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The Weekly Horists^ Review^ 



Aphil 22, 1909. 



XXX STOCK 



AOKRA.TUM, Gurney, beet dwarf blue, BtrooK. 



2-iD., $2.00 per 100. 

 XjOBKXXA.8, Emp. William, best dwarf blue, 



strong, 2-in., 92.00 per 100. 

 LOBBLIA If ALLARD. the new double bhie, 



XXX fine, $2.00 per loo. \ 



ASPARAGUS Sprengeri, Btrong. Vin., $3.00 



per 100. 

 DBACAKNA IndiTisa, strong. Sin., $4.00 per 



100. 

 ROSK GXRAMIUMS, strong. Sin., $3 00 per 



100. 



FKLARGONIUMS, strong, fine colors, 8-ln., 



$5.00 per 100. 

 VKRBXNA CALIFORNIA GIAMT. strong 



and fine, mixed colors, 2-in., $2.00 per 100. 

 SALVIA BONFIRB, flneet of all Salvias, 



strong, 2-in., $2 00 per 100. 



XXX SEEDS 



CHINESE PRIMROSE 



IMPROVED LAROE FLOWERING; 



finest grown; best colors, separate or 

 mixed, 500 seeds, $1.00; yi pkt.,50c. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA GRAND., finest new 

 large-flowering hybrid; mixed, 1000 seeds, 50c. 



PRIMULA KBWBNSI8. the great and grand 

 new, sweet scented Yellow Primrose. Be 

 sure to BOW it. Tr. pkt., 60c. 



GIANT PANST, finest grown, critically se- 

 lected. 6000 seeds, $1.C0;^ pkt , 50c. 



CINBRARIA, large flowering dwarf mixed, 

 1000 seeds, 50c.; ^ pkt., 25c. 



CASH. Liberal extra count. 



JOHN r. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



BUPPTON : The Home of Primrosea 



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ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS 



NANUS SEED 



GRBENHOUSB GROWN 



Absolutely fresh, 100 seeds, 50c; 1000, $3.75; 6000 

 $17.60; 10.000, $32.50. 



SOUTHBRN GROWN 



1000 seeds .$2.60 5000 $12.00 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI 



GREBNHOUSB GROWN 



1000 seeds 75c 5000 $3.00 



ASTERS 



Vick & Hill's and German strains in best vari- 

 eties (absolutely fresh). 



SALVIA 



Splendens. 15c per pkt.; $1.00 per oz. Clara Bed- 

 man or Bonfire, 25c per pkt ; $2.25 per oz. 



MIGNONETTE 



Machet, 10c per pkt.; 35c per oz. 

 And all other seasonabl* seed. 



Catalogue for the asking. 



SKIDELSKY A IRWIN CO. 



144 N. 7th St., PHILADELPHIA 



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The Northboro Dahlia and Glidlolna Gardem offer 



1,500,000 Large Flowering Gladioli 



In mixtures. All premium stock of blooming 

 age. 



Also 800 selected varieties of Dahlias. All 

 field-grown roots. Send for list. 



J. L, MOORE, - Northboro, Mass. 



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BURNETT BROS. 



SEEDS :: BULBS :: PLANTS 



72 Cortlandt St. NBW YORK CXTT 



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Bulbs, Seeds and Planb 



H. H. BERGBB tt CO.. 

 70 Warr»n St. N«w TorM 



Al^^rays Mention the.... 



Florists' Review 



When Writing Adrertlsers 



tion then being made by the commis- 

 sioner of patents, the expense being 

 $1,000; with which 30,000 packets were 

 distributed. 



The Patent Office continued annually 

 thereafter to distribute seeds, the ex- 

 penses all the while increasing, the money 

 being taken out of the appropriation for 

 agricultural statistics. 



Increase of the Appropriations. 



In 1852 the first special seed appro- 

 priation was made by Congress. By 1864 

 that appropriation had risen to $50,000, 

 and thenceforward for forty-five years 

 it was as follows: 



Total Total 



Year. Appropriation. Year. Appropriation. 



1865 Jp 01,000 1888 103,000 



1866 70,165 1889 104,200 



1867 115,000 1890 104,200 



1868 85,000 1891 105,400 



1869 20,000 1892 105,400 



1870 20,000 1893 135,400 



1871 30,000 1894 135,400 



1872 45,000 1895 165,400 



1873 55,000 1896 185,400 



1874 65,000 1897 150,000 



1875 95,000 1898 130,000 



1876 65,000 1899 130,000 



1877 85,000 1900 170,000 



1878 75,000 1901 170,000 



1879 75,000 1902 270,000 



1880 75,000 1903 270,000 



1881 102,157 1904 290,000 



1882 100,000 1905 290,000 



1883 80,000 1906 242,920 



1884 75,000 1007 240,020 



1885 100,000 1908 287,000 



1886 100,000 1909 258,000 



1887 100,000 



In 1900 the distribution had grown to 

 15,000,000 packets, not of rare seeds, but 

 of common, everyday seeds, such tur- 

 nip, cabbage, radish and pumpkin seeds 

 as can be obtained from any cross-roads 

 store; nothing in these seeds to advance 

 the agricultural tone of the country. 



