May 24, 1913 



HOBTIOTJLTUBl 



809 



Flower Market Reports 



{Continued from page Soj ) 



Market overcrowded 

 ST. LOUIS and prices down on 

 everything. Roses 

 especially are plentiful. Carnations 

 also are too many for the demand. En- 

 chantress is supreme and this variety 

 has the call with the buyers at all 

 times. Sweet peas have sold well but 

 the supply is excessive. Peonies are 

 coming in fine now at $5 per 100 for 

 choice. Cape jessamine buds, outdoor 

 stocli, sell at $1.00 to $2.00 per 100 

 with little demand. 



The heavy frost 

 WASHINGTON of May 12 created 

 havoc with the 

 outdoor stock with the result that lit- 

 tle of this is now coming into the 

 local market from nearby points. The 

 frost was the most severe experienced 

 here in years and the growers were 

 unprepared for it for the reason that 

 the frost is usually out of the ground 

 and the farmers start their planting 

 on May 10. In addition to this, con- 

 siderable trouble is being experienced 

 from thrips which Infests the Ameri- 

 can Beauties and which is damaging 

 the stock to an alarming extent, and 

 something has happened to the peony 

 crop. The latter is likewise effected 

 liy some disease which prevents the 

 development of the buds. The 

 Mothers' Day business this year more 

 than doubled the volume done in 1912 

 and it is expected that next year will 

 break all records. The fact that many 

 of the stares did not jump carnation 

 prices on this day has added much to 

 its popularity. Five cents per bloom 

 was the prevailing price. 



PUBLIC HEARING ON THE GYPSY 

 MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH. 



The Secretary of Agriculture an- 

 nounces that he deems it necessary, 

 in order to prevent the distribution of 

 the gypsy moth and the brown-tail 

 moth into sections of the United 

 States outside of the New England 

 States, to extend the present quaran- 

 tine lines in New England beyond 

 those indicated in Notice of Quaran- 

 tine No. 4, to cover the extension, dur- 

 ing the year, of the known range of 

 these two insects. 



In compliance with section 8 of the 

 Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 

 1912, a public hearing will be held at 

 the Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, at 10 o'clock A. M., June 

 12, 1913, in order that all persons in- 

 terested in the extension of these 

 quarantine lines may be heard. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Tennessee State Board of Ento- 

 mology has just published Vol. 1, No. 

 4, of the Eighth Annual Report of the 

 State Entomologist and Plant Patholo- 

 gist for 1912. It contains much val- 

 uable information concerning insect 

 pests and their extermination. Bul- 

 letin No. 8, Vol. II, No. 1, devoted to 

 the San Jose Scale and Bulletin No. 

 10, Vol. II, No. 3, concerning the pre- 

 paration and use of Spray Formulas, 

 are also received. Copies may be ob- 

 tained from Prof. G. M. Bentley, 

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