Mabch 30, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



91 



XXX SEEDS 



FOR FLORIStS 



LIBERAL TRADE PACKETS. 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, new crop, per 



oz., 50c. 

 PETUNIA STAR, Improved, finest marked 



flowers, very fine, pkt., 20c. 

 PETUNIA QIANT, single fringed, large 



and fine, pkt., 20c. 

 PHLOX DRUM. PUMILA, very dwarf, 



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

 CHINESE PRIMROSE, finest grown, sin- 

 gle and double, mixed, 600 seeds, $1.00; 



% pkt., 50c. 

 PRIMULA KEWENSIS, the grand new 



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

 PRIMULA OBCONICA, larpe flowering 



hybrids, mixed, very flne; 1500 seeds, 50c. 

 CINERARIA, large-flowering dwarf, 



mixed, 1,000 seeds, 50c: % pkt., 26c. 

 QIANT PANSY, finest grown, critically 



selected, 6,000 seeds, $1.00; % pkt, 50c; 



oz., 12.50. Pkt. Mme. Perret with every 



$1.00 pkt. 

 COLEUS, New Hybrids, fine colors, pkt., 



20c. Grand. The best new giants. 

 TORENIA FOURNIERI. new giant, extra 



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

 THUNBERGIA, finest mixed; pkt., 20c. 

 COBAEA SCANDENS, purple; pkt., 20c. 

 ALYSSUM COM PACTUM. Most dwarf 



and compact variety grown; pkt., 20c. 

 VERBENA, finest giants mixed; pkt., 20c. 



CASH. Liberal extra count. 

 SEND FOR FLORISTS* SEED LIST 



JOHN r. RUrr, Florist Seedsman. 



Shiremansto'vm, Pa. 



Mention Thp Rpview when vou write 



Tor FLORISTS and MARKET GARDENERS 



All blKhest grade 

 Catalogue mailed on application 



J.N.TIiorbiini&Co."NS;^^ 



AMERICAN PANSY SEEDS 



Hesperian Strain. A selectlOD of the most 

 b«autltal varieties, noticeable for their large size 

 and perfection of form and coloring. We offer this 

 mixture after 30 years' experience In pansy seed 

 and plant growlngr for both the wholesale and retail 

 trade, and recommend It for tfanse harlng the most 

 critical cnstomers. Pkt. 2Sc; IMO seeds 50c; 'e-os, 

 tl.28: '4-oz. $2 25: oz. $7.00. Price list of other mU- 

 tnres and separate varieties free to any address. 



WH.LUM TOOLE i SONS, Piasy Heiihts. Baribai. Wis. 



ASPARAGUS SEED 



TRUE PLUMOSUS NANUS 

 Wisconsin Qreenhouse Qrown. 



Not to be compared with the inferior California and 



Florida outdoor grown seed. 

 1000 seeds, $4.00; 6U0U. (IS.TS ; 10.000. $35.00 



G. H. HUNKEL CO. *.• SEEDSNEN 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



SOW NOW! 



Fresh crop only. AsparaKns Plamosns Na- 

 nus, true greenhovise-grown seed only. Per 1000 

 seeds, $4.60; per .5000 seedn. $20.00. For larger lots, 

 special prices. This seed has been selected by hand 

 and will germinate over 90 per cent by right treat- 

 ment. Ask also for my catalogue. It's free. 



O. V. ZAN6EN, Seedsman 

 Hoboken, .... New Jersey 



Mention Tbe hevlew wben you write. 



"BUDS" 



76 Barclay Street, 

 NEW TORK CITT 

 Hilli Srade Seess m< Balbs 

 OABIi B. OLOBCKNRR. Manarer. 

 Mention Tbe Review wben you write. 



plants of the exact varietal character 

 desired, but which had behind it the 

 greatest possible number of generations 

 of just such plants. 



