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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 23, 1908. 



to per cent off for Cash iwifh order on Seeds 



Berger^s Success Flower Seeds! 



Ageratum, Imperial Dwarf, blue... |0. 



Blue Perfection, NEW 



Alyasum, Little Gem (TRUE) . 



Begonia VEUNON % oi., 30c 



Bellig Perennis (Daisy), snowball white , 



" " Longfellow, double, rosy red 



Candytuft, Giant white hyacinth 



Carnation Marguerite, very choicest 



Centaurea Candidissima (Dusty Miller) 



Clematis Faniculata, white, fragrant 



Cobaea Scandens, blue 



Daisy, Shasta GIANT Hybrids "From Originator".. 



Forget-Me-Not, Earliest Giant Victoria 



Lobelia Crystal Palace compacta, Improved 



" Emperor William 



Petunias, Giants of Calif., 1/32 oz., 75c. 



Petunias, large, double ruffled and plain, 1000 S., $1.25. 



Pyrethrum Golden Feather 



SalTia Bonfire 



" Splendens Improved 



Fireball, NEW, % oz., 75c. 



Stocks Cut and Come Again, undoubtedly the VERY 

 BEST paying for CuT FLOWEHS. 



.Stocks, Princess Alice, pure white 



" Rose, lilac or purple, separate 



Verbena, Mammoth mixed 



Berger's SUCCESS Mixture 



" In separate colors, pure white, scarlet, pur- 



ple, blue with white eye, rose, striped, 



auricula 



• Vlnca Rosea, or pure white 



FRESH FERNSPORES 



Ready now. FRESH Fernspores. In all Florists' BEST 

 Per large Trade packet, any sort, 35c. Small packet, 20c. 

 : for List. * 



OUR SUCCESS STRAIN OF TUBEROUS- 

 ROOTED BEGONIAS 

 EACH COLOR SKPARATK 



Bright scarlet, blood-red. rose, blush pink, 



salmon, orange, canary yellow, white, 12 100 1000 



SEPARATE :.. $0.40 $2.50 $22.50 



12 



All colors mixed of single T. R. Begonias. .$0.35 

 DOUBLE T. R. Begonias, each color sep- 

 arate — Pure white, cauary yellow, ' • 

 orange, salmon, bright scarlet, crim- 

 son, brilliant rose 65 



All colors mixed Double X. R. Begonias... .55 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM 



5x7 inch clrc 30 



7x9 Inch clrc 50 



» X 11 inch clrc ■. 75 



FANCY leaved Caladiums, in most brilliant 



named sorts 1.50 



Same, mixed 1.25 



GLADIOLI FOR FORCING 



NOW Is the time to plant the EARLY flow- 

 ering Gladioli for Decoration Day. 

 America, acknowledged the GRANDEST 



ROSE colored sort on the market l.OO 



Augusta, finest cut flower white 35 



May, florists' favorite white and rose 35 



Brenchleyeniis, brilliant scarlet 25 



Berger's SUCCESS mixture, white and light .35 

 Bulbs listed are all FIRST size. 



' GLOXINIAS 



Each color separate or to name — Pure white, 

 red, violet, purple, spotted red with 

 white border, blue with white border.. .50 



All colors mixed 40 



3.75 

 3.00 



a'i.OO 

 28.00 



TUBEROSES 



Pearl Dwarf Tuberoses, 4x6 20 1.00 9.00 



Second size .50 4.50 



Clearance bargains of Spiraea Japonica, Compacta multiflora, 

 Astilboides floribunda. We want the ROOM the cases take, and 

 offer at less than Import price the 100 at $3.50. 



SEND for our new 1908 Spring Catalogue. 



Address H. H. BERGER & CO., 70 Warren St., New York 



Mention The Review when you write. 



samples of seeds have been collected, of which 

 1,187 have l>een examined. Sixty-six samples 

 were found adulterated and reported to the 

 various Commonwealth Attorneys. In addition 

 to the samples regularly provided for by law, 

 we have had numerous samples sent us by 

 farmers and seedsmen for examination. This 

 latter work is growing, and as our work be- 

 comes more familiar to farmers and seedsmen, 

 we expect this branch of our duties to increase 

 greatly. This work has been done without ex- 

 pense to applicants and I think this branch of 

 the work should so continue, unless at some 

 time it becomes so great a burden as to inter- 

 fere with our other work. 



