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The Florists' Review 



JUMK 26. 191S. 



Stokes' Standard Paii^y Seed 



"STOKES' STANDARD" Mixed Pansy 



Is the finest strain of Giant Fansies it is possible to produce. 

 It is a blend of all that is finest in Pansies from France, 

 England and Germany. It is absolutely uni*ivaled in range 

 of magnificent colors, size and substance. 



Trade packet (2000 seeds), 50c; % oz., 75c; Va oz., $2.75; 

 1 oz., $5.00; 14 lb., $18.00. 



Bugnot's Superb Blotched. Enormous size and 



great substance, each petal blotched, running to Tr. Pkt. Ox. 



delicate veins at edge. .'. ..,....,...,. .$0.50 $4.00 



Cassier's Giant Blotched. Light in shade 40 3.50 



Odier Five-Blotched. Splendid for bedding 40 3.50 



Giant Trimardeau. Very large flowers 30 1.25 



Masterpiece. Eich colors and frilled edges 50 4.00 



Madame Penet. Wine abd red shades 40 2.50 



Orchid Flowered. Light shades with brown and 



yellow blotches, terra' cotta, flesh, orange, etc.; 



fine 50 4,00 



Parisian Stained. Light colored French mixture. .40 2.00 

 IinsU0bu.I>arge-J^owe&ig, ^ A fine mixture for bed- 



Fine Mixed. A good cheap mixture. ., 15 .50 



NAMED GIANT PANSIES Tr- Pkt. 



Giant Adonis -. i^i^- $0.35 



Aurora >^^. 50 



Emperor William . . ^-St-- ■ 35 



Fairy Queen ^^^'' ^^ 



Golden Queen Ji^K. ., 35 



King of the Blacks. . .^H 35 



Lord Beaconsfield . . . ^K--- 35 



Peacock JK 40 



President Camot . . . f^ 40 



Prince Henry 40 



Snow Queen 35 



Striped .'. .^ , 35 



White. With eye 35 



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• ' NAMED BEDDING PANSIES. Tr. Pkt. 



Azure Blue $0.25 



Black 25 



Bronze 25 



Emperor William 25 



Gold Margined 25 



Lord Beaconsfield 25 



Meteor 25 



Quadricolor 25 



Bed Victoria 25 



Snow Queen 25 



Striped and Mottled 25 



White. With eye 25 



Yellow. With eye 25 



Yellow. Pure 25 



Ox. 



$2.00 

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STOKES* SEED STORE, 



219 

 Market Street, 



Mwitlon The R«t1«w whMi jon wrlU. , 



Philadelpiiia, Pa. 



is irrigated seed, and the large part so 

 produced makes knowledge as to the 

 value of the seed so much the more im- 

 portant. [That many of the states are 

 working more or less along these lines 

 was shown by the speaker by extracts 

 from reports by agrostologists of a num- 

 ber of the western states. — Ed.] 



From the reports it will be noted that 

 little attention is given to any prejudice 

 against seed grown under irrigation, al- 

 though Dr. Parsons holds that for dry 

 farming seed grown under dry farming 

 conditions is the best. 



It was not my desire to make this 

 paper of much length, but a few 

 thoughts have been presented regarding 

 irrigated seed by our assistant manager 

 at Rocky Ford, Colo., H. D. Clute, who 

 has had considerable experience in 

 growing under irrigation, both in Colo- 

 rado and California. These ideas may 

 be of interest to some, and I present 

 them with some minor changes and omis- 

 sions. They apply more especially to 



vine seeds, such as cucumbers and mel- 

 ons^ than to field seeds. • ♦ " 



Mr. Clute 's Conclusions. 



"Every intelligent farmer knows that 

 the results of hii operations as a farmer 

 depend largely upon the selection of the 

 best variety and best quality of seed for 

 his local conditions. He may use seed 

 that has been produced in either the 

 rain belt or the irrigated regions, but it 

 has been claimed, and it is a fact be- 

 yond doubt, that the quality of seed pro- 

 duced in irrigated regions is more re- 

 liable than seed grown in the rain belt. 



"An experienced seed grower under 

 irrigation has an advantage over the 

 seed grower in the rain belt, for the 

 reason that he has entire control of the 

 amount of moisture applied to the land 

 where the plant is growing, and he can 

 apply the moisture when his judgment 

 and experience -show him that the plant 

 needs it to produce the best results. 



"All kinds of plants do not require 



the same amount of moisture. The dif- 

 ferent stages of their growth may re- 

 quire different amounts of water. This 

 applies to a stalky plant as well as to 

 a creeping plant or vine. And it is true 

 that at a time when one plant family 

 requires a considerable amount of mois- 

 ture, another plant family should have 

 but little to produce the best results. 



"The intelligent and experienced ir- 

 rigation seed grower has this matter of 

 moisture under his own control and ap- 

 plies the water to the various crops as' 

 they require it. He also has the ad- 

 vantage of being able to plant his seed 

 at the proper season, and if the ground 

 is not moist enough he immediately 

 makes small furrows close to the seed 

 rows and turns the water into the fur- 

 rows, letting it run until the ground is 

 moist enough to germinate the seed and 

 bring the plant up. After this early 

 irrigation the soft soil is thoroughly cul- 

 tivated to keep down the w^^s as well 

 as to prevent the evaporation of the 



