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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBEB 26, 1916. 



MEMORIAL DAY NEXT 



If you wish to have a money-making crop for this 

 most important holiday, sow some seed of snapdragons 

 at once. ^' . '■ '"'.-":' .■'-■ 



The accompanying picture was taken at Memorial 

 time. You could grasp in one hand a dollar's worth of 

 blooms anywhere on the bed. There is no plant to 

 equal snapdragon. . . 



Seed of our famous Silver Pink, $1.00 per pkt.; 3 

 for $2.50; 7 for $5.00. Seed of Nelrose, Garnet, Yellow, 

 Phelps' White and Fancy Mixed, at 35c per pkt.; 3 

 for $1.00. 



Free cultural directions. 



All orders cash. 



G. S. RANSBDRG, Somersworth, N. H. 



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ter's expense. Rather should he be 

 willing to face the issue on an equal 

 footing and abide by the decision of 

 the jury after hearing all the evidence. 



As Applied to Vegetable Seeds. 



The statements thus far made apply 

 to the purchase of any class of seeds. 

 Many states now have seed . inspection 

 laws, but in a majority of them the 

 restrictions apply to the sale of field- 

 crop seeds only, no restrictions being 

 placed on the sale of vegetable seeds. 

 In addition, vegeftable seeds are sold 

 largely in small packets by grocers and 

 others, on commissions paid by the 

 seedsman. There is no possible control 

 by the seedsman over the conditions- to 

 which the seeds are exposed after leav- 

 ing his warehouse. The vitality of the 

 seeds may be greatly impaired or com- 

 pletely destroyed before they reach the 

 grower. I am told that practically all 

 seed firms doing such a commission 

 business require that unsold seed be 

 returned to them at the season's close. 

 Some such seedsmen have been openly 

 accused of mixing this old seed with 

 the new for the next year's sales. 

 Whether this is true or not, much of 

 this packet seed gives extremely unsat- 

 isfactory germination tests, as shown 

 in Bulletin No. 131, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, U. S. D. A. 



Where any examination of the seed 

 is practically impossible without muti- 

 lating the packets, the purchaser is 

 unable to take any measures for his 

 own protection. If he gets poor seed 

 he suffers a loss and the seedsman is 

 protected by the non-warranty clause. 

 The old rule of caveat emptor ("Let 

 the purchaser beware") is not even 

 applicable, because this involved the 

 right of the purchaser to see the seed 

 and buy on his own judgment. It would 

 seem, therefore, that vegetable growers 

 are or should be even more vitally in- 

 terested in the non-warranty clause 

 than users of other classes of seeds. As 

 a rule, all that any purchaser asks is 

 to be supplied with the quality of seed 

 for which he pays and that it be suited 

 to local environment. 



Can Seeds Be Guaranteed? 

 Personally I have never been much 

 in sympathy with the claim that it is 



DUTCH BULBS 



F. O. B. St. Louis 



Hyacinths, first size. $3.50 per 100 

 Hyacinths, second size, $2.50 per 100 



Hyacinths, mixed, $2.00 per 100 

 Hyacinths, miniature. $1.25 per 100 



Write for prices on 

 Darwin, Early Single and Double Tulips, Narcissi, Spanish Iris, etc. 



LECHNER BROS., 413 Caxton B(dg., ST. LOUIS, MO. 



Agents for THE GROWERS ASSOCIATION, Anna Paulowna. Hollaad 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



impossible to guarantee the quality and 

 place of production of any class of 

 seeds. It is barely possible that some 

 reorganization of the seed business 

 may be necessary to make it feasible, 

 but I see nothing impossible in it. .As 

 a matter of fact, I believe the time is 

 coming when seedsmen will do this, 

 perhaps voluntarily. If not voluntar- 

 ily, then I believe they will eventually 

 be forced to do it by the exigencies of 

 the case. 



Only the other day a letter from a 

 seedsman in another state, where the 

 enactment of a new seed law was pro- 

 posed, contained the statement that 

 there were certain classes of seed pur- 

 chasers which seemed to be exempt 

 from the restrictions of the seed laws. 

 These were the gardeners' and vege- 

 table growers' associations, which, be- 

 cause they were unable to get guaran- 

 teed seeds from the seedsmen, had co- 

 operated in the purchase or their seeds 

 directly from the growers, thus com- 

 pletely eliminating the seedsmen from 

 the transaction. The statement was 

 also made that the volume of business 

 annually conducted by some of these 

 associations would make a seedsman 

 rich. 



Some of you may have heard how 

 Wisconsin pea packers insisted on be- 

 ing furnished guaranteed seed peas, 

 and drew up a contract of their own, 

 pledging themselves to buy only from 

 such seedsmen as would warrant their 

 seed peas as to purity, vitality and 



DANISH SEED IMPORT 



Import of ftll kinds of Seeds direct froni seei 

 crowers in Denmurk. Please send for price liiti 

 Chr. MOBkjMr*. 21« 7tk St. N., MintiveH*. yin. 

 Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



BURNETT BROS. 



SIEDS I BULBS i PLANTS 



M Chanbws Str««t. NKW YORK CITV 



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trueness to name or variety. Some 

 seedsmen had been selling seed peas 

 without the non-warranty clause, but 

 immediately adopted it, all of them 

 apparently agreeing to supply no seed 

 peas on the Wisconsin contract. The 

 result is that the Wisconsin packers 

 have also made arrangements whereby 

 their seed peas are not handled by the 

 seedsmen. 



The Trend of the Times. 



I cite the foregoing two instances 

 only to show what to my mind is an 

 indication of the trend of the times. 

 These organizations want good seeds 

 and insist they are willing to pay the 

 price. Other conditions being favor- 

 able, good seed is crop insurance. 

 Where so much depends upon it, the 

 grower must provide this insurance or 

 expect a marked reduction of his yearly 

 income. This is particularly true of 

 the vegetable or truck grower, because 

 the nature of the business requires 

 location in the vicinity of some large 

 [Oontlnned on page 76.] 



