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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Fbbbdabx 15, 1012. 



Mr. "White. He would not. 



Mr. Esch. What is the percentage of 

 deterioration a year of seed; is there 

 any known schedule f 



Mr. White. There is no known sched- 

 ule. It not infrequently happens that 

 seed tests better the second, third, or 

 «ven fourth year, than it did when it 

 came in from the fai^m. All that the 

 buyer can do is to trust to the self-in- 

 terests of the seller to sell him goods 

 that will redound to his credit. 



Mr. Adamscn. Will garden seed gen- 

 erally germinate after three or four 

 years f 



Mr. White. It depends altogether 

 upon the kind. 



Mr. Adamson. Not on how they are 

 keptt 



Mr. White. Of course on how they 

 are kept. 1 stand corrected. 



Mr. Esch. So that the placing of the 

 year on the packet is not of so much 

 real advantage to a purchaserf 



Mr. White. I do not see how it is of 

 any advantage except to this extent, 

 that it might be that seeds which are 

 sold by concerns which sell their pack- 

 ets outright might lie around in a coun- 

 try store for two or three years after 

 they were received by the retailer, and 

 in that case, if they were marked with 

 the year in which they were packeted, 

 the buyer would have an opportunity to 

 know how long the retailer had had 

 them in his possession. 



Mr. Sims. I>oes not your company 

 take up all the seed each year for which 

 there are no buyers! 



Mr. White. Yes. 



Mr. Sims. I mean for retail pur- 

 poses. 



Mr. White. Yes; our concern takes 

 it all up, and it never sends out a packet 

 a second time. 



Mr. Sims. If it is as good as it was 

 the first time, why notf 



Mr. White. Because of this fact, 

 that viability is a matter which we have 

 very little control over, and when you 

 come right down to it, not very accu- 

 rate knowledge of. It is to our interest 

 to see that the viability of the seed that 

 goes out is as good as we can make it, 

 because we want to sell them again. 



Mr. Sims. What do you do with 

 these seeds you take upt 



Mr. White. When these seeds come 

 up there are certain seeds, like parsnips, 

 which have to be destroyed or used for 

 other purposes. We have a farm. We 

 have at present 2,000 sheep and 180 

 steers on the farm, and a good many 

 old seeds which have lost their viability 

 we cook up into a ration. 



Mr. Sims. In other words, you retest 

 them, and only send out those which are 

 still good? 



Mr. White. Those that are still good 

 we have no hesitation in sending out 

 again. 



The Chairman. Where do you test 

 your seedf 



Mr. White. They are all tested at our 

 trial grounds in Detroit. 



The Chairman. That is, it is inside, 

 under glass f 



Mr. White. All our viability tests in 

 winter are of necessity inside. In the 

 summer we open the windows and get it 

 as cool as we can, because it gets very 

 hot in Detroit. 



The Chairman (Mr. Mann). Did I 

 understand you to say you never sent 

 out any seed until the second yeart 



Mr, White. Oh, no. Sometimes we 

 are compelled by the necessities of trade 



Asparagfus Plutnosus 



Nanus 



Per 100 



Guaranteed genuine northern greenhouse grown seed, 

 seeds, 40c; per 1000, $3.60; per 5000, $16.25. 



Salvia Clara Bed man or Bonfire 



My own growing 1911 crop seed. Per trade pkt., 40c; oz., $1.76; ^4 lb., $6.00. 



Clematis Paniculata 



1911 crop, my own saving. Per oz., 40c; lb., $3.50; 5 lbs., $15.00. 

 Send for Florists' Flower Seed List. ' 



Stokes' Seed Store, 219 Market St., rhiladelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



FLOWER SEEDS 



Ageratum Little Blue Star, tr. pkt., 15c. 



AKeratum Imperial Dwarf Blue, tr. pkt., 10c. 



Antirrhinum, giant-flowerinsr, pink, striped, scar- 

 let, yellow, white, garnet and mixed, each, tr. 

 pkt., 10c; per oz., 40c. 



Asparagus Sprengeri, tr. pkt., 65c ; 5000 seeds, $5.50. 



Asters, Smith's Peerless White, tr. pkt., 50c; per 

 oz., 16.50. 



Asters, Smith's Peerless Pink, tr. pkt., 50c; peroz., 

 $7.50. 



