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The Florists' Review 



March 20, 1913. 



JOIN BODGER & SONS CO. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Wholesale growers of Tomatoes. Beans, 

 Lettuce, Sweet Peas, Asters, Petunias, 

 and a general line of Flower Seeds. 



CORRKSPONDBNCX SOLICITKD 



Mention The Review when you write. 



order of the bureau of incumbrances, 

 which is rectifying the building line. 



THOSE FREE SEEDS. 



The government asks for the lowest biff, 

 And the seedsman quotes the price. 



Now, who shall be first to sit on the lid. 

 Is the question that cuts the lee. 



The spring poet puts it right, for the 

 seedsman is not blameless so long as he 

 continues to quote prices when he 

 knows that the bid he is pricing is for 

 the purpose of the free seed distribu- 

 tion. It is quite proper to insist that 

 the government has no right to dis- 

 tribute ordinary seeds free of charge, 

 but as has been heretofore stated in 

 this column, the seedsmen are putting 

 themselves at a disadvantage by quot- 

 ing, and being seemingly anxious to get 

 the government order. It is not over- 

 looked when a seedsman is urging every- 

 body to "write your congressmen to 

 oppose free seeds," and his name ap- 

 pears at the same time in the list of 

 those who are bidding for the order. 



FOBBES' NEW VENTUEE. 



The following is from a Newark, N. 

 J., paper of March 8: "With changes 

 just made in the firm of J. F. Noll & 

 Co., Inc., local seedsmen, at 115 Mul- 

 berry street, the management of the 

 business has been taken up by Alexan- 

 der Forbes, for twenty-six years con- 

 nected with the firm of Peter Hender- 

 son & Co. He was vice-president and 

 general manager of that concern. Mr. 

 Forbes has been the most active spirit 

 in the effort to put an end to the prac- 

 tice of free distribution of seed by the 

 federal government at Washington." 



EXPERIENCES WITH NOVELTIES. 



Every year I try out the current nov- 

 elties, and I shall here report some of 

 my disappointments, for other growers 

 may be as greatly interested in a list of 

 the varieties that failed as in a list of 

 the successes. Of course, it is not con- 

 sidered that my trials serve as an ulti- 

 matum or final decision, for soils and 

 seasons differ. However, prospective 

 cultivators may be so warned by others ' 

 experiences as to proceed more cau- 

 tiously with reference to certain red- 

 letter novelties than they otherwise 

 might. 



First, the Davis cucumber was dis- 

 appointing to me. On sandy, clay loam 

 soil, although it produced good vines, 

 the fruit was slow to set and it was 

 not till late in August that marketable 

 quantities were picked. I ransacked 

 the seed catalogues, and while nearly 

 everyone recommended Davis' Perfect 

 for outdoor planting, still I found at 

 least one catalogue that did not advise 

 its use for such planting, but only for 

 forcing. I think Vickery's suits my 

 ideas of a forcer better than Davis' 

 Perfect. 



Three sweet corns tested out poor in 

 flavor. It is possible that many people 

 would like them, but not our household. 

 The three delinquents are Burpee's Ca- 

 tawba, Bell 's Maple Sugar and Hender- 



BULK 



LAWN GRASS 



CASES 



Regruiar Standard Mixtures 

 "Dickinson's" - "Orssnsward" - "Ivsrsrssn" - "Pins Trss" 



Suitable for all general requirements. Special mixtures can be furnished when desired. 



iiiinn..p.ii. THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



CMcago 



YOU will be satisfied witli the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow'* 



Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia,— for aew Complete Catalogue. 



Uenttoo The Review wben Ton writs 



ITancy Kentucky Blue Grass 



Also Mixed Lawa Orass Seed. Ask ft MivcrMi prices, pranpt aid fntarc Mlvtry 



1 OLIVER JOHNSON '""aSSSXr* 



M«Btton TOe B«Tlew whea yos writs. 



The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, Conn. 



Qrowlns Stations at Bast Ionian, Mich.. Ctrssn Bay, Wis.. SIstsr Bay. Wis. 



Beans, Peas. Sweet Corn, Onion, Beet, Turnip, Tomato, Etc, Etc 



Mention Th« Berlew when yon write. 



Growing ONION, ITTTUCE, CARROT and RADISH San Jose, California 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ABROYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



Wholesale growers of full lists of FLOWER aod 



OAKDEN SEEDS 

 Mention The Beriew when yon write. 



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W. O. SCHMITZ 



PRXNCE BAT, N. T. 



Wholesale Grower Exporter and ImporteT 

 of all plants, roots and bulbs in season. 



Corrsspondsnoe SoUoltod. 



PEflS/BEIHS 



GROWERS 



IMPORTERS and 

 EXPORTERS 



Alfred IBrownSeed Co. 



GRAND RAPIDS, nCH. 



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Wholesalers, Notice! 



We still have a surplus of our Hifli Quality 

 ■wast Poa 8ssd at Farm Prices. The best of 

 Winter-flowerlngr Spencers, Unwin and Grandi- 

 flora varieties. Write direct to 



S. Bryson Ayres Co., 



Sweet Pel Farm, Sniy Slope. INDCPENDENCC, MO. 



Mention The Review when von write 



Waldo Rohnerf 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce. Onion, Bweet Peat, Atbm, 

 Cosmos, Mi^onette, Verbena, in Tarietar. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Mention Th. Review when yon write. 



Contract Seed Growers 



.^BMnaltlM • If^^I' ^n '^l*"^ Tomato, 

 opCUUUn. vine Seed and Field Com. 



Correspondence Solicited 



George R. Pedrick A Son 



PKDRICKTOWN. N. J. 



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^on 



write. 



J. C Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO. NSB. 

 ROCKY PORD, COLO. 



Contract growers of Cucumber, Cantaloaps. 

 Watermelon, Squash and Pumptdn Seed; Sagu, 

 Flint and Field Seed Corns. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, ^^ir, NEB. 



WiMlesare Grewera cf Hich-cride Seeds 



Cttcttmber, Mtukmelon, Sqtiash and Pump- 

 kin. Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Cora 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



Oklahoma Seed Growers' Co. 



Contract Growers of 



Witermelon and Nuskmelon Sedl 



For the Wholesale Trade only. 

 ENID, .'. OKLAHOMA 



