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The Florists' Review 



January 30, 1913. 



that the public has thought more gen- 

 erally than usual of gardening and orders 

 have come in abundantly. 



The Griswold. Seed Co., Lincoln, Neb., 

 is branching out, having just bought the 

 Bussell Nursery in that city and built a 

 greenhouse. 



In the list of the membership of the 

 Association of National Advertising 

 Managers there is only one seed house: 

 Peter Henderson & Co., F. H. Cole, ad- 

 vertising manager. 



The agricultural appropriation bill, as 

 now before Congress, provides $257,000 

 for the free seed distribution of 1914, 

 with an additional special fund of 

 $39,000 for drought-resistant seeds. 



J. W. Jung, of the J. W. Jung Seed 

 Co., Randolph, Wis., says he believes they 

 have the distinction of having the only 

 seed catalogue in America that is printed 

 oil the seed farm where the greater part 

 of the seeds offered therein are grown. 



Speaking of business, M. J. Yopp, 

 head of the seed company at Paducah, 

 Ky., that bears his name, says that 

 "business in' 1912 was fifty per cent bet- 

 ter than the preceding year, and we hope 

 to do equally as well for 1913. We are 

 so located here tha;t we have little to offer 

 to the outside seed trade, as nothing of 

 importance is grown around Paducah in 

 the way of seeds, except cow peas. We 

 usually have a few cars of these to offer, 

 but this year they are extremely scarce 

 in this section; not more than enough 

 for local demands." 



NATAL GBASS. 



_ H. D. McMichael, manager of Cren- 

 slmw Bros. Seed Co., Tampa, Fla., com- 

 m§nts on the increasing call for Natal 

 grass in Florida and other southeastern 

 states, and on the diflSculty of procuring 

 the seed. Many seedsmen do not know 

 Natal grass. The botanical name is 

 Tricholffina rosea. It has had consid- 

 erable publicity in southern papers and 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has referred to it in several of its bul- 

 letins. In one just issued, entitled 

 "Forage Crops for the Cotton Eegion, " 

 it speaks of Natal grass as follows; 



"Natal grass, from South Africa, is 

 much like crab-grass in habit of growth, 

 but where the soil is very sandy it 

 makes a heavier yield of better hay. 

 It has become thoroughly established in 

 parts of Florida and is gradually spread- 

 ing over the sandy coast lands to the 

 westward. The roots are killed by 

 heavy frosts, but from central Florida 

 southward it becomes perennial and 

 is used occasionally for permanent 

 meadows. Farther north it is an an- 

 nual, making a volunteer growth in 

 fields from which early crops have been 

 gathered and often producing a heavy 

 growth • in cornfields after cultivation 

 ceases. ' ' 



STBAIN TESTS OF CABBAGE. 



The Pennsylvania State College Ag- 

 ricultural Experiment Station, of State 

 CdUege, Pa., has just issued a bulletin, 

 No.' 119, entitled "Strain Tests of 

 Cabbage,^' ' which will be of much in- 

 terest to seedsmen. It names names. 

 Through three "years a study has been 

 made at the station, from whicll^'it'•lMM 

 been demonstrated that "important 

 variations exist w^tj^in varieties of 

 cabbage. The average variation ^n 

 yield for the test as a whole is some- 



NEW CROP ASTER SEED NOW READY 



Our Giant Branchins: and Giant Comet Asters are the best obtainable, and we have a 

 large supply to offer to strictly wholesale buyers only. Inquiries solicited. 



JOHN B0D6ER & SONS C0...r.^»LOS ANeELES,CAL. 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia.— for new Complete Catalogue. 



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Fancy Kentucky Blue Grass 



Also Mixed Lawn Grass Se^d. Ask f«r delivered ^ices, profflpt iid future delivery 



1 OLIVER JOHNSON ""savLvr- 



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The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, Conn. 



Qrowlns^ stations at Bast Jordan. Mich., Qraon Bay, Wis., SIstor Bay. Wis. 



Beans, Peas. Sweet Corn, Onion, Beet, Turnip, Tomato, Etc, Etc 



Mention The Review wben yon write. 



Gromng ONION, LEHUCE, CARROT and RADISH San Jose, Cafif omia 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



Wholesale growen of full lists of FLOWER and 

 OAKDEK SEEDS 



Mention Tbe Review when yon write. 



JAPAN CLOVER SEED 



Booking orders for January shipment. Prices 

 on application. Contract with us for Genuine 

 Bermuda Onion Seed, delivery next fall, grown 

 by T. M. Baid, Port Orotova, Tenerifle. 



CHRIS REUTER,NewOrleans,La. 



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D. H. GILBERT 



Contract 



MONTICELLO, FLA. 



WATERMELON 



Grower. 



For prompt order crop 1913 will bonk at much 

 lower price than previous years. Ask for booklet. 

 Illustrated description all leading sorts. Surplus 

 list 1912. 



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Wholesalers, Notice! 



We still have a surplus of our Hish Quality 

 Street Pea Sood at Farm Prices. The best of 

 Winter-flowering Spencers, Unwin and Grandi- 

 flora varieties. Write direct to 



S. Bryson Ayires Co., 



Sweet Pel fern, Suiay Slope. INDEPENDENCE. MO. 



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Contract Seed Growers 



^BATulfiac • Pepper. Egg Plant, Tomat*. 

 ^ie$l|l|UMa.AiaeflOara94 Field Com. 



Correspondence Solicited 



GeorgiD R. Pedrick & Son 



PEDRICKTOWN, N. J. 



PEflS/BEHiS 



GROWERS 



IMPORTBRS and 

 EXPORTERS 



Alfred J.BrownSeed Co. 



GRiUW RAPIDS. nCH. 



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I. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATKRLOO, NEB. 

 ROCKY FORD, COLO. 



Oontract growers of Cucumber, Cantaloupe, 

 Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin Seed: Sugar, 

 Plint and Field Seed Corns. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, Fo^^Jl^ NEB. - 



Wholesale Growers of Higl-f ride Seeis 



Cucumber. Muskmeloo. Squash and Pump- 

 kin. Sweet. Flint and Dent Seed Com 



*^' Get It from, ij ."-^ j. . 



Oklahoma Seed Growers' Co. 



*■ J 1912 SURPLUS LIST 



WMtormdon and ^i|}kmelon Seel 



■HID. OKLABOMA 



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