30 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Mat 30, 1007. 



tive show. The prinoipal bed contained 

 1"0,00() liyacinths ami wan arranj/ed to 

 prodiuo the best effect with four best 

 bedding varieties. The names were: 

 King of the Blues, blue; Mme. Van der 

 Hoop, white; La Peyrouse, blue; Ger- 

 trude, rosy red. All were single va- 

 rieties. B. J. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the port 



of New York for the week ending May 



18 were as follows: 



Kind. BaKS. Val. Iviud. IJajis. Val. 



Annatto ... i:! $ 121 (Jia.-is a<X) $5,170 



Canary ... !t70 l.S4n l,.v(<>piMliuin. . 20 l,o:{S 



Carawa.v .. :!<•(» 2.2.U MllU't 204 671 



Cardanioiii. 7 2.S(» MiiKtard 27."> 2,!»titi 



Castor ....l.:!S(l c.cdd Hapc 1l;( "tin 



Cclcr.v 20 2!l."i Ollii'i- 4.".." 



Cldvor 2S2 S.2!t."i 



In the same i)erio(l the imports of 



trees and plants were valued at $7,S28. 



NEW NAMES 



If wholosalo seed dealers wish to aild 



to their mailing lists, here are the names 



of parties who are handling seeds locally, 



usually in connection with another line 



of business: 



.Tinicsdii iV: Olson, ("ooperstown, N. T). 

 .loliiison Drii).' Co., Kcd I.oilfje, Mont. 

 Iie.vhciiiifr. 11. .1.. & Co.. Fort Atkinson, Wis. 

 (;<ddl)ii(li. 1''.. I.iiiK'Mstcr. N. Y. 

 Ualfiiin & Sons. I'ortsniontli, Va. 

 Hiciinfll, .(allies. Clarf, MIcli. 

 I'allon & Co., Monnioiitli, 111. 

 .Min-ra.v. I).. Manpu'tte, Mich. 

 McDoimld. liavid. Kalimia/.m). Midi. 

 Fairlianks iV Koiul.-i, Cildwatcr. Miili. 

 llnntfr *: Co., Koanokc, Va. 

 Weil's Seed Store, Slireveiiort, La, 

 TallMitt. (), A,, Co,, Keokuk. la. 

 H.vckwan. C. W.. Lanriuni. Midi. 

 Kverett. J. H.. & Son, Atlanta, (Ja. 

 Williams, T. II,, Atlanta, (Ja. 



GOVERNMENT SEED SHOP. 



In his annual rejxjrt, just jiublished, 

 covering the year ]9()H, H. T. (ialloway, 

 chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 Ihiited States l)epartnu>nt of Agricul- 

 ture, says: 



Congressional Distribution. 



"The congressional distribution of 

 seeds and plants was carried on during 

 the past year essentially as in the year 

 preceding. The contract for packeting, 

 assembling, and mailing vegetable and 

 flower seeds was awardetl to the Brown 

 Bag-Filling Machine Co., of Fitchburg, 

 Ma.ss., at .+ 1 per thousand packets, this 

 being the lowest bid receiN-^d. A total 

 of :i(i,41(»,(li:;') packets of vegetable and 

 flower seeds was ])ut up under this con- 

 tract during tlie ]ieriod from Xo\ember 

 27, 190.'), to April 25, 1906. The usual 

 quotas of cotton seed, grass seed, bulbs, 

 grapevines, and strawberry plants were 

 sent out on congressional order, the 

 only change from the preceding year be- 

 ing that the tobacco-seed distribution, 

 previously carried out by the allotment 

 of regular quotas, was confined to a lim- 

 ited distribution of seed of improved 

 varieties, conducted in cooperation with 

 Plant Breeding Investigations. 



Seed Testing. 



"On account of the increasing de- 

 mand for seed testing it has been found 

 necessary to limit the number of tests 

 made for any one firm or individual. 

 In this way the work is more widely 

 distributed and only the more difficult 

 samples are received. There have been 

 received during the year a total of 7,261 

 samples. Of these 1,392 were sent in 

 through the custom-houses, and .5,869 

 were • from farmers, seedsmen and from 



(GENUINE BERMIDA ONION SEED 



^^ -.. CRYSTAL WAX S^Jf^r 



WILDPRET BROS. ^^ ?c'2l«rf.LJ«r'ff« 



We are the origlnatorB of the True Crystal Wax Onion and are ready to ezecnte orders for this 



item if placed at an early date. Beware of spurious and cheap seed. If you ask some of the Texas 



growers their experience in the past years with a cheap Italiau-growQ Crystal you will certainly buy 



nothing but our genuine seeds. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



^ERNST RAPPE S HEGHT 



Cable Address: Bappehecht 



BERLIN, N, 28, and "'^laV'" 

 Cycas Leaves-Prepared 



All Sorts of Orasses, Mosses and 

 Flowers, dtied and colored. 



