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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Febbuabt 22, 1912. 



bushels per acre. The company fur- 

 nishes the seed, deducting the same 

 from the crop and paying for the re- 

 mainder from 2y2 to 3^^ cents a pound, 

 delivered at the railroad. It is proposed 

 to contract for something like 1,800 

 acres for this vicinity for the present 

 y«ar. ' ' 



LOS ANGELES SEED NOTES. 



The Southern California Seed Trade 

 Association, which meets periodically 

 at the store of the Germain Seed & 

 Plant Co., Los Angeles, is an organiza- 

 tion not sufficiently appreciated by the 

 trade. D. F. Eeichard, of the Lewis 

 & Snow Seed Co., is the secretary and 

 the object of the association is the 

 betterment of the trade in general, espe- 

 cial attention being given to the ques- 

 tion of equitable state laws referring 

 to the seed trade. 



Peas, sweet peas and lettuce will 

 assuredly be short items this season, ac- 

 cording to those in a position to know. 



Thos. Cox, the veteran seedsman of 

 San Francisco, and who sold out to 

 the C. C. Morse Seed Co. years ago, 

 was a visitor this week. 



February 16 and still no sign of rain 

 in this locality. H. E. E. 



STOCK SEED OF SWEET COBN. 



The structure of the floral organs of 

 the corn plant is such as to secure under 

 normal conditions more or less complete 

 cross-fertilization, and it has been 

 found that there is liability to rapid 

 loss of vegetative vigor in plants which 

 are persistently self -fertilized. This, 

 in connection with the fact that it is 

 difficult, if not impossible, under ordi- 

 nary farm conditions to prevent more 

 or less cross-pollination, leads to meth- 

 ods and practices in growing stock seed 

 corn which differ materially from those 

 that give the best results with most 

 vegetables. Instead of trying to isolate 

 the stock blocks, it is suggested by 

 W. W. Tracy, in a recent bulletin, that 

 they be located near the center of the 

 largest available field of the variety 

 and that the selection of breeding stock 

 be made as follows: 



First, formulate a very clear concep- 

 tion of precisely what an ideal plant 

 of the sort to be grown should be, not 

 only as to grain and ear, but as to 

 stalk, leaf, husk, silk, and tassel, for 

 this is essential to the raising of the 

 best seed of the sort. With this con- 

 ception in mind or, what is far better, 

 clearly written out and illustrated by 

 photograph, go into a field of the sort 

 at the time the plants are coming into 

 silk and mark with a string, or a bit of 

 cloth, or in some way a number of 

 stalks. It is wise to select at least a 

 hundred plants which are as nearly 

 alike and typical of the sort as can be 

 found. 



When the grain is in the dough state, 

 assemble the marked stalks and, after 

 stripping down the husks, very care- 

 fully select and tag those in which the 

 ear and the grain are nearest to the 

 ideal. The cars from each of these se- 

 lected plants should be carefully num- 

 bered, dried, and stored. The next 

 spring mark out, near the center of the 

 largest available field of the sort, a 

 block of four, nine, or sixteen square 

 rods for each of the selected ears, and 

 plant each block with seed from one of 

 the selected plants. 



It is wise in making the planting to 



Asparagus Plumosus 

 Nanus 



Guaranteed genuine northern greenhouse grown seed. Per 100 

 seeds, 40c; per 1000, $3.60; per 5000, $16.25. 



Salvia Clara Bed man or Bonfire 



My own growing 1911 crop seed. Per trade pkt., 40c; oz., $1.75; \i lb., $6.00. 



Clematis Paniculata 



1911 crop, my own saving. Per oz., 40c; lb., $3.50; 5 lbs., $15.00. 

 Send for Florists' Flower Seed List. 



Stokes' Seed Store, 219 Market St., Pluladelpliia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



FLOWER SEEDS 



Ageratum Little Blue Star, tr. pkt., 15c. 



Asreratum Imperial Dwarf Blue, tr. pkt., 10c. 



