June 29. 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



633 



and that the acreage planted exceeds 

 that of last year by 40 per cent. 



Turnip and Rutabaga — Floods on 

 the low lands and drouth on high 

 lands are reported to have damaged 

 the turnip and rutabaga-seed crops se- 

 verely in the principal seed-growing 

 sections. 



Spinach — Present indications point 

 to a fair crop of spinach seed. 



Norway Plans to Grow Own Seed. 



The first Norwegian seed-culture 

 union has just been formed. Com- 

 mercial Agent Xorman b. .Anderson 

 reports the organization's chief object 

 is to render Norway independent of 

 foreign sources of seeds, of which con- 

 siderable quantities have been import- 

 ed in the past. The district of Sorlan- 

 det is said to be especially well adapt- 

 ed to the raising of seeds. 



GIFT TO THE MISSOURI BOTAN- 

 ICAL GARDEN. 



Through the generosity of D. S. 

 Brown, of Kirkwood, Missouri, tlie 

 Missouri Botanical Garden has become 

 the possessor of the major portion of 

 his magnificent collection of orchids, 

 palms, cycads and various other plants. 

 In fact, with the e.xception of the 

 cypripediums, all the contents of Mr. 

 Brown's greenhouses are now to be 

 found at the Garden. 



For a period of more than thirty 

 years Mr. Brown has been interested 

 in bringing together rare and valuable 

 plants, and he has been successful to 

 a degree seldom equaled by any indi- 

 vidual, his collection being recognized 

 throughout the world as one of the 

 finest of its kind in existence. 



Among the more notable orchids 

 may be mentioned the extremely rare 

 jiure albino forms represented by 

 Cattleijd Diisseldorffei var. Vndine 

 fCattlei/a intermedia alba x CattJeya 

 Mossiar ^^'agenel■i) raised by Capt. 

 Holford, of England. Both of the 

 white parents were also donated. Cat- 

 tUn/a Skinneri var. alba is another of 

 the white types, as well as numerous 

 plants of Dendrobium virginale. Other 

 rare varieties include numerous bras- 

 socattleyas. the best of which is Bra^- 

 socattlei/a Veitrhii var. Queen Alexan- 

 dra. These hybrids were derived by 

 crossing Brassavola Dlgbyana with 

 mauve-colored cattleyas, resulting in 

 the brilliantly tinted flowers with 

 fringed lips. Also included were nu- 

 merous plants of the hybrids Brasso- 

 laelia, Sophrocattleya. and Laeliocat- 

 tleya, the last named being especially 

 useful for the floral display in the 

 orchid alcoves. 



Among the palms contributed, three 

 stand out as most rare: Kcntia 

 Broicnii is the only palm of its kind 

 in existence today and Ilismarckia 

 nobilis is found in but few collections, 

 while Phijtelephas macrocarpn is inter- 

 esting because of the use of its seeds 

 as a substitute for ivory in making 

 buttons. Some of the huge specimens 

 required extreme care in transporta- 

 tion: a thirty-foot Cari/ota iirens with 

 graceful, fern-like foliage; a thirty- 

 foot PhoeniJ' dactylifera. which bears 

 fruit every year; and a giant forty-foot 

 Liiistona chincnsiif being among those 

 safely established at the Garden. The 

 additions to the Garden collection of 

 palms, which was already unusually 

 complete, are listed below: 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynee 



Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



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 NEW YORK 



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Careful Seed Grower* and Seed Distribu- 

 tors for One Hundred Years 



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For 



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 All of the Finest Recleaned Seeds. 



