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HORTICULTURE 



March 6, 1909 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HOR- 

 TICULTURAL INSPECTORS. 



The following coudensed account of 

 the meeting of the Horticultural In- 

 spectors may be of special interest to 

 nurserymen. As is probably well 

 known, this Association is made up of 

 all the nursery inspectors in the 

 United States. The seyeath annual 

 meeting was held at the Rennert Ho- 

 tel, Baltimore, the first session open- 

 ing at 8 p. m., December 29th, with 

 President Summers in the chair. 



Q. 1. liow can a uatioual importalioii 

 liif lied ioii law be seoureUV 



(JomiLitlee of tliree aiipointed by the 

 Cbair to take cliarge ot inouiotuig su2h 

 legislation Uunng tlie Piisuiug year. 



Q. :;. Is it desirable lor this Associa- 

 tiou to draft au inspection law for adop- 

 tion by tbe sevenil states? 



Laid on the table. 



Q. 3. Is it desirable to ehange the pres- 

 ent metUcd tor certilieation of stock .sold 

 by nurseryman, whicli was not grown in 

 bis state? 



In connection with this ijueslion the fol- 

 lowing resolution was offered by Dr. J. B. 

 Smith of New Jersey, ami adopted; 



"That a coniiiiiU'M- i.i ine members be 

 appointed to funinilii i :i -\ sicm by means 



ot \' hii-li the MHlr.iiiMl iiiliers of the 



Association ni;:y inMiiy ihc other mem- 

 bers of the Association of such views con- 

 cerning special nurserymen, as it may seem 

 desirable for the inspectors of other states 

 to know." 



Further remarks showing benefit of the 

 tag syt.tem as applied to this subject v/ert 

 made' by \arious members. 



Q. 4. What rule should govern the con- 

 ditions of a certificate to a nurserjman in 

 wliose nursery stock San Jose Scale has 

 been founds 



Ne definite action. 



Q. 5. What is the present opinion re- 

 garding the dipping of nursery stock In a 

 contact insecticide, as compared with 

 fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas. 



Ilie following' resolution adopted: 



"That it is the sense of this body that 

 the present method of fumisation witli 

 hydro<yanic acid gas is the most approved 

 method of treating nursery stock where 

 there is danger of infestation from San 

 Jose Scale." 



Q. 6. Wliat I'onrtitions ■should govern 

 the certification of strawberry plants from 

 nurserira in which the Strawberry Root 

 Louse is known to be present? 



The tnllowing resolution ■.^as adopted: 



"That it Is the sense of this Assocl.i- 

 tlon that where the Strawberry Root IvMise 

 oc(-urs in a nursery patch, if the attack 

 be severe, the patch should be destroyed, 

 but if only a slight infestation, the 

 rtii-seryman should be required to burn off 

 the patch, and dip plants in tobacco water 

 befori" shipping." 



Q. 7. Peach Yellows. 



Resolved. "That this Association recom- 

 mend that Turserymen. .n.s far .as possible, 

 cut scions from bearing healthy trees and 

 urge proper fumigation of all propagated 

 n\irsery .stock used in the nursery with 

 hvdrocvanic acid gas." 



Q. 8. Crown Gall. 



Resolved, "In view of the proven facts 

 that this Is a bacterial disease, coramunl- 

 cited from one raspberry plant (and other 

 plants) to another, that the practice on 

 the rart of nu'-serymen of storing rar;p- 

 bcrry plants visibly affected with Crown 

 Gall' -nith unafTected plants is extren\-3ly 

 dangerous, and fho\ild lie ^i.'.contlnued in 

 the Ii'terest of fruit growing." 



Election of Oflicers; The under- 

 signed was elected President for the 

 ensnine; year, and Prof. T. B. Symons 

 of Maryland, Secretary-Treasurer. 

 Respectfully, 



F. L. WASHBURN, 

 Inspector for Minnesota. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' AS- 

 SOCIATION (TORONTO, CAN.). 

 The annual exhibition of this so- 

 ciety was held on Feb. 24 in St. 

