Mabch 30, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



81 



Cumberland Wblte Spine Cucumber 



Orown under Irrigation by 



Western Seed and Irrigation Co. 



Seed Orowera and DealerB. Specialties: 

 Oucumber, Mask and Watermelon, Pump- 

 kin, Squash, Sweet and Field Corn. 

 FREMONT, NEBRASKA 



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other fruit and vegetable plants; F. 

 W. Kelsey Nursery Co., New York, N. 

 Y., general nursery stock; the W. W. 

 Barnard Co., Chicago, 111., general and 

 wholesale lists of seeds, bulbs, plants 

 and supplies; James Vick's Sons, 

 Rochester, N. Y., general seed list; 

 Perry's Hardy Plant Farm, Enfield, 

 England, supplementary list. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 



of New York for the week ending 



March 18 were as follows: 



Kind. Pkgs. Val. Kind. Pkgs. Val. 



Anise 332 $2,767 Fennel 2 $ 50 



Canary 1,350 7,190 Grass 382 4,783 



Caraway ..1,050 5,495 Hemp 200 1,011 



Cardamom.. 14 1,357 Millet 100 6,490 



Castor 8 4,204 Mustard ... 868 6,911 



Clover 301 8,248 Poppy 1,219 5,903 



Coriander.. 75 584 Sugar beet. 26 270 



Cummin ... 316 2,467 Other 1,855 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $72,814. 



IMFBOVEMENT OF ASTEBS. 



[A paper by George Arnold, read at the annual 

 Farmers' Day Meeting, at Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y., February 23, 1911.] 



A short time ago I undertook a careful 

 review of the work we have been doing 

 in asters for the last five years. My 

 purpose was to select certain definite 

 points for presenting to your attention 

 today. After looking over the ground, 

 it seemed to me that I had made a mis- 

 take in the title I had sent to your sec- 

 retary. Instead of "Improving Asters 

 by Selection, ' ' it should have been ' ' Im- 

 proving Asters by Accident." In the 

 main much of our work has lacked sys- 

 tem; we have not kept iii as close touch 



LAWN GRASS 

 IN BULK 

 AND 

 PACKAGES 



Minneapolis 



For Lawns, Park* and Cemeteries 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



BLUE GRASS 



RED TOP 



WHITE CLOVER 



ETC., ETC, 



Chicago 



Arkansas Valley Seed Co. "^Sas 



Contract Growers of Muskmelon, Watermelon and Cucumber Seeds 



Twenty years' experience growing these seeds in the famous Arkansas Valley, 

 where irrigation and sunshine are abundant. Write today for contract price list and 

 also our surplus list of Muskmelon, Watermelon and Cucumber Seed. 



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ONION SETS 



\ Finest Stock. Tellow, Red, White. We can maJce prompt shipment. 



WRITE FOR PRICES 



KIrkeby & Gundestrup Seed Co.,^'ici^."i^': 



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LEONARD SEED CO, 



Largest Growers of Peas, Beans ani Ganlea 

 Seed. Headquarters 



-""""^^L^. Onion Sets. ^^ ^„,^.^„ 



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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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The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., "^^^ 



Gbrowlns Stations at Baat Jordan, Mloh., Green Bay, Wis., Bister Bay. Wis. 



BEANS, PEAS, SWEET CORN, ONION, BEET, TURNIP, TOMATO, ETC. 



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ONION SEEDbONION SETS 



We are extensive eroTrers and dealers. 



Write for prices on the 1910 crop. We are ftiso 

 submitting contract figures for the 1911 crop of 

 Onion Seed. 



SCHILDER BROS., "^r" 



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ONION SETS 



Sound, Clean and Dry 

 WRITE FOR PRICES 



D. J. TANMINGA 



10816-10818 Michican Ave. CHICAGO 



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PEAS sf BEANS 



We are GroMrers for the Wliole> 

 sale Seed Trade. 



ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



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W. N. SCARFF 



C. C. Valk 



NIAHI VALLEY SEED CO. 



NKW CARUSUE, OHIO 



We grow all the standard varieties of field 

 com. Write for wholesale prices. 



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