MABCU 21, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



73 



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Oil SETS 



Fancy, Recleaned 

 Hand Picked 



Per bu. 



Fancy recleaned yellow sets $2.50 



Fancy recleaned Silver Skin 2 . 50 



MAINE GROWN 



All Standard Varieties 



J. BOLGIiiNO & SON 



Almost 100 Years' Established Trade 



Wholesale Seedsmen 

 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 



Mpntion The Review wben vou wrtte 



Wholesale Growers of 



Onion, Lettuce, Sweet Peas 



and other California Specialties 



C. C. MORSE & CO. 



48 Jackaon St. SAN PRANCISCO, CAL. 



MwitioD The Review when yoa write. 



netors-Wlieeler Snd Gonpany 



Hollitter, - - ' California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onlen, Radish, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peas, etc. : : 



Corresitondence Solicited, 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



CONTKACT SEED GROWER 



SPECIAITIES: Pepptr, ^ Plant, 

 TmnIo, Vine Stcd ul nod Cora 



EDGAR f. HURFf,"S&"aii^S? 



CorroBpondence Solicited. 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



Wboleeale rrowen of fall lists of FLOWER and 

 GARDEN SEEDS. 



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SEEDS 



Best tkat rrow. We sell di- 

 rect to gardeners and florists 

 at wholesale. Big beautiful 

 catalotfue free. Write today. 

 ABCHI18 SEED STOBE, Box 68. Sedalia, Mo. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



Improved White Spine Caovmber 

 ffrown under irrigation by 



WESTERN SEED & IRRIGATION CO. 



Seed Growers and Dealers. Specialties: 

 Cucumber. Musk and Watermelon, 

 Pumpkin, Squash. Sweet and Field Corn. 



FREMONT, NBBRA8KA 



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Peas ^ Beans 



...Growers for The... 

 Wholesale Seed Trade 



Alfred J.Brown Seed Co. 



Gnnd Rapids, Nichigan 



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THE KINBERLIN SEED CO. 

 se^'Si^en SANTA CLARA, CAL. 



Growers of 



ONION. LETTUCE. RADISH. etc 



Correspondence Solicited. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 

 Growers of 



PUGET SOUND CABBAGE SEED 



Always mention the Florists' Review when 

 writinc; adrcrtisers. 



Evolution is the march of prog- 

 ress. See how Grandmother's 

 parlor has been transformed. You 

 remember perhaps the old type — 

 where family funerals and wed- 

 dings were always held — the 

 ancient horsehair sofas and chairs 

 standing about like Egyptian mum- 

 mies — a cold-blooded marble table 

 in the center, with a few sea shells 

 scattered about the plaster-Paris 

 statue of a marriage ceremony 

 under a glass dome. A sort of 

 pallbearer's palace — a fit place to 

 study about the immortality of the 

 soul, read Milton's Paradise Lost, 

 or to chloroform a cat. It was 

 generally used for special cere- 

 monies, such as balls, weddings and 

 funerals, and the entertainment of 

 long-lost uncles. Then came the 

 plush covered era — chairs that 

 would give you the creeps — fuss 

 up your blood and absorb the dust ; 

 and now since the advent of the 

 vacuum cleaner, capable of sucking 

 the guts out of such disease breed- 

 ers, people have reached the Sani- 

 tary Age — plain wood, with no 

 cockroach cracks, rugs instead of 

 carpets, and the name "parlor" has 

 been changed to "living-room," 

 and so on down the line. Same in 

 the lily bulb business — from the old 

 Madonna or Candidum lily — then 

 the Harrisii, the Longiflorum, 

 Multiflorum, Giganteum, Oshirna 

 lilies (commonly known asFormo- 

 sas), Azores, African Harrisii and 

 some new ones en route. Always 

 something new and something bet- 

 ter is being evolved — to satisfy the 

 more exacting buyers. Horseshoe 

 Brand Lily Bulbs are secured from 

 first hands direct from their orig- 

 inal source. The first and import- 

 ant part of the business is to secure 

 the best quality produced. If a lily 

 is mixed, and only partly diseased, 

 it is carefully cultivated, and the 

 diseased bulbs dug up and destroyed. 

 Then from the healthy stock the variety 

 which appears strongest and most prolific 

 is selected. All this takes time, but all 

 good things come slow. This process is 

 now going on with the Horseshoe Brand 

 Formosas— the process of evolution. The 

 improvement is marked, and Horseshoe 

 Formosas are becoming better every year. 

 Some examples we have record of this 

 season are remarkable. Easter comes, 

 very early in 1913, and growers who want 

 to be sure will do well to buy a few cases, 

 of our Horseshoe Brand Formosas. Send 

 for the Book of Bulbology. which con- 

 tains prices. 



Not How Ckeap 

 ' Bat How eoo4 



RALPH N. WARD 

 &C0. 



71 Murray Street 

 NEW YORK 



