April 22, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Tb«B« »r« coins faat, 

 but w« atlll can offer 



A SNAP 



A special lot of TUBKR08K and CAL.A- 



DIOM BULBS. They are all fine, sound 

 bulbs, sure to please any buyer. 



Tbe Tuberoses, true Dwarf Xxoelaior 

 Pearl, are not sraded— all sizes from me- 

 dium to mammoth. $1.00 per 100; $8.00 

 per 1000. 



CAIiADIUM ESCULENTUM 



7x 9 per 100, f 8 50; per ICOO. $26.00 



9x11 " 600; " 47.50 



11x14 " 12.00. 



Subject to belne unsold on receipt of 



order. This Is a Snap. Order quick. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



19-21 E. Randolph St., Chicago 



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Giant Pansy Seeds 



Florist Colleotlon— 16 pkt. Hybrid GiantS' 



8 pkt. Giant Five Blotched. ^ oz. in each 



pkt.: in all, 24 pkt., weight 3 oz. Price 17.86. 

 Half Florist Colleotlon— 24 pkt., weight 



l^oz., $3 93. 

 Amateur Colleotlon— 24 pkt., 500 seeds in 



each pkt., 12,000 seeds, $2.50. 

 Cottage Colleotlon— 12 pkt., 6000 'seedv, 



$1.26. 

 MlzturOt extra fine, lOCO seeds, 25c. 

 Kztalbltlon Collectlon-4 pkt., 2000 seeds, 



$1.00. 



The proportion of light and dark Is well 

 blended. Send for list, representing se ven of 

 the best Giant pansy seed growers of Europe. 



JOHN GERARD, New Britain, Conn. 



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Aster Seed 



Our stock is still unbroken. 



See our display advertisement in the Florists' 

 Review, Feb. 18, pages 44 and 45 



VIck « Hill Co. 



P.O. Box 6 1 3. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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BAY TREES—BOXWOOD 



All Sizes and Shapes 



SPRING BUISS now ready for delivery. 



Write for special prices to 



F. W. O. SCHMITZ 



PRINCE BAY, NEW YORK 



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Jos. H. Barnett & Co. 



334 Dearborn St., CHICAQO 



HALE TONE ENGRAVERS, ZINC ETCHERS, 

 ELEQROTYPERS 



Citiligiia tU Mnrtitiai Cats hy iH PrKttsis 



send us your Photograph* and let ut make yonr Half 

 i ones. We make the engravings for the Review. 



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YOU wnx wnm all thk bkst 



OVnRS AIX THJB TIMS IN THX 

 VIKW'S CLASSinXD ADVS. 





Aldrich bill that, after all the work that 

 has been done in favor of specific duties, 

 we should have to be content with the 

 old system of thirty per cent ad valorem. 

 I cannot do better than enclose a copy 

 of a letter written to our senior senator 

 this morning, as follows: 



April 19, 1909. 

 Hon. Botes Penrose, 



United .States Senate, 

 Washington, D. 0. 



Dear Sir: I acknowledge with thanks re- 

 ceipt today of your favor of April 17, and 

 hasten to express our appreciation of your 

 courtesy In favoring speclflc duties on seeds. 



Willie, of course, there may be some unimpor- 

 tant criticisms from a few growers and deal- 

 ers, I am sure that an overwhelming majority 

 of both seed growers and merchants will be 

 delighted If Section 262 of the Aldrich Bill, 

 specifying speclflc duties on vegetable seeds, is 

 passed as it now stands. 



While In some cases this makes the duty 

 higher than the ad valorem duty, yet, as I 

 have emphasized In my previous letters to you. 

 It Is not the Idea of the seed trade gener- 

 ally to have a reduction in duty, but merely 

 to save all annoyance both to the Importers and 

 Custom House othclals by having the present 

 ad valorem duties replaced by specific duties. 



With kindest regards, sincerely yours, 



W. ATLEE BURPEE. 



Wood, Stubbi & Co. 



Wood, Stubbs & Co., Louisville, write: 

 ' ' We have not had time to analyze the 

 difference between the old ad valorem 

 and the proposed specific duties, but it 

 seems that a good many of the items are 

 higher on the specific than they were by 

 the ad valorem rates. There is always 

 the danger and trouble, however, that 

 when contracts are placed at a specified 

 price, the price will be raised by 

 the custom house oflScials when the goods 

 are delivered, they claiming that the con- 

 tract was taken below the market price; 

 hence specific duties are eminently desir- 

 able. Then in buying high qualities, ad 

 valorem duties added to the cost price 

 make the total cost much greater in pro- 

 portion than on cheaper grade articles. 

