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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Dbcbmbkb 18, 1906. 





RELIABLE SEEDS 



A Merry Christmas to all my 

 Customers and Friends 



AGEB4TU1I Blae Star, new baby aReratum, 

 none better for pots, 4-6 Inches high, clean 

 seed, 6 tr., pkts., $1.25; oz., $6.00: tr. pkt, 25c. 



ALI88U1I Carpet Queen, the real dwarf Sweet 

 Alyssum, extra, 6 tr. pkts., $1.25; oz., $2.00; 

 tr. pkt., 25c. 



BEGONIA Atropurpnrea Yernon, excellent 

 strain. 6tr.pkts.,$1.25;oz., $3.00; tr. pkt.,25c. 



BEGONIA Bedding Queen, the most beautiful 

 wax begonia, real pink, 6 tr. pkts., $2.50; 

 tr. pkt., 50c. 



BEGONIA Erfurdil, a fine bedder and profuse 

 bloomer, rosy-pink, 6 tr. pkts.. $1.25; tr. 

 pkt. 26c. 



BEGONIA Gracilis Luminosa, last year's nov- 

 elty, indeed the most striking and finest 

 wax begonia, with large scarlet flowers 

 and reddish and dark brown foliage, and 

 truly superior to all dark-leaved wax be- 

 gonias, 6tr. pkts, 12.60; tr. pkt., 50c. 



CENTAUBEA VandidiBsima (ragusina), true 

 and the best white leaved for borders, oz., 

 $1.50; tr. pkt., 25c. i 



COCOS Weddeliiana, the miniature Oocos 

 palm, fine for fern dish centers, 1000 seeds, 

 $6.00; 10,000 seeds, $50.00. 



DBACAENA (Gordyllne) AuRtralis, cleaned 

 seed, oz., $2.00: tr. pkt.. 25c. 



DBACAENA IndiTlsa and Ltneata, cleaned 

 seed, each separate, oz., $1.60: tr. pkt., 25c. 



6EBBEBA Jamesoni, the scarlet daisy of 

 South Africa, the most splendid daisy 

 known, with giant bright scarlet flowers, 

 half hardy perennial, 1000 seeds, $10.00; tr. 

 pkt., $1.50. 



GBETILLEA BOBUSTA, Silk Oak, an easy 

 growing ornamental foliage plant, cleaned 

 seed, oz., $1.00; tr. pkt., 16c. 



IHPATIENK Holstii, a new, very valuable 

 and easily grown pot plant, also fine for 

 half sunny outdoor places, 6 tr. pkts., $2.50; 

 tr. pkt., 60c. 



LOBELIA ErinuB Crystal Palace Compacta 

 (Erecta). dark blue. oz.. $1 50; tr, pkt.. 25c. 



LOBELIA Emperor William, dwarf, light 

 blue fine strain, oz., $1.25; tr. pkt., 25c. 



MIMOSA PUUICA, SeBBltive Plant, oz., 50c; 

 tr. pkt., 10c. 



Ask for my new price list. 

 Wliolesale Only 



LOBELIA Pamila Splendens (Bedding Queen) 

 very dwarf, dark blue with white eye. extra 

 fine for border, oz., $2.00; tr. pkt., 80c. 



NICOTIANA Colossea, the most decorative of 

 all tobacco plants, true, 6 tr. pkts., $2.60; 

 tr. pkt., 50c. 



PETUNIA BYBBIDA, double giant flowered 

 fringed extra selected, strain mixed, 6 tr. 

 pkts., $5.00; tr. pkt., $1 00. 



PETUNIAS. Single California Giants, a real 

 champion strain, mixed, 6 tr. pkts., $1.00; 

 tr. pkt.. 75c. 



PETUNIAS, Zangen's Baffled and Fringed 

 Single Giants, are the best of all, 6 tr. pkt,, 

 $5.00: tr. pkt., $1.00. 



PETUNIAH, Dwarf Compacta Inimitable, sin- 

 gle striped, fine for pots, oz., $1.60; tr. pkt,, 

 25c. 



PETUNIA Bosy-Morn, single, brilliant rose- 

 white throat, a splendid bedder, oz., $4.0«; 

 tr. pkt., 25c. 



PETUNIA Snow Ball, a very fine dwarf com- 

 pact pure white bedder.oz., $2 00; tr. pkt..25c. 



PHLOX Urummondl Nana Compacta, real 

 dwarf strain, for pot use. as Fireball, Bose- 

 ball. Snowball, each separate, oz., $1.50; 

 tr. pkt., 2-'>c. 



PETUNIA Nana Compacta, dwarf mixed, oz., 

 $1.26; tr. pkt., 20c. 



PETUNIAS, new large-flowered CecilyPhlox, 

 dwarfest of all, mixed colors, oz., $3.60; tr. 

 pkt., 60c. 



PHTSALIS Franchetil, very decorative, with 

 fiery orange red fruits, oz.. 75c; tr. pkt.. 16c. 



SALTIA Bonfire (Clara Bedman). of compact 

 growth, a fine strain, oz., $2.50; tr. pkt., 

 26c. 



SALVIA Fireball, new early flowering dwarf 

 compact sort, best for pots, oz., $5.00, tr. 

 pkt.. 50c. 



