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One Week's Imports. 



Imports ut the port of Ni'W York 

 of horli. niturul mutcriul, for llio week 

 ciulinK April 21. were nc orded as 

 follows: 



Bulbs — France. y\: Netherlands. 

 $795: EnKlniul. J-T4. 



Plants— Ilelnliim. $l<iT; France. 

 »4.04f': Nctherlnn.ls, $4,241: Kngland. 

 I6.89S: Scotland. $999: Bermuda. $74. 



Red clover seed— France. $46,992: 

 Italy. $32,715: Spain. $3,571. 



ciovcr seed — Canada, $1,145. 



Grass seed— Spain. $2,378: England, 

 $2,067: Ireland, $1,078. 



\11 other seed— France. $8,726; Italy, 

 $471: Netherlands, $2,642: England, 

 $11,223: Spain, $735. 



Fertilizers — England, $44: Dutch 

 West Indies, $150. 



A bulletin from the I'. S. Dept. of 

 Agriculture describes the difference be- 

 tween white sweet clover, biennial yel- 

 low sweet clover and annual yellow 

 sweet clover and tells how to distin- 

 guish them apart when handling seed 

 of white sweet clover seed which is 

 usually adulterated to a greater or less 

 extent. Some very flagrant cases of 

 mixtures and incorrect labeling are 

 given. Address Edgar Brown, Seed 

 Laboratory. Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Washington, for copies of the bulletin 

 and other valuable information. 



Milford. Conn. — The Everett B. 

 rlarl; Seed Company has purchased 

 the two adjacent seed growiii.t estab- 

 lishments including farms, buildings, 

 and equipment of Alhertus N. Clark 

 and Clifford E. Clark, seed growers of 

 long standing. The two farms are so 

 situated between the company's own 

 original farm, and the Fenn farm pur- 

 chased a year ago as to join the two 

 and to make the aggregate one com- 

 plete whole. Albertus N. Clark has 

 addressed the following open letter to 

 the Seed Trade: 



Tills 13 to iiilvlse tli.at I li.ivc .sold my 

 swd Krnnini; farms. buiUlings aiirl equlp- 

 iiK-iit to Ttic Kv(>rMt 1'.. Clark SmmI rom- 

 pany. of Mllfnnl. Conn. In rctlrins from 

 tlio'seed crowinjr liu.slin'ss I wish, while 

 I'xpri'Ssliig niv aiiproilatlon of the patrou- 

 ace with wiilch you have fnvorcil me 

 iliirliiiT the past manv years, to hespcnk 

 fcr The Everett B. Clark .Seed Compnny 

 as my successors a ooHllnuance of j'our 

 patronage. 



Very trnly yours. 



(Signeil) AI-BERTVS N. CLARK. 

 Mllfonl. Conn., May 1st. 1916. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 Lager & Hurrell. Summit, N. J. — 

 Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue 

 and Price List of Orchids. A high- 

 class publication, handsomely illus- 

 trated. Brasso-Cattleya Veitchil, Braas- 

 avola Dlgbyana, five species of Cymbld- 

 ium. Cypripedium insigne Sanderae, 

 Vanda Sanderlana and Vanda teres 

 are illustrated in natural colors. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 .\liliTlriiii ,\HHinliitloii lit I'arix Sup 

 Inlendcnts— ProccodlnKB of the I7th 

 Annual Convention, held at San Fran- 

 cisco. Cal.. AugiiBt 18'20. 1915. Tills 

 annual report l>y Secretary Cotterlll 

 I'oiitains papers and dlHcussions in 

 full of mill h direct IntercHl to anyone 

 engaged in public or private park 

 work. Portraits ol proniinonl niein- 

 la'rs are included in the contents. 



The Carnation Year Hook for 1916 

 I'uhlished liy the Perpetual Flowering 

 Carnation Society, Burnley, England: 

 edited by J. S. llriinlon. This is the 

 official organ of the Society and Its 81 

 pages of contents include much of di- 

 rect interest to the carnatiouiBt. Some 

 spicy notes by the Sei-retary wMIl be 

 especially enjoyed by American read- 

 ers. The book, like the preceding is- 

 sues is printed on heavy paper and 

 substantially bound In red cloth. 



Carter's Practical Greenkeeper. Is- 

 sued by Carter's Tested Seeds. Inc.. 

 Boston. Mass. The author of this, the 

 third American edition, is Reginald 

 Beale, F. L. S., manager of Sports and 

 Grass Department. How to make a 

 new putting green or lawn and how to 

 maintain them is hero covered in ex- 

 haustive detail, filling 64 pages with 

 text and ill;istrations and making an 

 invaluable manu:il for any gardener 

 having to do with the construction and 

 care of lawns, putting greens, tennis 

 courts or golf courses. 



The report of the Forest Commis- 

 sioner for 1915 for Newton — "The 

 Garden City of Massachusetts," is an 

 interesting and instructive document, 

 especially for those wliose life work is 

 the care of trees and the combatting 

 of tlie numerous pests that threaten 

 the welfare of the city shade trees. 

 W. W. Colton is Forest Commissioner 

 for this thriving suburban city and 

 tills grai)hically illustrated report of 

 the activities of his department shows 

 that he is rendering efficient service 

 in the difficult work under his super- 

 vision. 



How to grow roses — This little vol- 

 ume recently published by the Conard 

 & Jones Co. has already been given 

 mention in these columns but we glad- 

 ly give room to the following extract 

 from a letter in reference to the book, 

 written to Robert Pyle, the author, by 

 W. C. Egan of Highland Park, 111., a 

 well-known horticulturist: 



"I have read It twice am] I consider It 

 the most valuable work ou roses for 

 America ever sent out. Any Idiot can 

 grow roses If It follows the advice given 

 In it. Its construction is admlrntde and 

 shows thought and wisdom. The calendar 

 gives valuable instructions In a nutshell, 

 and your cut on drainage, page 14. and on 

 planting, pace 20. and again on pruning; 

 are admirable. People remember what the 

 eye teaches them long after they have for- 

 gotten written or verbal Instructions. I 



MICHELL'S 



Hardy Perennial 

 Plants 



A full line of standard as well ai the 



newer varieties, crown at our Nurseries 

 at Andalusia, Pa. Of unusual vigor and 

 line quality. For complete list see our 

 Wholesale Catalogue. ,^end for a copy 

 if yon haven't one. 



Micheirs Seed House 



518 Market Strrel, Philadelphia 



:im glad you quoted Wlrth's method of 

 protection In Minneapolis. It Is relatively 

 al^out the same way I use. The whole 

 work is admirable and you should be 

 proud of it." 



UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 



Nearly 4,000 people attended the 

 fourth annual exhibition of floral ar- 

 rangements staged in the Floricul- 

 tiiral building on Sunday afternoon, 

 .-^pril 16. Not a better day could have 

 heen chosen as the weather was ideal. 



There were on exhibition many 

 types of corsage bouquets made of va- 

 rious sorts of flowers. Wedding bou- 

 quets were also in evidence, including 

 everything from the bridal bouquet to 

 the flower girl's basket. The table 

 decorations illustrated the use of dif- 

 ferent types of flowers. Besides this 

 there were numerous baskets, funer- 

 al designs and sprays, box and vase 

 arrangements, and feature bouquets. 



This show is the work of students 

 in Horticulture '32, a course in floral 

 decoration required of all floricultural 

 students. It is merely to give them 

 an idea of what work of this type 

 would be in a florists' establishment 

 during the rush season. The students 

 were assisted by Miss Emily Domer 

 of Lafayette, Indiana. A. G. H. 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynes 



Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



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