June 5, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



51 



FANCY LEAVED CALADIUMS 



A Rare Chance for this Season 



of the Year 



For nearly a month past we have been obliged to turn down all 

 orders for Fancy Leaved Caladiums, our stock being exhausted, although 

 we began the season with 30,000 bulbs, but our grower, when making his 

 plantings, found that he had reserved 5000 more bulbs than he could find 

 room for and we are now offering these in a splendid assortment of varie- 

 ties, many of them are new or rare sorts, at $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per 

 100; $140.00 per 1000. 



These bulbs are in prime condition and if potted up now will make 

 splendid plants for summer decorations. You can find nothing superior, 

 or that will stand better in your store window during the summer than 

 these beautifully colored Caladiums. 



Speak quick if you want them, as they are not 



likely to last long. 



HENRY A. DREER, Inc., 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



These prices are for the trade only. 



Mention The R«Tlew when jon write. 



BUSY TIME 



but it won't take you long to sow a few flats of Silver Pink Snapdragon seed. They 

 will be ready for potting after the rush is over and you soon will have a lot of nice 

 plants for fall and winter blossoms, with little effort and a very small expense. 



GROW SNAPDRAGON 



grow a good one and grow it well, remembering that my ORIQINAL SILVER PINK 



is the pioneer commercial variety and beads the list for color and habit of growth. 

 Nothing in sight to equal it. Price of seed, my own growing, $1.00 per pkt. of over 500 

 seeds; 3 pkts., $2.50, cash. Plenty of potted plants, July and August delivery. 



G. S. RAMSBURG, Somersworth, N. H. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



slowly, due more or less, we think, to 

 the heavy crops carried over by the 

 farmers. "We still have a month before 

 us on millets, cane and kaflSr corn and 

 expect to move considerable. — J. M. 

 Wiesel. 



Breck & Sons Co., Boston. 



We are pleased to say that our sea- 

 son is by no means at an end; we can 

 hardly say that we see the end ap- 

 proaching. We are much pleased with 

 the season 's business, and see no reason 

 why we should not have a fine business 

 in all lines during the months to come. 

 —Russell 0. Gardner. 



James Vick's Sons, Rochester. 



Our trade this winter and spring has 

 been excellent. It has been the most 

 unusual spring in a good many ways 



il ^e remember. Practically all our 

 cold weather has occurred since Feb- 

 ruary 1, and it is pretty nearly as cold 

 here today as it was part of the time 

 in January — the mean temperature for 

 the entire month of May is several de- 

 grees below the average. It has had 

 Its effect on our store trade and has 

 probably affected slightly the general 

 mail orders, but on the whole it has 



m? * "°^* satisfactory season. 



The cold weather has greatly hin- 

 dered operations on our seed farms. 



COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



ORDER NOW 



Bruns' celebrated CHICAGO MARKET BRAND 



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



Florists' Money Maker 



$16.00 per 1000: $8.60 per 500; $4.60 per 260 

 H. N. BRUNS, 3032.3042 W. Madi.on St.. CHICAGO 



Mention The Berlew whea y<w writ*. 



Preparing for just such an eventuality, 

 we sowed a good many more varieties 

 of onr aster seed in coldframes this 

 year than ever before and it was for- 

 tunate that we did so. Otherwise our 

 stock of aster plants would have been 

 extremely limited. As it is, we have a 

 good supply of early varieties, which 

 we are setting out when the weather 

 will permit. The late varieties are 

 growing slowly and unless favorable 

 conditions occur soon, we anticipate 

 that the yield will be relatively small 

 per plant. On the other hand, we are 

 planning for a larger acreage than ever 



before, since we expect to have about 

 sixty acres in asters this season. — 

 W. H. Dildine. 



Oscar H. WUl & Co., Bismarck, TH. D. 



We have had the best garden seed 

 season on record, the orders being more 

 numerous but not averaging so large. 

 The farm seed trade, however, with the 

 exception of Bromus inermis, has been 

 poor, owing in part to the abundant 

 crops last year, the State Agricultural 

 College acting as a clearing house for 

 the farmers, and the constant shouting 

 to them to grow their own seeds. With 



