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The Florists' Review 



Januaby 9, 1913. 



1500 BUSHELS 



PEAS 



FRENCH CANNER 

 also some ALASKAS for sale. 



BOW PARK FARM 



Brantford, Ont. 



Canada's largest Seed and Experimental Farm 



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COLORED FLOWER 

 "«» VEGETABLE 

 SEED 

 BAGS 



Send for Samples 



^Hernden& Lester Jnc. 



RICBMOND, VA. 



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D. H. GILBERT 



MONTICELLO. FLA. 



Cantract 



WATERMELON 



Grewer. 



For prompt order crop 191S will book at much 

 lower price than previous years. Ask for booklet, 

 illustrated description all leadint; sorts. Surplus 

 list 1912. 

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FLORISTS' nOWER SEEDS 



CROP1S12 T,^„ ^ 



Vinca Rosea. Alba pura, each )^.20 $0.30 



Begonia Vernon 40 



Begonia Krforilla JBO 



Salvia Bonfire SO 2.00 



Antirrhinum Giant Flrd.. Sep, colors 20 .BO 



WA*kAii Si htm S"' Merchants 114 Chaaibers St., 



ireever a won, „^ Browen new york city 



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Godfrey Calla 



To clean out my stock of this grand Calla, 

 I will sell good plants out of 2i^-inch 

 pots, at $3.00 per 100; $10.00 for 400. 



G. S. RANSBURG, Somersworth, N. H. 



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A Wireless 



Message to you: May I quote on 

 your wants in Gladiolus for Spring? 

 Also French bulbs for the Fall. Qual- 

 ity and price equal to the best. 



M. CARROLL, 



Norwood, O. 



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ference between the parent stock seed 

 and the produce." 



Apparently one of the eflfects of the 

 government's activities in the matter of 

 watching seed imports has been to in- 

 crease the number of shipments of grass 

 and clover consigned ' ' To Order " or to 

 banking houses. 



Word comes from Holland that gladioli 

 are well' cleaned up, but the traveler 

 who next drops in will tell you that he 

 can let you have some America, small 

 bulbs, and the price he names doesn't 

 look like a scarcity. Good mixtures are 

 not so plentiful. 



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TULIPS AND HYACINTHS. 



"Among the Holland growers late 

 tulips of all kinds cleared quickly and 

 at rather high prices," says a corre- 

 spondent of the Horticultural Adver- 

 tiser (British). "Of single and double 

 early tulips there are too large masses 

 grown and the prices for some good 

 standard varieties are so low that it 

 will be difficult to pay rent and labor. 

 The newer and better varieties, on the 

 contrary, were rather expensive, espe- 

 cially the sports of Murillo, La Seine, 

 and Eose Valk. 



"All hyacinths cleared up well, but 

 blue varieties, especially bright blue, 

 were scarce. Only a few years ago 

 white and pink hyacinths were the 

 favorites, and in consequence growers 

 were trying to grow large masses of 

 these colors. There was also a good 

 demand for dark red hyacinths, but 

 blue ones were not so much in demand, 

 and as we had rather large masses of. 

 fine blue varieties, the prices became 

 low. As this state of business lasted 

 some years, most of the growers, while 

 enlarging the stocks of the white, pink, 

 and red varieties, kept those of the 

 blue ones on the same level, with the 

 result that now, in face of a heavy 

 demand for blue hyacinths, the prices 

 became suddenly high. Especially for 

 early forcing, a good bright blue va- 

 riety is wanted, as most hyacinths in 

 this color come pale. Last year Bis- 

 marck was shown as a good bright 

 blue." 



THE SEED BUSINESS. 



The following is by Frank B. White, 

 of all advertising men probably the one 

 who has the widest acquaintance among 

 seedsmen: 



"The farmer takes long chances. 

 What he is seeking to do in these 

 wiser days is to make sure that soil 

 conditions are right, that seed that he 

 plants is of the best, and thereby re- 

 moves as far as possible the element 

 of chance or risk. Of course, he still 

 has weather conditions with which to 

 contend. To plant seed that is not of 

 the proper kind may mean one of four 

 things — no crop, a partial crop, inade- 

 quate yield or a bountiful harvest. 

 Intelligent farmers at the present 

 time are testing their seeds and seeds- 

 men everywhere are supposed to sell 

 seed that comes up to a certain germi- 

 nation test. That test is sometimes 

 misleading in that it may show life, 

 but be lacking in physical strength 

 sufficient to yield a harvest. Certain 

 kinds of seed will sprout, but there is 

 not enough vitality in it to make it 

 live, much less to properly reproduce 

 itself. Seedsmen have found it neces- 

 sary to meet present-day requirements: 

 the laws of our states and nation are 



What Sherman said about 

 war applies to bad lily bulbs 

 as well. Ten years ago when 

 you wanted a thousand good 

 lily plants for Easter, it was 

 customary to buy from 1,500 

 to 2,000 bulbs because the 

 percentage of loss due to bad 

 bulbs was so large. When 

 Horseshoe Brand Giganteum 

 entered the business arena, 

 buyers of this brand experi- 

 enced a pleasant surprise in 

 finding that they could get 

 results averaging about 90 

 per cent good plants. True,^ 

 the price was high, but they^ 

 were worth the money. 

 Word was passed around 

 that Horseshoe Brand Gi- 

 ganteum were par excellent 

 and the business increased to 

 an extent that enabled the 

 producers to lower the price 

 and today the bulbs cost no 

 more than other brands — 

 and they are still par excel- 

 lent. Now you can buy this 

 brand from Ralph M. Ward 

 & Co. only. If anyone not 

 connected ' with this firm 

 oflFers you Horseshoe Brand 

 Lily bulbs do not buy from 

 them, as they are misrepre- 

 senting their goods to you 

 and fraudulently imposing 

 upon us. Furthermore, be- 

 ware of lily bulbs "just as 

 good" as a certain brand. 

 When a salesman sells you 

 anything "just as good" as a 

 certain brand, it's an open 

 acknowledgment that that 

 certain brand is the best to 

 buy. In lily bulbs for com- 

 mercial use there are none 

 produced today that will 

 surpass Horseshoe Brand 

 Giganteum as profit-makers. 

 Prices are the same to all — ■ 

 no favorites — send for the 

 price list. Cold Storage 

 bulbs for delivery any time. 



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RALPH N. WARD 

 &C0. 



71 Murray Street 

 NEW YORK 



Not How Cheap 

 Bit How Aoo4 



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