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The Weekly Florists' Review. d.ci,mb.e so, 1009. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



juBt arriTed. Oar aaual high grade 

 quality. Also cold itorage pips. 



PRICES ON APPLICATION 



J. N. THORDURN St CO. 



SS Barelay Street, thronch to 

 S8 Park Place, NBW YORK. 



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VALLEY 



3-year 



HAMBURG 



$11.00 per 1000 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



NEW YORK, N. Y. 



Spencer and Henry Eckford — Mrs. Hard- 

 castle Sykes and Prima Donna. 



Let me explain the process of fertiliza- 

 tion, i. e., what must actually take place 

 before we can have any seed at all in any 

 of the types. [After explaining the proc- 

 ess Mr. Cuthbertson continued.] 



Accidental Cross Fertilization. 



Some people argue that sweet peas are 

 pollinated by wind-borne or insect-borne 

 pollen, and that accounts for the varia- 

 tions we get in so many stocks of Spencer 

 sweet peas. I have never been able to 

 subscribe to this theory, because I think 

 I have had as large an experience as most, 

 and have not observed it happen in prac- 

 tice. The plan we adopt at Mark's Tey 

 is to grow the different varieties in lines 

 100 feet long. There may be four lines 

 of The Marquis, followed closely by four 

 lines of Countess Spencer, then four lines 

 of Helen Lewis, and so on. If the wind 

 or insect theory of cross fertilization held 

 good we should not get pure seed, but as 

 a matter of fact we do. Then again, it 

 is suggested that in America there must 

 be insects, unknown in this country, at 

 work there to give us the fine variation! 

 we so frequently get! I should like to 

 have Mr. Burpee 's or Mr. Morse 's opinion 

 on this point. Fifty years ago so ex- 

 tremely careful an observer as Charles 

 Darwin wrote : ' ' Whatever the cause may 

 be, we may conclude that in England the 

 varieties of sweet peas never or very 

 rarely intercross. But it does not follow 

 from this that they would n^t be crossed 

 by the aid of other and larger insects in 

 their native country. ' ' 



Before concluding, there is another con- 

 dition of things which I must speak of — 

 the liability of the pods after they are 

 formed to rot off. Last season this was 

 particularly noticeable. Close to the foot- 

 stalk the pods became brown, as if at- 



ALL 

 NEW CROP 



BIRD SEEDS 



At lower pricee for bigster values than yon can possibly buy elsewhere. 

 Crops short— delay will mean higher prices. All orders receive prompt 

 attention. Qaotations subject to market changes. 



Per 100 IbB. 



Hemp, Large Bnssian $2.76 



Canary, Sicily extra sifted 2.76 



Rape, German Bird 3.60 



MiUet, Red Bird 2.25 



•• Yellow Bird 2.25 



Vetches, Bird 2.60 



Sunflower, large striped 3.85 



Per 100 lbs- 

 Sunflower, Black Seeded $3.66 



Sorghum, Bed 1.66 



Kaffir Corn, White 1.65 



Alfalfa Meal 1.36 



Tobacco Stems 75 



Tobacco Dust , 76 



Charcoal, granulated 1.36 



Canada Field Pea, $1.60 per bushel. 



We manufacture and distribute enormoug quantities of "Square Deal" Brand Cbtck 

 Starter, Ch ck Food, Foaltry Food, Plseon Food. Our prices are unusually attractive. 



Samples sent oa request. 



1818 



J. BOLQIANO & SON 



Importers and Seed Growers 



BALTIMORE. MD. 



1909 



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-■►Reliable Seeds, Sow Now 



AlysBum Zaneen's Carpet Queen, real dwarf, from pot-grown plants, 



extra selected of my own raisiug 6 tr. pkts., $1.25; oz., 



Besonba Gracilis Lumlnosa, best Bcaric bedder 6tr. pktt., 



Besonia Zangren's New Pink Beddlne Queen, best piak bedder.6 



Kolieverla Woodla^^n, new, ready in 6 mouths 1000 seeds, 



Myoaotis Winter Queen, flneRt for irreenhouse cut oz., 



Petunia, Zangen's selections of Double Fringed Giants 6tr. pkts., 



Petunia, Zangen's Sinsle Ruffled and Fringed Hybrids 6 



Pblox Drummondi, nana comparta Fireball.. 1 iiest for ( oz. 



Phlox Drummondi, dwarf Roseball >- pot -< 



Phlox Drununondi, nana compacta. Sno^-ball. J use. ( " 



Salvia Zansren's Fireball, flne>'t for pot u«e ) Unexcelled strain f ■■ " 



Salvia Zaneen's Kine of Scarlet, best late — >- of my own V - " 



Salvia Zurich, moi-t vaiuiible for early pot use — ) raioing. (.. " 



Stocks, Beauty of Nir>e, Daybreak, White best for cutting, each, separate " 

 Verbena Mammoth, auricula flowered, blue, pink, purple, 



scarlet, striped, ^rhite, each, separate " 



Mixed colors " 



My new list will be ready in » few weeks. Ask for same. 



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



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Lilies of tiie Valley 



Ciiicago Maricet Brand 



Finest Valley for forcing. $15.00 per 1000; $1.75 per lOO. 



BERLIN PIPS-Early Forcing Variety 



$18.00 per lOOO; $1.50 per 100. 

 FANCY CUT VALLKT ALWAYS ON HAND 



H. N. BRUNS, 3040 Madison St., CHICAGO 



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LILY OF THE VALLEY ir-s., 



EXPOSITION GRADK. This is an extra fancy grade of Berlin crowns. There are 

 never enough of them to supply the demand. Out of Mr. Relmschneider's entire growinir, 

 he usually has only 50,000 to 75.000 of this grade, which is evidence of the care with which 

 they are selec ted. In cases of 2000 cro^^ns, at $80.00 per case. 



PERFECTION GRADE. This is a true Berlin, extra selected. 3-year-old straight, 

 long, clean crown with long, fibrous roots. Under proper treatment, they force out with 

 tall racemes, bearing the maximum number of large bells, free from decay at the bottom. 

 The foliage is ample but not too abundant. In cases of 1000 pips, at $18.00 per case. 



HOLSATIA GRADE. These are suitable for later forcing, or for cold storage 

 Turposes, and are highly recommended to seedNnen. Very fine selected 3-year-old Ham- 

 burg Pips, very heavy roots, extra strong growth. Will hold over well in cold storaga and 

 produce good fiowers the following fall. In cases of 2500 pips, at $30.00 per case. 



JACKSON & PERKINS CO., NEWARK, NEW YORK 



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