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NEWS NOTES. 

 William Plumb has opened business 

 in New York City as a landscape 

 architect. 



E. A. Seidewitz has sold his green- 

 houses at Arlington, Md., and will 

 build at Mt. Washington. 



Richard Noft'tz of New Bedford, 

 Mass., is about to open a flower store 

 in the business section of the city. 



Eugene Fairbanks has sold his 

 greenhouses and residence at Athol 

 Centre, Mass., to C. H. Smith, who 

 takes possession about May 1. 



Ellwanger & Barry of Rochester, N. 

 Y., have been awarded a contract by 

 the Massachusetts Highway Commis- 

 sion for the supplying of 4000 trees, 

 the contract price being $999. 



An overheated pipe extending from 

 the boiler in the greenhouse of K. E. 

 Juul of Elizabeth, N. J., caused a 

 slight blaze on the morning of March 

 5, but it was extinguished quickly and 

 little damage was done. 



The trustees of Pine Banks Park. 

 Maiden, Mass., state that 400 pine 

 trees have been killed by the ravages 

 of the brown tail and gypsy moths, 

 and if the remaining trees in the 

 park are to be saved, several thou- 

 sand dollars must be spent. 



In the school of landscape gardening 

 and horticulture for women established 

 at Groton, Mass., by Mrs. Edward Gil- 

 christ, pupils will be taught landscape 

 architecture, floriculture, drawing and 

 garden designs, surveying and engi- 

 neering, in addition to botany. The 

 course will be two years. 



A book on Arboriculture by John P. 

 Brown is in preparation and will soon 

 be published if encouragement is re- 

 ceived. It will treat on How to plant 

 and grow a forest; Trees which may 



be grown in our generation to a profit; 

 A text book for railway enginers; 

 Economic forestry in all its branches. 



Through the recent death of Edwin 

 Gilbert of Georgetown, Connecticut 

 Agricultural College at Storrs comes 

 into possession of his farm of 350 acres 

 and $60,000. A horticultural building, 

 a range of greenhouses and a modern 

 dairy building are among the immedi- 

 ate necessities of the college and this 

 gift is therefore opportune. 



The Canadian Geological Survey re- 

 port that entire tracts of grand white 

 pine in Temagami region in Ontario 

 are being destroyed in a mysterious 

 way. The leaves of the trees have 

 turned to yellow or to a deep brown- 

 ish red color. In some cases the en- 

 tire tree is thus affected, in others the 

 disease appears only in patches. The 

 cause and possible remedy for this 

 attack will be at once investigated. 



Arrangements are being made by the 

 agricultural colleges of New Hamp- 

 shire, Vermont and Massachusetts to 

 equip a railroad train with apparatus 

 and specimens illustrating advanced 

 methods of spraying trees, testing seed, 

 destroying noxious insects, fertilizing 

 fields, etc., for the benefit of the farm- 

 ing and market gardening interests. 

 It will start about April first on a tour 

 of those states, stopping at convenient 

 points for exhibits and lectures. Dem- 

 onstrators will accompany the train. 



The improvement Society of Helena. 

 Mont., are planning a park which 

 will, if successful, serve as an 

 object lesson in forest planting. 

 Nine hundred acres are set aside 

 for their purpose, 140 of which 

 are covered with young timber, and on 

 400 more some timber is growing. The 

 remainder will be planted with trees 

 adapted to the semiarid conditions of 

 the country, and later on the trees 

 will be cut for timber. It is estimated 

 that 575,000 trees will be required, and 

 to provide them a special nursery will 

 i»' started. 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS. 

 Business in the 

 ST. PAUL AND Twin Cities is very 

 MINNEAPOLIS quiet just now, as 

 it must also be 

 elsewhere, on account of Lent; how- 

 ever, indications are that the Easter 

 trade will more than make up for what 

 is lost during Lent. 



Bulb stock this year is better than 

 ever before. Tulips, hyacinths, nar- 

 cissi, daffodils and lily of the valley 

 are plentiful and in fine condition, and 

 sell more readily than anything else on 

 the market Violets have had a very 

 heavy trade and the supply is not yet 

 exhausted. Right here it might be 

 said that Hans Rosacker of Minne- 

 apolis carries the banner for the large 

 single violets, the Princess of Wales. 

 The greenhouses of both cities are in 

 good trim and well stocked for Easter. 

 Beside the good supply of roses and 

 carnations, sweet peas, forget-me-nots, 

 mignonette and green stock are com- 

 ing on nicely. A Japanese holly hock 

 in full bloom attracted considerable 

 attention in the windows of The 

 Rosary, recently. The plant was 

 grown at the Wessling greenhouses, 

 and was the first one of its kind ever 

 seen here. It was a beauty while it 

 lasted, but proved to be very frail and 

 shortlived when taken out of the 

 greenhouse. 



The supply of carna- 

 LOUISVILLE tions has been a little 



short the past week; 

 roses have maintained their standard 

 of excellence, and there have been • 

 enough for all demands. Violets and 

 forget-me-nots sold unusually well; 

 mignonette and lily of the valley have 

 a limited call, but there should be im- 

 provement in these lines. Tulips, 

 jonquils and other bulbous stock have 

 been equal to the demand. 



