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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mat 6. 1010. 



C. McTAGGART 



Seedsman and Florist 



123 Warrea SL, (Near West St.) 



Phone 2019 Cortlandt 



NEW YORK 



Seeds. Bulbs, Plants, Garden Tools, Fertil- 

 izers, Insecticides, Lawn Mowers, £to. 

 Mention The Review wben you wnte. 



STmmetrical seed is usually inferior in 

 varietal character to that which is dull 

 red in color and shrunken, twisted and 

 unsymmetrical in shape. 



Vitality. — That every grain under fa- 

 vorable conditions shall not only germi- 

 nate but develop into a healthy plant is 

 regarded by many, particularly by those 

 of little horticultural experience, as the 

 most important of all qualities. As re- 

 gards a single grain, viability is essential 

 to its value as seed; but of two samples, 

 in one of which sixty to seventy-five per 

 cent of the grains will develop into plants 

 typical of the sort, the remainder not 

 germinating at all, and in the other, 

 though every seed will grow, only ten or 

 twenty per cent will give good plants of 

 the sort, the other eighty to ninety per 

 cent developing into a medley of different 

 forms and qualities, the first lot, though 

 onl^ sixty to seventy-five per cent viable, 

 is in the majority of cases decidedly the 

 Biost satisfactory and valuable. 

 "" The vigor and percentage of viability 

 can rarely be told by even the most care- 

 ful inspection of a sample, but is readily 

 ascertained by germination tests, which, 

 however, it requires some days to com- 

 pldte. 



.PuEiTY AND Evenness. — Purity and 

 evenness of varietal character are the 

 most important factors in determining 

 the real value of seed. A seed is simply 

 an embryo plant packed for transporta- 

 tion and carries within itself the im- 

 mutable potentiality and limitation of de- 

 velopment of the plant into which it may 

 grow. Man by control of conditions of 

 growth may secure more or less perfect 

 development of these potentialities, but 

 he can not add to or change them. They 

 are made up of a balanced sum of the 

 different tendencies which the embryo 

 plant has inherited in varying strength 

 from each of its ancestors back for an 

 indefinite number of generations. The 

 relative strength of these different influ- 

 ences and the resultant varietal character 

 of the plant into which the seed will de- 

 velop caji not be learned from the ap- 

 pearance of the seed itself or even with 

 certainty from that of the producing 

 plant. It can be known only through an 

 accurate and intimate knowledge of the 

 varietal character of the stock from which 

 the seed was grown or through the actual 

 growing of a sample of it to full matur- 

 ity. The term '^sample" is commonly 

 used by seed dealers as referring to the 

 appearance and viability of a lot of seed, 

 and the term "stock" as referring to its 

 purity and evenness of varietal character. 



Relative Supply and Demand. — The 

 commercial value of seeds is dependent, 

 even to a greater degree than is the case 

 with most merchandise, upon relative 

 temporary supply and demand. A short- 

 age can not usually be met with a fresh 

 supply until the next season, and the cost 

 of the seed of most vegetables is so small 

 a proportion of the total cost of the crop 

 that planters are willing, if necessary, to 

 pay advanced prices, particularly if they 

 think that the shortage of seed will re- 

 sult in the reduction of ja«*B£ffip. planted 

 and a consequent better deiiantr and price 

 for the crop. -^ -j-s- 



On the other hand, most seeds are of 



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Kentla Forsteriana 90.50 



Kentla Belmoreana .50 



Cocos Weddelllana 1.00 



Areca Lutescens 1.00 



Latanla Borbonlca 80 



Livlstona Rotundlfolia 2.00 



Llvistona Chlnensis 1.00 



Phoenix Canariensls 80 



Phoenix Roebelenii 1.00 



Musa Ensete 1.00 



Prices Upon Larger Quantities on Application. 



ARTHUR T. BODOINGTON, Seedsman 



342 West Hth Street. NEW YORK CITY 



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AMMONIATED 



LAWN LIME 



Kills Weeds— Makes Grass Grow 



Applied as a light top dresBing to lawns, it kills all flat leaved weeds, such as 

 Dandelion, Daisj', Plantain, Sorrel, Chickweed, Moss, etc., in 48 hoars and 

 without other fertiliser produces a wonderfal, laxnriant, rich green growth of lawn 

 grass — which is distinctly noticeable 50 feet away. 



The use of Ammoniated Lawn Lime supersedes hand weeding of lawns,- 

 putting greens, etc. It saves the grass from being pulled up and in many oases 

 ruined. Grasses take a new, vigorous growth, avoiding probable trouble in future. 



Oiian#i#itfkfi • if very weedv, 1 lb. to 40 sq. ft.; 25 lbs. to 1000 sq. ft. 

 VMOMMllil^3 < (20 X 50) . Half to one-quarter amount if moderately weedy. 



Absolately Ghiaranteed 



Monej Refunded if Not Satislaetory 



We want Seedsmen or Floriata as Af^ents and Distributors in ewry 



Important City and Town 



Da4aI| Drl^AA f 2 lb. cans, 25c— 60 cans per case. 5 lb. cans, 50o — 

 ■^^■ail g-ri^^ai 20 cans per case. Bags, 25 lbs., $2.00; 50 lbs., 

 13.50; loo ItM., m.UO. 



Deaorlptlv* Clronlars and Wholesale Prlees on Bequest 



SUPERIOR CHEMICAL CO. 



(Incorporated ManofacturerB) 



Louisvillet Kentucky 



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ORDER NOW AND BE SURE TO GROW THIS YEAR 



Rawson's Gold Medal Chinese Primulas 



WITHOUT DOUBT THE FINEST STRAIN IN THE COUNTRY 



We offer the followimr colors: Pure white, brilliant pink, deep blue, crimson, salmon, 

 bright Christmas red and white with red eye; also a wonderful mixture at the price of 80c per 

 100 seeds; $4.00 per 1000 seeds. The proper time to sow Primulas is during the month of 

 May. so please do not delay in ordering. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO. 



Seedsoien, 5 Unkm Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



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