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TheWeckly Florists' Review, 



March 7, 1912. 



one-third our normal rainfall to date 

 and the season in which we may ex- 

 pect rains is fast drawing to a close. 

 Late planted stock, such as radish, has 

 made little growth and considerable 

 rain will have to fall to make anything 

 like a crop. Onion so far has suffered 

 little, if any, as this crop was planted 

 early and received the benefit of the 

 early rains, but it has been injured 

 some by heavy frosts. Sweet peas have 

 been badly injured by recent frosts. 

 All early flowering sorts are nipped 

 back to the ground and it will require 

 more rain than we usually get after 

 February to make even half a crop. 

 Carrot and other root crops seem not 

 to have suffered as yet, but all depends 

 on future rains. The heavy frosts and 

 high winds have taken the moisture 

 from the ground and it seems quite 

 probable we will see extremely short 

 crops for 1912 unless the unusual hap- 

 pens in the way of abundant late spring 

 rains and exceptionally favorable cli- 

 matic conditions." 



EX7B0FEAN NOTES. 



The International Exhibition, to be 

 held in the last week of May, in Lon- 

 don, was originally planned for twenty- 

 two acres. The great demand for space, 

 however, has compelled the directors to 

 take in additional ground. France, Hol- 

 land and Belgium have each been al- 

 lotted 10,000 square feet. The Japanese 

 exhibits are now on their way to Lon- 

 don. The directorate is busy and all 

 is going on well. 



A subscription list has been opened 

 to present a testimonial to Silas Cole, 

 the raiser of the Countess Spencer 

 sweet pea. Several American firms have 

 subscribed in a handsome style, for in- 

 stance : 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia $120.00 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 120.00 



D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit 48.00 



0. C. Morse & Co., California 48.00 



H. F. Mlchell Co., Philadelphia 10.00 



Arthur T. Boddington, New York 10.00 



W. A. Garaway, head of the old estab- 

 lished firm of James Garaway & Co., 

 seed merchants and nurserymen, Bris- 

 tol, England, died suddenly February 

 19, at the age of 75. He was popular 

 in the trade, and presided over the busi- 

 ness of the firm up to the day of his 

 death. The firm is noted for special 

 strains of schizanthus, etc. Bee. 



LOS ANGELES SEED NOTES. 



In spite of the continued dronght, 

 business at the retail seed stores keeps 

 up remarkably well. Only in a few 

 instances are there any complaints. 



The Aggeler & Musser Seed Co. says 

 its business has shown the usual in- 

 crease, despite the fact that thousands 

 of acres, usually planted to peas and 

 melons, have to be eliminated as a 

 source of business in this exceedingly 

 unusual year. Unless rain comes soon, 

 the dry farm bean growers will be un- 

 able to get their crops in and this will 

 mean a serious loss to seed houses. 



Charles Winsel is installing an out- 

 door overhead watering system at his 

 Washington street place and will prob- 

 ably use it on his land at Montebello. 

 He reports large orders for various 

 public works. 



Theodore Payne reports a large and 

 constantly increasing demand for na- 

 tive seeds and plants. There is no bet- 

 ter authority than Mr. Payne on these 

 interesting subjects and he issues a 



Asparagfus Plumosus /^ 



Nanus 



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Guaranteed genuine northern greenhouse grown seed. Per 100 

 seeds, 40c; per 1000, $3.60; per 5000, $16.25. 



Salvia Clara Bed man or Bonfire 



My own growing 1911 crop seed. Per trade pkt., 40c; oz., $1.75; ^4 lb., $6.00. 



Clematis Panlculata 



1911 crop, my own saving. Per oz., 40c; lb., $3.50; 6 lbs., $15.00. 

 Send for Florists' Flower Seed List. 



Stokes' Seed Store, 219 Market St., Philadelpliia, Pa. 



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FLOWER SEEDS 



Ageratum Little Blue Star, tr. pkt., 15c. 



Ageratum Imperial Dwarf Blue, tr. plit., 10c. 



Antirrhinum, glant-flowerinK, pinlc, striped, scar- 

 let, yellow, white, garnet and mixed, each, tr. 

 pkt., 10c; per oz., 40c. 



Asparagus Sprengeri, tr. pkt., 65c; 5000 seeds, $5.50. 



Asters, Smith's Peerless White, tr. pkt., 50c; per 

 oz., $6.50. 



Asters, Smith's Peerless Pink, tr. pkt., 50c; peroz., 

 $7.50. 



Centaurea Candidissima, tr. pkt., 25c. 



Select strains of Verbena, Stocks, Qrandiflora 



SEND FOR NEW FLORISTS' 



Centaurea Qymnocarpa, tr. pkt., 15c. 



