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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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JCNB 20, 1007. 



the seed trade the inequality of the post- 

 office rules long complained of by news- 

 paper publishers. At three or four of 

 the largest offices there are officers 

 charged with seeing that the infinity of 

 rules with regard to newspaper mail are 

 lived up to, and publishers who mail at 

 these offices are held to the strict letter 

 of the law, while those who mail at 

 smaller post-offices where the censorship 

 is left to officers who have other duties 

 as well, are not interfered with so long 

 as they keep anywhere within reason. It 

 was the same condition which resulted 

 in holding up Ward's book and letting 

 others, at smaller offices, go out with 

 exactly the same offers in almost the 

 same words. The rules are the same for 

 all but the enforcement is different. 



THE IOWA LAW. 



The new law prohibiting the sale of 

 ffoods containing noxious seeds in Iowa 

 does not cover mail order shipments and 

 the members of the Iowa Seed Dealers' 

 Association are reported to be much 

 alarmed at the prospect of low-priced 

 competition. 



Tlie Iowa law, it is claimed, will work 

 many hardships on dealers within the 

 state in competition for home trade. 

 The goods they put on the market must 

 bear the pure seed label and come up 

 to its standard. Iowa dealers handling 

 seeds in bulk or packages for retail 

 trade must also comply with these pro- 

 , visions. However, outside firms selling 

 their goods by catalogue do not have to 

 comply with it. 



A lower grade of seeds can thus be 

 sold by the mail order firms at a lower 

 price than Iowa dealers can quote on 

 the more expensive grades which they 

 are obliged to supply according to the 

 law. Unless the buyers are educated to 

 discriminate in behalf of good seeds, the 

 Iowa business will be practically monop- 

 olized by the outside houses, with their 

 bargain-counter prices. 



State Dairy Commissioner Wright will 

 have charge of the enforcement of the 

 pure seed law, which goes into effect 

 July 4. 



HYBRID FREESIAS. 



The first stimulus to the raising of 

 hybrid freesias was the introduction of 

 Freesia Armstrongi, by W. Armstrong, 

 who found it wild at Humansdorp, Cape 

 Colony. The tubers sent to Kew flow- 

 ered there about seven or eight years 

 ago, and, being so distinct from other 

 freesias in cultivation, they at once at- 

 tracted a good deal of attention. The 

 main points in which F. Armstrongi dif- 

 fers from the well-known F. refracta 

 alba are its taller and more slender foli- 

 age, the color of its blossoms, and the 

 fact that the latter are quite scentless. 

 In color the flowers of Freesia Arm- 

 strongi are lilac-pink, which deepens to- 

 wards the edges of the segments, while 

 the throat is lighter colored, and there 

 is a characteristic patch of yellow in the 

 interior. Though this species has not 

 become common, it is now fairly well 

 known, and can be obtained from many 

 bulb dealers. 



ROMAN HYACINTHS 

 FREESIAS, ETC. 



Mail your list NOW for special import prices. 



LILIUM HARRISII 



PAPER WHITE NARaSSUS 



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CURRIE BROS.CO.iir.;^.r. Milwaukee, Wis. 



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BAWSON'S STRAIN OP 



CINERARIA HYBRIDA 



Is Europe's BEST Production. 



TALL SUPERFINE MIXED DWARF GRANDIFLORA MIXED 



STELLATA (Star Shaped Flowers) 

 Special trade packages, $1.00 each. Half packages supplied at 50c each. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO. 



S Union St., BOSTON, MASS. 



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DOUBLE TULIPS. 



Segers Bros., Lisse, Holland, recom- 

 mend a list of double tulips, as follows: 



Couronne d'Or, fine yellow, the best 

 double yellow tulip for forcing; stands 

 any handling, as it has a big, strong 



GLADIOLI 



Beautifully illustrated cata- 

 log, colored plate, etc., des- 

 cribing Groff's Hybrids, 

 Named Novelties or 



rare 



Write 

 for it. 



beauty, Mixtures and Collections to color and Fine Mixtures of all colors. 



Arthur Cowee, '^^gllS.'^^IF?^: Berlin, N. Y. 



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Western Headquarters for Finest 



^^ VALLEY PIPS 



Selected stock, $1.75 per 100, $14.00 per 

 1000. Can be returned at our expense 

 if not satisfactory on arrival. 



FINEST CIT VALLEY 



▲LWATS ON HAHD. 



H. N. BRUNS 



1409-1411 W. Madison St., ChicAffo 



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SURPLUS. LOW. foS^ 



Shrubs that are dng 140.00 



Poplars, Carolina and Lombardy 



CreeplDK Roaes 40 00 



Mine Plantier 40.00 



Philadelphia Rambler, 3 to 4 ft 60 00 



Rosea. Hybrids, 2)<-ln 26.00 



CreepinfiT and ClImblDK Roses 20.00 



Cannas. 4-in. pota per 100, 6.00 



THE ELIZABETH NDB8EBT CO., Elisabeth, N.J. 



Mention The Ueylew when yon write. 



stem. Large stocks of this are held in 

 Holland. 



Imperator Rubrorum, very fine bright 

 scarlet, finest of the double scarlets for 

 forcing. 



La Candeur, pure white, fine for bed- 

 ding. 



Eex Eubrorum, scarlet, fine for bed- 

 ding. Cannot be forced. 



Murillo, extra fine light pink. This is 

 decidedly the best double pink tulip for 

 forcing and bedding; there is no better 



This is an example of a balf-tone from one of 

 our wttsli-drawlnKs— getB mach more detail 

 than in a retouched pbotoRraph. Can bring out 

 any feature, or remove defects. 



Now is the Time 



to get to work on the cuts for your 1908 cata- 

 logue. Our artists are the best in the United. 

 States on flower and vegetable drawing. We 

 make a specialty of Cuts For Seedsmen. 

 All processes. Quick work if necessary. Satis- 

 faction guaranteed. 



CRESCENT ENGRAVING CO. 



841.849 Clark St., CHICAGO 



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Florists* Bulbs. 



Import orders now booked. 

 Best grades only. Write for prices. 



W. C. BECKERT, Allegheny. Pa. 



