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1376 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabcu 21, 1907. 



SPRING BULBS 



PIMEDIATK DSLIVKRT 



Caladiums 



(Elephants Bar) 



Sound Bulbs; 

 Uyb Center Shoots. 



5 to 7 inches In circum- 

 ference, per 100. $2.00. 



7 to 9 Inches In circum- 

 ference, per 100, $3 60. 



9 to 12 Indies In circum- 

 ference, per 100, $6.00. 



12 inches and up, per 

 100, $14.00. 



TUBEROSES PelSif *='^*'«»'»°' 



Well cured stock. Now ready. 



First size. 4-6 per 1000, $10.00 



Medium size, a-4 per 1000, 5.00 



We pay f reierht both ways 

 If you don't like our goods. 



E. r. WINTERSON CO. 



45-47-40 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Mention The BeTlew when yoo write. 



Dahlias 



Named varieties. 

 Send for list. 



DAVID HBRBKRT ft SON 



Snocesiors to L. K. Peacock, Inc. ATOO, H. J. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



supply; and in a season like the pres- 

 ent, when some things are really quite 

 short, you will find that other varieties 

 of merit are pushed ahead of supposedly 

 popular favorites. 



This brings up another great question, 

 and that is, do we not push undiily, year 

 after year, certain varieties to the exclu- 

 sion of others that may perhaps be 

 really quite as valuable? You will say 

 that this takes us into another great 

 question, and that is, that seedsmen are 

 obliged to carry in stock and sell to 

 their customers those varieties of seeds 

 that custom and an especial local mar- 

 ket demand. Granted in a way, for no 

 one knows better than the writer how 

 true this is; but, on the other hand, I 

 fully believe that few seedsmen realize 

 how much dependence their customers 

 place in their opinions and advice. Seeds- 

 men can and do control the varieties of 

 seeds that shall be planted in certain 

 localities, possibly more than they them- 

 selves have realized. 



It is only in a year of seed shortage 

 that many of these questions I have 

 raised appeal to us at their true value. 

 When seeds of every kind are plenty 

 and, perhaps, a drug on the market, it 

 is so easy to give a customer what he 

 will buy the quickest and easiest, and 

 that is always what his father, grand- 

 father and neighbors have planted. The 

 average man will keep on planting what 

 he always has, without regard to the 

 fact that another variety might bring 

 him half again as much profit or pleas- 

 ure. I have a specific case in my mind, 

 where a customer, in a short crop seed 

 year, took several varieties against his 

 own wishes — J can hardly say judgment 

 — and the results were that the crops 

 gathered were so much more satisfactory 

 and profitable than the kinds the same 

 customer had always planted, that ever 

 after he would have none .other than 

 those varieties which his seedsman would 

 recommend to him. 



I am afraid my thoughts have taken 



TUBEROSE BULBS 



Dwarf Kzoalalor P«arl, first grade, selected bulbs, 19.00 per 1000. 



GLADIOLI 



'00 1000 



America, the grandest gladiolus up to date, color soft pink $10.00 $75.00 



White and Light Florists' Mixture 1.76 16.00 



Tuberous- Rooted Begonias, Gloxinias, Etc. 



Send for trade price list. 



CIRRIE BROS. CO. ar.'X.y. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



GLADIOLI 



Augusta. . 



Eugene Scribe. 2 60 



Le Pactole H.OO 



Marie Lemoine 2.00 



May 1.26 



Oriflamme 1.26 



Fire King 2.00 



Mme.Monneret l.OU 



* 1900" 2.00 



Glory of Bright- 

 wood 3.00 



DeCheville... 4.00 



Florida 3.00 



Klondyke 10.00 



All first size bulbs. 



100 1000 

 .SI. 75 $12 00 



20.00 

 26.00 

 18.00 

 10.00 

 9.00 



Silver Trophey: 



Sec. 1 



Sec.2 



Sec. 3 



Assorted Red.. 



Assorted Pink. 



" Yellow 



" Blue.. 



Striped and 



Variegated.. . 



White and light 



Standard Mixed 



Fancy Mixed. . 



Write for 



100 1000 



2.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 l.OO 

 1.50 

 3.00 

 3.00 



2.50 

 1.50 

 1.00 

 1.60 

 list. 



