JUNB 27, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



57 



GROW SSIt giant PANSIES 



Johnson *S Famous Prize-winners T^®^^^'"*^^ *^** atanda for the highest quality obtain- 



— ^^— — ^^^^— — ^— — ^-^-^-^^-^^— — able. We oflFer carefully grown seeds from eminent 

 Bpecialiats as follows: 1000 aeeds, 80c; 8000 seeds, 60c; 6000 seeds, $1.00; per o*., $6.€0. Book 

 your order now for FRENCH AND DUTCH BULBS at special advance prices. 



Kindly write us your Bulb wants 



JOHNSON SEED CO., 217 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



grower — he must take what the season 

 brings, be it much or little. If it be 

 much, however much more than his con- 

 tracts, he shall carry it till his back 

 break. 



If it be little, however little, he 

 shall divide it up and parcel it 

 out on his contracts at one-half to 

 one-third then existing values and at 

 less than cost to himself by reason of 

 the sharp advance in per bushel cost of 

 handling a small yield, with the oper- 

 ating expense remaining so nearly a 

 constant factor. And he must be of 

 benign disposition, for while wallowing 

 in this slough of despond, while in- 

 wardly and silently weeping from his 

 own losses and sorrows, he must return 

 a smiling countenance, when berated by 

 his customer, who, although making a 

 nice profit, has been put to some con- 

 siderable inconvenience. 



There are broad opportunities in seed 

 growing, but in justice to the young 

 man, he should be warned that it is a 

 more hazardous course and places 

 greater limitations on the young man's 

 abilities than seed distribution. He 

 may be well posted as to varieties and 

 stocks, he may be energetic, he may 

 have fine executive ability, and may lay 

 out a glorious year's business, but it 

 takes but five minutes of hail to ruin 

 thousands of dollars' worth of onion 

 seed or peas; but that last named, that 

 poor unfortunate plant, the pea, the mis- 

 fortunes that it may fall heir to are 

 legion, not hail alone, but lice, frost, 

 heat, drought, mildew, and what not. 

 But whatever form the plague take, 

 and whether the disaster be the work 

 of five minutes or of a month, the best 

 laid plans are undone, and eflfectually 

 undone, no matter what the man's re- 

 sourcefulness or administrative ability. 



Imagination, Courage, Faith. 



Other qualifications the young man 

 will need are imagination, courage and 

 faith. Imagination to see into the 

 future, and faith to trust in his imagi- 

 nation. He must have faith to put 

 forth effort and still more effort, and 

 courage to put forth money, and some- 

 times much money, and if need be, still 

 more money, until his faith be tested 

 and his imagination become reality. 

 And in the process he must work, and 

 work hard, with a sharp eye to the 

 course and another to the chart and 

 both hands to the wheel. If one or more 

 years of loss and misfortune fall across 

 his course, he must not lose faith in his 

 chart but must keep to the course. 



The seed, if it be a vital seed, gives 

 up its existence that a plant may come 

 into being, that the plant may bear 

 other seeds and thus the kind multiply. 

 So the young man must have faith to 

 give up a dollar and thousands of dol- 

 lars — yes, if he be a grower of peas, 

 hundreds of thousands of dollars — to 



LEST YOU FORGET 



we wish to remind you that we can supply you with an extra fine 

 strain of Pansy Seed, home-grown, $5.00 per oz. 



Cyclamen Seed, the celebrated English strain, $9.00 per 1000. 



Poinsettias, 2%-inch, strong, $5.00 per 100; $45.00 per 1000. 



Bouvardias, 2>^-inch, white, pink and red, $3.50 per 100. 



Fern Fiats, 10 best varieties, $2.00 per flat; 20 flats at $1.75 each. 



For Roses, Primuias, Snapdragon, Asp. Piumosus 

 Nanus and Sprengeri plants, etc., 



SEE OUR ADS IN THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.,.^'^.rinladelpiiia, Pa. 



Mention The Review wlien yoo writr 



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 Catalosrue. 



S. BRYSON AYRES COMPANY 



Bunny Slope, INDKFKNDKNCK, MO. 



California CALLA Bulbs 



Place your order in time to secure your wants 

 in tliis stock. 



Callas are still scarce and the quantity is lim- 

 ited. Write for prices. 



M. M. CARROLL, Norwood (Cinti.),0. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



E. E. STEWART 



Grower of Cliolee 



G L-K DIO L I 



For the Wholesale Trade 

 Rivea Junction :: :: Michig^an 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



put the seed into the ground in the 

 spring that the plants may grow, run 



PRIMROSE SEED 



ChtncB* Primrose. Finest grown, Single and 

 Double Mixed; 600 seeds, $1.00; lOOO seeds, $1.60; 

 '^ pkt., SOc. Colors 8et>arate also. 



Primula Kewensis. The grand new Sweet- 

 scented Yellow Primrose. Pkt., 26c. 



Primula Malacoides. The grand new Olant 

 Baby Primrose. Be sure to sow. Pkt., 25c. 



Primula Obconica Orandlflora. New Hyb- 

 rids, Mixed, extra, ISOO seeds, BOc. 



Primula Obconica Oie-antea. The finest giant 

 flowering, mixed, immense. 1000 seeds, SOc. 



Primula Obcnnica Oiarantea, Firebrand, new 

 scarlet, and The Bride, new shell-pink, each, 

 trade pkt., SOc. 



Cineraria. Large-flowering Dwarf Mixed, extra 

 fine. 1000 seeds, SOc: ^ pkt., 2Sc. 



Calceolaria. The finest Olant Flowering Dwarf, 

 mixed blotched and spotted; trade pkt., 6Uc. 



Giant Pansy. The best large flowering varieties, 

 critically selected. 6000 seeds, $1.00; h, pkt., SOc: 

 $2.60 per oz. A pkt. of Olant Mme. Perret added 

 to every order for Pansy Seed. Our Pansy Seed Is 

 extra fine this year. 



CASH. Liberal Extra Count 



JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



VICK'S QUALITY 



Seeds - Plants - Bulbs 



Ask for Wholesale Catalogue 



James VIok's Sons 



Seedemen 

 ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



41wftys mention the norlets* Review 

 when ^irrltlna; advar^laers. 



