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November 29, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



105 



Uy ,t VaUey 



Cold Storage, at the price of 

 new importation. 



For Cliristfnas forcing we have 

 reserved an especially fine lot of our 

 Mammoth iiily of the VaUey. 



In perfect condition and it will 

 give great results. 



Send us Your Order NOW 



Price, $1.75 per lOOj $15.00 per 

 1000; $29.00 per case of 2000. 



SPIRAEA 



The good quality which we 

 always send. 



Astilboides. Floribunda, 

 $4.25 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. 



Compacta Multiflora 

 $4.50 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. 



Japonica* $4.00 per 100; 

 $35.00 per 1000. 



The above are all large clumps 

 suitable for 6-inch pots and larger. 



HENRY F.MICHELL CO. 



1018 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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the year was about 7,000,000. There has 

 been no change in this number during 

 the past five years," 



Seed Adulteration. 



As to the publication of the names of 

 sellers of adulterated grass seeds, he 

 says, under the head, ' ' Good Seeds for 

 the Farmer ' ' : 



' ' Several lines of work carried on dur- 

 ing the year have for their object the 

 improvement of the seed upon which the 

 farmer must depend for his crops. The 

 investigations of seed adulterations pre- 

 viously mentioned in these reports have 

 been continued, and there is every evi- 

 dence that the publication of the names 

 of firms found to be selling adulterated 

 seed has been the means of checking the 

 evil. In all this work the department has 

 but one object, namely, to protect the 

 farmer from unscrupulous dealers who 

 make a practice of foisting bad seed 

 upon him. The rank and file of Ameri- 

 can seedsmen do not follow any such 

 practices and are as anxious as the de- 

 partment to protect the farmer. 



"The seed laboratory has tested for 

 both seedsmen and farmers hundreds of 

 samples of seeds during the last year, 

 and in this way has greatly encouraged 

 the propaganda for good seed. A fea- 

 ture of the work has been a campaign 

 of education for better seed. Cheap seed 

 is often the most expensive thing con- 

 nected with a crop. A few cents saved 

 on each pound of alfalfa or clover seed 

 may cost the farmer all of his work in 

 preparing and fertilizing the ground, be- 

 sides the loss of an entire season in get- 

 ting the crop started. The bureau has 

 also been actively engaged in encourag- 

 ing the good-seed work through addresses 

 at farmers' institutes and other meet- 

 ings. ' ' 



Corn Breeding. 



Under the head, "Better Grades of 

 Seed Corn," Mr. Wilson says: 



* * Special work has been done during 

 the year in demonstrating the great im- 

 portance of high-grade seed corn. The 



RAWSON'S NEWPORT BEAUTY STOCK 



II^TRODUCED BY US IN 1906. 



is the earnest, largest and most exquisite colored stock for winter forcing that has ever been 



introduced. Habit, foliage and color of flowers are entirely distinct from any other strain. 



The bighefct praise has been bestowed upon it by those who grew ic this patst season. 



If wanted for Easter, feed should be sown in Ueeember. The above strain produces 90 



per cent double flowers, tue highest percentage of any strain. The following varieties: 



Margtierlte, pnre white 1-aa oz , 76o 



Faust, inos c ezquisito pink 1-32 oz., 75c 



Valentinej delicate lavender 1-32 oz , 76c 



MephlstopheleB, fiery red 1-32 oz , 76c 



All varieties mixed 1-32 oz., 75c 



WW DAWCAKI J& fA 6 UNION STREET. 

 . If. KAn jUW Cl LU. boston, mass. 



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Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



Established 1824. RICHARDS BROS.. Props. 



New Crop Flower Seeds Just Arrived 



37 East 19th Street, NEW YORK CITY 



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A BED or MUSHROOMS 



Raised from our Spawn, will bear loneer and yield better than from any other variety of 

 Spawn. This is proven by facts. Full particulars and information how to succeed In mushroom 

 raising free. We warrant you If using our method of growing mushrooms that all will go well. 



KNUD GUNDESTRUP & CO.. tiTmOu^Z^^KLo 



ARTHUR COWEE, ,^i:^^S^Aiu. BERLIN, N. Y. 



United States Representative and Grower of GROFF'S 

 HYBRIDS^ Mixtures and Collections to color. Fine mixtures 

 of all colors, named novelties of rare beauty. Write for catalog. 



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PURE CULTURE 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Per 10 bricks. $1.50. Per 25 bricks, $3.60. 

 Per 60 bricks. $6.60. Per 100 bricks. $12.00. 



Fresli Tobacco Stems, in bales of 300 lbs.. $1.50. 

 W. C. BECKERT, Allegheny, Pa. 



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work was inaugurated to establish the 

 great value of proper care of the ordi- 

 nary seed as grown by the farmer. The 

 main point at issue was the gain in yield 

 due to the vitality of the seed. Actual 

 field demonstrations have shown that, 

 taking corn in the average — that is, corn 

 from diflferent parts of the United States 

 as ordinarily saved for seed by farmers — 

 the yield would be increased about fif- 

 teen per cent if the vitality were per- 

 fect. The department has pointed out 

 simple methods of testing vitality that 

 any farmer can follow, and has shown in 

 field practice that the adoption of such 

 methods by the farmer may i^icrease his 

 yield from ten to fifteen per cent. Sim- 

 ilar work has been conducted with a num- 

 ber of other crops. 



' ' In the corn breeding experiments 

 great advances have been made. One 

 variety, which has been carefully bred in 

 central Ohio, has, for the last four 

 years, shown an average yearly gain of 

 ten bushels per acre over the original 

 variety. Seed of this variety has been 

 sent to numerous farmers and is giving 

 excellent results. The breeding work 

 with sweet corn, having as its object the 

 improvement of strains for canning pur- 



Lambert's Pare Caitnre 

 Mushroom Spawn 



Produced by new ^raftinir 

 process from selected and 

 proUflc specimens, thor- 

 oug-hly acclimatized. 

 Has never failed to ran 

 Sold by Leading Seedsmen. 

 Priictlcal instructions on 



"Alashroam Culture" 

 mailed free on application. 



American Spa^rn Co. 

 St. Pan!. Minn. 



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MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Originators of improved varieties of culti- 

 vated mushrooms. "Tissue Culture Pure Spawn" 

 of 7 varieties now ready. Get our booklet. It's 

 free. 



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poses, has been continued with good suc- 

 cess. It has been demonstrated that an 

 excellent quality of sweet corn seed can 

 be grown, and that with good care it will 

 germinate much better and produce a 

 better crop than such seed as is cus- 

 tomarily purchased by canning compa- 

 nies. " 



New Plants. 



In chronicling the achievements of the 

 department in the introduction of new 

 plants, the secretary say.s : 



"One of the most important achieve- 

 ments is the recent discovery of Prof. N. 

 E. Hansen, of the South Dakota Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, who is now 

 abroad in the interest of the depart- 

 ment, of the existence of a Siberian al- 



