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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Januabx 12, 1911. 



There are a lot of grasshopper 

 growers in America— Hopping Wil- 

 lies — kid-glove geranium growers, 

 who manage to exist on a job here 

 and there as long as their canned 

 horticultural knowledge lasts and 

 before the crop comes in and the 

 boss finds out he's up against it. 

 They are the real "green fly" of the 

 growing business. The great trouble 

 with the majority of help a man 

 hires, is that they gauge their labor 

 by their wages and the boss never 

 believes they are worth more than 

 they get. You may think your 

 employer is easily fooled, but look 

 out that it is not you who are fooled, 

 for the average employer is very 

 watchful of the actions of his men 

 and generally knows more than is 

 credited to him about it. The only 

 men who ever succeed are the stick- 

 to-itkind; perseverance pays plus. 

 They are the kind who realize the 

 boss has more cares than the em- 

 ployee, and as they gradually 

 shoulder these cares, they become 

 the boss themselves. There comes 

 a time when every boss is glad to 

 lay down his tools, especially when 

 he knows a good man to take them 

 up. Rome was not built in a day. 



Now, some buyers of bulbs are like 

 Hopping Willies — buying from one 

 man and another — the first arrival 

 usually. Don't do that — make your 

 order interesting to a good house 

 and that house will take better care 

 of you than half a dozen houses, 

 each with a part so small that it 

 hardly pays them to call again. Get 

 as near the real source of supply of 

 quality as you can, for your own 

 sake, and you will profit by it. In 

 lily bulbs and French bulbs you 

 can't get nearer to the source of 

 quality than Horseshoe Brand, and 

 the real cost is no more and often 

 less. You can't buy better bulbs 

 anywhere and you might get worse. 

 Prices reasonable. 



RALPH N. WARD 

 &C0. 



12 West Broadway 

 NEW YORK 



Cold storage Giganteum of superior 

 quality on^iAnd— order now for delivery 

 during 1911.'- - • 



Not How CkoAp 

 Bit How flood 



The Harris Seed Co., San Diego, Cal., 

 is now in its new quarters at 1530 F 

 street. 



^ A. E. McKenzie Co., Brandon, Man., 

 has almost completed its new seven-story 

 and basement seed warehouse. 



Leonaed PFEirEE, of Sawyer, Mich., 

 has joined the staflF of Everett B. Clark 

 Seed Co., MUford, Conn., and is contract- 

 ing peas in the Bapid Eiver region of 

 Wisconsin. 



J. Otto Thilow, of Henry A. Dreer, 

 Inc., Philadelphia, will address the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society, January 

 14, his subject being "Gardening for 

 and by Amateurs." 



Wm. Coopee & Nephews, the English 

 firm of horticultural chemists who have 

 American offices, have withdrawn Apterite 

 from the market and sent it back to 

 the laboratories for further test. 



^The T. J. Grey Co., Boston, is making 

 considerable improvement in its store at 

 32 South Market street. The offices 

 have been moved from the second to the 

 third floor, allowing for more seed drawer 

 and counter space. 



Frank C. Woodeupf, of S. D. Wood- 

 ruff & Sons, Orange, Conn., is a member 

 of the state senate and on its organiza- 

 tion January 4 was elected president pro 

 tem. The position carries with it the 

 appointment of all senatorial legislative 

 committees. 



The H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, 

 in its new building, has undertaken a 

 number of innovations. One of these is 

 its welfare work, in the interest of em- 

 ployees, but that which is attracting tihe 

 most attention is the series of lectures 

 in the store by members of the sttte 

 staff and others competent to discuss 

 amateur gardening topics in an interest- 

 ing way. Good audiences have attended. 



In the catalogue of a big European 

 house from which many American seeds- 

 men draw supplies, there appears the fol- 

 lowing: "The past summer has again 

 been characterized by frequent rains and 

 lack of sunshine, which htis greatly af- 

 fected the proper development of seeds, 

 and the germination of some varieties is 

 below the average. For this reason we 

 would suggest that seeds should be sown 

 somewhat more thickly than is usual." 



Watson S. Woodeuff, who was pres- 

 ent January 11, when the executive com- 

 mittee of the American Seed Trade Asso- 

 ciation met at Detroit, is chairman of 

 the committee on legislation. He advises 

 that there is some prospect that the hear- 

 ing on pure seed bills, called for Wash- 

 ington, D. C, January 17, will be put 

 over, but that he is planning to attend, 

 with as many of the committee as possi- 

 ble, President Page and other large 

 seedsmen. 



