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 Kditor HOKTUULTURK. 



Dear Sir:— In a recent issue of IlOUri- 

 CULTURE, under the headins ••Fumigating 

 with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas," and signed 

 Alfred J. Loveless, mention is made of 

 •'cyanide of sodium." My druggist wants 

 me to ask you whether you did not make 

 a mistake and mention •■sodium" instead of 

 potash. Any information on the sul)jeet 

 will be thankfully 1-eceived. 

 Yours truly, 



JAMES T. BAKEK. 

 Bustleton, Pa. 



Editor of HORTICULTURE: 



Dear Sir:— As there appears to be 

 some doubt in the minds of many ol: 

 your readrs concerning my statement 

 with reference to the use of cyanide 

 of sodium for fumigating, I beg to 

 state that I made no mistalie in the 

 name in my article which appeared in 

 HORTICULTURE, and can assure any 

 of your readers that no ill effect will 

 follow its use, as recommended. 



I have tried purified cyanide of 

 potassium but failed to get the satis- 

 factory results which always attend 

 the use of cyanide of sodium, 

 but feel perfectly safe in saying 

 that if the foliage is quite dry on your 

 plants, equally good results will fol- 

 low the use of either kind, but the 

 commercial grade is pure enough for 

 the purpose. I have used the import- 

 ed cyanide of sodium as supplied by 

 A. T. Boddington and also some pur- 

 chased at our local drug store, and 

 both have been equally satisfactory. 

 ALFRED J. LOVELESS. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Geneva, ill. — William Grote has 

 made an extensive addition to his 

 nursery. 



Springfield, O.— The Leedle Floral 

 Co. increased its capital stock from 

 $10,000 to $20,000 on February 25. 



Rockland, Me.— Mrs. E. C. Mather 

 is planning to increase her office space 

 and to add a bulb cellar at an early 

 date. 



Parma, Mich.— F. G. Hubert, at pres- 

 ent raising vegetables under glass, 

 intends to add plants in the near 

 future. 



Poughkeepsie, N.Y.— The bursting 

 of the hot water boiler at the estab- 

 lishment of A. Relyea & Son on Feb. 



"theItrawberry blight, its 

 cause and cure. 



How to more than double the yield of 

 croi) without increasing the cost of i>ro- 

 ducticn A great discOTcry. I'rice 't 

 look S2. Worth ?^2o. 



WM. C. TRIMBLE, 



Princeton, III. 



2(j caused some inconvenience, but 

 within twelve hours a new boiler was 

 installed and little damage to stock 

 resulted. 



Springfield, O. — Harry Reeser has 

 recently bought several acres of land 

 and it is stated will start again in the 

 florist business. 



Webb City, Mo.— Mrs. S. S. Bren- 

 neman has secured H. R. Fisher, a 

 former employe, to manage the place 

 since Mr. Brenneman's death. 



Stoughton, Mass. — Prior to the dis- 

 tribution of seeds to the school chil- 

 dren for their spring work, Robert 

 Hutcheon, the local florist, gave an 

 interesting talk on the subject. 



Hastings, Neb.— W. M. Bonnewell 

 and Earl Cooper, of Iowa, have pur- 

 chased ten acres of land and will en- 

 gage in a wholesale and retail nursery 

 business. 



State College, Wash.— One hundred 

 students were in attendance at the 

 first regular short course in horticul- 

 ture under Prof. W. S. Thornber at 

 the state college this spring. 



Wenatchee, Wash. — Prof. Van Hol- 

 derbeke, formerly State fruit inspec- 

 tor, states that the peach crop in this 

 section has not been damaged by the 

 high winds and a normal crop may be 

 expected. 



Albuquerque, N. Mex. — A company, 

 to be known as the Albuquerque 

 Floral Co., has been organized, four 

 acres of land purchased and green- 

 housed will be at once erected. Mr. 

 Brainard is the manager. 



Watertown, III. — It is stated that 

 J. J. Staack & Son, of Moline, have 

 taken an option on thirteen acres of 

 land here and will expend $16,000 in 

 establishing a nursery, but they are 

 not yet ready to make definite state- 

 ment regarding their plans. 



Salt Lake City, Utah.— Under the 

 auspices of the State Board of Horti- 

 culture a number of the fruit growers' 

 associations met on Feb. 24 to form 

 an organization to market their crops. 

 J. H. B'orristall told of the methods of 

 the Southern California Fruit Ex- 

 change. 



San Francisco, Cal.— The State 

 Commission of Horticulture, quaran- 

 tine division, has made its annual re- 

 port and shows that at the city of 

 San Francisco more than 50.000 pack- 

 ages of fruits, vegetables or trees 

 brought into the state have been ex- 

 amined by them. They have found 

 that the old plan of fumigating did 

 not effect the purpose, so all infected 

 shipments are now destroyed. . 



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