No. 1, July, 1920] HORTICULTURE L35 



851. Botnton, Ki with It. Arctotis grandis. Addisonia 4: 15, 16. PI. !]'■ [colori 

 1919. — A south African species with strikingly colored Bowers, frequenl in American flower 

 gardens. — '/'. •/. Fitzpatrick. 



Sf>2. liovNTo.v, Kenneth R. Centaurea raontana. Addisonia 4 : 57. PI. lift {color 

 1919. — -Describes and figures this common lluwer garden perennial, a rial ive of Europe. — T. I ■ 

 Fitzpatrick. 



853. Ceopp, Carl. Flower seed growing in America. Seed World 0:20-21. 1919. 



854. FtTLTZ, F. M. The lilies of the field. Beautiful and striking wild lilies of California's 

 fields. Sci. Amer. Supplem. 88:92-94, 96. 17 fig. 1919. 



855. Griffiths, David. Domestic production of Easter lily bulbs. Florists' Exchange 

 47:4-13, 468 1919. — The author reports on investigations in growing Easter lilies from seed 

 now being conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture in its greenhouses at 

 Arlington Farm, near Washington. The group of lilies included seedlings of 1916, and sub- 

 sequent years, some of which had been forced in 1918 and then produced a crop of seed; plants 

 of the Creole lily of the South; and a few seedlings of Easter lily produced with L. candidum 

 pollen. Attention is called to the desirability of growers having facilities to start seedling 

 generations of Easter lilies for future use, as in two years 60 per cent of the seedlings can be 

 forced into bloom for the Easter trade. [See also next following Entry, 856.] — L. A. Minns. 



856. Griffiths, David. Easter lily bulb production. Florists' Exchange 48: 775. 1 fig. 

 1919. — It is possible for the florist to produce his own bulbs of Easter lily from seed in one 

 year's time at a minimum expense. These stocks are hardy under proper treatment as far 

 north as Washington and consequently can be produced out of doors, can be grown on from 

 year to year as a permanent out-of-door crop, and can be set out to finish off after the season 

 of bloom has passed if the stems are not cut too short. Those bulbs from which flowers with a 

 minimum of stem have been cut will recuperate perfectly with one year of outdoor culture 

 while those cut at the surface of the pots behave peculiarly. The proper method of handling 

 them is under investigation. It is not necessary to carry seedlings in pots through their first 

 flowering. Last winter the seed was sown in flats the 15th day of January, 9000 seedlings 

 pricked into thumb pots in March, the plants set in the field the first of May. The first blos- 

 soms appeared in late July and as late as October 22 were continuing in blossom. Some of 

 the plants had as high as eight flowers to the stem. These will make good forcing stock for 

 next fall's use. Five per cent of them are large enough to force. From seedlings brought to 

 forcing size— which may be said to take two years under outdoor conditions although it is 

 said that it takes 3 years from bulblets in Japan — it is a simple matter to increase one's stock. 

 Under conditions at Washington in two years from seed they are able to count on natural re- 

 production of from 3 to 4 stem bulblets, 5 to 7 cm. in circumference. When well handled these 

 will produce good forcing bulbs which will give from 3 to 5 flowers after one year of outdoor 

 culture. In 2 years' outdoors they will make bulbs 7 to 9 inches in circumference, which is 

 as large, if not larger, than it is profitable to force. [See also next preceding Entry, 855.] — ■ 

 L. A. Minns. 



857. Judd, Wm. H. Ornamental trees and shrubs of merit for New England. Nation. 

 Nurseryman 27: 80-81, 110-111. 1919. 



858. Landini, L. L'impianto dei giardini lungo la spiaggia meridional Adriatica. [The 

 planting of the gardens along the meridional coast of the Adriatic] Bull. R. Soc. Toscana 

 Orticult. 4: 64-66. 1919. — Practical directions as to the best varieties of plants for gardens 

 along the meridional coast of the Adriatic. — W. H. Chandler. 



859. Matthews, Edwin. Shade loving plants. Florists' Exchange 47:203. Fig. 2. 

 1919. — The author answers the vexed question of what to plant and have do well in the shade 

 by listing shrubs under two groups as (1) those which do well in shade and (2) those which 



