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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Mabch 30, leii. 





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'n BEGONIA and 

 . D GLOXINIA BULBS 



We have the finest stock of these bulbs, and have been supplying the most 

 critical trade for a niunber of years. 



All carefully selected and graded, true to name and color. 



Every florist should grow at least a few of these bulbs, for selling in pots during 

 the smnmer montlis, and can also, by transplanting in large pots, grow specimen 

 plants for September and October blooming. 



We ofler them in the following names and colors : 



Begonia Bulbs Sr?rr"rS; 



or mixed, dozen, 40c; 100, |2.»d*-ll^, $20.00. 



Begonia Duke of Zeppelin, dozen, $1.00; 100, $7.00. 

 Begonia La Fayette, dozen, $1.60; 100, $10.00. 



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White, yellow, pink, nan- 

 dark red, salmon, orange, 



Begonia Bulbs 



Double flowering. White, orange, yellow, 

 rose, dark rose, dark red, red, salmon, or 

 mixed, dozen, 60c; 100, $4.00; 1000, $35 00. 



Begonia Worthiana, dozen, $2.00; 100, $15.00. 

 Begonia Butterfly, dozen, $3.00; 100, $20.00. 

 ^gl A-y i n i A fdl I h^ -^^^ handsomest of our blooming plants, the rich and varied coloring of the 

 ^i^"^'^' '■ ■** mM\m MmM^ flowers being interesting in the extreme, many of them beautifully speckled; 

 flowers 3 inches long by 2 inches in diameter, upright and pendulous ; colors various and exceedingly rich in appearance. 



Emperor Frederick, red bordered white. Mont Blanc, pure white. Defiance, scarlet. 



Emperor AVilliam, violet bordered white. Violacea, dark violet. King of the Reds, deep scarlet. 



Princess Elizabeth, white bordered blue. Madame Helene, white crowned violet. Prince Albert, dark violet. 



Princess Mathilda, white bordered rose. Queen Wilhelmina, dark rose. Fine mixed. 



Per dozen, 75c; per 100, $5.00; per 1000, $47.50. 



^Wm^^ilMer^ 



50 Barclay Street, 

 NEW YORK 



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block of any one variety of asters for 

 seed purposes requires the produce of 

 from fifty to 200 plants. Under our 

 present system, this is obtained by stak- 

 ing individual plants. In case the seed 

 from selected plants should prove in- 

 auflScient, and to provide against acci- 

 dent, we have a reserve stock. A part 

 of one row is set aside for stock seed 

 and is rogued much more severely than 

 the rest of the block. 



The System of Marking. 



In sowing seed, and in planting in the 

 field, we observe the rule common in all 

 nursery operations, of working from left 

 to right. As the best seed is sowed first 

 in the plant bed, the best bred plants 

 come at the left side of each block in 

 the field. It is in these rows that we 

 stake selections for next year. 



Formerly these stock plants were in- 

 dicated Iw wooden stakes. But tlie 

 handling of several thousand stakes, 

 used in this and other similar operations, 

 became so burdensome that we made up 

 stakes from No. 9 plain wire. They are 

 made long enough to show above the 

 plants when the seed is being harvested. 

 To render them more conspicuous, a dou- 

 ble ring is made in the top, from which 

 a shipping tag is suspended by a tag fas- 

 tener. 



Using much inexperienced help in the 

 harvesting of the many varieties, we 

 have found it helpful to indicate the va- 

 rieties by numbers. Multiples of ten are 

 used for leading varieties and for-»dis- 

 tinct types. The intervening numbers 

 are used for minor or temporary varie- 

 ties. In this way similar kinds are in- 

 dicated by closely associated numbers. 



ADE nONtY mKERS 



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ASPARAGUS SEED 



TRUE PLUMOSUS NANUS 

 >%l8Consin Oreenhouse Grown. 



Not to be compared with the Inferior California and 



Florida outdoor grown seed. 

 1000 seeds. $4. OO; 600u. $18.75; 10.000. $3^. 00 



G. H. HUNKEL CO. / SEEDSMEN 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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Inspecting and Boguing. 



Before the fields are rogued they are 

 inspected for possible sports or hybrids 

 of value. Anything showing a different 

 shade of color or type of plant is exam- 

 ined. Usually the rogue is simply the 



Headquarters for 



Spring Bulbs 



Send for Trade list 



JOHN LEWIS CHUDS.'^T.S:::!!'.''.- 



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result of a stray seed getting mixed in 

 at some stage of handling/ As the num- 

 ber of selections carried over for further 

 trial is increased, the number of new se- 

 lections is decreased. Less than 100 

 single plant selections were made in 

 1910, including plants of established 



