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The Florists' Review 



Febbcabt 12, 1914. 



reading as follows: "The postage on seeds, cut- 

 tings, bulbs, roots, scions, and plants shall be 

 charged at the rate of 1 cent for each two ounces 

 or fraction thereof, subject In all other respects 

 to the existing law," be, and the same are, re- 

 pealed. 



Sec. 2. That hereafter the postage rate on 

 seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and plants 

 shall be governed by the parcel post rates. 



All the bills to put seeds and plants 

 into the parcel post zone rate system 

 have been referred to the committees 

 on postoffice and post roads. No doubt 

 a public hearing will be granted be- 

 fore any bill is recommended for pas- 

 sage. 



CANNERS USE MANY SEEDS. 



The importance of the canners' trade 

 to the seed sellers was shown by W. C. 

 Langbridge, of Jerome B. Rice Seed 

 Co., in his address as president of the 

 Machinery and Supplies Association, 

 at the opening of last week's canners' 

 convention at Baltimore. 



"While I have no official statistics 

 at hand, ' ' said Mr. Langbridge, " I am 

 informed that twenty years ago the 

 entire output of canned peas in the 

 United States did not exceed 250,000 

 cases annually, or 6,000,000 cans, while 

 in 1913 the pack was nearly 9,000,000 

 cases or upward of 200,000,000 cans. 

 The corn pack of 1913, which was the 

 smallest in many years, and little more 

 than half that of 1912, amounted to 

 7,300,000 cases or 175,000,000 cans. The 

 tomato pack of 1913 was 14,200,000 

 cases or 342,545,000 cans. These are 

 the three leading items in canned vege- 

 tables, but many more millions of cases 

 of miscellaneous items were packed. ' ' 



Surely, to produce 200,000,000 cans 

 of peas requires some little seed. 



Mr. Langbridge, who is widely known 

 in the seed trade because of his travels 

 in the interest of the Jerome B. Rice 

 Co., was unanimously reelected presi- 

 dent of the Machinery and Supplies 

 Association. 



GALLOWAY ON FREE SEEDS. 



Assistant Secretary of Agriculture 

 B. T. Galloway recently explained to 

 the house committee on agriculture the 

 reason for recommending the discon- 

 tinuance of the congressional free seed 

 idistribution. The new estimate was 

 $175,000 for new and rare seeds. Of 

 this, $100,000 will be appropriated for 

 the purchase and distribution of new 

 and rare seeds, $55,000 for the investi- 

 gation and improvement of grasses, 

 clover and other forage crops, and $20,- 

 000 for the propagation and testing 

 of rare and new seeds. In this item 

 were consolidated the dry-land seed, 

 the forage crop work and the congres- 

 sional seed work. He said the con- 

 gressional seed distribution had been 

 handled for ten or fifteen years "so 

 as to make it a credit to the depart- 

 ment." The department had tried to 

 get the best seeds available and he 

 thought it had succeeded. "The seeds 

 we are sending out are good, as good 

 as any that can be obtained in the 

 «>ountry, " he said. The time had come 

 to decide whether it was proper to con- 

 tinue the work or whether enough of 

 that work had been done and it was 

 wise to turn the money into some other 

 field of activity. A statement filed by 

 Dr. Galloway said: 



"We desire to have the committee 

 understand that we are not urging this 

 new plan of handling the seed work. 

 We believe the work that has been go- 

 ing on in the distribution of miscel- 

 laneous vegetable and flower seeds 



"SUPERB QUALITY" 



Flower 

 **Seeds for Florists'' 



Sixty Yaara of Satisfactory Sorvice 



The VERY BEST in everything that we offer. Write for our trade list 



No. 5. We have reserved one for jou. Do not fail to get it. 



It describes everything for the florist. 



Ageratum — 



Dwarf Blu^, \i oz. 15c. 



Mexican Blue, White, each, \i oz. 10c. 

 Alysaum — 



Little Gem, Dwarf white, % ob. 20c, oz. 30c. 



Sweet White, oz. 16c, % lb. 40c. 

 Antirrhinum (Snapdragon), Giant — 



Pink, Scarlet, each, \i oz. 15c. 



White, Yellow, each, \i oz. 15c. 



Mixed, % oz. 15c, 1 oz. 40c. 

 Asparagus Sprengeri — 



100 seeds for 20c; 1000 for 90c. 

 Asparagus Flumosus Nanus, greenhouse grown^ 



100 seeds for 40c; 1000 for |3.00. 



ASTEBS. 

 We assert that no one can have a superior 

 stock of the various asters. 



See Catalogue No. 2 for description of novelties. 

 Aster, lady Roosevelt — 



A splendid new variety. Trade pkt. 25c, % oz. 

 60c. 

 Crego Asters — 

 Magnificent late cutting Asters. Rose, Laven- 

 der and White. Trade pkt. 30c, % oz. 40c. 

 Hose King — 



Enormous quilled flowers, fine for cutting. 

 Trade pkt. 35c, % oz. 40c. 

 Violet King — 

 Identical with the above, except in color, wUlcii 

 is a pure violet. Trade pkt. 25c, V& oz. 40o. 

 Vick's Hikado— 



A large graceful flower for cutting. Pink, 

 White and Rose, each, T. P. 35c, % oz. 45c. 

