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HORTICULTUEE 



June 28, 1913 



full play and where there will be no 

 soot and black smoke to breathe. 



A number of important and interest- 

 ing papers were read, chief among 

 them being one by Jamts J. Hill, Pres- 

 ident of the Great Xorthern Railroad. 

 While Mr. Hill was not present in per- 

 son, his paper was an extremely inter- 

 esting and forceful one and his recom- 

 mendations very practical. It was a 

 little unfortunate that in certain of his 

 quotations Mr. Hill was led into error 

 by quoting from the statements of the 

 Federal Department of Agriculture. 

 Like many others Mr. Hill assumes 

 that anything that comes out from 

 that department must be correct, 

 while, as a inatter of fact, those who 

 are familiar with the workings of this 

 branch of the Government service 

 know that often very ill-advised and 

 incorrect statements are sent out. 

 However this slight slip on the part of 

 the great railroad man can easily be 

 overlooked when considering the ex- 

 cellence of his paper as a whole. 



Among other papers read, which 

 are worthy of note was one by J. C. 

 Robinson; one by Chas. D. Boyle. The 

 report of the Association's counsel 

 was also most interesting and Mr. 

 Smith proves himself well qualified for 

 his position. 



Quite a comprehensive program of 

 the entertainments was carried out, 

 the principal features being an auto- 

 mobile ride about the city and parks, 

 including Forest Hill, the Cleveland 

 home of Mr. John D. Rockefeller. For 

 this occasion Mr. Rockefeller threw 

 open the grounds for the inspection 

 and pleasure of the members of the 

 Association, and this courtesy on the 

 part of the oil king was very greatly 

 appreciated. Another very interesting 

 entertainment was a visit to the 

 grounds and plant of the Storrs & 

 Harrison Company at Painesville. The 

 company generously provided special 

 cars for the visit and all thoroughly 

 enjoyed it. 



Crop News. 



Crop news at this time of the year 

 is not very conclusive and one hardly 

 knows how to guess the situation. It 

 really is little more than a guess, with 

 the possible exception of peas. These 

 are rapidly nearing a stage where it 

 -will be possible to form some sort of 

 estimate of the probable crop, but. 

 with the exception of California, no 

 crops are sufficiently advanced to en- 

 able us to give anything approaching 

 a reliable estimate of final results; 

 therefore, we will not indulge in idle 

 guesses, but will not fail to keep our 

 readers advised of any important de- 

 velopments in the crop line. 



It might be well to say that the pea 

 crop for canning purposes in Delaware 

 and Maryland is extremely short, not 

 averaging above 25 per cent on the 

 acreage planted. Tomatoes also are 

 very backward, the first settings hav- 

 ing been nearly all destroyed by frost, 

 necessitating starting from seed a sec- 

 ond time, which, of course, makes the 

 crop from four to six weeks later than 

 it should be. If frost ^olds off until 

 October, undoubtedly there will be 

 fairly satisfactory crops of tomatoes in 

 the two states mentioned, as well as 

 New Jersey, which may properly be in- 

 cluded here. We are, of course, refer- 

 ring to tomatoes for canning purposes. 



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 Plants are of strong, sturdy, habit; 

 flowers of immense size, heavy texture 

 and of varied colors and shades. Trade 

 pkt, 50c,; 75c. per % oz.; per oz., $5.00. 



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 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Seed Laws. 

 Reference has been made to tlie 

 paper or report of Curtis Nye Smitli. 

 wliicli dealt mainly with new, or at- 

 tempted seed laws. He called particu- 

 lar attention to the persistent efforts 

 of Senator Gronna to pass a most ob- 

 jectionable and unreasonable bill. 

 Why this senator should persist, after 

 having been shown that his measure 

 is impossible of enforcement, it is diffi- 

 cult to understand, unless it is ad- 

 mitted that he belongs in that class of 

 demagogues who is working to keep 

 himself in the public eye, and espe- 

 cially to pose as the friend of the 

 farmer. This law and many others 

 are so unreasonable that Mr. Smith 

 says they are unconstitutional, or 

 would be if enacted. It does not seem 

 amiss to apply a famous saying to 

 these laws or proposed laws, that 

 "they are conceived in ignorance, if 

 not brought forth in iniquity." It 

 seems to be the opinion of Mr. Smith 

 that the seedsmen will have to devote 

 considerable and close attention to 

 state laws to prevent unreasonable 

 and oppressive legislation. 



good year, and some report the sea- 

 son's sales as ahead of those of last 

 year. The demand for cannas has 

 been unusually good, partly attributed 

 to the growing appreciation of this 

 flower, and partly to the fact that 

 stock was rather scarce, but in sharp 

 contrast to last year when sales 

 lagged. King Humbert again led with 

 second call for miscellaneous, always 

 including Express, Florence Vaughan 

 and Chas. Henderson. Gladioli, too, 

 enjoyed a revival of favor, with this 

 difference, that customers no longer 

 are satisfied with any kind, but want 

 named varieties and best of all, are 

 willing to pay tor them. Dahlias have 

 also swung around into favor again. 

 Perennials were so generally killed 

 two years ago that sales have been 

 noticeably large on the old-fashioned 

 sorts this year. 



Stumpp & Walter have leased the 

 hirge store heretofore occupied by 

 Bawo & Dotter at 30 and 32 Barclay 

 street. New York. Extensive altera- 

 tions will be made and they will move 

 in when these are completed, probably 

 aliout September 1. 



Plant Trade in Chicago Seed Stores. 



Counter trade in the seed stores is 

 getting slower each day and seedsmen 

 are getting catalogues ready for the 

 fall bulb trade. It has been a fairly 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety has awarded its gold medal to 

 file Town of Ashby, Mass., for the 

 preservation of the native Kalraias on 

 I aurel Hill. 



