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The Florists^ Review 



Skptbmbub 17, 1014. 



First Quality Flower Seeds 



DA T^ C Y~^"P*'^ Giant Mixed— We have for years sent out a special 

 ^—^—^^-^—— mixture of Pansy seed, under above ~^t~ — 



name, and have had some flattering reports from it. 

 You cannot buy a better mixture at any price. 



Trade packet, 50c; ■'4 ounce, $1.26; ounce, $4.00. 



If you want named varieties and separate colors, we can supply 

 you from best strain of Gassier, Odier, Bugnot and Giant Trimardeau 



Cineraria Hybrida Grandiflora, 



An unbeatable strain of this, in mixed colors, trade packet, $1.00. 

 Writ* for Catalogue No. 5 for all seasonable seed. 



Ihe Storrs & Harrison Co., "^^To"^'^^ 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



several that may be noted. The first 

 two boats from Liverpool each brought 

 100 bags of grass seed to the Nungesser- 

 Dickinson Seed Co., and the third 

 twelve cases of onion seed to Wells, 

 Fargo & Co. On the steamer from Lon- 

 don were 200 bags of clover seed, con- 

 signed to the American Transportation 

 Co., twenty-two bags of seed for J. M. 

 Thorburn & Co. and twenty sacks of 

 grass seed on order. On board the 

 Kroonland and the Philadelphia were 

 three consignments of bulbs, of thirty- 

 five, four and fifty-two cases, consigned 

 respectively to W. S. Stern, V. L. Lar- 

 zelere & Co. and Maltus & Ware. 



CRIMSON CLOVER SEED. 



Since November 1, 1913, £here have 

 been imported into the United States 

 3,329,883 pounds of crimson clover 

 seed. This seed comes mostly from 

 France and Austria, where the harvest 

 season is practically the same as in 

 this country. The time for seeding 

 follows the harvest season so closely 

 that only a part of the imported seed 

 is received in time to be sown the year 

 it is raised. If the conditions of stor- 

 age are not the best the seed may lose 

 materially in vitality between the time 

 of harvest and that of seeding the 

 next year. 



New seed of good quality is free 

 from any brownish color, but old seed 

 shows varying degrees of brown ac- 

 cording to age and conditions under 

 which it has been stored. The brown- 

 ish color is an indication of poor 

 germination — the darker the color the 

 poorer the germination. According to 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 seed which shows a slight brownish 

 color should be tested for germination 

 before sowing, and no brown seed 

 should be used unless a germination 

 test shows it will grow well. 



Germination tests of the 119 lots of 

 crimson clover seed imported in the 

 last eight months show an average of 

 eighty per cent of live seeds. The 

 germination varied from forty per cent 

 for the poorest lot to ninety-seven per 

 cent for the best lot. 



THE WAR AND THE SEED TRADE. 



"We have received several letters as 

 to the position of the seed trade with 

 regard to advance orders," says the 



GIANT PANSY SEED 



HOME-GROWN 



As fine as the very best obtainable, 

 $5.00 per oz.; $1.60 per % oz.; 50c per tr. pkt. 



CYCLAMEN SEED, best Englieh strain, $9.00 per 1000. 

 CYCLAMEN SEED, best German strain, $6.00 per 1000. 



Give us a trial on PAPER WHITES — you will come again. 



13 and up (1250 to case), $ 8.00 per 1000. 



14 and up (1000 to case), 10.00 per 1000. 



POINSETTIAS, 2>^-inch, the stocky kind you want, $5.00 per 

 100, $45.00 per 1000. 



FERN FLATS, best varieties, $2.00 per flat ; 10 flats for $17.50. 



For Field-srown Carnations, Primulas, Aspar- 

 agus Plumosus Nanus, SprsngsrI. Cyclamsn 

 plants, etc., see our ads in the Classified columns. 

 A caM brings a catalogue. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



1004 BETZ BUILDING, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



MMitlon Th* RptIpw wh#n Ton writ* 



Horticultural Advertiser (British). 

 "Members of the trade recently re- 

 turned from the continent report that 

 there is an almost certain shortage of 

 many lines of seed grown in France and 

 Germany. Apart from the fact that no 

 trade is possible at present with Ger- 

 many, and that in some parts of France 

 the crops may be ruined by the war, we 

 have to face the position that pretty 

 well every able-bodied Frenchman is un- 

 der arms and that the harvest this year 

 must be gathered largely by old men 

 and boys. Foodstuffs will probably 

 have the preference, so that the seed 

 harvest is bound to suffer. 



* ' The prospect before us is, that as 

 regards seeds wholly or largely pro- 

 duced abroad, there will either be no 

 stocks available or extreme scarcity, and 

 the question arises, what is the position 

 of those who have booked advance or- 

 ders which they will be unable to ful- 

 fill? 



THE KENILWORTI 



GIANT PANSY SEED 



For fuller description see 



my ad in July and Aug. 



Review, or send for 



list. lUJO seeds, 26c: 

 SCOO.Il.CO: >4Oi.,$l25;oz.,$5.00. 



Prlncesfi, npw uprl(;bt, . 

 600 seeds, 2Sc: 100 J seeds, 



60c i oz..no.to. 



MPTitlon Thf RptI»w wh«>p »"" »rlt> ^. 



' * We are advised that a state of w*' 

 does not alter ordinary laws of c^'", 

 merce, or dissolve engagements < ntere 

 into, whether before or after it'; <''"'', 

 mencement. From the strictly 1^^. 

 standpoint there appears to be no dou 

 that buyers can enforce agreements *' 

 insist upon delivery, or in defaiilt so 

 for the difference in price between 

 contract and that obtaining in the m* 

 ket at the time of delivery. .^ 



* ' We hope, however, that at :' '1 jj 

 like the present, when we are eng-ig^",^ 

 a struggle in which not our honor o".' 



