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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



XOVEMBBB 3, 1904. 



Freesia Bulbs! 



101 

 First Bise, ^-in and up. 90.75 



1000 

 •6.60 



Mammoth . 



100 1000 



.•1.00 98.00 



Bxtra " ^-in. and up . .86 7.00 Sample of 40 Bulbs, each sizet sent for $ 1 .00 



STUMPP & WALTER CO. b..'^ . NEW YORK 



BRANCH STORE 404 EAST 34th STREET 



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to the extent of at least 15,000 tons, 

 which in all probability will have to 

 come from America. As to white clover, 

 Europe has produced a good crop and 

 prices are easier than earlier in the sea- 

 son. The crop of Turkestan alfalfa is 

 email and not of good quality. The crop 

 of alfalfa in European countries is said 

 to be fully up to the average. 



Visited Chicago: Mr. Crossland of 

 the Steele-Briggs Seed Co., Toronto, 

 Canada. 



California shipments of lettuce, 

 onion, etc., are arriving at the differ- 

 ent eastern centers. 



Rocky Ford muskmelon seed is not 

 to be one of the scarce stocks this year. 

 There seems to be an abundance of it. 



F. Barteldes & Co., Lawrence, Kans., 

 have been awarded a gold medal on their 

 exhibit of field seeds at the St. Louis 

 World's Fair. 



Most of the farmers in the northern 

 "Wisconsin district have completed de- 

 liveries of peas. In many cases the 

 returns are quite disappointing. 



Bulletin No. 51, part 5, issued Octo- 

 ber 14 by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, contains some valuable tables of 

 the customary and legal bushel weights 

 of seeds. 



The situation on the beans is a trifle 

 better this week. Threshing is well un- 

 der way and deliveries from the far- 

 mers have begun to arrive at the clean- 

 ing warehouses. 



The green picking in the "Wisconsin 

 woods has been retarded by much wet 

 weather. The prospect is that the mar- 

 ket will open strong, as the delay will 

 make the buyers anxious. 



BOSTON SEED TRADE BOVLERS. 



The following scores were made Oc- 

 tober 31 : 



Sohlt'srel & Fottler. 1st 2d 3d T'l 



<5ate« 77 88 78 241 



C«1>>I1 84 68 67 219 



Bri( kley 61 79 56 196 



Woods 65 71 72 208 



€uer!neau 68 79 91 238 



Totals 355 383 364 1102 



Rawson & Co. Ist 2d 3d T'l 



Chener.v 73 55 63 191 



raytor 70 68 70 208 



P»el4 56 51 68 175 



warren 71 60 56 187 



Pen-y 73 76 85 254 



Totals 343 310 342 1015 



SEEDS IN POLITICS. 



The democrats are making a campaign 

 issue of the government seed order, or, 

 more specifically, of the last order put up 

 under the old contract system. The fol- 

 lowing is from the New York "World of 

 October 4: 



When Secretary of Agriculture James Wil- 

 son makes bis campaign speeches In New York 



Selected 

 Named 



Exceptional 

 Quality 



f 3.eo p«r 100; 934 OO per lOOO. 



Almost as large as the First Size Bnlba at one half their value. 

 NOTE— As this is an unsually low ofler, Bulbs will be sold only in equal proportion of colors. 



RED AND PINK 



Chas. Dickens 

 Gertrude 

 Giganteum 

 Roi des Beiges 

 Robert Stelger 

 Baron van Thuyll 



RED AND PINK 



Norma 



WHITE AND BLtSH 



Alba SuperbiKsima 

 (irandeur A'Merveille 

 La Grandesse 

 L'Innocence 



WHITE AND BLUSH 



Mme. van der Hoop 

 ^id of Orleans 

 Grand Vedette 



BlUE 

 Baron van Thuyll 

 Obas. Dickens 



BLUE 



Oiar Peter 

 Grand Maitre 

 nrand Lilas 

 Queen of the Blues 

 Kpig of the Blues 



See oar BU&B OFFBB In last week's Beview 



JOHNSON & STOKES, mar^'It^U'Ieet. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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CYCLAMEN «l'Sm GIGANTEUM 



The Acme of Perfection. Unsurpassed In Sabstance. mze and Color. We 



can offer fresh crop of Seeds in the following colors : Pure White. Soft Pink. Salmon 

 Pink, Brilliant Crimson, Bright Eled, Delicate Mauve, White with Claret Base. 

