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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBKE 24, 1912. 



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such one of the largest and best-known 

 seed growers' in America. He controls 

 over 5,00G acres of seeds, which include 

 450 acres of sweet peas, 750 acres of 

 onions grown for seed, 400 acres of let- 

 tuces, and 2,700 acres of, culinary peas. 

 What sort of' a man is Mr. Morse? He 

 is not the type we in this country con- 

 sider typically American. He is a man 

 in the prime of life, tall, reserved, dig- 

 nified. One has to ask . him questions 

 before he tells one much about himself 

 or his business. He is a good listener, 

 and after a discussion h^s gone a cer- 

 tain length Mr. Morse iptimates he has 

 made up his mind — and it is made up. 

 I should say he is a man who would be 

 a tower of strength to any concern — 

 business, political or social — and I fancy 

 when he comes across people he does not 

 fancy or who do not treat hiln or his 

 firm honorably, he would not take the 

 trouble to quarrel with them— he would 

 just leave them alone, a far gjrfeater pun- 

 ishment to some people than telling them 

 what one thinks of them. As- Mr. Morse 

 showed at the dinner of the National 

 Sweet Pea Society, he is a speaker with 

 point, force and humor. He is an Amer- 

 ican of British descent ; his ancestors 

 emigrated to Anrerica from England in 

 the Seventeenth century. 



"I once asked E. J. Deal, of Boston, 

 England, who, in his opinion, were the 

 cleverest men in our trade in America. 

 He named several and then he asked, 

 'Have you met Carl Cropp, of Chicago t' 

 That question meant a lot. This sum- 

 mer S. B. Dicks brought Mr. Cropp and 

 his son to see me, also Mr, Schaetell, of 

 Vilmorin's. The party arrived at 3:45 

 p. m. Mr. Dicks pulled out his watch 

 and said, ' Mr. Guthbertson, we can give 

 you only fifteen or twenty minutes, as 

 we must catch the 4:20 train. We are 

 all going back to London to celebrate 

 Independence day.' 'AH right,' I 

 said, 'but you should arrange things 

 better.' I walked the party through 

 two large greenhouses filled with sweet 

 peas and talked about varieties and 

 other matters as well as I could. When 

 we came out of the second one, I said 

 to Mr. Dicks. ' Now you must go ! ' Mr. 

 Cropp put his hand in his pocket and 

 said to Mr. Dicks and the others, 'You 

 can go to London and celebrate Inde- 

 pendence day and I will give you 

 money to do it; as for myself, I am 

 going to spend two or three hours with 

 Mr. Cuthbertson if he will have me.* 

 That settled the matter. The 4:20 

 train was allowed to go without that 

 party and they left to catch the 7:40 

 at Witham. I think that reveals Mr. 

 Cropp 's character. He wants to get 

 to the bottom of everything, and his 

 knowledge, especially of flowers and 

 flower seeds, is amazingly extensive 

 and accurate. Mr. Cropp is a well- 

 built man, fifty years of age or more. 

 He is a German, having learned his 

 trade in Germany before emigrating 

 to America, 



"I was told that Howard M, Earl 

 would bring with him 'the hustling at- 

 mosphere of the land of the hustlers.' 

 I was not disappointed. Mr. Earl is 

 a short man, not a small man, but he 

 seems to be packed as full of energy 

 as an egg is full of meat, I began to 

 understand better the business of W, 

 Atlee Burpee & Co, after meeting Mr. 

 Earl and spending the best part of two 

 days in his company. Here was the 

 man, I thought, who must 'pull a lot 

 of the strings' in the Burpee business. 

 He speaks about ' his chief ' with enthu- 

 siasm and admiration, and knowing Mr. 



Fall 



Single Forcing Hyacinths 



Red, Rose, White, Light Blue, Dark 

 Blue, per 100. 98.00; 1000, $87.00. 



Named Hyacinths 



Red, Cardinal Wiseman, Gigantea, 

 Gertrude; White, Mme. Vander Hoop; 

 Blue, King of Blues, La Peyrouse, 

 Czar Peter, second size, per 100, 

 $4.60; 1000. $40.00. 



Narcissus 



Princeps, per 100, $1.00; 1000. 

 $8.00. 



Trumpet Major, per 100. $1.00; 



1000. $9.00. 



Victoria, single nose, per 100. 



$1.80; 1000. $18.00. 

 Victoria, double nose, per 100, 



$1.76; lOOO, $16.00. 

 Alba Plena Odorata, per 100, 



76c; 1000. $6.00. 



Single Tulips per lOO lOOO 



Keiserskroon $1.86 $10.00 



White Hawk 1.40 18.00 



For Prompt 

 Shipment 



Double Tulips per lOo lOOO 



Conronne d'Or . . $1.70 $16.00 



Murillo 90 8.00 



Extra Fine Mixed .86 7.60 



Late Flowering 

 Tulips 



Bontond*Or 1.86 10.00 



IsabeUa 1.10 9.00 



Parisian Yellow. 1.10 0.00 



Chinese Lilies "^^ 



Select ^jgr 4.90 



Gladioli 



The Bride 76 6.00 



Blushingr Bride . . .76 6.00 

 Peach Blossom . . 1.10 9.00 



Lilium 



Giganteum 



7-9 inch (300 bulbs to 



case) 7.00 66.00 



9-10 inch (200 bulbs 



to case) 18.00 100.00 



A. HENDERSON & CO., 



352 N. Michisfan Avenue 

 CHICAQG, :-: ILLINOIS 



Mention The Review .when yoo wrlf . 



^X7E have a good deal to 

 ' ' say in our Bulb Catalog 

 which is of very special in- 

 terest to florists. 



When writing for a copy explain that 

 you are a florist and ask for our 

 Special Florist's Edition with Prices. 



J. M. THORBURN C®, CO. 



1 10 y ear t in business in New York City 



33 Barclay Street, Nevy York 

 MentloD Th» Review when y<m wiMfc 



BURNETT BROS. 



BXIDS u BULBS ii PLAMTS 

 VS CortUndt St.. MKW TOHK CITT 



MntlM TIM B«Tl«w whra yoa write. 



We have still some of the following 



Winter 

 Sweet Pea Seed 



on hand after filling all our orders : 



Xmas Pink \ 



Watchung /sOc per oz. 



Mrs. Wm. Sim ) 76c per I4 lb. 



Mrs. W. W. SmaUey V ^2.00 per lb. 



Mrs. A. Wallace / 



Wallacea $ 3.00 per lb. 



Pink Beauty 5.00 per lb. 



Zvolanek's Pink 12.00 per lb. 



Also several other varieties and novel- 

 ties. Send for list either to the Sweet 

 Pea ranch, Lompoc, Cal., or Bound Brook, 

 N.J. 



ANT. C. ZVOLANEK 



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