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ThcWcckly Florists' Review. 



Mat 2. 1912. 



pea crop promises much better than 

 earlier in the season. 



Theodore Payne reports a good retail 

 business and says that considerable in- 

 terest is being taken in California wild 

 flower and tree seeds, on which subject 

 he is an expert. 



The Germain Seed & Plant Co. has had 

 to move a considerable portion of its 

 stock from the nursery at Tenth and 

 Ho^e streets and a successful auction 

 sale was held there April 24. The firm 

 figures on going farther out and is on 

 the lookout for suitable land as near the 

 city as possible. On Sunday, April 21, 

 the staff from the store was taken for a 

 round trip and picnic to Montebello, 

 which was much enjoyed by all. The 

 firm's autos, and other machines hired 

 for the purpose, were used. H. K. E. 



SWEET CORN FOE SEED. 



[Continued from the Issue of April 25.] 



The location and character of soil 

 are of less importance in the production 

 of seed corn from which the best results 

 may be expected than that the fields be 

 so situated as to avoid as far as possi- 

 ble liability to mixture through the 

 pollen. This is a far more common 

 cause of inferior quality than is gener- 

 ally supposed. Seed growers object 

 to growing Black Mexican corn because 

 they say it crosses so freely with other 

 sorts. There is no evidence, however, 

 that this variety crosses more readily 

 than others, but when crosses of Black 

 Mexican and other varieties do occur 

 the effects are more readily seen. In- 

 stances are known where Moore's Con- 

 cord was evidently crossed with Bla*ck 

 Mexican corn growing nearly two miles 

 away; but in another case, where the 

 Black Mexican and the Moore's Con- 

 cord varieties were planted side by side 

 on the same day, there was no indi- 

 cation of mixture beyond the sixth row 

 from the dividing line. 



Corn pollen in abundance has been 

 obtained from the plumage of a black- 

 bird, which must have flown between 

 four and six miles from the last field 

 of corn visited, and doubtless others 

 of the large flock to which the bird be- 

 longed carried equal quantities of pol- 

 len, more or less of which they must 

 have scattered in the field of seed sweet 

 corn in which they alighted. 



Difference in season of maturity is 

 not always a protection against cross- 

 ing. The writer knows of a case in 

 which there was clear evidence of mix- 

 ture in both directions between Extra 

 Early Red Cory and Stowell's Ever- 

 green corn growing side by side, al- 

 though the Cory was planted some days 

 before the Evergreen, but in another 

 instance there was no sign of mixture 

 between the Cory and the Black Mex- 

 ican varieties planted side by side on 

 the same day, all of the silk and the 

 tassels of the Cory being ripe and dry 

 before even the earliest tassel ap- 

 peared on the Black Mexican, and 

 in this case there were no late- 

 blooming suckers on the Cory to fur- 

 nish pollen for the earliest Black Mex- 

 ican plants. 



In another instance, where two sorts 

 of corn were separated by a thick grove 

 of tall trees about four rods wide, 

 there was no sign of mixture, but just 

 l|pyond the grove, where' the Jofs of 

 corn were separated by an equal wrflth 

 of grass land, tiffere was abundant evi- 

 dence of crossing. 



In another case, where two sorts were 



GLADIOLI 



Four Bushels Americ9 Bulblets 



"i $fUOp per pecKf $3o!bo per bushel '..^ 



My gladioli^ are exceptionally fine this season and have kept^nrough th.^ 

 winter in good condition. I offer to the trade the following, 1^2 inch and U;i 

 unless otherwise stated : 



PerlOOO 



10,000 America, m in. to 1^ in $25.00 



10.000 America. 1 In. to 1^4 in 20.00 



2.000 Augusta, IJ4 in. to 1^2 in 12.00 



1.000 Columbia 25.00 



1.000 Geo. Paul 30.00 



5,000 Golden Queen 30.00 



1,000 Klondyke '. 25.00 



5,000 President Taft 25.00 



1.000 Purity 35.00 



1,000 Taconic 30.00 



Per ion 



200 Baron Hulot $10.0<i 



500 Prlnceps 12 .0«) 



200Rosella lO.Od 



250 of a kind at 1.000 rate. 25 at 100 rate. 



PerlOOO 



2,000 Pink and Rose .' . .$15.0() 



3,000 Scarlet, white throat 15. Of) 



2,000 Pink and White Mixture 18.0(i 



1,000 Childsii Mixed 15.0() 



3,000 Fancy Mixed 10.00 



3,000 XXX Mixed 18.00 



15,000 Mlxad Bulba, counter size, 1\ to 2i2-in., $10.00 per 1000. 



I can also supply Africa, Addison, Black Beauty, Bouquet d'Or, Chocolate Drop, 

 De Cheville, Edison, EmbosBed Yellow, Isaac Buchanan, Lucille, -Mrs. Beecher, 

 Mohonk, Mrs. Jaa. Lancashire, Michigan, Ophir, Pink Perfection, Rath, Sulphur 

 Queen, Shirley, "190O." 



SEND FOR 1912 TRADE LIST 



E. E. Stewart,Rives Junc.,Hich. 



Mpntlon The Review when you write. 



SELECT GLADIOLUS 



100 1000 



America, First Size |4.0(1 $36.00 



America, Second Size 3.26 28.00 



Mrs. Francis King^, First Size 3.00 26.00 



Mrs. Francis Kinsr, Second Size 2.26 20.00 



Mme. Monneret, First Size 2.26 20.00 



Independence, First Size 3.00 26.00 



Light and White Mixed, Fancy 1.76 15.00 



Light and White Mixed, Second Size. . . 1.60 13.60 



Choice Mixed, All Colors 1.00 9.00 



Caladiums, 7-9 strong bulbs 3.60 30.00 



Cold Storaare Glffanteums, 7-0, $tl.00 per case of 800. 



Asparasrus Plumosus Nanus, Ne^^ Crop Wisconsin Greenhouse Qro-wn Seed, 



1000 Seeds, $S.SO 5000, $1«.SS 10.»00, fSO.OO 



G. H. HUNKEL CO., Seedsmen, "^Hr^X^: 



MentlOD The Rerlew when yon write. 



f„^rme.«. GROW COLD STORAGE ULIES 



For sizes and prices, ^nite 



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



Menaon Tbe Review wnen toq write 



