For January, 1923 



1923 



As soon as you see this, our neiv 112 page catalogue of 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, ROSES, 



TREES, SHRUBS, GARDEN 



and FARM REQUISITES 



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53 BARCLAY STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. 

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England, motorists have already destroyed 

 great quantities of this, one of the most 

 beautiful shrubs in America. 



Many wild flowers, which twenty years 

 ago were common, are now seldom found, 

 and unless the people are willing to protect 

 rare and easily exterminated species, they 

 will soon be lost to Xew England. For 

 example, the Magnolia or Sweet Bay has 

 from overpicking practically disappeared 

 from the swainp in the town of Essex Coun- 

 ty, Massachusetts, to which it gave its name 

 and which was the only place in New Eng- 

 land where this fragrant flower grew nat- 

 urally. 



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 no dues, except to pay ten cents for a button 

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Further information may be had from 

 Mrs. S. V. R. Crosby, care Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, 300 Massachusetts 

 .\venue, Boston, 17, Massachusetts. — Hort. 

 Society of N. Y. Bntlctin. 



WILD FLOWER SANCTUARIES 



The action of Vermont in putting certain 

 groups of wild flowers and ferns under pro- 

 tection similar to that given to wild animals 

 by game laws has the approval of all who 

 are interested in the preservation of Ameri- 

 can plant life. By the Green Mountain State 

 enactment it is made unlawful for any per- 

 son in any one year to take more than a 

 single uprooted specimen, or more than two 

 cuttings, of any of thirty or forty named 

 plants, and specimens may be taken for 

 scientific purposes only. The penalty for 

 violation of the law is a fine of $10. The 

 restriction does not apply to owners of land 

 on which the plants grow. 



Just as there are bird sanctuaries in cer- 

 tain States and in Canada, Vermont thus 

 becomes a wild plant sanctuary. It is a dis- 

 tinction other States might with advantage 

 secure for themselves. The devastation of 

 wild plant life in New York, New Jersey, 

 Pennsylvania and practically all of New 

 England which has been going on in recent 

 years means extermination of many beauti- 

 ful wild flowers. 



The trailing arbutus presents a case in 

 point. Ten years ago this daintiest and mast 

 fragrant of early Spring flowers could be 

 found in abundance within a comparatively 

 short distance of New York city. It is now 

 fast becoming a rarity. The automobile and 

 the thoughtless automobilist are pursuing 

 it even into the remote recesses where it has 

 hitherto blossomed in safety. 



What with forest fires and quarrying 

 operations, the unescapable forces of destruc- 

 tion are numerous enough to wipe out the 

 last vestiges of many beautiful wild plants. 

 — V. y. Herald. 



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