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DWARF DOUBLE PEARL 



TUBEROSES 



$1.00 per 100; .,. $8.5a per 1000 



, ,^. Special quotatton on 5000 bulbs. ^ 



;/ Begonia Bulbs 



Doz. 100 1000 



Slncl*' Separate colors $0.40 $2 .25 $20.00 



SIncls. Mixed colors 30 2 00 18 00 



, . Deubl*. Mixed colon 50 3.75 33 00 



i4..'1l':''- 'ri Gladiolus 



100, 1000 

 Prix* Winner Mixture, specially 

 blended for tlorists $1.50 $12.00 



,; Gloxinia Bulbs 



Doz. 100 

 Mixed Colors $0.50 $2.75 



PEONIES 



Sweet-8c«i|ted Chinese 



Doz. 100 



Double White Mixed $1.50 $8.00 



Double Red Mixed 1.25 7.00 



Double Pink Mixed...., 1.25 7.00 



Johnson 



217 Narket St., rnLADELTBU, PA. 



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Proportion of Qqod and Bad. 



ThJb importance ■ 6t controlling the 

 purity and germinati'ng power of seed 

 may be illustrated; by reference to a 

 few varieties amppg' the grasses which 

 are iftmplqyed Tj^fth great freedom by 

 farmers in all .parts of this country. 

 The average value of Italian rye grass 

 ' on tl\e basis of the Zurich work durinij 

 ; the last thirty-six years is ninety-five 

 ", per cent for purity and eighty per cent 

 i^^ioi*- germination; this gives seventy-six 

 per; cent of good seed. The figure may 

 sutpriee the reader, but if every farmer 

 Were able to ensure three grass seeds 

 out of four being perfect he would 

 have good reason to be satisfied. Let 

 us see, however, what last year's exam- 

 ination tells us. The average percent- 

 age of purity was ninety-one and of 

 germination seventy-four, while the 

 highest per cent of purity was ninety- 

 nine and four-fifths and of germination 

 ninety-seven, both being exceptional 

 figures. The lowest, however, was six- 

 teen per cent for purity and three per 

 cent for germination, so that of sixteen 

 pure seeds in every hundred only three 

 would grow — and of such instances there 

 are many. 



Four Good Seeds in a Hundred. 



English rye grass was in one case 

 only forty-five per cent pure, with ten 

 per cent germination; in other words, 

 only four seeds were good out of every 

 hundred. Cocksfoot, which should ap- 

 proximate to 100 in each case, gave in 

 one instance fifteen per cent pure and 

 forty-five per cent for germination, or 

 about seven good seeds per hundred. 

 The well-known foxtail, among the best 

 of our grasses, which should show sev- 

 enty-five per cent pure and sixty-nine 

 per cent for germination — for it does 

 not stand in the front rank in either 

 respect — gave in one case fourteen per 



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Caladium Bulbs, 5 to 7 25c per dozen; $1.50 per 100 



** •* 7 to 9 50c per dozen ; 2.75 per 100 



" . *• 9 to 11 85c per dozen; 6.00 per 100 



Tuberoses— Excelsior Pearl, $1.00 per 100; $ 8.50 per 1000 



Gladiolus America 3.00 per 100; 25.00 per 1000 



Gladiolus Augusta 2.00 per 100; 16.00 per 1000 



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Case of 260. $4.25; case of 500, $8.00; case of 1000, $16.00; original case of 2500, $36.75 



Sphasnum Moos, burlap baled, at $1.35 per bale. 



CDRRIE BROS. CO., 



108 WISCONSIN STREET 

 312 BROADWAY 



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Nilwaukee, Wis. 



COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



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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 600; $4.50 per 260 

 H. N. BRUNS, 3032-3042 W MadUon St.. CHICAGO 



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The MBITBB Green 



SILKALINE 



Used by Etetail Florists for mossinjr funeral 

 deslirns, tying bunches, etc., is 



THE ONLY ARTICLE THAT SHOULD BE USED 



I by Growers for strintring Smllax and Aspararos, at 

 I it will not fade or rot in the srreenhouse. The Moyor 

 Sllkalino was the first grreen thread to be introduced 

 among Florists and Qrowers. It is bandied by the 

 ' best houses everywhere, but it should be ordered by 

 name— Moyor'a Silkaline— to be sure of getting the 

 genuine article. Do not accept substitutes. 



If your jobber cannot supply you, order direct of 

 tbe manufacturers. Price for any size or color, $1.25 

 per lb. Sizes "F"flne,"FF"medIum, and "FFF"coar8e 



JOHN C. NEYER & CO., i498*MkidiMM"st.p LOWELL, HASS. 



Siikaliie iIm is tuit ii all leadiic calers, is YMct, for baachiif violets, tat also for tyiac faKy^boMa. 



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 SiHuiaa aad fiat Mara Tbreai aad Lasa Waari 



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JOHN C.MEYER & CO. 



BOSTON. M^5S. 



cent for purity and twenty-two per 

 cent for germination, or some three 

 good seeds per hundred. Among meadow 

 fescue, sheep's fescue, red fescue and 

 some other varieties of grass used by 

 English farmers there were several 

 which gave extremely low percentages of 

 purity, while the pure seeds all failed to 

 germinate. Of a list of thirty leading 

 grasses, in no less than twelve cases 

 there were samples in which practically 

 every seed was worthless, owing chiefly 

 to failure in germination. These re- 

 marks do not apply in the same degree 

 to the clovers, although there are many 

 cases — and this happens every year — in 

 which numbers of samples show a low 

 germination percentage. 



Not Exactly Encouraging. 



There is one feature in this question 

 which deserves special comment. The 

 advance or retrogression of the purity 

 and value of seeds is shown specially in 

 a table which Dr. Stebler has prepared. 

 Thus, with regard to the clovers, there 

 was a much larger number of cases 

 which showed a diminution of quality 

 than of those in which there was an 

 improvement — and this especially ap- 

 plies to the grasses. Here improvement 



Mpntinn Th^ ReTte# when yon write. 



was shown in purity in five instances 

 only, and in germination in seven in- 

 stances only out of thirty varieties. 

 Thus, in spite of all the efforts of grow- 

 ers amd of those seedsmen who are de- 

 voting special attention to the improve- 

 ment of seed,, .there is practically a 

 retrogression, and, if for no other rea- 

 son, it is of the greatest moment that 

 an official system of control should be 

 established in this country. 



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