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40 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Mabcr 18, 1909. 



trouble from weevil. Think it will pay 

 to hold over. Old meadows all dead and 

 young clover was damaged last fall by 

 drought and was recently frozen. It 

 needs perfect weather to start it again. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 



of New York for the week ending March 



6 were as follows: 



Kind. PkgB. Val. Kind. Pkss. Val. 



Annatto .. 896 I5.1M) Grass 016(26,076 



Anlae 806 8,671 Lycopodl'm 10 713 



Cardamom. 66 2,065 MUlet ... 10 70 



Caator ...1,400 4,521 Mustard .. 225 2,186 



Celery ... 6 66 Poppy ... 196 1,089 



Cummin .. S3 1,058 Rape .... "^12 46 



rennel ... 25 160 Other 4,685 



fenugreek . 84 117 



In the same period the imports of 



bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 



$17,836. 



FARMERS OPPOSE FREE SEEDS. 



At its recent meeting at Rockford the 

 Illinois Farmers' Institute adopted the 

 following resolutions: 



Whereas, There are collected, put up, 

 and distributed yearly, by the United 

 States government, on congressional or- 

 ders, 40,000,000 packages of miscel- 

 laneous vegetable and flower seeds, and 



Wheeeas, Because of the great quan- 

 tity required for this distribution, the 

 seeds obtained can be of standard sorts 

 only, such as are to be found everywhere 

 for sale in the open market, and conse- 

 quently no practical object is gained by 

 such work; therefore. 



Resolved, That the Illinois Farmers' 

 Institute in annual meeting, do hereby 

 request our representatives in the United 

 States congress to use their influence and 

 their votes to the end that the practice 

 may be abolished. 



A seedsman who was a silent but in- 

 terested visitor at the meeting says: 

 "When the farmers resolve that the free 

 seed distribution is a fake there is some 

 hope for its discontinuance." 



ADULTERATION OF SEEDS. 



In the Crop Reporter for March the 

 Department of Agriculture makes the 

 report required by law with regard to 

 the adulteration and misbranding of the 

 seeds of alfalfa, red clover, orchard grass 

 and Kentucky blue grass. In previous 

 years this publication has been by cir- 

 cular, with limited distribution. The 

 Crop Reporter goes much farther. The 

 report is by Prof. B. T. Galloway, chief 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry, with 

 the approval of Secretary James Wilson. 

 The report says: 



' ' During the calendar year 1908 grass, 



clover and alfalfa seeds were obtained 



in the open market, in accordance with 



the following paragraph in the act of 



congress making appropriations for the 



Department of Agriculture: 



The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby di- 

 rected to obtain in the open market samples of 

 weda of grass, clorer or alfalfa, test the same, 

 and If any such seeds are found to be adulter- 

 ated or misbranded, or any seeds of Canada 

 bine grass (Poa compressa) are obtained under 

 any other name than Canada blue grass or Poa 

 compreaaa, to publish the results of the test, 

 together with the names of the persons by 

 Wbom the seeds were oflTered for sale. 



' * In carrying out the provisions of this 

 act, 1,471 samples of seeds were secured 

 and analyzed, and publication is here 

 made of the analysis of the 102 samples 

 found fo be adulterated or misbranded, 

 together with the names of the see'ls- 

 men by whom they were offered for sale. 



"Alfalfa. — Of the 358 samples of 

 alfalfa seeds secured, eighty-six contained 

 ■Jjed of sweet clover, seventy-eight seed 



GLADIOLI 



10,000 Mme. Monneret, 1 to lji<-in., mailing size or planting stock, $10.00 



per 1000, net. Mrs. Frances Kin^, all sizes. 

 10,000 Giant Pink, let and extra sizes; also small sizes. 

 Augruata, mammoth bulbs, 2-in. and up, $15.00 per 1000; 10,000 1% to 1%- 



in., at $10.00 per 1000. May, extra size, l|<-in. and up, $14.00 per 1000. 

 20 other named kinds, also color sections and various mixtures. Send 



for wholesale list. 



E« E. STEWART, Rives Junction, Michigan. 



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Mention The Review when vou write. 



