, good per cent of new Sicily, 1000 seeds, 

 50c. 



Alyasam Compactnm. The most dwarf and 

 compact variety growji; perfect little balls 

 when grown in pots, finest to be had, lOOO 

 seeds, 25c. ' 



Chinese Primrose. Finest large-flowering 

 fringed varieties, mixed: single and double, 

 600 seeds, $1.00; half pkt., 50c. 



Pansy, Finest Giants. The best large-flower- 

 ing varieties, critically selected; mixed, 600O 

 seeds, tl.OO; half pkt., 60c. Pkt. Mme. Perretv 

 "gratis." 



Petunia. New Star, from the finest marked 

 flowers, extra choice. Trade pkt., 2&c. 



Salvia Bonfire. Finest variety grown, bril- 

 liant scarlet and compacta, 1000 seeds, '40c. 



Cyclamen OiKanteum. Finest giant mixed, 

 200 seeds, $1.00; ]4 Pkt., 50c. 



Cash. Extra count of seeds in all packets. 



JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



THB HOMB OF PRIMKOSB8. 



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Gladiolos Bolbs 



Our bulbs are not better than 

 the best, but better than the rest. 



TBT THSM. 



Cushman Gladiolus Co. 



STIiVAHZA, OHIO. 



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tact with a damp atmosphere. When 

 first gathered, seed com often contains 

 twenty to twenty-five per cent of moist- 

 ure, and may be greatly injured in one 

 day's time if allowed to freeze or to 

 heat. ' ' 



BULBS OF GUERNSEY. 



I noticed some remarks in a recent 

 issue relative to Guernsey-grown bulbs 

 in comparison with Dutch. In my ex- 

 perience Guernsey-grown bulbs are suit- 

 able for two or three definite purposes, 

 and for those purposes no finer bulbs can 

 be obtained. Selected stocks grown in 

 the Channel Islands for forcing for very 

 early work are a week or so in front of 

 Dutch given the same treatment. This 

 is no doubt accounted for by the advan- 



