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The Florists^ Review 



August 6, 1914. 



carefully weighed and tested. Any- 

 necessary remilling is to be done by 

 D. M. Ferry & Co., at their expense. 

 Payment is to be made only for such 

 seed as they consider sufficiently clean, 

 bright and vital for seedsmen's use; 

 no credit being given for dirt, damaged 

 or poor seed which has to be removed. 

 In all cases the screenings and culls are 

 to remain the property of the party who 

 separates them from the crop. It is 

 further mutually agreed that, if the 

 erop as delivered is impure through 

 fault of the grower, or in any other 

 respect is, in the judgment of D. M. 

 Ferry & Co., unfit for seedsmen's use 

 and cannot be made fit without an un- 

 reasonable amount of recleaning or 

 hand-picking, D. M. Ferry & Co. may 

 refuse to accept it in fulfillment of this 

 contract. * * * In consideration of 

 the faithful carrying out of the provi- 

 sions of this agreement on the part of 

 said G. W. Hodges, and for his services 

 in the growing and delivering of said 

 seeds, D. M. Ferry & Co. hereby agree 

 to pay him at the rate of 12 cents per 

 pound for all the seed satisfactory to 

 said D. M. Ferry & Co. which he may 

 deliver in accordance with this agree- 

 ment in excess of the stock seed fur- 

 nished him, said payment to be made 

 immediately upon receipt of such seed, 

 and the ascertaining by said D. M. 

 Ferry & Co. that it is vital and fit for 

 seed purposes. ' ' 



The Bight to Beject the Seed. 



Seeds delivered under the contract 

 having been rejected by defendant, 

 plaintiff brought suit to recover com- 

 pensation. Judgment was awarded in 

 favor of plaintiff and defendant ap- 

 pealed to the Supreme Court, which re- 

 versed the judgment, saying: 



"The contract provided that pay- 

 ment should be made, not for such seeds 

 as were sufficiently clean, bright and 

 vital for seedsmen's use, but for such 

 seeds only as the defendant considered 

 of that character. The right was ex- 

 pressly reserved to reject the crop, not 

 if it was unfit for seedsmen's use, but 

 if, in the judgment of defendant, it was 

 unfit. « ♦ • The actual character of 

 the seeds, whether clean, bright and 

 vital according to some seedsmen or not, 

 was not the matter to be determined, 

 and was not even pertinent to that 

 issue, except in connection with proof 

 of bad faith." 



Incidentally, the court finds that the 

 trial judge committed error in refusing 

 to permit the defendant to show that 

 some of the seeds had bqen tested in a 

 laboratory of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and found to have 

 a percentage of vitality of fifty-four 

 and one-half per cent and fifty-six and 

 one-half per cent, respectively, which 

 the company deemed to be too low to 

 be acceptable. Defendant claimed that 

 the average percentage of vitality for 

 watermelon seeds is eighty-six per cent 

 and that seeds under seventy-five per 

 cent are not merchantable for seed pur- 

 poses, g. 



CATALOGUES BECEIVED. 



Sunlight Double Glass Sash Co., Lonisvillp, 

 Ky. — Illustrated, defscriptive catalogue of double- 

 glass sashes, frames, pit frames and sash green- 

 liotisi's: the prices are given in a separate list. 



W. E, Marshall & Co., New York, N. Y.— 

 Bulbs, seeds, roots; perennials, outdoor roses 

 and other hardy stock; strawberry and vegetable 

 plants, sprayers, insecticides and other supplies; 

 Illustrated, twenty-four pages and cover. 



J. Bolgiano 8c Son, Baltimore, Md.— "Whole- 

 Kale Summer and Fall Catalogue for Market 

 Gardeners, Truckers and Farmers," lifting vege- 



LILIUM HARRISII 



FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 



We have received our first consignmeut of Harrisii, and offer a selected 

 stock of the original true Harrisii for early forcing. This stock was grown from 

 the original true type and will be found splendid stock for early forcing, for 

 which purpose Harrisii is so valuable. The crop is much shorter than usual 

 this season, but we are in position to supply a nice lot of selected stock and can 

 make delivery from first shipment. 



6 to 7-inch bulbs, 350 to the case $5,50 per 100; $45.00 per 1000 



7 to 9-inch bulbs, 200 to the case 9.00 per 100; 80.00 per 1000 



Full case lots at thousand rates. 



SPECIAL OFFER 



OF 



KILL.\RNEY BRILLIANT, grown in 4.inch pots, 



to close out stock 



We have a few thousand extra fine plants of this valuable rose. Those 

 who have not completed their planting or who have been building or who have 

 not all the stock they need, will find this a bargain. Plants are strong plants 

 from 4-inch pots. In order to close out stock, we offer what we have left unsold 

 at 



$25.00 p*r lOO; $200.00 per 1000. 



FERNS 



There is nothing better for summer use than the fine varieties of 

 NEPHROLEPIS. We offer a nice stock of the following varieties, well 

 established plants ready for immediate shipment: 



Nephrolepis elegantissima (The Tarrytown Fern), 3}4-inch, 2Sc 

 each; o-inch, 50c each; 8-inch, $1.00 each. 



Nephrolepis magnifica, 3j4-inch, 2Sc each. 



Nephrolepis muscosa, 3 J^ -inch, 25c each; 5-inch, 50c each. 



Nephrolepis Harrisii, 6-inch, SOc each; 12-inch, very large plants, 

 $5.00 each. 



Nephrolepis Bostoniensis, 6-inch, 50c each; 12-inch, very large plants, 

 $5.00 each. 



Pteris Wimsetti multiceps — a fine hardy fern — 3}4-inch, 15c each. 



Small Ferns for Fern Pans. A fine assortment, 2 54 -inch, $4.00 

 per 100. 



F. R. PERSON rfl, T.>r,t.w-.-H,d,.., NEW YORK 



Giant Pansy Seed, Home Grown 



As fine as the very best obtainable: — 

 $6.00 per ounce; $1.60 per quarter ounce; 60c per trade packet 



Cyclamen Seed, the celebrated English 

 strain, $9 00 per 1000. 



Poinsettias, 2>^-inch, strong, $5.00 per 

 100; $45.00 per 1000. 



Fern Flats, 10 best varieties, $2.00 per 

 flat; 20 flats at $1.75 each. 



Begonia Gloire de Chatelaine, easiest 

 Begonia grown, $6.00 per 100. 



For Roses, Primulas, Snapdragons, Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 



Sprengeri, Cyclamen plants, etc., see our ads 



in the Classified Columns. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



1004 BETZ BUILDING. 



PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



