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The Florists' Review 



Jdlt 16. 1914. 



"For many years your Uncle Sam 

 has been spending huge sums of money 

 for seeds, which have been dumped 

 upon the public -wdthout method, rea- 

 son, or sense, let alone economy. The 

 seeds are fired at you whether you 

 want them or not, whether you can 

 use them or not, and no effort is made 

 to find what kind you want or whether 

 you want any at all. It has been a 

 standing joke for a generation, and a 

 costly one. 



"But now we are learning something 

 new. It would not be quite so bad if 

 your Uncle were spending all this 

 money at homie; that would at least 

 make work for a lot of people and 

 would encourage a very clean, whole- 

 some and beneficial industry. But 

 Uncle Sam is not only wasting seeds 

 by the ton, but he is buying them 

 abroad. He buys forty-four tons of 

 tiny flower and vegetable seeds at one 

 whack from a single British concern. 

 He also buys from another English 

 firm, we learn, and from two in France 

 and one in Holland. 



"And how about the American seeds- 

 man? Why, your Uncle Samuel not 

 only fails to patronize him, but he 

 actually competes with him in the very 

 worst possible way by buying seeds 

 abroad and giving them away to the 

 American seedsman's customers! 



"It is bad enough to invade any in- 

 dustry by giving away its product; 

 but if the government is bound to do 

 this, the least it can do is to give 

 Americans a chance to produce the 

 goods that are given away. As to the 

 manner in which the seeds are given 

 away and the propriety of giving them 

 away at all, we have nothing further to 

 say. We are too tired." 



MILLS STOCKHOLDERS MEET. 



At the annual meeting of the stock- 

 holders of the Mills Seed Co., held in 

 the company's offices at Washington, 

 la., June 29, the report of the secre- 

 tary, S. H. White, showed this year's 

 business was almost double that of last 

 year. The circulation of the catalogue 

 now in preparation will be about the 

 same as that of the last issued, 650,000. 

 As directors for the ensuing year the 

 stockholders chose the following: L. D. 

 Langworthy, S. H. White, W, P. Wells, 

 H. A. Baxter and Orville Elder. The 

 following officers were elected for the 

 coming year: President, W, P. Wells; 

 vice-president, L. D. Langworthy, and 

 secretary and treasurer, S. H. White. 



IMPLIED WAERANTY OF SEEDS. 



Does Sales Talk Nullify Disclaimer? 



The case of George Demint vs. Fred 

 H. Janssen, who trades as the Jansseu 

 Seed & Floral Co., Springfield, 111., is 

 unimportant insofar as the sum in- 

 volved is concerned, but is a direct 

 test of the claim that a seller 's verbal 

 statements can constitute a warranty 

 even where the printed disclaimer is 

 properly employed, or that there is an 

 implied warranty of trueness in each 

 sale of seeds by name. The case is 

 pending in the Circuit court of Sanga- 

 mon county on a motion for a new trial 

 after having twice been decided for the 

 defendant seedsman. The case was 

 heard recently by Judge Creighton, who 

 has been forty-two years on the bench 

 and is credited with having heard more 

 cases than any other trial judge in Illi- 

 nois. Ho has stated that this case in- 



FALL BLOSSOMS 



When frost has had killing effect upon your outside supply of flowers, you will 

 need and appreciate a bench of indoor blossoms. There is nothing so well adapted 

 to fill this want as our SEEDLING SILVER PINK SNAPDRAGON. We have a 

 few thousand plants now ready to bench that will surely do the trick. They are 

 stocky and well branched, and need no further attention. The price is only $4.00 

 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. Put your idle space to work and order today. The 

 supply is limited. 



REMEMBER JULY AND AUGUST 



They are the months in which to sow seed of Silver Pink for a full measure 

 of winter blossoms. Seedling S. P. challenges the world to produce its equal for 

 beauty and productiveness— two things that count greatly for profit. Its color is 

 that soft, silvery shell pink that the whole world loves and demands. 



New crop seed at $1.00 per trade pkt.; 3 for $2.50; 7 for $5.00. 



Free cultural directions. All orders cash. 



G. S. RAMSBURG, - SOMERSWORTH, N. H. 



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Lily of the Valley Pips 



French Bulbs 



Azaleas 



Etc. 



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ASPARAGUS PLDNOSDS NANUS SEED 



Fresh, true to name, best quality. 



For quick sale, $1.25 per 1000; 10,000 and over, $1.00 per 1000. 



DRAKE POINT GREENHOUSES, - - YALAHA, FU. 



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Unkul Si sez: 



Encouragement beats 

 "easy" money. 



How many Callas, Free- 

 sias, Lilium Candidum? 



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Paper Whites, Remans, Freesia, Callm 

 alse Fleristi* Supplies. 



A fine lot of Hwrdy Ferns. 12.50 per 100. stron* 



clumps. Also Japanese Iris. 



Write for special prices. 



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