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The Florists' Review 



August 23, 1917. 



Bulbs 



Bulbs 



Bulbs 



ARRlVINGi, 



Narcissus Paper'White Grandiflora 



Calla Aethiopica Freesia Refracta Alba 



ALL OTHER BULBS EXPECTED IN SEASON 



O/S Y^EAI^^ '^^ ^^^ ^^^^ business is a mighty good teacher and one of the many points 



of the game which we have learned is that secondary quality is 

 usually dear at any price and we lose each year numerous orders because we can not and will 

 not compete against the jobber who buys in the producing centers ''against price only." If you 

 are one of thos^ who appreciate *' worth while " quality and are willing to pay a fair price for 

 such, let us have a^list o4 your jjrobable needs for quotations. 



WE DELIVER THE GOODS-MAKE US PROVE IT. 



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. /•» .H-;'- ! 9: 0. 



Winterson's Seed Store 



166 North Wabash j^venue, ^-^ -:- -t- CHICAGO, ILL. 



against the stamp tax on catalogues in 

 that it is a burden on business in the 

 making, a thrust at an effort to promote 

 business. 



The various industries now are bring- 

 ing pressure to bear on members of Con- 

 gress in an effort to have catalogues 

 exempted from the proposed tax, re- 

 gardless of weight, and every seedsman 

 who believes that a tax of $10 on every 

 1,000 catalogues he sends by parcel 

 post would be unjust, can do his part 

 by joining in the chorus of protests. 



W. F. Therkildson, chairman of the 

 postal laws committee of the American 

 Seed Trade Association, is author of 

 the following letter to Hon. F. M. Sim- 

 mons, chairman of the Senate commit- 

 tee of finance: 



My dear Sir: 



As clinimiiui of tlio |)ostal laws committee of 

 the American Seed 'J'rade Association. I want 

 to enter a vitforous ])rotest against tlie section 

 of H. It. 4200 as oil i)aKe 71 of tliat bill, also 

 to the anicndinent as noted in calendar lOfi. 

 report KW. i>aj;e 1.3, Schedule A, title of War 

 Stain]) Tax. 



This, we understand, exempts catalogues or 

 parcel post matter under four ounces. Now. 

 we lijive no objection to pa.viiiK our just share 

 of taxes on hiisiness done or business alread.v 

 created, hut we do object to the proposed ruling 

 of the post office that this should appl.v to cata- 

 logues. The catalogue of the mail order house 

 or any other house that does a part of its busi- 

 ness tiy mail, acts as the salesman. It is an 

 effort to maintain business at normal durinc 

 these troublous times. No man should have his 

 effort to create business taxed, and this is ex- 

 actly wliat the taxation of catalogues means. 

 It will result in just the opposite from what the 

 post office <lesires, because, many cataloRues will 

 be discontinued or they will not be sent through 

 the mails. They will be shipped by express or 

 freight and distributed by carriers. The govern- 

 mant will be deprived of the postal reventio: also 

 of the reveniie obtained from the money order 

 business created by the catalogues; also of the 

 revenue of the outgoing parcel post packages 

 because of the lack of business; and. in all, it 

 is a most unjust proposition. 



As stated alxive. we are perfectly willing to 

 pay our share of taxes on business that is al- 



Zvolanek's Well Known Winter-flowering 

 Orchid Sweet Pea Seeds 



in original packages, at his prices. We handle all of bis varie 

 novelties introduced this year for the first time, and give the 

 of the best sf those already introduced: 



1 oz. 



Mrs. A. A. Skach, widely known shell pink $0.6U 



Mrs. Joseph Manda, a shad* liffhter 75 



Mrs. M. Spanolln, purest white 16 



Venus, white (rround, edf^es plnk-blusbed 76 



Bohemian Girl, darkar shell pink 75 



White Orchid, dwarfer 50 



Orchid Beauty, dark rose, blushed with orange, very large 50 



Pink and White Orchid, Blanche Ferry color and very large BO 



Lavender Nora, finest lavender .50 



Larender Queen, very good larender 50 



Lavender Orchid, lavender pink, large 50 



Christmas Pink Orchid, Improved bicolor 1.50 



The Czar, sindlar to above 1.50 



I{«d Orchid, large, free and very fine 1.00 



Miss Flora Fablng, pink, yellow and salmon 50 



Bridal Veil, frilled, pure white 76 



Apricot Orchid, salmon and cream 75 



Zvolanek's Hed. brightest scarlet red, very tall 4.00 



Zvolanek's Blue, very large, brightest blue 5.(K) 



Mrs. Chas. Zvolanek, largest and best clear lavender 5.00 



For others, write us for complete list. 



Also Yarrawa, widely known rose pink, greenhouse-grown 1 .00 



Rose Queen, Introduced by us and very fine, greenhouse-grown 3.00 



GIANT ENGLISH CVCLAMKN SKED, separate colors. $1.00 per 100; $8.,50 perlOOO. 

 KEYSTONE SNAPDRAGON SEE1>, undoubtedly the best vvintcr-bloomlng clear pink on 



the market, $1.00 |)er pkt.; $5.00 for (> pkts.; $10.00 for 13 pkts. 

 MIGNONETTE, giant greenhouse-grown, 50c per pkt.; $2.00 per ^4 o/.; ST. 00 per oz. 



PHILADCIPHIA, PA. 



S. S. SKIDEL8KY & CO.. 



1004 

 Lincoln Building:, 



Lilium Harrisii - Roman Hyacinths 

 Paper White Narcissus 



Special prices on application 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



53 BircUy St., 54''pa?2''puce NEW YORK CITY 



Iris, LOiums, Lycoris, Etc. 



Tor M Delivery 

 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Inc. 



FLOWERFIELD. L. I., N. Y. 