The Finest VALLEY for Easter firowiag 



ORDER NOW 



Chloaco Market Brand. Giving the largest number at d the biggest bells all the year 

 round. There Is nothing better. $1.75 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. 



Berlin Special Brand. Fine for Easter, givinK good results. $1.50 per 100; $13.00 per 1000. 



Write for prices on large lots. It pays to grow Bruns' Valley. 



FANCY CUT VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



H. N. BRUNSy w. MimsoN ST., ChlcsQO, III. 



Mention The Review when you write 





CHINK8E. Blue, carmine, dark red, mar- 

 bled, mauve, rose. sp<>tted, striped, white, mixed, 

 trade plJt.. 75c. Double carmine, rose, white, 

 mixed, 100 seeds, 40c. 



OBCONICA, LABOE FLOWBRIXO. 

 Blood red, blue, carmine, large eyed, lilac, 

 purplish, rose, white, mixed, trade pkt., 60c. 

 Double mixed, trade pkt., SI 00. 



OBCONICA.FKLNGED. Lilac, rose, white, 

 mixed, trade pkt., 50c. Oarmine, pkt., 25c. Dark 

 red. pkt . 40o. 



OBCONICA OIGANTEA. Lilac, rose, 

 mixed trade pkt.. 76c. Carmine, purplish, red, 

 fringed, pkt.. 40c. 



J. L. SCHILLER, 929 Prouly Ave., Toledo, 0. 



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of yellow trefoil and in 107 cases dod- 

 der was present in varying amounts from 

 a trace to a suflScient quantity to sow 

 3,600 seeds per square rod when seeding 

 at the rate of sixteen pounds of alfalfa 

 per acre. Only eight lots of alfalfa seed 

 were obtained which contained yellow 

 trefoil seed in sufficient quantity to be 

 considered an adulterant." 



Then follow the names of four seeds- 

 men from whom the eight samples of 

 adulterated seeds were obtained, with 

 the analyses of the samples. In each 

 case two samples were obtained, one by 

 mail and one by purchase. Only one of 

 the four firms named is a general seed 

 house. 



"Eed Cloveb. — Of the 413 samples of 

 red clover seed secured only two were 

 adulterated with yellow trefoil seed. A 

 trace of yellow trefoil seed was present 

 in 164 samples and dodder was found in 

 223 samples. Many samples contained 

 large quantities of weed seeds. In seed- 

 ing one lot at the rate of eight pounds of 

 red clover seed per acre, 679 dodder seeds 

 would be sown per square rod and by 

 the use of other lots more than 3,500 

 buckhom and plaintain seeds and 2,600 

 green foxtail seeds would be sown per 

 square rod." 



DOUBLE, SURE BLOOMING 



Tuberoses 



Xxtra Quality No. 1 Bulb*. 



$1.00 per 100; $7.00 per IbOO; 5000 lots, $80.00 



Begonias 



Doz. 100 1000 



Slnirle, separate colors $0 35 $2.60 $22.00 



mixed 30 2.25 2000 



Doable, separate colors 60 4.00 38.00 



mixed 50 8.76 36.00 



Gloxinias 



Selected Bulbs 



Blue, crimson, white spotted, violet Doz. 100 

 with white border, red with white 

 bordc^ ... $0.60 $8 60 



Choice BUzed 45 8.25 



Peonies 



Double, sweet scented, Chinese; 

 exceptionally fine roots. ^ 



„ ^ . . Doz. 100 



Red, pink and dark red $1.26 $7.00 



^Wte 1.25 8.00 



PXONT OrriCINAUS. Rubra.... 1.00 6.00 



High Grade Flower Se*ds and Sumin< r-Flowering 

 Bulbs •- Write for Complete List 



JofaosooSeedCompafly 



217 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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The one "seedsman" from whom the 

 two adulterated samples were procured 

 was a firm in Washington, D. C, that 

 handles seeds as a side line. 



"Orchard Grass.— Of the 343 sam- 

 ples obtained as orchard grass seed, two 

 samples contained no orchard grass seed, 

 two were orchard grass seed adulterated 

 with chess, and forty-nine were orchard 

 grass seed ailulterated with seed of rye 

 grass or meadow fescue, or both." 



The list of twenty-seven firms from 

 which the fifty-three adulterated sam- 



