. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Per 1000 Choice, V2 to?$ First Quality, % to i/^-in. $ Purity-True Per 100 Per 1000 %-m. to?$2 50 $ H-in. and % FREESIA-HYBRIDS DR. RAGONIERI Per 100, - - $ Vaughan's Seed Store, CHICAGO NEW YORK only; Uut tne others were of good qual- ity. "Of 1,140 samples received from cor- respondents during 1912 and examined at tiie Station, 621 were of alfalfa, 170 of red clover, 150 of timothy, 96 of alsike clover and 47 of miscellane- ous seeds. T
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Per 1000 Choice, V2 to?$ First Quality, % to i/^-in. $ Purity-True Per 100 Per 1000 %-m. to?$2 50 $ H-in. and % FREESIA-HYBRIDS DR. RAGONIERI Per 100, - - $ Vaughan's Seed Store, CHICAGO NEW YORK only; Uut tne others were of good qual- ity. "Of 1,140 samples received from cor- respondents during 1912 and examined at tiie Station, 621 were of alfalfa, 170 of red clover, 150 of timothy, 96 of alsike clover and 47 of miscellane- ous seeds. The same genei-al fault was shown in many of these samples as in those of previous years—small size. The small sample very frequent- ly falls to represent accurately the seed from which it is drawn; and the same statement was found to hold true with regard to the advertising sam- ples sent out by dealers as representa- tive of the seeds they were handling. No sample of alfalfa seed or clover seed weighing less than two ounces can be considered satisfactory, nor a sample of grass seed or the smaller vegetable seeds that weighs less than one ; Whitestone, N. Y.—The Dreyer es- tate has acquired the land and green- houses of the Hinode Floral Co. St. Paul, Minw.—L. G. Venzke and wife have returned from a three weeks' vacation in the Georgian bay district. Ghent, Belgium.—The death of Julius Roehrs was greatly deplored at the gathering of the horticulturists last week. He was one of the most widely known of American visitors here.—E. G. Strohlein, with Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa., was a recent visitor. DALLAS, TEX.—The Brown-Dawson Co., florists, recently incorporated with a capital stock of $15,000, has pur- chased the retail stores of the Texas Seed and Floral Co., 1627 Elm street, and the Adolphus hotel. The Brown- Dawson Co; will remodel and improve the stores, and in addition to a gen- eral florist, seed and poultry business, will add a full line of
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