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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



February 29, 1912. 



profit may be had by turning the hogs 

 into the field after harvest, as the 

 waste peas and vines are excellent feed. 



"Peas were grown extensively last 

 year at Livingston and Bozeman, Mont., 

 and at St. Anthony, Idaho, and the 

 farmers are so well pleased that they 

 are putting out a much larger acreage 

 this year. 



' ' Mr. Moore is now visiting the farm- 

 ers on the tract with the intention of 

 signing up for 500 acres." 



THE AMZI GODDEN INTERESTS. 



For some time the Amzi Godden Seed 

 Co., Birmingham, Ala., has been con- 

 sidering the question of discontinuing 

 its retail department and devoting all 

 of its capital and energy to its large 

 and rapidly growing wholesale and mail 

 order business. It has had several at- 

 tractive offers and has finally traded 

 with the McVay Seed Co., which will 

 take over this department and cater to 

 the retail trade of Birmingham and vi- 

 cinity. 



For several years the wholesale trade 

 of the Amzi Godden Seed Co. has been 

 one of the largest in the south, but it 

 is now the expectation of the officers 

 of the company to make it one of the 

 largest in the entire country. They feel 

 that with ample capital, experience and 

 concentrated energy, they can'" reach 

 every state in the south and make 

 Birmingham the home of the south 's 

 largest wholesale seed business. 



PEAS IN WASHINGTON STATE. 



I have noted the frequent references 

 in The Eeview to the growing of garden 

 peas for seeds in Idaho. We grow many 

 tons of peas for seeds in this county, 

 Whatcom, State of Washington. We 

 are far up on Puget Sound, close to 

 the Canadian line, but it is a natural 

 climate for the best of peas and a large 

 yield is quite common. We reckon our 

 crops by the ton. In well prepared land 

 we get two tons to the acre, equal to 

 sixty-six and two-thirds bushels per acre, 

 and they sold last fall at $62 per ton. 

 Counting $20 per acre as the cost of 

 seed and labor, we can pay 10 per cent 

 on land valued at $400 per acre. Our 

 peas are nearly all contracted to C. C. 

 Morse & Co., of San Francisco. This 

 class of peas has only been grown here 

 the last two years. 



This west Washington climate is spe- 

 cially fine for peas. Our extremely 

 heavy summer dews are the cause of it; 

 all plant life is fed to the complete 

 saturation point every night. In twen- 

 ty-four years of residence here I never 

 have known of a crop failure. Some- 

 times we are damaged by too much rain, 

 but never by the lack of it. In 1910 

 we had sixty-three inches of rain; in 

 the dry vear of 1911, forty-three inches. 



George Gibbs. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee, 

 111., wholesale and general lists; John 

 D. Imlay, Zanesville., 0., seeds, bulbs 

 and plants; A. E. McKenzie Co., Bran- 

 don, Manitoba, Can., seeds, implements 

 and supplies; Peter Henderson & Co., 

 I^ew York, N. Y., list of farm seeds; 

 the Northboro Dahlia and Gladiolus 

 Gardens, Northboro, Mass., general and 

 wholesale lists; Winterson's Seed ^tore, 

 Chicago, HL, "Winterson's Garden 

 Guide"; Edward V. Low, Hay wards 

 Heath, Sussex, England, orchids. 



SURE-BLOOMING Tl IRPDnCLPCL 

 DOUBLE PEARL ■ Utft-iCV^aLr^^ 



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



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



High-grade stocks of Peonies, Gladioli, Dahlias, Cycas 

 Stems, Fern Balls, Begonias, Gloxinias, Caladiums, 

 Madeira and Cinnamon Vine Roots. Write for descrip- 

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



JOHNSON SEED CO., 



217 Market St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



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KstabUshed In 1802 



Our New Wholesale Catalog:ue 



for Market Gardeners and Florists for 

 1912 will be ready early in January. 

 Register your name for a copy NOW. 



Lily of the Valley Pips 



A. few still left, very high grade. Prices 

 on application. 



J.M.TIi«rbiirn&Co.''NS}'^^ 



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Order Quick 



stock will not last long at these prices. No 

 better seed can be had anywhere. The short 

 crop has caused an advance, but we are still 

 selling at these moderate prices : 



Jjaxgm White Spencer, Re-seleoted, the 

 finest white in existence, per lb., 13.50; ^4 lb., 

 $1.00. 