Lobelia Crystal Palace Compacta, extra select 

 strain, tr. pkt., 10c. 



Petunia, large-flowering fringed, single mixed 

 tr. pkt., 35c. 



Petunia, large-flowering fringed, double mixed, 

 tr. pkt.. 65c. 



Primula Obconica Gigantea, rose, crimson, lilac 

 Hybrida, mixed, each, tr. pkt., 35c. 



Salvia Bonfire, tr. pkt., 25c; per oz., $2.50. 



and Giant-flowering Spencer Sweet Peas, etc. 



WHOLESALE CATALOGUE 



CDRRIE BROS. CO., 



( Its WISCONSIN ST.. 

 } 312 BROADWAY, 



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M HILWAUKEE, WIS. 



(I.v^.;:...t. GROW COLD STORAGE LILIES 



For ■lx«s and prioss, writ* 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis. 



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TUBEROSES, ^iS. 



Per 100 $1.10 Per 1000 $9.50 



CALADIUMS, with live center shoots 



5- 7 inch circumference, per 100 $2.00 



7-9 100 3.50 



9-11 100 6.00 



BEGONIAS, single, mixed colors 



PerlOO $2.25 Per 1000 $20.00 



BEGONIAS, double, separate colors 



Per 100 $4.00 Per 1000 $35.00 



GLOXINIAS, separate colors 



Per 100 $3.60 Per 1000 $30.00 



A. HENDERSON & CO. 



80 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



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Salvia Seed 



8PLENDEN8..Tr. pkt.. 16c; ^-oz..25c; oi.. 11.26 



CLARA BEDMAN (Bonfire) Tr. pkt.. 25c: ^■ 



oz., 40c; oz.,t2 25. 



ZURICH Tr. pkt., 35c; »e-oz., 50c; oz., $3.50 



New Oatalognejnst out; writ, for a copy. 



G. H. HUNKEL C0.« Seedsmei, Nilwiikee, Wis. 



ROSE GARDENS 



WHOLESALE GROWERS 



Daffodils, Peonies, Tulips 

 Gladioli, Iris, Etc. 



NORTH EMPORIA, VIRQINIA 



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XXX SEEDS 



i.ibi:rai. trade packets 



ALTSSUK SNOWDRIFT, most dwarf and com 

 pact, very fine, pkt. 20c. 



PETUNIA STAB, improved, finest marked flow- 

 ers, very fine, pkt. 20c. 



PETUNIA, Giant, single fringed, large and fine, 

 very choicest mixed, pkt. 20c. 



PETUNIA, Giant Double Fringed, very fine, 

 trade pkt. SOc. Mixture of the best. 



SALVIA, Bonfire, finest grown, brilliant scarlet 

 and compact. Large pkt. 20c. 



PHLOX DRUM. FUMILA, very dwarf, grand 

 for pots, fine colors, pkt. 20c. 



PRIMULA MALACOIDES, the grand new glanV 

 baby primrose; be sure to sow. Pkt, 20c. 



CHINESE PRIMROSE, finest grown, single and 

 double mixed, 600 seeds, $1.00; ^ pkt. 50c: 

 1000 seeds, $1.50. Separate colors or mixed. 



CARNATION, New Giant Doubles, fine, 20c. 



CYCLAMEN OIGANTEUM. finest giants, mixed. 

 250 seeds, $1.00; % pkt 60c; 1000 seeds, $8.60. 



GIANT PANSY, finest grown, critically se- 

 lected. 6000 seeds, $1.00; % pkt. 60c. 



COLEUS, New Hybrids, fine colors. Best New 

 Giants, pkt. 20c. Very brilliant and showy. 



LOBELIA, Blue Ball, dwarf, dark blue, finest 

 of all Lobelias, pkt. 20c. Be sure to sow. 



TORENIA FOXmNIERI, New Giant, extra fine, 

 pot plant, pkt 20c. Sbowy. 



CANDYTUFT, New Giant Hyacinth-flowered, a 

 gr eat cutter, pkt. 20c. 



HELIOTROPE, finest mixed, pkt. 20c. 



BROWALLIA, New Giant Bine, pkt 20c. 



CUPHEA, Giant Cigar, fine, pkt 20c. 



GAILLARDIA GRAND, New Giant, pkt. 20c. 



COBAEA S0AKDEN8, extra fine vine, pkt. 20c. 



THU NBERGIA, mixed, fine, 20c. 



VERBENA, Improved Mammoth, finest giants 

 grown, mixed, or separate of purple, whit., 

 ■carlet, pink, striped, white-eyed. Tr. pkt 20c. 

 CASH. Liberal extra count 



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