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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 3, 1910. 



happen sometimes that when the stock runs short 

 some Inferior stock la substituted. But If this 

 happens few people are ever the wiser, since 

 few of these seeds are used by practical gar- 

 deners. 



Most of them fall Into the hands of amateurs, 

 residents of the towns who may tinker a little 

 with a garden; and many people receive them 

 who have no use for them, and give them away 

 to somebody who hasn't much more use for 

 them. Even where they are received by people 

 who plant gardens they are useless, because 

 of the lot they receive Invariably the most are 

 of a variety for which they have no use, and 

 of those which they might use the quantity Is 

 too small to make it worth while to bother 

 with. 



So the seeds, while they may be ever so good, 

 are of no value whatever to those who receive 

 them. This probably applies to more than 99 

 per cent of all the se.ed sent out In this dis- 

 tribution. 



It costs the government a lot of money. 

 Several hundred thousand dollars are paid out 

 annually for these seeds and the cost of packag- 

 ing them, and after that the malls are cumbered 

 for weeks with this Junk. The deficit in the 

 postoffice department would be considerably re- 

 duced If the distribution of seeds were discon- 

 tinued. 



Why is It not done? Simply because congress- 

 men like to have these seeds to give away. 

 They imagine it makes them friends, and votes. 

 Under the law each congressman gets a certain 

 number of packages, enough to supply a half 

 dozen or more to every voter In the district, 

 with the privilege of sending them through the 

 malls free. Hence all efforts -to repeal this law 

 have failed. Costing them nothing, congressmen 

 vote to continue the distribution, and the absurd 

 custom and useless waste of seeds continues. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED 



Sluis Seed Store, Chicago, 111., market 

 gardeners' catalogue; Schlegel & Pot- 

 tier Co., Boston, Mass., general and 

 wholesale l\sts of flower and vegetable 

 seeds, bulbs, fertilizers, etc.; Guthrie- 

 Lorenz Co., Des Moines, la., seeds, bulbs, 

 plants, shrubs, trees and supplies; the 

 Phoenix Nursery Co., Bloomington, 111., 

 fruit and ornamental trees and plants; 

 Minnetonka Old-fashioned Flower Gar- 

 den, Excelsior, Minn., hardy perennial 

 plants; Edwin H. Riehl, Alton, 111., fruit 

 trees and plants, shrubs and herbaceous 

 plants, sweet potatoes, etc.; W. B. Long- 

 streth, Gratiot, 0., garden and flower 

 seeds. 



NEW YORK. 



Tbe Market. 



Prices were at the lowest ebb last 

 week. The big strike at Philadelphia 

 sent the Quaker City's surplus here to 

 be sold at whatever it would bring. For- 

 tunately, as one merchant expressed it, 

 the street men and the big department 

 stores and the speculators cleaned up the 

 accumulations, and even if at half their 

 value, what would we do without them? 

 That tells the story, and that seems to 

 be the only way to solve the problem 

 here. The shipments go on increasing. 

 The outlets must be multiplied. Other- 

 wise comes the dam, and then the flood, 

 and complete demoralization. 



Beauties alone were independent. First- 

 class stock sold readily at good prices 

 because of scarcity. The supply this 

 week promises to be ample. There is a 

 tremendous supply of other roses, ex- 

 cept Eichmond. There seems to be no 

 let-up to Killarney, and its popularity 

 holds the finest arrivals steady. On the 

 lower grades values are far above quota- 

 tions and clearances are made at buyer's 

 dictation. The same thing applies to 

 carnations. Many thousands were sold 

 last week at 50 cents per hundred. Even 

 the novelties of carnations do not get 

 above $3 per hundred. Violets also have 

 fallen and only the specials touch 50 

 cents ; 40 cents would be a fairer price 

 for the selected and so on down to 100,- 

 000 lots, as one Brooklyn plunger buys 

 them, at $2 per thousand. 



Gardenias hold up fairly well and 



GLADIOLI... 



Here Is Kood value. All itook !■ l^«lnoh and up. 



Per 100 1000 



President Tmtt $3.00 $26.00 



Oolden Qaeen 4.00 80.00 



America 4.00 86.00 



ABKuata 2.00 15.00 



Africa 4.00 



DeCbeTlUe 2.00 16.00 



Baiter 1.60 12.00 



Florida 2.00 16.00 



Per 100 



Geo. Paul $4.00 



Olant Pink 4.00 



I^ePaotole 8.00 



Klondike 4.00 



BlaT 2.00 



Mohonk 6.00 



Mrs. Francis Klny. l-l'^i 1.26 



Mme.Monneret, 1-1>4 1.26 



1000 



$80.00 

 26.00 

 80.00 

 15.00 



10.00 

 10.00 



6 per cent discount for cash. Send for 1910 trade list. 



E. E. STEWART, - Rives Junction, Micii. 



Mentjon The Review when you write. 



Sweet 

 Scented 



PEONIES 



3 to 7 



Eyes 



Exceptional quality— Best value offered to the trade, 



Double white, pink and red per doz., $1.00; per 100. $6.00: per 1000, $50.00 



Double named sorts, extra quality per doz., $1.26; per 100, $10.00 



Write for prices of Tuberoses, Cannas, Dahlias and Cycas Stems. 



JOHNSON SEED CO., - 217 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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Bridgemon's Seed Warehouse 



■■taliUahed 18S4. IRICKABDS BROS.. Propa. 



Importwra and Growan of Bigh-grmA9 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLSNTS, Etc. 



87 last 19th Street, Telephone 4285 Gramercy NXW YORK CITY 



Mention The Review when you write. 



