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The Florists^ Review 



July 4, 1912. 



FLOWER BOXES 



Successful Florists use Sefton Boxes. To have success in shipping 

 flowers, YOU should use them. 



We offer a complete and superior line of cut flower, folding boxes in 

 numerous grades and sizes, as well as Corrugated Fibre Board Boxes 

 for Live Plants and Floral Designs. 



Sefton Florists' Boxes combine high quality with low price. We man- 

 ufacture them in large quantities and thus are able and pleased to 

 give you the benefit in reasonably low prices. 



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A box of high quality attracts the eye and makes it a pleasure to open 

 a neat, tasty package. Sefton Florists' Boxes are trade builders, inas- 

 much as they are high class and make a good impression. Purchasers 

 of our boxes were once users of the inferior grades. 



Write for prices on your requirements. 



THB SBFTOIN MFQ, COMPANY 



1333 W. 3Sth STRJBBT. CHICAGO. IL,L,. 

 Raotoriest Anderson. Ind. Bfooklyn. IV. Y. ChlcasTO. III. 



Mention Tbe Review wben yoa writ* 



Characteristics of the Plant. 



Now, a great change in environment 

 has a tendency to produce variation in 

 type. The variation in some instances 

 being very marked, we call it a muta- 

 tion, a sport, and this is what prob- 

 ably occurred in the experience of our 

 ancient corn planters. 



Influenced by the appearance of im- 

 provement, or perhaps by mere curi- 

 osity, the mutations were planted and 

 became the origin of new varieties. 

 These in turn, by the lapse of some 

 previously inherited characteristic, or 

 the acquisition of new features, pro- 

 duced other new varieties. And so it 

 has been ever since; new varieties have 

 been produced by nature, or nature 

 assisted by man, until now we have 

 varieties almost without number, and 

 with little distinction between many 

 except in name. But in these latter 

 years each new variety has filled an 

 important place — in the seedsman's cat- 

 alogue if not elsewhere. 



INow, before proceeding to methods 

 of breeding, in order that we may more 

 readily understand the necessity and 

 reason for doing certain things, let us 

 make a brief study of the character- 

 istics of the plant. 



Botanically speaking, corn, or maize, 

 as it is known abroad, belongs to the 

 great family of grasses, the nearest 

 related species being teosinte, with 

 which it has been found possible to 

 form a cross. Corn differs from the 

 other members of its family in having 

 a solid or pith-filled stem; in the inter- 

 nodes being longitudinally grooved and 

 alternately so. But the main point of 

 difference is that the male and female 



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FRESH mrOKT or BULBS FOR 1912. 



I have secured a lot of Uie finest «rrade of Bulba 

 from Dutch and French growers. 



PBIVB X^IST MOW RIEAD¥. 



It will pay you to send for It and learn about the 

 stock I offer at such low prices. 



Bulbs wUl arrive about September 1st. 



P«n87 Seed, Giant, finest strain, oz., $1.26; 

 trade packet, 26c. Cash. 



r. 0. FRANZEN, 147S Summerdtle Ave, Ckiago. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



California CALLA Bulbs 



Place your order in time to secure your wants 

 in this stock. 



Callas are still scarce and the quantity is lim- 

 ited. Write for prices. 



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



Mention Tbe Review when yoo write. 



"Supeili QaaUty" 

 Seeds for Florists 



THE STORRS & HARRISON CO.'S 

 SUPERB MIXTURE OF 



Giant Pansy Seed 



is the very best that Pansy Specialists 

 can produce. Carefully mixed and 

 blended. Positively no better seed 

 can be had at any price. 



Trade Pkt, SOc ; ^-oz., $1.28 ; oz., $4.00 



All other strains and named varieties of 

 Pansies. See our "Trade List" for prices. 



^^||k|^QAQ|m **SnPERB QUALITY,*' Mixed Colors, 

 winEiCJ4lflM Trade packet, $1.00 



BELLIS PERENNIS (English Daisy) 



Longfellow (red) , Snowball ( white) , tr. pkt. , 36c ; Mixed Colors, tr. pkt. , 25c 



ALL OTHER SEASONABLE SEEDS 



Annual and Perennial, all of 

 "Superb QuaUty" 



Tliis Trade Mark stands for S8 years 

 of satisfactory service 



The Storrs & Harrison Co. 



Painesville, Ohio 



Mention Tbe Review when yon mnte. 



PIIIIST SB 



Walter P. Stokes, Seedsman 



Mention The Review wben tou wrlta 



Send for New 

 Crop Price list 



Philadelphia 



If You Are Looking for Quality 



in Dutch Bulbs, we want your busi- 

 ness — if not, we ask you to kindly 

 ignore this advertisement. 



Gt. van Waveron & Kruifff 



American Bbanch Housk 

 140 N. 13th Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



E. E. STEWART 



Grower of Choice 



GLH DIOU I 



For tbe Wholesale Trade 

 Rives Junction :; :: Michigan 



