November 16, 1918 



HOKTICULTURE 



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value to the trade, but as bulbs have 

 so far been in short supply and con- 

 siderable demand unsatisfied, the 

 open season and mild temperatures 

 prevailing generally over the country 

 may, if acted upon promjitly, make 

 possible the easy assimilation of this 

 belated arrival. 



Notes. 

 Spokane, Wash. — The Spokane Seed 

 Co. has increased its capital stock to 

 $100,000. 



The Western Seedsmen's Associa- 

 tion met on November 9. at the Hotel 

 Baltimore, Kansas City, Mo. 



The annual meeting of the Whole- 

 sale Seedmen's League was held at the 

 Hardware Club, New York, on Novem- 

 ber 14. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Seed Trade Association 

 held a meeting at the Hotel Bristol, 

 New York, on November 15. 



Watson S. Woodruff, of S. D. Wood- 

 ruff & Sons, Orange, Conn., has been 

 elected state senator, every town ex- 

 cept one in the fourteenth senatorial 

 district giving him a majority — good 

 evidence of this urbane gentleman's 

 popularity. 



OUTDOOR PITS FOR STORING 

 ROOT CROPS. 



Potatoes, cabbage and root crops 

 can be stored cheaply and efficiently 

 in outdoor pits or banks if no cellar 

 is available. Select a well-drained 

 spot for the pit; and a shady spot is 

 preferable. Remove the surface soil 

 to a depth of one foot from a circu- 

 lar area not more than seven feet in 

 diameter. This will allow for a coni- 

 cal pile of vegetables four feet high 

 containing about fifteep bushels. If 

 more are to be stored, make addi- 

 tional pits or extend the one into a 

 long low bank. 



Potatoes and cabbage may be 

 placed in the pit in direct contact 

 with the soil, but for other vegeta- 

 bles It Is better to line the pit with 

 three or four inches of straw. When 

 the vegetables are placed, cover them 

 at once with a layer of straw, leavea 

 or cornstalks to a depth of six 

 inches, which will be all the protec- 

 tion needed until cold weather. Then 

 a layer of earth from six to ten 

 inches deep should be placed over 

 the whole pile, and the ridge rounded 

 off to shed the rain. To provide ven- 

 tilation, the inner straw layer Is al- 

 lowed to protrude a few Inches at the 

 peak of the ridge. This should be 



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Large banks which are not opened 

 until late winter or spring should be 

 ventilated, says J. T. Rosa, Jr., of 

 the University of Missouri CoUe.^e 

 of Agriculture. This may be done in 

 the way just described, or by a 

 rough flue made by placing three or 

 four stakes in the center of the pile 

 and extending them to the exterior. 

 This flue will carry off some of the 

 moisture and gases given off by the 

 stored vegetables. The flue must be 

 closed in very cold weather. 



NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS OF 

 VALUE. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry in- 

 cludes in its recent lists of new arri- 

 val, the following: 



Berberis xcilsonae x aggregata (Ber- 

 beridaceae), 45477. Hybrid barberry. 

 From Bell, Maryland. Presented by 

 Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Bureau. 

 "Hybrids of Berberis wilsonae and B. 

 aggregata grown from seeds secured 

 by pollination under glass in May, 

 1914. Both species are late bloomers 

 when grown outside. B. aggregata. 

 the pollen parent, is an upright grow- 

 er with larger foliage than B. wilsonae 

 and very showy flower clusters. The 

 hybrids, however, are even more 

 spreading in growth than B. wilsonae 

 with very thickset foliage that turns 

 deep purple at the approach of frost 

 and holds on until midwinter. All the 

 hybrids are quite uniform in appear- 

 ance and are very handsome and 

 hardy. Flowers and fruits have not 

 yet appeared on these seedlings." (Van 

 Fleet). 



ActinUlia arguta (Dilleniaceae), 

 45241. From Bronx Park, New York. 

 Presented by Mr. George V. Nash, New 

 York Botanical Garden. Cuttings from 

 plants sent the New York Botanical 

 Garden in 1898, under S. P. I. No. 235, 

 as A. polygama. Introduced from 

 Russia by N. E. Hansen. There is no 

 finer climbing shrub for porches in 

 this latitude than Actinidia arguta. 

 Its foliage, which is of a beautiful 

 dark green color with reddish midribs, 

 seems to be practically free from 

 diseases. 



Brassica pekinetisis (Brassicaceae). 

 45252. Pai ts'ai. From China. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. Yamei Kin, Peking, 

 China. "Yu ts'ai. Light variety, 

 from Yuyao, Chekiang, China." (Kin.) 

 "Said to be a very rapid grower, com- 



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Edgar W. Gage, son of L. Merton 

 Gage, of Natick, Mass., has recently 

 been appointed a 2nd lieutenant in 

 the Sanitary Department at Camp 

 Devens. His elder brother, Grover 

 Cleveland Gage, has been on the 

 other side for the i)ast thirteen 

 months and is now an orderly in E Co. 

 of the 104th Infantry. 



