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The Florists^ Review 



8ki>tkmbek 11. 191!). 



ti'i-dam August 29, bound for New York, 

 :ilso carries a large eargo of Holland 

 bulbs. 



INSPECT BULBS AT DEALERS'. 



After consideration and ex])erience of 

 the difficulties involved in following the 

 federal regulations requiring the inspec- 

 tion of imported bull)s, the state in- 

 spectors are taking steps to sinij)lifv 

 procellure. The present plan is to in- 

 spect the bulbs when they arrive at the 

 seed houses or bulb dealers', allowing re- 

 shipment under state certificate with- 

 out the necessity of making out dupli- 

 cate notices as required under federal 

 regulations. 



At Chicago Chief Insjjector P. A. 

 Glenn has detailed H. L. Berline, with 

 headcjuarters at 1620 North La Salle 

 street, to handle the work of inspection 

 until September 15. Mr. Glenn's jilan 

 of dealing with the situation is out- 

 lined by him as follows: 



We cannot hope to follow up small shipments 

 iiU over the state for the purpose of inspectini; 

 them. One man in (^liicaRo ean Inspeet all the 

 large shipments whieh come to Chicago while 

 in the hands of the wholesalers or other persons 

 who distribute this stock to the local green- 

 houses over the state. When thus inspected the 

 shipments are released from any further fe<IerHl 

 regulations as to sen<ling out of notices of ship- 

 ments and may he reshipped under state regula- 

 tions. The state regulations recpiire that each 

 package bear a certificate of inspection. Cer- 

 tificates of inspection will he furnished u|xin 

 inspection of these shipments by the state in- 

 spector and wholesalers may make as nuuiy 

 coi)ies of these certificates as they need for the 

 purpose of reshipping the bulbs. A copy of the 

 certificate should, of course, be attached to every 

 package of bulbs reshlpi)ed. The inspection's 

 thus far have disclosed the fact that a goo<l 

 lUiiiiy shipments. especi;illy of lily bull)s. are 

 more or less infested by mites. I have been 

 ipiite willing to allow shipments, though mites 

 were fo\ind in them, to be reshipped to points 

 within this state, but naturally did not feel 

 justified in reli'asing them fur sliipmeiit into 

 other states without knowing whether this would 

 be iigreeiible to the !iutliorlties in other st.-ites. 

 I have received information from llie authori- 

 ties in a luimber of other states in regard to 

 this within the last day or two .mil they have 

 all expressed ;i willingness to permit sliiimients 

 of Inilbs which have been jiassed by our inspec 

 tor in this state to come intd their states if 

 accompanied by a certificate of inspection issued 

 from this oflice. They, however, requested that 

 the wholesali'rs send them notice of shipments. 



I believe this metlwid of liaiidling the situa- 

 tion will relieve the wholesiilers of much extra 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



C. C. MORSE & CO. 



SEED GROWERS 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



SPECIALTIES 



Selected stocks tf Onion, 



Lettuce, Radish, Carrot, 



Sweet Peas, etc. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Seed Packets 



FLOWER SEED SIZPS TO CATALOGUE 

 ENVELOPES- RETURN ENVELOPES 



Brown Bag Filling Nachine Co. 



FITCHRURO. IVIASS.. U. S. A. 



work, as it will do away with the sending out 

 of legal notices reipiired by the federal regula- 

 tions. 



VISIT RICE SEED FARM. 



Many incmbers of the seed trade took 

 advantafje of the invitation of the Je- 

 rome B. Rice Co., to inspect the seed 

 crops and trial grounds on its seed farm 

 at (Jrass I^ake, Mich., September 2 to ">. 

 The (trass Lake Stock Seed Farm is 

 located three miles east of the village 

 of (irass Lake and consists of more than 

 l,L'(Ml acres. Howard M. Earl and 



I.N. Simon & Son 



Garden Seeds 



AT WHOLESALE 



488 Market Street, PHILABELPHIA, Pa. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Pepper, Egg Plant, Tomato, Okra, AqiKuragus. 



Rhubarb, Celery, Spinach, Beet. Oni«n, Beans, 



Cabbade, Cauliflower, Sweet Com, Vine Seeds. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



GEORGE R. PEDRICK & SON 



PE9RICKTOWN. N. J. 



The Benaral Bulb Company 



Established 1883 

 VOGELENZANG (Holland) 



American Branch: 



110 Water Street, 



New York 



George E. Starr in a Field of Tomato June Pink at Grass Lake. 



Charles P. Guelf were at the farm to 

 greet the visitors. As trains did not 

 stop at the farm, automobiles were pro- 

 vided for the visitors, in which they 

 were driven from Grass Lake to the 

 farm. 



At this season of the year the trials 

 are most interesting and the visitors 

 spent hours comparing the merits of the 

 different selections. The farm is under 

 the supervision of George E. Starr, who 

 is well known to the wholesale trade in 

 connection with his work on stock seed 

 selections. 



Commercial seed crops are not pro- 

 duced; all the land under cultivation is 

 devoted to the growing of stock seed, 

 which is later su])plied to the firm's con- 

 tract growers. The farm grows stock 

 seed of practically all the vegetable seed 

 sold by the firm. 



The following were visitors at the 

 farm : 



F. S. Ingersoll, Rocky River, O. 



Wesley D. Simon. I'hiladelphiii. 



David Don, New York. 



lyee Don, New York. 



Charles W. BolKiano, Washiuntun. D. C. 



Hujth Mlllov, Toronto, Out. 



Allen C. Drake, Cincinnati. O. 



A. J. Crockett, Cleveland, O. 



<i. F. Bradley. Cleveland, O, 



W. A. Hall, I^uisville, K.v. 



C. H. Sears, Chillieothe. (). 



