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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Apbil 30, 1008. 





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CYCAS STEMS 



(SAGO PAIiM) 



mrue Lone-Leaved Variety 



Will arade the ■!»»■ to suit buyer, t5 



lbs.at7^o.: lOOlba.at 7o.; SOO-lb.oaee 



at 919.00. 



ASPARAGUS SEED 



Trm GreeahiMise Grewn, of Hifih Geroilnatioa 



Per 100 Per 1000 Per 5000 

 seeds seeds seeds 

 Plumoeus Nanus, $0.50 $8.25 $15.00 



Per 250 

 Sprensert $0.S5 .75 8.00 



COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Quoted on Application. 



217 Marktt St.. 



Johnson Seed Go.,Phiiaiieipiiii,pa. 



Mention The BcTlew when you write. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 



of New York for the week ending April 



11 were as follows: 



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



Annatto... 83 | 1,347 Millet 220$ 822 



Canary ..2,483 3,887 Mustard ...725 6,527 



Caraway.. 458 4,194 Poppy 585 4,318 



Clover ...1,822 61,833 Rape 528 4.4(4 



Grass ... 60 1.650 Other 2,824 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $20,447. 



The imports of seed through the port 



of New York for the week ending April 



18 were as follows: 



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



Annatto. . . 20 $ 228 Hemp 1 $ 18 



Castor ...2.436 11.381 MUlet 150 396 



aover ...1.103 31.773 Mustard ...236 2,543 



Cnmmln . . 90 821 Rape 13 40 



Grass ... 10 70 Other 1,281 



In the same period the imports of 



bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 



$11,013. 



TO REGULATE INSECTICIDES. 



April 23 Senator Kittredge introduced 

 a bill in the United States Senate, en- 

 titled "A bill for the prevention of the 

 manufacture, sale and transportation in 

 interstate commerce of adulterated or 

 misbranded fungicides, insecticides, 

 Paris green, lead arsenate and other in- 

 secticides and for the regulation of traf- 

 fic therein, and for other purposes. ' ' The 

 bill was referred to the • committee on 

 agriculture and forestry. 



The bill is of considerable length and 

 provides, along the lines of the recent 

 food and drugs act, for the correct label- 

 ing of all insecticides and provides pen- 

 alties for violation of the law. Either 

 fine or imprisonment may be inflicted. 



Quite naturally, the manufacturers of 

 insecticides are considerably exercised 

 over the proposed law, for, as has been 

 the case with most of this class of leg- 

 islation, there are many points which 

 need modification in the view of the 

 representative houses in the trade. 



THE MANN BILL. 



Cominittee Reports to the Trade. 



The president of the American Seed 

 Trade Association has mailed a circular 

 to members and others interested, set- 

 ting forth the results of the conference 

 of the trade's representatives with the 

 house committee on interstate and for- 

 eign commerce April 21. It is, in part, 

 as follows: 



"I am pleased to report briefly the 

 result of the visit to Washington of the 



ASPARAGUS 



Plumosus Nanus 



True greenhouse grown seed, 100 seeds, 

 60c: 250 seeds. $1.20; 1000 seeds, $4.00: 5000 

 seeds, $18.00; 10,000 seeds, $35.00. 



Aaparagua Sprenseri, 250 seeds. 25c: 

 1000 seeds, 75c; 5000 seeds, $3.00. 



Dracaena Indlvlsa (seeds), 1 oz., 

 30c: 14 lb., $1.00. 



Pandanus UtUis Seed, $1.00 per 100: 

 $8.00 per 1000. ^ 



Cataloflfuea Free 



ARTHUR T. B0DDIN6T0N 



SEEDSMAN 



342 W. Uth St., NEW YORK CITY 



Mention The Bevlew when yon write. 



RELIABLE SEEDS 



■Sow Nowi 



Tr. 6 Tr. 