H. B. 29,163. 



It is extremely unfortunate that the 

 subject of federal regulation of the seed 

 trade should come up, as in other years, 

 at a time when all seedsmen are in the 

 midst of their busiest season and when 

 Congress has but a few weeks in which 

 to dispose of many important questions. 

 No bill so vitally affecting important 

 interests should be enacted into law 

 under such conditions. Nor is the 

 method of a few short hours' general 

 discussion before a large committee 

 likely to work out the best results; the 

 subject is one which should be gone over 



XXX SEEDS 



CYCLAMEN QIQANTEUM, flneat glaata 

 mixed, 250 seeds, 11.00; hi pkt., 60o. 



PETUNIA STAR, improved, finest nuurked 

 flowers, very fine, pkt., 20c. 



PETUNIA QIANT, single fringed, large 

 and fine, pkt., 20c. 



PETUNIA QIANT, DOUBLE FRINQED, 

 very fine and true, pkt., 50c. 



SALVIA BONFIRE, finest grown. briUiant 

 scarlet and compact, large pkt., 20c. 



PHLOX DRUM. PUMILA, very dwarf, 

 grand for pots, fine color, pkt., 20o. 



CHINESE PRIMROSE, finest grown, sin- 

 gle and double, mixed. 600 seeds, |1.00: 

 ^ pkt.. 60c. 



PRIMULA KEWEN8I8. the grand new 

 sweet-scented yellow Primrose, pkt., 20c. 



CINERARIA, large-flowering, dwarf, 

 mixed. 1000 seeds, 60c; ^ pkt, 26c. 



GIANT PANSY, finest grown. criticaUy 

 selected, 6000 seeds, |1.00; % pkL. 60c; 

 oz., $2.60. Pkt. Mme. Perret with every 

 $1.00 pkt. 



COLEUS, New Hybrids, fine colors, pkt., 

 20c. Grand. The best new giants. 



LOBELIA EMPEROR WILLIAM, dwarf, 

 very dark blue, white eye, finest of all 

 the Lobelias, pkt., 20c. 



TORENIA FOURNIERI, new giant, extra 

 fine pot plant, pkt.. 20c. Showy. 



CANDYTUFT, new giant hyacinth-flow- 

 ered; a great cutter, pkt., 20c. 



ANTIRRHINUM novelties. Defiance, fiery 

 scarlet; Black Prince, nearly black; 

 Queen Victoria, finest white; separate 

 or mixed, pkt.. 20c. All new giants. 



SWEET WILLIAM, new colors of large 

 white centered, fine, pkt., 20c. 



COLUMBINE, new blue with yellow spurs, 

 extra, pkt.. 20c. A grand novelty. 



THUNBERQIA, finest mixed; pkt.. 20c. 



COBAEA SCANDEN8, purple; pkt., 20c. 



VERBENA, Improved Mammoth, finest 

 giants grown, mixed or separate of 

 white, scarlet, pink, striped and auri- 

 cula- eyed. Large trade pkt, 20c. 



CASH. Liberal extra count. 



JOHN r. RUrr, norist Seedsmu. 



Shiremanatown, Pa. 



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TUBEROUS 



BEGONIAS 



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Single White |0.40 $2.25 



Slngrle Scarlet 40 2.25 



Single Crimson 40 2.25 



Single Yellow 40 2.25 



Single Pink 40 2.26 



Single Mixed 85 2.00 



Double, SeiMurate Colors 75 3.50 



Double Mixed 60 3.25 



GLOXINIAS 



Giant Flowering 



Blue 60 3.25 



White 60 8.26 



Spotted 60 8.26 



Crimson 60 8.25 



Violet with Border «0 3.26 



Red with Border 60 3.26 



Giant Mixed 50 8.00 



New Crop Flower Seeds ready. Write for 

 our Wholesale List for Floritts. 



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217 Market Street, PHUADELPHIA, PA. 



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The best strain! in existence. Chinengis. l&rse 

 flowering frinsed. Oboonlca Hybrids, unriyaled 

 Bonsdorfer and Lattman strains, large flowering, 

 large flowering fringed and Gigantea. 

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