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horticulture: 



October 12, 1907 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Rawson's Bulb Griide. A brief tiea- 

 tise on the culture of bulbs for fall 

 planting. Published as free literature 

 by W. W. Rawson & Con , Boston. 



Proceedings of the annual meeting of 

 the American Association of Park Su- 

 perintendents, Toronto, Ontario. Au- 

 gust 15, IG and 17, 1907. It appear.s 

 from this report that the Association 

 is in a flourishing condition and doing 

 good work. 



First Annual Report of The Horti- 

 cultural Societies of Ontario, for the 

 year 1906. Published by the Ontario 

 Department of Agriculture. Contains 

 an .'iccount of the papers and discus- 

 sions at the annual meeting of the 

 Ontario Horticultural Associaiion at 

 Toronton, November 9, 1906. 



Thirty-eighth annual report of the 

 West Chicago Park Commissioners for 

 the year ending December 31, 1906. 

 This interesting report is replete with 

 full-page engravings, map.s, and dia- 

 grams illustrating the multitudinous 

 details of the management of the pub- 

 lic pleasure grounds and play areas of 

 a great city. 



Report of the Park Commissioner of 

 the City of St. Louis for 1905-1906. A 

 publication handsomely bound and of 

 the highest typographical excellence. 

 The half-tone views are particularly 

 good. It appears from this report that 

 the parks of St. Louis cover 2,184.57 

 acres, and their total cost to date is 

 $4,483,709.08. 



Bulletin of the Georgia Department 

 ot Agriculture, season 1906-1907, con- 

 tains nearly 200 pages of inforniaticn 

 concerning commercial fertilizers and 

 chemicals, inspected, analyzed and ad- 

 mitted for sale in the State of Georgia, 

 pure foods, food regulations, etc., pre- 

 pared under the supervision of Hon. T. 

 G. Hudson, Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture, and .lohn M. McCandless, State 

 Chemist. 



are included In the classified list, and 

 of these Mr. Morse indicates about 

 one hundred which he designates as 

 his choice. Of these, he gives prefer- 

 ence to the grandiflora type, the flow- 

 ers of which are twice as large as the 

 older forms, like Crown Princess of 

 Prussia. Scarlet Invincible, Queen of 

 England and Butterfly. The notes, as 

 stated, have been made from trials 

 made in California, and allowance 

 must be made in a few e.xceptional in- 

 stances for climatic variation, as for 

 example, in the case of Coccinea. 

 This, Mr. Morse places as his first 

 choice of crimson sorts, and in Eng- 

 land it is similarly regarded. In the 

 Eastern States it has been badly sun- 

 scorched, and is not considered as re- 

 liable as King Edward VII., which, 

 however, is of less vivid color. Such 

 exceptions, however, are rare, and 

 the book cannot fail to be ot great 

 service, not only to the seed trade but 

 to all lovers of sweet peas. 



The Use of the National Forests, Is- 

 sued by the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, Forest Service. Gifford Pin- 

 chot. forester, is the author of this in- 

 structive little book of 48 pages. The 

 lover of the woods will delight to read 

 the story; it tells of the splendid work 

 which the government has undertaken 

 in the interests of the people in pre- 

 serving and improving the vast tracts 

 of forest land so wisely secured against 

 wasteful abuse. Everyone should read 

 this book. It will open their eyes to 

 facts they should know. 



.Field Notes on Sweet Peas, by Les- 

 ter L. Morse. As the leading grower 

 of sweet peas in the United States 

 (if not in the world). Mr. Morse is 

 without question a trustworthy guide 

 in matters relating to them. Several 

 editions of his Field Notes have pre- 

 viously appeared, the present one 

 bringing the information up to and 

 Including his trials of new sorts of 

 1907. Mr. Morse states that his book 

 is designed purely as a help to the 

 seed seller. As such it has certainly 

 fulfilled its mission. Comparatively 

 lew seedsmen have opportunity to 

 make field trials of the seeds they sell 

 and fewer still to make such compre- 

 hensive trial of a single subject as 

 this work covers. Over 250 varieties 



PLANT IMPORTS. 



There were entered at the port of 

 New York during the two weeks, Sep- 

 tember 25 to October 8, inclusive, the 

 following plants: 



Via Rotterdam: C. C. Aljel, 56 cs. 

 bulbs; H. F. Darrow, 18 cs. plants, 5 

 cs. bulbs; L. D. Crossmond Co., 2 cs 

 plants; A. W. Fenton, Jr., 36 cs. bulbs; 

 Wm. Elliott & Sons, 4 cs. plants; J. 

