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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



February 17, 1910. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY nPS 



juBt arriTed. Our usual high grade 

 quality. AIbo cold storage pips. 



PRICKS ON AFPLICATION^ 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



U Barolay Street. throuKb to 

 S8 Park Place, NBW TOBK. 



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OUR SPECIALTY 



Next faU wlU be 



LYCORIS SQUAMIGERA (Amaryllis Hallii.) 



HOME-GROWN LILiUMS. 



All varieties of German and Japan Irla. 



Write for prices. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floril Park, N. Y 



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LILIES 



LUhna TennlfoUum, Ullom WslUcei. StaiKle 

 mat Doakle Tiren, named EleKant, German 

 Irl«, DelpUniom Vormoaun. 



E. S. MILLER 



Wtkding RWer, Loni^ Island, N. T. 



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was found between light and heavy to- 

 bacco seed and light and heavy radish 

 seed; but when seed is of low vitality on 

 account of old age or from any other 

 cause the loss from its use is much 

 greater, often amounting to a complete 

 failure of the crop. Seed should always 

 be tested before planting, and seed of low 

 vitality rejected. It pays also to sepa- 

 rate the light from the heavy seed and 

 use only the latter. So far as its facili- 

 ties permit, the Department of Agrieul- 

 ture is always glad to examine and test 

 seed for farmers and seedsmen. 



Adulterated and Misbranded Seeds. 



^ Some of this poor seed is introduced 

 to blend with good seed so that it can 

 be sold at a lower price. Some of the 

 worst weeds, like dodder and Canada 

 thistle, have been introduced and spread 

 in this way. Some samples of imported 

 seed have been secured containing as 

 many as eighty different kinds of weed 

 seeds. The loss from weeds and the cost 

 of fighting them is great and is so well 

 understood as to need no discussion. 



There are many varieties of vegetables 

 and flowers that have seed so nearly alike 

 that even an expert cannot tell them 

 apart. However, the crops they produce 

 are at once distinguished in the markets. 

 Not only the variety but also the locality 

 in which it is grown is very important. 

 The western-grown Eoeky Ford musk- 

 melon seed looks exactly like the eastern- 

 grown seed of the Netted Gem musk- 

 melon, from which the former was de- 

 rived by culture and selection in the west. 

 If the farmer orders Rocky Ford seed 

 and gets Netted Gem, his crop vnll not 

 bring the high price of Rocky Ford 

 melons in the markets. 



FLORISTS' FLOWER SEEDS 



Trade pkt. of about 1000 seeda. Oi. 



Aater-Queen of the Marlcet, white, pinlt, liRht blue, mixed $0.10 $0.60 



OatlBon'i Branching (Invincible), white, lavender, pink, crimson, purple, 



mixed 25 1.50 



Giant Oomet, white, liRht bine, Bride, deep rose, peach blossom, sulphur 



yellow, i.ink, violet, mixed 20 1.25 



Sample's Branching, white, lavender, pink, rose, blue, crimson, purple, 



shell pink, mixed 15 100 



American Beauty. 25 2.00 



Snowdrift 25 1.50 



Fansy-Currie'8 International Mixture H oz., $1.25 .60 8.00 



" Giant FloriBtB' Mixture ^ oz., .60 .85 4.00 



Verbena— Mammoth white, pink, purple, blue, scarlet, yellow, mixed 20 1.25 



Stocks-Largest Flowering Dwarf Double, yellow, rose, white, red, violet, light 



blue, chamoise, carmine, mixed 25 2.00 



Cut and Come Again, white, mixed 26 2.50 



Send for 1910 catalogue and trade price list. 

 CURRIE BROS. CO., Seedsmen and Florists, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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'■►Reliable Seeds, Sow Now 



Alyssum Zaneen'a Carpet Queen, real dwarf, from pot-grown plants, Trade pkt. 



f 



■ BeKonla Zangren's Nevi^ Pink Beddlne Queen, best pink bedder.Btr. pkts.. 



