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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



June 22. 1911. 



does, help the whole and enables us 

 to keep good men the year around, 

 which is important in these times of 

 high-priced labor. These men can be 

 put first in one department and then 

 in another, for three months is about 

 as long as we can expect a rush in the 

 seed business, and good help cannot 

 be had for so short a time and then 

 let go. Good men should be kept the 

 year around if possible. 



Our traveling men have practically 

 three seasons on the road: Seeds in 

 the fall and winter; fall goods, such 

 as horse goods, agricultural hardware^ 

 etc., in the spring and summer; and 

 winter goods, such as poultry supplies, 

 etc., in the winter. 



Chances of Loss. 

 "While there is no doubt in my mind 

 that the most money is made in the 

 retail seed business, it is a fact that 

 there is also more money lost in the 

 same department, as prices are just 

 as liable to decline as they are to ad- 

 vance and no one can expect always to 

 buy just at the right time. This fact 

 was demonstrated to the entire satis- 

 faction of many of us a year ago on 

 seed potatoes and many of us have 

 hauled enough onion sets to the dump 

 to cover the profit on several good 

 orders. All of these things must come 

 in the seed business, but in other de- 

 partments the chance of loss is not so 

 great, for, while we may miscalculate 

 and overbuy on farm machinery, fer- 

 tilizers, poultry supplies, etc., the 

 chances for depreciation are not so 

 great, as they can be carried over from 

 one season to another without any 

 great loss, the principal expense be- 

 ing the interest and storage. Hand- 

 ling these lines helps to carry you 

 through a dull season and the old say- 

 ing, "Do not put your eggs all in one 

 basket," is very true in handling side 

 lines in the seed trade. 



SEEDS AT BOCKT FOBD. 



"The season just closed has been a 

 most satisfactory one with us," writes 

 H. D. Garwood, secretary of the Eb- 

 bert Seed Co., Rocky Ford, Colo., under 

 date of June 14. "We have had a 

 healthy increase in our mail-order busi- 

 ness and also note an increase in the 

 average eize of the orders. Our con- 

 tract vine seed orders show an increase 

 of nearly 200 per cent over last season. 

 To this date our growing season has 

 been a most unfavorable one, it having 

 been a cold, dry and extremely windy 

 spring. Our growers never before have 

 experienced so much trouble in getting 

 a stand, some having planted the third 

 time and all having had a great deal 

 of replanting to do. Our season is 

 about three weeks late, but with favor- 

 able weather from now on we look for 

 average crops in most cases." The 

 seedsman is always an optimist. 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



New Crop— Ore«nlioaae-rrown 



100 seeda, BOc; IMO aeeda. H.OO; 1000 Mods. 13.00: 



10,000 Meda. $30.00. 



8prenceri,2Scp«r 280 aeeda: 75c per 1000 aeeda; 



t2.7S per MOO seeda. 



Onr Flower Seed Oatalogrue free on appUcaUon. 



THE MOORE SEED CO., "p'lffiSSSbS- 



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BURNETT BROS. 



SEEDS :: BUIiBS :: PLANTS 



73 Cortlandt St., NKW YORK CITT 



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SOW NOW! JUSTIN! 



IT SAVBS COAL, TIME, AND GIVKS BETTER PLANTS 



Cocos Weddelliana per 1000, $7.00; per 5000, $30.00 



Kentia Belmoreana per 1000, 6.00; per 5000, 25.00 



Kentia Forsteriana per 1000, 7.00; per 5000, 30.00 



Asparagus Sprengeri, hand selected, 1000, $1.00; 10,000, 7.50 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, new crop of greenhouse- 

 grown seeds — plump, heavy and by hand selected. Will germinate 

 95% by right treatment. Per 1000, $4.00; per 10,000, $35.00. 

 For larger quantities, aak better prices. 



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



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Besonia Gloire de Lorraine. 



Strong 2>«-in. plants, twice trans- 

 planted, at $15.00 per 100; $140.00 

 per 1000. 



Folnsattlaa. 2's-ln. Dlants. at 

 $6.00 par 100 : 150.00 per 1000. 



Pansy Seed. The finest strain obtain- 

 able, $5.00 per oz. 



Cyclamen Seed. Giant English strain, 

 none finer, in all colors. $1.00 per 100: $9.00 

 per 1000. 



Mlgraonette Giant Excelsior. Extra 

 selected strain from giant selected 

 spUces, ready for delivery July 1. ^ oz., 

 $1.00; oz.,$5.00. 



SKIDELSKY & IRWIN CO. 



1215 Betz Bide., Phlladelpbla, Pa. 



Catalogue for the asking. 



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COLD STORAGE ULY of the VALLEY 



Extra selected, strone Berlin pips 



Box of 250 pipe, (4 60 Box of 600 pips. $8.00 



Box of 1000 pips, 116.00 



Ne^7 Crop Mushroom Spa^^n 



Eogllsb, $8.00 100 lbs. Pure Culture, $12.00 100 lbs. 



WEEBER & DON ••'a'S'«f r 



114 Chambers St., New Tork City 



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Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



Est. 1824. RICHARDS BROS., Props. 



Importers and growers of high-grade 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, Etc. 



37 East 19th St., NEW TORK CITY 



Telephone 4236 Qramercy 



JAPANESE BAMBOO STAKES 



IndlBpensable for Lilies, Mums, Gladioli. Last a 

 long time. Do not decay. 6 ft. long, strong; 100, 

 66c; 260. $160; 600, $2.75; 1000. tS.OO; bundle of 200O. 

 $9.00; lot of 5000, $20.00. 



Asparaciis Plamosns Nanus Seed. Freshly 

 gathered. 1000, $1.76; 6000, $7.60. 



—ADDRESS— 



H. H. BERGER A CO. 



70 Warrea St., NEW TOBK 



GLADIOLUS 



Gnnamon Vines, Madeira Vines, 

 Lilies, Iris, Daphne Cieoram, 

 Syrinca Japonica and Wistarias. 



Write for Price list 



E. S. MILLER, Widii Rirer.liY. 



GLADIOLI 



LE. Stewart ,?H 



Rives Junction, Mich. 



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Bulbs^ 



FOR THE 



FLORIST 



Aak for Prices on Special 



Import Orders for Fall 



Delivery. 



Sundries 



//ALL 



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Seeds 



Plants 



Bulbs 



All Seasonable 

 kinds of Best 

 quality. 



Special prices 

 on large lots. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS, Seedsmen 



ROCHX8TKR, N. T. 



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Stokes' Standard 

 Seeds 



For Florists and 

 Bfarket Gardeners 



Stokes' Seed Store 



219 Market St., Phlladelphis 



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Yokohama Nursery Co. 



IMPORTERS 



Japanese Bulbs, Plants, Seeds 



and Bamboo Stakes. 



New York, N. Y. London, Engiaod 



Yokcrtiama, Japan 



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"BUDS" 



76 Barclay Street, 

 NEW TORK CITT 

 Hjflh Grade Sceft tmi ■■»• 



CABIi B. OliOBCKNBB. Manaarer. 



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