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March 22. 1917. 



ports amount to between ten and thir- 

 teen per cent, freight rates have gone 

 up and packing charges will probably be 

 sUghtly higher than last year, facts 

 not to be overlooked in fixing selling 

 price of French goods. . 



NEWS OF IMPOBTS WITHHELD. 



Since the break in diplomatic relations 

 ■with Germany, the federal government, 

 so far as it has the power to do so, has 

 established a censorship on news which 

 might be useful to the officials in Berlin. 

 In line with this policy, the Treasury De- 

 partment has ordered that manifests of 

 incoming ships, including American 

 coastwise, be withheld. This order will 

 make it impossible for The Beview to 

 continue to publish reports of the im- 

 ports of European bulbs, plants, seeds, 

 etc., which were taken from the mani- 

 fests of ships arriving in American 

 ports. * 



Th«f order is being objected to strong- 

 ly by persons in the trade in New York 

 and other cities on the Atlantic sea- 

 board. Heretofore they have been able 

 to secure this information by telephon- 

 ing the officials at the customhouses. 

 Now that the ban is on, an appeal will 

 be made to the Treasury Department to 

 release information contained in the 

 manifests. 



Monthly statistics on imports and ex- 

 ports will be continued by the govern- 

 ment, but that will be the extent of the 

 shipping news given to the public. 



NASHVILLE NOTES. 



The seed business opened rather slow- 

 ly this spring, because of the unseason- 

 able weather, and has never been heavy 

 at any time this season, according to 

 Nashville seedsmen. The demand thus 

 far has been heaviest for garden seeds 

 in small lots for the family garden. 

 While farm seeds have moved slowly 

 thus far, judging from sales to date 

 there will be more vegetable gardens in 

 this vicinity this summer than ever be- 

 fore in its history. 



Mr. Wood, the head of the Cumber- 

 land Seed Co., has been ill for some time 

 and is not able to give much attention 

 to his business yet. His son is han- 

 dling things in the interim. 



McKay, Reese & Co. report that cow 

 peas and soy beans are harder to get 

 than they have been for a number of 

 years and that even the present high 

 prices are bound to go higher when 

 planting time arrives. 



C. C. Waggoner & Co. are developing 

 a mail order business this year. They 

 are the only mail order seed house in 

 Nashville. F. B. 



BALTIMORE. 



Five in One. 



^larch 12 I took a walk up North 

 Charles street to the "300" block. The 

 object of my promenade was to make 

 an engagement with John Cook to look 

 his houses over, and afterward to tell 

 something of them; but I found that Mr. 

 Cook was still in Florida, where he has 

 been all winter for his health. So this 

 treat will have to be put off for a time. 

 However, Miss Cook was in charge, and I 

 think she is as much of a rosarian as her 

 father. She may not know so much about 

 producing new varieties, but, believe me, 

 she does know all about tlio qualities of a 

 rose from a saleslady's standpoint. She 

 showed me two vases of roses of their 



SEEDS SEEDS 



FRESH CROP 

 BEST QUALITY 



We offer below a few Items, all of which are needed by the florist. Send for 

 trade list No. 5, for list of everything best in Seeds, Bulbs and Plants. 



Agreratum— 



Dwarf Blue, % oz., 15c. 

 Mexican Blue, each, Vi oz., 10c. 



Alygsum — 



Little Gem, Dwarf White, % oz., 25c; oz., 



40c. 

 Sweet, White, oz., 15c; % lb., 50c. 



Antirrhinum (Snapdragon), Giant — 



Pink, Scarlet, each, % oz., 20c. 

 White, Yellow, each, % oz., 20c. 

 MUed. \i oz.. 15c; 1 oz.. 40c. 



Aaparasms Flumosus Nami8, sreenbouse 

 erown, 100 seeds for 50c; 1000 for $3.50. 



Aaparaarns SprenKerl — 



100 seeds for 15c ; 1000 for 75c. 



ASTERS 



We assert that no one.can have a superior 

 stock of the various asters. 



See catalogue No. 2 for description of 

 novelties. 



Aster, I.ady Roosevelt — 



A splendid new variety. Trade pkt., 20c; 

 % oz., 30c. 



Crego Aaters — 



Magnificent late cutting asters, Shell 

 Pink, Lavender and White. Trade pkt, 

 20c; \i, oz., 40c. 



Rose King — 



£normous quilled flowers, flne for cut- 

 ting. Trade pkt, 25c; % oz., 40c. 



