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The Florists^ Review 



July 1, 1920 



BUY BOOT'S BULBS 



Boot's Bulbs, Dutch and French, bring best business to buyers. Book 'Bout 

 Boot's Bulbs being mailed to all who ask for it. Write for yours today. 



Specialists in growing Single Narcissi, Bicolor, Victoria, 



BOOT & CO., Voorhout, Holland 



Address care G. W. HAMPTON CO., 17 Battery Place, New York, N. Y. 



of tlio Everett (' M. P.'.'icnek Co.. Cliienjio. 

 sugiresteil misnii,' llie iiinney ])y ]iuttiiiL;- 



a senl mi eacli piu-ket of s 1 s<ilil, ;if1er 



llu' ininiiiev 111 tlie feileral tax on toilet 

 nrtieles: Ihis iiietliod. lie 1hou<iiit, \v(mM 

 siiiililif\ tlie t)ookkee|i'my prolileiii, llie 

 burden of wliicli was spoken of more 

 than oTice. 'Die discussion was closed 

 wlion the assoeiation ]iasseil a molion 

 to aliaiidou tlie prn.ie.-i of paid ]iui>- 

 licity, al least for tlie time l)ein>jt- 



Experiment Station Reports. 



Another interest iuo leiiture of 



Wednesday al'tevnuou was the re.adiui;' 

 by L. li. Ohls of the report of the eoui- 

 niittee on ixiieriineiit stations. Inter- 

 esting si]L;i,'est ions contained in th(» re- 

 plies from seventeen states — more had 

 been rect i\(ii than were ro.ad — included 

 lite adi'ption bv tin' American Seed 

 Trade Association of ;i ^^entU'inen's 

 agreement to show on tlie label wIkm'c 

 the seeds were iirown, the use of an 

 order of cvo]i rotation whicli would ]ire- 

 vent jilaiits bearing: related diseases 

 from l(dlowin<: in direct succession, tlu^ 

 regulation of iiitirstato seed trafitie by 

 a fi'd<'ral seeil law and the registration 

 of seed fields coming uji to a certnin 

 stand:ir<l. Maryland rejiorted satisfac- 

 tion with its unitorm seed law, in effect 

 since ()ct(dier. lOlS; New York's uni- 

 form seed l;iw becomes effective .July 1. 

 102n. and Massa(diusetts. with Xew Kng 

 land ]iride, rejiorted that it liad nf» seed 

 law because there was no demand for 

 it from anyone. 



A further feature of that nfternoou 

 session was the reading by (ieorge 

 Kdler. of the bureau of markets of the 

 United St.ates Department of Agricul- 

 ture. Washington, I). C. of the pajier 

 on "Tl 



BULBS 



C. J. SPEELMAN & SONS, 470 Greenwich Street, New York City 



ESTABLISHED 1868 



I'ine Turf (Irasses. with Siie 



cial Reference to the- See<l Siip|ily." by 

 K. A. Oakley, of tlie Department of 



Agriculture, Washington, who was uu- 

 ;ible to be jireseiit. This jiaper con- 

 sidered the different \arieties in detail, 

 ]iart iciilarly the tine bents and the (diief 

 varieties of red fescue, stating tli.nt 

 these were decidedly short in siijiidy. 

 I^ermiida gr.-iss and iciltop were reconi- 

 mendefl for use in the south. Little 

 trust is to be ]iut in advertised mi.xturi-s, 

 the pajier said; the jmre seeds true to 

 name sliould be sidd and the mixing, if 

 any, done at the time of seeijing. Mr. 

 Iviler said that there had been no seed 

 surveys since July 1, 191!(, wlieii the 

 authority for their issuance expind. but 

 that various reports of a simll;ir nature 

 had been issued since tlnMi. 



Seed Laws Compiled. 



As the result ' of recommendations 

 containe'l in the rejiort of the com- 

 mittee on the presidcMit's .address, pre- 

 sented b.v i'red ]',. King, of Mandeville 

 «Sc King Co.. liochester. X. V.. the asso- 

 ciation voted that enough copies of tlii' 

 compilation of the seed laws ])rep;ired 

 bv the association's counsel should be 



M. Veldhuyzen Van Zanten & Sons 



i:>taljllslictl 1870. 



Wholesale Bulb Growers LlSSe, Holland 

 Catalogue Free on Application 



VAN HEEUWEN & TEGELAAR 



Wholesale Dutch Bulb Growers 



1133 BROADWAY 

 NEW YORK 



Nurseries at LISSE, HOLLAND 



jirinted to provide one for each member, 

 a number for distribution to various 

 governmental agencies and a reserve of 

 about fifty for future members; that a 

 letter be sent to Secretary K. T. Mere- 

 dith coiniiKMiding him on his j)osition in 

 opposing the continuatifin of the con- 

 gressional free seed distribution; that 

 the executive council sliould continue 



Members of the American Seed Trade Association in Attendance at the 