STOCKS, Ctorman Large-fiowered Ten Weeks, 

 a very fine extra double strain— blood red, 

 lavender, pink, purple, white, each color 

 separate, oz., $3.00; tr. pkt., 35c. 



STOCKS, above five colors with Wallflower 

 Leaves, each color separate, oz., $4.00; tr. 

 pkt.. 60c. 



STOCKS, German Large-flowered Ten Weeks, 

 in finest mixture, oz., $2.00; tr. pkt., 26c. 



STOCKS, Cut and Come Again, selected strain 

 with high percentage double flowers— crim- 

 Hon, lavender, pink, purple, white, each 

 color separate, oz., $3.00; tr. pkt., 50c. 



STOCKS, the above five colors, fine mixed, 

 oz., $2.50; tr. pkt., 50c. 



STOCKS PrlneesB Alice, pure white selected 

 strain for greenhouse use, oz., $2.60, tr. 

 pkt., 50c. 



SWAINSONA Alba Grandiflora, large flow- 

 ered pure white, tr. pkt., 50c. 



SWEET PEAS-Christmas, Earliest of All, 

 Mont Blanc, each separate, per pound, 50c; 

 per 6 pounds, $2.00. 



TOBENIA The Nymph, new, lavender and 

 deep violet, dwarf compact, the best of all 

 for pot use, 6 tr. pkt., $1.25; tr. pkt., 26c. 



TEBBENA Hybrlda Mammoth, unexcelled 

 strain— scarlet, striped, pink, purple, white, 

 each color separate, oz., $1.50; tr. pkt., 25c. 



Oe V. ZANGEN, Importer of High-Grade Florists' Seeds, Box 1 14, Hoboken, N. J. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



will allow these plants to run to seed in 

 order to obtain the greatest possible 

 yield, no matter the quality. Fortunately, 

 for the reputation of the trade, there are 

 those who use all means possble to en- 

 sure the eradication of plants of an un- 

 true type from their seed crops. Our 

 methods of selection are no secret. Any 

 fii-m can apply them if they care to go to 

 the trouble apd expense, which, we may 

 say, is no inconsiderable item. "We have 

 stock seed of swede which cost us nearly 

 $25 per pound, when all expenses are 

 considered, and other things of an equally 

 costly nature." 



THE FIGHT IS ON. 



The Washington representative of the 

 Wholesale Seedmen's League sent out a 

 call for the gathering of the clans at 

 the national capital yesterday, Wednes- 

 day, December 12, and arranged for the 

 seed trade to appear before the house 

 committee on agriculture to make formal 

 protest against the government seed dis- 

 tribution. Last year the committee omit- 

 ted the paragraph providing funds for 

 this work, and it was inserted on the 

 floor of the house by a vote of 153 to 83, 

 after a debate which ran nearly a week. 



One of the strongest objections made 

 to the omission of the item was that 

 the committee had acted without any one 

 appearing before it to object to the 

 distribution. This was explained by the 

 fact that although the seed dealers had 

 objected to the distribution for many 

 years, they had no intimation that the 

 committee would take action on the sub- 

 ject, and therefore did not appear before 



HIGH-GRADE VALLEY 



EARLY GIANT FORCINQ 



The finest Valley on the market. Every pip bears a long, 

 strong stalfc with twelve to sixteen large bells. Per J 00, 

 $J.50; per JOOO, $J4.00j per case of 2,500, $34.50. 



CIRRIE BROS. CO. Br.?d:.y. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Mention The ReTiew when yon write. 



it. When the point was raised it was, 

 of course, too late to make representa- 

 tions to the house committee, but a 

 large delegation appeared before the 

 senate committee, and as a result of 

 that hearing it reported that a distinct 

 majority was opposed to the plan of free 

 seed distribution and hoped at this ses- 

 sion to be able to make a satisfactory 

 change. In order that those opposed to 

 free seeds shall have an opportunity to 

 present their case to the house commit- 

 tee on agriculture,- that committee 

 granted them a hearing on December 

 12, at which the entire matter was very 

 carefully gone into. 



A large and representative delegation 

 was on hand to lend the weight of its 

 presence to the arguments of the gentle- 

 men who addressed the committee. The 

 arguments had been carefully correlated, 

 so that effective work was done. 



Washington, D. C, Dec. 12, — The 

 anti-free-seed hearing before the house 

 committee on agriculture today was at- 

 tended by Henry W. Wood, Bichmond, 

 Va., president of the American Seed 

 Trade Association; W. Atlee Burpee, 

 William Henry Maule and Walter P. 

 Stokes, of Philadelphia; Alexander 

 Forbes and Patrick O'Mara, of Peter 

 Henderson & Co., New York; Henry B. 

 Hathaway, Rochester; C. F. Wood, Louis- 

 ville, Ky. ; F. W. Bolgiano and other 

 Washington and Baltimore seedsmen. 

 The hearing was not completed and will 

 be resumed tomorrow, Thursday morning. 



VALLEY PIPS. 



The valley pips are about all in for 

 this year. The last boat had 614 cases, 

 making a total to date of 4,278. The 

 last consignments were as follows: 



McHutchison & Co 427 



Seliulz & Uupkgaber 40 



Yokohama Nursery Co 147 



