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Our shipments of Rqmaii Hy- 

 acinths, Freesias, Oraitfiogalums, 

 Harrisii and Candidum Lilies are ' 

 ready for delivery now. They come 

 from the best growers in Bermuda 

 and France. Our HyacinTiis, 

 Tulips and other Dutch Bulbs 

 are imported direct from our reg- 

 ular Holland growerSjWhose stock 

 we have used for years. The fact 

 that we import more bulbs than 

 all other seedsmen, florists and 

 nurserymen in Rochester is proof 

 that our bulbs give satisfaction. 

 Our prices are very low this year, 

 considering the quality of the 

 stock we sell. Send for our 

 Wholesale Catalogue. 



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A steadfly growing busi- 

 ness, due to public ap- 

 proval of Vick quality 

 Seeds, Plants and Bulbs 

 -the best the earth 

 produces. 



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The* demand for our Asfdr 

 Seed, as well as other summer- 

 flowering annuals, has grown so 

 rapidly that we have a larger 

 acreage than ever before. This 

 year we have fifty acres of 

 Asters alone, which will be well 

 worth coming a good many miles 

 to see. .J : 



Florists and others are always 

 welcome visitors. 



James Vick's Sons 



ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 



Mt^ntlon The Review when yoa write. 



I wish to refer again to the iiivesti- 

 gations of Dr. ShuU. The results of his 

 work lead him to conclude that a field 

 of corn is composed of an immense num- 

 ber of complex hybrids, and he has found 

 that by inbreeding by hand pollination 

 in a direct line for several generations 

 a definite biotype or elementary species 

 results. "A biotype is a group of in- 

 dividuals which do not differ from ofie 

 another in any hereditary quality, and 

 therefore constitute a pure race," and 

 will remain practically pure without 

 further selection, if grown under uni- 

 form cultural conditions. 



Within the biotype may be separated 

 two or more strains, but these will not 

 breed true without specific selection; 

 without selection they rapidly revert to 

 the character of the biotype. 



As the biotype is segregated by in- 

 breeding, it loses the stimulating ef- 

 fects or hybridity; hence vigor and 

 yield rapidly decrease. ,/j| 



Weakness in Pure Strains. 



The biotype may be produced just as 

 surely by ear-to-row breeding, if too 

 rigid selection is practiced, as by direct 

 inbreeding, the difference being that the 

 latter process is much swifter. 



This may account for the constitu- 

 tional weakness of many pure strains, 

 and may also account for the maximum 

 haying been apparently reached in 

 breeding for chemical constituents, after 

 which a retrogression seems to have 

 taken place. But if we follow this line 

 much farther we shall get into pretty 

 deep water, where the currents some- 

 times conflict, and such a discussion was 

 not contemplated by this paper. 



When Attending the Convention 

 Don*t fail to inspect 



MY EXHIBIT OF GLADIOLI 



Statistics show that I am one of the largest growers of 

 '^ QLAOIOLI in America. My crop for this year prom- 

 ises to be the finest I ever grew. I have a large stock 

 ^ of America, Augusta, Mrs. Francis King, Qolden 



Queen, President Taft, Qeo. Paul, Victory, Klon- 

 dyke, Taconic, Independence and others, besides 

 mixtures to color. 



Yours truly, 



E. E. STEWART, Rives Junction, Ich. 



Mention The Reriew when yoH write. 



PREMIUM AMERICAN PANSY SEED -NOW READY 



HM»«»SaH Clraifi ^ selection of the most beautiful varieUes. notable for their large size and 

 nCSpCnail omiin perfection of form and coloring. We offer this mixture after over thirty 

 vears' experience in pansy seed and plant growingfor both theretail and wholesale trade, and rec- 

 6^mend it for Uiose having critical customers, ftrt., SSo; lOM •••ds. SOc; ^ ox., «1.00: H 

 OB.. $1.75; OS., $0.00. 



Ta^Ja'c nianl PrbP Strain "^t ll* ™^ture made up from the best of the giant varieties 

 lOOK S Uiani rriZe OUUm v^ith the correct proportions of the different shades and colore 

 for general sale. This mixture will surely please you. Pkt., 15c; 1000 seods, SOo: ^ oz., 70o; 

 i4 0«., $l.tO; o«., $4.00. 



'HOW TO GROW PAN8IS8, 



▼arletloa and -»•-♦••— • 



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mixtures, 



, with price list of many 

 sent tree to taxy addreas 



William Toole A Son, - Pansy Heights, Baraboo, Wis. 



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