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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 24, 1909. 



HOSE. 



CRESTLINE SPECIAL Garden Hose. Made 

 in three different weights. A tough, durable 

 hoae that has the life In it. Every section guar- 

 anteed. Keep your hose in a warm, damp place. 



Price with couplings: 6-ply 6-ply 7-ply. 



^-In., per 60 ft |4.00 $ 5.00 $ 6.50 



%-ln., per 100 ft 7.76 9.76 10.76 



%-ln., per 60 ft 4.60 8.60 6.00 



%-ln., per 100 ft 8.76 10.75 11.76 



Better and cheaper grades quoted on request. 

 Immediate shipment. Express or freight. 

 Crestline Mfg. Co.. Box 233, Crestline, Ohio. 



TYPHOON HOSE. 

 This hose is the result Of a careful study of 

 the effects of cinder walks, bench posts and the 

 damp, warm atmosphere of the greenhouse. It 

 l8 a guaranteed hose, with heavy rubber tubing 

 and 3-pIy heavy hose duclc. 



60 feet, coupled | 7.60 



100 feet, coupled 16.00 



800 feet, coupled 42.00" 



E. H. Hunt, 78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



INSECTICIDES. 



"Nlco-fume," a great improvement over all 

 other tobacco papers, 24 sheets, 76c; 144 sheets, 

 13.60; 288 sheets, $6.50. 



"Nlco-fume" liquid, 40% nicotine, % pint, 

 60c; pint, $1.50; ^ gallon, $5.60; gallon, $10.50. 

 Kentucky Tobacco Product Co., Louisville, Ky, 



POTS. 



standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are within 50 miles of the Capital write us; we 

 can save you money. W. H. Ernest, 28tti and 

 M Sts. N. E., Washington, D. C. 



We make Standard Flower Pots, etc. 

 Write us when In need. 

 Wilmer Cope & Bro., 

 Lincoln University, Che ster Co., Pa. 



Standard red flower pots. Buy from the orig 

 Inators and Introducers. Prices never higher. 

 C. C. PoUworth Co., Milwaukee, Wla. 



Red pots, none better. 

 Colesburg Pottery Co., Colesburg, Iowa. 



PHOTOGRAP>IS. 



I make a specialty of photographing flowers, 

 plants, etc., for reproduction. Let me submit 

 samples and prices on material for the next 

 catalogue or circular. Special work to order at 

 reasonable prices. Nathan R. Graves, 414 Hay- 

 ward Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. 



RAFFIA. 



Raffia (colored), 20 beautiful shades. Samples 

 tree. R. H. Comey Co., Camden, N. J. 



or 810-824 Washburn Ave., Chicago. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Sphagnum moss, best quality. In burlap bags, 

 aanal size. 10 bales or less, 75c ea.; 10 to 40, 

 60c ea. Special prices on large quantities and 

 carlots. 40 bales or less, cash with order. 

 L. Amundson & Son, City Point, Wis. 



A full stock of sphagnum, sheet, and green 

 clomp moss on hand all the year round. Price, 

 {1.60 per bale. Write. 

 H. Kenney, 88 Rochester Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Sphagnum moss, extra large bales, $2.50 per 

 bale. Nursery moss, $1.75 per bale. Money 

 with order. James Day, Mllford, N. H. 



An offer of your surplus stock, placed in THE 

 REVIEW'S classified department, will be seen 

 by nearly every buyer in the trade. 



Sphagnum. Long fibre. Cheap for cash. Bag 

 or bbl., $1.00; 4 bags, $3.00; 10 bags, $7.00. 

 W. J. Olds. Union City, Pa. 



The best sphagnum moffs. 6 bbl. bale. $1.00 

 Iter bale. Cash with order. 



Harry E. Holloway, Chatsworth. N. J. 



Orchid moss, the most suitable for growing 

 orchids; also peat. 



Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J. 



