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The Florists^ Review 



Jdlx 11. 1912. 



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PANSIES 



sow 



NOW 



We are making a specialty of Pansles. Our collection Is the richest In variety 

 of quality ever offered in this country. If you want the finest Pansles that 

 It is possible to obtain, make your selection from the following list of seeds: 



MIXTURES OF GIANT-FLOWERED PANSIES 



Holmes' Triumph of the Giant. Robust, compact-growing plants: heavy foliage, 

 surmounted by enormous flowers of perfect form and great substance, on 

 strong, tall stalks; petals overlapped and undulating; rich and rare colors. 

 Trade packet. 50c; 1-16 oz., 11.00; % oz.. 11.76; >4 oz.. $3.00; % oz.. |5.00; 

 oz., $8.50. 



Bngnot's Giant Spotted. Trade packet, 40c; 1-16 oz., 85c; % oz., |1.50; V* oz., 

 12.50: % oz., $4.50; oz., $7.50. 



Holmes' Mammoth FlTe-blotched. Gassier type, but flowers double size; magnlfl- 

 cent colors. Trade packet, 35c; 1-16 oz., 76c; % oz., $1.25; M oz., $2.00; V4 

 oz., $3.60; oz., $6.00. Giant Cassler, % oz., $1.76; % oz., $3.00; oz., $5.00. 



Mme. Perret. Great American Giant, "Red, White and Blue"; % oz., $1.60; % oz., 

 $2.60; oz., $4.00. ^„ „ 



Odler Five-Spotted Beantles. V4. oz.. $1.25; ^ oz., $2.00; oz., $3.50. 



Goliath and Orchid (Cattleya) Flowered, same price as Odler. 



Giant Trimardeaa. % oz., $1.00; % oz.. $1.60; oz.. $2.60. 



Trimardean. Giant Spotted Parisian. % oz.. $1.60; % oz.. $2.50; oz., $4.00. 



Cassier and Trimardeau Mixture. M oz.. $1.00; % oz.. $1.76; oz.. $3.00. 



Holmes' Giant Masterpiece. Enormous flowers. 4 Inches across, daintily ruffled 

 edges, clearly distinct markings, and. In fact, a flower of recent Introduction 

 that has won volumes of praise fromlovers of this particular flower. It Is a 

 master indeed of its class. M ox.. $1.76; ^ oz., $3.00; oz., $5.00. 



HARRISBURG 

 PA. 



HOLMES SEED CO. 



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menced to bloom a paper bag is placed 

 over it, securely tied to the stem, and 

 allowed to bag down around the place 

 where tied and form a pocket into 

 which the pollen falls. 



Also, before the silk appears a paper 

 bag is placed over the ear to protect 

 the silk from pollen flying free in the 

 air. The bag is loosened from the 

 tassel, and the pollen is gathered, 

 usually with a brush, and dusted on the 

 silk of the protected ear. This process 

 is repeated as many times as thought 

 desirable, but the same brush must not 

 be used on any other pair of plants be- 

 fore being thoroughly sterilized. One 

 of the difficulties attending this method 

 of pollination is the amount of labor 

 required; so much that no great num- 

 ber of plants can be operated on by one 

 person. Again, it may rain, and the 

 pollen collected in the bag may become 

 moist, after which it is useless, for it 

 soon swells and bursts. Again, while 

 in the act of pollinating, the silk may 

 receive pollen flying in the air and 

 from some unknown source. 



Perfect ears seldom result from this 

 method, because all the silk is not 

 ready to receive the pollen at a given 

 time, or the pollen fails to reach all the 

 silk. Also, when the parts are covered 

 with the bag their development is re- 

 tarded, and it often occurs that both 

 silk and pollen are not in readiness at 

 the same time. It is therefore apparent 

 that hand pollination does not enter 

 into practical corn breeding to any 

 great extent. 



Inbreeding DetrimentaL 



When an ear is fertilized by pollen 

 from the same plant, it is of course in- 

 bred, and all who have given the mat- 

 ter any thought or investigation agree 

 that inbreeding in corn is as detri- 

 mental as inbreeding among animals. 

 Inbred offspring lack vigor and repro- 

 ductive power, and if the same stock 

 is inbred by hand pollination year after 

 year, it will, in a few generations, 

 reach a point nearing extinction. Na- 

 ture has made provision which in a 

 [Continued on page 64.] 



PHISY m 



Walter P. Stokes, Seedsman 



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Send for New 

 Crop Price list 



Philadelphia 



Reliable Seeds 



sow NOW 



Tf. 

 Oi. Pkt. 



Asparagus Flumoias Hanns, per 



1000 seeds, $4.00 $1.00 



Aspararns Deflexus Boandens, per 



1000 seeds, $10.000 1.00 



Asparaffus Sprenfferi, 1000 seedi, 



$1.00 80 



Dracaena Indivisa, clean seed....| l.SO .U 

 Primula Obconica Oraadlflora, 

 carmine, lilac, pink, purple, 

 white or mixed oybrids, each 



separate, tr. pkts., $2.S0 .80 



Prlmnla Oooonlca GrandUora Com- 



pacta, mixed. 6 tr. pkta., $8.60 80 



Prlmnla Obconloa Olfantea, car- 

 mine, lilac, pnrple, pink or 

 mixed, each separate, 6 tr. 



pkts., $2.80 80 



Micatalone will folds 70a thronf ta Reliable 

 Florists'^ Flower Seeds. Ask t«r the umo. 



O.V.ZANGEN, Seedsman 



HOBOKEN, N. I. 



PRIMULA 



C M I ri L I 



Unrivaled for sire of flower, pnrlty of color and 

 blffheet derelopment. They represent the best 

 specialists have so far produced. Seeds and plants. 



J. L, SCHILLER, Toledo, O. 



NKW CROP 



Qsparagus BBumosus IShnus 



Wiseonaln Oreenhoase Grown Seed 



Not to be coBipared with the inferior California 



and Florida outdoor grown seed. 

 1000 seeds. (8.50: 5000. $16.25; 10.000, $S0.0« 



G. B. HUNKEL CO., Seidsnei, Nilwaikte, Wis. 



Owing to the backward season in Cali- 

 fornia, all Winter and latt Biceet Peo 

 Seed will be late In maturing. To avoid 

 late deliverieB, I will send all early orden 

 of Winter Sweet Pea Seed directly from 

 our ranch In Lompoc, Cal. These will 

 reach my farthest customers not later than 

 August lOtb, saving over four weeks' time. 

 Send all letters of Importance to Lompoc, 

 Cal. We will have all the leading colon 

 and many noveltiea. Orders booked now. 



My new list of Winter Sweet Pea Seed 



has been mailed, if you have not received a copy, 

 ask for one. 



Here Is a testimonial from one of many 

 satisfied customers : 



Mt Airy, Md.. Feb. 26, 1912. 



Dear Sir: — We bare been cutting very flue 

 peas tbls season from yonr stock. Stems 18 

 ■nd 20 Incbes, witb 8, 4 and 6 flowers, and la 

 several Instances witb 6 flowers to a stem. Toa 

 deserve and receive great bonor from tba trade 

 for bringing Winter flowering Sweet Peas to 

 tbeir present blgb position In the market. Tea 

 bave already done more for tbe florist tbaa the 

 great Burbank will ever do. 



JESSB P. KINO. 



We have also only the best Spencer and 

 Unwln late Sweet Pea Seed on nand now, 

 also other Florists' flower seed. Send for 

 list 



ANT. C. ZVOLANEK 



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