■ Kcheverla Woodlawn, new readr in 6 months after sowing lOOOseeds, 2.00 



■ Petunia, Ztngen's SlnBle Ruffled and Frinsred Hybrids 6tr. pkts., 5.00 



■ PUox Drummondl, nana comi<arta Fireball..) Best for f oz., 2.50 



■ Phlox Dnunmondl, dwarf Roseball >- pot -< 2.00 



■ Phlox Drummondl, nana compaeta Snowball.) use. (. 8.00 



■ Phlox Drummondl Cecily, large flowered dwarf mixed " 2,60 



■ Salvia Zaneen's Kins of Scarlets, bent late... ) Unexcelled strain 3 .. " 10.00 



■ Salvia Zurich, mott valuable for early pot use ) of my own raising, j .. " 8.00 



H If you are interested in Flower Seeds of horticultural and floricultural value, ask for Catalogue. 



^O. V. ZANGEN, Seedsman, 



$0.26 

 .60 

 .50 

 1.00 

 .85 

 .80 

 .40 

 .86 

 .60 

 .60 



HODOKEN, N. J. 



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WIntir-floweringSweet Pea Seed 



AU oolors. Send for list. 



TUs trademark must be on each packet; if 

 Bot, send it back and order directly from tke 

 ■riiiaater at M WMsr-flawsriai Swsat Pass 



ANT. C. ZVOUNEK, Bound Brook, N. J. 



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Fine 

 Aster Seed 



Catalogue now ready 



Vick & Hill Co. 



p. 0. Box 613 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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Western-grown sweet corn seed pro- 

 duces a crop of twenty to forty per cent 

 lower quality than eastern-grown seed. 

 Still, much of the seed corn sold in east- 

 ern markets is western-grown seed sold 



XXX SEEDS 



AliTSSDM COMP ACTUM, most dwarf and 

 compact variety grown, perfect balls when 

 grown in pots, pkt., 20c. 



PSTUNIA STAR, improved, finest marked 

 flowers, very fine, pkt., 20c. 



PETUNIA GIANT, single fringed, large and 

 fine, pkt., 20c. 



PHLOX DRUM. PUMILA, very dwarf, grand 

 for pots, fine colors, pkt., 20c. 



COLKUS, New Hybrids, finest colors, pkt., 

 20c. 



GIANT PANST, finest grown, critically select- 

 ed. 6000 seeds. tl.OO: ^ pkt., 60c; oz., $2.50. 



CHINXSK PRIMROSE, finest grown, singia 

 and doabl e. 600 se eds Sl.OO; ^ pkt., 50c. 



PRIMULA KEWENSIS, the grand, new, 

 sweet scented. Yel low P rimrose, pkt., 20c. 



SALVIA WM. PFITZER, very fine, dwarf, 

 fiery red, extra, trade pkt.. 25c. 



▼ERBENA, Improved Mammoth, finest 

 giants grown, mixed or separate, of white, 

 scarlet, pink, striped and Auricula-eyed, 

 lar ge trade pkt., 26c. 



OIVBRABIA, large flowering dwarf mizad, 

 lOOOseeds. 60o.: ^ pkt.. 26c. 



LOBELIA PUMILA SPLENDENS, dwarf, 

 very dark blue, finest of all the Lobelias, 

 pkt. 20c. 



SHAMROCK 



IRISH. THE REAL THING ! GREEN 



Best to order early and grow on for strong 

 plants for St. Patrick's Day. Our stock is very 

 line, $4.00 per 100, or by mail, postpaid, 50c doz. 



GASH. Liberal extra connt. 



lOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pi. 



BVFPTON : The Home of Frlmroaea 



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Asparagrna Sprengeri per 1000 seeds, $0.75 



Petunia, large-flowering, double-fringed, tr. pkt. 1.00 

 Petunia, large-flowering, single-fnnged, tr. pkt. .50 

 Petunia, large-flowering, single California 



Giants tr. pk .5 



Salvia Znrlch oz., 5.00 



Salvia Triamph oz., 6.00 



Moon Flower, white seed 35 



Fresh Tobacco Stems, bale of 300 lbs., 

 $1.75; ton, $9.00. 



W. C. BECKERT, Seedsman 



108 Federal St., N. S., PITTSBURG, PA. 



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as eastern-grown. The market gardener 

 or farmer who buys it suffers correspond- 

 ing loss in the value of his crop. The 



