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The Florists^ Review 



Jandabt 15, 1920. 



The quality of the 1919 crop velvet 

 beans for seed is good, several large 

 shippers reporting the quality of their 

 stocks as "very good" or "excellent." 



IMPOBTS OF GRASS SEED. 



The following table, prepared in the 

 seed laboratory of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, United States Department of 

 Agricultur6, shows the amount of the 

 various kinds of forage plant seeds sub- 

 ject to the seed importa'tion act per- 

 mitted entry into the United States 

 during the month of December, 1919, 

 as compared with the corresponding 

 month in the previous year: 



December, 

 1919. 

 Kind of Boed pounds 



Alfalfa 1,808,800 



Bluegrnss: 

 Canada 49.900 



BromeKrass, awnless 23,400 



Clover : 



Alslke 900.000 



CrimBon 277, 2(M) 



Red 2,300. 400 



White 33,000 



Clover mixtures: 



White and nlsike 1,200 



Red and alsike 



Alsike and timothy 84,300 



Millet: 



Broom-eorn 



HiinKarlan 7,000 



Mixtures. 



Grass KKI 



Orchard grass 317.200 



Rape 1,320.100 



Redtop SOO 



Ryefrrass: 



English 370.1(M» 



Italian 3'.*4,900 



Timothy 



Vetch: 



Hairy Ol.ocd 



Spring 1".-..!ii.ii 



December, 

 1918, 

 pounds 



120,400 



502.400 

 88.000 

 42,900 



33.200 



900 



13.900 



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CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines. la.— Fifty-fifth 

 annual catalogue of seeds, bulbs, plants, roses 

 fS2^",,"""fy ^*°''^' Implements and sundries; 

 lu JT. P^^^^^ pages and colored cover. Among 

 tne Illustrations are two full-page colored plates. 



..ny™;,^?°'? Manle, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.— 

 The Maule Seed Book for 1920," a comprehen- 

 sive catalogue, consisting of 176 large pages and 

 colored cover. The first 112 pages are devoted 

 to vegetable and field seeds and are printed on 

 White paper; the remaining pages are pink-col- 

 ored and are occupied by flower seeds, bulbs 

 roots, plants, roses, nursery stock and miscella- 

 neous supplies. 



L. L. Olds Seed Co., Madison, Wis.— "Special 

 Catalogue of Garden Seeds, Flower Seeds, Bulbs 

 and Plants." This 32-page, Illustrated cata- 

 logue, says the company, is Intended especially 

 for the southern trade and is condensed from 

 •iity-six pages of the regular catalogue, which 

 will be a 112-page book and will be Issued soon. 



0. P. JMsksom Seed Co., Inc., Houston, Tex.— 

 Illustrated catalogue of "Quality Brand" seeds 

 for garden and field; forty pages. In a colored 

 cover of the offset type. In the center are two 

 pages of tabulated information on quantities of 

 seed per acre, distance between plants, depth 

 to plant, etc. 



Bobert Buist Co., Philadelphia, Pa.— Ninety- 

 second annual edition of "The Buist Garden 

 Guide," 140 pages, besides inserts bearing four 

 full-page colored illustrations. The cover also 

 shows vegetables and flowers in their natural 

 hues. The book starts with about a dozen pages 

 of cultural directions. 



W. W. Wihnore, Denver, Colo.— Two cata- 

 logues, general and wholesale, offering dahlias, 

 gladioli, peonies and other hardy plants. The 

 general catalogue is illustrated and consists of 

 sixteen pages and cover. The wholesale list Is 

 condensed to four pages. Dahlias, having been 

 the Wilmore specialty for thirty-four years, are 

 featured most conspicuously. 



Wood, Stubbs te Co., Inc., touisville, Ky.— 

 Twenty-first annual catalogue of "Blue Ribbon" 

 seeds; illustrated; eighty good-sized pages, in 

 a colored cover of appropriate design. Tobacco, 

 "Kentucky's noted crop," gets due attention. 

 On page 45 Is a "Planting, Maturity and Weight 

 Table." 



Valdeslaa Nurseries, Bostic, N. C. — "Land- 

 scaping the Home Grounds," an Illustrated cat- 

 alogue of general nursery stock, both ornamental 

 and fruit-bearing; thirty-two pages and cover. 

 In pocket form. Garden roots, bulbous stock, 

 peonies and other hardy plants are Inclnded. 



Katuice Pnld, New York, N. Y.— "My Gar- 

 den Favorites," another of the artistic, unique 

 books of the Fuld type; 180 pages, printed with 

 blue ink, with no ornamentation on the cover 

 except a small amount of blue lettering. Mr. 

 ruld states that be feels he is here offering a 



GEN. PERSHING 



(PINK WITH BRONZE SHADING) 



and 



VIOLA 



(LAVENDER) 



FREY'S NEW 

 COLORED FREESIAS 



WILL BE EXHIBITED AT 



The Carnation Convention 



Chicago, Jan. 21^-22ncl 



ALOIS FREY, 



San Fernando, Calif. 



A. HENDERSON & CO.. 



1 66 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago 



Dealers' Inquiries Solicited 



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Lily of the Valley Pips 



1919 CROP 



We can deliver immediately from 

 cold storage. Write for prices. 



C. J. SPEELMAN & SONS 



38 Murray Street. NEW YORK 





