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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



June 17, 1909. 



kinds of products which form part of the 

 bulb trade in the fullest sense of the 

 word. Further, it must be borne in mind 

 that consignments by parcel post are not 

 included, although it should be stated 

 that their number is decreasing; it has 

 been the practice of late years to send 

 parcels packed in bulk to various for- 

 warding agents abroad for distribution 

 to the several consignees, and such con- 

 signments are included in the exports 

 shown above. ' ' 



SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



Additional Prizes. 



A communication from Harry A. Bun- 

 yard, published in the Eeview of June 

 10, page 10, contained the names of five 

 firms tlmt had offered prizes, to be com- 

 peted for at the first annual exhibition 

 of the proposed National Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety of America. Mr. Bunyard, who is 

 secretary pro tem. of the new organizii- 

 tion, states that the following additional 

 prizes have now been offered : 



Class F — Ilem-y A. Dreer. $10 In gold for the 

 best ten vases of sweet peas, Spencer or Unwiu 

 dowered, in ten varieties. 



Class G — Henry F. Mlchell Co., largest and 

 best vase of mixed sweet peas, |5. 



Class II — W. A. Burpee, for tlie best vase of 

 waved or Spencer type sweet peas. Introduced In 

 1909, first. $5; second. $a; tliird, ?2. 



Class I — J. M. Thorburn & Co., for the best 

 fifteen va.sesf of sweet i)eas, first, |10; second, 

 17.50; third, $2.50. 



Class J — Watkins & Simpson, Ix)ndon, Eng- 

 land, for tlie best three vases of sweet peas 

 disseminated in 1909, first, $5; second, $3, 

 tblrd. $2. 



Cla.ss K— F. R. Pierson Co., three vases sweet 

 peas, tliree distinct colors, first, $5; second, $3; 

 third. $2. 



Class L — John Young, best vase sweet peas, 

 crimson, first. $3; second, $2; third, $1. 



Class M — Jerome B. Rice, best vase sweet 

 peas, white, first, $3; second, $2; third, $1. 



IOWA SEED LAW UNPOPULAR. 



That the general assembly of Iowa is 

 as nearly capable of deciding .whether 

 the moon is inhabited as it is to pass a 

 law regulating the purity of farm seeds, 

 was the statement made by E. E. Faville 

 at the annual convention of the Iowa 

 Seed Dealers' Association at l)es Moines, 

 as reported by a Des Moines newspaj>er. 



The Iowa seed law is distinctly un- 

 popular with the Iowa seed dealers. Mr. 

 Faville likes to think himself their cham- 

 pion, for he prints a farmers' paper that 

 carries a loL of seed trade advertising. 

 Tlie statement of Mr. Faville was made 

 as a result of a general agreement among 

 the fifty men who attended the seeds- 

 men 's open session, that the present law 

 is dags legislation, and that it should 

 apply to the farmer as well as to the 

 seed dealer. The law provides that seeds 

 sold by dealers shall be up to a certain 

 standard, and exempts the farmer from 

 the penalty. 



it was shown that the average farmer 

 pays no attention to whether the seed 

 offered for sale to the dealer is free from 

 weed seeds. He is allowed to sell seeds 

 where he jdcases, and as a result, the 

 fields of his neighbors are frequently 

 sown with thistle, foxtail, and other 

 noxious growths. Mr. Faville was called 

 upon to ttdl his experience on the sub- 

 ject. 



"In my opinion, the law regulating 

 the purity of farm seeds should apply to 

 the farmer as well as to the dealer," he 

 paid. "I am convinced that it is not 

 altogether the latter 's fault. "While the 

 members of the general assembly have 

 opinions of their own on certain sub- 

 jects, they know about as much on the 

 fcei'y question as one of those who in- 

 habit the moon. The law certainly should 



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flowering " 4.00 



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