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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Febkuaby 22, 1912. 



reserve at least one-fifth of the seed on 

 each ear, not only for replanting if 

 necessary, but so that reference may be 

 made to the exact character of the par- 

 ent stock. When the corn is coming 

 into silk, carefully go over the blocks 

 and select those in which the plants in 

 stalk, leaf, husk, silk, and tassel are 

 most uniformly of the desired char- 

 acter, rejecting the plants which show 

 the greatest variation, even if some of 

 them, as will in all probability be the 

 case, are among the most perfect plants 

 in the field. 



When the corn is passing into the 

 dough state go over the selected blocks 

 and, stripping down the husks, select 

 the blocks in which the ears are most 

 uniformly of the desired varietal char- 

 acter, rejecting as in the selection of 

 the individual plants, all the ears, no 

 matter how perfect they may be, from 

 the blocks showing greatest variation. 

 As a rule it will be best to select sev- 

 eral blocks in order to avoid the loss 

 in vegetative vigor which in the corn 

 plant often follows too close breeding. 



From the chosen blocks select a num- 

 ber of the most perfect ears, to be 

 tagged, numbered, kept separate, and 

 again planted in separate blocks the 

 next season. The balance of the corn 

 from the selected blocks can be gath- 

 ered and the better ears bulked and 

 used the following season for planting 

 the field in which the seed blocks are 

 to be located. 



Working in this way, never losing 

 sight of or changing the ideal varietal 

 characteristics of the sort, always se- 

 lecting from the most uniform lot, 

 resisting the temptation to use an ex- 

 ceptionally perfect ear found in a vari- 

 able block, one can in a few years 

 establish strains which will be greatly 

 superior in practical value to most of 

 the seed now used. 



CATALOGUES EECEIVED. 



S. Bryson Ayres Co., Independence, 

 Mo., sweet pea and other flower seeds; 

 Clark W. Brown, Ashland, Mass., dahlia 

 and gladiolus bulbs and berry plants; 

 V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy, France, trade 

 list of plants and seeds; Northrup, King 

 & Co., Minneapolis, Minn., general seed 

 list; C. N. Flansburgh, Jackson, Mich., 

 strawberry plants and other small 

 fruits; M. Crawford Co., Cuyahoga 

 Falls, O., strawberry plants and other 

 small fruits, also gladiolus bulbs; Will- 

 iam Toole & Sons, Baraboo, Wis., seed 

 and plant list, with a ' ' Guide to Pansy 

 Culture"; Sadie A. Thomas, Pasadena, 

 Cal., chrysanthemums; Aurora Nursery 

 Co., Aurora, 111,, general nursery stock; 

 Young's Seed Store, St. Louis, Mo., 

 "Young's Garden Book"; Ralph M. 

 Ward & Co., New York, N. Y., "Horse- 

 shoe Bulbology"; Geo. H. Walker, 

 North Dighton, Mass., dahlias; the 

 Meyer-Stisser Co., Baltimore, Md., 

 seeds, tools and supplies; the Campbell 

 Floral Co., Calgary, Can., seeds, bed- 

 ding plants, etc.; the Dunham Co., 

 Berea, O., "The Proper Care of 

 Lawns." with a list of Dunham rollers. 



PITTSBURGH. 



The Market. 



The last week has been one of the 

 best since Christmas, with demand for 

 everything coming in, and the quantity 

 continues to increase. Valentine's day 

 was certainly a success. The boys call 

 it a little Easter, and if it continues to 



SURE-BLOOMING Tl IRFD ACkPCL 

 DOUBLE PEARL ■ UUi-iCV^^l-^a 



The brig^htest and moat select stock offered to the trade 



4-6 inches, large bulbs, per 100,.$1.00; per 1000, $8.50 



High-grade atocks of Peoniest Gladioli, Dahlias, Cjrcas 

 Stems, Fern Balls, Begonias, Gloxinias, Caladiums, 

 Madeira and Cinnamon Vine Roots. Write for descrip- 

 tive list and prices. See our Flower Seed OflPer in Feb. 8th issue. 



JOHNSON SEED CO., 



217 Market St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



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KstabUsbsd in 1802 



Our New Wholesale Catalogue 



for Market Gardeners and FloristB for 

 1912 will be ready early in January. 

 Roister your name for a copy NOW. 



Lily of the Valley Pips 



A. few still left, very high grade. Prices 

 on application. 



J.H.TlMrlNini&Co.''NSr^^ 



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Order Quick 



stock will not last longr at these prices. No 

 Ijetter seed can lie had anywhere. The short 

 crop has <mused an advance, but we are still 

 selling at these moderate prices: 



lArse Wblte Spencer, Re-«eleoted, the 

 finest white in existence, \>ct lb., $3.50; '4 lb., 

 $1.00. 



