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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 4, 1920 



zines, agricultural press, schools, mu- 

 nicipal garden committees, lecturers, 

 libraries, clubs, exhibitions, industrial 

 organizations and moving pictures of 

 the educational and current news type. 



The campaign will be conducted at 

 least ten months in the year and will 

 be comprehensive. Gardeners will not 

 only be urged to plant, but will be told 

 how to take care of the garden prod- 

 ucts so that the success of one year will 

 prompt them to plant a garden the fol- 

 lowing season and thereby acquire the 

 gardening habit. 



Due to the lateness of the season, it 

 is undesirable to purchase any adver. 

 tising in any form whatever at the 

 present time, but there is the large 

 amount of work to do in the prepara- 

 tion of publicity matter for free ac- 

 ceptance by newspapers and those pub- 

 lications whose readers are prospective 

 gardeners. 



IMPOSTS OF GRASS SEEDS. 



The imports of forage plant seeds 

 permitted entry into the United States 

 under the seed importation act for the 

 first half of February and also for the 

 government fiscal year to February 15 

 are reported by the seed laboratory of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture as follows: 



7% month! 



Feb. 1 to 15 ending 



inclualre, Feb. 16, 



1920. 1920, 



Kind of seed pounds pounds 



Alfalfa 187,800 9,648,100 



Bluegrass: 



Canada 6,600 880,800 



Brome grass, awnless 7,600 134,100 



Clover: 



Alsike 253,400 4,915,200 



Crimson 194,800 9,698,100 



Ked 921,500 10,181,400 



White 69,800 148,000 



Clover mixtures: 



White and alsike 21,700 



Red and alsike 700 



Alsike and timothy 18,000 236,700 



Fescue, meadow 800 



Millet: 



Broom com 225,400 



Hungarian 25.800 



Mixtures: 



Grass 100 



Orchard grass 148,000 2,014,800 



Bap« 4,861,400 



Bedtop 800 



Byegrass: 



English 88.600 1.350,200 



ItaUan 24,600 725,100 



Timothy 4,500 



Vetch: . 



Hairy 76.900 430,400 



Spring 33.600 315,800 



STOCKS OF GRASS SEEDS. 



Compiling a report from replies re- 

 ceived from shippers of millet, sorgo 

 and Sudan grass seed, the Bureau of 

 Markets of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture states that the stocks of most kinds 

 in shippers' hands January 20, 1920, 

 were considerably larger than on the 

 same date last year, the greatest con- 

 trast in this respect being in the case 

 of sumac or red-top sorgo. Total ship- 

 ments of the 1919 crop are expected to 

 equal or exceed those made of the 1918 

 crop, except for common and broom- 

 corn millet, which are, respectively, 

 about fifteen and fifty per cent less than 

 the 1918 crop shipments. 



Numerous reports were received of 

 delay in shipments because of railroad 

 embargoes, a shortage of cars and 

 a reluctance on the part of farmers 

 to thrash their seed because of the in- 

 active and low-priced market. How- 

 ever, a comparison of the 1919 crop 

 with the 1918 crop shows that the per- 

 centage of the total shipments of the 

 1919 crop made up to January 20, 1920, 

 was equal to the percentage of the 1918 



Our Offices and WarahovMS .at Umc, Holland 



30 



YEARS SUPPLYING 

 THE BEST TRADE 

 IN AMERICA 



BULBS 



THE SAME OLD FIRM AT THE SAME OLD STAND 



M. VELDHUYZEN VAN ZANTEN & SONS 



-EstablUhed 1870 



New York Address: 

 Care R. F. LANG» 32 Broadway 



CATALOGUE FREE ON APPUCATION 



Lisse, Holland 





Snapdragons 



are playing a leading role with every live florist. 

 Oet your ahare of this business. Plants may be 

 started any time from seed. 



Seed of our famous Silver Pink, Sl.00 per pkt.; 

 8 for tSUKV. 7 for S6.00. 



Seed of our new Hybrid Pink and of our new 

 Gtolden Pink Queen, same price. 



Seed of Keystone, Nelrose, Qamet. WhUe, 

 Yellow, Light Pink, Buxton and Fancy Mixed, 

 86c per pkt,; 8 for 11.00. 



Free cultural directions. All orders cash. 



C S.ltAnSBUKG, SOHERSWOItTll,N.H. 



Cold Storage Giganteum 



^ , ^ 7to9-inch $17.50 per 100 



Order now for Case of 300, $50.00 



immediate delivery 9 to 10-inch $26.00 per 1 00 



or when needed Case of 200, $50.00 



C. J. SPEELMAN & SONS, Uz^'^lii^fi 



ESTABLISHED 1868 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



Priffluli Okonict Gijintea 

 Rosea 



Dwarf habit, light and dark shades 



of pinlf . Select strain. 



All fresh seed. 



Sample of flower pro- 

 duced, sent on request 



Packet of 1500 seeds for $L SO. Cash. 



ERNEST OECHSLIN 



llii«Me ami Gab Sl>., RlTCr Forest, III. 



UUUM GIGANTEUM 



For immediate delivery, 



7 to 9. 800 per case; 8 to 9, 250 per case; 

 $55.00 per case. 



.Also some 7 to 9, 100 per case. Write for 

 prices. 



HARDY ULIES "^.'^lUm 



«£^n $30.00 



9 to 11 J per case 



Consult our Classified ads for other stock 

 or write us for quotations on whatever else 

 you may want in Plants, Seeds or Bulbs. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



50 Park Place, NEW YORK CITY 



