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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



FEBntAnY 27, 1908. 



VICK QUALITY ASTERS 



INTRODUCED BY US 

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▼lek'a Branching' (8 colon) 

 Tick's ■nowdrltt 

 Tick's Boyal Fnrpl* 

 Tick's Xavcnder 0«m 

 Tick's Safbrsak 

 Tick's Pnrlty 

 Tick's Bnnsst 

 Tick's Mikado 

 Tick's Cardinal 

 Tick's Tlolct King 



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seed of Canada bluegrass would be har- 

 vested with Kentucky bhiegrass. In 110 

 sanipleii, liowever, Canada bliiegrass was 

 found in quantities exceeding 5 per cent, 

 32 of these b(*i»K Cana<la bhiegrass seed 

 misbranded as Kentiu-ky bluegrass seed. 

 In publishing the list, which contains 

 the names of eighty-five of tliose who of- 

 fered a<hilterated seeds for sale, the 

 Secretary of Agriculture says: "As has 

 been previously state<l in these publica- 

 tions, this departnu'Ht will examine and 

 rejKirt promptly as to the i)resenee of 

 adulterants and dodder in any samples 

 of seed .submitted for that purpose. ' ' 



CLOVER SEED FROM IDAHO. 



What is ))r()bably tiie largest and most 

 valuable load of re<l clover seed ever 

 shippe<l out of the country west of the 

 .\'issouri river was sent from Halt I^ke 

 City. Utah, on its journey to Des Moines, 

 la. The load consist«Hl <if ,")0.00() ])ounds 

 of red clover seed, with a value of $H,7iiO. 

 It is the property of the V'ogeler Seed 

 and Produce ( o., an<[ was all grown in 

 the internioiintain country on irrigated 

 land. 



Mr. A'ogeler says that less than five 

 years ago it A\as ntnessary to import 

 all of the clover seed used in that section, 

 but that at the jjresent time states like 

 l<»wa are sending west for the seed. As 

 an example of the ]>roductivity of the 

 soil in the intermountain country it is 

 shown that, whereas Ohio, up to a few 

 years ago considered the banner state 

 for raising red clover. j)ro<luced only one 

 and one-tenth bushels per acre Mith a 

 value of .$11..'5;'5, Jdaho jiroduced an aver- 

 age yield of sixteen bushels per acre with 

 a value of $150. 



ERFURT THE SEED CENTER. 



Many German writers have made refer- 

 ence to the horticultural interests and 

 Kegal and some others have given par- 

 ticular attention to Erfurt, but it ha-s 

 remained for Dr. Hans Haupt to write 

 a lK)ok on the historical development and 

 economic significance of the seed trade in 

 the vicinity of this city of central Ger- 

 many. The author says ' * it was a sub- 

 ject which had been much neglected, a 



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fact due to a disinclination of the trade 

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