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HORTICULTURE 



May i:t. I!tli. 



while oiii' or two of tho most Impor- 

 tant nre likely to bo Rrcntly dnnmgcd. 



Cannert' Bargain. 

 One of tlx' . MniliMiiiix under wlilcli 

 the Sci'd Tr.i .iiioii functioned 



Uio writinn ■• IS with tho Wis- 



consin cunnvrti umlttlnR the dis- 

 claimer was that an extra charge 

 should be made hy way of Insurance. 

 Without disciissliiu the elTect of this 

 on the value of the dlsrluinier, we have 

 recently heard that the extra price 

 has not been charged In many in- 

 stances where contracts were written 

 without the disclaimer and we are not 

 surprised. We predicted this would be 

 the result. 



American Seed for Ontario. 



Hoiixiil I'cllx S. S. .Iiiliiison. KlDKHtun. 

 t'liniitlJi. .\pr. 20.) 



Seeds are exported from Prince Ed- 

 ward County, in the Kingston con- 

 sular district, to all parts of the 

 world. This year, however, grass and 

 all other seeds are being imported 

 from the Tnited States, and importers 

 state that tlie demand is so great that 

 they experienced diflicnlty in filling 

 orders. The shortaiie of seeds Is at- 

 tributable principally to unfavorable 

 weather conditions, lack of labor, and 

 less acreage grown. 



More seeds will be planted this 

 spring than ever before; vegetables of 

 all kinds arc to be raised. The can- 

 neries in this district have disposed of 

 last year's surplus stock and with 

 orders now on hand for the coming 

 season, they will lie kept very busy. 

 The canning industry of Prince Ed- 

 ward County is the principal and most 

 important of its kind in the Province 

 of Ontario. 



Teneriffe-Bermuda Onion Seed Crop. 

 !•'. C. Varela states that owing to 

 the lack of winter rains in the Canary 

 Islands, a considerable part of the 

 ' onion seed crop has been irretrievably 

 lost, and what remains of it is in a 

 rather precarious state. 



On the other hand, the fact that the 

 yield of Bermuda onions in Texas has 

 been smaller than expected and the 

 . diflBculties in transporting the Egyp- 

 i tian onions will have the effect of 

 ^ maintaining satisfactory prices In 

 > northern and eastern markets .of the 

 ■ Union and, as a consequence, the de- 

 mand for Teneriffe seed will be brisker 

 than usual. With the little crop this 

 year they will not be able to face half 

 the demand from different countries. 

 "Once more the Texas Bermuda 

 onion crop has baffled the expectations 

 of the growers. Damage has been done 

 to the extent of 40 per cent and, as 

 usual the poor 'thrips.' and the much 

 abused 'weather conditions' have got 

 all the blame. Next to this, the blame 

 for the ultimate bad result of the 

 sales, because of the onions arriving 

 at distant points in a more or less 

 'wasty condition.' will be eventually 

 shifted to the shoulders of the rail- 

 road company or the steamship com- 

 pany or to the negligence of tho 

 broker who sold the onions. But — the 

 fact is. that a very considerable quan- 

 tity of the commercial seed, bought 

 and distributed by some American 

 dealet^. is mainly responsible for the 

 damage continually observed in the 

 last four or five years. 



"Commercial seed, synonymous with 

 degenerated seed, although cheap to 



.\iiM-ii<iiii m-.iM-i.-^. iiilti'r- o-ii It ri il*l> 



expensive to tho onion growurH, In 

 view of the couslderuble loss it brlngu 

 about. Such seed cannot produce 

 Koud keeping onions; hence, tho great 

 nunibers of curs which arrive witli 

 onions in a wusty condition. Ameri- 

 can secdsinen and deulcrs have fos- 

 tered In Tenorilte such a keen com- 

 petition — lliroat cutting, I would say— 

 uniongst tho dealers and so-i-allcd 

 growers hero (from bankers and pro- 

 vision merchants down to barbers and 

 tailors), that the real victim Is the 

 onion grower In the United States. 



Important to Importers of Seed and 

 Nursery Stock. 



Lord Uobcrt Cecil, .Minister of War 

 Trade ol Great Britain, on .May lith, 

 made the important announcement of 

 certain orders in council in tlic nature 

 of concessions to neutral trade, among 

 which is the following order. 



"Business documents from shippers 

 to and from neutral countries will be 

 placed in a separate bag, which will 

 receive immediate examination, and 

 will proceed on the ship on which it 

 was originally mailed. No guarantee 

 will be given that this bag will not 

 be opened, but shippers will be assured 

 that there will be no delay." 



