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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fbbbuabx 17, 1910. 



Fancy Leaved Caladiums 



An unexcelled collection of more than 150 varieties, including 

 many of the newest Brazilian sorts, which are now offered for 

 the first time. 



SPECIAL SELECTIONS 



Per doz. Per 100 



Choice Standard Varieties $1.60 $10.00 



New or Rare Varieties 2 00 15.00 



Selected New and Rare Varieties 3.60 25.00 



For the most complete list of seasonable bulbs, such as 



Tuberous Rooted Begonias, Gloxinias, Etc. 



See Our Current Wholesale List 



Tlie above prices are intended for the trade only. 



Benry A. Dreer, Z^^^l 



St., 



Pa. 



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propagation the individuals that give the 

 best results under his peculiar conditions 

 and prevents their crossing with the less 

 desirable sorts, he soon develops a strain 

 of high efficiency and productiveness for 

 those particular conditions; but, like na- 

 ture, he must continually select the good 

 and persistently destroy the bad, or 

 eventually lose all and see the variety 

 "run out." 



Selected seed of crops grown under se- 

 vere limiting conditions will as a rule 

 give good results the first year when 

 grown under conditiora less severe. The 

 second generation, however, beginB to 

 vary and break up, and unless careful 

 selection is practiced the crop soon be- 

 comes very unsatisfactory. For this rea- 

 son many southern farmers think that 

 they must each year get certain kinds of 

 seed from the north, whereas from the 

 variations occurring in their own fieldi 

 they might easily breed or select strains 

 much better adapted to their cdnditionB. 

 This is true of practically every impor- 

 tant crop. 



When seed is taken from regions where 

 limiting conditions are less severe to re- 

 gions of greater severity, the crop may 

 be killed outright, with no return, or 

 marked variation may result the first 

 year. A uniform strain of tobacco taken 

 from a tropical or subtropical locality to 

 one of the north temperate tobacco re- 

 gions at once breaki up into fifteen or 

 twenty distinct strains. By careful selec- 

 tion any one of these may be gradually 

 fixed and adjusted to the new conditions 

 if crossing is prevented. Cotton, com 

 and other crops behave in the same way. 

 These variations and adjustments result 

 not only from climatic changes, but also 

 from soil changes*, such as the nature and 

 concentration of salts in the soil, its phys- 

 ical condition, and the like. 



Disease and insect pests also often de- 

 stroy large numbers of individuals, leav- 

 ing only the more resistant plants. If 

 these are saved resistant strains can be 

 developed. The great value of the strag- 

 gling plant here and there that escapes 

 some great epidemic or some cold wave, 

 drought, or unfavorable soil condition 



GLADIOLI... 



Here Is good value. All stock U l^a^lnch and np. 



Per 100 1000 



PTealdent Taf t 93 00 $2600 



Ooiden Qaeen 4.00 80.00 



America 400 35.00 



Aaa^sta 200 15.00 



Africa 400 __ 



De rhevUle 200 1500 



Easter 150 12 00 



Florida 2.00 15.00 



PerlOO 



Geo. Paul $4 00 



Olant Pink 4.00 



l.e Pactole 800 



Klondike 4.00 



May 2.00 



Motaonk 5.00 



Mrs. Francis King 2 50 



Marie Liemoine 1.60 



1000 



$80.00 

 26.00 

 80.00 

 15.00 



20.00 

 10.00 



5 per cent discount for casb. Send for 1910 trade list. 



E. E. STEWART, 



Rives Junction, Micii. 



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Lily of the Valley 

 Pips 



Chicago Maritet Branfd 



Finest Valley for forcing. $16.00 per 

 1000; $1.76 per 100. 



Ill Ni DnUROi Madison St. 



. CHICA80 



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should be appreciated and its seed saved. 

 Many valuable adaptations have been se- 

 cured in this way. 



The great importance of selecting and 

 growing seed under the conditions under 

 which the future crop must be grown is 

 now apparent. Careful experiments and 

 the experience of careful growers have 

 abundantly demonstrated the truth of the 

 facts presented. Seed breeders and grow- 

 ers especially must give attention to these 

 points. 



Assuming that every care has been 

 taken to get seed well adapted to the 

 conditions of culture, it is still impor- 



Every Florist Who Grows 



ASTERS 



shoald send for oar Aster Book 

 immediately. Get yonr name on our 

 files for our regular Florists' Whole* 

 sale Catalogne. These books are free. 

 When writinc. mention this paper. 



JAMES VICK*S SONS 



ROCHESTER, IT. Y. 



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Send (or oar new and complete 

 SprlDK 1910 UatMlosne. 

 Full List Seeds, Bulbs, Plants. 

 I.M. BBBGIBACO.. 70 Wama St., Hew Terk 



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tant to see that the seed is of good vital- 

 ity and capable of producing strong, vig- 

 orous plants. Great waste of land and 

 labor results every year from the use of 

 seed of low vitality. As a result of care- 

 ful tests made by the Department of 

 Agriculture of over 3,000 carefully se- 

 lected ears of what was considered good 

 standard seed corn, more than half of 



