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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Febbcaey 24, 1910. 



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Announcement 



To Our Friends and Patrons: 



It has been brought to our attention that certain unscrupulous fellows, representing a certain 

 concern 9 are spreading false and malicious reports to the effect that we are practically out of 

 business, that we no longer travel, that we are on our " last legs," and that as a business concern, we 

 are about to give up " our ghost." 



We wish to announce most emphatically that all these rumors are absolutely false, that 

 we are in the business to stay, that our progress, since the day we started up to the present time, has 

 surpassed our own expectations, that the fellows using such contemptible means, in order " to catch " 

 a few orders, are but short-sighted pygmies, unable to realiae the ultimate harm they are causing to 

 themselves and to their own interests. 



Verily — " One cannot fool the people all the time." 



Nor do we need to deny the malicious reports concerning our credit and business standing. 

 Our creditors both here and abroad will bear us out when we say that our credit is second to none on 

 this or on the European Continent. 



We brand these rumors as deliberate and malicious falsehoods, calculated to undermine our 

 business interests. Men employing such means are certainly unworthy of the name *' MAN." 



Respectfully yours, 



SKIDELSKY & IRWIN CO. 



1215 Betz Building, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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WESTERN SEED CORN. 



The experiment stations of the west- 

 ern states are warning farmers that the 

 corn for seed is of uncertain quality this 

 season. It is stated that ' ' heavy loss from 

 imperfect seed threatens the next Ne- 

 braska corn crop. This loss is variously 

 estimated from $10,000,000 to $15,000,- 

 000. Grain men and agriculturists are 

 generally aware of the situation and urge 

 that the farmers make tests of their seed 

 and take special precaution that the fields 

 shall be planted with fertile and produc- 

 tive seed. The immediate source of dan- 

 ger to the crop lies in the effect that the 

 weather conditions have had upon the 

 grain of the state from which the seed 

 for the spring planting will be chosen. 

 The presence of much moisture through a 

 wet fall and hard winter freezes is be- 

 lieved to have rendered sterile a large per- 

 centage of the seed, making it totally un- 

 fit for planting purposes, or at least so 

 weakening it that the plants reproduced 

 will prove unproductive. The remedy lies 

 in germination tests of each ear to be 

 used for seed. The seed growers of the 

 state are now making, or have completed, 

 tests by which the sterile grain is elimi- 

 nated. That but a small percentage of the 

 state 's grain is produced from the stocks 

 of the seed growers signifies the impor- 

 tance of this same work by the farmer 

 who grows his own seed." 



Tests of the corn of the state of Iowa 

 have just been completed at Ames Agri- 

 cultural college, with the result that Prof. 

 P. G. Holden has declared that the seed 

 is the worst that the state has ever had. 

 The results of the Iowa test are shown in 

 tabular form: 



Cauliflower Seed WiboUfa EarUest SnowbaU, No. 34, at $9.00 per 



lb.; 5 lbs. at $8.00 per lb. 



Wiboltt'a Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt, at $8.00 

 per lb.; 6 lbs. at $7.00 per lb. 



Wiboltt'a Danish Giant, "Dry Weather,'* at 



$9.00 per lb.; 6 Ibe. at $8.00 per lb. 



Larger lota prices aeparately. We ask new castomeri 

 to send cash with order. 



RW/ m r^ I T"T Seed Grower and 

 • W 1 DvIL^ 1 1 9 Seed Merchant. 

 NAKSKOV, DENMARK 



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FLOWER OF FAIRFIELD 



SVSRBLOOMING CRIMSON RAMBLER 



The best climbing rose in trade, flowering during the whole summer in large clusters of liii'-i 

 crimson color. Prices for first rate plants, with 3 to 6 shoots, open ground grown. fl2.oO per 100: $n'> '•' 

 per 1000. Extra strong plant*, with 5 and more branches, 118.00 per 100. Packing free, ("ash \\i;i> 

 order only. Best shipping facilities. 



SCHULTHEIS BROS., The "Old" Rtse Gardens, at Steinfurth, near Bad-Nauheim, Germany 



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-Percentages- 



Weak. Strong. 

 12 61 



14 68 

 16 6.3 



15 71 



Section of State. Bad. 



Northern 27 



North Central 18 



South Central 21 



Southern 14 



It is stated that the average of Iowa 

 corn is probably much below that shown 

 in the table, as the seed tested was from 

 the best in each locality. It is assumed 

 that if these conditions exist in Iowa 

 they are duplicated in some degree in 

 eastern Nebraska at least. The seed 

 corn of western Nebraska, because of the 

 drier climate, is likely to have escaped 

 something of the damage that was sus- 

 tained in the damper eastern 'section. 



NOTES FROM GREAT BRITAIN. 



Seed merchants' catalogues for 19'' 

 are now scattered broadcast over tl;' 

 land. In general appearance they diff' ' 

 but little from those of previous year- 

 Many of the leading houses have pi:^ 

 plain or embossed gold lettering on tin' 

 covers, and in lithographed designs tli" 

 sweet pea still reigns supreme. This hr.:^ 

 been a favorite for several years and sccm 

 merchants show no desire to make ^ 

 change, as the flower lends itself readily 

 to the purpose and is popular with the 

 public. Prices for nearly all varieties 



