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The IPlotisXs' Review 



May 15, 1913. 



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YOU NEED OUR CATALOGUE-A CARD WILL BRING IT 



LOOK US OVER 



The things offered are seaeonable; our stock Is right and so are our prices 



Asparasfus Plumosus Nanus Seed, greenhotiee 

 grown, $3.50 per ICOO; 5000 for $16.25. 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus Seed, lathhouse 

 grown, $2.00 per 1000; 5000 for $8.76. :,• 



Primula Obconica Gigantea Seed, separate 

 colors or mixed, 90c per 1000. 



Primula Chinensis Fimbriata Seed, 90c per 1000. 



Cineraria Hybrida Grandiflora and Semi- 

 dwarf Seed, 50c per trade packet. 



Cyclamen Seed, English strain, none better, in 

 separate colors (ready in August), $9.00 per 1000. 



Pansy Seed, giant flow;Qred, prize florist mixture, 

 as good a strain as can be obtained at the high- 

 est price, 50c per trade packet; $1.50 per }{ oz.; 

 $5.00 per oz. 



Mignonette Giant Excelsior, extra selected 

 strain from giant flowering spikes, ready for 

 delivery July 1. 'A oz., $1.0U; oz., $5.00. 



And wbJle on the subject of seasonable stock, how 

 about Begonia Gloire de Lorraine? Strong 

 2>4-inch, twice transplanted plants, at $15.00 

 per 100; $140.00 per 1000; 250 at 1000 rate. 



Snapdragon, the famous New England Silvery 



Pink, R. C, $2.00 per lOO; $18.00 per 1000. 



' 2%-inch plants, '$5 .'00 per 100; $45.00 per 1000. 



Fern Flats, all varieties, $2.00 per flat; 10 flats, 



$17.50. 

 Asparagus Plumosus Seedlings, $10.00 per 1000. 

 Poinsettias, 2^ -inch, ready in July and August, 



$5.00 per 100; $45.00 per 1000. 



LET US HEAR FROM YOU 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



1215 Betz Building 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The K^ylew when yoo write. . 



Caladlum Bulbs, 5 to 7 25c per dozen; $1.5yO 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, $0.85 per 100; $ 7.50 per 1000 



Gladiolus America 3.00 per 100; 25.00 per lOOO 



Gladiolus Augusta 2.00 per 100; 16.00 per lOOO 



Lillum Auratntn, 9/ll lO.OO per lOO; 90.00 per 1000 



LIIbI Oi IME V a Lb Lb El Cold storage Stock-Now ready for uM. 



Case of 250, $4.26; case of 500, $8.00; case of 1000, $15.00; original case of 2500. $35.75 



Sphagnum Moss, barlap baled, at $1.25 per bale. 



CDRRIE BROS. CO., '"S^rBSSl'Svi;?"" Mwaukec, Wii. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



It simply goes to show how diflSeult 

 it is for a seedsman to know, in every 

 case, just what he is selling. 



BELF-APPOINTED EEVISIONISTS. 



Robert Holmes, Norwich, the English 

 sweet pea raiser, does not agree with 

 the bulletin of Spencer sweet peas re- 

 cently sent out by Lester L. Morse, to 

 which reference has been made in this 

 column. In a letter to an English trade 

 paper Mr. Holmes prefaces a lengthy 

 criticism with: 



"The bulletin explains that after 

 visiting N. S. P. S. trials at Guildford, 

 and the growing seed crops of some 

 firms, Messrs. Lester L. Morse, Hugh 

 Dickson, Andrew Ireland, William Cuth- 

 bertson and Howard M. Earl consti- 

 tuted themselves a committee to draw 

 up a list of sweet peas 'that would in- 

 clude every distinct feature in the pres- 

 ent known category of varieties.' The 

 floral committee of the N. S. P. S. does 

 contain a modicum of disinterested ele- 

 ment in its constitution, but the self- 

 appointed committee of experts consists 

 of unadulterated self-interest, which 

 fact alone renders them incapable of 

 giving an unbiased judgment on the re- 

 spective merits of the numerous sweet 

 peas now in commerce. Although this 

 committee requires no credentials from 

 me, I wish to record my unqualified be- 

 lief in their integrity of purpose; in- 

 deed, I am certain they have been actu- 

 ated by only the best motive, but there 

 is a natural law, commonly called the 

 instinct of self-preservation, which is 

 inherent in the human race and beyond 

 self-control, which disqualifies them and, 

 in fact, makes them arch-incapables of 



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Bruns' celebrated CHICAGO MARKET BRAND. 



$18.00 per 1000; $9.50 per 500; $5.00 per 250 



Florists' Money Maker 



$16.00 per 1000: $8.50 per 500; $4.50 per 250 

 H. N. BRUNS, 30323042 W. M.di.on St.. CHICAGO 



Mention The Rerlew when yog writ*. 



judging new sweet peas, as the higher 

 their position as experts and raisers of 

 new sweet peas, the greater their dis- 

 ability to judge the introductions of 

 other raisers. The very atmosphere 



breathed at the time these special se- 

 lections were made, as well as the ^^' 

 vironment, was sufficient to warp the 

 judgment of even such doughty chaiD' 



pions, with the result that the reviS' 



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