December 7, 1918 



UOKTICULTDRE 



561 



SEED TRADE 



J. Bolgiano & Son advise us that 

 they have now associated on their 

 staff Thorburn A. Bixler in the field 

 seed department. Mr. Bixler comes 

 from an old line of seedsmen, being 

 named after his great-great-grand- 

 father. Grant Thorburn, who founded 

 the house of J. M. Thorburn & Co. Mr. 

 Bixler has, for a number of years been 

 connected with the wholesale field 

 seed trade. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 



Farmers' Bulletin 959 issued by the 

 V. S. Dept. of Agriculture is a contri- 

 bution from the Bureau of Entomology 

 on the Spotted Garden Slug, detailing 

 the habits, nature and extent of injury 

 and methods of abatement of this 

 troublesome pest of gardeners, mush- 

 room growers and truckers. Worth 

 sending tor. 



Bulletin No. 445 of the New York 

 Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 ■Geneva, comprising the Director's Re-- 

 port for 1917, by W. H. Jordan, has 

 just been received. It shows an ap- 

 propriation of $138,495 for mainte- 

 nance fund. The budget tor tl:e fiscal 

 year beginning July 1, 1918, asks for 

 ^178,335 in addition to $73,150 for re- 

 pairs and new construction. The bul- 

 letin deals mainly with fruit problems. 



We have received from "overseas", 

 by courtesy of J. J. Lane formerly 

 with the Garden Magazine but now in 

 service with the colors, a copy of "The 

 Rammerstaff," a camp publication, for 

 October, 1918, the initial copy. It is 

 inscribed as published "Somewhere in 

 France" price 1 Franc. The contents 

 of the 16 pages are very clever, in- 

 teresting and largely humorous and 

 there are some very suggestive line 

 drawings. 



Farmers' Bulletin 983 of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture is a 

 Taluable contribution from the Bureau 

 of Entomology on "Bean and Pea 

 Weevils," by E. A. Back, entomologist 

 in charge, and A. B. Duckett, assistant 

 entomologist, stored product insect in- 

 vestigations. There are no satisfac- 

 tory artificial remedies that can be ap- 

 plied to kill weevil grubs in beans, 

 peas, or cowpeas growing in the field, 

 therefore, the crop should be har- 

 vested as soon as possible after ma- 

 turity and tbe seeds thrashed or 

 shelled and treated by fumigation, 

 beat, or cold storare, in order to kill 

 the weevils in them before they can 

 continue their destructive work and 



^ Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, RajriK 

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CARTERS TKTED SEEDS, Inc 



166 Ckaalxr of 

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mature. The bean and cowpea wee- 

 vils breed generation after generation 

 in stored seeds. Hence seeds should 

 be watched after treatment to make 

 certain that they do not become rein- 

 fested. 



The Bulletin contains 24 pages, illus- 

 trated with many plates and contains 

 full directions for the use of various 

 fumigants and other remedial meas- 

 ures. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED 



D. Hill Nursery Co., Inc.,— Whole- 

 sale Price List of Choice Stock for 

 Florists. 



Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. — Trade Price List of New Crop 

 Flower Seeds for Florists. Illustrates 

 new scarlet salvia America or Globe 

 of Fire. 



A. E. Kunderd, Goshen. Ind. — Cata- 

 logue and Price List of Gladioli. An 

 elegant and interesting publication, 

 handsomely illustrated with portraits 

 of Mr. Kunderd's new types of his fav- 

 orite flower. 



Brooklyn, N. Y.— The Botanic Gar- 

 den has furnished to the Brooklyn 

 Branch of the Department of Health 

 mounted specimens of poison ivy, and 

 also of the Virginia creeper for com- 

 parison, to be used in the district 

 oflSces of the department for purpose 

 of identification. It is proposed by the 

 Department to take measures to elimi- 

 nate, as far as practicable not only 

 poison ivy, but also the Great Rag- 

 weed, the pollen of which is regarded 

 as an important contributing factor 

 in causing hay-fever. In connection 

 with the latter the Garden has also 

 supplied the Borough oflaces of the 

 Health Department with herbarium 

 specimens of the ragweed, both the 

 form with incised leaves (Amlirosia 

 trifida), and the entire-leaved form 

 {Amlirosia trifida var. integrifoUa) , 

 The Department was also supplied, for 

 distribution, with a quantity of the 

 Botanic Garden Leaflets of May 17, 

 1916, on treatment of poison ivy poi- 

 soning. In October mounted herbar- 

 ium specimens of the Jimson Weed 

 (Datura Stramonium) will be fur- 

 nished for similar use. Cases of seri- 

 ous poisoning, especially of children, 

 by eating portions of the Jimson Weed 

 are not uncommon. 



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