Ten bales sphagnum, $7.00. 



Z. K. Jewett Co., Sparta, Wis. 



TOBACCO. 



THE FUMIGATING KIND TOBACCO POW- 

 DER. The first on the market and the kind that 

 has so many imitators, has our guarantee tag of 

 satisfaction or money back and "The Moon Trade 

 Mark" on every bag; $3.00 per 100 lbs. The 

 H. A. StoothoS Co., Makers and Sellers, Mt. 

 Vernon, N. Y. 



Fresh tobacco stems, in bales, 200 lbs., $1.50; 

 600 lbs., $3.50; 1000 lbs.. $6.50; ton, $12.00. 

 Write us for prices on large quantities. 



Scharff Bros., Van Wert. Ohio. 



WIRE HANGING BASKETS. 



WIRE HANGING BASKETS. 



10-in $1.25 per doz. 16-in $2.40 per dos. 



12-ln. ... 1.75 per doz. 18-ln.... 4.00 per doz. 



14-in 2.00 per doz. 



Scranton Florist Supply Co., Scranton, Pa. 



WIRE WORK. 



Wm. H. Woerner. Wire Worker of the West. 

 Manufacturer of fiorists' designs only. Second 

 to none. Illustrated catalogues. 

 520 N. 16th St., Omaha, Neb. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work in the west. E. F. Winterson Co., 

 45, 47, 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



Best. Cheapest. 160,000 designs always In 

 stock. Quick delivery. 



Scranton Florist Supply Co., Scranton, Pa. 



50 per cent less than manufacturing cost. 

 Our specialty — 100 assorted designs, $10.00. 

 H. Kenney, 88 Rochester Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Headquarters for wire work. Send for list. 

 Ball & Betz, 31 B. 8rd St.. Cincinnati. 0. 



William E. Hielscher's Wire Works, 

 38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich. 



Illustrated book, 250 designs free. 



C. C. Pollworth Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Full line of wire work. Write for list. 

 Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee. Wis. 



E. H. Hunt. 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



[Concluded from page 47.] 



thanks of this association for the per- 

 sistent and strenuous effort he has given 

 in calling and attending meetings in New 

 York city, Buffalo and Washington. Mr. 

 Vaughan has been assisted greatly by 

 the large number of personal letters that 

 our members have written their congress- 

 men and senators. 



Th^ great and all-important question 

 has been the desire of the trade for spe- 

 cific duties in place of the present ad 

 valorem schedule. The difficulties and 

 objections to the ad valorem schedule are 

 too obvious and well known to here 

 enumerate. 



At this writing no man can predict 

 the final disposition that will be made 

 of the seed schedule, but I am pleased 

 to say that present indications point very 

 strongly to the specific schedule being 

 adopted. I have been kept informed by 

 letters constantly from United States 

 Senator Morgan G. Bulkeley, of Con- 

 necticut, of the status of the seed para- 

 graph. On May 30, section 262 was 

 agreed to by the senate. This section, 

 revised as it now stands, reads as fol- 

 lows: 



262. Seeds: Castor beans or seeds, 25 

 cents per bushel of fifty pounds; flax- 

 seed or linseed and other oil seeds not 

 specially provided for in this section, 

 25 cents per bushel of fifty-six pounds; 

 poppy seed, 15 cents per bushel; mush- 

 room spawn, and spinach seed, 1 cent 

 per pound; beet, except sugar beet, car- 

 rot, corn salad, parsley, parsnip, radish, 

 turnip and rutabaga seed, 4 cents per 

 pound; cabbage, collard, kale and kohl- 

 rabi seed, 8 cents per pound; egg plant 

 and pepper seed, 20 cents per pound; 

 seeds of all kinds not specifically pro- 

 vided for in this section, 10 cents per 

 pound. 



