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ThcWcekly Florists' Review. 



Junk 2T, 1907. 



Giailf Fancy Pansy Seed 

 ZIRNGIEBEL'S 



Havinsr succeeded to tbe buBiness of my father, 

 I Bhali coatinue to furnish tbe tame HlKb-Rrade 

 Pansy Seed as that sold by blm for so many 

 years. The public may rest assured that I sbail 

 spare no expense to maintain its higb standard. 

 ZIRNGIKBEL'S 



Giant Market Pansy, 2000 ■••d«..tl.00 

 Giant Vanoy Pansy, 1000 ■•eda . . 1.00 

 Superb Giant Prize Pansy, 



1000 seeds, 1.50 

 Fresh crop of seed ready July 1. Plaots after 

 Auk. 15. All pacltares of seed sold by me will 

 bear my siKoature. None genuine unless bear- 

 ing my full name. 



Denys Zirngfiebel, Needham,M»a«. 



Greendale CoBserTatorlei. Kstablished 1865. 

 Mention The Review when yoU write. 



many beautiful catalogues issued by our 

 seed houses today, our modest preten- 

 sions of some sixty years ago seem plain 

 and even insignificant. The increase in 

 the size of the present catalogues, com- 

 prising as they do so many novelties and 

 new and ^beautiful thmgs, goes to show 

 how our education and tastes in such 

 matters are advancing from day to day, 

 and how, of all the luxuries and indus- 

 tries, that of the cultivation of flowers 

 and vegetables is the most innocent. It 

 is productive, not only of many gratifi- 

 cations, but also of many advantages of 

 a permanent character. The care of a 

 garden is likewise a recreation and con- 

 duces materially to "health, promotes civ- 

 ilization and softens the manners and 

 tempers of men. In their growth from 

 the tender shoots which rise from the 

 earth, through all the changes which they 

 undergo to the period of their utmost 

 perfection, man beholds the wonderful 

 works of creative power. He views the 

 bud as it swells, looks into the expanded 

 blossom ai^d de^ghts in its rich tints 

 and pleasant odor, but above all he feels 

 a charm in contemplating the movements 

 and regulations before which all the com- 

 bined ingenuity of man dwindles into 

 nothingness. 



HELPS FOR THE SEED TRADE. 



Talking on the topic, "What the De- 

 partment of Agriculture Is Doing for the 

 Seed Trade," Dr. Beverly T. Galloway, 

 chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, at the seed trade convention 

 at New York this week, outlined some 

 of the more important work of his de- 

 partment and explained, with the aid of 

 fifty lantern slides and maps bearing di- 

 rectly upon the subjects presented, the 

 relations ofitbis work to the seed trade. 



The general duties of the department 

 and the policy which is pursued in all 

 its work, said Dr. Galloway, are to ac- 

 quire and diffuse among the people of 

 the United States useful information 

 connected with agriculture in the most 

 comprehensive sense of that word, and 

 to procure, propagate and distribute new 

 and valuable seeds and plants. In pur- 

 suing this policy, the department often 

 stands in the same relation to the seeds- 

 men as to other organized bodies whose 

 objects are purely commercial. It is the 

 business of the seedsmen to dispose of 

 theft' products to the farmers, and it is 

 to the interest of reputable seedsmen 

 to work to the advantage of the pur- 

 chasers. As the farmers are not organ- 

 ized, it comes about that the department 

 must frequently stand as a medium be- 

 tween the seedsmen and the tillers of 

 tbe soil, and where an element of doubt 

 arises the farmer must be given the bene- I 



Bulbs 



LHJUM HARRISII 



PAPER VHITE NARCISSUS 



' ROMAN HYAQNTHS 

 FREESIAS, ETC. 



Mail yotir list NOW for special import prices. 



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



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BAWSON'S STRAIN OP 



CINERARIA HYBRIDA 



..Is Europe's BEST ProductloD. .. ._ 



TALL SUPERFINE MIXED DWARF GRANDIFLORA MIXED 



STELLATA (Star Shaped Flowm) 

 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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GLADIOLI 



Beautifully illustrated cata- 

 log, colored plate, etc., des- 

 cribing Groff's Hybrids, 

 Named Novelties of 



rare 



Writ* 

 for it. 



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



Arthur Cowee, ^.tl!ll><i^^?V:i^ Berlin, N. Y. 



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Western Headquatters for Finest 



^oV 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 



ALWAYS OV HAWD. 



H. N. BRUN8 



1409-1411 W. Madison St., Cliieaso 



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fit of that doubt. This general policy is 

 well illustrated by the lawmakers of the 

 various states and of the national gov- 

 ernment, whose efforts aim to protect 

 the farmer as an individual against agen- 

 cies that may defraud or injure him. 



After this general explanation, Dr. 

 Galloway took up some of tbe more spe- 

 cific problems upon which the depart- 

 ment is engaged, and with the use of 

 lantern slides directed special attention 

 to several lines of work, the results of 

 which must be the upbuilding of the 

 wealth of the country and the adoption 

 of better agricultural practices, which 

 will in a number of ways prove of value 

 to seedsmen. 



Work of the Seed Laboratory. 



The work which probably relates more 

 nearly than any other to that of the 



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

 our ^Tash-drawlnsv— gets mach more detail 

 than in a retouched photoRraph. Can bring out 

 any feature, or remove defects. 



Now is the Time 



to set tq work on tbe cuts for your 1908 cata- 

 logue. Our artists are the best in tbe United 

 States on flower and veg;etable 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 giadet only. Write for prices. 



W. C. BECKERT, Allegheny, Pa. 



