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The Florists^ Review 



Decembeu 4, 1919. 



men in the summer of 1917, representa- 

 tives of the seed trade associations and 

 a large number of individual seedsmen 

 agreed to label all lots of field and for- 

 age-crop seeds sold in quantities of ten 

 pounds or more with the percentage of 

 pure live seed, the date of the germina- 

 tion test and in certain cases the coun- 

 try of origin. In the spring of 1918 

 seeds of redtop and red clover were pur- 

 chased and examined to determine to 

 what extent this agreement was kept. 

 This examination showed that only ten 

 per cent of the lots of seeds purchased 

 were found to be fully labeled in accord- 

 ance with the agreement. 



' ' Practically all of the larger seed 

 dealers now have facilities for testing 

 seeds and know the quality of the seeds 

 they are handling, but apparently most 

 of them are not passing on to the farmer 

 this information, which is of vital im- 

 portance to him. 



Congressional Seed Distribution. 



"During the fiscal year 1919 there 

 were distributed on congressional and 

 miscellaneous requests 8,072,791 pack- 

 ages of vegetable seed and 883,136 pack- 

 ages of flower seed, or a total of 8,955,- 

 927 packages, each containing five pack- 

 ets of different kinds of seed. There 

 were also distributed 12,122 packages of 

 lawn grass seed and 10,368 packages of 

 imported narcissus and tulip bulbs. The 

 seeds and bulbs were purchased on com- 

 petitive bids, as heretofore. Each lot 

 of seed purchased was thoroughly tested 

 for purity and viability before accept- 

 ance by the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 and tests of each lot of seed were con- 

 ducted on the trial grounds of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture to determine its 

 trueness to type." 



TROUBLE BBEWINO. 



Demand for Warranty of Seeds. 



"In the majority of cases it is un- 

 doubtedly far cheaper for the garden- 

 er to buy his vegetable seed than to 

 attempt to grow it," said E. R. Bennett, 

 of Boise, Ida., at a recent convention of 

 veteran truckers.. "It is probable, too, 

 that the average garden seed sold by 

 seedsmen is from better stock and more 

 carefully rogued than is home-saved 

 seed. Notwithstanding this fact, it is 

 believed there are great possibilities for 

 improvement in crops for the man who 

 understands plant breeding, in growing 

 his own seed. One of the large market 

 gardeners of New. England, who grows 

 his own onion seed, told us that he could 

 buy tlie seed for less than half the cost 

 to grow it, but that because of the un- 

 certainty as to the variety and quality 

 of seed bought, he did not care to take 

 the chance. 



A Claim for Damages. 



*'A more recent case is still more to 

 the point. A gardener in Idaho with 

 whom we have been in rather close 

 touch, experienced a severe loss last 

 season from securing poor seed. One 

 and one-half pounds of cauliflower seed 

 v.cre planted on about two acres of 

 fjround. The plants started well, but 

 soon began to diverge in type and habit 

 of growth. We saw this field in early 

 August. At that time the grower had 

 great hopes of a profitable crop, al- 

 though we called his attention to the 

 fact that the plants were not uniform 

 and at least a large percentage of them 

 were off type. Later we were called up- 



Bang, went the Cannon! 



DUTCH BULBS 



HYACINTHS, 1st size 



Gertrude \ 



Grand Maitre / $ 8.00 per lOO 



Kinif of Blues I „^ r\r\. i f\.r\r\. 



Queen of Blues \ 7S.OO per 1 OOO 



L'Innocence \ Cash with order 



Gen. DeWet / 



2nd Size, as above, $6.00 per 100; $50.00Iper 1000 



MINIATURE, as above $20.00 per 1000 



TULIPS 



Murillo $23.00 per 1000 



Yellow Prince 23.00 per 1000 



Keizerskroon 23.00 per 1000 



Thomas Moore 22.00 per 1000 



Fred Moore 23.00 per 1000 



Barclay Brand Giganteum Lilies 



7/9, 300 to case, $60.00 



BARCLAY NURSERY, Me"w?°^rg 





Mention The RcTJcw when you write. 



Godfrey Calla 

 Bulblets 



Pure stock, mixed sizes left 

 after planting a house 186 x 

 20 ft. ; will run 600 to 700 to 

 the quart. 



$4.00 per quart 

 2.25 per pint 



Jas. Wheeler 



Florist 

 NATICK, MASS. 



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The Toyo Horticultural Co., 



Limited 

 PURE JAPANESE SEEDS 



(Wkolctale Seed Growert for Howcn ud VefcUbki) 



Naito Shiiunka, TOKYO, JAPAN 



Mention Th« ReTlew when you write. 



DANISH SEED IMPORT 



Import of all klndi of Seedi direct from Med 

 crowenln Denmark. Pleaae aend for price llat. 



Ckr. Moabjmrg. 216 7th St. N.. Miaaiiaiiit. Miaa. 

 Mention The Berlew when yoa write. 



Darwin Tulips 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Baronne de la Tonnaye, 



pink IS.CK) 5 27.00 



Clara Butt, apple blos- 

 som 3.00 27.00 



Dream, fine lilac 4.00 35.00 



Gretchen, light pink... 3.00 2G.00 



La Caadenr, white 3.00 27.00 



Pride of Haarlem, deep 



pink 4.00 35.00 



Famcombe Sanders, scar- 

 let 4.00 35.00 



Whiatler, re 1 3.00 27.00 



Single Late Tulips 



Bontond'Or, yellow. ..$3.00 $26.00 

 Inglescombe Pink 3.00 27.00 



Narcissi 



Victoria, extra large. . .fo.OO $45.00 

 Poeticnt Omatus, large, 



double nosed 3 .50 32 .00 



SirWatkin, extra, double 



nosed 5.00 45.00 



Home-grown Gladiolus Bulbs 



Ask for Prices 



UNITED BULB CO. 



Mount Clemens, Michigan 



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Established 1883 



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