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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Januabt 14, 1909. 



Catalogues, Colored Plates, 



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when the little flowers open up and show 

 their black seeds. 



Once the ripe heads are gathered, they 

 are laid on sheets in the open to dry, 

 and at night are covered to avoid the 

 dew, which would spoil the seeds. In 

 this state thoy are left to dry in the sun 

 during four to six days, and then they 

 are taken up, and with a wooden hammer 

 these heads are softly beaten down in 

 order to get the seeds out of their en- 

 velopes. 



The harvesting period lasts about a fort- 

 night, or even more, because all the heads 

 do not mature at the same time, and every 

 day the ripe ones are picked, leaving the 

 others until fully matured. This is an 

 operation wliich requires much vigilance 

 with the men at work, to be sure that all 

 the seed is properly matured before 

 drying. 



Once all is gathered and the seed col- 

 lected, there is another process to free 

 the seeds from straws, etc. The opera- 

 tion is as follows: The laborers get a 

 sieve on which the seed is put, ai)d, rais- 

 ing said sieve above their heads, they 

 sift the seed, which falls down on the 

 ground, and at the same time the small 

 straws, etc., are carried away by the 

 wind. This is done several times over, 

 but then the seed is not yet absolutely 

 clean, and is carried under roof, where 

 women sift once more the seeds in a 

 finer-mesh sieve. 



Sometimes the seeds are strongly ad- 

 hered to the skins of the heads, and the 

 above operations are not sufficient to free 

 them from impurity. In this case an- 

 other process has to be put in hand ; 

 namely, the water process. 



Now, this is one of the most impor- 

 tant and risky things to be done in the 

 whole manipulation of the seeds, and, as 

 I will explain later, if the utmost care 

 is not exercised, many evils may arise 

 from the negligence of a few minutes. 



Cleanins in Water. 



When the onion seeds are to be cleaned 

 this way, they are put into a receptacle 

 full of water, and the little straws and 

 empty seeds will float on the surface, 

 while the seed, cleaned and good, will be 

 deposited at the bottom of the tank. 



If by any negligence the seed is left 

 in the water just one quarter of an hour, 

 it will germinate, particularly should the 

 weather be hot and the water get slightly 

 tepid. Naturally, the inexperienced will 

 be surprised to see the small white points 

 on the seeds, but will think nothing more 

 of it, since in being rubbed or dried in 

 the sun, the small white points disappear 

 and the seeds look quite equal to the 

 rest; but such seed has absolutely lost 

 all its natural germinating power, al- 

 though being quite fresh. 



After taking the good seeds out of 

 the tank they are put in the open to 

 dry, but also in this care must be exer- 

 cised not to make the layer more than 

 half an inch thick, for if it is thicker the 

 sun cannot get down to the first layer of 

 seeds, which, keeping some quantity of 

 moisture, will germinate and spoil. 



These operations cannot be left to 

 hired people; they must be done under i 



Lily of the Valley 



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Unexcelled Hamburar or Berlin. 



Tuberous Rooted Beg^onias. 



Gloxinias. 



Rosa Multiflora Nana Seed and 



ail other flower seeds for Florists. 

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Lily of the Valley 



Best Cold Storasie Pipe, 



»16.00 per 1000: S2.00 per 100 



Finest New Stock for Karly ForcinK, 



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STOCK SEED 



For Winter Blooming. Our strain of Doable 

 BranchlDK Stocks is exceptionally true. 



About 90 per cent Double Flowers. 



In colors ^oz., 60c; oz.,$4 00 



Pure white Voz., 76c; oz., 5.00 



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GRKKNHOU8E GROWN 



Plumosus Seed 



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lOOOseeds $ 4 00 lOOOOseeds S35.00 



SOOOseeds 18.76 25,0008eed» 81.25 



Special prices in quantity. 



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The Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolss Gardens offer 



1,500,000 Large Plowering Gladioli 



in mixtnreB. All premium stock of blooming 

 age. 



Also 300 selected varieties of Dahlia*. All 

 field-grown roots. Send for list. 



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Our 



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has now been mailed to our customers. 

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 be pleased to mail you one on request. 



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