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The Florists^ Review 



NOVEMBEB 14, 1912. 



JAPANESE SEED 



Ulb. hi\b. Per lb. 



Climbing Cucumber 60c 'JOc $l.M 



.Sakurajima Mammoth Kactlsh 40c 'lOc 1.20 



Ncrlma Lonsr lladish ..25c 40c ,70 



KonanTurnlp 45c 80c 1.30 



Money Ortlor, please. Postage paid. 



M. MIMAKI 



NakanomachI, Tokyo-Fuka, Japan 



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PEAS CROP 1912 



Our Hlsh-class Stocks 



When you are buying, please apply to 



W. W. JOHNSON ft SON. Ltd., 12;?"' 



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will be abundant, but there will be the 

 usual variation in quality. 



Dutch bulbs are well cleaned up; the 

 sale lias been excellent. 



The Aster seed growers at Eochester, 

 .N. Y., say that the yield thus far has 

 come up to their expectations. 



Thomas W. Chisholm, of the Braslan 

 Seed Growers' Co., left San Jose Novem- 

 ber 10 for the east. 



J. W. Edmundson, manager of the 

 California Seed Growers' Association, 

 San Jose, has gone on east from Chicago. 



G. W. Kerb, with Burpee & Co., has 

 news of the death of his brother, James, 

 in New Zealand. The two formerly were 

 in business together in Dumfries, Scot- 

 land. 



R. W. Gill, of the Gill Bros. Seed 

 Co., Portland, Ore., delivered an interest- 

 ing address at a recent meeting of the 

 Lane County Horticultural Society, at 

 Eugene, Ore. 



The new seed warehouse of Noble 

 T5ros., Gibson City, 111., is completed. 

 Henry and William Noble, who compose 

 the firm of Noble Bros., make their resi- 

 dence in Foosland, 111. 



The Rahe Seed Co., of Cincinnati, O., 

 has been incorporated, with a capital of 

 $5,000. The incorporators are Wm. J. 

 Rahe, Harry H. Peters, Alfred Peters, 

 Wm. L. Miller and Chester S. Shook. 



Mrs. C. p. Braslan and Dr. and Mrs. 

 E. O. Pieper entertained about 100 

 guests, including the employees of the 

 Braslan Seed (J rowers Co., at a Hal- 

 lowe'en dance party at the Fair Oaks 

 ranch. 



A SEED-TESTIXG laboratory for the 

 benefit of Missouri seedsmen and farm- 

 ers is being conducted at the Agricultural 

 College at Columbia, Mo., in cooperation 

 with the United States Department of 

 Agriculture. The tests of seeds are 

 made free. 



Ix the twenty-fourth annual report of 

 the Massadiusetts Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, just received, there are 

 some papers of special interest to the 

 seed trade, including "Heredity, Correla- 

 tion and Variation in Garden Peas, " by 

 J. K. Shaw; "Seed Work for the Year 

 1911," by G. K. Stone; "Types of Corn 

 Best Suited to .Massachusetts," etc. 



Evidently Knglisli seedsmen have 

 much the same troubles as those on this 

 side of the pond, for a well-known South- 

 ampton concern recently asked its em- 

 ployees to sign an agreement not to en- 

 gage in a business of a similar character 

 within thirty miles of Southampton for 



Hjalmar Hartmanii 6c Co., Copenhagen, Denmirk. 



Seed Growers for tbe Wholesale Trade 

 Cauliflower, Cabbage and Root Seed. 



Copenlutgrea Biarket Cabbac* 



Prices and Descriptive List on Application. 

 LOECHNER & CO., 11 Warren St., New York 



Sole Agents for the U. S. and Canada. 

 MentloB Tbe RvtIow wb*« rtm writ* 



TEOB TRADB- 



HENRY METTE, Quedlinbui^, Gemany 



^^"■""^^^^^ (Established in 1787) 



G(row*r and ISzportar on tlie vary larcaat aoala of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Spaolaltlast Baans, Beett. Cabbaaes, Carrots, Kohl-Babi. Leeks, Lettuces. Onions, 

 Paaa, Radlslias, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Aatars, Balsams. Begonias, Carnations, 

 Cinerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspurs, Nasturtiums. Panslas, Petunias. Phlox, Primulas. Scabious. 

 Btooks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application, 



HKNRT mTTK'S TRIUBfFH OF THK GIAHT PAHSISS (mixed), the most per- 

 fect and most beautiful In tbe world, $6.00 per oz. ; $1.75 per H oz. ; $1.00 per ^ oz Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are errown under my personal superrision on my own vast arounds, 

 and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality. X also 

 grow largaly seads on oontraot. 



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VAN GRIEKEN'S BULBS 



SOUND AND 

 WELL SELECTED 



Hlch-arada Hyacinths, Tulips, Narclaaus, 

 Crocus, ate. Writa for Catalosua. 



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LEO VAN GRIEKEN, Liist, Billaiid 



O. & Th. De Raeve 



Chaussee d'Anvers 313-462 

 Mont St. Amand, Ghent, Belgium 



Orowers and Exporters of 

 Azalea Indica and Mollis, Rhododendrons, 

 Bay;Tree8, Araucaria, Kentla, Beeonia, etc. 



Special prices apon request. 

 MtntlOB The B«vlew whra yoa writ*. 



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CAULIFLOWER. CABBAGES etc. 



"WlBOLTT 



NAKSKOVi 



Mtmtlon Tb« Berifw wh»n yon wiit>. 



14 Qold and 16 Silver Medals In 4 

 years for 



DELPHINIUMS 



Largest collection in Europe. 100,000 plants ready 

 to sell. Also seed of same. Lists free. 



PERRY'S HARDY PLANT FARM 



Knflald, Mlddlaaax. Ensland 



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a period of two years after leaving their 

 employ, and proposed that one month's 

 notice should be given on either side. 

 It was further stipulated that no man 



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Gennan Stock Seeds 



A GRAND SPECIALTY 



Price list on appllcatfoa 



fMJl TQCHBt, Striegau, Genmny 



OUast Spaolal Honsa 



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could leave the firm 's service between the 

 months of January and May, inclusive. 

 Six employees who refused to sign were, 

 it is stated, paid off, whereupon the other 



