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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



December 21, 1905. 



House, 90c bii. in 5 bu. lots; Barteldes 

 & Co., $3.25 bbl.; Iowa Seed Co., $1.25 

 bu. in 5 bu. lots; Johnson & Musser 

 say "write for prices." 



SEED DISTRIBUTION. 



The Crop Eeporter for December, pub- 

 lished by the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, says: 



The distribution of packages of vegetable 

 seed which have been allotted to correspond- 

 ents of this bureau will begin within a few 

 weeks in the following states: Mississippi, 

 Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, California, Arizona, New 

 Mexico, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia 

 and Oregon. Envelopes of seed and blank 

 franks will be sent in bulk to state statistical 

 agents and county correspondents, who will ad- 

 dress and distribute them to their aids and 

 assistants. Distribution to states farther north 

 will be made later. Individual requests of cor- 

 respondents will be filled as far as possible from 

 the limited allotment to this bureau. 



STORING ONION SETS. 



I wish you would print a brief descrip- 

 tion of the way onion sets are stored in 

 large quantities by the growers at Chi- 

 cago. We wish a successful New Year 

 to the Kevikw, which we very much ap- 

 preciate for its seed reports. 



N. D. B. 



The storing of onion sets depends a 

 good deal upon the quantity in question. 

 At the large centers a specially con- 

 structed warehouse is indispensable. The 

 old-fashioned way of spreading the sets 

 thinly on boards has been done away with 

 and the crate that is made with the ends 

 one inch higher than the sides has taken 

 its place. These crates are four feet 

 long by three feet wide and will hold 

 two bushels of properly cured sets. 

 These crates can be piled up one upon 

 the other to any height desired, and the 

 inch of air space given by the end being 

 higher than the sides is sufficient. In 

 the warehouse the ends may be piled 

 touching each other and the rows so made 

 can be the full length of the warehouse. 

 A two-foot space, or better yet, a three- 

 foot space, should be left between the 

 rows and aisles of six feet left length- 

 wise and crosswise in the middle of the 

 warehouse to facilitate handling. A 

 frost-proof housee is necessary, not be- 

 cause frost will spoil the sets," but be- 

 cause a set that contains frost cannot be 

 handled and shipped out satisfactorily. 

 Where sets are to be taken out and 

 shipped during cold weather, a heating 

 plant even in what is- termed a frost- 

 proof house is necessary. If the con- 

 tents of the house can remain untouched 

 until warm spring weather no heat will 

 be necessary. Ventilation is the most 

 important thing and only experience will 

 teach it. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Johnson & Musser, Los Angeles, Cal., 

 general seed catalogue for 1906; F. 

 Barteldes & Co., Lawrence, Kan., gen- 

 ei'al seed catalogue for 1906; H. F. 

 Michell Co., Philadelphia, flower seeds 

 of crop 1905; Dammann & Co., San 

 Giovanni a Teduccio, Italy, general 

 wholesale catalogue of vegetable and 

 flower seeds; Heinrich Henkel, Darm- 

 stadt, Germany, catalogues of aquatics, 

 ferns, decorative plants, seeds, etc. ; 

 Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, la., thirty- 

 sixth annual catalogue of seeds and 

 plants. 



Bridgeport, Conn. — Horan & Sons are 

 making a feature of poinsettias and im- 

 ported mistletoe for Christmas. 



LEONARD 



Leading SEED 



SEED GROWERS 



We 2S€ amon£ the Ian[[est ([rowers of Peas, 

 Beans and Gaixlen Seeds in the trade* 



Write for Prices. 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Burpee's Seeds Grow 



Mention The Bevlew when yog write. 



GLADIOLI 



ARTHUR COWEE, 



XiABG-BST STOCK XH THE WOBI.D. 



Quality, the be«t obtainable. Gl^O^F'S HTBBIDS 

 and other strains of merit. 



Write for catalogue. 



Oladloln* Bpeoialist, 



icbadowvai;e fabm. 



BERLIN, N. Y. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



S.D.Woodruff&Sons 



SPKCIALTIBS: 



Garden Seeds in Variety. 



Maine seed potatoes, onion sets, etc. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Main Office and Seed Farms, ORANGE, CONN. 

 New York City Store, 82-84 Dey Street. 



