. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Mention The ReTlew when yon write. several that may be noted. The first two boats from Liverpool each brought 100 bags of grass seed to the Nungesser- Dickinson Seed Co., and the third twelve cases of onion seed to Wells, Fargo & Co. On the steamer from Lon- don were 200 bags of clover seed, con- signed to the American Transportation Co., twenty-two bags of seed for J. M. Thorburn & Co. and twenty sacks of grass seed on order. On board the Kroonland and the Philadelphia were three consignments of bulbs, of thirty- five, four and fifty-two c
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Mention The ReTlew when yon write. several that may be noted. The first two boats from Liverpool each brought 100 bags of grass seed to the Nungesser- Dickinson Seed Co., and the third twelve cases of onion seed to Wells, Fargo & Co. On the steamer from Lon- don were 200 bags of clover seed, con- signed to the American Transportation Co., twenty-two bags of seed for J. M. Thorburn & Co. and twenty sacks of grass seed on order. On board the Kroonland and the Philadelphia were three consignments of bulbs, of thirty- five, four and fifty-two cases, consigned respectively to W. S. Stern, V. L. Lar- zelere & Co. and Maltus & Ware. CRIMSON CLOVER SEED. Since November 1, 1913, £here have been imported into the United States 3,329,883 pounds of crimson clover seed. This seed comes mostly from France and Austria, where the harvest season is practically the same as in this country. The time for seeding follows the harvest season so closely that only a part of the imported seed is received in time to be sown the year it is raised. If the conditions of stor- age are not the best the seed may lose materially in vitality between the time of harvest and that of seeding the next year. New seed of good quality is free from any brownish color, but old seed shows varying degrees of brown ac- cording to age and conditions under which it has been stored. The brown- ish color is an indication of poor germination—the darker the color the poorer the germination. According to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, seed which shows a slight brownish color should be tested for germination before sowing, and no brown seed should be used unless a germination test shows it will grow well. Germination tests of the 119 lots of crimson clover seed imported in the last eight months show an average of eighty per cent of live seeds. The germination varied from forty per cent for the poorest lot to ninety-seven per cent for the best lot. TH
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