July 13, 1907 



MOKTICULTURE 



57 



A BEAUTIFUL S. A. F. TROPHY. 



"We picture herewith the Henry F. 

 Michell Company's Bowling Trophy. 

 It is to be contested for annually by 

 the bowling clubs of the Society of 

 American Florists and becomes the 

 property of the club winning it three 

 times. The first series of games will 

 be played in Philadelphia from August 

 20th to August 24th. 



The trophy, which was designed 

 and made by Maxwell & Berlet. Inc., 

 of Philadelphia, is a superb placque of 

 Flemish oak. 14 inches long by 12 1-2 

 inches wide, on which is applied a 

 hand-wrought copper shield — this, in 

 turn, embellished with a solid silver 

 shield, on which is etched a series of 

 bowling alleys and a bowler about to 

 play. The details of this etching are 

 particularly interesting — the perspec- 

 tive is perfect, while even such small 

 details as the score board, sponge and 

 cup, sand box and hand cloth are not 

 omitted. In each corner of the Flem- 

 ish oak background is applied a 

 massive silver bowling ball, on which 

 will be engraved — each year — the 

 name of the successful contesting 

 club. The copper and solid silver 

 shields are secured with hand-wrought 

 rivets. 



The entire piece suggests the arts 

 craftsmanship which has sprung into 

 favorable prominence during the past 

 year. 



This valuable trophy, through its 

 originality, reflects great credit oQ 

 the donors, the well-known seedsmen, 

 the Henry F. Michell Company, lOlS 

 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Circular No. 90 of the Bureau of 

 Entomology is demoted to the White- 

 Pine Weevil, by A. D. Hopkins and 

 is a partial revision of what has 

 hitherto been published. 



Bulletin 29 from the Office of Public 

 Roads is on the Construction of 

 Macad.Tm Roads, Austin B. Fletcher, 

 author. Fifty-six pages of instruction 

 in the practice of road making, fully 

 illustrated. 



The "Use Book," containing instruc- 

 tions for the use of the National 

 Forests has been issued from the office 

 of the Secretary of Agriculture. This 

 is the second revision of the regula- 

 tions and instructions by Gifford Pin- 

 chot. Forester. The Appendix gives 

 in full the .=;tatutes under which the 

 National Forests are created and ad- 

 ministered. The volume comprises 24S 

 pages. 



"The Chinch Bug" is the title of 

 Bulletin f.9 of the Bureau of Ento- 

 mology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, by 

 F. M. Webster. This bulletin is one 



of the most elaborate ever sent out by 

 the department, comprising 96 pages 

 lievotert to the habits, the parasites, 

 lemedial and preventive measures, 

 and other valuable information con- 

 rerning this notorious pest which, it 

 IS estimated, has already cost the 

 agricultural interests of this country 

 $330,000,000. 



The Nineteenth Annual Report of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Ex- 

 periment Station has been issued and, 

 as usual, is full of valuable reports on 

 topics of widespread interest which 

 should be perused by every tiller of 

 the soil. The section on fertilizers is 

 interesting. It emphasizes the neces- 

 sity for a reduction of the number of 

 brands of fertilizers on the market 

 and notes the decline in general 

 quality of wood ashes. Especially 

 valuable is the report of the botanist 

 covering the use of Bordeaux mixture 

 and its tonic influence on plant as- 

 similation, the menace of the tomato 

 rot, the injurious effect of improper 

 spraying of trees, the bacterial dis- 

 ease of the cucumber under glass, the 

 troubles due to improper use of 

 fertilizers on tobacco, the San Jose 

 scale, the injurious effects of banding 

 trees, the injury to tree roots by 

 illuminating gas, soil textures, etc. 

 The entomologists' report is also full 

 of instructive material and the horti- 

 culturist reports in detail the results 

 of experiments in mushroom growing. 

 The Massachusetts Experiment Sta- 

 tion is fulfilling its mission wisely. 

 The report will be sent free to all ap- 

 plicants. 



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