APRII^ 19. I'M- 



The Weekly F lorists' Review* 



629 



Two Bridal Bouquets. 



CANADIAN IMPORTS. 



Change in Regulatiocs. 



Department of Agriculture, 

 Ottawa, April 10. 190(). 



Sir: I am instrufted by the honor- 

 able Minister of Agriculture to inform 

 you that representations have been 

 made to him by several of the leading 

 florists of the Dominion that it is de- 

 sirable to import into Canada certain 

 new and valuable varieties of roses 

 ■which are propagated and grown en- 

 tirely under glass, but the importation 

 of which has been prohibited up to 

 the present under the San .Jose Scale 

 Act. 



The Minister of Agriculture has ex- 

 amined into this matter carefully and 

 finds that there is no danger of im- 

 porting the San Jose scale upon roses 

 imported in leaf and in growing con- 

 dition which have been propagated un- 

 der glass. 



You are therefore informed that the 

 Minister of Customs on his advice has 

 issued instruction to the Collectors of 

 Customs at the various ports that such 



roses may be imported from the Unit- 

 ed States as "greenhouse plants." 

 Yours obedientlv, 



J. FLETCHER, 

 Dominion Entomologist. 



FINE DAFFODILS. 



Some remarkably fine Von Sion nar- 

 cissus were sent to Kennicott Bros. 

 Co.. Chicago, by M. Weiland, Evans- 

 ton, 111., for Easter. The flowers were 

 immense and with stems 20 to 2-1 

 inches in length. 



Mr. Weiland says that the bulbs 

 were extra quality, but that there is a 

 good deal in the forcing of the flowers. 

 He plants in good rich soil and when 

 the bulbs have started and growth is 

 about two inches above the surface of 

 the soil, he places the flats on the hot 

 water pipes in a cool violet house, the 

 idea being to give them a cool top. 

 strong bottom heat and plenty of wa- 

 ter. Under these conditions the flow- 

 era grow wonderfully and at the same 

 time do not become unduly soft. 



The bulbs are placed a little farther 

 apart in the flat than usual to allow 



full development. These flowers 

 brought the highest market price and 

 were in brisk demand at that. 



PLANT LIFE. 



"The Adaptation of Plants to Their 

 Environment" was the subject of a re- 

 cent botanical lecture by Prof. John M. 

 Coulter, of the University of Chicago. 



Plants have never reached perfect 

 adaptation to their environment, the 

 lecturer said, but they are continually 

 struggling to that end. It is a mis- 

 take to suppose there Is perfection In 

 nature. Pei faction would mean stag- 

 nation. All progress comes from reach- 

 ing out toward perfection. 



Prof. Coulter used the foliage leaf 

 as an example of illustrating the 

 struggles of plants toward adapta- 

 tion. Light is the chief necessity to 

 the life and development of a leaf, 

 and if for any reason it is denied the 

 necessary quantity of light the leaf 

 will be imperfect in formation, and 

 will show the effects of its efforts to 

 secure that without which perfect 

 growth is impossible. The varieties of 