America Spencer, grand novelty. Others 

 are getting $,').00 per lb. for this: our price, lb., 

 $4.00; I4 lb., $1.25. 



Florence Morse Spencer, delicate blush 

 pink, most clianiiing color, lb., $2.50; mb., 85c. 



Apple Bloasom Spencer, the famous $5,000 

 prizu .Sweet reii; pink shaded rose, lb., $2.50; 

 I4 lb., S')C. 



AstaOhn Spencer, best lavender; lb., $2.50; 

 I4 lb., 85c. 



Any of the above, oz., 35c. 



S. BRYSON AYRES CO. 



Sweet Pea Specialists 

 Sunny Slope, Independence, Mo. 



Let us send you our Sweet Pea Catalogue. 

 Ment'or Thf> Review when you write. 



SOW NOW! 



Get Readr lor Sarly Bprinc Sales 



6Tr. Tr. 

 Pkta. Pkt. 

 BSGONIA Gracilis Lumlnosa, 



true stock, with large scarlet 



flowers $2.60 $0.50 



■rfordil, fine pink rariety ... 2.50 .50 



Beddlnc Queen, most beau- 

 tiful pink Wax Begonia 2.50 .60 



VemDn,finered 1.25 .25 



CTtJLAMXS Perslcnm Bplen- 

 dens Glsantenm, finest 

 colors, assorted, 1000 seeds .. 5.00 .75 



0. V. ZAN(XN, Hibikei, N. J. 



XXX SEEDS 



I^IBERAI. TRADE PACKETS 



ALYSSTTM SNOWDRIFT, most dwarf and com 



pact, very fine, pkt. 20c. 

 ANTIRRHINUM, New Giant, white, rose and 



yellow. Separate or Mixed, pkt. 20c. 

 PETUNIA STAR, Improved, finest marked fiow- 



ers, very fine, pkt. 20c. 

 PETUNIA, Giant, single frineed, large and fine. 



very choicest mixed, pkt. 20c. 

 PETUNIA, Giant Double Fringed, verv fine. 



trade pkt. 50c. Mixture of the best. 

 SALVIA, Bonfire, finest grown, brilliant scarlet 



and compact. Large pkt. 20c. 

 PHLOX DBUK. PUMILA, very dwarf, grand 



for pots, fine colors, pkt. 20c. 

 CHINESE FRIMBOSE, finest grown, single and 



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



1000 seeds, $1.50. Separate colors or mixed. 

 CARNATION, New Giant Doubles, fine, 20c. 

 CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM, finest giants, mixed,. 



250 seeds, $1.00; % pkt. SOc; 1000 seeds, $3.50. 

 GIANT PANSY, finest grown, critically se- 

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

 COLEUS, New Hybrids, 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. 

 TORENIA FOURNIERI, New Giant, extra fine, 



pot plant, pkt. 20c. Showy. 

 CANDYTUFT, New Giant Hyacinth-flowered, » 



great cutter, pkt. 20c. 

 HELIOTROPE, finest mixed, pkt. 20c. 

 BROWALLIA, New Giant Blue, pkt. 20c. 

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

 GAILLARDIA GRAND, New Giant, pkt. 20c. 

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

 THUNBEROIA, mixed, fine, 20c. 

 VERBENA, Improved Mammoth, finest giants 



grown, mixed, or separate of purple, white, 



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



CASH. Liberal extra count. 



JOHN r. Rurp, 



Shiremanatown , 

 Pa. 



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Begonias 



Tuberous 

 Rooted 



Single, White, Pink, Strict, 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 Crimson 4.00 35.00 



Double, mixed colors 3.50 30.00 



GLOXINIAS 



Blue, White, Crimson; Violet, white 



border ; Red, white border 3.50 30.00 



Mixed, all colors 3.00 26.00 



A. HENDERSON & CO. 



80 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



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NKW CROF 



Bsparagus ISDumosus Ehnus 



Wlaeonaln Greenhouse Grown Seed 



Not to be compared with the Inferior California 



and Florida outdoor grown seed. 

 1000 seeds, $4.00: 5000, $18.75; 10,000, $S5.00 



a H. HUNKEL CO., Seedimei, Nilwiikee, Wii. 



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