The law in its present form is defective. 



First— Section 1 provides that persons who 

 sell, offer or expose for sale mixed, adulterated 

 or misbranded seeds and Ifnown by them to be 

 mixed, adulterated or misbranded, and done 

 with fraudulent intent wltbln the meaning of 

 this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It 

 is almost impossible to prosecute under this 

 provision, because it is difficult to prove what 

 a man's intentions were In any given case. The 

 result is that not a single conviction has been 

 obtained. In this respect the law should be 

 similar to the State Pure Food Law, which only 

 releases the seller in case be has a written 

 guaranty of purity from the wholesaler who 

 resides within the State. 



Second — Section 4 of the law exempts growers 

 of seeds from its provisions. Many seedsmen 

 grow their own seeds largely and there is no 

 reason why they should not furnish pure seeds 

 as well as the wholesaler or retailer of seeds. 



Third — There is no provision made in the law 

 for paying expenses of inspecting and analysis. 

 Some provision should be made to meet these 

 expenses. 



Fourth — Tlie law should also cover all field 

 seeds and seeds adulterated with weed seeds. 

 The presence of weed seeds in the great num- 

 ber of samples examined by this station indicates 

 that foreign seeds are a source of more loss to 

 farmers than seeds otherwise adulterated. The 

 parasite dodder, for instance. Is actually de- 

 structive to clover and alfalfa, and once estab- 

 lished on land renders it unfit for these crops 

 for several years afterwards. The law ought 

 to be amended so as to exclude from the market 

 all field seeds containing more than 5 per cent 

 foreign seeds of any sort. 



The law, with the amendments suggested to 

 cover the defects, I believe, would be effective 

 and result in great benefit to the farmers of 

 the state. 



Send the Review items of interest to 

 the seed trade. 



Surplus Bulbs- Dahlias- Cannes 



■XMOLK HTACnrrHB. Named Tftrietlei. Grsndenr A. Merveille, Ida, Norma, Relne dei 

 Jacintbes. Robert Steiger, King of the Blaes, Czar Peter, Baron Van TbuyU, Blue, $3.76 per 100. 

 ■nrOLB VARIKTIBS. All colors, mixed, $2.00 per 100. 



DOUBLK MAMKD HTACINTBB. Goethe, Lord Raglan, Pure d'Or, La Tour d'Aaverrn*. 

 Bouquet Royal, La Virglnite, Bloksberg, 94.00 per 100. 



CROCUS. Sir Walter Scott, David Rizzio. 50c per 100; $4.00 per 1000. 



IflZKD TKIXOW CROCUS. Mixed purple and Blue, 40c per 100; $3.00 per 1000. 



NARCISSUS. Paper White Grandiflora. $1.00 per 100; $8.75 per 1000 



DAHLIAS. 25 leading varieties, all under name, guaranteed true, including inch sorts as A. D. 

 LlToni. Admiral Dewey, Catharine Duer, 20th Century, Maid of Kent, OliSord W. Bruton, Orang* 

 King and many others, $6.00 and $6.00 per 100: $45.00 and $50.00 per 1000. Send for a complete list. 



CAMHAS. All leading Tarleties, including Louisiana, King Humbert, Mrs. Kate Gray, Maiden's 

 Blasb, etc., $10.00 per 1000 and upwards. Write for list and prices. 



RRZ BRGOWIAS. A fine assortment of best varieties of this splendid decorative plant. 25 kinds. 

 Including President Oarnot, Silver Queen, Helen Upton, Mile. Kaureli, etc., 2% inch, $5.00 per 100: 

 $46.00 per 1000. 



THE DINGEE A CONARD CO 



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West Grove, Pa. 



Bos* Orowars. 



BatebUahad IMO. 



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70 Or«mi]ioas«a. 



AMERICA'S BEST 



Rawson's Flower Market Stock-Sow Now 



We ofTer the following colors; Brilliant crimson, Canary jellow, dark bine, dark blood 

 red, flesh color, light blue, rose, scarlet and finest mixed. Per % oz., «0c; per oz., $4.00. 

 And FURB WHITB, per ^ oz.. 76c; per oz., $6.00. 



Write for our Wholesale Bulb Oatalogoe, containiag the finest list of bulbs ever oftered 

 in America. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO. 



5 Union St., BOSTON, MASS. 



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