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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



February 22, 1906. 



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Lower price in quaulities. 



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BATEMAN MFG. CO., 

 Box5»4Grenloch, N. J. 



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were found to be adulterated with seed 

 of Canada bluegrass, wtme 133 samples 

 of orchard grass seed were found to be 

 adulterated, the seeds most commonly 

 used as adulterants being English rye- 

 grass and meadow fescue, the value of 

 neither being more ..-*a,n one-third or 

 one-half that of orchard grass seed. 

 That the adulteration of orchard grass 

 is -vei-y general is evidenced by the fadt 

 that samples containing adulterants were 

 obtained from twenty-four states. 



"While Canaua bluegrass is imported 

 into the United States in quantities 

 varying from 600,u00 to 700,000 pounds 

 per annum, it is used only occasionally 

 in this country, and it is evident that 

 the bu^- of the seed imported is sold as 

 Kentucky bluegrass. 



"In accordance w^th the provisions of 

 the act of Congress quoted, publication 

 is here made of the names and addresses 

 of the seedsmen who sold the lots found 

 to be adulterated, together with the 

 percentage of adulte 'ation in each lot. ' ' 



Here follow the names of twenty-three 

 seedsmen from whom adulterated seed 

 of Kentucky bluegrass were obtained, 

 together with the addresses, quantity ex- 

 amined, percentage of Canada bluegrass, 

 and totiU adulterants. There are also 

 the names and addresses of sixty-nine 

 seedsmen from whom adulterated samples 

 of orchard grass were procured, with the 

 percentage of meadow fescue and rye- 

 grass. The list contains the names of 

 some of the largest and strongest firms 

 in the trade. Of course, as in the case 

 of the previous publication, the excuse 

 will be offered that the seeds were pur- 

 chased as offered and that responsibility 

 for adulteration really belongs to the 

 earlier hands, but the Secretary aims to 

 render this excuse futile by the following 

 paragraph at the bottom of the list: 



' ' In order that seedsmen, as well as 

 farmers, may avoid the purchase of 

 adulterated seeds, tnis department will 

 examine and report promptly as to the 

 presence of adulterants in any samples 

 of seeds submitted for that purpose." 



THE HOLLAND BULB CROP. 



Ten hours of snowstorm is all that we 

 have had in Holland so far this winter, 

 notwithstanding that the new year 

 opened with a keen frost and easterly 

 wind. Mild summer weather has been 

 prevailing nearly all the time of this 

 month, accompanied by a more than 

 ample supply of water and the bulbs in 

 the ground have had nothing in the 

 shape of cold to keep them back. Near- 

 ly all the fields have had to be thinned 

 of their winter covering, many sorts 

 of bulbs being already considerably 

 above the ground and if we should have 



Lily of the Valley 



Choicest quality Berlin and Hamburg Pips, grown by 

 Mr. E. Neubert, Wandsbeic, Germany. 



Brands— Multibell, Berolina, for early forcing; All Seasons, Polaris, for late forcing and 

 cold storage. Please apply for special quotations to 



AUG. RHOTERT, 26 Barclay Street, New York 



SOKE AOBVT, VXrZTEO STATES AVD CAVADA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



GLADIOLI 



ARTHUR COWEE, 



United States representative and 

 grower of GrofPs Hybrids; also other 

 strains of merit. Write for catalogue* 



Oladiolna Speoialist 

 XBAOOWVAIiB FABM, 



BERUN, N. Y. 



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Burpee's Seeds Grow 



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Asparagus Plumosus 

 Nanus Seed 



Our own growing. Just ripening on selected 

 plants. 100 seeds, 50c; 500 seeds, $2.00; 1000, $4.00. 



B.H.HAVERLAND,PlsasantRun,0. 



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Gladioltts Bolbs 



Our bulbs are not better than 

 the best, but better than the rest. 



TBT TKBK. 



Cushman Gladiolus Co. 



STLVANIA. OHIO. 



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LILY OF THE 

 VaLLEY 



Finest stocli for early forcing, $1.50 per 100; 

 $14.00 per 1000. There are none better. 



Headquarters for FancylCut Valley. 



Mcnlloii The Uevit'w when you write. 



to put up with a good dose of winter 

 weather now, as would not be out of 

 season, there is no saying what the con- 

 sequence might be, especially for the 

 hyacinth crops, which are more tender 

 than any of the others. It is a matter 

 of grave doubt to have to quote i)rices 

 on the results of a crop that may turn 

 out just as well a complete failure as 

 a very abundant one. 



I 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



The weather continues very open and 

 no one need be behind with any kind of 

 outdoor work. The English seed potato 

 trade is showing a little increasing ac- 

 tivity, although there appears no pros- 

 pect of a rise from the abnormally low 

 prices prevailing. Some years or so 

 ago our friends in America considerably 

 relieved the congested state of London 

 ware markets and it would be a good 

 thing if some shipments would now be 



I F not satisfied with 

 ■ your cuts, write us. 

 We malce the cuts for 

 the Review and many 



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CRESCENT ENGRAVING CO. 



341-349 CURK ST.» CHICAGO 



Wanted 



50,000 Horseradish roots, 6 inches long, 

 X to 5-16 inches in diameter. Address 



KLEHM'S NURSERY 



Arlingfton Heig^hts, 111. 



profitably made to the States. Disease 

 is very rampant in many sample^ in 

 spite of the late influx of so-called dis- 

 ease resisting new varieties. It is sat- 

 isfactory to note that the variety from 

 America, Noroton Beauty, is very free 

 from disease and out of some thirty 

 new sorts grown by the writer Noroton 

 Beauty is one of the very few that is 

 quite untouched by disease or blight of 

 any sort. 



There is a scarcity of palm seeds of the 

 leading sorts and prices are high in con- 

 sequence. This is in a great measure a 

 blessing in disguise, at least to the grow- 

 ers of decorative palms; it will check the 

 extensive growing of palms for the large 

 flower markets. The public taste of late 

 years has been quite sickened of palms, 

 especially the everlasting stock sizes of 

 nice plants in 48 's of kentias. The trade 

 can very well stand a year or two of 

 rest from production and would proba- 

 bly after that revive and be once more 

 a profitable line for market growers. 



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