Vick'8 Mikado— 



A large graceful flower for cutting. Pink, 

 White and Lavender, each T. P., 20c; 

 \i, oz., 40c. 



Lavender Gem— 



A splendid early pure lavender, no yellow 

 centers, very popular with florists. 

 Trade pkt., 25c; hi, oz., 50c. 



Giant Comet — 



Mixed, % oz., 33c; 1 oz., $1.00. 



Branching:, Late- 

 Flowers, large, double, on long, stiff 



stems, excellent for cutting. 

 White, Lavender, each, H oz., 15c; % 



oz., 50c. 

 Pink, Purple, each, % oz., loc; % oz., 



50c. 

 Dark Red, H oz., 15c; % oz., 50c. 

 Mixed, \i oz., 20c; 1 oz., 75c. 



Balsam — 



Camellia flowered, double mixed, oz., 40c. 



Candytuft — 



Empress, very large, pure white, oz., 20c.' 

 White Rocket, oz., 15c. 

 Little Prince, dwarf, large flowered, 

 white, oz., 20c. 



Celosia — 



Empress, Semi-Dwarf, ^ oz., 25c. 

 Ostrich Feather, Mixed, Tall, \i oz., 20c. 

 Ostrich Feather, Mixed, Dwarf, % oz., 

 20c. 



Centaurea — 



Gymnocarpa, M oz., 25c. 



Imperialls, Mixed, flne for cutting, % oz., 



25c. 

 Margaret, White, flne for cutting, % oz., 



20c. 



Cineraria Maritima, trade pkt. 10c: oz.. 25c. 



Coletis, Finest Hybrids — . > 



Mixed, trade p^t, 50c. f 



Dracaena Indivisa, trade pkt, 10c; oz., 45c. 



[pomoca Grandiflora (Moonflower), oz., 40c. 



Ipomoea, Heavenly Blue, oz., 40c. 



Ipomoea Setosa, oz., 20c. 



Lobelia — 



Erlnus Speciosa, Deep Blue, trailing va- 

 riety. V6 oz., 15c. 



Crystal Palace Compacta, best for bed- 

 ding, H oz., 25c. 



Mignonette — 



Machet, oz., 30c. 



Grandiflora, large flowering, oz., 10c; V* 



lb.. 25c. 

 Allen's Deflance, oz., 35c. 



Petunia — 



Double Giant Flowered Grandiflora and 

 Fringed, mixed, 1000 seeds, $1.50. 



Giant Ruffled, trade pkt., 75c. 



Single large flowered, fringed, trade pkt., 

 50c. 



Giants of California, trade pkt., 75c. 



Rosy Morn, rosy pink, white throat, H 

 oz., 30c. 



Single Striped and Blotched, % oz., 25c. 



Single Mixed, M. oz., 15c. 



Howard's Star, % oz., 40c. 



Salvia — 



.'^plendens, trade pkt, 25c; oz., $1.25. 

 Clara Bedman, trade pkt., S5c; % oz., 60c. 

 Zurich, trade pkt., 50c; 1 oz.. $3.60. 



Smllax, oz., 30c; >4 lb., $1.00. 



Stocks~— 

 Dwarf, Large Flowering Double Ten 



Weeks, mixed, % oz., 35c. 

 Brompton, % oz., 35c. 

 Giant Perfection Ten Weeks, mixed, H 



oz., 30c. 

 Princess Alice, White, % oz., 40c. 

 Ten Weeks (separate colors), % oz., 40c. 



Thunbcrgia. oz., 50c. 



Verbena (Mammoth Flowered) — 



Blue and Purple Shades, \i oz., 85c: oz., 



$1.00. 

 Scarlet and Striped, % oz., 40c; oz., $1.00. 

 White. "4 oz., 85c; oz., $1.00. 

 Mixed, % oz., 30c; oz., 75c. 



THE STORRS & HARRISON CO. 



PAINESVILLE, OHIO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



BULBS 



are very late in arriving 

 owing to the congestion 

 of freight facilities. 



We are now filling our orders as fast as possible. 



We expect to have a surplus of all the leading 

 varieties for florists' use. 



If in need of Bulbs write us, or better yet, send us your orders. 



OUR BULBS ARE SUPERIOR QUALITY. PRICES RIGHT. 



rOTTLER, riSKE, RAWSON CO.."s'..rruieuilHinS4uare,B«ston 



own production, which could not be sur- 

 passed. There was Francis Scott Key, 



about the same shade as American Beauty, 

 with fine stems and splendid foliage. It 



