. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Mention the American Florist when writing SEASONABLE STOCK Primula Sinensis, in colors, strong plants, $ per IOC; $25 00 per lOOO' Primula Obconica Gigantea (Arendsii) Fine Hybrids in new mixture and named colors. $ per 10-inch pot plants, $ per 100. THE STORRS £c HARRISON CO. Painesville, Ohio. A. N. PiersoD, Inc. Wholesale Florists CROMWELL, - CONN. fill it up half-full of rocks, and then that we should need to wet it down each night and morn and keep it good and hot, and see that every grain of oorn


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Mention the American Florist when writing SEASONABLE STOCK Primula Sinensis, in colors, strong plants, $ per IOC; $25 00 per lOOO' Primula Obconica Gigantea (Arendsii) Fine Hybrids in new mixture and named colors. $ per 10-inch pot plants, $ per 100. THE STORRS £c HARRISON CO. Painesville, Ohio. A. N. PiersoD, Inc. Wholesale Florists CROMWELL, - CONN. fill it up half-full of rocks, and then that we should need to wet it down each night and morn and keep it good and hot, and see that every grain of oorn was "; That seed corn spiel it was a beaut; we hoped he'd never quit, but the engine gave a warning toot—we had 'to hit the grit. It is a fact, sure as you're born, in spite of all this scare, we have a dandy stand of corn, and maybe some to spare. If any farmer doesn't know Just what good seed corn is, to choose the kind that's sure to grow, he'd better quit the biz and don a ragged flannel shirt and join a dago crew, and go to heaving frozen dirt with a rusty No. 2. The railway men may snort and pop, the bankers saw the .Tlr, but if we grow a bumper crop we know they'll get their share. The business men, com- mercial clubs, win sing their gladdest tunes, and sell us wormy breakfast grub and mouldy,, musty prunes. D. B. KminsoN. [We are indebted to F. W. Bar- teldes for the foregoing clipping from a western agricultural paper.—Ed.] THE BOOK OF SLADIOLUS THE first authorita- tive book on this bulb ever printed in America, or possibly the world, issued April 1,1911. This 120-page book, written by Mat- thew Crawford and Dr. Van Fleet, con- ?tains many chapters [covering all sides of I growing, propagating I storing, etc., and also some pagesof valuable cultural notes gath- ered from reliable sources. A necessity for both amateur and grower. The book is bound in cloth and fully illustrated. PRICE, POSTPAID. IMERICtN FLORIST CO. 440 So. Dea


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