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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 31, 1907. 



rate,, and I canno^ therefore pass you 

 an order. ' For pui part, we do not look 

 at things in this way." 



FREE SEEDS REINSTATED. 



In connection with the discussion of 

 the agricultural appropriation bill in 

 the lower house of Congress January 25 

 there was a general debate on the com- 

 mittee provision appropriating $238,000 

 for the purchase and testing of new and 

 uncommon seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs and 

 vines and omitting the usual appropria- 

 tion for the purchase of ordinary flow- 

 er and garden seeds for distribution. Mr. 

 Candler, of Mississippi, led the fight for 

 free seeds, and in a long speech he 

 charged that the item in the present bill 

 was the work of a lobby composed of 

 seedsmen of the country and of effective 

 newspaper work. He said he could not 

 go back and look his "dear old farmer 

 friends" in the face after the increase 

 of the salaries of congressmen if free 

 seeds were not to be had. 



Washington, D. C, Jan. 29. — The 

 agricultural appropriation bill occupied 

 the house most of the day and when the 

 amendment concerning the free distribu- 

 tion of seeds was reached the members 

 reversed a ruling of the chair by a vote 

 of 136 to 85 and restored the paragraph 

 as it has been the law for a number of 

 years. This is about tl^e same vote re- 

 corded against free seeds last year, show- 

 ing lack of progress. It is now up to 

 the senate, which is expected to concur. 



ADVERTISING CATCH LINES. 



"Burpee's Seeds Grow." 



"Seeds Which Succeed." — D. Lan- 

 dreth Seed Co., Bristol, Pa. 



' ' Seeds that do Not Disappoint. ' ' — 

 Ford Seed Co., Ravenna, O. 



' ' Seeds that Hustle. ' '—Darling & Bea- 

 han, Petoskey, Mich. 



' ' Good Seeds Cheap ; Best Ever 

 Urown. ' ' — R. H. Shumway, Rockf ord, 111. 



' ' Buy Seeds Direct from the Grower. ' ' 

 — Joseph Harris Co., Coldwater, N. Y. 



"$tokes $tandard $eeds." — Stokes 

 Seed Store, Philadelphia. 



"Morse Seeds Sprout; You and Na- 

 ture do the Rest."— C. C. Morse & Co., 

 San Francisco. 



"THERE'S MILLIONS IN IT.** 



J. J. H. Gregory is on record as say- 

 ing that "It may be doubted whether 

 there has been a season for the past 

 quarter of a century when the onion 

 seed crop of the United States has been 

 so unusually blighted. The whole coun- 

 try from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean 

 appears to share in the general misfor- 

 tune. The visitation has been so severe 

 in California that that state, which has 

 been the grand source for low-priced 

 seed, now holds it at wholesale at a fig- 

 ure which will bring the retail rate fully 

 as high as New England seed has usually 

 borne. In the onion seed centers of New 

 England the blight has been so severe 

 that in one case in a field of ten acres 

 the crop was about annihilated. The 

 man who will (M.scover a chemical that 

 will protect from the attack of the fun- 

 gus which produces the blight will be a 

 benefactor of the race. ' ' 



A NEW FRENCH LETTUCE. 



C. C. Morse & Co., San Francisco, say 

 of a new lettuce, named Strawberry: 

 ' * This is a new lettuce from France 



Johnson's High-Class Tested 



FLOWER SEEDS 



Eor Early Sowing 



We would call special attention to our superior strains of Petunias, Ver- 

 benas, Stocks and Pansies, which are absolutely the best procurable. 



Trade pkt. 

 Aceratum Blue Perfection, dark blue 15c 



Alyasum Little Gem or White Garpet.lOc 



Asparasus Plumosus Nanus (green- 

 house grown), per 100 seeds, 50c; per 

 1000 seeds, $4.00. 



Asparaeus Sprengerl, per 100 seeds. 

 15c; per 1000 seeds, 75c; 5000 seeds, $3.00 



Candytuft Empress, pure white 10c 



Oiant Hyacinth Flowered, 

 white 10c 



Carnation Marguerite, choice mixed. 16c 



Centaurea Gymnncarpa,1000 seeds.lSc 

 Candidissima " 25c 



Cobaea Scandens, purple, K lb., 75c.. 10c 



Cyclamen, Raglish Prize mixed (from 



show varieties unsurpassed) per 100 



seeds, 75c; per 1000 seeds, $6 00. 