These 15,000,000 "packets of 1900 have 

 increased by leaps and bounds, until now 

 it is proposed to issue this spring 60,000,- 

 000 packets of free seeds — common, 

 everyday seeds, to be sent out from the 

 United States seed shop. In these 60,- 

 000,000 packets, at a retail price of 5 

 cents per packet, is represented a re- 

 straint of trade to the extent of $3,000,- 

 000. Certainly this paternalism is a 

 restraint of trade, as the volume is equal 

 to half the annual sale in small, flat 

 packets of all the seed houses of the 

 land. The interesting point is raised 

 that this restraint is by the government 

 itself — not by some individual or some 

 trust, but by the government. 



The Original Pttrpose. 



The original intention of the authors 

 of the government free seed distribution 

 was to advance the art of agriculture by 

 the introduction of new or but slightly 

 known and supposedly valuable varieties, 

 drawn from all parts of the world, of 

 seeds of vegetables, fruits, flowers, 

 grains, grasses, fibers, forage plants, and 

 the encouragement of new agricultural 

 industries — an excellent plan, really a 

 statesman's idea, and for which $50,000 

 should be ample. But the Department of 

 Agriculture seriously fails in these pur- 

 poses, for now the free seed distribution 

 is mostly of the most common varieties 

 of seeds, purchased at the cheapest price, 

 an example of offensive class legislation 

 with a vengeance. It is an octopus, a 

 gigantic graft, supported in its increas- 

 ing growth by the votes of the country 

 members of Congress, who wish to com- 

 pliment, at the expense of the taxpayers 

 in general, their rural constituents by 

 presents of free seeds, 62,000 packets 

 from each congressman, in the hope that 

 they may be reelected to office as good 

 fellows and again get more graft; a 

 practice discreditable to congressmen as 



...Special Offer of... 



CYCAS STEMS 



(SAGO PALM) 

 Tme, Long4eaTed Vao'iety 



10to25IfoB ...8c Iter lb 



60tol001bfl . 7c 



800 lbs. (case) C'sc " 



The stems we offer are carefully 

 selected by expert Japanese grow- 

 ers, and graded in cases as fol- 

 lows: 1-2 lb. to 2 lbs.; 2 lbs. to 

 5 lbs.; 5 lbs. to 10 lbs.; or we will 

 grade to suit the buyer. 



Mexican Vine Roots, $1.50 per 100. 

 Cinnamon Vine Roots, $2.50 per 100. 

 Oxalis, white or pink, 30c per 100. 

 Canna Roots, fine stock, $2.50 per 100. 

 Gladiolus, Famous Prize Winner Strain, 



clioice mixed, $1.25 per 100, $10 per 



1000. 

 Fern Balls, large size, $2.50 per doz., $20.00 



per 100. 

 Peonies, Double Chinese, extra quality, sep- 

 arate colore, $1.25 per doz., $8.00 per 



100. 

 Peony Offidnalis, rubra or crimeon, earlier 



than the Chinese, $1.00 per doz., $5.50 



per 100. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 



217 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Rpvjpw when vou write. 



Vkk Quality Asters "^VllSuSSl °' 



Introdnccd by na; Krown everywhere— 



Vick's Late Branchbig: (8 colors); Vick's Snowdrift; 

 Vickt' Lavender Gem; Vick's Daybreak; Vick's Parity; 

 Vick's Violet Kingr, and many other money-makinc 

 varieties. 



Other Recent Introdactions— Vick's Early 

 Branchini; Vick's Royal Purple: Vick's Uprirht 

 White; Vick's Cardinal. 



NEW TABIBTIBS 



Tlck'i Mikado Pink— Jast th. thior to rrow 

 between the extra carlv and late flowei ing sorts. Sold 

 this year by packet only. 25c each. 



Vick's Imperial Lavender — Similar to Day- 

 break, except m color. 1-64 ex., 40c; l-82ox., 60c; 

 1-16 ox.. $1.00; ht ox., $1.50; M ox., $2 50; >ii ox., $4.50; 

 1 ox., $8.00. 



Tick's Non-lateral BranchinK— A new strain. 

 Every stem bears an exhibition flower. No lateral side 

 buds. 1-82 ox., 26c; 1-16 ox., 40c; H ox., 60c; Mox., 

 $1.00; H ox., $1.75; 1 ox, $3.00. 



Send for our Aster Book for Florists. 

 JAMKS VICK'S SONS, Rochester. N. T. 

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GLADIOLI 



■liakespaare, Isaac Buchanan, 

 Octoroon, Pactole, May. 



Fine seedlinsB. 

 Write for prices of above, and 



Lilies, Iris, Madeira Vines 

 and Other Bulbs 



E. S. MILLER 



Wadlns River, I^ons lalanid, N. T. 



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^ladiolos Uolbs 



Oar bulbs are not better than 

 the best, but better than the rest 

 TRY THEM. 



Cushinan Gladiolus Co. 



STLVAHIA, OHIO. 



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