 I Per 100 Seeds, Sl.OO; per lOOO Seeds, S9.00. Qaan<lty Limited. 



Vw. W. RAWSON & CO.e Seedsmen, l^h'i:::!^, Boston.7 



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the 



state during this month he may explain 

 Iree-soed dl^li Ihutlon of 1902. 



A. C. Ncllls. president of the New York 

 Market Gardeners' Association, of West Brigh- 

 ton, S. I., claims that Secretary Wilson not 

 only refused to award the contract for |180,000 

 worth of seeds to the lowest bidder, but by 

 manipulating the schedules and by private let- 

 ting gave the Henry Phillips Seed and Imple- 

 ment Company, of Toledo, a profit of $40,000 

 of the government's money. Secretary Wilson 

 I'.ns refust'd 10 discuss the matter of tbe con- 

 trnrt for the seed for 1902. 



Prorcsais for seeds for the fiscal year end- 

 ing Jun*» 30. ir02. were sent out November 20, 

 1900. and closed December 12, 1000. Tbe pro- 

 posals called for precisely the same quantities 

 and character of seeds as the distribution then 

 being put up. This amounted to 23,961.168 

 packets of garden and flower seed. The pro- 

 posals stated that the bids were in "anticipa- 

 tion of an appropriation act," etc. The low- 

 est bid was for $416% per 1,000 packets and 

 was verbally awarded to the New York Mar- 

 ket Gardeners' Association, subject to tbe ap- 

 propriation to be made. Tlie new appropriation 

 was made about March 1 and increased the 

 usual appropriation abont flOO.OOO. and con- 

 tained a clause making it mandatory for the 

 Socrotary to expend at least $180,000 for seeds 

 for distribution. 



Secretary Wilson set aside the bids and 

 schedules of December 12. 1900, and on March 

 5, 1901. had a new schedule of seeds pre- 

 pared, reducing the proportions of expensive 

 seeds, such as beans, corn, pcss and oniony 

 and addi'.g cheaper families of seeds, thns 

 considerably reducing tbe cost of the bnlk. 

 These expensive seeds were reduced abont fif- 

 teen per cent, and Secretary Wilson Is charged 

 with arbitrarily Increasing the price per thou- 

 sand packets to $4.70. 



This action was taken t\itbout warning the 

 seedsmi'n Interested In the contract, nor was 

 liny opportunity given theni to bid on tbe re- 

 vised and cheapened contract. 



About the middle of April of that year, Mr. 

 N^lUs •jlalms Secretary Wilson entered into a 

 private contract with tlie Phillips Seed and 

 Implement Company, cf Toledo, by which an 

 excessive profit was made, as claimed by Mr. 

 Nellls. It Is fair to add that Mr. Nellis may 

 be a prejudiced witness, as he has been 

 charged with irregularities In a previous con- 

 tract with the Department of Agriculture. 



Representative Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn, In- 

 troduced a resolution In the House calling for 

 an Investigation of the letting of this contract 

 and of form<»r contracts, but the matter was 

 pigeon-holed in the Committee on Agriculture. 



JAPAN 

 Lilium Longiflorum 



NOW ON HAND. 



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LOilUM HARRISII and 



ALL DUTCH BULBS. 



JUST ABBIVBD— rSBBH BBBDS. 

 Ar«oa Xiiit«so«is....at 93.00 per 1000 



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36 Cortiandt St. NEW YORK. 



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 LONG BEACH, CAL., R. F. D. No. 1. 



S^o'JjJi'^c;;" FRLESIA BULBS ^^%.s. 



Stbcialties— Preeslas.Grand Duchesse Oxalls, 

 Bermuda Buttercup, Amaryllis Johnsonli and 

 Belladonna. Gladioli, Ornlthog-alum. Zephyran- 

 thes Rosea and Candida. Chlldanthua Fragrans. 

 Hybrid Tlgrldias. Chinese Narcissus, etc., etc. 



There Is now pending In the Court of Claima 

 at Washington a claim for some $18,000 of 

 the New York Market Gardeners' Association, 

 which Mr. Nellls claims Secretary Wilson haa 

 unlawfully retained. 