Pkt. Pkt 



Aceratum Blue Star 20c $1.25 



Bearonla Erfordla. fine pink. .50c 2.60 

 LAbella, new Trailing Ham- 



burgia 30c 1.50 



Petunia, Double Giants. 



fringed, mixed $1.00 5.00 



Petunia, Single Fringed 



Giants, mixed 75c 4.00 



Primula Obconlca Grandi- 



flora, new bybrids, as: blue, 



blood red, carmine, 



pink, purple, violet, 



pure '«7lilte, oompaota, 



ggantea, trlnffed mixed 

 ybrlda, each separate 50c 2.50 



For^largrer Quantltiee ask for my 

 new^ price list. 



O. V. ZANGEN 



Seedsman, Hoboken, N. J. 



Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



committee appointed at the meeting of 

 seedsmen, held in Chicago April 10, and 

 other seedsmen who came to Washing- 

 ton to attend the hearing before the com- 

 mittee on Interstate and foreign com- 

 merce April 21. 



"Our committee wm granted an in- 

 formal conference with Mr. Mann April 

 20 and, at this cofaference, we think we 

 made it clear that the bill would need 

 revision before it could be made a just 

 and practicable law. 



"Various changes were urged and 

 most of these were embodied in an 

 amended copy of the bill, which was left 

 with Mr. Mann. 



"At the public hearing, April 21, our 

 case was fully presented before the com- 

 mittee on interstate and foreign com- 

 merce. Further congressional action on 

 the bill will be deferred until the next 

 session, thus giving more time for care- 

 ful consideration of all features of the 

 bUl. 



"I feel sure that much good will re- 

 sult from this hearing in the way of a 

 better understanding between seedsmen 

 and the parties having this proposed 

 legislation in charge. 



"I will report more fully on this mat- 

 ter at the Detroit convention, where I 

 hope for a large attendance. 



Gold Medal Strain 

 BEGONIAS 



Tuberous-Rooted 



Single- Per doz. 100 



White $0.40 $2.60 



Yellow'. 40 2.60 



Nankeen 40 2.50 



Pink 40 2.60 



Rose > 40 2.60 



Bed 40 2.50 



DarkRed 40 2.60 



Salmon 40 2.60 



Orange 40 2.60 



Mixed 85 2.25 



Double- 

 White 65 5.00 



Tellow 65 5.00 



Orange 65 6.00 



Rose 65 5.00 



Dark Rose 65 6.00 



DarkRed 65 6.00 



Red 66 6.00 



Salmon 65 5.00 



Mixed 50 4.00 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM 

 or Elephant's Ear 



Per doE. 100 



Size 6x7-inch bulbs $0.36 $2.00 



" 7x9 " " 48 8.00 



" 9x11" " 85 6.00 



" 12-inch and over bolbs 2.40 16.00 



GLADIOLUS BULBS 



Of the following varieties we have exception- 

 ally large and choice stock. 



Per 100 1000 5000 



Amerloa $7.00 $60.00 $260.00 



Aacnsta 2.50 20.00 95.00 



BrenohleyeniU, selected 



Ist Blze, 1.50 10.00 47.60 



May 2.00 16.00 60.00 



White and LlKht 1.50 12.00 57.60 



Bpeolal Mlxad, extra large 



selectbulbs 1.00 8.00 87.60 



Tnberoa«a,Bzo«IalorFearl, 



4x6-l8tBize 9.00 40.00 



so SmJof StrW^ 



Mention The Eeview when yon write. 



"It seems reasonably certain that 

 some federal law will be enacted and it 

 is necessary to the interests of the seed 

 trade that such legislation shall be just 

 and practical. 



' ' The committee which went to Wash- 

 ington was as follows: 



Geo. S. Green, of the Illinois Seed Co.. Chi- 

 cago. 



J. C. Vaughan, of Vaughan's Seed Store. Chi- 

 cago. 



Chas. Dickinson, of the Albert Dickinson Co.. 

 Chicago. 



Chas. N. Page, of the Iowa Seed Co.. Des 

 Moines, la. 



Jerome B. Rice, of Jerome B. Bice Seed Co.. 

 Cambridge. N. Y. 



Walter P. Stokes, Philadelphia, Pa. 



"Among other seedsmen represented 



at the hearing were: 



F. W. Bolglano & Co., Washington, D. C. 

 Jos. Breck & Sons Corp., Boston. Mass. 

 Comstock, Ferre & Co., Wethersfleld, Conn. 

 Peter Henderson & Co., New York City. 



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