APRIL 2, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



33 



Surplus Stock! 



Onion. Rftdlih, Beet. Oarrot, Oacomber, Oanll- 



flower, Peas, Oabbace, Beans, Sweet Corn, etc. 



Write for prices for Immediate shipment. 



▲XX ITOCK CHOICS 1007 CROP. 



MICHIGAN SEED CO., Bay City, Mich. 



Mention Tlie Review when yon write. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 

 Grower* of 



PUGET SOUND CABBAGE SEED 



Mention The ReTlew when yog write. 



Waldo Rohnerf 



GILROY. CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



SpecialtleB: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas. Astei, 

 'Cosmos, Migrnonette, Verbeos, lo variety. Oor 

 respondence Bolldted. 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



C. C. MORSE ft CO. 



< " Boed Grower* 



Address all conununications to our pemunent addresi 



48 to 56 Jackson St., San Francisco, Cal. 

 Onion. Lettuce, Sweet Peas 



■aa Otli*r OalUomla 8p*olaltlea 

 Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



consideration, and that there are many 

 superior varieties. 



BURT GETS RETRACTION. 



When N. J. Burt & Co., Burlington, 

 la., received a copy of the circular is- 

 sued February 15 by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, they found 

 their name the very first one in the 

 list of those from whom the depart- 

 ment's agents had bought meadow fes- 

 cue, and found that the package con- 

 tained, in fact, 100 per cent of other 

 seeds. After a little consideration, Mr. 

 Burt wrote to B. T. Galloway, chief 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry, as 

 follows : 



"I want to say that we never, to 

 my knowledge, sold, or offered for sale, 

 a pound, or any less quantity, of meadow 

 fescue since we have been in the busi- 

 ness. We do not carry it in stock and 

 never did. You must have gotten your 

 samples mixed. Please send your sample 

 and evidence to the postmaster here, so 

 that I can have some evidence of the 

 kind of seed you claim we sold you for 

 meadow fescue. I would like to see the 

 bag and writing on it. I am most posi- 

 tive we never sold anyone an ounce of 

 meadow fescue." 



Dr. Galloway referred the matter to 

 Edgar Brown, who is in charge of the 

 seed laboratory, and under date of 

 March 14 made the following explana- 

 tion to Mr. Burt: 



"Mr. Brown reports that in May, 

 1907, he instructed one of our collabo- 

 rators to secure samples and prices of 

 meadow fescue, or English bluegrass 

 seed, from a number of firms, yours 

 among them. He further states that, in 

 response to this request, a sample of 

 seed was sent in an unlabeled package, 

 which you referred to as 'bluegrass,' 

 and quoted at $2.25 per bushel. This 

 seed was that of Kentucky bluegrass. 



LEONARD SEED CO. 



Growers and Wholesalers of Superior Garden Seeds 



Name your requirements; we can usually meet all seasonable demands. 



Flower Seeds— Onion Sets '"iS'V'^'B-.'i'dolii. st. CHICAGO 



Mention Tte Berlew when yon write. 



in Bulk 

 and Packages 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



Dickinsons, Evergreen, and Pine Tree Brands 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



MINNBAPOLIS 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



YOU will be satisfied witli tlie products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia, — for new Complete Catalog 



Mention The Herlew when yon write. 



TflE EVERETT B. CLARK SEED CO.- 



lArarest crowera of COMNECnCUT ONION 8KED. Now ottmttnm both 1907 aad 190t 

 crop. Southport Yellow Globe, Soutbport Red Globe and Tellow^ Globe DaaTera. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



IfUford, Conn. 

 Bast Jordan, Bflcb. 

 Sister Bay, Wis. 



ONION SEED 



We oflfer at fol- 

 lowing special 

 prices what lim- 

 ited surpluses of our pedigree onion seed we 

 have of crop 1907; cash with order; immediate 

 shipment : Southport Yellow Globe, $1.20 per lb.; 

 Soutbport Red Globe, $1.20 per lb.; Southport 

 White Globe, $3.00 per lb.; Yellow Globe Danvers. 

 $1.10 per lb.; Prize Taker, $1.30 per lb. Fine stocks 

 sweet com, peas and beans. T rade price list on 

 application. 8. D. WOODRUFF * SONS, 

 Orance, Conn. 89 D«y St., New York City. 



Mention The Beriew when yon write. 



ROGERS BROTHERS 



SPBCIA1.TT lOROWFRS 



^!lAms6arilen Pea and Bean Seed 



For tbe Wholesale Trade 

 ALPKNA, .... MICH. 



Mention The Beriew when yon writs. 



but on account of its being received in 

 response to our request for meadow fes- 

 cue, or English bluegrass, was incorrect- 

 ly classed with these samples. The fact 

 that the seed which you supplied was of 

 greater value than that of meadow fes- 

 cue shows clearly that there was no in- 

 tention of misrepresentation on your 

 part. 



"The publication of this seed as 

 Canada bluegrass, and as having been 

 offered by you as that of meadow fes- 

 cue, was a mistake, due, I regret to 

 say, to carelessness on the part of Mr. 

 Brown and others directly charged with 

 this work. It is the first mistake of 

 the kind that has occurred in the in- 

 vestigations carried on in this way, and 

 we regret it exceedingly. There were 

 2,500 copies of Circular No. 26 issued 

 and distributed, and no more. I have 

 issued instructions that another edition 

 of 2,500 copies be issued and distributed 

 to the same people who received the 

 first lot, and that in this edition a state- 

 ment be made that the publication of 

 your name was an error, which the De- 

 partment wishes to have corrected in the 

 fullest possible way." 



The Department has issued a reprint 

 of the circular, printing at the top the 



A. J. Pieters Seed Co. 



Growers for the 



WHOLESALE TRADE 



Ready to quote on 1907 Barplna 

 and 1908 contraeta 



Hollister, - - Cal. 



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S.IVI.ISBELL&CO. 



JACKSON, MICH. 



Contrmet Seed Growers 

 BEAN, CUCUMBER, TOMATO 



Radish, Poa, Muakmeion 

 Sqnaah, Watermelon, Sweet Cere 



Oorreipondence Solicited. 



■^P>Wrlte tor prices on Surplus ateeks 

 ^^w for Inunedlate Bblpinent. 



Mention The Berlew when yon writs. 



statement, ' ' The name of N. J. Burt & 

 Co., Burlington, la., was published 

 through error, as the seed referred to 

 was properly labeled by them and was 

 not offered as meadow fescue." 



THE PURE SEED BILL. 



Charles N, Page, of the Iowa Seed Co., 

 Des Moines, where they fought a state 

 seed law last year, says of the national 

 pure seed law now before congress: 



' ' We consider the so-called pure seed 

 bill, introduced by Congressman Mann, 

 decidedly objectionable from every point 

 of view, as it would prevent all inter- 

 state commerce and also imports from 

 Europe. If it were strictly enforced, it 

 would drive all seed dealers out of busi- 

 ness, except those doing simply a small 

 local business, and would prove to be 

 very disastrous to the people of this 

 country. There is certainly no reason 

 why seeds grown in this country should 



