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April 4, 1912. 



TheWokly Florists' Review. 



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Wizard Brand 

 Sheep Manure 



Shredded or PuKerized 

 Cattle Manure 



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BOSTON 



//ALL 



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Peas ^ Beans 



...Growers for The... 

 Wholesale Seed Trade 



AlfredlBrownSeedCo. 



Grand Rapids, NkUgan 



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THE KINBERLIN SEED CO. 

 Ml bLn SANTA CLARA, CAL. 



Growers of 



ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH,elc 



Correspondence Solicited. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 

 Growers of 



PUGET SOINP CABBAGE SEED 



Japanese Lilies 



Spec. Album, 9/Il-in $13.00 per 100 



Spec. Rubriim, 9/ll-in. . . . 9.00 per 100 

 Spec. Melpomene, 9/ll-in.. 9.50 per 100 

 Tuberoses; Dbl Pearl, 4/6-in., $8.00 per 1000 

 WaaKap a han '"i Mercha«tt 114 Chiiabert St., 



ireeoer ft uon, „j Growen new youk. 



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The man who saves time, stands a 

 better chance of becoming rich than 

 he who only eaves money. 



Save time and make money on some of my bulbs. 



M. M. CARROLL, 



Norwood (Cincinnati^, Ohio 



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F. W. O. SCHMITZ 



PRXNCK BAT, N. T. 



Wholesale Grower. Exporter and Im- 

 porter of all plants, roots and bulbs in 

 season.' 



Correapondenoe Solicited 



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 writing advertisers. 



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. BOLGIANO & SON 



Almost 100 Years' Established Trade 



Wholesale Seedsmen 

 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 



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Wholesale Growers of 



Onion, Lettuce, Sweet Peas 



and other California Specialties 



C. C. MORSE & CO. 



48 Jackson St. SAN PRANCISCO, CAL. 



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PietBrs-WliBeler Sssd Conpiny 



HolUster, 



California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onlen, Radish, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peas, etc. : : : 



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CONTRACT SEED GROWER 



SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant, 

 Tomato, Vine Seed ni Field Corn 



lDuAK r. nUKir, nbw jkrs^t ' 



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Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



Wholesale irrowers of full lists of FLOWER and 

 OARDEN SEEDS. 



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SEEDS 



Best that grow. We sell di- 

 rect to gardeners and florists 

 at wholesale. Big beautiful 

 catalogue free. Write today. 

 ABCHIA8 SEED 8T0BE, Box 68, Sedalla, Ho. 

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In 1803 Thomas Jefferson bought 

 Louisiana from Napoleon for $15,000,000. 

 A lot of money at that time. It figured 

 up 2\^ cents an acre, made about 14 

 states, and was probably the greatest 

 real estate transaction ever known. Jef- 

 ferson saw ahead. Next, in 1822, James 

 Monroe bought Florida from Spain for 

 $5,000,000, a very small part of the as- 

 sessed value of Jacksonville today. Then, 

 just after the civil war. Uncle Sam 

 bought Alaska for $7,200,000, and was 

 severely criticised for thirty years. To- 

 day it pays for itself in gold about three 

 times per annum.' Then, after the Spanish 

 war, we paid $20,000,000 for the Philip- 

 pines because we had whipped Spain and 

 could have had it for nothing, but thought 

 better to smooth it over with money. The 

 profit of this purchase is yet to come. 

 And the last purchase was the Panama 

 Canal site, costing nearly as much as all 

 the others combined— $40,000,000. Profits 

 yet to come. All this work is foresight 

 into the future. Foresight in man is a 

 very valuable asset — a good deal more 

 so than hindsight. Some men have fore- 

 sight to a moderate degree, but lack the 

 initiative to use it. About one in ten 

 have both, and that one is always the 

 leader — the rest common herdmen — fol- 

 lowers of the star. Of course leaders are 

 criticised, as are all men who do things. 

 Criticism is praise in disguise — real glory 

 masquerading before men of the wooden 

 variety; and when these wooden men 

 wake up to the reality of the thing it is 

 too late, the time has passed and they 

 are still herdmen; and so they continue, 

 most of them, plowing in the same old 

 rut and grunting because the other fel- 

 low is whistling at the top. So also with 

 florists — plenty of herdmen — -some lead- 

 ers — a sort of Jack and Jill down-the-hill 

 proposition. Look ahead, reason out 

 what you do, plan your growing and 

 selling campaign as a general plans a 

 battle. Do something and be somebody. 

 Don 't hesitate after you have determined 

 upon a thing — go at it. In handling lily 

 bulbs foresight is a large part of the 

 lattle. Plan ahead— buy ahead — and 

 when the season rolls around be on time. 

 Plant some Horseshoe Brand Formosas 

 for Easter next year, because they are 

 profit-makers. Order them now. Look 

 ahead. Write for the Book of Bulbology, 

 which contains prices. , A Map of the 

 World free, too, if you want it. 



RALPH N. WARD 

 &C(K 



71 Murray Street 

 NEW YORK 



Not How Cheap 

 Bat How Good 



