April 15, 1916 



HOETICULTURE 



529 



CANNAS AND CALADIUMS 



CRIMSON AND SCARLET C ANNAS 



Per 100 



A. Bouvi«r, 5 ft. dark crimson $1.65 



Beaute Foitevine, Zh^ ft. dnrk crimson.... 2.75 



Vlack Prince, 3 to 4 ft. dark velvety ma- 

 roon 2.75 



Cherokee, 4 ft. deep rich maroon 1.35 



Dake of Marlboro, 4^4 ft. glowing crimson. 1.50 



Mephlsto, SVi ft. the darkest crimson 1.35 



Da\id Uarnni, 3^! ft. Vermillion bronze 

 foliage 2.75 



C. Henderson, 4 ft. bright crimson 1.^ 



Brandywine, 4^. ft. deep crimson bronze 

 foliage 2.75 



Fnrst Bismarck, 4 ft. rich scarlet crlmsoQ. 1.50 



Grand Chancellor Balow. 3 ft. crlmsoD 

 scarlet, overlaid with maroon 1.85 



J. D. Eisele, 5 ft. brilliant vermllUon scar- 

 let 2.25 



KING HUMBERT SOLD OUT 



Ixinisiana, 7 ft. vivid scarlet 1.50 



Meteor (Boddlngton's variety), 4 ft. deep 

 crimson 18.00 



Musafolia, 5 ft., green leaves for foliage 

 effect only 1.50 



Tarrytown, 3Mi ft. crimson 2.00 



WHITE AND CREAM CANNAS 



Alsace, 3Vi ft. creamy white $2.25 $5.00 $20.00 



Mont Blanc Imp., 3^ ft., almost pure 

 white 3.75 8.75 35.00 



YELLOW AND ORANGE CANNAS 



Case of 



Per 100 250 1000 



AuBtria.5 ft. pure yellow $1.50 $3.50 $14.00 



Indiana, 6 ft. golden orange striped red.. 1.35 3.00 12.00 



Kanzleiter, 3% ft. pure light yellow 1.50 3.50 14.00 



R. Wallace, 4% ft. canary yellow, free. 



Better than Florence Vaughan 1.50 3.50 14.00 



%Vyoming, 7 ft., purple foliage, flowers 



orange 1.50 3.50 14.00 



GOLD-EDGE VARIETIES 



AUemannia, 4 to 5 ft., green foliage, scar- 

 let and yellow $1.35 $3.00 $12.00 



General .Merkel, 4 ft. the best scarlet gold 



edge sort 1.65 3.75 15.00 



GladioRora, 3^4 ft. carmine gold edge 2.75 6.25 25.00 



Jean TUsot, 5 ft. Vermillion orange edge. 2.75 6.25 25.00 



Italia, 4Vj ft., green foliage, red, bordered 



yellow 1.50 3.50 14.00 



Mad. Crozy, 5% ft., vermllUon, gold border 2.25 5.00 20.00 



PINK FLOWERING CANNAS 



Mdlle. Berat, 4>4 ft. rose pink $2.00 $4.38 $17.60 



Louise, 5 ft. soft rose pink 2.00 4.38 17.60 



Rosea glgantea, 3V4 ft. rich rose, extra 



large 12.00 27.50 UO.OO 



All the above !n strong fresh dormant roots, 2 and 3 eyes each. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM (Elephants Ear) 



Doz. 100 1000 



5 to 7 in. in circumference, 200 in a case $0.30 $2.00 $17.50 



6 to S in. in circumference, 200 in a ease .25 2.25 20.00 

 8 to 10 in. in circumference, 100 in a case .50 3.50 30.00 



Doz. 100 1000 



10 to 12 in. in circumference, 75 In a case $0.75 $5.50 $50.00 



12 to 13 in. in circumference, 50 in a ease 1.00 8.00 75.00 

 Monsters, measuring 13 in. and upward 



in circumference, 25 in a case 1.50 12.00 



For fuller descriptions and more complete list of Spring Bulbs, send for new wholesale catalogue. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON CO., Inc., Seedsmen 



Note Change of Address: 128 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SBBD TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, J. M. Lnpton, 

 Mattituck, L. I., N. Yo.; First Vlce-Presl 

 Mattltuck, L,. I., N. T.; First Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Klrby B. White, Detroit, Mich.; 

 Second Vice-President, F. W. Bolglano, 

 Washington, D. C; Secretary-Treasurer, 

 C. K. Kendel, Cleveland, O. ; Assistant 

 Secretary, 8. F. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, 

 O. Chicago, IlL, June 20-22, next meet- 

 ing place. 



