Jdnb 6, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



29 



of 1907, which was so very promising up 

 to that date, has not been better, if as 

 good, as 1906. 



- Knud Gundestrup, Chicago, sails from 

 New York June 8, to visit European 

 seed growing centers. 



T. E. Gaeton, a farm seed specialist 

 from England, has been visiting Charles 

 N. Page, at Des Moines. 



South Dakota has a new law inflict- 

 ing severe penalties on any seedsman 

 who sells adulterated seeds. 



A LEADING wholesale seedsman says 

 that the business in peas this spring 

 eclipses all records for his house. 



Segees Beos., Lisse, Holland, say the 

 well-known crimson hyacinth, Eobert 

 Steiger, is not so good as it used to be. 



There will be a gathering of the 

 seedsmen's clans at New York June 25. 

 The attendance promises to be unusually 

 large. 



The package containing the govern- 

 ment brand of horse radish seed is still 

 in the vestibule near the broken um- 

 brella. 



J. L. Devalon, proprietor of the 

 Haines Seed Co., Denver, Colo., died 

 recently and the business has passed to 

 parties outside the trade. 



Searles & Sons, Sydney, who deserve 

 to be classed as leading Australian 

 seedsmen, issue a comprehensive and 

 well printed catalogue of 100 pages. 

 It is sent out early in April of each 

 year. 



The Iowa Agricultural Experiment 

 Station at Ames, of which Prof. C. P. 

 Curtiss is director, has just issued bul- 

 letin No. 88, which deals with "The 

 Vitality, Adulteration and Impurities 

 of Clover, Alfalfa and Timothy Seed for 

 Sale in Iowa in 1906. ' ' 



In the matter of onion seed, it is of 

 interest to note that set growers and 

 others in many widely scattered localities 

 have put in a small acreage for seed 

 purposes. There are many places where 

 seed of the globe varieties of onion can 

 be grown at $1 a pound. 



The Kentucky Bluegrass Seed Co. 

 has been incorporated at Mt. Sterling, 

 Ky., wjth $8,000 capital stock, by J. M. 

 Bigstaff, Prank Tabb and Marion Cock- 

 rell. It will build fireproof warehouse 

 and cleaning plant, equipped with mod- 

 ern machinery, at a cost of $25,000. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has just issued a report on the "Prog- 

 ress of the Beet-Sugar Industry in the 

 United States in 1906." In all, 396,615 

 acres of land were planted to sugar 

 beets that year and enough sugar was 

 produced to supply one-third the needs 

 of the country. A further and rapid ex- 

 tension of sugar-beet growing is pre- 

 dicted. 



A BILL has been introduced in the 

 Wisconsin legislature making it the duty 

 of the director of the Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station to obtain in open mar- 

 ket samples of grass, clover, alfalfa, 

 garden and agricultural seeds, test them 

 and publish in bulletins the results of 

 such tests, from whom seeds obtained 

 and "other information of interest." 

 Seedsmen are required to label their 

 wares with the name, place grown, year 

 and percentage of purity. 



Special Offer 



GLADIOLUS 



Kztra aeleoted mixed bulbs for all 



the flnast varieties. 



79c per 100; $8.50 per 1000 



TUBEROSES (2nd size) 



Good Sized Bulbs 

 50c per 100; $4.00 per 1000 



CDCNPU PAIIIIAQ Mixed Colors 



rnCnUn UAnnAd Dormant Roots 



$1.50 per 100; $18.90 per 1000 



CALADIUM ESGULENTUM 



(Kleptaant's Cars) 



Per 100 Per 1000 



5 to 7 Inches $2.00 $18.00 



Otolllncbes 9.00 45.00 



11 to ISlnobes, 



mammotli 9.00 80.00 



Senii for our Wholesale Cataloiue. 



Henry F. Michell Co. 



1018 Market St., Philadelphia 



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 the best strain of Chinese Primrose the world 

 produces. Per 100 seeds, 25c; 500 seeds, $1.00; 

 1000 seeds, $1.75. 



