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The Wcdiy Florists*' Review* 



March 2, 1911. 



ASPARAGUS SEED 



TRUE PLUMOSUS NANUS 

 Wisconsin Greenhouse Grown. 



Not to be compared with the Inferior CaUfornla and 



Florida outdiKir k rown seed. 

 1000 M«d8, $4.00; 6U0U, $18.75; 10.000. $35.00 



G. H. HUNKEL CO. v SEEDSMEN 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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would get out of a packet of seeds of 

 rutabaga was 2,212; the average num- 

 ber of sprouts of lettuce was 2,250. I 

 submit to you, gentlemen, that there is 

 no practical need for protecting the 

 buyer on the viabilitv of commissioned 

 packets as sold. 



"There is not only no need of pro- 

 tecting the buyer of vegetable packets 

 with regard to weed seeds and to see 

 that the purchaser gets what he sup- 

 poses he buys, or protect him to see 

 that the seeds are alive, but I very 

 much doubt if you constitutional law- 

 yers here would want to legislate on 

 this question anyway, because if you 

 did so you would be holding the seller 

 of seeds responsible for the operation 

 of a natural law which he can not con- 

 trol and of the actions of which he 

 even does not know infallibly. The 

 association of seed analysts here repre- 

 sented will tell you that there are no 

 two experiment stations in the United 

 States which infallibly get the same re- 

 sult at the same time as to the viability 

 of a given lot of seed. 



"If legislation were needed, if you 

 were going to legislate, if there were a 

 practical demand for it and it were 

 needed, on the subject of viability, 

 would you want a federal law to pro- 

 tect the purchaser in the quality of the 

 stuff that he bought, or would you leave 

 that, supposing that a law were needed, 

 to the states? I ask you, is there any 

 case of the Congress of the United 

 States passing a law to see that the 

 purchaser receives his money's worth 

 when he buys a commodity which does 

 not affect his health? We all applauded 

 and we all rejoiced over the pure-food 

 law. The difference is right here. 

 When a man buys food that is adulter- 

 ated he poisons himself; when a man 

 buys seed, supposing there were such a 

 case, which was not as much as it 

 ought to be, his pocket only is affected. 

 Is Congress ready to embark on the 

 field of federal regulation with regard 

 to saying that the purchaser of every 

 5-cent packet of seeds, or every $2 pair 

 of shoes, or every ice-cream freezer, or 

 anything of that kind, shall get his 

 money's worth?" 



Mr. Adamson : 

 entered upon it, 

 twenty-five years 

 corns and toe nails and name 

 babies." [Great laughter.] 



Mr. White: "Gentlemen, I do not 

 need to say any more." 



' ' We have already 



and in less than 



they will trim the 



the 



TESTING FABM SEEDS. 



The United States Department of 

 Agriculture has just issued a bulletin 

 of forty-eight pages entitled "Testing 

 Farm Seeds in the Home and in the 

 Rural School." It relates to grass 

 and clover, with a brief paragraph on 

 corn. The author is F. H. Hillman, and 

 of general seed trade conditions he has 

 this to say: 



"Most of the undesirable conditions 

 exhibited by seed which make seed 

 testing necessary are the result of 

 trade influences. The responsibility 



FOR PRESENT 



Currle's Flower Seeds sowing 



Antirrblnatn, giant flowering, separate colore and 



mixed, peroz.,4uc; tr. pkt., lOc. 

 Asters, alitfae leading varieties. 

 Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, greenhouse-grown, 1000 



seeds, (3.60. 

 Asparagus Sprengeri. 1000 seeds, 7Ke. 

 Candytuft, giant Uyacinth-flowi red. per oz., 20c. 

 Cobaea Scandens, blue and white. 36c and }0c per oz. 



Oale.idula. 



Lobelia, In variety. 1000 seeds, tOc. 



Salvia Bonfire, $i.lK> per oz.; SOO seeds, 26c. 



Salvia Splendens, Precocity, Zurich. 



Petunias, named varieties, 1000 seeds, 26c; Olants of 



CaUfornla and Ruffled Giants. 35c. 

 Sweet Peas, Stocks, Verbenas, etc. 



Caladlum Esoulentum, Elephant's Ear. Extra large, 9 to 12-lnch. 8.5c per doz. ; $6.00 per 100. 

 Second size. 7 to l>-inch, (lOc per doz. ; lii.oO per 100. Third size. r> to 7-inch, ;i.5c per doz.; fi.OO per 100. 

 Mammotli Excelsior Pearl Tuberoses, first size, $l(Ki per 100;- 19.00 per 1000. 

 Lily of tbe Valley, giant forcing. From cold storage, ready for forciug, $14.00 per lOOO. 



-Send for 1911 Florists' CataloBue.- 



CURRIE BROS. CO., 312 Broadway, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



Mention The Review when vou write 



Sure-Blooming 

 Double Pearl 



TIBEROSES 



Unsurpassed 

 Quality 



3 to 4 inches, splendid quality, per 100, $0.50; per 1000, $4.60 



4 to 6 inches, large bulbs per 100, 1.00: per 1000, 8.00 



Peonies, Cycas Stems, Gladioli, Dahlias, Fern Balls, 



Madeira and Cinnamon Vine Roots, Begonias, 



Cannas, Gloxinias and Caladiums. 



Write for Wholesale Bulb List. 



Johnson Seed Company, 217 Market St., Philadelphia. Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write 



GLADIOLI 



I can supply MADAME MONNERET in 1st, 2nd 

 and 3rd si^es, in large quantities* Write for prices* Amer- 

 ica, Mrs. King, Easter, Eugene Scribe, Florida, Gea Paul, 

 Kbndyke, President Taft, Golden Queen and many others. 



Send for trade list. 



E. E. STEWART, Rives Junction, Mich. 



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Western Headquarters 



for finest cold storage 



?I1LIH PiP8 



Order now for Easter forcing. 

 $14.00 per 1000; $1.50 per 100. 



H. N. BRUNS 



3040 W. Madison Street, CHICAGO 



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GLADIOLUiS 



Gnnamon Vines, Madeira Vines, 

 Lilies, Iris, Daphne Cneorum, 

 Syrinca Japonica and Wistarias. 



Write tor Price List 



E. S. MILLER, Wa«M Knrer,N.Y. 



"BUDS" 



7fl Barclay Street, 

 KKW TOBK CITT 

 Hi|h Grade See«t M%i Baft* 

 CARL R. OL.OKCKNEK. Alauaser. 



SEEDS Fresh 

 Reliable SEEDS 



For Early Sowing 



Oz. 



$2.26 

 1.00 



1.50 

 1.25 



Trade pkt. 

 Salria Clara Bedman, "Bonfli«"..25c 



Salvia Splendeni 15c 



Terbena, S. <& I. choice mammoth 



mixud 25c 



Terbena, S. & I. choice mammoth, 



Separate colors 25c 



Lobelia Crystal Palace Compacta 25c 



Lobelia Speciosa (Trailing) 15c 



Begonia Temon. 1-16 oz., SOc 25c 



Begonia Lnminosa fiery dark scarlet.40c 

 Petnnla. Giants of Callforala, 1-16 



oz., 12.00 50c 



Asters ( Vick & Hill grown) . See catalogue. 



SKIDELSKY & IRWIH CO. 



ISIS Bets Bulldlnc 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Send for our new catalogue. 



Mention The Review when you wnte 



BURNETT BROS. 



SEEDS :: BULBS tt PLANTS 

 7S Cortlajidt St., NEW TORE CITT 