This is a confirmation of the agree- 

 ment made at a conference between 

 Sir Richard Crawford, of the British 

 Embassy at Wasliington, D. C, with 

 Curtis Nye Sniitli. the counsel for the 

 seed and nursery trade associations on 

 .March 30th, 1916, in order to over- 

 come the very serious difficulties aris- 

 ing from the action of the British 

 Censor in holding uj) shipping docu- 

 ments of the seed and nursery stock 

 shipped from neutral countries to 

 .American importers. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York of 

 horticultural material, for the week 

 ending April 28th. were recorded as 

 follows: 



Plants— Mexico. $21. 



Red clover seed — France, f 4i).:i:;4 ; 

 Italy. $116046. 



Grass seed— Denmark, $3,110; Swed- 

 en. $1,206; England, $19,994. 



Other seeds— France, $15,917; Neth 

 erlands. $74.5; Spain, $483; England. 

 $10,416; Ireland, $111; Argentine, $2,- 

 937; Hongkong, $232; Japan, $4; Mo- 

 rocco. $4,096; Spanish Africa, $2,455. 



Nitrate of potash — British Indies, 

 $74,4.';8. 



Nitrate of soda— Chile, $136,492. 



Sulphate of potash— Peru, $5,227. 



Other fertilizers— England, $270. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Bessie Boston Dahlia Farm, San 

 Mateo, Cal. — "Grand Prix Dahlias." A 

 list of desirable dahlias of the various 

 classes. 



Charles E. Parker, Terre Haute, Ind. 

 — Bulb Catalo.gue for 1916. Devoted to 

 gladioli and dahlias, of which a good 

 selection of named varieties are offered. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Twonty-fifth Annual Report of the 

 Park ('onimissionerK of the City of 

 Iluverblll, .Muhs. This is also the 2&th 

 year of tlie Incumlwrny of Henry Frost 

 as superintendent of the parks nnrt 

 playgrounds at Haverhill 



Tho Twelfth Annual Report of the 

 Mussachusetta State Forester, by Frank 

 \V. Kane, An Illustrated volume of 

 130 pages, showing an immense 

 uniount of work has been accomplished 

 during the past year in reforesting, 

 fire protection, moth suppression, meet- 

 ings, etc., In all sections of the stato. 

 .\ chart of the newly acquired Mt 

 llolyokc public reservation is Included. 



Thirty Third Annual Re|)ort of the 

 Hoard of Park Commissioners of Min- 

 neapolis. An elaborate publication, on 

 heavy paper and profusely illustrated 

 with plates, diagrams and maps. Full 

 of detail concerning every item of con- 

 struction, maintenance and manage- 

 ment of an extensive .Metropolitan 

 Park system. Thoroughly done as is 

 characteristic of Superintendent Theo- 

 dore Wlrth. 



Farmers' Bulletin, No. 721, of the 

 C. S. Department of Agriculture is de- 

 voted to a consideration of the Rose- 

 rhafer, one of the most intractable 

 pests that infest the garden and vine- 

 yard. The bulletin is by F. H. Chitten- 

 den and A. L. Quaintance. Unfortu- 

 nately no sovereign remedy against 

 this destructive insect has yet been 

 discovered but the bulletin gives in- 

 formation tending to a means of 

 partial suppression and is worthy of a 

 wide distribution and perusal. 



The National Nurseryman for May, 

 1916, makes a feature of a list of Our 

 Fifty Worst Weeds. This is presented 

 in alphabetical tabulated form giving 

 common name, botanical name, dura- 

 tion of life, color, size and arrange- 

 ment of flowers, sections where injur- 

 ious, methods of seed distribution, veg- 

 etative propagation of the perennials, 

 place of growth and products injured. 

 This Is a very timely subject and in 

 the form as presented in The NatlonaJ 

 Nurserymen should prove a valuable 

 aid to the gardener. 



Some Common Plant Families. A 

 Botanical Text Book by Willard N. 

 Clute. Published by Willard N. Clute 

 & Co., Joliet. 111.— .Mr. Clute is widely 

 known as an author on botanical sub- 

 jects. In this pamphlet he has put 

 into easily comprehensible terms much 

 popular instruction tending to help in 

 plant and flower Identification which 

 will prove of value to the novice who 

 with a little practice and experience 

 will be able to work out and establish 

 Identities from the group character 

 facts here presented. 



Pittsburgh, Pa.— .\11 the public 

 parks, likewise the grounds and lawnf 

 in the East End and Sewickly Heights 

 districts are at present masses of 

 bloom. 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 

 Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynes 

 ""~Park, London, tlngland. Send for Catalogue 



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