DO TOU USE rRKNCH OR DUTCH 

 BULBS 7 Write for our prices. 



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XXX SEEDS 



Chtneae Primrose. Finest prown, lar^e- 

 floweringr, fringed, single and double, 15 rarletiea, 

 mixed; 600 seeds, 11.00; half pkt.. 60c. 



frlmale Obconica Orandif . Large-flower- 

 ing, mixed, 1000 seeds, 5Gc. 



<!ln«rarla. Finest large-flowering dwarf, 

 mixed, 1000 seeds, 50c. 



tilant Fansy. The best large-flowering varie- 

 ties, crlilcaliy selected. 5000 seeds, 11.00; half pkt., 

 60c. 500 seeds of Giant Mme. Ferret pansy seed 

 added to every *1 00 pkt. of Giant Pansy. Caob. 

 Liberal extra count of seeds In all packets. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



TKB HOME OF PBXMBOBES. 



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Thk suburban gardener is still buying 

 his vegetables from the peddler. The 

 "early bird" radish he expected to har- 

 vest in May has not sprouted yet. 



The pea acreage in Wisconsin is re- 

 ported about normal. The seed is up, 

 but the cold weather is causing the 

 young plants to stand practically still. 



MORSE'S PLANS. 



C. C. Morse & Co. have leased the six- 

 story-and-basement building at 48 to 56 

 Jackson street, San Francisco, running 

 through to 13 to 22 Clark street. They 

 will move their offices and all of their 

 bulk department and general packing 

 headquarters to this building. 



They will continue to operate the 

 retail store at the Cox Seed Co. at 125 to 

 127 Market street and are having same 

 fitted up in an attractive manner, and 



PRIMULA SEED 



The Finest in America 



Giant 



OranRB King (novelty) Bright 

 Salmon 



Trade Pkt. 

 $1.00 



Pure White 

 Blush White 

 Rose 

 Scarlet 

 Royal Blue 

 Mixed 



Novelties 



% Trade Pkt. 



60c 



Giant { •^"•"•'*""' 



Double Crimson 



Trade Pkt. 

 $1.00 



Giant j 



Primula Obconica Kermesina 



" deep rose Tr ekt. 50c 



i " Allm, pure white 50c 



I " Mixed 50c 



Primula ftoribunda tcrandiflora 



(Buttercup) 50c 

 Forbesii (Baby Primrose) 25c 

 KEWENSIS (Qlant yellow 



Buttercup) $1.00 



Cineraria 



Boddington's Matchless Mixture Is a 



combination of the three most famous 

 English strains, which we can recom- 

 mend to those wishing to grow the best. 

 Tall, J^ pkt. 6' c; trade pkt. $1.00. Dwarf, 

 }i pkt 60c; trade pkt $1.00. 



Stellata( Star-flowered Cineraria). Tall 

 growing; excellent as a single specimen 

 for table decoration, or for grouping 

 wi'h splendid effects In corridors and 

 conservatories, i4 trade pkt. 60c; trade 

 pkt. $1.00. 



Calceolaria 



Boddinarton's Perfection, finest mixed, 

 X trade pkt. 60c; trade pkt. $1 00. 



Tigered and spotted, mixed, H trade 

 pkt. 6uc; trade pkt. $1.00. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON 



342 W. 14th St., New York. 



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i— ^ Establlahed 1802 ^— 



Asparagus plumosus nanus seed 



Send for prices. 



COLD STORAGE 



Lily of the Valley Pips 



Best possible grade in cases of 1000 

 and 3000 pips each, at $12 00 per 1000. 



Advance orders now being booked for 



Bermuda Easter Lilies 



and Roman Hyacinths 



Send for prices. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



33 Barclay St., throagh to 38 Park PI. 



NKW TORE 



Everything^ of the Hig^hest Grade 



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ASPARAGUS 



PLUMOSUS NANUS SEEDS (True) 



Greenhouse-grown, $3.00 per 1000 



GILLETT & JAMES 



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