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The Florists' Review 



August 17, 1916, 



bulk of the crop, it is thought, will be 

 routed by way of Porto Rico to New 

 Orleans or via Havana to New York. 

 Altogether it seemed probable at the 

 time the report was made that the cost 

 of Bermuda onion seed in America 

 should be somewhax lower this year. 

 The secretary's information confirms 

 - that which has previously appeared in 

 The Review. 



FRENCH BULB RECEIPTS. 



As reported in last week's Review, 

 the first imports of the 1916 crop of 

 French bulbs arrived at New York 

 August 2 on board two steamers from 

 Marseilles, the manifests of the two 

 vessels showing that 2,343 cases con- 

 stituted the initial shipments of the 

 year. Three days later the steamer 

 Harpagus, from Marseilles, arrived 

 and discharged 3,583 cases, bringing 

 the total for the week and to date to 

 , 5,926. French bulbs usually come in 



three or four large batches, followed 

 for a month or so by small, occasional 

 shipments. The Harpagus shipment 

 was consigned as follows, according 

 to its manifest on file at the New York 

 customhouse: 



Consignee. Ruses 



American Express Co 40,: 



Downinir & Co '"- iXX 



Irwin, R. J ^X2 



- Maltus & "Ware aVi 



Richard & Co oi 



R<5Iker & Sons ] 8? 



Vanirhan's Seed Store '. Koo 



Ward Ralph M., & Co 1 140 



On order ......' '618 



Total o roq 



Previously report«i] . . ..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.\\'.'.'.'.\'.',[ ib 34.3 

 Total to date .« 7o2fl 



ADULTERATED REDTOP. 



In a report approved by the depart- 

 ment July 31, W. A. Taylor, chief of 

 the^ bureau of plant industry, says: 



"Seed of redtop was secured during 

 the calendar year 1915 in the open 

 market, in accordance with the follow- 

 ing paragraph in the act of Congress 

 making appropriations for the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture: 



„,^|V w ^^^\ samples (seeds of grasses, clover, 

 or alfalfa apd lawn grass seeds secured in the 

 open market) are found to be adulterated or 

 J^JS^S"",^*-*'' the results of the tests shatl be pub- 

 lished together with the names of the persons 

 by whom the seeds were offered for sale 

 J' In carrying out the provisions of 

 this act, 620 samples of redtop seed 

 were secured and analyses made under 

 the direction of E. Brown, botanist in 

 charge of the seed laboratory, bureau 

 of plant industry, and publication is 

 here made of the analyses of the sam- 

 ples found to be adulterated or mis- 

 branded, together with the names of the 

 seedsmen by whom they were sold or 

 offered for sale. 



"Of the 620 samples obtained as red- 

 top seed, 193, or over thirty-one per 

 cent, were found to be adulterated or 

 misbranded through being mixtures of 

 redtop and timothy seed. When redtop 

 seed was last collected, in 1913, less 

 than twenty per cent of the samples 

 were found to be adulterated or mis- 

 branded. During the spring of 1915 

 there was a difference of 25 cents or 

 more per pound between the price of 

 the best grades of redtop and timothy 

 seed. This unusual difference in price, 

 no doubt, accounts largely for the in- 

 creased proportion of adulterated or 

 misbranded redtop seed sold in 1915 as 

 compared with that sold in 1913." 



The table appended contains the 

 names of some of the best known houses 

 in the trade, including several that have 



THE NUISANCE 



(Continued from last week) 



Thank goodness ! I was rid of the bore 

 for a while— he began making love* to aa- 

 other girl. Friendship is one of the great- 

 est blessings in this world, and we all 

 need our good friends. A sympathetic, 

 sincere friend under some circumstances, 

 and a jolly, light-hearted friend, is the 

 best medicine in the world for our dreary 

 hearts at times. 



And if any girl on earth loves her 

 friends, I certainly do ; but what a. world 

 of difference between friends and ac- 

 quaintances! I will show you later on a 

 few trying experiences of the business 

 girl with such bores as the Nuisance. 



Write for Price Lists of Fall Bulb^ 



M. M. CARROLL 



NORWOOD (N«ar Clnolnnatl) OHIO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



SEEDSMEN 



Write for samples and prices on 

 Idthocrraphed Enyelopes, Folding Boxes, 

 Catalogue Covers, 

 Plates for the Seedsmen. 



STECHER LITHOGRAPHIC COMPANY 



D«pt. S BOCHKSTKR. N. T. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



HELLERS 

 MICE 



PROOF 

 SEED 



CASES. 



Send for CaUtogve. 



HELLER & Ca 



Montpefier, Ohio 



Mention Hie Review when you write. 



NICiELL'S SEED iODSE 



518 Market Street 

 PHILADELPHIA 



Meadon Tb* R»vl»w wbe» y— write. 



J% P ■■ ■% A B*"*^ *I*"^ arrow. We aell dl. 

 ^ L L 1 1 W ^^^ ** srsrdenera and florlits at 

 ^F r II J% wholesale. Big beantlfnl cats- 

 VkkW lo^efree. WriU today. 

 ABCHIA8 SEED 8T0BE, Bex S4. 8EDALIA. HO. 

 Mention The ReTlew when yen write. 



CARTER'S TESTED SEEDS, Inc. 



JAMES FISHER, Western Representative 

 Room 519, 180 N. Dearborn St , CHICAGO, ILL. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



& aUSy Oeea Beat of ah Hlxtnrca 



>« oz., 11.00; 1000 seeds, 60c 

 J. J. WILSON 8KKD CO.. NBWARK, N.J. 



Mention The Review when y og write. 



in the course of years established repu- 

 tations for careful methods, not to men- 

 tion plain business honesty. For in- 

 stance, the house headed by one ex- 



JUST IN 



NEW 

 STOCK 



BULBS 



PAPER WHITES 



] 250 to the case 1 Please write 



KXK) to the case j for prices. 



FORMOSA LILIES 



doz. 100 1000 



7-9 $1.00 $ 7.00 $G>.00 



9-11 1.50 10.00 95.00 



LILIUM HARRISII 



Per 100 



7- 9 ; $10.00 



9-11 25.00 



AMARYLLIS JOHNSONII 



Per 100 

 9-11 ...$27.50 



SEEDS 



SWEET PEAS, Winter-flowering 



Yarra?fva, Rbse^ink 



Light Wings. 



Venus. 



Pres. Wilson , 



Mrs. Spanolin \ r, -d 11 



Lavender, Pink Y^^ °^- ^^^ 1^' 



Blanche Ferry /^ $1.00 $11.00 



Mrs. Skach , 



Mrs. Wm. Sim 



Red.. 



Layender Nora. 



PANSY 



Wintereon's Combination Mixture 



Trade pkt., 50c; }i oz., 75c; I4 oz., 

 $1.50; H oz., $2.75; oz., $5 00 



10% Discount for Cash with Order 

 on Seeds. 



WINTERSON'S 

 SEED STORE 



166 N. Wabash Avenue 

 CHICAGO 



