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The Florists' Review 



January 16, 1919. 



to the maintaining of standards and 

 purity of agricultural seeds sold for 

 sowing in California, will be discussed. 

 The proposed act will provide for the 

 creation of an office of state seed in- 

 spector. M. M. 



BRITISH BOYCOTT GERMAN SEEDS. 



The British seed trade has voted a 5- 

 year boycott on German seeds, regard- 

 less of what the peace conference may 

 do. 



At the annual meeting of the Agri- 

 cultural Seed Trade Association of the 

 United Kingdom it was decided not to 

 trade with the Germans for five years 

 and steps were taken to encourage the 

 home production of the grass seeds 

 formerly obtained on the eastern side 

 of the Bhine. 



As a further step toward the inde- 

 pendence of the British grass seed trade, 

 it was voted to seek the establishment 

 of a National Institute of Agricultural 

 Botany at Cambridge, to the end that 

 Zurich shall no longer be looked upon 

 as the central testing station for prac- 

 tically the whole of Europe. There is 

 reason, the chairman said, why Lon- 

 don should become the recognized sta- 

 tion for at least the whole of Great 

 Britain. Whatever method of testing 

 was finally decided upon, it should be 

 one that would satisfy not only Great 

 Britain, but also the Continent and 

 America. In the meantime the best 

 way out of the difficulties which had so 

 recently arisen, and which were likely to 

 arise in the future, was for both buyer 

 and seller to have their testings done 

 at the government station. In all seri- 

 ous disputes the government tests were 

 taken as final, he stated, and the au- 

 thorities there would be prepared to 

 have the same sample or samples tested 

 at the government stations in London, 

 Edinburgh and Dublin, and in the event 

 of these three tests not being exactly 

 uniform, the average of such to be abso- 

 lutely final. 



ADDING TO GLADIOLUS ACREAGE. 



It is stated that the Michigan Bulb 

 Farm, which is one of the concerns asso- 

 ciated with Westerbeek & Klyn and the 

 General Bulb Co. interests in Holland, 

 has just bought two tracts adjoining its 

 property at Benton Harbor, Mich. One 

 purchase was ten acres, the other fifteen. 

 As the farm previously had seventy-five 

 acres, the purchase brings the total to 

 an even century. Last season sixty acres 

 were planted with gladioli; it will be 

 more in the 1919 season, large quan- 

 tities of planting stock being brought 

 over from Holland before the quaran- 

 tine goes into effect June 1. 



THE REVISED BURPEE BOOK. 



An advance copy of Burpee's Annual 

 for 1919 shows many changes. They 

 have listed all vegetables under four 

 heads, namely: Edible seeds, root crops, 

 greens and salads and vegetable fruits. 

 No effort was made to hold to a strict 

 botanical classification; nor did they at- 

 tempt to put the vegetables alphabet- 

 ically under the various heads, but 

 placed them either forward or back un- 

 der their heads, as their prominence 

 and use would warrant. 



Another change is the use of the pink 

 pages, which heretofore were devoted 

 to novelties, as a place for cataloguing 



ANTIRRHINUM, SEMI-DWARF. 



Tr. Pkt. 1 Oe. 



Rose Queen $0.10 $0.75 



Defiance (Russet Red) 10 .75 



Crimson King (Deep Red) 10 .75 



Golden Queen 10 .75 



Daphne (Soft Blush Pink) 10 ,75 



Mixed 10 .75 



ALYSSUM 



Maritimum Sweet IS 



Carpet of Snow 10 .40 



Little Gem 10 .40 



ASPARAGUS 

 Plumoeus Nanus— 100 seeds, $0.50; 1000 



seeds, $3.50. 

 Sprengeri— 100 seeds, $0.15; 1000 seeds, $0.85. 



BELLIS PERENNIS 



Tr. Pkt. 1 Oz. 



Longfellow, dark pink $0.40 $1.75 



Snowball, white 40 1.75 



Double Mixed 40 1.75 



CALENDULA 



Meteor— Orange Cream Center.. 



Prince of Orange 



Double Mixed 



.15 

 .15 

 .15 



CANDYTUFT 



Empress — Pure White 



Annual Mixed 



.10 



CENTAUREA 



Cyanus, Single Blue 



Cyanus, Double Blue 



Cyanus, Single Mixed 



Cyanus, Double Mixed 



Candidissima 



Gymnocarpa 



.10 



.io 



.25 

 .15 



.25 

 .15 



.20 

 .35 

 .15 

 .25 

 1.50 

 .40 



PETUNIA Tr. Pkt. 1 Oz. 



