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The I^orists^ Review 



September 14, 1918. 



Tkis act was amended August 11, 

 1916, by including the seed of rye 

 grass and vetch, in addition to those 

 seeds enumerated in the original act, 

 and by prohibiting the importation of 

 seeds which contain less than sixty-flve 

 per cent of pure live seeds, except that 

 the seed of Kentucky blue grass and 

 the seed of Canada blue grass may be 

 imported when it contains fifty per 

 cent OT more of live pure seed. The 

 amendment fixing a minimum quality 

 for imported seed is intended to keep 

 out of the United States seed of low 

 germination, as well as seed containing 

 large proportions of chaff, both of 

 which have been imported in large 

 quantities in recent years. 



The regulations for the enforcement 

 of the seed importation act, published 

 as Treasury Decisions No. 35363, May 

 6, 1915, and as Service and Regulatory 

 Announcements, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try, No. 2, May, 1915, are beujig re- 

 vised to conform with these amend- 

 ments, and it is expected that they 

 will be promulgated to be in effect on 

 and after November 1. 1916. 



MOTT-LY GLEANINGS. 



The «rop of aster seed at Baldwins- 

 ville, N. Y., is almost a failure this 

 season. 



James Vick's Sons, of Rochester, 

 N. T., have 135 acres planted to asters 

 for seed. They will harvest little of 

 the early varieties, but the later varie- 

 ties are doing better and, with favor- 

 able weather, may yield a fair crop'. 



Louis Vonderwood, manager for 

 Milton T. Jones, the Utica, N. Y., 

 seedsman, has a hobby of breeding fine 

 chickens, but he also is proud of his 

 success with Potato Irish Cobbler. 

 From one-half bushel of seed a crop 

 of thirteen bushels was grown. Six 

 tubers weighed five and one-quarter 

 pounds, or an average of fourteen 

 ounces per tuber. 



"Business was fully as good as 

 usual, but we would not have objected 

 had it been far better," observed Man- 

 ager Bay, with F. H. Ebeling, Syracuse. 



W. M. 



ALFALFA SEED IK ASGENTINA. 



The eultivation of alfalfa has in- 

 creased rapidly in Argentina. Figures 

 published by the Ministry of Agricul- 

 ture show the following areas under 

 thifl «rop: 1872, 261,392 acres; 1888, 

 963,729 acres; 1895, 1,762,079 acres; 

 1914, 18,219,998 acres. Of the area 

 under alfalfa in 1914, some 14,000,000 

 acres fell to the provinces of Buenos 

 Aires, Cordoba and Santa Fe, which 

 led in the order named. Other prov- 

 inces and territories figuring in statis- 

 tics with more than 100,000 acres under 

 alfalfa in 1914 were Pampa Central, 

 San Luis, Entre Rios, Mendoza and 

 San Juan. 



The placing of large tracts under al- 

 falfa led to an active importation of 

 foreign seed, which has, however, fall- 

 en off in recent years. This is prob- 

 ably due to two chief causes — the aug- 

 mented production of Argentine seed 

 and the real estate crisis ttiat resulted 

 in the failure of many large rural pro- 

 prietors. 



Pra«tically all the alfalfa seed im- 

 polrted is entered at Buenos Aires. The 

 total imports of alfalfa seed amounted 

 to 251 metric tons in 1914 and 871 

 metric tons in 1915. 



The price of alfalfa seed is subject 



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I G N O N E T T E I 



FAROUHAR'8 

 UNIVERSAL 



One of the finest 

 varieties for the 

 greenhouse, produc- 

 ing immense flower 

 spikes of reddi&b 

 green, sweetly 

 scented. The seed 

 we offer was saved 

 for us by one of the 

 largest growers of 

 Mignonette for the 

 Boston market. 



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Seeds, Plants and Bulbs 



PAN8T SKED, special florista' mixture, extra fine strain $5.00 per OHBoe 



MI6NONETTK SKKD, giant strain, greenhouse grown 5.00 per ounce 



SNAPDRAGON, KEYSTONE (new), a clear rose-pink winter- blooming variety, ll.OO 

 per packet. 



CTCLAMEN SEED. English (separate colors) 18.50 per 1000 



ASPARAGUS PLUM08US SEED, greenhouse-grown 13.50 perlOOO; $30.00 for 1«,000 



ZVOLAMEK'S SWEET PEA SEED, a complete list at his prices. 



BEGONIAS- Per 100 PerlOOO 



Cbatelalne, 2>s-inch. strong 16.00 Itf.oo 



** extra heavy, 3-inch 8.00 



POINSETTIAS, strong 2>i3-inch (true Xmas type) 6.00 M.OO 



RAINBOW FREESIAS, new and worth while 6.00 40.00 



Strong: Fleld-tro\na Carnation Plants, best varieties, stock and prices right. Write 



us for same. 



Write us regarding Fern Flats, BOSTON. 8COTTII, ROOSEVELT, WHITMANI. 



TEDOT, JR., and other varieties for immediate or later plant^g. 



Have you placed your order for Ullum Gl^:anteun), Rubnun, Formosum and Album? 



We aim to supply the best produced in Japan and invite correspondence regarding 

 our stock. 



Having any trouble with your hose? The BIAGIC HOSE— best made- will do away 

 with all your troubles. We handle that brand and no other, ^-inch (2-ply). 15c per 

 foot; %-inch (2-ply), 16c per foot— couplings included. 



CataloKue for the asking. See our Classified ads. 



s. s. SKiDELSKY ft CO., ''*^ yi:s:S'.."p»:; v.. 



Mention Th» R»Tlew wh«D yon wrtte . 



to great variation. Wholesale dealers 

 at Bosario state that as a rule seed 



costs them from 4 to 8 paper pesos per 

 ten kilos (7.7 to 15.4 cents per pomnd). 



