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The Rorists' Revie^v 



July 2, 1914. 



The Oovemment Experts. 



In addition to Congressman Mann, 

 who was heard at the banquet, three of 

 tke government seed experts addressed 

 the convention. W. W. Tracy was on 

 the program for one of his always in- 

 teresting papers, "Trial Grounds; 

 Their Actual and Possible Value." 

 Prof. F. H. Hillman, head of the seed 

 laboratory, explained the work of his 

 office. Edgar Brown, who is in charge 

 of much of the government's work af- 

 fecting seed trade interests, spoke on 

 selling seeds at retail. In part he said: 



"The seed business is an important 

 factor in our agricultural system, but 

 insofar as it is maintained on a strictly 

 merchandising basis, it is not fulfilling 

 the function reasonably to be expected 

 of it. When a farmer goes to one of 

 you to buy seeds that are to be the 

 basis of his crop, he expects the same 

 grade of .information about the seeds he 

 is buying as you expect from your 

 architect about your building. 



"The seed business of the future," 

 said Mr. Brown, "is going to rest, first, 

 on accurate information furnished the 

 purchaser, and second, on efficiency in 

 handling. ' ' 



WOBK OF THE AFHI&. 



In sending out a revised price list of 

 winter-flowering Spencer sweet peas, 

 Anton C. Zvolanek, of Lpmpoc, Cal., 

 says: 



"Since sending out our first price list 

 four weeks ago, most of the sweet pea 

 fields in Califormia have been either 

 partly or in many cases totally 

 destroyed by the green aphis. This 

 pest came at the last moment, when we 

 thought that we were going to have a 

 good crop, and came so suddenly and 

 on such a large scale that the - fields, 

 then nearly tdl in full bloom, were 

 ruined in a few days. In many cases 

 we shall be fortunate if we save the 

 stock seed. This disastrous crop con- 

 dition makes it necessary that we ad- 

 vance our prices, inasmuch as the small- 

 ness of the crop necessarily has raised 

 the cost thereof." 



BULB IMPORTS. 



According to the government statis- 

 tics the imports of bulbs, bulbous roots 

 or corms cultivated for their flowers or 

 foliage, as the tariff now phrases it, 

 were as follows: 



Year Number Value 



1911 $1,642,274 



1012 216,159,000 1,723,354 



1913 288,646,000 1,823,307 



FREE SEEDS CONTINUE. 



When the conference report on the 

 agricultural appropriation bill came- up 

 in the House June 25 it provoked a 

 sharp debate with regard to the pro- 

 vision for the free seed distribution. 

 Eepresentative Campbell, of Kansas, 

 said he had received & copy of a circu- 

 lar sent out by an English house adver- 

 tising that it had received a govern- 

 ment contract for some forty tons of 

 seeds and demanded to know why the 

 seeds were not purchased in the United 

 States, at the same time attacking the 

 character "of the stock used for the 1914 

 distribution. Mr. Campbell said a 

 "mess" of stuff has been sent out this 

 year. He said cucumber and canta- 

 loupe seed were mixed indiscrimiilately, 

 watermelon and pumpkin seed were alsQ 

 mixed, and six kinds of poor lettuce 



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FOR THE FLORIST 



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Flowers extremely large with graceful, wavy petals borne on 

 long stems. Crimson, Dark Blue, Light Blue, Rose- pink. Shell 

 Pink, Scarlet, Pure White. Trade Packet, 25c; Ounce, $1.80. 



Hfrect Peas, Cyclamen. Primula, Verbena. 



BEQONIA, Tuberous Rooted in colore. 



Our Trade fSSk mailed on application. 



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French Bulbe 



Azaleae 



Etc. 



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Maatloii TImJ 



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WINTER-FLOWERING ORCHID 

 SWEET PEA^ 



List has been mailed. If you have 

 not received a ctipr> ask for it. 

 '■:* 

 My new ins.tfHCtiy« book 



Commercial Sweet Pea Culture 



is on the press. Price, 50c. 



Ant. C. Zvolanek 



LOMPOC, CAL. 



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HELLER fir CO. 



MONTPEUER, 

 OHIO. 



HELLERS 

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SEED 

 CASES 



Mientloa Tba Bariaw when yon write.^^ 



SWEET PEA SEED 



Write for our Price List, 



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Sw*«t P«a Farm, 

 Sunny Slop*. INDEPENDENCE. MA 



Mention The Reyiew when you write 



Contract Seed Growers 



CnAnakiM • £•'»•'• Bn Plant, ToMata, 

 "FCaUUW. Tine Seed an* Field Cora. 



CorrespoDdenoe Solicited ' 



George R. Pedrick A Son 



PIDRICKTOWN. N. i. 



THE L. D.WALLER SEED CO. 



Spaelallata In 



SWOT PSAS-NASTURTIUM SODS 



Prices on Application 



GUADALODTE, CAUFORMA 

 Contract Seed Brewer 



SPECIALTIES: P«pp«r, Egg Plant, 

 Tomato, Vino Sood and Flold Com 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



CamsfMideMt MkfM NIallica Hill. N. I. > 



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[Sent 

 for 

 ICaialoi 

 Na34 



J. BOLBIMO & SON 



WHOLESAUE HELD 

 and OARDEN SEEDS 



Established 1818. Write for our low prices. 

 Usfet. PraU aad Ellicott Sts., B■ltimor^ Md. 



rheC. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VAtLEY. g?i;S! NEB. 



Wholesale Grtwen ef Hict-fnde Seeit 



Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash aod Pump' 

 kin. Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Cora 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO BRANDS, GAL. 



SWEET PEA andtf ASTURTIUM 

 SPECIAUSTS 



Wkoleaale growers of fall lists of WXJOWtti and 



oABDmrgEgpe 



Western Seed& Irrigation Co. 



Saad Growara and Daalars 



Specialties: 



Copamber. Musk and Watermelon, 



Pompkin. Sqoash, Sweet and Field Com. 



FREMONT. NEB. 



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