Antirrhinum, giant-flowering, pink, striped, scar- 

 let, yellow, white, garnet and mixed, each, tr. 

 pkt., 10c; per oz., 40c. 



Asparagus Sprengeri, tr. pkt., 65c ; 5000 seeds, $5.50. 



Asters, Smith's Peerless White, tr. pkt., 50c; per 

 oz., $6.50. 



Asters, Smith's Peerless Pink, tr. pkt., 50c; per oz., 

 $7.50. 



Centaurea Candidissima, tr. pkt., 25c. 



Select strains of Verbena, Stocks, Grandiflora 



SEND FOR NEW FLORISTS' 



Centaurea Qymnocarpa, tr. pkt., 15c. 



Lobelia Crystal Palace Compacta, extra select 

 strain, tr. pkt., 10c. 



Petunia, large-flowering fringed, single mixed 



tr. pkt., 35c. 

 Petunia, large-flowering fringed, double mixed, 



tr. pkt., 66c. 

 Primula Obconica Gigantea, rose, crimson, lilaQ 



Hybrida, mixed, each, tr. pkt., 35c. 



Salvia Bonfire, tr. pkt., 25c; per oz., $2.50. 

 and Giant-flowering Spencer Sweet Peas, etc. 



WHOLESALE CATALOGUE 



CURRIE BROS. CO., 



(108 WISCONSIN ST. J 

 } 312 BROADWAY. \ 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



f„v''^-::!.e„<. GROW COLD STORAGE LILIES 



For slzea ana prlcas, write 



C. C. POLLWORTH C&^ Milwaukee, Wis. 



Menaoo The Review wfien tou write 



Bulbs for SpHfig 



L. GlKMiteuin, Cannas (all leading 

 varieties), Tuberoa*!, Gladioli. Prices on 

 application. 



D. RUSCONI 



126-138 W. 9th St., CINCINNATI, OHIO 



MenooD TDe Keview wnen you write. 



Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



■■t. 18*4. RICKABDS BROS., Props. 



Importera and Krowen of high-grade 



SEEDS, BULBS, PUNTS, Ete. 



87 East 19th St., NEW TORK CITY 



Telephone 4235 Oramercy 

 Mention Thw Rpvlfw whpn von 



F. W. O. SCHMITZ 



PRINCK BAT, N. T. 



Wholesale Orower. Exporter and Im- 

 porter of all plants, roots and bulbs in 

 season. 



Correspondence Solicited 



Mention The Review when you writo 



Best that grow. We sell di- 

 rect to gardeners and florists 

 at wholesale. Big beautiful 

 catalogue free. Write today. 

 ABCHIA8 SEED 8T0BE, Box 68, Sedalis, Ho. 



SEEDS 



Always mention the Florists* Review 

 wben wrltlnc advertisers. 



Salvia Seed 



8PLENDEN8..Tr. pkt.. 16c; »8-oz..26c: oz.. $1.25 



CLARA BEDMAN (Bonfire) Tr. pkt., 25c: ^■ 



oz., 40c: oz., $2.25. 



ZURICH Tr. pkt., 36c; J«-oz.,60c: oz..tB.60 



Kew Catalogue jast out; writo for a copy. 



G. H. HUNKEL CO., Seedsmei, Nilwiikee, Wis. 



ROSE GARDENS 



WHOLESALE QROWBRS 



Daffodils, Peonies, Tulips 

 Gladioli, Iris, Etc. 



NORTH EMPORIA, VIROINIA 



SURPLUS OP 



L. Multiflorums 7-9 



Write for prices. 



The Yokohama Nurseiy Co., Ltd. 



H: 31 Birdiy Street, NEW YORK 



Asparagus Plomosus Nanus 



Nsw drop— Oreenhonss-crown 



lNMMto.BOe; 6«0 mmIs. |2.M; 10MMeds.|IM: 



lO.OMieeda.lM.M. 



■prenrorl, Xtc per W Meds; T5c per lOM tseds; 



I3.TB per 60M MOdi. 



Oar Flower Seed Oatalom. tree os spplleatles. 



THE NOORE SEED CO., '%££&>£" 



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