If the house now concurs with the sen- 

 ate, we shall have what we all so eagerly 

 desire, specific duties. It is difficult to 

 place the credit for this where it be- 

 longs; several perhaps may claim it. In 

 fact, one seedsman, a member of the 

 association, told me a few days ago that 

 we were indebted to one of the senators 

 from his state for the whole seed sched- 

 ule. Be this as it may, it matters not 

 who claims or deserves the credit. The 

 main point is to get specific duties and, 

 to use the words of a famous admiral: 

 ' * There will be glory enough for us all. ' ' 



Diidaimer No Longer Teoable. 



I am firmly of the belief that the death 

 knell of low-grade seeds is sounding 

 throughout our land, and that seeds of 

 high grade will command much better 



prices than formerly, and cheap or low- 

 grade seeds will go begging. I question 

 if as many as five per cent of the plant- 

 ers of the nation would purchase so- 

 termed low-grade or cheap seeds at any 

 price, if they were told or knew the 

 quality at time of purchase. 



I am convinced that the time is rapidly 

 approaching when we must sell our goods 

 under a more liberal disclaimer than we 

 have done for so many, years. No one 

 is more reluctant than I to abandon the 

 bridge that has carried safely, but new 

 demands and changes will eventually 

 force a label that is more specific, en- 

 lightening and equitable than the mere 

 statement of a name of a variety of 

 seed, and the accompanying disclaimer 

 now in general use. 



I am well aware of the temporary in- 

 jurious effect that might ensue from 

 the use of a label specific in its state- 

 ment of per cent of purity and vitality. 

 To illustrate: Some twelve years ago, 

 when the crop of onion seed, due purely 

 to natural conditions, was far below the 

 normal in vitality, I knew a house, actu- 

 ated by noble purpose, that placed in a 

 particular variety of onion seed a con- 

 spicuous label, in addition to the regular 

 label, reading thus: "This onion seed, 

 owing to unfavorable weather conditions 

 at harvest time, shows a germinating 

 power of seventy-four per cent. Please 

 make your plantings accordingly, so as 

 to get a full stand. We are sending you 

 twenty-five per cent more seed than your 

 order calls for gratis." Admittedly, 

 this was a fair proposition, but what of 

 the result? Many planters returned the 

 seed and nearly all were so suspicious 

 that they consented to use the seed only 

 after a voluminous individual correspond- 

 ence. A rare few were thankful for the 

 information given, and planted accord- 

 ingly. 



This incident would almost prove the 

 truth of the converse of the old adage: 

 ' ' What one don 't know don 't hurt him. ' ' 



Integrity the Policy. 



One of the most prominent and suc- 

 cessful houses in the trade makes much 

 of the phrase: "The plain truth about 

 seeds. ' ' Does any one question the wis- 

 dom of the elaborate use, backed up by 

 scrupulous practice, of this phrase on 

 the part of this successful house! 



Publicity is the cure for many abuses, 

 as has been so forcibly illustrated 

 throughout our land for the past few 

 years, and we as an association should 

 not only welcome but assist in every way 

 consistent efforts to correct any abuses 

 that may exist in our trade. 



President Woodruff then discussed the 

 congressional seed distribution, but made 

 no recommendation. He considered pos- 

 tal matters and recommended that these 

 be allowed to rest for a while. .He rec- 

 ommended that a new standing commit- 

 tee be created to consider mutual insur- 

 ance, and recommended the reimbursing 

 of committee men for traveling expenses. 

 Concluding, he said: 



I beg to state that I am an optimist 

 through and through on the future of the 

 American seed trade. I cannot too strong- 

 ly emphasize the object of our association 

 as outlined in Article II of our consti- 

 tution; viz.: "All stand together in the 

 effort to improve and perfect a standard 

 of business integrity which shall include 

 purity of stocks, honesty of representa- 

 tion, carefulness of oblig£^tion, and 

 promptness of execution. ' ' 



Let us make ' ' Quality ' ' our watch- 

 word i» the fullest sense of the term, and 



