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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



June 23, 19 to. 



Johoson's Kinsiy Prize Winner Pansies 



BETTER THAN EVER 

 ) ICOO Seed*, 30c; 8000 Seed«. 60c; 6000 Seed*. $1.00; per oi., $6.00. 



This matchless strain is the produft of the leading French, German and English Pansy Specialists, and is 

 unexcelled for mamxnotli size, form, texture, and wide range of rich colors and markings. 



QaoUtioni on high grade French and Dnteh Bnlbs cheeifuIlT giren. Let ns get acquainted nuw. 



JOHNSON SEED CO., 217 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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custom that prevails among the seed 

 trade, and which seems entirely unnec- 

 essary. It is the long term credit on 

 garden seeds. There really is no reason 

 for this custom, more than there is for 

 long time on grass or field seeds. All 

 start out from the initial point, the 

 farmer, on the same terms, i. e., cash. 

 Where is the dividing point that throws 

 one into the cash ledger and the other 

 into the June 1 ledger? It may give 

 the old, well-established house a little 

 advantage that his newer competitor 

 finds hard to meet, but the dealer to 

 whom such time is extended, if worthy 

 of the credit, will take advantage of 

 the liberal discount offered for cash, 

 and thus cut down a profit that is none 

 too large at the best, while the firms 

 taking advantage of the long time will 

 show entirely too large a percentage of 

 actual losses. This is a relic of the old 

 days, out of line with present-day busi- 

 ness methods, and is well worthy of 

 your serious consideration." 



After a word of appreciation for the 

 work of the association's committees, 

 President Robinson concluded: 



"Our association represents a body 

 of high-minded business men. The very 

 character of our business calls for a 

 high degree of intellect and discern- 

 oient. Let our efforts ever be toward 

 improvement. Let honesty and fair 

 dealing be our high ambition. Let us 

 work together for the common good. 

 Our country is large and yet in its in- 

 fancy. There is a mighty work before 

 you. Material prosperity rests in the 

 quality of the seeds you sell, and I am 

 sure Vou are equal to the respon- 

 sibility. ' ' 



SEEDS AND THE LAW. 



States Have Limited Powers. 



Curtis Nye Smith, of Boston, who is 

 the attorney who has served the asso- 

 ciation and its members so successfully 

 for the last year, was on the program 

 for a paper, "The Relation of State 

 Seed Laws to Interstate Commerce." 

 He first showed how far the U. S. Su- 

 preme Court has sustained state legisla- 

 tion affecting interstate commerce, con- 

 tinuing: 



The obvious conclusion from this 

 brief discussion is that states, in the 

 absence of prohibitory enactments by 

 Congress, may pass and enforce reason- 

 able laws regulating commerce in seeds, 

 even if incidentally such laws may af- 

 fect interstate commerce. Mark the im- 

 portance of the word "reasonable," for 

 most of the present seed laws would not 

 fall within the class denoted by that 

 adjective. 



If I am not taxing the patience of my 

 listeners too much, perhaps a few prac- 

 tical, general suggestions to seedsmen 

 regarding this interstate commerce in 

 seeds may be of some interest. 



Seed PANSY Seed 



Brown's iinj>roved Giant Prize 

 Pansies, the finest strain of pan.^ics 

 in the market, surpassing all otiier 

 strains; as to variety of colors and 

 size they are unsurpassable, many 

 measuring ',)'A indies in (Hamet<>r. 



My own grown seed, new liMO 

 crop ready. Price mixed seed, 

 3000 seeds, $1.00; X oz., $1.50; 

 'A oz., $2.50; 1 oz., $5.00; % lb., 

 $14.00; >4 lb., $25.00; 1 lb., 

 $50.00. Separate colors giant yel- 

 low, with dark eye, same price. 

 Plants ready Sept. 1. Cash with 

 order. 



PETER BROWN, Pansy Seed Grower, LANCASTER, PA. 



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Send for oar new and complete 

 Spring 1910 OataloKne. 



Full List Seeds, Bulbs, Plants. 



U. H. BEBUEB A CU., 70 Wsma St., New York 



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It is profitable, briefly, to note what 

 these state seed laws pretend to regu- 

 late: 



Wliat State Laws Regulate. 



Most of these laws regulate "the 

 sale " or " offer or exposing for sale ' ' to 

 which some state laws add restrictions 

 to the mere "distribution" or "giving 

 away" of seeds, and some states go so 

 far as to attempt to regulate the "de- 

 livery" or importation of seeds in or 

 into the state. One state even prevents 

 having possession of specified seeds. 

 Then some states specifically limit the 

 operation of the law to those "sales" 

 or "offers" "within the state," while 

 some state laws narrow this limitation 

 even more by adding the further re- 

 striction, "for seeding purposes within 

 this state." 



It almost seems too simple even to 

 state that a seedsman of one state re- 

 ceiving an order for seeds from a cus- 

 tomer in another state and completing 

 the sale by delivery f. o. b., is not sell- 

 ing or offering for sale in the other 

 state, and consequently has no interest 

 ' inHhat state 's la\f. | Yet during the last 

 year we were amazed to note that a 

 high official of a state expected to reach 

 such a transaction under the law of his 



Funkia Undulata"t. 



Bxtrs fine plants, 

 t4.00 per 100; 135.00 per 1000. 

 Prices on all sprlnK bulbs and plants cbeertnOy 

 fflven. 



r. W. O. SCHMITZ 



ImportM', PRUICK BAT, N. T. 



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C. McTAGGART 



Seedsman and Florist 



1 2 } Warres SL, (Near West St.) NEW YOW 



Phone 2019 Cortlandt 



Seeds. Bnlbs, Plants. Garden Tools, i- 'f^' 

 izers. Insecticides, Lawn Mowers, i^'^' 

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H. N. BRUNS 



Lily of the Valloy 

 1407-11 West Madison St., ChJcSg f 



state. It is needless to add that socb 

 claims are not tenable. A fortiori, 'f*^* 

 statute limits the offers or sales ' ' w»**' 

 in the state," and for "seeding P"'' 

 poses within the state, ' ' the ex state 

 seedsman is distinctly uninteresttd ' 

 the seed statute. Indeed, there ''•■'" .^ 

 no ex-state statute which can affect h^ 

 in a sal© of this nature. Of course »» 

 purchaser must protect himself from W 

 law, which, as noted, in some states W^ 

 stricts "importation" or " possess jo« 

 of seeds. Such law, in my opinion, '3 



