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11 O in- I C U L T U E E 



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SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — FresideDt, F. W. Bolgiano, 

 Washington, D. C; First Vice-President, 

 \\n\. t'. Scarlett, Baltimore, Md.; Second 

 >'ice-rresident, David Burpee, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. : Secretary-Treasurer, C. E. 

 Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



Extravagant Claims for Gourds Adver- 

 tised as Valuable Beans 

 Two varieties of edible gourds, long 

 known but little grown in this coun- 

 try, have been widely advertised re- 

 cently as "butter beans" ol rare qual- 

 ity and high productivity. Vague but 

 glowing and extravagant claims are 

 made for them which has led the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture to warn farmers and gardeners to 

 be on their guard. Their culinary 

 value is similar to that of summer 

 squash, say department officials, and 

 they are interesting as curiosities, but 

 have very slight practical worth. The 

 name Gigantic New Guinea Butter 

 Bean has been given to the common 

 Cucutza or sweet gourd. It is fre- 

 <iuently found in Italian vegetable 

 gardens and is offered in the markets 

 of New Orleans, but is considered of 

 such little value that regular seeds- 

 men rarely give it notice. It has 

 been reported that this so-called new 

 bean has been offered at extravagant 

 prices, for example, 6 of the gourd 

 seeds for 50 cents, or 16 for $1. The 

 Snake or Solomon Island gourd also 

 has been renamed in certain adver- 

 tisements as Guada bean. This gourd 

 <;an be grown only in warm climates 

 and is adapted to rather limited re- 

 gions in the southern part of the 

 United States. 



NASTURTIUM WILT. 

 An interesting addition to the bac- 

 terial diseases of plants is that of a 

 wilt of Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum 

 majus), described by Mary K. Bryan 

 (Journ. of Agric. Research, IV., 5). 

 The disease is caused by Bacterium 

 solanacearum, an organism which 

 also affects potatoes, tomatoes and 

 tobacco. The disease prevents the 

 blossoming of nasturtiums, stunts 

 their growth, and quickly kills them. 

 By infection from tobacco plants suf- 

 fering from wilt the disease was in- 

 duced in the nasturtium, and con- 

 versely the wilt of the latter inocu- 

 lated into tomato and tobacco gave 

 rise to the disease in nasturtiums. Cul- 

 tivated Ageratums and Verbenas also 

 proved susceptible to wilt infection. 

 This soil bacterium, B. solanacearum, 

 is known to infect plants belonging 

 to the Solanaceae, Compositae, Le- 

 guminosae Verbenaceae, Euphorbia- 

 •ceae, Bignoniaceae and Geraniaceae. 

 — Gard. Chron., London. 



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PROPOSED NATIONAL RESERVA- 

 TION IN GEORGIA. 



It is proposed to form the "Oke- 

 finokee Society," tor the purpose of 

 obtaining a National Reservation of 

 the Okefinokee Swamp or such por- 

 tions of its area as will best serve the 

 public use in conserving and preserv- 

 ing the rare, unique and varied scenic 

 and scientific attractions which It 

 affords. 



The Okefinokee Swamp, aptly called 

 "Georgia's Wonderland," with all its 

 unique scenic attractiveness, its 

 wealth of natural resources, its pecu- 

 liar scientific value in its primeval 

 state and the exceptional availability 

 it affords for public recreation and 

 educational use is a national asset 

 which should be conserved, at least 

 in part, for public use. 



The present rate of exploitation of 

 its commercial resources and the 

 consequent vanishing of its distinctive 

 features, makes it desirable that im- 

 mediate steps be taken for securing 

 a suitable reservation of several of the 

 . larger islands not yet invaded by in- 

 dustrial operations, with the scenic 

 waterways and lakes now fringed with 

 luxuriant and varied vegetation and 

 timber, so that without serious inter- 

 ference with the present develop- 

 ments, such selected portion could be 

 permanently preserved and advantage- 

 ously utilized for the public. 



As an initial step, an organizing 

 committee is contemplated. This com- 

 mittee when selected by the tentative 

 members, will formulate plans, indi- 

 cate requirements for membership 

 and enroll those willing to join. The 

 report of this organization committee 



will be submitted by mail to members 

 and when approved and found satis- 

 factory to a majority, can be adopted 

 by a referendum vote. 



The reservation being secured, the 

 plan contemplates that scientific 

 societies of the country with other 

 organizations, both state and national, 

 will be invited to assist in making the 

 place all that its natural conditions 

 makes possible. 



Dr. J, F. Wilson, Waycross, Ga., 

 secretary of the Waycross Progress 

 Club has assumed the work incident 

 to the formation of the organization 

 committee. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 

 The Annual Report of the Bureau 

 of Parks of the City of Portland, Ore- 

 gon, has been received. The park 

 system of Portland embraces approxi- 

 mately 1410 acres. 



The Annual Report of the American 

 Seed Trade Association, which has 

 just been received from Secretary 

 Kendel, is a well-bound book of 128 

 pages. It contains an immense 

 amount of information of superlative 

 value to everybody in the seed trade 

 today, also a complete list of the as- 

 sociation membership to date and of 

 all officers, state correspondents, etc. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — The Germain 

 Seed & Plant Co. opened its retail 

 store at 6th & Main streets August 

 26th. 



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