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The Florists' Review 



Jdlt 11, 1912. 



WIntorson's 

 contains all 



Combination 

 best typos. 



Winterson's 

 ''Combination'' Pansy Mixture 



has a reputation of 16 years* standing:. A 

 trial will convince you that it is a "GOOD" 

 Mixture in every sense of the word. To 

 those who "KNOW PANSIES" Combination 

 Mixture is especially recommended 



Trade pkt., 50c; }i oz., 75c; % oz., 

 $1.50; % oz., $2.75; per oz., $5.00 



Winterson's Seed Store 



164 North Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



approximately 55,000. Some of the 



principal items of disbursements were: 



Labor $29,509.95 



Postage 16,609.10 



Field corn 38,326.74 



Miscellaneous field seeds 61,173.68 



Garden seeds 23,102.14 



Poultry 908.18 



NOBTHBUP-KINa DOINGS. 



Wm. A. Barnes, formerly on the re- 

 porting staff of the Mercury and Morn- 

 ing Times, San Jose, Cal., has taken a 

 position as traveling representative of 

 Northrup, King & Co. Albert S. Bacon, 

 lately assistant farm superintendent for 

 the Braslan Seed Growers' Co., San 

 Jose, is now representing Northrup, 

 King & Co. Geo. C. Thompson, of 

 Minneapolis, is on a tour of inspection 

 of western crops. 



OOBN BBEEDINQ. 



[A paper by L. S. Gould, of Waterloo, Neb., 

 read before the American Seed Trade Asso- 

 ciation at Chicago, June 26, 1812, continued 

 from The Review of July 4.] 



The fact that the sexes are separated, 

 and some distance from each other, ap- 

 parently renders the control of pollin- 

 ation easy, almost as easy as in the 

 cucurbits; but this very facility is as 

 often the despair, as it is the joy, of 

 the breeder. The pollen is produced in 

 such an amazing abundance that when 

 a field is in full bloom the air is lit- 

 erally filled with the golden granules. 

 Based on actual count, it has been esti- 

 mated that an ordinary tassel produces 

 from fifteen million to thirty million 

 pollen grains. The amount that is ac- 

 tually used in the process of fertiliza- 

 tion is only about one-hundredth of one 

 per cent. So it comes about that in- 

 suring pollination from desired plants 

 is not so dif&cult as protecting the silk 

 from undesired pollen. 



To do this as nearly perfect as pos- 

 sible we must resort to hand pollina- 

 tion, which is tedious, requiring con- 

 siderable skill, and is not resorted to 

 except when it is desired to pollinate 

 from one, or at most a few specific 

 plants, or to form a cross between two 

 given plants. 



Hand Pollination. 



Careful hand pollination is performed 

 as follows: Before the tassel has com- 



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 SUPERB MIXTURE OF 



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is the very best that Pansy Specialists 

 can produce. CarefuUy mixed and 

 * blended. Positively no better seed 



can be had at any price. 



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All other strains and named varieties of 

 Pansies. See our "Trade List" for prices. 



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This Trade Mark stands for 58 years 

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