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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Septembbb It 1910. 



PANSY SEED TIME 



PANSY-BODDINGTON'S "CHALlENGE"^l GIANTS 



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This mixture contain, all the Anert Giant Btralns-of the le^^K 



mU^ in prSlSn-the finest that ^^^^^^l^^^^T^L^^l 

 your money can buy. A florist who has grown it said. Why aon i 

 you call It Defiance ? " . .. _ mm 



Tridi »kt.. Sic: i6-ti..75e: k-ti. $1.5i: >«-«.. ».75: •!.. 15.11. 



CHOICE VARIETIES Of GIANT PANSIES 



Trade pkt. "4 oe 



Giant Trlmardeau. ImproTed mammoth- 

 flowering and In good range of color. . . • • .. ^ao 



Giant Ma«t«rpiece ( Frilled Pansy ). Petals 

 beautifully waved, exquisite colors ••••••;•,• 



Cassier's Giant. A fine strain of large highly 



colored flowers. — „ , ....x. ' n. »— " 



Giant Bngrnot'B Stained. Exhibition. Extra 



choice flowers, large and plenty of Ught colors. 

 Giant Madame Perret. A recent Introduc- 

 tion, by a celebrated French speclallBt; of 



strong, free growth. Especially rich In red 



shades ...,■•■■„ " 



Giant Fire Kinc Brilliant reddish yellow, 



with large brown eyes. .. • 



Giant Lord BeaconHfield. Deep purple ylc 



let. top petals Ught blue ;.■•■. " 



Giant Canary BIwl. A flye-spotted yellow 



variety. Ground color Is a d««ep golden yel- 

 low and each petal Is marked with a dark 



blotch _ •• 



Giant Orchideaeflora, or Orchid-flowered 



Pansy. Splendid variety. Beautiful shades of 



pink, Ulac. orange, rose, terra cotta, chamolse, 



etc — 



Giant Emperor William. TJltramarlne 



blue, purple eye 



Giant Ctolden Qneen. Bright yellow, no eye. 



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Giant Pretiosa. OrUnaon-roee, white margin, violet 



blotch 10.16 



Giant White. Violet spot, the largest white 10 



Trttde pkt. ^4 oz. Os. 



$0.60 



$2.00 

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blue, purple eye 



Jliant Ctolden Q — -„-- . 



Giant Golden Yellow. Yellow, brown eye 

 Giant Kins of the Blacks (Faust). Black.. 

 Giant President McKinley. Golden yellow. 



large dark blotch 



Giant Prince Bismarck. Vellowlsh bronze. 



dark eye. 

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g ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, Stedsman, 342 West I4tli Street, NEW YORK g 



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Mention The Review when you write. 



"Not only is the time of high prices 

 here, but the day of low prices for 

 seeds is gone, I think, forever. Seed 

 prices this season, and undoubtedly next 

 season, will be higher than ever before 

 in the memory of this generation. The 

 shortage this year, following on last 

 year's shortage, is so acute that it will 

 take at least two and probably three 

 consecutive years of good yields to get 

 back a comfortable warehouse supply. 

 I do not believe that the next five years 

 will see any surplus of seeds; that is to 

 say, conditions of growing and increase 

 in demand are such that a return to a 

 normal business basis cannot be had 

 much under five years. I do not expect 

 that we ever shall get back to the low 

 prices of a few years ago; the day has 

 forever gone for buying turnip seed in 

 England at 6 cents per pound. 



"There are a number of reasons why 

 seeds never again will be cheap. In 

 the first place, so rapid is the increase 

 in the world 's population, and so still 

 more rapid is the increase of wealth 

 and the rise in the standard of living, 

 that before long there either will be 

 twice as many seedsmen as now, or the 

 present number will be selling twice as 

 many seeds as now. Where are they 

 to come fromt 



"It is a fact known to all seedsmen 

 who deal in a large way that, the world 

 over, there are not now as many acres 

 under seed crops as there ^ were five 

 years ago; the decrease has been par- 

 ticularly sharp in the last two years, 

 and the only thing that can prevent a 

 still greater reduction in acreage next 

 year is an increase in the price paid to 

 growers sufScient to make seed crops at 



Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



XstabUsHed 18S4. RXCKARDg BROS., Props. 



Importwra and Growers of HlKh-cnulo 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, Etc. 



87 Baat 19th Street, Telephone 4236 Qramercy NSW YORK CITY 



Mention The Review when you write. 



least as profitable to them as are the 

 general agricultural crops. It must not 

 be forgotten that the farm values of all 

 crops have risen sharply the world over 

 the last few years, and no one will 

 expect the farmer to perform the extra 

 work required on seed crops unless he 

 can make more money than he can from 

 corn or wheat or potatoes. There are 

 not now so many farmers growing seeds 

 as there were ten years ago. You can't 

 prevail on some of them to plant the 

 crops at any prices within reason. It 

 becomes more difScult each year and 

 the results this year will add still fur- 

 ther to the difficulty. For our 1911 

 mangel we give the farmers 2 shillings 

 per hundredweight advance over the 

 1910 contract price; on turnip, 1 to 2 

 shillings advance; on beet, 3 to 4 shil- 

 lings advance; and it's hard to get the 

 contracts^-placed, at that. 



"This leads up to another tendency 

 in the seed growing business fostered 

 by the present conditions. In France 

 generally speaking, the small farmers 

 are no longer willing to take contracts 

 to grow seeds at fixed prices; they want 

 the market value at date of delivery. 

 For years the farmers have seen their 



Giant Pansy 

 Seed 



Johnson's Prize Winner Strain 



From the leading Eng^lish, French 

 and German Specialists. Unquestion- 

 ably the heat Giant .strain of Pansies in 

 the market. ..• ,^^,^ 



1000 seeds 30c; 2000 seeds, 50c; 

 5000 seeds, $1.00; per oz., $5.00. 



PULL LINE OP 



French and 

 ^ Dutch Bulbs 



Johnson Seed Co. 



217 Market Street, PHIIADELPHIA. PA. 



H. N. BRUNS 



Lily of tho Valley 

 3 4 W.,t Madison St., Chie««o 



