. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ; ;Tf ?- ^;ij-^ ''T,.'YT- ? 86 The Florists^ Rcvie^ AcoDST 22, 1912. MARCH 1913. AN EARLY EASTER. •?r PLANT NOW rORMOSA For good results buy our stock. Prices and quality right. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis. Mention ThP Kevlpw whpn vr>n wrltp ture in the line of seed testing, is man- ifest from an inspection of the cata- logues of more than fifty of the prin- cipal seed dealers of the country. "All of the firms referred to make definite statements that they test their seeds for germinatiian. Nine firms ad- vise purchase
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ; ;Tf ?- ^;ij-^ ''T,.'YT- ? 86 The Florists^ Rcvie^ AcoDST 22, 1912. MARCH 1913. AN EARLY EASTER. •?r PLANT NOW rORMOSA For good results buy our stock. Prices and quality right. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis. Mention ThP Kevlpw whpn vr>n wrltp ture in the line of seed testing, is man- ifest from an inspection of the cata- logues of more than fifty of the prin- cipal seed dealers of the country. "All of the firms referred to make definite statements that they test their seeds for germinatiian. Nine firms ad- vise purchasers to send samples either to the seed testing laboratory of the U. S. Department of Agriculture or to a state experiment station to be tested. Seven firms state that they themselves follow this course in re- gard to the seeds they offer and that the seeds are thereby-officially guaran- teed to be of the high grade repre- sented. Six firms allow a stated time for making a test, advise purchasers to make such test on receipt of seeds, and request the return of seeds which do not satisfactorily meet the test. "Five -firms state that the seeds they are selling comply with state laws, and a number of firms give the percentage of purity and germination in compliance with state laws. "These statements indicate that competition between seed dealers is becoming more and more a competition based on quality—a healthful tendency from the standpoint of both customers and honest ; THE FBESIDEXT'S ADDRESS. [Continued from a preceding page.] enabled to successfully hold a flower show annually. An S. A. F. Annual. I have elsewhere mentioned that the publication of an annual by this soci- ety would be of practical value to our membership. This annual could con- tain, in addition to the report of the proceedings as now published annu- ally, much material of trade value and interest. If all our national societies were affiliated, the one publication might embrace the pro
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