America Spencer, gnuid novelty. Others 

 arc getting $6.00 per lb. for this; onr price, lb., 

 $4.00; I4 lb., $1.25. 



norenoe Morse Spencer, delicate blush 

 pink, most channiiiR color, lb., $2.50; ^4 lb., 85c. 



Apple Bloasom Spencer, the famous $5,000 

 prize Sweet Pea; pink shaded rose, lb., $2.50; 

 h lb., 85c. 



Asta Obn Spencer, best lavender; lb., $2.50; 

 I4 lb., 85c. 



Any of the above, oz., 35e. 



S. BRYSON AYRES CO. 



Sweet Pea Speolaliats 

 Sunny Slope, Independence, Mo. 



Let us send you our Sweet Pea Catalogue. 

 Mention The Revtew when vou write. 



SOW NOW! 



Get Ready for Barly Spring Bales 



6 Tr. Tr. 



Pkts. Pkt. 

 BKGOMIA Gracilis Lumlnosa, 



true stock, with large scarlet 



flowers $2.60 $0.60 



Krfordll, fine pink yariety ... 2.50 .50 



Beddlnc Queen, most beau- 

 tiful pink Wax Begonia 2.50 .60 



Vernon, fine red 1.25 .25 



CTCLAMKN Perslcum Splen- 

 dens Glranteum, finest 

 colors, assorted, 1000 seeds .. 6.00 .76 



0. V. ZANGEN, Htbtkei, N. J. 



XXX SEEDS 



. UBERAI. TRADE PACKKTS 



AXYSStTM SNOWDRIFT, most dwarf and com- 

 pact, very fine, pkt. 20c. 



ANTIRBHINUH, New Giant, white, rose and 

 yellow. Separate or Mixed, pkt. 20c. 



PETUNIA STAB, Improved, finest marked flow- 

 ers, very fine, pkt. 20c. 



PETUNIA, Giant, single fringed, large and fine, 

 very choicest mixed, pkt. 20c. 



PETUNIA, Giant Double Fringed, very fine, 

 trade pkt. 50c. Mixture of the best. 



SALVIA, Bonfire, finest grown, brilliant scarlet 

 and compact. Large pkt. 20c. 



PHLOX DBUM. PUMILA, ver.v dwarf, grand 

 for pots, fine colors, pkt. 20c. 



CHINESE FBIHBOSE, finest grown, single and 

 double mixed, 600 seeds, $1.00; V2 pkt. 50c; 

 1000 seeds, $1.60. Separate colors or mixed. 



CABNATION, New Giant Doubles, fine, 20c. 



CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM, finest giants, mixed. 

 250 seeds, $1.00; % pkt. 50c; lOOO seeds, $3.50. 



GIANT PANSY, finest grown, critically se- 

 lected, 6000 seeds, $1.00; % pkt. 50c. 



COLEUS, New Hybrid*, fine colors. Best New 

 Giants, pkt. 20c. Very brilliant and showy. 



LOBELIA, Blue Ball, dwarf, dark blue, finest 

 of all Lobelias, pkt. 20c. Be sure to sow. 



TOBENIA FOUBNIEBI, New Giant, extra fine, 

 pot plant, pkt. 20c. Showy. 



CANDYTUFT, New Giant Hyacinth-flowered, a 

 great cutter, pkt. 20e. 



HELIOTBOPE, finest mixed, pkt. 20c. 



BBOWALLIA, New Giant Blue, pkt. 20c. 



CUPHEA, Giant Cigar, fine, pkt. 20c. 



GAILLABDIA GBAND, New Giant, pkt. 20c. 



COBAEA SCANDENS, extra fine vine, pkt. 20c. 



THUNBEBGIA, mixed, fine, 20c. 



VEBBENA Improved Mammoth, finest giants 

 grown, mixed, or separate of purple, white, 

 scarlet, pink, striped, white-eyed. Tr. pkt 20c. 

 CASH. Liberal extra count. 



JOHN F. RHPP, s""-^."-- 



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Begonias R^o'eT^ 



Single, White, Pink, Sciirlet. Per 100 lOOO 

 Orange, Yellow and Crimson $2.50 $22.00 



Single, mixed colors 2.25 '20.00 



Double, White, Pink, Scarlet, Orange, 

 Yellow and Crim.son 4.00 :J5.00 



Double, mixed colors 3.50 30.00 



GLOXINIAS 



Blue, White, Crimson; Violet, white 



border ; Red, white border S.'iO :J0.0(> 



Mixed, all colors U.OO 26.00 



A. HENDERSON & CO. 



30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



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No man can do better than fail who 

 regarda his fellows as merely so many 

 opportunities— U be taken ■dvantage of. 



A trial order will convince you. 



M. M. CARROLL, 



Nor\i7ood (Cincinnati), Olilo 



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