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The Florists^ Review 



JcNB 22, 1922 



Retail Florists — Attention! 



Ererr Retail FlorUt u askeil, timei withoot BOBbcr, {or (ometliiaf to keep borne plant* healthy and make them frow. 



The Public Wants It — We Have It — Here It Is 



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In Chicago alone over 300 Retail Florists are selling it and sending repeat orders every month. 



SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER— Cut coupon below and order today 



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Enclosed please find check for $10.00, for which kindly ship at once, the following: 



5 Doz. NEW PLANT LIFE, M-pint size, @ $2.00 $10.00 



1 Doz. NEW PLANT LIFE, V^-pint size FREE 



Also a good supply of leaflets, without charge. Retailing at 25c per can, brings $18.00, or $8.00 net profit. 



Name 



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3^- pint can 

 Retails for . . 



25c 



reporting of such tests. The members 

 will also remember that the uniform 

 state seed law, which has been adopted 

 in many of our states, provides that the 

 rules for testing seeds adopted by the 

 analysts' convention shall be those un- 

 der which said state seed laws shall be 

 administered. The importance, how- 

 ever, of any change in these rules and 

 regulations of testing adopted by the 

 analysts' association is most apparent. 



The important question of hard seeds 

 was discussed. The almost universal 

 conclusion of those analysts giving 

 papers at the convention on this sub- 

 ject was to report these hard seeds as 

 non-germinating, thereby obviously 

 heavily decreasing the percentage of 

 germination stated on the label. The 

 representative of this association, how- 

 ever, was invited to express a legal 

 opinion on this attitude, it being shown 

 that any attempt to report hard seeds 

 as worthless in respect to germination 

 would be clearly illegal, because these 

 hard seeds have a germinating quality 

 which cannot, under the laws of the 

 various states, be denied. The analysts' 

 convention, therefore, adopted a resolu- 

 tion that all hard seeds should be in- 

 cluded in the total percentage of ger- 

 mination, but that a separate statement 

 should be made of the percentage of 

 hard seeds. For illustration, if the re- 

 port on grass seed indicates that there 

 is eighty-five per cent sprouts, with ten 

 per cent hard seeds, the label attached 

 to the goods will say: "Percentage of 

 germination, 95%; 10% hard seeds." 



The analysts' association conducts 

 one of the most interesting and vital 

 bits of work of any association inter- 

 ested in seeds; namely, the testing of 

 the accuracy of the methods of analysts 

 in testing seeds. As the violation of 

 the various state seed laws depends 

 primarily on the accuracy of the tests 

 of seeds, the importance of having scien- 

 tific and accurate reports is apparent. 

 The analysts' association has for sev- 

 eral years been conducting these re- 

 views of the ability of analysts to test 

 seeds, and the last convention of the 

 association developed such an unfortu- 

 nate report of the inaccuracies of these 

 a resolution calling upon the official 

 laboratories and analysts of the va- 

 rious states to make a fundamental 

 change in their methods and equipment 

 and stating that in the year 1924 a sur- 



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Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Supplies 

 714-16 Chestnut St., Phlla. 



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vey of all the official laboratories will 

 be made by a committee of the analysts' 

 association and only those laboratories 

 which show the necessary equipment 

 and have competent personnel will re- 

 ceive a certificate as to the merit of 

 their respective laboratories, and as to 

 those which fall without this classifica- 

 tion, the statement will be made that 

 they are incompetent to execute the 

 laws. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



When conditions have reached their 

 worst, they are always bound to im- 

 prove. A week ago terrific and un- 

 seasonable heat cast a pall over the 

 market. Last week temperatures were 

 much lower, with considerable rain and 

 cloudiness. In consequence, while cut 

 flower arrivals were still heavy, there 

 was less of a glut as compared with a 

 week earlier. Too many flowers still 

 arrive, but every June we have these 

 selfsame conditions to encounter and 

 there is no reason for discouragement. 



BEGONIAS 



Pride of Newcastle, 



4-inch, 20c each 

 Mrs. M. A. Patten, 



4-inch, 20c each 



Corallina de Lucerne, 



4-inch, 20c each 



Heavy bushy plants in bloom juet right 

 for immediate sale or for shifting along 

 to larger sizes. 



Rex, 4 -inch - 25c each 

 Rex, 2X-inch - 10c each 



Asparagus Plumosus, fine 

 heavy plants, 4-inch, 12c each. 



GERANIUMS, 2)<-inch 

 Poitevine, $5.00 per 100. 

 Nutt and Buchner, 



$4.00 per 100 



BOSTON FERNS 



A nice lot of 5K and 6-inch 

 pots, 60c each. 



All of the above stock of my 

 usual excellent quality 



EXPERTLY PACKED, FREE OF CHARGE 



G. R. NOBLE, Paducah, Ky. 



The 1921-22 season has been an excel- 

 lent one, probably the best Boston and 

 vicinity ever had, and everyone faces 

 the future with renewed confidence and 

 courage. 



Koses are shortening up and realize a 

 little better prices than they did a week 

 ago. They are in good demand this 

 week for college and school commence- 

 ments, graduations and class days. 

 Growers are pulling out considerable 



