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items at a point the lowest in three 



Sears, lower even than in the 1913 

 ook. The two 1915 catalogues, how- 

 ever, show considerable variation when 

 prices on specific items are compared, 

 Earliana tomato, as an illustration, be- 

 ing $2 in one and $2.75 in the other; 

 Jewel $2 in one and $3 in the other. 



Incidentally, it is worthy of note that 

 these issues are the one-hundred thirty- 

 first for Landreth and the forty-ninth 

 for Hastings. 



CUTHBEBTSON QETS MEDAL. 



Many seedsmen in America have busi- 

 ness acquaintance with William Cuth- 

 bertson, head of Dobbie & Co., Edin- 

 burgh, and a considerable number enjoy 

 his personal acquaintance. All these 

 will be interested in the announcement 

 that the Royal Horticultural Society of 

 Great Britain has conferred on Mr. 

 Cuthbertson the Victoria Medal of 

 Honor in Horticulture. There are but 

 sixty-three of the medals, one for each 

 year of Victoria's reign, and the con- 

 ferring of the distinction on Mr. Cuth- 

 bertson fills the list for the present. 



MONEY FOB SEEDS. 



The Department of Agriculture evi- 

 dently has given up hope of the discon- 

 tinuance of the free seed distribution. 

 Last year the secretary recommended, 

 in his annual report, that the practice 

 be discontinued, but this year he is 

 silent on the subject. Moreover, the 

 estimates for the 1916 expenses of the 

 department include $252,540 for the 

 congressional free seed distribution. 

 This is within $4,600 of the appropria- 

 tion for the 1915 distribution now in 

 progress. 



In addition to the quarter of a mil- 

 lion dollars provided for congressmen's 

 seeds, the department estimates $119,- 

 920 for the purchase, test and distribu- 

 tion of new and rare seeds. This is, 

 however, a decrease of $46,580 from the 

 appropriation for the current year. For 

 foreign seed and plant introduction, the 

 estimate calls for $75,400, with $28,- 

 700 for seed testing and $50,000 for the 

 enforcement of plant quarantine. 



The botanic garden has asked Con- 

 gress to appropriate $1,657 for plants, 

 bulbs and seeds, the last appropriation 

 having been $1,506. E. H. P. 



WAB TAX DOES NOT APPLY. 



A number of inquiries have been re- 

 ceived by Commissioner Osborn, chief 

 of the Internal Revenue Bureau, of the 

 Treasury Department, regarding the 

 status of druggists, country merchants 

 and others who sell boxes of seeds which 

 are furnished to them on consignment. 

 Ordinarily, such action would place 

 them in the same class as commission 

 merchants and, as such, subject to the 

 special tax of $20 under the act of 

 October 22, 1914. Several representa- 

 tives of the seed trade have made per- 

 sonal visits to the commissioner's office 

 and have presented data to show that 

 the druggists and merchants can hardly 

 rightfully be considered as commission 

 merchants. In many instances the 

 seeds are furnished under an agreement 

 or contract that all that are sold shall 

 be paid for at the end of the season, 

 less certain specified discounts, and that 

 those unsoM shall be returned. The 

 question of the status of a transaction 

 of this character has been before the 

 Alabama Supreme court, which decided 



Cold Storage Lily of the Valley 



OwioR to war coDditions, good stock is scarce. Secure your reqnire- 

 ments at once for holiday forcing. Finest select;:d pips, packed in cases of 250, 

 500 and 1000 each. 



AZALEAS 



We have just received a large importation of Azaleas in splendid condi- 

 tion, which we offer for immediate delivery, and as long as unsold at no 

 advance over prices of previous years. 



We offer the leading varieties— Mme. Vander Cruyssen, Vervaeneana, 



Simon Mardeer, Empress of India, Mme. Jos. Vervaene, Ernst Ehickbaute, 



Niobe, Vervaeneana Alba, etc., strong plants. 



12 to 14 inches in diameter $ 9.00 per dozen; $60.00 per 100 



14 to 16 inches in diameter 12.00 per dozen; 75.00 per 100 



16 to 18 inches in diameter IS.i per dozen; 125.00 per 100 



18 to 20 inches in diameter 24.00 per dozen 



20 to 22 inches in diameter 36.00 per dozen 



Dwarf or Miniature: 

 Firefly, or Hexe, and Chas. Encke . .$4.80 per dozen; $35.00 per 100 



FINE FERNS 



READY FOR IMMCDIATC RETAIL SALE 



We ofFer the following varieties of ferns in the sizes specified, whieh w« 

 have in perfect shape at this time: 



NEPUBOLEPIS MUSCOSA, 3%-inch, 25c each; 5-inch, 50c each. 



NEPHROLEPIS ELEGANTISSIMA, 6-inch, 50e each; 8-inch, $1.00 eaeh; 

 10-inch, $2.00 each. 



NEPUBOLEPtS ELEGANTISSIMA COMPACTA, 3%-ineh, 25e eaeh; 

 6-inch, 50c each; 8-inch, $1.00 each. 



NEPEfbOLEPIS 8UPERBISSIMA, 6inch, 50c each. 

 NEPHROLEPIS MAGNIFICA, 5-inch, 50c each. 

 NEPHROLEPIS PIERSONI, 8-inch, $1.00 eaeh. 

 NEPHROLEPIS TEDDY, JR.. 6-inch, 50c each. 



NEPHROLEPIS HARR18II, 6inch, 50c each; 10-inch, $2.00 to $8.00 

 each; 12-inch — very large plants — $5.00 each. 



F. R. PERSON r.n., T«nuw...B.to.. NEW YORK 



JAPAN LILIES Per 100 Per 1000 



Auratum. A- 9. ifiobulba to case $ 6 60 S fOOO 



Auratum, 9-iI. lOObulbi toca:te 9.00 «2.50 



Album, 8- 9, -A) > bulbs to case 9.00 86U0 



Album. 9-11, l^S buUM io c«se KOO 12S.P0 



R seum, 8- 9. lOO bulbs to case 576 62.60 



Roseum. 9-11 1^5 bulbs to case 9.00 8600 



Melpomene, 8- 9. 22) bulbs to case 6.7) 62 60 



Melpomene. 9-11, 125 bulbs to case 9.00 85.00 



ROMAN H Y AC I NTH S-A bargain 



1.'-I6ctm. stock 2.86 26.00 



LUium Formosum. 7- 9, SOObulbstocase 7.60 6760 



Lilium Furuiosum, 9-10. 2u0 bulus to caie 10.50 96.10 



Write for surplus lif>tof Tulips. Hyacinths. Narcissus and Freesias. 

 Are off<Tins cheap to sell out. 



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