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The Florists^ Review 



July 6, 1916. 



Fourth— I.ocHllty wliere 9alU seed was grown 

 and when grown. 



SENATE CUTS OUT FREE SEEDS. 



Again, and unexpectedly, there has 

 been an attack on congressional free 

 seeds that has penetrated the front line 

 trenches. 



The Senate voted thirty-three to 

 twenty-one against the distribution of 

 government seeds when considering the 

 agricultural appropriation bill July 1. 

 Senator Kenyon attacked the house 

 provision, calling it congressional graft, 

 costing for seeds alone more than a 

 million dollars in the last four years, 

 in addition to half a million for post- 

 age and labor. 



The Senate will send the bill to con- 

 ference without the appropriation for 

 the 1917 distribution, but that need not 

 seriously alarm those who have been 

 profiting on government orders; it has 

 happened before that the conference 

 committee has put the seeds appropria- 

 tion back in the bill after it had been 

 cut out by one side or the other of the 

 Congress. C. L. L. 



MAILS BAR IMPORT BULBS. 



The following order has been issued 

 by the U. S. Treasury Department at 

 the instance of the Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board: 



The department is advised by the Secretary 

 of Agriculture that the prohibition of the Im- 

 jiortatlon of plants by mall, as published In 

 T. D. 33933 of December 1, 1913, has been ex- 

 tended to Include all growing or living plants, 

 seeds, and other plant products for propagation, 

 except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, and 

 that the term "field sreds" Includes only seeds 

 of cereals, grasses, and other annual farm crops, 

 and does not Include bulbs and tubers. T. D. 

 33933 Is accordingly amended. 



MAKING IT SPECIFIC. 



In view of the pressure being brought 

 to bear on the seed trade in America 

 to secure waiver of the disclaimer, the 

 following on the contract blank of a 

 British grower will be of interest: 



While we believe that all seeds, bulbs and roots 

 delivered by us in fulfillment of any sale, fully 

 satisfy what is specified. It is impossible, by rea- 

 son of the practical difficulties Involved, for us to 

 be certain, or to assume responsibility, that this 

 is so. 



We cannot, therefore, and do not, hold ourselves 

 liable should any such seeds, bulbs or roots -not 

 be of the kind or correspond to the description 

 specified: nor must we be deemed to undertake 

 any condition or give any warranty, either bf 

 any express words or implication, as to kind, 

 description, quality, purity, growth, freedom 

 from variation or intermixture, productiveness 

 or other matter whatsoever in connection with 

 any seeds, bulbs or roots sold by us. We will in 

 no case be responsible for the resulting crop. 

 Every purchaser must accept these terms and 

 conditions. 



NOT DURANCE VILE. 



General Sherman 's well known defini- 

 tion of war does not apply in every in- 

 stance, according to Edgar C. Bloch, 

 salesman for C. C. Morse & Co., of San 

 Francisco. During the last four months 

 Mr. Bloch has been the victim of the 

 fortunes of war. He does not call them 

 the misfortunes of war, as he enjoyed 

 the greater part of his experience. 



Last February Mr. Bloch went to 

 Victoria, B. C, to solicit some orders 

 for his house. He registered at the 

 Empress hotel, but instead of spending 

 the night there he found himself in the 

 confines of a jail, charged with being a 

 German spy. Mr. Bloch was accused of 

 spying out the movements of troops and 

 having tried to purchase a Canadian of- 

 ficers ' uniform, all of which caused con- 

 siderable astonishment to the salesman. 

 He is of French descent, although born 



10,000.000 



HOLLAND BULBS 



AT WAR PRICES 



if /v/k^ beautiful top size HTACINTHS. in 10-12 named sorts, as: La Grandesse, 

 1 1 11 II I L'Innocence, (irandeur a Merveille, Moreno. Oertrude, Oieantea, ^. ^^ ^^ a ^v 

 ^Iflflf Lady Derby, King and Queen of the Blues. Johan Mansfield, etc. f*ilf| |||1 

 All extra top size, healthy bulbs. 19ctm. and over in circumfer- .m All l||| 

 ence. 100 of these beautiful bulbs, only $i.50 Per 1000. V""V«VV 



1AAA extra second 8i7e, in same varieties, all bulbs 17-19 ctm. in circumfer- 9iD AA 

 lUUU ence. Per 100. $i.00 PerlOOO, ^lO.UU 



f AAA l&rge forcing Hyacinths, in named varieties or mixed colors, 16-17 ctm, #10 AA 

 lUVv in circumfereoce. Per 100 bulbs, $1.60 PerlOOO, ^16. vV 



1AAA Dutch Roman Hyacinths, in named varieties or mixed, extra for fore- CIA AA 

 IVUU ing. 12-15 ctm. in circumference. Per 100, $1.25 PerlOOO, ^lU.UV 



SINGLE EARLY TULIPS. 100 1000 



In 10 named sorts for forcing. . .$0.50 $ 4.50 



In 10 named sorts for bedding. . . .45 3.50 



Due V, Thol, scarlet 60 5.50 



Due V. Thol, white, mixed 80 7.00 



Artus 611 5.00 



Belle Alliance »0 8.00 



Cottage Maid 60 5.00 



Coulour Cardinal l.!50 13.00 



Crimson King 50 4.50 



Cramoisie Brilliant 70 6.50 



I>U8art 60 5.50 



DucheE«e Be Parma 70 6.00 



King of the Yellows 90 8.00 



La Heine, top size 00 5.00 



Keizerskroon OD . 8.50 



Le Matelas, early 1.40 12.00 



Mon Tresor 1.20 10.00 



Pottebakker, white 1..W 12.(^1 



Pottebiiker, scarlet . .' 75 6.00 



Prince of Au*tria 90 8.00 



Proserpine L.'iO 13.00 



Rose Orisdelin 60 5.00 



Rose Luisante 1.20 11.00 



Fred. Moore 60 5.50 



Vermilion Brilliant 1.20 10.00 



White Hawk 1.20 10.00 



White Swan SO 7.00 



Yellow Prince 70 6.00 



Extra fine mixed 40 3.00 



BOTIBLE EARLY TULIPS. 



Couronne d'Or 1.50 13.00 



Count of Leicester 60 5.00 



Imperator Rubronun 1.00 0.00 



Lucretia 1.00 8.50 



La Candeur 80 6.50 



Murillo 90 7.50 



Rubra Maxima 80 6.50 



Salvator Rota 00 7.00 



Tournesol, red and .vrllow 1.50 13.00 



Tearose 1.90 17.00 



Vuurbaak 1.30 11.00 



Extra fine mixed 50 4.00 



Extra named sorts 80 6.00 



SINGLE LATE TULIPS. 



All orders above $60.00 sent duty free, insurance free and f. o. b. 

 New York. Packing charged for. 



Payment: To make sure of early delivery, unknown correspondents are 

 requested to send cash with order. 



WHOLESALE CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION 



A. PHILIPPO & SONS 



WHOLESALE BULB GROWERS 



ILLEGOM, - HOLLAND 



Mention The BcTlew when yon write. 



in Germany, and long resident here. 

 Finally the charges of espionage were 

 dropped and Mr. Bloch was moved to a 

 detention camp and interned as an 

 "alien suspect." There he remained 

 more than three months, gaining his 

 liberty only a short time ago through 



the influence of good American friends. 

 "Life in this camp was just one 

 round of pleasure," says Mr. Bloch. 

 "We were not obliged to work, we had 

 excellent meals and were allowed to 

 take life easy. At the present time the 

 government is building bungalows to 



