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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Apul 2, 1908. 



** The Fastest Growing and 

 Most Centrally Located Seed 

 House in the U. S." 



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 SEED CO. 



545-547 N. 4th St. 



ST. LOUIS. MO., U. S. A. 



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not be sold here, though there should be 

 some restrictions put on the sale of 

 seeds which contain dodder, Canada this- 

 tle, or any other noxious weed seeds, and 

 the importation of yellow trefoil and 

 other seeds, which are used only as adul- 

 terants, should be absolutely forbidden, 

 or the duty placed so high as to make 

 their importation unprofitable." 

 ■ Albert McCullough, of J. M, McCul- 

 lough's Sons Co., Cincinnati, speaking 

 on the same subject, says: 



"The bill as it has been presented to 

 congress is detrimental to anyone who 

 is interested in agriculture or horticul- 

 ture and is not confined to the seeds- 

 men. That we should have a law to reg- 

 ulate or prohibit the bringing into this 

 country of low-grade seed for the pur- 

 pose of adulteration, I have openly ad- 

 vocated for years, but we want the law 

 80 framed as to bring about the proper 

 results. ' ' 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 



of New York for the week ending March 



21 were as follows: 



Kind. Pkgs. Val. Kind. Pkgs. Val. 



Annatto .... 449 |6603 Millet 2000 $6152 



Anlae 62 480 Rape 12 60 



Ckrdamom ..19 492 Sugar beet.. 36 269 



aorer 1511 57386 Other 2170 



Orau 16 190 



In the same period the imports of 



bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 



$5,175. 



FORMOSA LONGIFLORUM. 



H. P. Michell Co., Philadelphia, re- 

 ports great interest in the Lilium longi- 

 florum bulbs from the Island of For- 

 mosa and says: 



"Last season we imported a limited^ 

 quantity of these bulbs as an experiment, 

 and distributed them among some of the 

 largest lily growers in this country. They 

 were all well pleased with it. One party 

 to whom we sold 1,500 had 1,500 ^ood 

 plants when his house was examined 

 about a week ago. They were coming 

 into bud splendidly and showed not the 

 slightest sign of disease. 



"The height of this lily, with average 

 culture, is a little taller than the multi- 

 florum, being from three to three and 

 one-half feet. The foliage is of an ex- 

 ceptionally fine green and well shaped. 

 The bulbs average flowers as follows: 

 6-8-inch bulbs produce about three to 

 four blooms; 7-9-inch bulbs produce 

 about four to six blooms; 9-10-inch bulbs 

 produce about six to eight blooms. 



"The variety may be potted about the 

 middle of August or beginning of Sep- 

 tember, which will allow the grower to 

 handle it in all the different tempera- 

 tures that he desires, without extreme 



are just a grade superior to what you can buy elsewhere. Our Nov- 

 elty list for 1908 contains the following : These are all " Spencer type . ' ' 



Audrey Crier. Received silver medal 

 and first-class certificate of National 

 Sweet Pea Society of England. Color, 

 lovely salmon pink, per plig. 10 seeds. .$0.35 



Burpee's Wblte Spenoer. Pure 

 white, per pkg. 25 seeds .20 



Burpee's Primrose Spenoer. Prim- 

 rose yellow, per pkg. 25 seeds 20 



Oz. 4-Oz. Lb. 

 Countess of Spencer, true, 



pale pink, darker edge $0.10 $0.25 $0.75 



K. J. Castle, bright rose 



crimson 75 2.50 8.00 



Knoliantress, bright pink, 



deeper at the edges 60 2.00 6.00 



Brio Hlnton, delicate light 



pluk 30 1.00 3.00 



Etta Dyke, award of merit, 



London, Eng., the largest 



white, per pkg. 10 seeds, 35c 

 Florence Spencer, delicate 



blush 15 .50 1.50 



Lb. 



$8.00 



Oz. 4-Oz. 

 Frank Dolby, pale blue $0.75 $2.50 



Geo. Herbert, certificate of 

 merit. Royal Botanic Socie- 

 ty, London, deep rose GO 2.00 6.00 



Gladys Unwln, clear.bright, 

 light pink 10 .20 .50 



John Incman, rosy scarlet .15 .40 1.00 

 Mrs. Alfred Watklns,most 



delicate pink 75 2.50 8.00 



Nora Unwln, pure white, 



giant flowering 75 2.50 8.00 



Paradise, fresh delicate pink .60 2.00 6.00 

 Pbyllls Unwln, light rose.. .15 .40 1.00 

 Prtnce of Asturlas, deep 



chocolate, per pkg. 10 seeds, 



35c 



Queen Alexandra, bright 



scarlet, immense flower .^ .20 .60 2.25 



Shasta, pure white 15 .40 1.00 



Zoo, deep blue 75 2.50 8.00 



W. W. RAWSON & CO. 



5 Union St., BOSTON, MASS. 



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What Is the Best Aster Seed to Plant? 



Why the very best seed to sow 

 Varieties that all should ^row 

 Kinds that brin^ to you no woe 

 Bear the trade-mark "Altimo." 



Send today for Aster Book and Competition Card for the Great 

 Aster Growing Contest. BOTH FREE. 



ALTIMO CULTURE CO. 



CANFIELD, OHIO 



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forcing. The reason these bulbs may be 

 had earlier than the Japanese lily is that 

 they ripen considerably earlier; in fact, 

 earlier than does the Harrisii. Their sea- 

 son for blooming in Formosa is in the 

 month of February, which allows them to 

 be in excellent shape for shipment to 

 arrive here about August 20." 



BULBS AT BELLINGHAM. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 as is well known, has for some years been 

 growing Dutch bulbs on the Pacific coast 

 with a view to establishing the industry 

 commercially. The work has now reached 

 a stage where it is proposed to organize 

 an experiment station at one or another 

 of the localities that have been found 

 suitable. Beferring to this, Albert F. 

 Woods, of the Department, says: 



"Our experiments are now conducted 

 at Spokane, Bellingham and Tacoma. 

 The bulbs at all three places are grown 



XXX SEEDS 



Chinese Primrose. Finest grown, mixed, sin- 

 gle and double. 500 seeds, $1.00; i2-pkt., 50c. 



Cineraria. Finest large-flowering dwarf, mixed. 

 1000 seeds. 50c. 



Cyclamen GlKanteum. 200 seeds, $1.00. 



Giant Pansy. Finest grown, critically se- 

 lected. 5000 seeds, $1.00; Jfi-pkt., 50c. 

 CASH : Liberal extra count. 



JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



The Home of Primroses. 



Rfpntlon The ReTJew when j oo write. 



under contract by local growers, under 

 the general supervision of one of our 

 men, Henry Juenemann. So far the re- 

 sults have indicated that Bellingham pos- 

 sesses some advantages over the other 

 sections. Our Dutch grower located at 

 Spokane, however, believes that the con- 

 ditions there are most favorable, and the 

 people at Tacoma are of the opinion that 

 their locality would prove to be the right 