Ipomoea NoctiSora (Monnflower) 10c 



Lobelia Crystal Palace Compacta 25c 



Pansy, Johnson's Kingly Oolleetion, 



mixed, unsurpassed, 1000 seeds, 80c; 



2000 seeds, 50c; 5000 seeds, $1.00 



Oz. 



$0.50 



.30 



.20 



.20 



.60 



.35 

 1.60 



,30 



.50 

 1.26 



5.00 



Trade pkt. Oz. 

 Petunia Giants of California 50c 



Petunia, Johnson's Choice Double 

 Fringed, per 500 seeds, 75c; loOO seeds, 

 $1.50. 



Johnson's Giant Single Fringed 50c 



Dwarf Inimitable (nana compacta), 



finefor pots 25c 1.2.', 



Phlox Drummondli GraDdiflora,mixed.lOc .40 



Dwarf, 



mixed 20c .7.^ 



Drummondii Nana Compacta, mixed.SOc 1 ,50 



Pyrettarum Aureum lOc .io 



Salvia Splendens Bonfire, % lb., $6 00.25c 2.00 

 J4 lb.. $3.00 20c 1.00 



Smilax (New Crop), lb., $2.05 10c .20 



Stocks, Dwarf, separate colorR 25c 2.0O 



Large-Flowering, Ten 



Weeks', mixed 25c 1.75 



Princess Alice, Cut-and-Come Again.. 30c 2.50 



Svreet Peas. Standard varieties, H 



lb., 10c: lb., 2.5c. 

 Tbunbersrla, finest mixed 10c 



.50 



JOHNSON'S GIAIVT^PLOWXRING VSRBENA, pronounced the finest in the market. Giant 

 White. Pink, Scarlet, Purple and Yellow, large trade pkt. (1000 seeds), 25c; 5000 seeds, $1.00; per 

 ounce, $1.25. Giant Brilliant, mixed, large trade pkt. (1000 seeds), 20c; 5000 seeds, 75c; per 

 ounce, $1.00. 

 Send for our New Illustrated Catalogue for Florists and Market Gardeners, just issued. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 



Herbert W. Johnson, of the late firm of Johnson & Stokes, President. 



217 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



Florists' Fiower Seeds^'pZi^L^m 



Now 

 Ready 



Tuberous Rooted Begonias 



Giant Flowered Per doz. Per 100 Per 1000 



Single in separate colors 4«c $260 $22.60 



Double in separate colors 65c 4.00 34.t0 



i^l OYIMI ACL f'inest sorts in separate colors, 50c per doz.; $4.00 per 100; $35.00 

 ^* L,^"^ 11^ I >»^ per 1000. Send for trade price list. 



CURRIE BROS. CO. .r.!i^.y. Milwaukee, Wis. 



M<»nrion The ReyJew when yon write. 



GLADIOLI 



Write for trade price list of named Tarletles, 

 asBorted colora and fine mixtures. 



E. E. STEWART, Blves Jnnction, Mich. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



which we tested in our trial grounds 

 last season and at once discovered so 

 much real merit in it that we decided to 

 offer it to our friends this year through 

 our catalogue. It is a medium-sized, 

 tight-heading variety, and while very 

 dark brown in general appearance, the 

 interior of the head is decidedly pink, 

 and when dressed and prepared for the 

 table it resembles a dish of crushed 

 strawberries. It is the only variety we 

 know which is so colored, and while 

 very attractive indeed on this account, 

 its chief value is its delicious flavor and 

 its buttery but crisp heart. 



"There are so many varieties of let- 

 tuce in the market that it is seldom a 

 really new one is offered, but we feel 



100.000 



PHOENIX ROEBELENII SEED 



This elegant, graceful and easy-growing Palm is 

 one of the most useful for all kinds of deco- 

 rative work, both in small and large plants. 

 Price $7.00 per 1000. 



Yokohama Nursery Co. 



31 Barclay Street, — •- NEW YORK 



Mention Hie Rerlew when yon write. 



sure that the American public has not 

 had so good a lettuce novelty as this 

 offered for a long time, and we are 

 very anxious that all our friends and 

 customers should have it. We have only 

 a limited supply and cannot offer it by 

 the pound this year." • 



A GARDENING PROJECT. 



M. Crawford, of Cuyahoga Falls, 0., 

 passed through Chicago last week, en 

 route to Shiocton, Wis., where he will 



