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50 



The Florists^ Review 



August 14, 1913. 



the area planted of most of these is 

 not quite so large as usual. 



The crop of flower seeds is late on 

 account of the unfavorable weather, but 

 looks satisfactory and, with warm 

 weather, should be a good one in many 

 varieties. The conditions have caused 

 poor development of antirrhinum, lo- 

 belia and some others. The crop of 

 primula and myosotis will not be heavy 

 and that of other biennial flower seeds 

 will be about normal, although a great 

 deal depends upon the weather from 

 now on. 



SEEDS AND THE PARCEL POST. 



The Eeview has received the following 

 interesting communication from R. F. 

 Lyon, manager of the mail order de- 

 partment of H. G. Hastings & Co., At- 

 lanta, Ga.: 



"In The Eeview for August 7, under 

 the heading 'Seed Trade News,' ap- 

 pears the following item: 



" 'The modifications of the parcel 

 post regulations apply to seeds, but the 

 rate remains 1 cent for each two 

 ounces, regardless of distance. To 

 those whose business largely is within 

 a 150-mile radius the new regulations 

 make it more desirable than ever that 

 seeds, plants and bulbs be included with 

 other merchandise at the zone rates.' 



"We think possibly you might be 

 interested in an experiment we made 

 with our mail one day last week. For 

 one day's mailing we marked down the 

 amount of postage which the present 

 seed rate amounts to, and we also 

 marked the amount that the postage 

 would amount to under the zone sys- 

 tem, using the rates effective August 

 15. We had the following number of 

 packages under the different zones: 



Zone. Packages. 



First and second 123 



Third 20.3 



Fourth 251 



Fifth 37 



Total 614 



"Under the zone rate the postage 

 on these packages would have amounted 

 to $64.04. The seed rate on these same 

 packages was $52.58, making a saving 

 of the seed rate over the zone of $11.46, 

 which you will note amounts to nearly 

 twenty-two per cent. 



"We do not question the fact that 

 the zone rates of postage would be a 

 benefit on the larger packages in the 

 near zones, but as the test mailing 

 that we have reference to is a fair 

 average of our mail, you can easily 

 see that if seeds were put under the 

 zone rates, as they will be after August 

 15, there would be a material increase 

 in the expense of mailing the pack- 

 ages. This is undoubtedly brought 

 about by the fact that so many pack- 

 ages weigh less than one pound. If 

 there were some provision made for 

 packages weighing less than one pound 

 to take the ounce rate and packages 

 weighing one pound and over to take 

 the pound rate, it may be that the 

 zone system could be used to advan- 

 tage. 



"We think that the seed trade, as a 

 whole, is opposed to any change in the 

 present rates until the zone rates are 

 lowered to such an extent that the 

 cost will not be any higher than the 

 present rate on an average." 



This is an extremely illuminating 

 showing and it would pay all seeds- 

 men who receive criticisms of the pres- 

 ent postal arrangements to prepare a 

 similar record of their own mailings. 

 The Review will be glad to receive 



BULBSI-FROM THE GROWER-BULBS! 



All first size, never forced, grand lot, F. 0. R. 

 C. W. 0., offered subjct to beinR unsold. 



Per 1000 



Irving $6.00 



Golden Spur 6.00 



Per 1000 



Ornatus »3.00 



Pbeasant'B Eye 2.66 



Sir Watkln 6.00 Lily White 4.S5 



Horafleldll 4.36 



Emperor 6.80 



Barrll ConaplcuuB 2 . 40 



Prlnceps 3.00 



arand Monarqae 6.00 



Tirtoila 6 00 



Solell d'Or 6.00 



Double White 2 66 



Per 1000 



Cynosure $3.00 



Figaro 2.40 



Double IncomparablUs . . . . 2.6$ 



Single Id com para bills 2.66 



Oampernelie 2 40 



Campernelle RngulosuR 3.40 



Glorlosa 7.26 



GILL. NURSERYMAN, 



FALMOUTH, ENGLAND 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



BEANS, PEAS, RADISH 



AND ALL flIARDEN SEEDS 



ueoNA?Sx«.--' 



CO 



CHICAGO 



GROWERS FOR THE TRADE 



ONION SETS Write for Prices 



Watcli for oar Trade Hark Stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pure Culture Noshroom Spawn 



Substitution of cheaper grrades is thus 

 easily exposed. Fresh sample brick, 

 ^(^"^w^ with lUusitrated book, mailed pos^iaid 

 ^p Cj^ by manufacturers upon receipt of 40 

 ^^^^,„*^^ cents In postage. Address 



Trade BiaA. AacricaB Spawn Co., SL Paul, Mian. 



Waldo Rohnert 



OILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties : Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 CJosmos, Mignonette, Verbena, in variety. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Pieters-Wheder Seed Company 



Palo Alto, :: California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peas, etc. 



CoiT>Bpond»nc« Solicited. 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ABBOTO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



Wbdeaale growers of full lists of FLOWER and 

 OARD£af SEEDS 



Western Seed & biigatien Co. 



S««d Grower* and Dealers 



Specialties: 



Cupumber. Musk and Watermelon, 



Pumpkin, Squash, Sweet and Field Corn. 



FREMONT, NEB. 



BRASLAN SEED QROWERS CO., inc. 

 SAN JOSE. CALIFORNIA 



McntloB Th. BeTlew when jou write. 



H. FRANK DARROW 



p. O. Box 1250 



86 Barclay St., NEW YORK 



Importer of 



Azaleas, Palms, Bay Trees 



and all other Belgian Plants. Lily of the Valley 



of the finest Berlin and Hamburg brands. 



Begonia and Oloxinia Bulbs of 



choice quality. 



Japanese, Holland and Trench Bulbs 



FRENCH and ENQLISH 

 FRUIT and ORNAMENTAL STOCKS 



M<'ntlon The RptIpw when yon write. 



Fall Bulbs and Seeds 



For Summer Sowing 



Send for Price List 



F. O. FRANZEN 



1476 Sumiiierdale Ave., CHICAOO 



Angust. Rolker & Sons 



import for the trade only: Azaleas, 



Palms, Rhododendrons, Bay Trees, Roses, 



Lilacs, Holland and Japan Bulbs, 



Lily of the Valley, etc. 



P. a B«x 752, or 31 Bwday Street, NEW YORK 



