The Florists* Review 



July 30, 1914. 



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WINTERSON'S 



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Worth- While" QnaUty Bulhs 



Lllium Harrisii 



French Romans 



READY NOW: 

 . 7=9 inch, per 100, $10.00; 9=11 inch, per 100, $22.00 



ARRIVING SOON: 

 Paper White Narcissi 



We shall be glad to estimate on your wants. 



Freesias, etc. 



WINTERSON'S SEED STORE. 



166 N. Wabash Ave. 



L. D. Phne, Central 6004 



CHICAGO. ILL. 



Mention The Reylew when yon writf. 



"The evidence was that plaintiff had 

 plowed up an old strawberry bed June 

 23, 1913, after the strawberry crop had 

 failed on account of drought. It was 

 planted to corn June 24. There was 

 about four acres of it, and the amount 

 of damages claimed was $39.25. It was 

 a small amount to litigate over, but the 

 principle from the seedsman's stand- 

 point was important. Believing the 

 truth to be that the failure of the crop 

 was to be attributed to the excessively 

 hot weather, with the long period of 

 drought, coupled with the fact that the 

 ground was broken late, we showed the 

 government weather reports, the tem- 

 perature and precipitation for each day 

 from May 1 to September 1, 1913." 



THE GOVEENMENT SEED SHOP. 



The congressional distribution of free 

 seeds for 1915 will be conducted under 

 the following paragraph of the agri- 

 cultural appropriation bill: 



"Purchase and distribution of valu- 

 able seeds: For purchase, propaga- 

 tion, testing, and congressional dis- 

 tribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, 

 shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants; all 

 necessary office fixtures and supplies, 

 fuel, transportation, paper, twine, gum, 

 postal cards, gas, electric current, rent 

 outside of the District of Columbia, 

 official traveling expenses^ and all 

 necessary material and repairs for put- 

 ting up and distributing the same; for 

 repairs and the employment of local 

 and special agents, clerks, assistants, 

 and other labor required, in the city 

 of Washington and elsewhere, $257,000. 

 And the Secretary of Agriculture is 

 hereby directed to expend the sawiwim, 

 as nearly as practicable, in the pur- 

 chase, testing, and distribution of such 

 valuable seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines, 

 cuttings, and plants, the best he can 

 obtain at public or private ^le, and 

 such as shall be suitable for the re- 

 spective localities to which the same 

 are to be apportioned, and in which 

 same are to be distributed as herein- 

 after stated, and such seeds so pur- 

 chased shall include a variety of vege- 

 table and flower seeds suitable for 

 planting and culture in the various sec- 

 tions of the United States: Provided, 

 that the Secretary of Agriculture, after 



FOR THE FLORIST 



^\9L€r8 American Branching 



Flowers extremely large with graceful, wavy petals borne on 

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

 Pink, Scarlet, Pure White. Trade Packet, 25c; Ounce. $1.50. 



Sweet Peas, Cyclamen, Primula, Verbena. 



BEQONIA, Tuberous Rooted in colors. 



Our Trade List mailed on application. ', 



FOTTLER, FISKE, RAWSON CO., 



THE SEED STOREp 



FMEUIL HALL SQUARE. 



BOSTON 



Mention The ReTlew when yoa write. 



Lilium Formosum 



New crop, fine, plump, well 

 matured bulbs. 



7 to 9-inch, 300 bulbs to case, $7.50 per 

 100; $65.00 per 1000. 



9 to 10-inch, 200 bulbs to case, $12.00 per 

 100; $100.00 per 1000. 



A. Henderson & Co. 



369 RIVEK STREET, CHICAGO 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



due advertisement and on competitive 

 bids, is authorized to award the con- 

 tract for the supplying of printed pack- 

 ets and envelopes and the packeting, 

 assembling, and mailing of the seeds, 

 bulbs, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and 

 plants, or any part thereof, for a period 

 of not more than five years nor less 

 than one year, if by such action he can 

 best protect the interests of the United 

 States. An equal proportion of five- 

 sixths of all seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines, 

 cuttings, and plants shall, upon their 

 request, after due notification by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture that the allot- 

 ment to their respective districts is 

 ready for distribution, be supplied to 

 Senators, Representatives, and Dele- 

 gates in Congress for distribution 

 among their constituents, or mailed by 

 the department upon the receipt of 



PEARSON'S 



Giant Pansies 



My mixture of Giant Pansies contains only 

 Ihe best of the fancy giant pansies, made up of 

 four diflFerenl mixtures from the best Pansy 

 Specialist in Eurooe; it contains also the Bugnot. 

 Odier. Gassier and 18 of the best giant nameii 

 vnrieties— no better pansy mixture can be made: 

 give it a trial, you will like it. Trade pkt., 60c: 

 ^4-oz., $1.50; oz.. $5.00. 



Baconia, Paaraen's Impravad Prima 

 Donna, trade pkt.. 25c; 1/64 oz., Sl.50. 



sow seed now for winter blooms. Trade pkt.. 

 about 1000 seeds, 25c. 



Mlcnonatta, Machat, QoUath, extra sel- 

 ect, trade pkt., 25c: ^e-oz., 50c; oz., $3.00. 



PETER PEARSON 



Saadaman and Floriat 

 5732-5752 Guanisdn SL CHICAGO, III - 



their addressed franks, in packages oi 

 such weight as the Secretary of Agri 

 culture and the Postmaster Genera 

 may jointly determine: Provided, how- 

 ever, that upon each envelope or wrap 

 per containing packages of seeds th< 

 contents thereof shall be plainly indi- 

 cated, and the Secretary shall not dis- 

 tribute to any Senator, Representative, 

 or Delegate seeds entirely unfit for the 

 climate and locality he represents, but 

 shall distribute the same so that eacl^ 



