MAX 2, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



69 



Owing to the backward season In Call- 

 tornia, all Winter and late Sweet Pea 

 Heed will be late in maturing. To avoid 

 irtte deliveries, I will send all early orders 

 „f Winter Sweet Pea Seed directly from 

 cur ranch in Lompoc, Cal. These will 

 nach my farthest customers not later than 

 August 10th, saving over four weeks' time. 

 Send all letters of importance to Lompoc. 

 cal. We will have all the leading colors 

 find many novelties. Orders booked now. 



New complete list will be sent out in 

 May. 



Here is a testimonial from one of many 

 satisfied customers : 



l(t. Airy. Md., Feb. 26, 1912. 



Dear Sir: — We hare been cutting very fine 

 peas this season from your stock. Stems 18 

 and 20 inches, with 8, 4 and 6 flowers, and In 

 several instances with 6 flowers to a stem. Xon 

 (leserve and receive great honor from the trade 

 for bringing Winter flowering Sweet Peas to 

 their present high position In the market. You 

 bave already done more for the florist than the 

 great Burbank will ever do. 



JESSH P. KING. 



We have also only the best Spencer and 

 Unwin late Sweet Pea Seed on nand now, 

 also other Florists' flower seed. Send for 

 list 



ANT. C. ZVOLANEK 



BOUND BBOOK, NXW JKRSKT 



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separated by a thick 'osage hedge not 

 over twelve feet high, there was no 

 indication of crossing within eight or 

 ten rods of the hedge, while beyond 

 that distance there were many crosses. 



Experience shows that neither a dis- 

 tance less than several miles nor any 

 varietal difference can be relied upon 

 as a certain protection against a 

 mixture of pollen. In most farming 

 regions it is impracticable to locate 

 a field of seed corn so as to guarantee 

 that there shall be no mixture through 

 pollen, though much can be done to 

 lessen the probability of a mixture. 

 How this may be best accomplished 

 is a different problem in each case. 

 Usually the most practical way is to 

 plant each lot of seed as far as possible 

 from any other corn, and also to have 

 as much difference as possible in the 

 dates of ripening of the seed corn 

 and of the corn in the nearest field. 



Fortunately, the effect of crossing in 

 corn is rarely masked for a number 

 of generations, as it often is in legumi- 

 nous plants. It frequently shows so 

 plainly in the grain which is the imme- 

 diate result of the cross that much of 

 the hybrid corn can be removed by 

 ^•areful sorting before shelling, and it 

 is well to throw out the whole ear 

 rather than to pick out the mixed grain, 

 as is the common practice, because 

 •crossing does not always change the 

 appearance of the grain the first season, 

 and there is a strong probability that 

 on an ear on which crossed grains are 

 visible there are other crossed grains 

 which show no external sign of mixture. 



In a g^/ieral way the fertilization 

 and preparation of the soil and the 

 methods of culture which will give the 

 best results with fieldj corn will be 



CALADIUMS AND DAHLIAS 



Caladiums, sound bulbs, 5-7 .... $1.75 per 100 



7-9 .... 3.00 " 



Dahlias* choice named varieties. Divided roots, $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 



per 100 



America, l^^ and up, $3.50 per 100, $30.00 per 1000 

 Augusta, \^ and up, 2.00 per 100, 18.00 per 1000 



Flower Seeds for Florists. Send for Wholesale Catalogue. 



CURRIE BROS. CO., )'?.,"'Si;A?i NUWADKEE, WIS. 



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Gladiolus Bulbs 



VICK'S QUALITY 



Seeds -Plants -Bulbs 



Atk fur Wkglenle Citabgae 



James Vick's Sons 



Saadsman 

 ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



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Bulbs for Spring 



L. Glcanteuxn, Cannas (all leading 

 varieties), Tuberoass, Gladioli. Prices on 

 application. 



D. RUSCONI 



126-128 W. etli St., CnCCIMN ATI, OHIO 



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GLADIOLI, 



LIIilES, SUMMER FLOWERING 



BULBS AND HARDY PLANTS. 



SKND FOR PBICS LIST. 



L S. MILLER, Wading River, N. Y. 



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Unrivaled for size of flower, pnrlty of color and 

 highest development. They represent the beat 

 specialists have so far produced. Seeds and plants. 



J. L. SCHILLER, Toledo, O. 



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Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



■■t. 1824. RICKARDS BROS., Props. 



Importers and growers of high-grade 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, Etc 



87 East 19th St., NEW TORK CITT 



Telonhone 423.5 Oramercy 

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equally effective with sweet corn, but 

 because of liability to crossing with 

 volunteer plants it is important that 

 a crop for seed corn should not follow 

 one of any other variety of corn and 

 that care should be taken to prevent 

 bringing into the field viable grains of 

 corn and spores of corn smut or other 

 corn diseases in stable manure or by 

 stpck. 



[To be continued.] - 



TUBEROSES 



Dwarf Doubia Paarl 



No. 1 per 100, $1.25 



GLADIOLI 



Johnson's No. 1 Piiza Winner Mlxtura 

 for Florlats 



Per 100 $1.50; per 1000 $12.00 



No. 2 Priza Winner, same strain as preced- 

 ing variety but bulbs slightly smaller 

 Per 100 $1.25; per 1000 $10.00 



Write for our surplus list of Dahlias 

 —undivided field-grown clumps. We 

 can interest you in quality and price. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 



217 Mariiel St PHIUDEIPHI* 



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AYRES' 



GIANT SPENCER 



SWEET PEAS 



ARE WORLD -RENOWNED 



Order now for planting outside. They will 

 create a sensation and make you money. 



Write for our Sweet Pea Catalogue. 



S. BRYSON AYRES COMPANY 



Bunny Slops, INDKFKNDKNCK, MO. 



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