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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



April 15, 1909. 



A SNAP 



We have to ofter, a special lot of TUBK- 

 ROSK and CALADIDM BULBS. They 

 are all fine, Bound bulbs, sure to please any 

 buyer. 



The Tuberoses, true Dwaxf Kzcelslor 

 Pearl, are not graded— all sizes from me- 

 dium to mammoth. fl.OU per 100; (8.00 

 per 1000. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM 



7x 9 perlOO, $ 3 50: per 1000, $25.00 



9x11 " 6 00: ■■ 47.60 



11x14 " 12.00. 



Subject to beiDK unsold on receipt of 



order. This is a Snap. Order quick. 



A. Le Randall Co. 



19-21 E. Randolph St., Chicago 



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tory crop. For this reason the growers 

 are anxious to have the weather come 

 right, so that all seeding may be finished 

 in April. 



The bean growers are on a hustle to 

 get out enough acreage before the plant- 

 ing season comes around. They find it 

 hard to get the farmers interested. 



The government crop report puts the 

 condition of the winter wheat crop April 

 1 as 82.2, as against 91.3 April 1, 1908, 

 and a ten-year average of 86.6. 



There are only a few hundred bushels 

 of onion sets left, according to reports 

 from the dealers, and the demand keeps 

 up steadily. The end of the season is 

 likely to see prices higher than last year. 



Marke gardeners are complaining 

 that their hotbed plants are pushing 

 along too fast for the outside weather 

 conditions. This is a serious thing from 

 their standpoint, as it is next to impos- 

 sible to hold the plants back, and over- 

 large plants never make as good a crop 

 for them as do the stocky kind. 



D. H. Gilbert, Monticello, Fla., is 

 erecting a two-story brick building, 50x 

 100 feet, in addition to his present ware- 

 house, to store and reclean the large quan- 

 tity of watermelon seeds which he ex- 

 pects to harvest this year, having 1,200 

 acres planted to watermelons of the dif- 

 ferent varieties, which under ordinary 

 conditions will produce 125,000 to 150,- 

 000 pounds. Most of this is under con- 

 tract to supply the wholesale merchants. 



THE ALDRICH BILL. 



Specific Duties Provided For. 



The Aldrich bill, a substitute for the 

 Payne bill passed by the House last week, 

 was introduced in the Senate April 12. 

 It gives the seed trade specific duties, 

 but they are in many cases materially 

 higher than the duties now in force, and 

 higher than the schedule as recommended 

 by the tariff committee of the American 

 Seed Trade Association. 



Here is the Aldrich bill. Matter 

 omitted from the Payne bill as passed 

 by the House is inclosed in parentheses 

 ( ). Amendments to the Payne bill as 



Jassed by the House are printed in CAP- 

 TAL LETTEKS: 



Section 1— Dutiable. 



245. Beans, 45 cents per bushel of 

 sixty pounds. 



258. Seed peas, 40 cents per bushel 

 of sixty pounds. 



259. Orchids, palms, dracajnas, cro- 



Fischer's Grand Freesia PURITY 



The unequaled white decorative Freesia. Send in your orders early if you want the 

 large sizes, as I am booliinf; large orders for them now and will have to refuse orders for 

 mammoth, although I will have many more bulbs than other years. Our stock is absolutely 

 pure, as great pains is taken to remove any rogues, as they may appear, and allseed pods 

 are removed, avoidiog all danger of mixture, as Purity does not come true from seed. 

 Dealers getting their stock from us, will always be cure to get the purest of stock. 



4 For Bale by the Leading: Beedamen. 



RUDOLPH FISCHER, R.F.D.,San Gabriel, Cal. 



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