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The Florists' Review 



August 8, 1912. 



tor Gronna, which provides that pack- 

 ages containing seeds or grain for seed- 

 ing purposes shall be plainly marked 

 as to the kind of seeds, the per- 

 centage of germination, the percentage 

 of adulteration, and the place where 

 the contents was grown. Mr. Smith 

 stated that it would be impossible to 

 comply with this section of the bill. 

 The bill, which originated in the House, 

 prohibits the importation of adulter- 

 ated seeds, the rules being prescribed 

 by the Secretary of Agriculture, al- 

 though the bill itself lays down the gen- 

 eral principles. 



HASBISII BULBS. 



The boat from Bermuda that reached 

 New York August 1 brought the fol- 

 lowing consignments of bulbs: 



Consignee. Cases. 



Crossmond, L. D., & Co 19 



Outerbrldge, A. E., & Co 



Henderson, P., & Co 5 



Plerson, F. R., Co 51 



Proloff, A 4 



Ward, R. M., & Co 114 



Wells Fargo & Co 8 



Total 210 



Previously reported 2,866 



Total to date 2,576 



FBENCH BULBS. 



The first important shipment of 



French bulbs of the 1912 crop reached 



New York July 29 on the S. S. Eoma. 



The consignments were as follows: 



Consignee. Cases. 



Knyper, P. C, & Co 272 



Speelman, C. J., & Son 725 



Slaltus & Ware 371 



Hagemann, W., & Co 304 



Ward. R. M., & Co 160 



Scbulz & Ruckgaber 118 



Mlchell, H. F., & Co 247 



Henry & Lee 135 



Meyer, Chas. F 210 



Dreer, Henry A 237 



Barnard, W. W., Co 18 



Vaughan's Seed Store 247 



Stumpp & Walter Co 96 



Hampton, J. W. Jr., & Co 340 



Vandegrlft, F. B., & Co 63 



International Forwarding Co 369 



Barnes, B. S 126 



American Express Co 231 



To order 537 



Total 4,796 



PreTiously reported 180 



Total 4,976 



THAT PABCELS POST. 



Now that the plan to raise the post- 

 age on seed catalogues is dead, as an- 

 nounced exclusively in The Keview for 

 July 25, W. Atlee Burpee and his com- 

 mittee on postal laws of the American 

 Seed Trade Association are hard at 

 work fighting the parcels post plan that 

 would greatly increase the postage on 

 small packets of seeds. In a circular 

 letter sent out under date of July 29 Mr. 

 Burpee pointed out some of the weak- 

 nesses of the proposed parcels post plan 

 as follows: 



"In the first place. It advances by fifty per 

 cent (12 cents per pound Instead of two ounces 

 for 1 cent) the rate on all seeds, bulbs, plants, 

 and scions tbat are mailed over 1,800 miles. It 

 advances by 400 per cent the postage on five 

 or six ounces of seed. 



"This Joker, which will put a needless addi- 

 tional burden upon farmers, gardeners, seeds- 

 men, and plantsmen, lies in the fact that while 

 the Senate Committee have been persuaded by 

 the protests of publishers and catalogue men (in- 

 cluding our committee) to let third-class matter 

 remain as at present, two ounces for 1 cent, 

 yet If you will refer to the paragraph on page 

 221 P. L. & B, immediately following Section 

 482 you will see that seeds, plants, bulbs, and 

 scions, while having been mailed at third-class 

 rates ever since 1888, are designated fourth- 

 class matter, and consequently, unless their 

 classification should be specially changed to 

 third-class, must pay this fifty per • c*nt (or 

 more) advance. A package of seeds .weighing 

 five ounces would cost 12 cents, while flrst-class 

 matter, such as letters, would cost but 10 cents! 

 And yet this is unanimously recommended by the 

 Senate Committee!" 



Fancy Kentucky Blue Grass 



Also Mixed Lawn Grass Seed. Ask for delivered prices, prompt ind future delivery 



J. OLIVER JOHNSON "^tl&Mvr' 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Qro^" 



Better write to Burpee* Philadelphia,— for new Complete Catalogue. 



BEANS, PEAS, RADISH 



and all Gardan Baada 



UEONARS 



ONION 



SEED CO 



;CHicAao _ 



GROWERS rOR THE TRADE 



Writa lor Frlcaa 



The Everetf B. Clark Seed Co., ''SSSSir' 



Srowtns Btatlona at Kast Jordan. Mleb., Oraan Bay. Wis.. Ustar Bay* Wla. 



MAIB, PEAS, SWEET COBM, OmOII, BEET, TUHIIIP, TOMATO, ETC. 



Heny Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN QROWERS 



For the Wholeflale Seed Trade 

 CARPINTERIA, -:- CAL. 



Waldo Rohnert 



OILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties : Lettuce. Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster. 

 Cosmos, Mii?nonette, Verbena, in variety. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Western Seed & Irrigation Co. 



Seed Growers and Dealer* 



Specialties: 



Cucumber, Musk and Watermelon, 



Pumpkin, Squash, Sweet and Field Com. 



FREMONT, NEB. 



CONTRACT SEED GROWER 



SPCCUITIES: Pepper, Egi Plant, 

 TwiMlo, Vine Seed tti Held Con 



EDGAR r. HURff,'55^'",45E?^ 



CorrMpondence Solidled. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VAllEY, ?-•!?; NEB. 



Wholesale Growers of High-gnde Seeds 



Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pump- 

 kin, Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn 



Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



■at. 18M. BICKARDS BROS., Props. 



Importen and rrowen of hich-grade 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, Etc 



87 Baat 19th St., NEW YORK CITY 



Telephone 4235 Gramercy 

 Mention The Review frheo you write 



J. BOLGIANO & SON 



WHOLESALE FIELD 

 and GARDEN SEEDS 



Established 1818. Write for our low prices. 



Ught, Pratt and fllicoU Sts., Baltimore, Md. 



TOMATO SEEO 



BEST STOCKS. AI.I. TABIETIBI. 



The Haven Send Co. 



Growen for wholewle tnda only. Saata Ana . Oal. 



S. M. Isbell & Co. 



JACKSON, MICH. 



Contract Seed Growers 



Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Radish, SQuash 

 Muskmelon, Watermelon, Sweet Com. 



Corraspondanca Solloltad 



Contract Seed Growers 



^noriolf ittc • P^PPer, Egg; Plant, Tomato, 

 OpeCiaiUeS. vine seed and Field Corn. 



Correspondence Solicited 



George R. Pedrick & Son 



PEDRICKTOWN, N. J. 



Oklahoma Seed Growers' Co. 



Contract Orowers of 



Watermebn and Nuskmelin Seeds 



for the wholesale trade only 



ENID, OKLAHOMA 



F. W. O. SCHMITZ 



PRINCB BAT, M. T. 



Whslesale Grower, Exporter and Im- 

 porter of all planti, roots and bnlbi in 

 ■eawn. 



Cenraspondanoa Solloltad 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



