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The Florists' Review 



Mat 1, 1913. 



m Bulbs, 5 to 7 85c per dozen; $1.75 per lOO 



*• 7 to 9 50c per dozen ; 8 60 per 100 



•• 9 to 11 85c per dozen; 6.00 per 100 



Tuberoses— Excelsior Pearl. .$1.00 per 100; $9 00 per 1000 



ain whose training can compare with 

 that of the assistants employed at 

 Zurich, however carefully students may 

 have studied the subject. During a 

 visit which I paid to the Swiss station 

 Dr. Stebler — who is still the director, 

 and author of a classic work upon 

 grasses and forage crops — in answer to 

 a question which I put to him as to 

 the extent of the experience required 

 before his assistants were competent, 

 mentioned twenty years. "Which 

 means," I rejoined, "that it practically 

 takes a lifetime?" to which he agreed. 

 While watching a lady assistant exam- 

 ining a sample, seed by seed, I was 

 amazed to notice how easily she sep- 

 arated the impure from the pure seeds. 

 This lady has been ten years at the 

 work and had still much to learn — a 

 fact which can be realized after the 

 examination of the hundreds of sam- 

 ples of cultivated and weed seeds which 

 are shown in Dr. Stebler 's collection, 

 large numbers of the one being prac- 

 tically identical with those of the other 

 to the non-observant and unskilled eye. 



Diseased Plants Also Examined. 



Since my last visit to Dr. Stebler, 

 some ten years ago, he has added to his 

 program the examination of diseased 

 plants. A special assistant — whom I 

 was able to see at his work — is em- 

 ployed for the purpose. I am aware 

 that a great deal of assistance is af- 

 forded to farmers by the officials of 

 our agricultural colleges, but with all 

 respect to the capacity of men who are 

 required to know something of many 

 subjects, it is impossible to expect those 

 who are engaged in general agricultural 

 instruction to be specialists either in 

 seed examination or in the physiology 

 of plants and their diseases. Seed ex- 

 amination not only demands scientific 

 knowledge, but iong experience in the 

 differentiation of varieties and, to a 

 smaller extent, in the methods of ger- 

 mination. 



As a rule the seeds tested tor ger- 

 mination are placed in white saucers 

 made of China clay, and covered with 

 glass disks. Each sample is tested in 

 duplicate, 200 seeds in each case, and 

 placed in a special germinating cup 

 board, the temperature of which is con- 

 trolled. Thus, in one of these recep- 

 tacles was a large number of saucers 

 in which the seeds were growing, the 

 temperature varying in June from 68 

 to 83 degrees betweeti night and morn- 

 ing. 



CATALOGUES BECEIVED. 



Martin Kohankie, Painesville, O., 

 nursery stock and field-grown plants; 

 Felix & Dykhuis, Boskoop, Holland, 

 wholesale nursery list, list of peonies 

 and other plants, "F. & D. Nursery 

 Code" and circular on "How to Force 

 Lilac" and "How to Force Rhododen- 

 drons"; C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwau- 

 kee, Wis., list of bulbs, chrysanthe- 

 mums, rambler roses, hydrangeas and 

 other plants; John C. Moninger Co., 

 Chicago, HI., the Moninger boiler; 

 Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J., 

 wholesale list of flowering, decorative 

 and vegetable plants. 



Jackson, Tenn.— F. A. ^ynj^e, florist 

 at the Metcalife greenb<[u8e9» in this 

 city, has been doing surgical work on 

 several of the trees in Court Square, 

 in an effort to save them. He has been 

 assisted in the work by his two sons, 

 Harry and Horace Byrne. 





aiANT PORCINa 



Cold Storage Stock— Now ready for use. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



Case of 250. $4.25; case of 600, $8.00; case of 1000, $16.00; original case of 2500, $36.76 

 Sphasnum Moss, burlap baled, at;|1.35 per bale. 



CDRRIE BROS. CO., "" 3^?SSSl'Sw^;?=" MJlwaiikee, Wis. 



COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



ORDER NOW FOR JUNE WEDDINGS 



Bruns' celebrated CHICAGO MARKET BRAND 



$18.00 per 1000; $9.50 per 600; $5.00 per 250 



Florists' Money Maker 



$16.00 per 1000: $8.60 per 500; $4.60 per 250 

 H. N. BRUNS, 30323042 W. M.dUon St.. CHICAGO 



Kentlon The Berlew when yoD wr1t». 



Gladiolus 



WK ARE THE ORIttlNATORS 



A new Gladiolus, first time offered. 



No. 268, Vista, brilliant orange red, chrome 



yellow throat, vnry large, broad petals and 



beautifully frilled: a Urgre, strong spike; finest 



of its color. Per 100. $-20.00; second size, $15.00. 



No. 451, Fair MaM. This is one of the finest 

 varieties ever offered, light lavender, broad 

 open flower, fine straight spike, $10.00 per 100. 



Fancy MIxtura, at $6 50 per 1000. This is one 

 of our best mixtures. 



Gladioli Specialty Association 



HAMPTON, VA. 



Mention The gcTlew when yon write. 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus Seed 



Fresh hand-picked, highest germination. 



Per 1000 $2.26 



6.000 to 10,000, at 2 00 



10,000 to 25 000, at 1.76 



26,000 and over, at 1.60 



Drake Point Greenhouses,^^mDA 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



FLORISTS' FLOWER SEEDS 



CROP1S12 Tr. H 



Vlnea Rosea. Alba pura, each $0.20 



Begonia Vernon 40 



Begonia Erfordil JSO 



Salvia Bonfire 00 



AntlrrhlDUDa Olaat FIrd.. lep. color* 20 



oz. 

 $0.80 



2.00 

 .60 



WaaKav SL lUn S>cd Mirehaatt 114 Chanben St. 



neeoer a uin, ^ sra«tr< ww toik em 



Watch for oar Trade Blark Stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pure Caltiire Nukrom Spawn 



Snbatltatlon of cheaper grades Is thos 

 easily exposed. Fresh sample brick, 

 ^^''^s^ with IDnstrated book, mailed postpaid 

 ^p, C?^ by manufacturers upon reoeipt of 40 



^^''^,^1''^^ cents In poMage. Address 



Trade Mark. Aacricu Sf&M Co., SL Paul/Mm. 



n A MAI I America Plsatinic Stock. 

 ULAMULl strong, plump bulbs of best quality. 

 Write for closing out price on small 

 surplus. 



A. IL AUSTIN CO.. Wiyland, Oli« 



GLADIOLI 



.'jO.OOO choicest large-flowerlng mixture of 

 Flowering varieties, including many of the 

 newer kinds (Childsii, Groff's Hybrids, Exqui- 

 site, Pink shades), making a superb florists' 

 cut flower mixture, $6.00 per 1000. 



MUM STOCK 



Rooted cuttings. Send for price list, in- 

 cluding Chadwick Supreme, $6 00 per 100. 



CRABB& HUNTER FLORAL CO. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



GLADIOLUS 



100 1000 



America, pink $ J.iK) $25.00 



Brenchleyensis 1 .40 J 2.00 



Good mixed 1.00 8.60 



PYRAMID BOX TREES Each 



3-foot, well shaped $2.50 



3^2-foot, well shaped 3.60 



A. HENDERSON & CO. 



352 N. Michigan Aye.. CHICAGO 



Asparag 



NEW CROP 



HS riomosos Naniis 



Wisconaln Or««nhonii« Grown 8«ed 



Not to be compared with the inferior Oallfornia and 

 Florida outdoor grown seed. 



1000 seeds, $8.00: 6«00. $11.85; 10.000. $23.00 



G. H. HUNKEL CO., Seeteei, Nihriikee, Wb. 



Chllds' Gladioli 



are noted the world oyer for 

 SUPKRIdR MtlllT 



JOHN LEWISCHILDS 



now«rffl»M, Lows Island, N. Y. 