 George's Hall, Toronto; it was open 

 to the public from 3 to 10 P. M.. and 



FORCING GLADIOLUS 



Gladiolus Gandavensis Hybrids 

 Many florlBti plant these In boxes, or 

 among their carnations. In tbe Winter. 

 They are excellent for decorative purposes 

 and realize good prices, either wholesale 

 or retail. Gladiolus are a good catch-crop 

 and take up but little room. The following 

 are the best for this purpose: 



America. The flowers, whicli are of Im- 

 mense size, are of the most beautiful 

 flesh pink color, »4.00 per ItX); 135.00 per 

 1000. 



Augusta. The florists' best white Oladlo- 

 1ns. First-size bulbs, 1% Inches and up. 

 $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000. 

 Bnlbs IH to 1% In. $1.75 per 100; $18.00 

 rer 1000. 



Shakespeare. White and rose. $i.75 per 

 100; $45.00 per 1000. 



May. Pure white, flaked rosy crimson; th* 

 best forcer. Selected bnlbs. $1.75 per 

 100; $15.00 per 1000. 



Breiirhleyenais (true). Fiery scarlet. Se- 

 lected bnlbs, $1.50 per lOO; $13.00 per 

 1000. Flrstslz! bulbs, $1.25 per 100; 

 $10.00 per 1000. 



BodiliDgton'x White and Light. E)itra se- 

 lected bulbs, 1% iQ. and ap. $1.60 per 

 100; $14.00 per 1000. 



Bulbs m to 1% In. $1.25 per 100; $10.0e 

 per 1000. 



American Hybrids. A mixture of tbe 

 choicest varieties of Gladiolus In cultl- 

 ration. $1.00 per 100; $9.00 per 1000, 



ARTHUR r. BODDINGTON 



SEEDSMAN 



342 West 14th Street, NEW YORK CITY 



was well patronized. The Toronto 

 Agricultural Society and the Toronto 

 Horticultural Society assisted in the 

 finances. The local growers put up 

 some very fine exhibits. 



The H. Weber & Sons Co., Oakland, 

 Md., were awarded the gold medal for 

 vase of best carnations and scored 

 95 points with Toreador. Its fra- 

 grance was a matter of frequent com- 

 ment, a point which growers of new 

 varieties should remember. Its keep- 

 ing qualities are good; after traveling 

 three days it stood up in good style. 



Baur & Smith, Indianapolis, showed 

 Shasta, which excited favorable com- 

 ment and scored well; J. D. Cock- 

 croft, Northport, N. Y., sent Georgia, 

 but it had suffered in transit, as had 

 also the shipment sent by the Chas. 

 Knopf Floral Co., Richmond, Ind., of 

 Ruby and Mrs. Chas. Knopf. The 

 latter was considered by the judges 

 an improvement in size and form 

 over Enchantress, but color a trifle 

 light. 



The Dale Estate put up a fine ex- 

 hibit of four vases of 100 each Bea- 

 con, Enchantress, Winsor and White 

 Enchantress, which scored respec- 

 tively, 90, 93, 89, 87; also magnificent 

 Bride and Bridesmaid roses with 

 stems three feet long. Other exhibits 

 were by W. Lawrence, Eglington, 

 very fine Lady Bountiful, Winsor and 

 Enchantress carnations, and mignon- 

 ette New York Express, with spikes 

 15 inches long; W. Morgan, Hamilton, 

 Princess violets of enormous size; S. 

 Manton, Eglinton, Deudrobium War- 

 dianum, Cymbidium Lowianum, Cat- 

 tleya Trianae alba; T. Jay & Son, 

 ferns, including some superb Nephro- 

 lepis superbissima and Amerpohlii. 



In conclusion I would say that the 

 position taken by the judge was, that 

 the best variety was the one which 

 would attract the buying public the 

 most and quickest. 



E. F. COLLINS. 



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ORCHIDS 



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 also Peat. Bas- 

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Few specimens 2 50 " ^ 



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