The seedsman and farmer should come 

 to a very clear understanding as to the 

 exact form wanted in each variety. This 

 should be established by samples, photo- 

 graphs, and full varietal descriptions, 

 and it should be rigidly adhered to in 

 selecting stock seed. An interested and 

 intelligent farmer grower who confines 

 his seed crop to a single variety of a 

 species is in a better position to select 

 stock seed, and is able to do it better 

 and cheaper than a seedsman, and he 

 should be fully advised as to the exact 

 varietal character wanted and in- 

 structed to grow a sufficiency of the 

 best possible stock for his own crops, 

 if nothing more. 



The cultural methods which will give 

 the best returns with grain crops ^re 

 generally equally well adapted to the 

 growing of a crop for seed, but with the 

 latter it is important that special care 

 be taken that the seed be pure and that 

 the percentage of viability is high. The 

 best methods for securing crops of such 

 seed will vary with different species and 

 may be considered separately. 



DODDER IN CHILEAN CLOVEB. 



The United States Department of Ag- 

 riculture says that since July 1, 1910, 

 twenty-three lots of clover seed of prob- 

 able Chilean origin, aggregating 370,000 

 pounds, have been imported into the 

 United States. In all of these shipments 

 two kinds of dodder seed characteristic 

 of Chilean red-clover seed were present. 

 At a normal rate of seeding, these ship- 

 ments are sufficient to seed approxi- 

 mately 46,000 acres, and at this rate of 

 seeding an average of approximately 

 450 dodder seeds would be sown on each 

 square rod. The sowing of this Chilean 

 seed this spring means that the clover 

 crop on a considerable proportion of 

 the area on which it is seeded will be 

 destroyed by dodder, and farmers 

 should be on their guard against pur- 

 chasing this seed. Unfortunately, most 

 of these importations have gone into the 

 southern part of the clover-producing 

 region, where this dodder will undoubt- 

 edly prove disastrous. This Chilean 

 clover seed is itself especially fine look- 

 ing seed, being dark colored and ap- 

 proximately fifty per cent larger in size 

 than ordinary red-clover seed produced 

 in the United States. It will, therefore, 

 doubtless receive a ready sale on ac- 

 count of its fine appearance. 



Wholesale Cut Flower Prices. 



Boston. March 29, 1911. 



Per 100 



Beaiity , Specials $30.00 @ $50.00 



Extra 15 00® 25.00 



ShortStems :i.00 @ 10.00 



Bride and Maid ... 2.00® 6.00 



Killarney 2.00® 10.00 



White Killamey 2.00® 10.00 



My Maryland 2.00® 10.00 



Mrs. Aaron Ward 2.00® 10.00 



Richmond, Rhea Reid 2.00® 12.00 



Carnations 1.00® 4.00 



Cattleyas 30.00 ® 40.00 



Lily of the Valley 1.50® 3.00 



Lillnm Longiflorum G.OO ® 8.00 



Gardenias 6.00 ® 10.00 



Single Violetf :« ® .50 



Double Violets ;i5 ® .."iO 



Antirrhinums 4.00® 6.00 



Mignonette 3.00® 6.00 



Sweet P.'as 25® 1.00 



Paper White Narcissi l.OO ® 1.50 



Yellow Narcissi 1.00® 1.50 



Tulips 1.00® 1.50 



Callas 8.00® 10.00 



Marguerites 75® 1.50 



Pansies .,50 



A wave of cheapness is 

 now sweeping over the lily 

 bulb business. A multitude 

 of firms are soliciting orders, 

 who, in their misconception 

 of the first principles of a 

 successful lily bulb business, 

 are fighting one another to 

 see who can get to the bottom 

 of the price list. You will 

 not find us* traveling that 

 way— we are fighting for a 

 better quality continually, 

 and the cost is a secondary 

 consideration. The main 

 thing is that the quality shall 

 be worthy of the cost, and 

 it's the everlasting driving 

 for better bulbs that keeps 

 us busy. 



A grower can well afford 

 to pay a fair price for lily 

 bulbs of sure good quality, 

 and he can be more sure of 

 Horseshoe Brand Giganteum 

 than any other brand pro- 

 duced. 



RALPH N. WARD 

 &C0. 



12 West Broadway 



Hot How Cheap w^ m^ ^«, m^ ^v ■« a^ 

 Bit How Good NEW YORK 



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