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The Weekly Florists' Reviiew. 



Mabch 30, 1911. 



GLADIOLI 



100 



Golden Queen, the prize-winner at the Rochester Exhibition, l%-2 in $4.00 



President Taft* the giant ; color, cerise pink ; l%-2% in 3.00 



Mme. Monneret, rose-pink, extra size, l%-2/2 in 2.25 



Mme. Monneret, rose-pink, 1 5^-2 in 2.00 



Mnie. Monneret, rose-pink, lX-1% in 1.50 



Klondyke, pale yellow, good florists' variety, l%-2 in 4.00 



Send £or Trade List of Other Varieties 



1000 



$30.00 

 25.00 

 17.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 

 30.00 



E. E. STEWART, 



Rives Junction, Micli. 



varieties that were grown separately on 

 account of special excellence. Two fac- 

 tors contribute to the decrease: First, 

 we already have a great many of the de- 

 sirable combinations of type and color 

 in established selections that are being 

 carried along for further observation; 

 second, the main stocks are becoming in- 

 creasingly uniform in character. 



Numbering the Selections. 



We have tried several schemes for 

 keeping track of these selections. Our 

 present system is to use a number of 

 four digits for each selection. The first 

 digit indicates the year in which the 

 number was assigned; the other digits 

 make up the serial number for that year. 



To mark the numbered plants of the 

 current season, we use the same device 

 that is used for staking single plants 

 for stock seed, except that in this case 

 the number is punched in the tag. The 

 tag is also fastened to the stake more 

 securely. 



When it comes to planting the trial 

 selections, four or more rows are marked 

 crosswise of the field. A lot of plants 

 may fill four or five of these sections; or 

 it may fill a third of one section; the 

 next lot will begin at the following cross 

 mark. By this means we can have the 

 stakes all in line and easily found, not- 

 withstanding the fact tliat the plantings 

 are of uneven size. 



IMPROVEMENT IN SEED GEOWING. 



Seed crops are frequently grown by 

 farmers who have little knowledge, 

 ability, or liking for the work, and 

 often only because the seed needed for 

 planting a certain area is advanced to 

 them, or because for some other reason 

 it is more convenient for them to plant 

 a seed crop than any of those commonly 

 grown on the farm, says W. W. Tracy, 

 formerly for years with D. M. Ferry & 

 Co., in one of the bulletins he has 

 written for the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. It is- evident that under such cir- 

 cumstances actual seed growing would 

 not drift into the hands of the best 

 farmers, nor seed crops be suflSciently 

 popular to secure the best care from 

 those who do plant them. Few farmers 

 who grow seed crops continue to do so 

 for as many as a dozen consecutive 

 years, and seedsmen are obliged .»to 

 change frequently the centers from 

 which they place their contracts in 

 order to secure growers willing to under- 

 take them. It is evident that present 

 conditions are by no means such as 



GLXDIOLI-Special Cash Offer 



Mrs. Francis King, extra fine clean bulbs, l}i to 2X-in. in diameter, $20.00 per 1000. 



Mrs. Francis King, same stock, 1 to l>i-in., $15.00 per 1000. 



Giant Pink, large, $2.00 per 100. 



Wm.. Falconer (Childa' ), finest pink, tine clean bulbs, $4.00 per 100. 



Mme. Monneret, $1.76 per 100. 



(My stock of Mrs. Francis King is directly from the originator, bulblet-grown and tested.) 

 GroflT's Hybrids, originator's stock, $7.60 per 1000. 

 Groft's Hybrids, originator's stock, ^-in., bright, clean, $5.60 per 1000. 

 Groff s Hybrids, originator's stock, H-in. to ^-in., bright, clean, $3.50 per 1000. 

 Groft's Silver Trophy, Sec. 2, finest light, $2.00 per 100. 



Tills adv. \7lll not appear asain. 



Geoe Se Woodruff, Independence, Iowa 



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rOTTLER, FISKE, RAWSON CO. 



FOR FORCING OR 



PLANTING OUTSIDE 



Cucumber, Rawson's Hot House 



We feel confident that this strain is not equaled in this country ; it is the result of years 

 of selections. Oz., 60o; H lb., $1.50; lb., $6.00. 



Fotder, Fiske, Rawson Co., rr«''s."'li^M"$L. Boston, Nass. 



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PR^IM 



Unrivaled for size of flower, purity of 

 color and bisbest development. Tbey 

 represent THE BEST specialists bave 

 so tar produced. 



My seeds, absolutely fresh, of Primula Chinen- 

 sis, Forbesi. Kewensls, Obconica. Ronsdorfer <& 

 Lattmann's Hybrids are now on hand. List free. 



J. L. SCHILLER, Toledo, O. 



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would tend to the production of seed of 

 the best quality or make seed growing 

 profitable to the farmer, but the writer 

 believes that they may be greatly im- 

 proved, and to the advantage of both 

 seedsman and farmer. 



There are several possible improve- 

 ments in the practice of vegetable-seed 

 growing. 



(1) Seed growers, dealers, and 

 planters need to change their belief and 

 practices regarding the relative im- 



VICK ft HILL CO. 



P. 0. Box 613 ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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Growers of high grade 



Aster Seed 



When in the market for 

 quality stock, write us. 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



New Crop — OreenhouB^-erowrn 



100 seeds. 60c: BOO seeds. $2.00: 1000 seeds. $3.60; 



10.000 seeds, $30.00. 



Bprenserl, 26c per 2S0 seeds: 76c per 1000 seedt; 



$2.76 per 6000 seeds. 



Our Flower Seed Oataloirue free on application. 



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