 Lavender Oem^ 



A splendid early pure lavender, no yellow 

 centers, very popular with florists. Trade 

 pkt. 35c, % oz. 50c. 

 Snowdrift — 



A fine early long stemmed pure white. Trade 

 pkt. 35c, % oz. 50c. 

 Giant Comet — 



Mixed. ^ oz. 35c, 1 oz. $1.25. 

 Daybreak— 



A fine pink flower for cutting, % oz. 30c. 

 Purity- 

 White flowers similar to above, % oz. 30c. 

 Branching — Late — 



Flowers large double on long stiff stems, ex- 

 cellent for cutting. 

 White, Flesh Pink, each, % oz. 15c, % oz. 50c. 

 Lavender, % oz. 15c, % oz. 50c. 

 Pink, Purple, each, % oz. 15c, ^ oz. 50c. 

 Dark Red, % oz. 15c, % oz. 50c. 

 Mixed, % oz. 20c, 1 oz. 75c. 

 Balsam — 



Camellia flowered, double mixed, oz. 40c. 

 Begonia (all varieties) — 

 Gracilis, Luminosa, Ruby, Prima Donna, Tri- 

 umph, Erfordil, Erfordii Superba, etc. All, 

 uniformly, trade pkt. 25c. 



Candytuft — 



Empress, very large, pure white, oz. 20c. 



White Rocket, oz. 15c. 



Little Prince, dwarf, large flowered white, 

 oz. 25c. 

 Celosia — 



Empress, Semi-Dwarf, % oz. 20c. 



Ostrich Feather, Mixed, Tall, % oz. 10c. 



Ostrich Feather, Mixed, Dwarf, % oz. 20c. 

 Centaurea — 



Gymnocarpa, Vt oz. 20c. 



Imperlalls, Mixed, fine for cutting, % oz. 10c. 



Margaret, White, fine for cutting, % oz. 15c. 

 Cineraria Maritima. Trade pkt. 10c, oz. 25c. 

 Cobaea Scandens, Purple, oz. 30c. 

 Coleus, Finest Hybrids — 



Mixed, trade pkt., 50c. 

 Dracaena Indivisa. Trade pkt. 10c, oz. 45c. 

 Orevillea Robusta, oz. 50c. 

 Ipomoea Grandiflora (Moonflower), oz. 40c. 

 Ipomoea Heavenly Blue, oz. 50c. 

 Ipomoea Setosa, oz. 20c. 

 Lobelia — 



Erlnus Speciosa, Deep Blue, trailing variety, 

 % oz. 20c. 



Crystal Palace Compacta, best for bedding, 

 % oz. 20c. 

 Mignonette — 



Machet, oz. 25c. 



Grandiflora, large flowering, oz. 10c, V4 lb. 15c. 



Allen's Defiance, oz. 40c. 

 Petunia — 



Double Giant Flowered Grandiflora and Fringed 

 Mixed, 1000 seeds $1.25. 



Giant Ruflled, trade pkt. $1.00. 



Single large flowered, fringed, trade pkt. 50c. 



Giants of California, trade pkt. $1.00. 



Rosy Morn, rosy pink, white throat, % oz. 40c. 



Single Striped and Blotched, Vt oz. 25c. 



Single Mixed, % oz. 15c. 



Howard's Star, % oz. 40c. 

 Salvia — 



Splendena. Trade pkt. 25c, oz. $1.00. 



Clara Bedman. Trade pkt. 40c, V4 oz. 60c. 



Zurich. Trade pkt. >1.00, % oz. $2.00. 

 Smilax, oz. 30c, % lb. $1.00. 

 Stocks — 



Dwarf Large Flowering Double Ten Weeks. 

 Mixed, V6 oz. 25c. 



Brompton, % oz. 35c. 



Giant Perfection Ten Weeks, Mixed, % oz. 30c. 



Princess Alice, White, % oz. 35c. 



Snowflake, for forcing, 1/16 oz. 75c. 



Ten Weeks (separate colors), ^ oz. 35c. 

 Thunbergia, oz. 40c. 



Torenia Fournieri, Trade pkt. 15c. \i, oz. 50c. 

 Torenia Bailloni. Trade pkt. 25, ^ oz. 50c. 

 Verbena (Mammoth Flowered) — 



Blue and Purple Shades, V* oz. 35c, oz. $1.00. 



Scarlet, % oz. 40c, oz. $1.00. 



White, % oz. 35c, oz. $1.00. ■• 



Mixed, \i, oz. 30c. oz. 75c. 



The above is only a partial list of our "Superb Quality" seeds selected for Floriw. 

 See our various catalogues for descriptions. 



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LILIUN GIGANTEUN 



100 bulbs. 7 to 9 $ 7.50 



1 case, 300 bulbs 20.00 



Rubmm, 8 to 9, per 100 6.50 



lOOAuratum, 9tol1 10.50 



M. M. CARROLL, Norwood, Ohio 



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 writing advertisers. 



Watch for oar Trade Hark Stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pore Cuhnre Nnshroom Spawi 



Snbfltitation of cheaper grades Is thna 



easily exposed. Fresb sample brick, 



^^"Vw^ with illuBtrated book, mailed postpaid 



^p, CT^ ^^ manufacturers upon receipt of 40 



^^^^^x^ cents In poetage. Address 



Trade Mark. Aacricia Spawn Co., SL Paul, Mm. 



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