APBIL 22, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



43 



the lawmakers of the land; discreditable 

 to them as men, take them in any sense, 

 for they all well know the whole distribu- 

 tion is such a farce and a stench as 

 drags the United States Department of 

 Agriculture far below the dignity of any 

 other department of government — a de- 

 partment which should be the people's 

 pride, but, by the free distribution 

 of standard varieties of seed, is made 

 the butt of every joker in the land. 



Why should seedsmen handle this sub- 

 ject with gloves — kid gloves? Any other 

 commercial interest so outrageously in- 

 terfered with would use sledge-hammer 

 arguments. 



Burden on Postoffice Department. 



The congressmen know this is one of 

 the most offensive grafts, as it is an an- 

 nual fraud and a steadily increasing 

 fraud, and that its promoters and abet- 

 tors are only grafters. They know that 

 the nearly $300,000 wasted on seeds and 

 labor is only half of what the distribu- 

 tion costs the government, for there is a 

 secondary expense of an equal amount 

 forced on the Postoffice Department by 

 loading down and blocking the operations 

 of the postoffices, mails and delivery men 

 by the thousands of tons of mail matter ; 

 an expense saddled on a distinct depart- 

 ment of government, an expense just 

 about equal to the amount of money 

 spent on seeds and their handling by the 

 Department of Agriculture. The whole 

 seed subject as connected with the gov- 

 ernment is most unsavory. 



It is the lower branch of Congress on 

 which rests the blame for the continu- 

 ance of this most ridiculous and asinine 

 free seed distribution as inclusive of 

 common seeds of garden vegetables. The 

 Secretary of Agriculture, as head of an 

 executive branch of government, must 

 carry out the several provisions of the 

 general act of Congress known as the 

 Agricultural Appropriation Bill, assign- 

 ing money for various purposes, and 

 among these ordering and defining the 

 free seed distribution as inclusive of gar- 

 den vegetables. But if Congress would 

 cut out the garden vegetables and direct 

 that the cash expended be only used for 

 the purpose of purchase and distribution 

 of big things, as Durum wheat, and other 

 foreign varieties of wheat, oats, rye, bar- 

 ley, seeds of foreign and promising 

 grasses, clovers, fibers and fruits, the al- 

 ready good work done at a very small 

 expenditure, compared with the waste of 

 cash for common garden seeds, would be 

 increased fivefold, resulting in an almost 

 inconceivable profit to the nation. 



Of course it is too late to arrest the 

 free seed distribution this spring of 1909, 

 but it is hoped that the President of the 

 United States can be induced another 

 year to veto the entire agricultural ap- 

 propriation if it contains a repetition of 

 tins most offensive form of congressional 

 S^^^i- Burnet Landreth. 



TO EXPLOIT CANNED GOODS. 



It has previously been reported in the 

 J^EviEw that the canned goods interests 

 ^re planning an advertising campaign to 

 'nerease the general consumption of 

 canned goods. The cost is to be met by 

 ■''"bscnption. The allied interests have 



'ccn permitted to assist, and on the sub- 

 ^'■'■'Ption list are the following names: 



>-r.>nio B. Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, 

 AlfiVd T ■ n ?150.00 



Manitowoo <s«I^"o^'''* ^^- ^^a""* ^'^P*''^ ^^-^ 

 nugorTn. ^'^ Co., Manitowoc 100.00 



^- B Clnrt^i "^'P**"* 10000 



^'ari£ Seed Co., Mllford, Conn 100.00 



Surplus BULBS at Cut Prices 



SELiIi THXBX BUliBS— Display them in your store In an attractive manner. Your cuetomers 



will come along:, see them, pick them up and— buy them, because they look so promising;. 

 BEGONIAS— niiest Tuberous Rooted, stroiiB, healthy bulbs of best strains. 



8INOLB— In separate colors, 30c per doz.; $2.50 per 100; S22.50 per 1000. 



BINGLB, mlxed-30c per doz.; $2.25 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 



I>O0BLX, tu aepwrate oolors-eoc per doz.; $4.25 per 100; $38 00 per 1000. 



DODBUB, mixed- 50c per doz.; $4.00 per 100: $35.00 per 1000. 

 CALADIUM BSCDUBNTUM-Extra flne sound bulbs, for high class, retail city trade. 



Small per doz , $0 60; per 100, $1 00 Very large .per doz., $2.ft0; per 100, $12.00 



Medium.. '" 1.50; " 8.00 Monsters " 3.60; " 25 00 



GLOXINIAS— Finest strong Bulbs. Blue, crimson, violet, white border, white, red with 



white border and spotted. Per doz., 50c; per 100, $3.50. 



MIXED, choice sorts only. Per doz., 45c; per 100, $3.25. 

 TUBEROSES, EXCELSIOR DOUBLE PEARL— Dependable, sure-blooming bulbs, the 



finest I have seen in many years. 



Per 100 Per lOCO Per 100 Per ICOO 



3 to 4-inch, Bloomers $0.f0 $4 00 5 to 6-inch, Monsters $1.20 $10.00 



4 to 6-inch. Fine 80 7.00 6 to 8-lnch, Jumbo «ize 1.60 13.50 



CTCAS STEMS- Just received a consignment of the true, long leaved variety Sizes: 2 to 



5 lbs. and 5 to 10 lbs. Prices: 10c per lb.; $7.50 per 100 lbs.; cases weighing 300 lbs., $20.00. 



Every thlnar offered comes up to the "Stokes* Standard" of Quality. 



Wholesale Price List for Florists on application. 



219 Market Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Stokes' Seed Store, 



Mention The Review when you write. 



GLADIOLI 



Brenchleyensis, $10.00 per 1000. 



Giant Pink, $30.00 per 1000; also small sizes. 



Orillamme, fine late bloomiog red, $9.00 per 1000; also smaller sizes. 



Madame Monneret, 1 to IX-ioch, $10.00 per lOOO. 



Send for wholesale list of other named kinds and mixtures. 



E« E. STEWART, Rives Junction, MIciiigan. 



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Laikvn Grass Seed 



Curriers Special Mixture 



Produces a rich, thick, velvety lawn the first season. Composed 

 of 6nly the finest dwarf growing evergreen grasses, absolutely pure. 

 Weighs 20 lbs. to the bushel. 



Price, $17.60 per 100 lbs., f. o. b. Milwaukee. 



Currle Bros. Co./.':;^ ?».,, Milwaukee, Wis. 



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WWW Always mention the Flofists' RevieW when writing advertbeiB. W W 