 We are in favor of specific duties. ' ' 



What Others Say. 



C. C. Morse & Co*., San Francisco, 

 wire: "Aldrich bill as per Eeview of 

 April 15 highly pleasing to us, especially 

 the increased rates." 



Alfred J. Brown Seed Co., Grand Rap- 

 ids, Mich., writes: "The rates in the 

 Aldrich bill are O. K. " 



S. F. Leonard, of Leonard Seed Co., 

 Chicago, says : ' ' We went over this 

 schedule several days ago with some of 

 the seed trade, and the schedule as it is 

 prepared now in the Aldrich bill is satis- 

 factory to us. ' ' 



Charles P. Braslan, of Braslan Seed 

 Growers' Co., wires from San Jose, Cal. : 

 * ' The Aldrich schedule on seeds is a vast 

 improvement. Seed dealers and growers 

 should feel well satisfied if same becomes 

 a law." 



FREE SEED DISTRIBUTION. 



Its Development and Misuse. 



The board of directors of the Whole- 

 sale Seedsmen's League, at its meeting 

 April 1, passed a resolution expressive 

 of its disapproval of the methods and 

 extent of the congressional free seed 

 distribution as a restraint of trade, and, 

 they might have added, as class legisla- 

 tion, always much opposed to the Ameri- 

 can idea. 



To make clear how this abuse has de- 

 veloped, I give a brief record of the ap- 

 propriations by Congress over a series 

 of years to cover the cost of the seeds 

 purchased and distributed. 



The first distribution was made in 

 1839, now seventy years ago, the distribu- 



Wi have or hand a lirgicoisigRinintof 



Japanese 

 BAMBOO CANES 



Wine, Btronar Quality 



NATURAL. Per 1000 



6 ft., heavy, original bundle of 2500, at $4.25 

 6 ft., medium " " 2600, at 3 50 



5 to 6 ft., pencil tbicknees, 



oriRinal bundle of 5000, at 3.25 

 4 to 5 ft., pencil thickness, 



original bundle of 5000, at 2.75 

 8 ft., pencil thickness. 



original bundle of 5000, at 2.25 



GRSBN COLORS O 



1^ ft., original bundle of 4000 at 1.20 



2 ft., •' •' 4000 at 1.85 



2»3ft., " " 4000 at 3.00 



3 ft., " " 4000 at 3.50 



3»flft.. " " 4000 at 3.75 



Sold in original bundles only. Samples on 

 application. 



Cycas Steins 



Fine, straight stemo, in case lots of 300 lbs., 

 assorted 4-10 lbs., ^-4 lbs. ^-2 lbs., 2-10 lbs.. 

 $19.50 per case. 



Kudzu Vine Roots 



strong, heavy quality 1000 at $50.00 



100 at 7.60 



The Yokohama Nursery Co., 



31 Barday St., NEW YORK CITY 



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RELIABLE SEEDS 



SOW NOW 



CHINESE PRIMROSES !,V/.'.<'.°.r.'fS; 



Pure White, Pink. Mauve. Blood Red. Each 

 color separate. Per 1000 seeds, $2.00; 

 per tr. pkt., 50o. 



All Colors. Fine Mixed. Per 1000 seeds, 

 $1.50; per tr. pkt., 50o. 



OBCONICA PRIMROSES li:i%J^i?c 



tion strain. Carmine, Daybreak. Purple, Pink, 

 Pure White, Lilac. Each color separate. 

 Per 1000 seeds, $1.00; per tr. pkt., SOo. 



All Colors, Fine Mixed. Per 1000 seeds, 

 $1.00; per tr. pkt., 50c. 



FOR OTHER VARIETIES SEE MY CATALOGUE, 

 WHICH WILL BE SENT POST FREE 



Os Vs ZANGEN) hoboke!1!n.j. 



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GLADIOLI 



** Bulbs that Bloom *« 



100 Bulbs, $1.00. ONLY one order to a per- 

 son. Rare chance to get the best to try 



Write today. 



Be Hammond Tracy 



Cedar Aaes, WENHAM, MASS. 



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Seeds and Bulbs 



HIGH GRADE 



Yuess Gardens Co. 



mWBDSOB, N. Y. 



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