 W. Hampton, Jr. & Co., 71 cs. plants. 

 53 cs. bulbs, 3 cs. trees; Peter Hender- 

 son & Co., 100 bags garden seed. 1 rs. 

 bulbs; Hussa & Co., 112 tubs lauv-l 

 trees, 52 cs. plants; C. A. Haynes, 13 

 cs. plants; McHutchison & Co, 179 cs. 

 do.; W. Kent. 2 cs. bulbs; F. R. Pier- 

 son & Co., 41 cs. plants; J. C. Roosa, 

 6 cs. bulbs; C. B. Richard & Co., 123 

 cs. plants, 256 tubs do., 6 cs. bulbs; 

 August Rolker & Sons, 22 cs. plants; 

 A. Schultheis. 2 cs. do.; Ter Kuile, 9 

 cs. bulbs; J. M. Thorburn & Co., 5 cs. 

 plants, 130 bags garden seed; J. H. 

 Troy, 2 cs. plants; O. Tegelaer, 58 cs. 

 bulbs; Vaughan's Seed Store, 34 cs 

 plants, 7 cs. trees, 3 cs. bulbs; R. M. 

 Ward & Co., 69 cs. plants; Wakem & 

 McLaughlin, 28 cs. plants; To order. 

 58 cs. bulbs; Sundry Forwarders, 564 

 cs. plants, G7 cs. trees and plants, 11 

 cs. trees, 2 tubs laurel trees, 301 cs, 

 bulbs, 353 bags garden seed. 



Via Antwerp; John Dunn, Jr., 4 cs. 

 plants; John Scheepers, 22 cs. do.; 

 Sundry Forwarders, 151 cs. plants. 



From Germany: Wm. Hagemann & 

 Co., 1 cs. bulbs; J. M. Thorburn & Co . 

 8 bags garden seed; Sundry Forward- 

 ers, 11 cs. plants, 1 cs. bulbs. 



Via Liverpool: Poat Bros., 11 is. 

 narcissus bulbs; J. Roehrs Co., 15 cs. 

 plants; Maltus & Ware. 7 cs. bulbs. 



Via Southampton: Hussa & Co.. 22 

 cs. plants: McHutchison & Co., 1 cs. 

 plants: Sundry Forwarders. 61 "S. 

 plants. 



Via Hull: Forwarder, 9 cs. plants 

 From Bermuda: Forwarder. 1 cs. 

 plants. 



From Glasgow: J. Roehrs, 1 cs. 

 plants. 



From London: Vaughan's Seed Store. 

 1 cs. bulbs. 



Owing to the Antwerp strike a great 

 proportion of the exported Belgian 

 grown stock was shipped to this coun- 

 try via Rotterdam that would under 

 ordinary conditions in the shippin;! 

 trade have been forwarded via Ant- 

 werp. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



The fruit and vegetable show which 

 opened at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 at noon, October 10, is the best show 

 of its kind seen here in many years 

 and in some respects has never bean 

 equalled. A strong feature is the dis- 

 plays of vegetables arranged for effect. 

 These are contributed by E. L. Lewis, 

 New Hampshire Agricultural College, 

 W. J. Clemson, Ed. Parker and others, 

 and are almost as brilliant in color as 

 a floral display, the beautiful green and 

 white mats of endive and lettuce, the 

 plumy parsley, the scarlet of peppers 

 and tomatoes, the purple of egg plant, 

 and the jellow of squash, carrot and 

 pumpkin showing up gorgeously. The 

 celery, cauliflowers, apples and grapes 

 are particularl.^- flne, the latter espe- 

 cially excelling the average of New 

 England grown fruit. All three halls 

 are filled comfortably with exhibits. 

 Dahlias suffered from the freeze of 

 Tuesday night, and the only large dis- 

 play of these flowers is by W. W. Raw- 

 son & Co., who show about 200 varie- 

 ties. R. & J. Farquhar & Co. are rep- 

 resented by a fine table of Lilium spe- 

 ciosum rubnim and some superb groups 

 of decorative foliage plants. A fuller 

 account of the show and the prize 

 awards will be given in next week's 

 issue. 



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ORCHIDS 



Arrived in perfect coniiition Cattleya nossiae, 

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 rini, C. Gaskelliaoa. Laelia Anceps, L Albida, L. 

 majaUs, L. Autumnalts, Epidmdrum Vittelinum maj- 

 us, E.Cooperianum.Oo' idium Cri^^o m, O.Varicosum. 

 O. Cavendishianum. ' ^ Luridvim, Odonio Citrosmum. 

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ORCHIDS 



Just arrived, in fine condition, 



Cattleya Trianae (new district). 



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