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MAT 1, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



5T 



VICKTBiI^VICK 



Aster Book and Wholesale 

 Catalogue of Best Quality 

 Seeds for Florists and 

 Commercial Growers. 



iJamesVick^sSdns 



ROCHESTERp N. Y. 



Mpntinn Ttip R«»y1pw when yon write. 



Tuberoses 



DWARF DOUBLE PEARL 



$12.00 per 1000 



ExceUent qviaUty. 



Lily of the Valley Pips 



Gold Storagre, BerUn and Hamburg. 



Per case of 1000. ..." $12.00 



Per case of 3000 32.00 



Write for a copy of onr Florists' catalogrue. 



'THE MOST RELIABLE SEEDS" 

 33 Barclay St. (t 12) New York, N. Y. 



Mention Tha KeTiaw when yon wrlta. 



ing seeds a sample should contain. Thus, 

 to take one instance, the number of 

 samples of red clover seeds which have 

 been examined is 22,691; their purity 

 averages ninety-six per cent, while the 

 germination reaches ninety per cent. 



A Standard of Quality. 



The object of a seed control station 

 is the protection of the buyer, whether 

 he be agriculturist or horticulturist. As 

 I shall show, there- are seeds in the 

 market which are absolutely worthless, 

 which are not only impure in the ex- 

 treme, but which, so far as the pure 

 seeds are concerned, fail to germinate; 

 and it is largely owing to the control 

 which is afforded by the Swiss station 

 that seedsmen are enabled to maintain 

 an approximate standard. In the past 

 year 171 seedsmen sent samples to the 

 number of 11,000 to the Zurich station; 

 they were not only sent from all parts 

 of the United Kingdom, from Italy, 

 France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Bel- 

 gium, Denmark, Hungary and Finland, 

 but from the United States. It can 

 scarcely be regarded as a satisfactory 

 condition of affairs that an agricul- 

 tural country like our own should be 

 compelled to look to a scientific insti- 

 tution in one of the smallest countries 

 in the world for a solution of its troubles 

 in relation to seed, but such is the case. 

 Of the firms sending seed to Zurich for 

 examination, between twenty and thirty 

 ^ere British. 



GLADIOLI 



■ ' j< ■ .'■ . 100 1,000 



50,000 First and extra size America $3.00 $22.00 



40,000 1^-11/2 America 2.50 18.00 



25,000 1^ and up, Mrs. Francis King 2.00 15.00 



2,000 Golden Queen 4.00 30.00 



500 Klondyke, primrose yellow 3.00 25.00 



500 Mrs. Beecher, crimson, light throat 6.00 



2,000 Mohonk, dark pink, spotted throat 5.00 



2,000 Mrs. Jas. Lancashire (Fairy), creamy salmon 15.00 100.00 



2,000 Michigan, pink scarlet, prize winner 15.00 .... 



2,000 Pres. Taf t, pink, large 3.00 25.00 



1,000 Perfection, bright pink, late 10.00 



1,000 Purity, pure white, small blotch 4.00 35.00 



3,000 Princepine, bright red, white blotch 15.00 100.00 



2,000 Taconic, bright pink, popular 4.00 30.00 



25 at 100 rate; 280 at lOOO rate. 



E. E. STEWART, Brooklyn, RivESr;7A'(^.oN. MIeh. 



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TUBEROSES 



We have a large stock of fine bulbs 

 which we offer for immediate delivery at 

 the following unusually low prices: 



Selected bulbs $12.50 per 1000 



No. 1 bulbs 7.60 per 1000 



Gladiolus Amorlea 



Second size bulbs for cut flowers, tl.90 per 100; 

 tl7.00 per 1000. 



Cycas Stems 



The large-leaved variety 



2 to 6-lb. stems, 10c per lb.; $9.00 per 100 



lbs.; case of 300 lbs.. $25.00. 

 5 to 10-lb. stems, 10c per lb.; $8.50 per 100 



lbs.; case of 300 lbs., $24.00. 



WALTER P. STOKES, Seedsman, 



219 Market Stmt, PHUADELPHIA, PA. 



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PRIMROSE SEED 



CHINESE PRIMROSE, flnest grown, single 

 and double, mixed, 600 seeds, $1.00; 1000 

 seeds, $1.50; ^ pkt., 50c. Separate also. 



PRIMULA KEWENSIS. Sw*«t Yallow, 20c. 



PRIMULA MALACOIDES, QIant Baby. 20c. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA, N«wQiants.pkt.,50c. 



CALCEOLARIAS, finest giants: pkt.. 50c. 



CINERARIA, large flowering, dwarf, mixed, 

 1000 seeds. 50c; ^ pkt., 25c. Also Stellata. 



PANSY, QIant, flnest grown, critically selected, 

 6000 seeds, $1.00; ^ pkt., 50c. 



SMILAX, Naw Crop, fine, pkt.. 20c; oz., 40c. 



See our Classified ads of Solanums, Melvinii, 

 Smilax, Pansies, Moonvines, Eng. Ivy. 



CASH. Ubaral axtra count. 



JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



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Training for the Work. 



The examination of seed demands 

 long and wide experience, and it is for 

 this reason that something should be 

 done, in however small a way, at the 

 earliest possible moment. Given a grant 

 from the Development Fund for the es- 

 tablishment of a British station, it is 

 diflBcult to understand how the station 

 could be staffed, for it is scarcely prob- 

 able that there is anyone in Great Brit- 



TUBEROSES 



Clean, well cured Bulbs 



100 lOOO- 



Mammoth Double Pearl $1.00 $9.00- 



No. 2, Double Pearl 60 4 60- 



Begonia Bulbs 



— . Doz. 



Sinsia. Separate colors $0.40 



Sinsla. Mixed colors 30 



Doubla. Separate colors. 60 



Doublo. Mixed colors 50 



100 

 $2.50 

 225 

 4.00 

 3.75 



lOOO" 

 $22.00 

 20 00 

 35.00 

 33.00 



Gladiolus 



100 1000' 

 Prizo WInnor Mlxtura, specially 

 blended for florists $1.50 $1'200' 



Gloxinia Bulbs 



Mixed Colore. 



Doz. 100 



.$0.50 $3.00 



Caladium Bulbs 



__ Doz. 100 



Mammoth. 11 to 12 inch.... $1.35 $10.00 



FIret size. 9 to 11 inch 85 6 00 



Second Size. 7 to 9 inch ... .50 3 50 



Third Size. 5 to 7 Inch 30 2 00 



1000- 

 $27.50' 



1000' 



$92.50 



52.50 



30.00- 



16.00 



PEONIES 



Sweet-scented Chinese 



Doz. 100 



Double White Mixed $1.60 $8.00 



Double Red Mixed 1.25 7.00 



Double Pink Mixed 1.25 7.0O 



Johnson Seed Company 



217 Nirket St, PHUADELrHIA, PA. 



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CANNAS, CALADIUNS, TUBEROSES, 



Gladiolus, Lilium Giganteum, from cold 

 storaare; Lilium Rubrum,Auratum;Spi. 

 raea Gladstone and Japonica. Also a 

 full line of Florists* Supplies. 



WEITE FOR PRICES 



DRU.SrnNI 126-128 W. 6th Ave., 

 . AUJl/Uni, CINCINNATI, OHIO 



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BURNETT BROS. 



SEEDS :: BULBS :: PLANTS 

 72 Cortlandt St., NSW YORK CITT 



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