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laiT 30, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



34 



AZALEA INDICA 



ImmenBe stock of all leading Commercial Vari- 

 eties for Fall delivery. We can also supply some 

 yery fine New Tarietiea in limited quantities. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



for Import and from Odd Storage. 



AU kind* of BXLGIAN and HOLLAND 

 PLANTS for forolnK. 



Frenchi Dutch and Japanese Bulbs 



For prices and full Information, please apply to 



H. Frank Darrow, Importer 



S0 Barolmr St., P. O. Box ItSO, New Tork 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



Martial Bremond 



OLLIODLKS, FRANCK, 

 Wbolesale Grow^er of Hlnli-CIaas 



French Bulbs, Roman Hyacinths, 

 Paper White Grandlflora, etc. 



Ralph M. Ward & Co. 



Sole representatives in U. S. and Canada. 



12 W*8t Broadway, •• NKW TORK. 



Write for prices. Wboleaale only. 



Mention The Itcvlew when you write. 



clover, and ( auada blucgrass as adulter- 

 ants woukl be the levying on them of a 

 duty making the price comparable to 

 that of the seeds with \Yhieh they are 

 mixed. 



"As a result of the work on adul- 

 terated seeds, seedsmen are sending large 

 numbers of samples to the laboratory to 

 be examined for the presence of adul- 

 terants and are giving more attention to 

 the quality of seeds which they are offer- 

 ing, for sale. At the same time, farmers 

 are sending a- larger number of samples 

 for testing, as they are becoming ac- 

 quaintedAvith the fact that a number of 

 the more conunon farm seeds are fre- 

 quently subiect to adulteration. 



Imi^ted Grass Seeds. 



"Among the 1,392 samples of grass 

 and forage-plant seeds received through 

 the various custom-houses during the 

 past year all qualities of seed, from the 

 very best to the very poorest, were rep- 

 resented. Among the poorer of these 

 seeds is included much low-grade red 

 clover seed which is imported for the 

 purpose of mixing with that of better 

 quality. The larger i)art of the low- 

 grade seed could not be sold alone in 

 our market. Its only use is for mixing 

 with seeds of better quality in producing 

 intermediate grades. The use of this 

 class of seed is doubtless more detri- 

 mental to agriculture than the use of 

 the various seeds which are usually con- 

 sidered as adulterants. 



Plans for Next Year. 



' ' During the ensuing year more atten- 

 tion will be given to the study of the 

 quality of seeds offered on the market, 

 including tests for adulteration. Obser- 

 vation will be made on the growing and 

 harvesting of forage-plant seeds, in order 

 to determine any natural mixtures which 

 occur in the fields. More attention will 

 be given to the perfecting of methods of 

 testing, with a view to aiding the state 



PA N S I E S 



Scotch and English PANSIES are noted all the world over for 

 their excellence. We have unique selections. 



The flowers are large, superb in color and grand in substance, 



and yearly selected and improved. ' - 



We do not recommend the flimsy Trimardeau Pansies— size alone is 

 not beauty. 



Try a small packet of each of the following, and you will order 



largely another season: COVENT GARDEN SUPERB STRAIN 



and PRIZE ENGLISH EXHIBITION, each, $1.60 per dos. packets ; 



$4 50 per ox. 



These are our Noted Special Strains, but we also keep nearly every 

 other variety in commerce. 



TRY also our very special, carefully selected strains of Primula 

 Sinensis Fio^briata (all var., including the giant strains); Primula Stel- 

 lata, all varieties; Calceolaria and Cineraria, very best market strains; 

 Carnations, best and choicest stage and Marguerite varieties; Cyclamen 

 Persicum, all varieties, including new color; Gloxinias, etc. 



Write for Wholesale Seed Catalogue, free on application. 



WATKINS S SIMPSON, Seed Merchants 



12 TaYistock St., Covent Garden, London, Cng. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



For The Best Quality Virgin Tracic Musiiroom 

 Spawn apply to the chief makers in England, viz. — 



JOHNSON»S, LIMITED 



Virgin Track 

 Moshroom Spawn Manufacturers 



TWYFORD ABBEY MUSHROOM FARM 



EALING, LONDON, W., 

 f ENGLAND. 



This season's fresh made Spawn is in splendid condition, and is being supplied by us 

 to all the IsadlDf? firms throuKhout the world. Price and particulars on application. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



HENRY METTE, Quedlinbnrg, Germany 



^^^""^^^"^^^ (Established in 1787.) 



Grower and Exporter om the Terr larceit scale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Speolaltles: Beans. Beets, Cabbaires, Carrots, Kohl-Rabi. Leeks, Lettuces, Onions, 

 Peas, Radlsliea, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Asters, Balsams, BcKonias. Carnations, 

 Cinerarias. Gloxinias. Larkspurs. Nasturtiums, Pansies, Petunias, Phlox, Primulas, 

 Scabious, Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application. 



HSNRT UKTTK'B TRIUMPH OP THC GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most 

 perfect and most beautiful in the world, 85.00 per oz.; $1.50 per Ji-oz.; 75c per 1-16-oz. 

 Postage paid. Cash witb order. 



Allseeds offered are grown under my personal sapervision on my o^^n grounds of 

 more than S,000 acres, and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest 

 stocks and best quality. I also grow largely teeds on contract. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



experiment stations in establishing seed- 

 testing laboratories. ' ' 



We consider the Review the best trade 

 paper we receive. — Covington Seed Co., 

 Covington, Ky. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



L. Boehmer & Co., Yokohama, Japan, 

 catalogue of Japanese lily-bulbs, roots 

 and general nursery stock; James J. 

 t'urran, Salem, Va,, price list of flowers; 

 The Perennial Gardens Co., Toledo, O., 