Howard's Star $0.25 $1.25 



Snowball 25 1.25 



Rosy Mom 25 1.25 



Dwarf Fringed Mixed 25 .... 



Giants of California 50 



Double Fringed 50 



Choice Mixed .20 .... 



PHLOX 



Gr. fl. Chamois Rose 



Gr. fl. Brilliant Scarlet . . . 



Gr. fl. Alba White 



Gr. fl. Mixed 



.25 1.50 



.25 1.50 



.25 1.50 



.25 1.25 



SALVIA 



Splendens, Scarlet 



Splendens, Zurich 



Splendens, Bonfire 



Splendens, Fireball 



Splendens, St. Louis 



.25 

 ,50 

 .50 

 .50 

 .50 



1.25 



THUNBERGIA 



Alata Mixed 15 



GAILLARDIA 



Double Mixed 10 .25 



Single Mixed 10 .25 



Grandiflora Hardy 10 .35 



LOBELIA 



Crystal Palace Comp 



Florist Favorite 



.25 

 .25 



1.50 

 1.50 



VERBENA 



Hybrida Fine Mixed 



Mam. White 



Mam. Purple and Blue shades. 



Mam. Scarlet 



Mam. Pink 



Mam. Mixed 



.30 

 .30 

 ,30 

 .30 

 .30 

 .30 



VINCA 



Rosea 15 



Rosea Alba 15 



Alba Pura 15 



Mixed 15 



.60 



1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 



.60 

 .60 

 .60 

 .60 



ZINNIA, MAMMOTH DOUBLE 



Tr. Pkt. 1 Oz. 



White 15 .60 



Golden Yellow 15 .60 



Red 15 .60 



Scarlet 15 .60 



Purple 15 .60 



Mixed 15 .60 



Curled or Crested, Mixed 10 .40 



St. Louis Seed Co. 



411-413 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 



Mention Tbe HeTlew when you write. 



VICTORY SEED 



FROM A 



VICTORY GARDEN 



Last season we did our bit by Increasing the supply of seed of some of the best 

 vegetables that we know. "We simply enlarged our home garden from feet to acres, 

 ind gave you the benefit of high-grade seed at small cost. From start to finish our 

 personal attention was given to every detail and better seed can not be had. Follow- 

 ing is our complete list: 



JOHN BAKR TOMATO, the finest and earliest tomato on earth. Clean, bright seed 

 rrom selected fruit, postpaid, ^ oz., 20c; Vi oz.. 80c; oz., 60c; M lb., $1.75; lb., $6.50. 



KEENEY'S RUSTLESS WAX, and IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX BEANS, by 

 express, qt., 40c; pk., $3.00. 



IMPROVED SOLDIER BEAN, a new old variety, an all-rounder, and the best 

 baking bean in the world. Sturdy, upright bush, very productive, yielding large pods 

 filled with big, white, meaty beans. You will rejoice over a patch of our IMPROVED 

 SOLDIER BEANS. Price, by express, qt., 60c; pk„ $4.00. 



IMPROVED GIANT GOLDEN BANTAM SWEET CORN, grown and reselected 

 by us for years. Strong grower with heavy yield of big, luscious ears. Price, by 

 express, qt., 40c; pk., $2.50. Large ears, $1.00 doz. 



BED COB BANTAM, the sweetest corn known, previously sold only in packets. 

 Price, by express, pint, 60c; qt., $1.00; pk., $6.00. Large ears, $1,50 doz. 



Special attention is called to our Soldier Bean and to our two varieties of Sweet 

 Corn. No garden, large or small, should be without these good things. Cash must 

 accompany all orders. When desired will ship by parcel post and C. O. D. the postage. 



Kvery florist should have a vegetable garden. By using good seed success is 

 assured, and by using the varieties here offered you will have the finest there Is. 

 Order early and have your supply of seed In hand. 



G. S. RAMSBURG 



SOMERSWORTH N. H 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



GLADIOLI ARD DAHLIAS 



Send for List 



B. HANHOND TRACY, lac. 



Cedar Acres 



WENHAM, MASS. 



GIANT PANSY SEED 



Kenilworth Mixture 



Princess— tiie new upriglit 



Pansy 

 1000 seeds, 26c; ^■' 

 $1.26; oz., $6.00. 



Early Flowering or Winter 

 Bleoming Giant Pansles, 



1000 seeds, 40c; *« oz., $1.10; 

 U, oz., $2.00; oz.. $7.60. 



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