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The Florists^ Review 



January 16, Itlt. 



several past seasons, special provision 

 has been made for meetings and enter- 

 tainment for the ladies in attendance. 

 There is to be no trades exhibition. 



DIEECT FROM HOLLAND. 



It has been practically three years 

 since there has been free and unre- 

 stricted shipping from Holland. A little 

 stock has come across all the time, by 

 ■way of England or on steamers sailing 

 by grace of the kaiser, but the Nieuw 

 Amsterdam, on its arrival January 5, 

 1919, not only carried the first lot of 

 stock that has come across since the 

 war ended, but the first lot in a long 

 time for which no special dispensations 

 were necessary. The cargo contained 

 the following: 



Kynveld, P., & Sons — 65 cs flower seeds. 



Maltus & Ware — 17 cs shrubs and trees. 



International Forwarding Co. — 1 cs shrubs 

 and trees, 200 cs plants. 



Maltus & Ware — 52 cs shruba and trees, 25 ca 

 plants, 157 cs dormant shrubs and trees. 



Vandegrift, P. B., & Co.— 30 cs plants. 



Ouwerkerk, P. — 123 cs trees and shrubs, 19 es 

 plants. 



Downing, R. P., & Co. — 5 cs herbaceous plants. 



McHutchison & Co. — 8 cs roses. 111 cs shriilis 

 and trees. 



Maltus & Ware — 15 cs shrubs, 45 cs bulbs, 100 

 08 roots, 137 pKs bulbs, 7 pgs flower roots, etc. 



Hempstead, O. G., & Sons — 25 cs roots. 



Hampton, J. W., Jr., Co. — 24 cs roots, 67 cs 

 bulbs and roots. 



Van Waveren & Sons, Ltd. — 597 Ci roots, 179 

 cs bulbs. 



Lang, R. F. — 131 cs roots, 10 cs bulbs. So cs 

 bulb roots. 



Bruce, J. A., & Co. — 5 cs bulbs, 1 cs roots. 



Sheldon, G. W., & Co. — 9 cs bulbs, 16 cs roots. 



Zonneveld Bros. & Philippo — 35 cs bulbs, 5 cs 

 roots. 



Hampton, J. W., Jr., & Co. — 9 cs roots. 



Maltus & Ware — 31 cs bulbs. 



Thorburn, J. M., & Co. — 22 cs roots. 



International Forwarding Co. — 100 cs roots. 



Maltus & Ware — 31 cs roots, 1 cs bulbs. 



Walliem & McLaughlin — 137 cs bulbs and roots. 



Lang, R. P. — 50 cs roots. 



Sears. Roebuck & Co. — 116 cs bulbs. 



Van Doan, W. — 20 cs roots. 



The above represents practically all 

 the freight there was on the big boat. 



FORAGE PLANT SEED IMPORTS. 



The following tabic, prepared in the 

 seed laboratory of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, United States Department of 

 Agriculture, shows the amount of the 

 various kinds of forage plant seeds sub- 

 ject to the seed importation act per- 

 mitted entry into the United States dur- 

 ing the month of December, 1917, as com- 

 pared with December, 1918: 



December, December, 



1917. 

 pounds 



Kind of scpd 



Alfalfa 



Bluegrass: 



Canada 93,800 



Clover: 



Alsike 243,500 



Crimson 132,000 



Red 8,100 



White 



Clover mixtures: 



White .nnd .Tlsikc 



Red nnd iilsikc 



Alsike and tinioth.v 500 



Mixtures: 



Grass 



Rape 1,510.000 



Redtop 



Ryegrass: 



English 32.900 



Italian 15,700 



Timothy 



Vetch: 



Hairy 



Spring 



1918. 

 pounds. 



126,400 



562.400 

 88.000 

 42,900 



33,200 



900 



13,900 



80,600 



8,900 

 8.800 



CONFERENCE OF CALIFOENIANS. 



An important conference of seedsmen, 

 representatives of the university and 

 farm bureaus of California and others 

 has been called by G. H. Hecke, State 

 Commissioner of Horticulture, to take 

 place in Sacramento, Gal., at the end 

 of the week. Legislative matters and 

 proposals for amendnients to the laws 

 of the state, particularly with reference 



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Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia,— for new Complete Catalogue. 



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Peas & Beans 



Before placing your orders 

 for immediate shipment or 

 for future contracts 

 := WRITE US = 



Alfred J. Brown Seed Co. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. 



J. BOLGIANO a SON 



Careful Seed Growers and Seed Distributors 

 for one hundred years. 



Write for oar 1919 Special Catalogue 

 to Market Gardeners and Florists. 



PraH and Li{hl «>., BALTIMORE, Ml. 



THE VALLEY FLORAL CO. 



LA JUNTA, COLO. 



Growers of Zinnia, Cucumber, Cantaloupe, 

 Watermelon, Honey Dew, Sauash and Pump- 

 kin Seed, Beans and Corn. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



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 CARPIN^ERIA, CALIFORNIA 



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J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NEB. 



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Contract growers of Cucumber, Cantaloupe, 

 Watermelon, Sauash and Pumpkin Seed, Sugar, 

 Flint and Field Seed Corn. 



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SEEDS t BULBS t PLANTS 



98 Chambers Strset. NEW YORK CITy 



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FROM 



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Before Baying Elsewhere 



We will quote you for immediate 

 or future shipment. 



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Bristol, Pennsylvania 



Western Seed & Irrigation Co. 



Seed Growers and Dealers 



FREMONT, • - NEBRASKA 



SPECIALTIES: 



Cactunber 



Mask and Watermelon 



Pnmpldn 



Squash 



Sweet and Field Com 



Contract Seed Growers 



Correspondence Solicited. 



George R. Pedrick & Son 



PKDRICKTOWN. N, J. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 

 Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Beet, Carrot, Endive, Lettuce, 



Onion and Radish. 



Correspondence solicited. 



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SoMl Growers 8AN JOSEs CALs 



Growers of 



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