7.00 

 12.00 

 24.00 

 26.00 



20.00 



12.00 



(l.OO 



9.00 



E.E. STEWART 



Rives Junction, Micii. 



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GLADIOLI 



Groff's Hybrids, oriitiDal stock, Gold Medal 

 and Silver Trophy Strain: Sec. 1. S3 00; Sec. 2, 

 $3 50 and Sec. 3, $4.00 per 100, in first sizes. Seed- 

 lings of same, blooming size, uncalled, $2.00, $2 50 

 and $3.00 per 100 respectively. Also in first sizes 

 Crawford Strain, $100 per 100; $7.00 per 1000. 

 Seedlings of same, select, $2.00 perlOO; $15.00 per 

 1(00. Lemoinei, select seedlings, $2 00 per KO; 

 $12.00 per 1000. Superb Mixture, $7.00 per 1000. 

 May, $2.00 per 1000, and others. Send for list. 

 My soil, climate and method are well adapted to 

 the production of mature, sound stock. 



JOHN n.UMPLEBY, LAKE VIEW, N.Y. 



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Augusta Gladiolus 



First size, l>i and up $12.00 per 1000 



Second size. l>i-l>i 8.00 per 1000 



Gash with order. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



Rowehl&6ranz,Hickstille,LI.,N.Y. 



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Gladiolus Bolbs 



Our bulbs are not better than 

 the best, but better than the rest. 

 TBT THBM. 



Gushman Gladiolus Go. 



STIiVAHIA, OHIO. 



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me away from my original subject, but 

 so many things enter into the making of 

 a seed catalogue — how varieties should 

 be offered in a short seed year espe- 

 cially—that it requires the greatest tact 

 and knowledge of your customers' needs 

 and wants to not only meet those needs, 

 but also to sell j'our own seed stock in 

 a proper manner. No matter how much 

 pains a seedsman takes, he will be con- 

 fronted at the end of the season with 

 two serious propositions: First, he will 

 have a surplus of many things that 

 should have been sold; and, second, he 

 will not have enough of other things to 



"TOP-NOTCH" 



GLADIOLI 



For Those Who Want Only the Best. 



AMERICA 



Exquisite soft lavender pink, the most 

 beautiful color yet seen in Gladiolus. Words 

 fall to do It justice. SIO.OO per 100. $75.00 per 



1000. 



ATTRACTION 



Deep, dark, rich crimson, with a very con- 

 spicuous large white center and throat. At 

 once a most beautiful and attractive sort. 

 $16.00 per 100. 



CARDINAL 



Perfect flower and spike, very large and 

 the brightest, cleanest and most intense car- 

 dinal scarlet yet seen. Very rich and showy. 

 SIO.OO per 100. 



CONTRAST 



Flowers of great substance and a beautiful 

 compact spike of perfect form. Color Intense 

 scarlet with a large, distinct white center 

 which is neither tinted nor mottled. One of 

 the moHt strlkine and beautiful Gladioli 

 ever Introduced. $12.00 pe,r 100. 



IRENE 



Fine large flower and spike. Color a fine 

 shade of pink freely flaked bright crimson. 

 SIO.OO per 100. 



MELROSE 



White flaked pink, bright crimson center. 

 Very large and fine. $15 00 per 100. 



OCTOROON 



A beautiful salmon -pink; very distinct. A 

 gem of its color. You will not be dlssap- 

 polnted in Octoroon. $4.00 per 100. 



Special Offer: 



85 bulbs of each above varie- 

 Ues for $18 50. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS 



Floral Park, N. Y. 



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GLADIOLI 



^^^ AUGUSTA, small sizes. . .$2.00 to $3.50 

 per 1000. No. 1900, si'es 8 and 4; 

 also mixed. Write for prices and sizes. 



JOHN FAY KENNELL, CHILI, N.Y. 



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finish out to the end of the season. In 

 the first instance, he will have seeds that, 

 to protect his trade, must go to the dirt- 

 barrel, and in the second case he will 

 be obliged to buy some seeds to fill out 

 his last orders, at the same prices he 

 sells for, if he does not even sell these 

 items at a loss. 



It takes the mogt eflScient manage- 

 ment to take charge^of the stock of a 

 large seed house ; in f ac^Jxsuch a position 

 demands years of the closest application 

 and hard study to fit a ma^i for such 



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