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The Florists' Review 



December 12, 1912. 



Florists will be interested in our 

 unusually comprehensive selec- 

 tion of high class seeds this year. 



IVhoUsale Price List 

 Ready in January. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



1 10 years in busituss in New York City 

 33 Barclay Street - - New York 



Mention The RctIcw when yon write. 



nient. The swather, which is attached 

 to and behind the sickle bar, rolls the 

 vetch in a swath to the outside and 

 leaves the way clear to cut the next 

 swath. 



"Whatever method is used in cut- 

 ting, the vetch is put at once into 

 shocks and remains there till thrashed. 

 The most important rule in the growing 

 of vetch seed is to handle the crop 

 rapidly and as little as possible when 

 cut. 



' ' Common vetch varies considerably 

 in the yield of seed to the acre. Five 

 bushels is considered a low yield, and 

 twenty to twenty-five-bushel yields are 

 near the maximum. The average acre 

 yieJd is probably from ten to twelve 

 bushels. 



' ' Vetch is thrashed with an ordinary 

 thrashing machine, but in order to re- 

 duce to a minimum the cracking of the 

 seed, it is necessary to remove most of 

 the concave teeth. Common vetch 

 thrashes slowly and consequently the 

 expense is high, usually 20 to 2.5 cents 

 a bushel, the cost being about the same 

 whether the vetch is thrashed by the 

 bushel or the thrashing machine is 

 hired bv the dav. " 



VALLEY PIPS. 



The following consignments of lily 



of the valley pij)s arrived at New York 



December .3 on the boat from Hamburg: 



Ciiiisijtiicc, Cases. 



-Maltns A: Wine I(l2 



Elliott. W.. A: Sons Iti 



Weeber & I>oii 2!t 



Loec'hner & Co 104 



.McHutchlsoii & Co 272 



Thorburu. J. M.. & Co .•{- 



Darrow, H. F 18!) 



Lunbam & .Mi>or<' 'i'Wt 



Hempstrad. O. (J.. & Son 20 



Vamlegrlft. K. H.. & Co 17 



To order 25 



Total 1,147 



Previonsl.v n-ported / • • ■ ••'•1^1 



Total to date l. <J..".2S 



SEED ADVEBTISINQ. 



Advertising is like a good many other 

 affairs of business life in that it is 

 likely to become habitual — and habits 

 are not easily broken. 



But a considerable number of the 

 mail order seed houses, standing be- 

 tween the devil of increased cost of 

 business living and the deep sea of 

 higher prices of seeds, confronted with 

 the necessity of getting better action 

 on their money, have found one of the 

 big leaks in the advertising account. 

 Advertising was being placed with pub- 

 lications simply because it had been so 

 placed for .years, without regard for 

 changed conditions, and catalogues were 

 being mailed to a constantly increasing 



XXX SEEDS 



AI/YSSUM SNOWDBIFT, finest dwarf, very 



compact, fine for pota, pkt., 20c. 

 BROWAL.LIA, Mew Giant Blue, pkt., 20c. 

 CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM, flnest glantB 



mixed, 250 eeeds, $1.00; ^ pkt., 50c. 

 CHINESE PRIMROSE, flnest grown, single 



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



seeds, $1.50; % pkt., 50c. 

 CINERARIA, large-flowering, dwarf, mixed, 



1000 seeds, 50c; % pkt., 25c. 

 COX.EUS, New Hybrids, Best New Giants, 



fine colors, grand, pkt., 20c. 

 CANDYTUFT, New Giant, fine, pkt., 20c. 

 COLUMBINE. New Vara., flne, pkt., 20c. 

 COBAEA Scandens, extra blue, pkt., 20c. 

 HELIOTROPE, Finest Mixed, pkt., 20c. 

 LOBELIA, Biue Bali, New Dwarf, dark blue, 



flnest of all Lobelias, pkt., 20c. 

 PANSY, GIANT, flnest grown, critically 



selected, 6000 seeds, $1.00; % pkt., 50c. 

 PETUNIA, New Star, Finest Marked, choice, 



pkt., 20c. 

 PETUNIA, Giant Singles Fringed, extra 



large and flne, pkt., 20c. 

 PETUNIA, Giant Double Fringed, extra fine, 



the best Improved vara., pkt., 50c. 

 PHLOX DRUMMONDI, Cincere, New Dwarf, 



grand, flnest colors, pkt., 20c. 

 PRIMULA MALACOIDES, Giant Baby, pkt., 



20c. 

 PRIMULA OB CON ICA, New Giants, pkt., !iOc. 

 SALVIA BONFIRE, best grown. Brilliant 



Scarlet, compact, large pkt., 20c. 

 SNAPDRAGON, Giant White, Pink or Yel- 

 low, separate or mixed, pkt., 20c. 

 SMILAX, New Crop, flne, pkt., 20c., oz. 40c. 

 SHAMROCK, Irish Green, true, pkt., 20c. 

 THUNBERGIA, Mixed, (Black-Eyed Susan), 



flne, pkt., 20c. 

 TORENIA FOURNIERI, New Giant, extra 



flne and showy, pkt., 20c. 

 VERBENA, New Giants, flnest grown, mixed, 



or separate colors, in purple, white, scar- 

 let, pink, striped and white eyed, each per 



pkt, 20c. 



CASH. Liberal Extra Count 



JOHN F. RUPP,»'""™SJ.«"'«"' 



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ASK FOR 



My Original Winter and 



Late Florists' Sweet 



Pea List. 



ANT. C. ZVOLANEK 



BOUND BROOK, I^EW JERSEY 



or to my Sweet Pea Ranch, 

 LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA 





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Surplus Bulb Bargains! 



100 1000 



Hyacinths, all colors $ 1.75 $15.90 



Tulips, La Reine, selected, .60 5.00 



Narcissus, Grandis 60 5.00 



Narcissus, Princeps 60 5.00 



Narcissus, Incomparable, .60 5.00 



Lilium Giganteum, 7-9. . 6.50 55.00 



LiliumGigaateum,9-10. 12.00 100.00 



Q. H. HUNKEL CO., Seedsmen 

 MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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Unrlraled for sise of flower, parity of color and 

 highest development. They represent the b«flt 

 specialists lutye so far produoed. Seeds and plants 



J. L. SCHILLER, Toledo, O. 



Mention The Berlew when 70a write. 



Alwmys mention the norlato* Rerfttv 

 wh«n wrltinc •dT«rtls« 



