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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



August 22, 1907. 



The onion sets in the Chicago district 

 are thought not to average five bushels 

 to the pound of seed planted, which 

 speaks of a decidedly light crop. 



The summer trade of the wholesale 

 seed houses has been good. Turnip seed 

 was in good demand and the sale of spin- 

 ach seed for fall planting has been above 

 average. At most of the truck growing 

 points beans have been planted in larger 

 quantities than usual, and altogether the 

 July and August trade will more than 

 make up to the wholesaler for the drop 

 off of May and June. 



Some of the smaller onion set growers 

 are complaining that they received mixed 

 onion seed from several different sources 

 last spring. The mixture is most noticea- 

 ble in the seed sold for white ; it contains 

 about one-third of a mongrel stock of 

 yellow. In some lots that were bought 

 for yellow an inferior red shows to the 

 extent of about fifty per cent. These un- 

 fortunate happenings can be laid up 

 against the promiscuous buying of seed 

 by brokers and others who are not post- 

 ed, and who sell seed on a margin of 5 

 cents or 10 cents per pound to anybody 

 they can sell to. It is all onion seed to 

 them. 



$350.00 Saved by a Single 

 Test With the Bauer 



Germinator. 



Troy, N. Y., May 30, 1{K)7. 

 Bauer Germinator Co., 



Manitowoc, Wis. 

 Gentlemen:— 



The Bauer Germinator works to per- 

 fection. 



It is a rule of this establishment to 

 • test for germination every variety of seed 

 before it is ordered for sale. Most of 

 these tests are made in soil by a seed 

 tester, but it frequently happens that 

 delayed shipments from Europe arrive 

 so late in the season that a soil test 

 would take too long, so we decided to 

 use your Germinators in such cases. 



The results have been very satisfac- 

 tory. For instance, we received from 

 our Denmark grower a shipment of Cau- 

 liflower and samples were sent to our 

 tester and at the same time tests were 



§ laced in your Germinator. In a few 

 ays your Germinator showed us from 

 90 per cent to 100 per cent germinating 

 strength for the seed. In one week we 

 received the report of the soil test as less 

 than 40 per cent. We immediately called 

 the attention of our man to this dis- 

 crepancy and ordered a new soil test. 

 The result of the second test was ex- 

 actly like your (ierminator. 



Now, the first 8f)il test had been gov- 

 erned by some unknown conditions 

 which resulted in the very low germina- 

 tion. Had we not had the check test in 

 vour Germinator, we undoubtedly would 

 have accepted the first test as correct 

 and we would not have offered the seed 

 for sale. The value of the seed, by the 

 way, was about $1^50.00. 



Yours very truly, 



H. W. Gordinier, Seed Merchant. 



Price of The Rauer Standard Germinator Com- 

 plete is 50c each or $5.50 per dozen. 



For Catalog: write to 



BAUER GERMINATOR CO. 



MANITOWOC. WISCONSIN. 



Always mention the Floricis' Review wlien 

 writing advertisen. 



BODDINGTON'S 

 GIGANTIC CYCLAMEN 



The seed of Cy- 

 clamen 18 often 

 sown too early In 

 the year: fr' m the 

 middle of AuKuat 

 to the f>Dd of 8ep- 

 ' ember is the 

 rixiit time: the 

 sf ed lings l^hould be 

 irrown on to the 

 flowerinR stage 

 wi h< ut any rheuk 

 whatever. When 

 grown cool the re- 

 sults are mo»>t sat- 

 i'fac'ory. Bod- 

 dinston's Gl- 

 cantio Cycla- 

 men are unequal- 

 «d torsive or qual- 

 ity of bloom A 

 magnifloent strain 

 with flowarii of ex- 

 traordinarv size and bubstance. 



Gisantic \VIilte Butterfly. 



Puie white, irumense tioMer. 



GiKantlc Wliite. The largest 

 of all white tj>elam n. 



Glsantio Cherry-Red. Most 

 bii liant aud effeciive. 



Gisrantlc Rose. Immense flow- 

 er of a pleabing shade of light 

 rose. 



GiKantlc Fink. Exquisite 

 Suade of soft pink. 



Gigantic Crimsonand Wliite. 



A tnaifnitictnl flower of the 

 largest tTP». 



Gisrantic crimson. Mo^t strlK- 



ii g Color: uiiUf r artlflcial light 



r appears to be almost luminous. 



Any of the above varietleB, 



trade pkt., 50o; 100 seeds, 



$l.tS; 1000 seeds, tlS.OO. 



Gisantic Mixed. A mixture of 

 ail I he above varieties in proper 

 proportion. Pkt . .'>nc: lOJ seeds, 

 SI 25: 10 >0 seeds. $tJOO. 



GIGANTIC PRINCESS MAT. 



A very iiretty lyre i f ryclamen. 

 Color pink, with snfTused blotches of crim- 

 son at base of petals. Pkt , 50c; 100 seeds, 

 SI. 25 



GIGANTIC SALMON QUKEN PINK. Un- 

 doubtedly the most dUtluct aud beautiful 

 color found in Cyclamen. Habit goid and 

 fol'age hundRomely marked. irkt., 60c; 

 100feed», $123. 



Cyclamen Persicum glffanteiim 8al- 

 monlum spleucens. A moot unique 

 arid intense salmon color, (iood habit. 

 Pkt. 50c. 



Cyclamen Persicum Gieanteum Ro- 

 koko. The flowers, pure wbiie lo d«rk 

 lej. are beautifully fiiiged, measure 6 

 inches in d ameter, are borne on straight, 

 upright stems. Pkt , 60c. 



Four Brand Novelly Cyclamen 



Bridesmaid. New Cyclamen of the "Pap- 

 ilio" varieiy. with 'arge well formed flow- 

 ers of a pure white with a red eye, while 

 the beautifully fringed petal- are broadly 

 edged with bright red. Pkt., 50c. 



Crimson KinK. The best of all crimson 

 varieties aud strikinglybi autifuJ. Pkt ,(0c. 



Phoenix. Brisht cherry-crimsnn flowers, 

 freelv produced and lising well above the 

 prettily marked foliage. Pkt., 50c. 



Vulcan. The rich crimson color is very 

 Btiiking and coutra^'ts admit ably with the 

 pare white of Butterfly. Pkt., 60c. 



SpringfieM, Mass., December 17, 1906. 

 In 1905 you sold me «• me Cyc'am. n seed that 

 you recommtnded very highly. These plants are 

 now in bloom, and are the finest Cyclamen I have 

 ever had, and as good as any I have ever seen. 

 The plants are tine and the co'ors and size of the 

 flowers are gieat. MARK AITKEN. 



BODDINGTON'S GIGAMIC CYCUMEN Artutir 1 • llOQuin^tOn 



Seedsman, 342 W. 14th St., New York City. 