TROPICAL, SEEDS AND PLANTS OF 

 COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS. 



HEVEA BRAZILIENSIS (Para Rubber) seeds 

 and stumps. On receiving- a supply of 35,000 para 

 rubber stumps a rubber planting company, Hon- 

 olulu, wired us on the 19th of Aug. 1906: "Send 

 60,000 para stumps, 26,000 ends, remittance fol- 

 lows." Manlhot Glazlovll Castelloa Elastlca and 

 other rubber seeds and plants. Six different de- 

 scriptive catalogues, post free, on application, 

 with circulars and special offers, and on view at 

 the office of this paper. J. P. WILLIAM & BROS., 

 Tropical Seed Merchants, Heneratgoda, Ceylon. 



3700 

 Acres 

 of Gar 

 tfea Seeds 



Braslan Seed 



^> g^ tfea Seeds 



Growers Co. it.*?""' 



WKO&BBAI^B BBBD OBOWBBS 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



In a pamphlet on the organization of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture for 

 1905-6 it is stated that "the object of 

 the Mork of the Seed Laboratory is to 

 improve the quality of agricultural seeds. 

 Samples submitted by farmers and others 

 are tested for mechanical purity and 

 germibation. Public announcements are 

 made of prevalent adulterations and gen- 

 eral conditions of poor quality existing in 

 the seed trade. The proper conditions 

 for storage under varying climatic condi- 

 tions are being worked out." 



Parma, O. — On December 16 there was 

 a meeting of 200 farmers at the green- 

 houses of the Ohio Floral Co. to protest 

 at the continuation of toll roads. 



Davenport, Ia.— The Tri-City Flo- 

 rists ' Association met December 14 at the 

 home of Harry Bills. Social * ' doings ' ' 

 always follow the brief business session. 



Cincinnati, 0. — Kichard Witterstaet- 

 ter states that Carnation Aristocrat has 

 not been sold, but that he has had sev- 

 eral offers to buy and a deal is now 

 pending. 



XXX SEEDS 



Verbena. Improved mammoths; the very finest 

 grown; mixed, 1000 seeds, 25c. 



Cineraria. Finest large -flowering dwarf, 1000 

 seeds, 60c. 



Phlox Pnmila Compacta. Very dwarf and 

 compact: grand for pots; In finest colors, 

 mixed. Trade pkt.. 25c. 



Alyssnm Compactnm. The most dwarf and 

 compact variety grown; perfect little balls 

 when grown In pots. Trade pkt., 26c. 



Chinese Primrose. Finest large-flowering 

 fringed varieties, mixed; single and double, 

 600 seeds, tl.OO; half pkt., 60c. 



Pansy, Finest Giants. The best large-flower- 

 ing varieties, critically selected; mixed, 6000 

 seeds, $1.00; half pkt., &0c. 



Petania. New star, from the finest marked 

 flowers, extra choice. Trade pkt., 25c. 



Salvia Bonfire. Finest variety grown, lOOO 

 seeds, 40c. 



CASH. Extra count of seeds In all packets. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shiremanstowa, Pa. 



THE HOME OP PRIMROSES. 



SEED GROWERS 



rield, Sweet and Pop Com, Cnonm- 

 ber, Melon and Squash Seed. Write 

 us before placing contracts. We have 

 Buperlor stock Seed and can furnish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



A. A. BERRY SEED COMrANY.CIarinila, la. 



C. C. MORSE ft CO. 



Seed Growers 



815-817 Sansome Street, 



SAN FRANCISCQ, Cal. 



Oarefbl growers of California specialties. 

 Mention The Review when yoa write. 



Oxford, Mich. — O. A. StoU has a neat 

 range of glass which his business cards 

 designate as "the flower mill." 



I COULD not, or at least would not, do 

 without the Eeview and wish it a suc- 

 cessful and prosperous year in 1906. — 

 F. BuRFiTT, Chicopee Falls, Mass. 



Des Moines, Ia. — Fire, which origi- 

 nated December 15 in the basement un- 

 der Lozier's flower store, completely de- 

 stroyed the Lozier establishment and in- 

 flicted a total loss of $150,000 upon the 

 owners and other occupants of the build- 

 ing. 



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