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The Weekly Florists' Rrv^cw. 



IIABCH t, mil. 



Frank Annan and Ed Oulver, Toledo 

 grass seed dealers. They did not object 

 to, but rather encouraged the general 

 idea of legislation to insure purity of 

 seed. They protested principally 

 against the feature that eliminates the 

 farmer and seed grower from operation 

 of the bill, permitting them to sell di- 

 rectly to consumers, though not to 

 dealers, any kind of seed, whether 

 tested or not, and irrespective of any 

 percentage of noxious weed seed which 

 it may contain. 



The Huber bill has already passed 

 the house) but members of the senate 

 agricultural committee asserted that it 

 will undoubtedly be amended in im- 

 portant respects, in line with the sug- 

 gestions of the Toledoans, before .it 

 becomes law. 



IMFOBTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Feb- 

 ruary 18 were as follows: 



Kind. PkKB. Val. Kind. 



Annatto... 228 $ 1,911 Cummin 



. 249 2,422 Grass . . 



. 650 3,326 Millet . 



. 826 4,01G Mustard. 



. 50 785 Poppy . 



.1,014 29,181 Rape 



Anise 

 Caraway 

 Castor . 

 Celery 

 Clover 



Pkgs. Val. 



. 250 $ 2,349 



465 2,271 



.1,747 

 . 185 

 . 203 



251 Other 



6,581 



2,852 



1,370 



28 



22,643 



Coriander. 100 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $25,498 



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GARDEN SEEDS ARE "PUEE." 



The reasons for omitting garden 

 seeds from all pure seed legislation 

 scarcely could have been better put 

 than was done by Kirby B. White, 

 secretary of D, M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, 

 when he appeared before Mr. Mann's 

 committee at Washington recently. Mr. 

 White said in part: 



"All of the objects to be covered by 

 any seed legislation that anybody ever 

 wanted are comprehended under three 

 heads — to prevent the spread of weeds, 

 to see that the purchaser gets the kind 

 of thing he supposes he buys, and to 

 see that the seeds that he buys are 

 alive and not dead! There is not any- 

 thing else in the whole field of seed 

 legislation that anybody ever aimed at. 



"Now, with regard to the spread of 

 weeds. As the gentleman who preceded 

 me said, weeds do not come in garden 

 seeds, from the nature of the case, be- 

 cause garden seeds are grown under a 

 high state of cultivation. The people 

 who produce garden seeds in France, 

 Germany, Holland, and all over Europe, 

 and in California, grow them in gar- 

 dens, and it is to their financial inter- 

 ests to see that weeds are kept down. 

 Those seeds are harvested by pains- 

 taking labor, by hand, as a rule, and 

 weeds do not have an opportunity to 

 get in. In the main, then, and except 

 in very extraordinary cases, weeds do 

 not appear in garden seeds at all. 

 Hence there is no need for any legis- 

 lation to keep garden seed clean of 

 weeds. 



"The next point is that the pur- 

 chaser is expected to get what he buys. 

 In our own practice it is very rare in- 

 deed that he does not get the -variety 

 which he supposes he buys. It is true 

 sometimes that the variety which he 

 buys does not come up to the descrip- 

 tion given in the catalogue. For in- 

 stance, when Luther Burbank intro- 

 duced the wonderberry, and it was sold 

 under glaring advertisements, I do not 

 think anybody charged that when a 

 man bought wonderberry of Mr. Bur- 

 bank, through his representatives, he 



FOTTLER, nSKE, RAWSON CO. 



FOR FORCING OR 



PLANTING OUTSIDE 



Cucumber^ Rawson's Hot House 



We feel confident that tbis strain is not equaled in this country ; it is the result of years 

 of selections. Oz., eOo; H lb., $1.50; lb., $6.00. 



Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., .ElTt'sT'll.?^. Boston, Mass. 



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Bridgeman'a Seed Warehouse 



KstabUshed 1824. 



RICHARDS BROS., FrOlTS. 



Importers and Growers of Higrli'Brade 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, Etc 



87 East 19th Street, Telephone 4235 Gramercy, NEW YORK CITY 



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rorFLORISTS and MARKET GARDENERS 



All hishest srade 

 Catalosrue mailed on application - 



J.N.11iorbani&Co."NX%^ 



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NEW CROP FLORISTS' FLOWER SEEDS 



Vinca, separate colors and mixed, oz., 60c. 



Verbena, mammoth, in colors or mixed, oz., 



60c. Salvia splendens, oz., 11.25; Bonfire, oz., 



12.00. Cobaea scandens, Stocks, Lobelia, etc. 



Write for Wholesale Catalogue 



WEEBER & DGN«ViKr 



114 Cauunbers St., New York City 



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SOW NOW! 



Fresh crop only. Asparasas PlumoBus Na- 

 nus, tme orreeDhouBe-Krown seed only. Per 1000 

 seeds, $4.60; per 6000 seeds, $20.00. For larger lots, 

 special prices. This seed has been selected by band 

 and will Kermlnate over 90 per cent by right treat- 

 ment. Ask also for my catalogae. It's free. 



O. V. ZANGEN, Seedsman 

 Hoboken, .... New Jersey 



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AMERICAN PANSY SEEDS 



Hesperian Strain. A selection of the most 

 beautlftil varletleB, noticeable for their large size 

 and perfection of form and coloring. We offer this 

 mixture after 30 years' experience in pansy seed 

 and plant growing for both the wholesale and retail 

 trade, and recommend It for those having the most 

 critical customers. Pkt. 26c; ION seeds 60c; ^-oz. 

 $1.26; '4-oz. $2 26; oz. $7.00. Price list of other mix- 

 tures and separate varieties free to any address. 



WILUAM TOOLE S SONS. Pansy HeiiMi. Baraboi. Wit. 



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Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



New Crop— Greenhonse-Krown 



100 seeds. 60c; 600 seeds. $2.00; 1000 seeds. $3.60; 



10,000 seeds, $30.00. 



Spreneeri, 26c per 280 seeds: 76c per 1000 seeds; 



$2.76 per 6000 seeds. 



Our Flower Seed Catalogue free on application. 



THE MOORE SEED CO., »¥i5SS5Sb2- 



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V A LLEY 

 CLUMPS 



The heavy kind, full of 

 leaders, $12.00 per 100. 



WN. ELLIOn & SONS 



42 Vesey Stmst, NEW YORK 



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COLD 



STORAGE Uliuin Giganteum 



Per case 1000 



7/ 9 (300 to case) $21.00 $70.00 



9/10 (200 to case) 20.00 100.00 



Write for Complete Cataloanie 



G. H. HUNKEL CO., Seedsmen, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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LILIUN GIGANTEUN 



A No. 1 QuaUty, 7x9—300 per Case 

 Write for Price 



D. RUSCON I 



188 W. 6th St., CINCINNATI, O. 



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If in need of Sprine Bulbs, or Seeds 

 of Best quality and at reasonable price, 

 send for Special Quotations. Also 

 Reduced Stocic of Coid Storage Lilies. 



-ADDRESS- 



H. H. BERGER & CO. 



70 Warrea St., NEW YORK 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



nest that Krow. We sell 

 direct to gardeners and florists 

 at wholesale. B<r, beautiful 

 calalogrue free. Write today. 



ARCHIA8' SEED STORE, Box 53, SEDALIA, MO. 



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