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GARDEN SEED 



BEET, CARROT. PARSNIP, RADISH and 

 GARDEN PEA SEED In variety; also other 

 items of the short crop of this past season, 

 as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, wUl 

 be quoted you upon application to 



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Acanthophoenix crinita, Acrocomia 

 mexieana. Archontophoenix. Alexan- 

 drae. Areca furfuracea, Arenga En- 

 gleri. BiS7narckia nobilis. Brahea mac- 

 rocarpa. Calamus erectus, Caryota 

 Mooreana. Caryota urens, Cocas Bon- 

 neti. Howea Belmoreana aurea, Howea 

 Bflmoreana I'ariegata. Jubaea specta- 

 bilis, Kentia Broicnii. Kentiopsis mac- 

 rocarpa. Livistona Hoogendorpii, Liv- 

 istona hiimilis. Martinezia corallina. 

 Martinezia erosa. MaximAliana Maripa. 

 Phoenix rupicola. Phoenix zcylanica, 

 Phytrh'phas macrocarpa. Rhapis fiabel- 

 liformis variegata, Sabal Blackburn- 

 iniia. Sabal oleraceum. Thrinax Chuco, 

 Thrinax elegantissima. Thrinax ra- 

 diata. 



As the result of the addition of sev- 

 eral large tree ferns donated by Mr. 

 Brown, the appearance of the fern 

 house is more attractive than ever. 

 The two most noteworthy plants are 

 Cyathea medullaris (thirty feet) and 

 Cyathea dealbata (twenty feet). Some 

 of the rare ferns are: Cyathea deal- 

 lata. Cyathea medullaris. Dicksonia 

 antarctica. Dicksonia Chamissoi. Dick- 

 sonia regalis. Dicksonia sQuarrosa. and 

 Dicksonia WendUindi Verschaffeltii. 



The Garden collection of cycads, con- 

 sidered the most complete in this coun- 

 try, has been augmented by the addi- 

 tion of the following rare species: 

 Cyeas bcllefonti. Cyca-s Micholitzii. Cy- 

 cas siamensis. Encephalartos Lehman- 

 nil. and Maerozamia plumosa. The 

 specimen of Cycas revoluta deserves 

 special mention, it being at least three 

 hundred years old and unusually well 

 branched. This plant was exhibited 

 by the .lapanese Government at the 

 Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, 

 in 19.00, where it was acquired by Mr. 

 Brown. 



Several araucarias, not previously 

 possessed by the Garden, are: Arau- 

 caria Cookii. Cunninghatnii. excelsa 

 var. Goldieana. excelsa var. Muelleri, 

 and Rulei. 



Numerous authuriums, both of the 



flowering and variegated-leaved varie- 

 ties, as well as a comprehensive collec- 

 tion of nepenthes (pitcher plants), 

 were also included. 



The gift of Mr. Brown has placed in 

 the possession of the Garden the most 

 complete collection of orchids in the 

 United States. Exclusive of the cypri- 

 pediums. 115 genera and 691 species 

 are represented. 



SPRAYING "CIRCLES" FOR 



FARMERS. 

 Community co-operation in spray- 

 ing, particularly in the control of 

 plant diseases, is urged by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 

 The department is suggesting to 

 county agents and extension patholo- 

 gists the early organization of such 

 spraying "circles" to deal more effec- 

 tively this year with such destructive 

 plant diseases. A community spraying 

 outfit with a man and team continu- 

 ously employed throughout the sea- 

 son is both economical and efficient, 

 department officials say. and proved 

 a successful plan in Vermont and 

 Now York last year. In one New- 

 York community the average spray- 

 ing cost per acre for the season was 

 as low as 65 cents, while the cost of 

 one application averaged 13 cents an 

 acre. ■ Detailed reports of the or- 

 ganization and operation of the com- 

 munity spraying circles as they were 

 conducted in Vermont and New York 

 are being made available by the de- 

 partment to workers. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 .A. ('. Zvolauck A: Son. Lonipoc. Cal. 

 — Florists' List of Sweet Pea Seed. 

 Includes all the Novel'ies for 1918-19. 



Weeber & Don, New York — .Mid- 

 summer Catalogue of Strawberry 

 Plants, Summer Seeds and Early 

 Forcing Bulbs. A selected list of pot- 

 giown strawberr.v plants. 