RISCLS -Prepared CROWNS 



Patent Preparation of Medeola 

 Asparagus, Adlantum, Selaelnella 



All orders given prompt anrt careful atten- 

 . tlon Lowest Prices. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Clioice Pansy Seeds 



A 8PECIAL,TY. 



Ask for price list and teBtlnionials received 

 from AmerlciUi nurserymen. 



V. FROMHOLD & CO.. se.^%^r^l.rn. 



Naumburg-Saale« Prov. Saxony, GERMANY 



Mciilloii The Review wlu'ii ynii write. 



CAULIFLOWER f 



E 

 D 



HJALMAR HARTBfANN St CO. 



Growers tor tbe Wboleaale Trade Only. 

 12 Stormsade. COPKNHA6KN 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CABBAGE 



LARGEST STOCK OF ALX, 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Axaleas, Araucarias, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Beg^onias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Belgrium. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



tlie seed purcliase<l for confjressional <lis- 

 tribution. Of the total number :?.712 

 sanii)les have l)een tested for germina- 

 tion, 1,260 for ])urit.v, and 1,526 liave 

 been examined for the presence of adul- 

 terants or dodder. 



"The laboratory has been charged, 

 as heretofore, with carrying out the law 

 requiring the testing of seed samples se- 

 cured in the open market and the j)ub- 

 lication of the names of all dealers from 

 whom samples found to be adulterated 

 are obtained. 



Seed AdulteraHon. 



' ' During the year 2,047 samples of 

 orchard grass, Kentucky blue grass, red 

 clover, and alfalfa seed have been ob- 

 tained from dealers. The results of the 

 examination of these samples, showing 

 the number found to be adulterated, to- 

 gether with the names of the firms by 

 whom adulterated samples were offered 

 for sale, have been published in Cir- 



DAMMANN ft CO. 



Seed and Bulb Growers 

 and Merchants 



San GioTannI a Tedoccio, near Naples, Italy 



Established 18T7 

 By Appointment to H. M. the King: of Italy 



HKADQUAKTER8 FOR 



Cauliflower and Tripoli Onion Seed 

 (including Crystal Wax and Bermuda) 



And for all other Vegetable Seeda 

 of Unrivaled Quality. 



All Flower Seeds grown on an enormous scale 



Ask for Our Wholesale Catalogrue. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



The Royal Tottenham 

 * Nurseries, Ltd. 



Established in 1872 

 Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DER ELST 



Dedemsvaart, Holland 



Headquarters for Hardy Perennials, among 

 which are the latest aud choicest. 13 acres 

 devoted to growing this line, including Anemone, 

 Aster, Campanula. Delphinium, Funkias. Hem- 

 erocallif). Hepatica, Incarvillea. Iris, Peonies, 

 Phlox decus^ata and suRruticosa. Primula, 

 Pyrethrum. Tritoma, Hardy Heath, Hardy 

 Ferns. Also 5 acres in DaSodilR. 12 acres of 

 Conifers, specially young choice varieties to be 

 grown on ; 3 acres Rhododendrons, mcludlng the 

 best American and Alpine varieties; 2 acres 

 Hydrangeas. We make it a point to grow all the 

 latest novelties in these lines. Ask for Catalog. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



HOLLAND 

 BULBS^ 



KJelfliuysJillegom, Holland 



v^ 



A6k for our wholesale trade list 

 for Holland Bulbs. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



lulars Nos. 14, 15, and 18 of the Office 

 of the Secretary. This work has shown 

 that orchard grass is the farm seed 

 most subject to adulteration, Iwth mead- 

 ow fescue and the rye-grasses Vieing used 

 as the adulterant, according to the rela- 

 tive prices of these various kinds of 

 seeds. 



"Alfalfa and red clover seed have 

 both been found to be adulterated with 

 tiie seed of yellow trefoil. Alfalfa has 

 also been found to be adulterated with 

 the seed of bur clover. The bur clover 

 used is not, however, the commercial seed 

 offered for sale in the United States, but 

 is a by-product from the cleaning of 

 South American wool, imported from 

 Germany for this purpose. As was 

 pointed out in a previous report, the 

 only effective way of preventing the use 

 of such seeds as yellow trefoil, bur 