Beware Turnip Rape Seed. 



Two hundred thousand pounds of 

 turnip rape seed, or enough to sow ap- 

 proximately 50,000 acres, have been 

 imported from Argentina and Japan 

 and are being sold as winter rape. The 

 seed specialists of the U. S. Deprt. of 

 .\griculture, therefore, are again cau- 

 tioning farmers to avoid the purchase 

 and seeding of turnip rape — which is 

 not winter rape and is not suitable 

 for the foliage purposes for which 

 winter rape is grown. 



The seeds of turnip rape arc smaller 

 and have a more deeply pitted surface 

 than those of winter rape. The young 

 plants are easily distinguished by t)ie 

 difference in habit of growth and the 

 character and color of the leaves. 

 Winter rape produces a definite stem 

 with the leaves occurring alons; it at 

 Intervals. Turnip rape does not pro- 

 duce a definite stem, the leaves all 

 growing in an apparent whorl at the 

 surface ol the ground. The leaves of 

 winter rape are thick and succulent, 

 free from hairs, and covered with a 

 greyish bloom. The leaves of turnip 



rape are thin, hairy and bright green 

 like those of the garden turnip. 



Persons purchasing rape seed may 

 submit samples to the Seed Labora- 

 tory. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, for determination as to 

 whether the seed is that of the turnip 

 rape or winter rape. Samples of both 

 turnip rape and winter rape seed, 

 for comparison, will be sent on appli- 

 cation to the Seed Laboratory. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York, of 

 horticultural material for the week 

 ending March 31, were recorded as 

 follows: 



Bulbs — France. $55; Netherlands, 

 $340; England. $218. 



Plants, Etc.— France, $10,817; Neth- 

 erlands. $3,975; Norway, $30; England, 

 $3,015; Scotland. $6; Ireland, $659; 

 British Indies, $20. 



Red Clover Seed— Prance, $15,550; 

 Italy, $76,082. 



Grass Seed— Denmark, $5,931; Neth- 

 erlands, $3,840; Ireland, $2,203. 



All Other Seeds— Denmark, $273: 

 France. $7,091; Netherlands. $16; Eng- 

 land, $7,967; China, $1,540; Hongkong. 

 $66; Argentine, $2,511. 



Guano- Scotland. $73. 



Carbonate of potash — Mexico. $1,100. 



Nitrate of soda Chile, $220,772. 



Other Fertilizers — England, $40. 



WARNING TO MUSHROOM GROW- 

 ERS. 



As a result of a serious case of 

 mushroom poisoning in a mushroom 

 grower's family recently, the mush- 

 room specialists of the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of .Agriculture have Issued a 



warning to commercial and other 

 growers of mushrooms to regard with 

 suspicion any abnormal mushrooms 

 which appear in their beds. It seems 

 that occasionally sporadic forms ap- 

 pear in mushroom beds, persist for a 

 day or two, and then disappear. These 

 are generally manure-inhabiting spe- 

 cies and may be observed shortly after 

 the beds have been cased. In the in- 

 stance cited, however, these fungi ap- 

 peared in considerable numbers at the 

 time the edible Agaricus campestrls 

 should have been ready for the mar- 

 ket, and the dealer supposed it was 

 probably a new brown variety and 

 tried it in his own family. As a re- 

 sult, five persons were rendered abso- 

 lutely helpless and were saved after 

 several hours only through the assist- 

 ance of a second physician who had 

 had experience with this type of 

 poisoning. 



In the opinion of the Department, 

 this case is peculiarly significant and 

 demonstrates that the grower must be 

 able to distinguish Agaricus campestrls 

 from any of the wild forms of mush- 

 rooms that may appear in the beds. 

 Under the circumstances, the Depart- 

 ment strongly urges every grower to 

 make himself thoroughly familiar with 

 the cultivated species. Complete de- 

 scriptions, with pictures of poisonous 

 and cultivated species, are contained 

 in Department Bulletin 175, "Mush- 

 rooms and Other Common Fungi," 

 which can be purchased for 30 cents 

 from the Superintendent of Docu- 

 ments, Government Printing Office, 

 Washington, D. C. (The Department 

 of Agriculture has no copies of this 

 bulletin for free distribution.) 



