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NOVBMBEB 9, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1427 



Last Call 



4 cases 5x7 



LILIUM HARRISII 



$n.75 a caset 400 bulbs to case 

 3 cases 6x7 



LILIUM H4RRISII 



•$itJ5 a case^ 335 btdbs to case 

 9 cases 7x9 



LILIUM H4RRISII 



. $1 1*75 a case, 200 bulbs to case 



White Callas 



All good, sound tops, 600 of 2nd sizCf 

 price on application. 1600 1st size, 

 $5.00 per 100} $47.50 per 1000. 

 1000 quunmoth size, $8,00 per 100 ; 

 $75.0rper lOpO^t 



. a 



Henry F.Michell Co. 



1018 Market Street, 



PHILADELPHIA. 



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S. D. Woodruff & Sons 



SPECIALTIXSt 



Garden Seeds in Variety. 



Maine seed potatoes, onion sets, etc. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Office and Seed Farms, ORANGE, CONN. 

 New York CltT Store, 82-84 Dey Street. 

 Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



3700 

 Acres 

 of Gar- 

 des Seeds 

 la Caltiva- 

 tioa. 



Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co. 



WHOXABAJ^B 8BBD OBOWBS8 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



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1886 to 1889, and was elected its presi- 

 dent for 1890 and again, at the Chicago 

 meeting, for 1900, being the only mem- 

 ber ever honored by two terms as presi- 

 dent. But this is no case" 'of 'a prophet 

 who is "not without honor save in his 

 own home," for Mr. McCullough's con- 

 servative business methods and wise 

 counsel are as thoroughly appreciated in 

 public matters at home as they are at 

 large in the trade. 



SEED ADULTERATION. 



The U. S. Secretary of Agriculture has 

 issued a circular, No. 14, a part of which 

 is as follows: 



"Seeds of alfalfa and red clover have 

 been obtained and tested in accordance 

 with the following paragraph contained 

 in the act of congress making appropri- 

 ations for the Department of Agricul- 

 ture: 



The Secretary of Agriculture Is hereby di- 

 rected to obtain In the open market samples of 

 •eeda of grass, clover, or alfalfa, test the same, 

 and If any such seeds are found to be adulter- 

 ated or mlsbranded, or any seeds of Canada 

 blue grass (Poa compressa) are obtained under 

 any other name than Canada blue grass or Poa 

 compressa, to publish the results of the tests, 

 together with the names of the persons by 

 whom the seeds were ofTered for sale. 



"In carrying out the provisions of 



1864 



ESTABLISHED 



1864 



SURPLUS STOCK 



Havinflf filled our Contract Orders, we now offer the following^ 



Surplus Stock, Crops of 1906. 



Barr's Mammoth, Palmetto and Ginover's G)IossaI Asparagtis Seed; White Spine 

 and Long Green Cocumber Seed; Watermelon and Gintaloupe Seed; Paragon^ 



Favorite, Perfection, Ponderosa, Earliana, Beauty, Dwarf Champion and Stone 

 Tomato Seed; White Velvet, Dwarf Green Okra Seed; Bull Nose, Ruby King, 

 Red Cayenne, New Neapolitan and Sweet Mountain Pepper Seed; Premium, 

 Flat Dutch and All Season's Cabbage Seed; New York Improved and Black 

 Beauty Egg Plant Seed. 



SEND FOR PRICE LIST. 



William R. Bishop, Seedsman, Burlington, N. J. 



Meutlou The Review when you write. 



Burpee's Seeds Grow 



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LEONARD 



Leading SEED 

 Onion Set p,„„p_ ^>^^ 

 Growers '^kEEDS* CO. 



SEED GROWERS 



We are among the laivest growers of Peas, 

 Beans and Garden Seeds in the trade. 



Write for Prices. 



CHICAGO 



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SEED GROWERS 



Field, Sweet and Pop Com, Cacnin- 

 ber, Melon and Squash Seed. Write 

 ua before placing contracts. We have 

 superior stock Seed and can furnish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



A. A. BERRY SEED COMPANY, Ciarinda, la. 



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C. C. MORSE ft CO. 



Seed Growers 



815-817 Sansome Street, 



SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. 



Oareftil growers of California specialties. 



this act, 1,272 seedsmen were asked by 

 special agents of this department for 

 samples of red clover and alfalfa seed, 

 as offered for sale by them. From these 

 seedsmen, 658 samples were obtained and 

 examined. As a result, the following 

 lots were purchased in the open market 

 and found to be adulterated. In accord- 

 ance with the mandatory nature of the 

 act quoted above, publication is here 

 made of the names and addresses of 

 the seedsmen who sold the lots found to 

 be adulterated, together with the per- 

 centages of adulteration in each lot." 



Here follows a list showing red clover 

 samples to have contained as high aa 

 twenty-six per cent yellow trefoil, and 

 alfalfa to have contained as high as 

 forty-five per cent of adulterants, prin- 

 cipally yellow trefoil. The Secretary 

 adds: 



"In order to aid seedsmen in avoiding 

 the purchase of adulterated seeds, this 

 department will examine and report 

 promptly as to the presence of adulter- 



OPK SETS 



Have nice stock to 

 offer for immediate 

 or future shipment. 



H. H. CHESTER & CO. 



4 S. ClajTk St., Chicago. 



M»*Dtl»u I br Kt-Tiew when you write. 



WATERMELON SEED 



I have a surplus of most of the leading sorts, 

 strictly flrst-class in every respect. Let me have 

 a list of your requirements and I will quote you 

 a price that will be attractive for best stocks. 



Address D. H. GILBERT 

 Grower of Melon Seed, Monticello, Fla. 



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ants in any samples of seed submitted 

 for that purpose." 



LONG-STEMMED TULIPS. 



A French bulb list contains the fol- 

 lowing description of two new tulips: 



Parisiana (syn. Gesneriana lutea pal- 

 lida). A free grower, with a stem 

 twenty-four to thirty inches long, bear- 

 ing a very elegantly shaped flower of a 

 self sulphur color of exquisite beauty, 

 strongly but deliciously tea rose scent- 

 ed. It is the first tulip truly sweet- 

 scented. 



Kose superbe (syn. Salmon Queen). 



