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The Florists^ Review 



JONB 26, 1913. 



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The KENILWORTH Giant Pansy 



seeds are all grown by myself and are offered in the follow- 

 ing mixtures and separate -colors: 



KENILWORTH STRAIN-The flowers are of perfect 

 form and substance: many of the immense flowers are from 

 3i<2 to 4 iQ(^e8; -it is a striking -oeyAc^n of beautiful colors 

 and markings, rich with shades of led, i»'9«e9. bronset, jua- 

 hogany and many others too immemoB to mentiim. 



KENILWORTH SHOW-^An «|*ai 4iie Slmcm«f Jaise 

 ftnran; ^fl»ianBense Itiftlmn anof 



KENILWORTH XXft 



tinct class -by Itself, surpassing 'all other Btra h a <w m 

 flower or lor oxJiflntion pBrpo8e& forJnside or tmiside ^TWf- 

 iflg; thft ittSe vflMBon .af« vcarried erect above t^e folmge en 

 haarf stnns. Tia^&inehtmiong^fik tfaB^|oiar^eraeeful jaamaer, 

 and stand the hot, liry weather well. ^~ 



^■' MASnSPB£BEr-*-iK xieima7kalMft:4lt3ie; tha t»rled/ wavpr 

 r'natala isTfng ]^b#owara!4oiablea{)i;>aaaaiice. itA-tacgeiviras 

 of Rreat substance, on long, strong stems, and •rts-i&Uit^'to 

 stand the hot, dry weather makes it a great favorite for cut 

 flowers. 



ORCHID FLOWERED. Mixed-A dwarf free bloomer 

 with a range of delicate colors that do not exist in any 

 other pansies. a remarkable combiqation of light rose, 

 shell pink, blush mauve, fawn, light brown, orange 

 and chamois. 



BRONZE~A fine mixture of velvety brown 

 bronze, Havana brown, copper and other shades. 



ZEBRA— Very showy striped on lilac, 

 bronze and other ground colors. 



IkiEill/ CCm IU/^117 DCAnV All sorts or mixtures, $6.60 per oz.; S1.26 per ^ oz.: trade packet of lOOQ seeds, 

 nCi VV aCXiU ni^ W I\Ili/\.Lr I — 2»c; any 5 pkts.. $1.00; any 11 pkts.. $2.00. QIant Flowerlnjr In separate colors. _, 



AdoatiB— Beautlfal Itffht bine with yellowish white face, larsre dark blotch, liord BeaconsfMd— Deep purple Tlolet, 

 upper petals shadlnur to wblte. Yelluw— Pure grolden yellow. Yellow— Dark eye, dark center. Knperor ^'11- 

 luini— Splendid nltra-marine blue wltb parple violet eye. Parple— Very deep rich purple. Psyche-*Beaut(ful ruf- 

 fled violet with white margin. White— Larfre ttatlny white. White— Dark eye, violet center. Dark Blue— Immense 

 8lz«, velvety tt>xture. Licht Blue — Lovely sky blue. Black— Almost cual black. Bed— Rlcb red shades. 



The above 14 sorts mixed In equal proportions if required. 



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Mlxtarejl-^enllworth Medium. Kenllworth Light, Kenilworth Dark, 

 Kentlworth Show, Kenllworth Cut Flower, Masterpiece, Orchid, Bronze, 

 Mme. P©ire^.;,_.- 



RAINSOW is a mixture of the most beaiUlful, gorg-itius colon. 

 blotehed, veined, marfftned. etc. With every $1 .00 worth of Pansy iieed 

 I will send 1000 seeds of Rainbow^reo and with other amounts ia like 

 proportion. 



PANSY 



JOHNSON'S PRIZE WINNER 



PANSY 



Trade packet (2000 aeeds). : 



THE BEST aiANT STRAIN OBTAINABLE. 



.50c 5000 seeds $1.00 Per ounce. 



Send for oor complete PANSY LIST. 



.$5.00 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY, 



217 Market Street, PHIUDELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



moisture. A thorough knowledge of thp 

 needs of the crop enables the grower to 

 watch closely the condition of the soil 

 and the plant and give it moisture 

 enough to keep the plant in a healthy 

 Rowing condition. Excessive moisture 

 is more detrimental to many ptants 

 grown for seed than a slight lack of 

 moisture. Plants require more water 

 when the fruit is setting and during its 

 growth than it does at other stages of 

 jtslife. At this time the long days of 

 flunshine play an important part in forc- 

 ing the plant as well as the fruit to per- 

 fection. 



' ' As the season advances and the seed 

 begins to mature it depends upon the 

 knowledge of the seed grower to secure 

 the best conditions for the perfect de- 

 velopment of the seed by furnishing 

 just the right- amount of water for the 

 plant to grow a plump seed of strong 

 vitality. Excessive moisture at this 

 time is serious and will cause the seed 

 to shrivel when cured and have weak 

 .germinating power. 



"After the seed is matured and har- 

 vest completed, we find again that our 

 •cloudless skies play an important part 



in curing seed to perfection. It is im- 

 portant in thoroughly curing seed with 

 its natural color, to have the curing proc- 

 ess regular and not disturbed by wet 

 weather, which often injures the seed 

 and has a tendency to change its color 

 and injure its germinating quality. 



"But to go back again to the irriga- 

 tion of the growing plant: When the 

 necessary moisture for the proper growth 

 of the plant is furnished by irrigation, 

 the water percolates through the soil to 

 the roots of the plant and does not 

 touch the stem or foliage. In arid re- 

 gions, where irrigation is the method of 

 furnishing moisture, there has not been 

 mueh trouble from the plant pest called 

 aphis, and in some irrigated sections 

 the aphis is entirely unknown. I do not 

 claim that the aphis is unknown in all 

 irrigated sections, as they are known in 

 some of the lower districts along the 

 coast, where they have excessive fogs, 

 but in the higher altitudes, such as the 

 Arkansas valley in Colorado, where fog 

 is unknown and the air dry, the aphis 

 is almost unknown, as it is impossible 

 for it to breed. 



' ' The seed from higher irrigation dis- 



tricts costs more money per given quan- 

 tity to produce than seed from some 

 other districts, but as the result of our 

 farming operations depends so largely 

 upon the quality of the seed furnished, 

 and the quality and germinating power 

 of irrigation-grown seed are so mani- 

 festly superior, I believe it is always a 

 good investment to get the seed, even 

 at a much higher price." 



The above extracts represent the opin- 

 ion of a practical man, who has grown 

 seed under irrigation for a long time, 

 and without doubt his conclusions are 

 correct for some seasons, and yet, prac- 

 tical experience has shown the writer 

 that the very highest quality of seed can 

 be produced in the rain districts as well 

 as under irrigation. The chief advan- 

 tage of irrigation, in my judgment, 

 is its more uniform and dependable 

 results, failures oceurring less often than 

 in the rain districts, the seed being of 

 equal quality. 



Newport, Ky.— The Edwards Floral 

 Co. is the name of the firm formerly 

 known as Edwards & Co., 527 York 

 street. 



