OCTOBEE 21, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



41 



A House of Horseshoe Brand Qig^anteutn, size 6/8 inches. These bulbs had 

 been in cold storage six months before they were planted 



Did you know that it costs more to grow a good quality of lily bulbs, or did you think they all 

 cost the same in Japan, and that the difference in price here was attributed to cut-priced seed bazaars 

 in their scramble to increase that particulaf branch of their business ? 



It requires from three to four years to bring a seed bulb to exportable size. The longer a grower 

 must fertilize and cultivate his bulbs, the more costly. Now, if a bulb be planted near the top of the 

 soil, it will round out to marketable size quicker than if planted deep down in the ground; but by 

 hastening that growth muck of the vitality of the bulb ia exhausted and it generally proves defective in 

 flowering results. Therefore bulbs planted properly cost more to produce than those mushroomed to 

 size a year earlier by the hot sun pouring down on them in the fields. 



Good seed bulbs, planted "deep, well cultivated and matured, are the kind that throw a strong 

 stem and produce results that are a profit to the florist. Still some buyers prefer to pay less for their 

 bulbs and trust to luck, rather than pay the difference in price and trust to good bulbs. 



Good Giganteum bulbs ready for immediate shipment. Order your Cold Storage Giganteum 

 now for shipment during 1910. 



Write for prices 



Representing 



Ralph M. Ward & Co. 



SEITARO ARAl 



Yokohama, Japan 



12 West Broadway, New York 



Not how cheap 

 But how good 