Centaurea Candidissima, tr. pkt., 25c. 



Select strains of Verbena, Stocks, Grandiflora 



Centaurea Oymnocarpa, tr. pkt., 15c. 



Lobelia Crystal Palace Compacta, extra select 

 strain, tr. pkt., 10c. 



Petunia, large-flowering fringed, single mixed 

 tr. pkt., 35c. 



Petunia, large-flowering fringed, double mixed, 

 tr. pkt., 65c. 



Primula Obconica Oigantea, rose, crimson, lilac 

 Hybrida, mixed, each, tr. pkt, 35c. 



Salvia Bonfire, tr. pkt., 25c: per oz., |2.50. 



and Qiant-flowering Spencer Sweet Peas, etc. 



SEND FOR NEW FLORISTS' WHOLESALE CATALOGUE 



CDRRIE BROS. CO., \ 



1M WISCONSIN ST., 

 312 BROADWAY, 



'r\ HEWAUKEE, WIS. 



Mention The Bevlew when yoa write. 



STOCKS SEED 



Lars* no'wartBK Dwarf 0«nn»n 

 T*n W*eka 



White, blood red, dark and light blue, yellow, 

 each, trade packet, 50c; ^ oz., 75c. Finest Ger- 

 man strain. Saved from pot-grown plants only. 

 Write for trade catalogue. 



WajikAP SL l^n >••' MerchMts 114 Ckanktrs St., 

 IffeCDCr a wo, ^ Crowtn NEW TOM. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Bulbs for Spring 



Ii. Gtcantamn, Cuuum (all leading 

 varieties), Tuberosas, GImUoU. Prices on 

 application. 



D. RUSCONI 



ise-ias w. 8th St., cimcinmatz, ohio 



MenOon The Keview when yon write. 



Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



■■t. 18*4. RICHARDS BROS.. Prop*. 



Importers and growers of high-grade 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, Etc 



87 East 19th St.. NEW YORK CITY 



Telephone 4235 Oramercy 

 MentloD Th# R^v1«>w when von 



F. W. O. SCHMITZ 



PRINCS BAT, K. T. 



Wholesale Grower, Exporter and Im- 

 porter of all plants, roots and bulbs in 

 seMon. 



Corr«epond«noe BoUoltad 



Mention The Review when you write. 



SEEDS 



Best that grow. We sell di- 

 rect to gardeners and florists 

 at wholesale. Big beautiful 

 catalogue free. Write today. 

 ABCHIA8 SEED 8T0BE, Box 68, Sedalia, Mo. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



Salvia Seed, 1911 Crop 



( Our own growing. ) 



Bonfire, ^9 oe., OOe; 1 os., tl.OO. Zurich, >■ oe.. 

 tl.iO: 1 OE., t2JiO. Above oeed is from aeleeted 

 stock, dash, please. 



J. P. SIEBOLD, Lancaster, Pa. 



Mention The Review when von write. 



Salvia Seed 



8PLENDENS..Tr. pkt., 16c; i8-oz.,26c: oz., 11.25 



CLARA BEDMAN (Bonfire) Tr. pkt., 26c: ^- 



oz., 40c; oz., 12.25. 



ZURICH Tr. pkt., 36c: ^-oz., 60c; oz.,|S.60 



New Catalogue Just out; write for a copy. 



G. H. miNKEL CO.. Secdniei. MUwaikee. Wb. 



ROSE GARDENS 



WHOLESALE GROWERS 



Daffodils, Peonies, Tulips 

 Gladioli, Iris, Etc. 



NORTH EMPORIA, VIRGINIA 



SURPLUS or 



L. Multiflorums 7-9 



Write for prices. 



The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd. 



N*. 31 Barclay Stred, NEW YORK 



hgfmius Plomosos Rirnis 



New Crop Oreenho— -g r ow n 



lfNeeeda.Mc; MO seeds. •Z.Ot: lOOt seeds. II Jl; 



10.IN seeds. IM.M. 



■preaserl. Me per XO seeds; Tie per ION seedis 



12.71 per 6WI seeds. 



Oar Viewer Seed Oatelogn* tree e> •ppUcetlOB. 



TIC NOORE SEED CO., '%£SSJ! * 



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