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The Florists' Review 



Max 8, 1913. 



variously stated as from 500 to 1,200 

 acres. 



Wherever possible, irrigation is now 

 resorted to. Sometimes the River Santa 

 Ynez is tapped for a supply; at other 

 places a slough serves the purpose, and, 

 last but by no means least, wells are 

 used. However, there are wells and 

 wells. The Burpee Floradale seed grow- 

 ing ranch has the deepest well so far 

 put into operation in the valley, and it 

 is far superior to a number of shallow 

 wells. The shallow wells frequently 

 yield a quality of water that is not at 

 all conducive to the well-being of plant 

 life, as the managers of the Burpee seed 

 farm found to their sorrow in 1911, 

 when large numbers of young plants 

 were positively killed by the use of 

 water taken from a well only seventy 

 feet deep. 



For nearly three months water was 

 hauled from a spring of pure water 

 three miles away, in order to sustain 

 the few plants which escaped death 

 from the water previously used, taken 

 from the shallow well found on the 

 farm when the Burpees began opera- 

 tions there. The 70-foot well is now 

 entirely abandoned and another 158-foot 

 well has been drilled to take its place, 

 but the well which so far has not been 

 tested to its full capacity is 312 feet 

 deep; it can be made to yield, with 

 little effort, 800 gallons per minute. So 

 far a gasoline engine has furnished the 

 motive power, but next week an electric 

 motor will be installed, which will de- 

 liver a much larger volume of water 

 than was formerly possible. The Flora- 

 dale well is so situated that it will 

 irrigate 200 acres with ease. 



Edwin Lonsdale. 



SEED TESTING IN ZUSICH. 



Some Instruments for Testing. 



Among the various methods adopted 

 in the examination of seed were two 

 which were new to me. It is well 

 known to farmers that one of the most 

 destructive parasites upon agricultural 

 plants is dodder, which grows upon 

 clover. Great attention has been paid 

 to the elimination of this plant from 

 clover fields as well as to the elimina- 

 tion of its seed, which finds its way 

 into samples of clover seed. Dr. Steb- 

 ler employs a diminutive water engine, 

 which agitates with some rapidity a 

 series of round trays placed one above 

 the other, each tray being perforated 

 with holes of sizes which are graded. 

 The seed to be tested is placed in the 

 uppermost tray, the dodder finding its 

 way through the holes and leaving the 

 clover seed behind. A new method 

 adopted in testing seeds which are par- 

 tially transparent is worthy of remark. 

 A hole some four inches in diameter is 

 cut in the center of the floor of a box 

 of a width of twenty to twenty-four 

 inches by eighteen inches high, and of 

 similar depth. The box, one side of 

 which is removed, is painted black 

 within. The seed is laid upon a glass 

 disk, which covers the hole referred to. 

 Eighteen inches below is a mirror re- 

 sembling that used with the microscope, 

 but considerably larger. By its aid a 

 ray of sunlight — or, in dull weather, the 

 light of a lamp — is directed on to the 

 seed from beneath, when, owing to its 

 transparency, it is recognized, however 

 heavily it may be adulterated. 



The flret part of this article, by a BrJtlBli writer, 

 deailnt; with need testlnar bv the Swiss trovcrnmcDt, 

 appoarod In The Review of May 1. 



GLADIOLI 



. . . . , 100 r,oob 



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



40,000 1%-1% 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, prizTe winner . .15.00 .... 



2,000 Pres. Taft, 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 rata. 



E. E. STEWART, Brooklyn, riv^*^%on. MIeh. 



M«>ntloii The RfTlew when yoo irrttf. 



GLADIOLI 



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MUM STOCK 



Rooted cuttings. Send for price list, in- 

 cluding Chad wick Supreme, $6 00 per 100. 



CRABB& HUNTER nORAL CO. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. . 



GLADIOLUS 



100 1000 



America, pink $3.00 $25.00 



Brenchleyensis 1 .40 1 2.00 



Good mixed 1.00 8.50 



PYRAMID BOX TREES Each 



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3^-foot, well shaped siK) 



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352 N. Michigan Ave.. CHICAGO 



NEW CROP 



As|Nira{os Plomosos Nanus 



Wisconsin 6r««nhonse Grown Seed 



Not to be compared with the inferior Oallfornla and 

 Florida outdoor grown seed. 



1000 seeds, $2.50; SOOO, tll.SS; 10,000, $2».00 



C ft HUNKEL CO., SecdimeB. Milwtikec, Wit . 



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 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pure Culture Nnshroom Spawn 



Snbstltatlon of cheaper grades is thus 

 easily exposed. Fresh sample brick, 

 ^^"^o,,^^ with Illustrated book, mailed pos^ld 

 ^p, cT^ "'y manufacturers upon receipt of 40 



^^"-^^0^^^ cents In postage. Address 



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Asparagns Plumosus Nanus Seed 



Fresh hand-picked, highest germination. 



Per 1000 12.26 



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 Catalogue of Best Quality 

 Seeds for Florists and 

 Commercial Growers. 



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ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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Gladiolus 



WI ARE THE ORIGINATORS 



A new Gladiolus, first time offered. 



No. 268. Vista, brilliant orange red. chrome 

 yellow throat, very large, broad petals and 

 beautifully frilled: a Urge, strong spike; finest 

 of its color. Per 100. $-20.00; tecond bize, $15.00. 



No. 481, 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. 



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 Mention The RstIsw when yon writs. 



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 SUPKRIOR M KRIT 



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Flowerfl«ld, Long Island, N. Y. 



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