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od of reproduction, which eliminates the 

 diseased stock — by seed — and the de- 

 ])artment has published the results of its 

 work along this line. The. production 

 of varieties of tulip, narcissus and hya- 

 cinth on the Pacific coast is being en- 

 couraged, and three gardens having this 

 work as their object are maintained in 

 the state of Washington, all promising 

 excellent results. The climate of Puget 

 Sound is especially favorable, to the de- 

 velopment of tulip and narcissus bulbs, 

 and it is probable that the cornerstone 

 of the American bulb industry will soon 

 be laid in that region. 



Garden Work in Schools. 



Two ini])ortant })rojeets for which the 

 department is responsible, and which 

 have a direct bearing on the seed trade, 

 relate to the garden work in our public 

 schools. The first efforts were directed 

 to the training of young women in the 

 normal schools of Washington, who were 

 eventually to become teachers in the pub- 

 lic Sfiiools. This work, through the ef- 

 forts of Miss Susan B. Sipe, in both 

 the white and colored schools of Wash- 

 ington, has met with pronounced suc- 

 cess. The young women have been 

 trained in the elementary lines of horti- 

 culture, in handling the ground, propa- 

 gating plants from seeds, propagat- 

 ing plants from cuttings and by bud- 

 ding and grafting, and in greenhouse 

 work in general. The surroundings of 

 the homes of the pupils have been im- 

 proved. Special ])ride in the improve- 

 ment of school grounds has been taken. 

 At first, a few packages of seed were 

 sent to schools in the ordinary congres- 

 sional distribution. Since that time, 

 seeds have been furnished through local 

 dealers. During the last year, more 

 than $1,600 was spent by ' the school 

 children of Washington for seeds in 

 penny packets, 160,000 packets being 

 planted, and in addition .$800 was ex- 

 pended for bulbs. As an enlargement 

 of this work, a considerable number of 

 special packages for school gardens have 

 been distributed by the department to 

 schools throughout the country. At first, 

 5,000 packets were sent out, but last year 

 the aggregate was 30,000 packages of 

 vegetable seed and 48,000 packages of 

 flower seed, each package containing five 

 packets. This seed is largely sent direct 

 to teachers in tlie public schools, and 

 each teacher requesting seed is supplied 

 with a copy of the Inilletin on school 

 gardens, which sets forth the methods 

 of handling various crops and gives sug- 

 gestions regarding the laying out of 

 school gardens. 



The second feature of this work con- 

 sists in substituting sets of seeds illus- 

 trative of work in commercial geograi)hy 

 for ordinary garden sets. Teachers are 

 greatly interested in gardens which will 

 enable them to illustrate their instruc- 

 tion with reference to useful plants, such 

 as cereals and fiber jdants. Small pack- 

 ages are distributed through the school- 

 garden teachers. The coordination of 

 this work with class-room instruction has 

 been attempted, studies in arithmetic be- 

 ing put into practice when children are 

 required to measure their plots of ground 

 and determine the size of each. The 

 instruction of the class-room regarding 

 cotton and wheat is emphasized when 

 the pupils are furnished samples of 8ee<l 

 from which these crops can be grown. 

 Aside from this is the effect of this 

 outdoor work on the bodies and minds 

 of the children, which means, it is be- 

 lieved, the laying of a foundation for 



ITALIAN FLOWER BULBS 



BEST TOR rORCIMG, ONLT STRONQ QUALITY. 



Allium Neapolitanum Per lOOO 



Ut size 68 



2nd size 3» 



Extra selected bulbs.'. lOs 



Freeaias 



Extra selected bulbs 208 



l8t size bulbs 88 



2nd size bulbs 5s 



LUiom Candidum (White) 



Flagrant, extra roots, 20 cent, and 



over 608 



Good flowerioK roots, 18-20 cent. In 



circumference 40s 



Nareissus Paper Whit* 



fl^andiflorna per 1000 



13 cent, and over Hs 



Good for forcing lOs 



Atrum Sanctum (Black Calla) 



Ist size per 100, 16s; £5 



Iris alala 



Strong, cultivated bulbs for winter- 

 blooming 18s 



Iris stylosa 



Violet, winter-flowering £1 



TO BS DKLIVKRED FROM BEGINNING OF JULY. 

 Casb wltta order. 



Price list of other Flower Bulbs and Roots on demand. 



H. ft M. WULLE, 



WHOLESALE 

 BULB GROWERS 



Naples, Italy 





Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



JAP. LILY BULBS 



Large stock of all sorts from Cold Storage. 

 Delivery up to October 1. Shipment in ice 

 room of steamer. 



VaIIav CrtWA/ns. ''Inest Quality, for Aut- 

 T aiicy \^l U1TII9 umn delivery. Apply to 



ETZOLD& 00., HAMBURG, GERMANY 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



better citizenship throughout the coun- 

 try. 



Pub'icatioos. 



The department is constantly dissem- 

 inating^ information through its Year- 

 books, Farmers' Bulletins', and special 

 bulletins, and by means of its lecturers 

 in all parts of the country. During the 

 past year, twenty-four farmers' bulletins 

 on plant subjects were issued, and the 



H. Frank Darrow. 



department now has for fre? distribu- 

 tion 175 bulletins dealing with products 

 of the soil. The total number of copies 

 of this series of publications distributed 

 annually reaches six and one-half mil- 

 lions. 



Dr. Cialloway closed l>y saying that he 

 had been able to touch upon only a few 



AZALEA INDICA 



Immense stock of all leading Oommerclal Vari- 

 eties for Fall delivery. We can also supply some 

 very fine New Tarieties in limited quantities. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



for Import and from Oold Storage. 



AU kinds of BKUQ IAX and HOX4<AND 

 PLANTS for forolnar* 



French, Dutch and Japanese Bulbs 



For prices and full information, please apply to 



H. Frank Darrow, Importer 



M Barolay St., P. O. Box ItM, N«w Tork 



' Mention The Review when yon write. 



of the more important problems upon 

 which the Department of Agriculture — a 

 department which stands preeminently 

 for the people — is engaged, with its 

 seven or eight thousand trained workers 

 and with appropriations now aggregating 

 nearly $14,000,000 a year. 



♦♦FRADAHHOW/ 



H. Frank Darrow became connected, 

 in 1887, with the business of importing 

 seeds and plants, when he joined the 

 force of Theodore Pabst & Co., at 26 

 Barclay street, New York, who had for 

 several years and then represented Vil- 

 morin, Andrieux & ('o., Paris, and Louis 

 Leroy, of Angers, France. Mr. Darrow 

 went with the late August ^ Rhotert as 

 office manager, when that gentleman 

 started in the business in 1893, and 

 upon his death, in 1906, he succeeded to 

 the business, which had been steadily 

 increasing during the thirteen years of 

 its existence. The painstaking attention 

 given to details under Mr. Darrow 's 

 management, coupled with Mr. Rhotert 's 

 personal standing, had resulted in addi- 

 tions to the list of European firms rep- 

 resented until it included the following: 

 Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., Paris; Louis 

 Leroy, Angers, France; The Haerens Co., 

 Somergem, Belgium ; E. Neubert, Wands- 

 bek, (Jermany; H. M. Hardyzer, Boskoop, 

 Holland; John Palmer & Sons, Annan, 

 Scotland, and\G. H. Richards, London, 

 England. All these now are represented 

 in America by Mr. Darrow. 



Henry Kallen, of Mr. Darrow 's staff, 

 stalled for Holland July 3 and will re- 

 main abroad until the fall shipments are 



