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IIORTICULTII RE 



May 2U. l'.>l> 



o|x>ii on theHP boaiitiful and iiaually 

 Nititiructiiry pliiiKH. Soiiii' llowiTs ure 

 now i)i)«'n oil tlu- iiortluTii form of llio 

 JopancK .W. kuliiis (var. liDifnliii). 

 Tills Is u slinpoly trt'«>. with hiiiuII 

 (IroopliiK flowers wlilili oiicii lieforo 

 llio appe«niiic»> of llu» luavos. and 

 Kood follnj;*'. l"!' '• lu'viT lUiwurs here 

 vory freely and tins year there arc 

 fewer llowers lliiiii usual. As a 

 llowcriiiK tree for this (■ilmali' it Is in 

 ferlor to the whitellowered Chinese 

 apecles, .If. • oint/iirioi. or as it Is now to 

 lie called. .W. ilrniiilnlu. and its hy- 

 brids, wliioli also Mower before the ap- 

 pi'arance of the leaves and ure not yet 

 in flower. — ArnoJiI Arhorclum Hullf- 

 till. Seir Series. Vol. II.. So. I. 



PRUNING ROSES. 



IHIKTUII.TIIU-: ITU. CO. 



Mr. I'usler-Mrllliir in lil.-i "Tlif llnok i.f 

 tin- Hksi'." guys: "If iin iiriiulni; .lnwii In 

 iiii :i|>|>Mri'iitly .Hiiiiiiil liiiil. (Ill' pltli apiu-ar 

 liriiwii liistiinl "f white. It Is Mp|iiireiit the 

 sliiHiI has liefu liijureil liy fr"»t. anil It 

 will 111- heiter tci eiit liiwiT." I have Just 

 liniiii'il a aliirilv Mrn. .lohii l.aliin. four- 

 vear i>hl plain, elithl .ihnnta ti-ii luches 

 fr.iiii llie erouiiil. full "f atrciiii: leaf huils. 

 anil to esi-ape the brown iiilh. hail to cut 

 iliiwn In line anil Iwn Inrhes frein the 

 i:ri>nnil. Is this the proper thliii.' '" il"'' 1 



fnunil the sani imlitlon wllh a .T. U. 



<"larke. Kran Karl I>rnsilikl. anil a nuui 

 biT of II. T.s. but illil not ilare cut down 

 all the bronn pith on these. Is It neeea 

 sary to cut away all that brown pith? The 

 priMiIni; problem Is a crcnt piTplexlty to 

 nie. Where can I get good liiforinallon to 

 KUlile mo? Any suggestion or help you 

 niav give will be greatly appreciated. 



I'nwtucket. H. I. A. C. 



In response to your communication 

 in which you make reference to Mr. 

 Foster-.Meliiar's "Book of the Rose." 

 and inquire resardiuK your pruning, 

 you will probably not be surprised to 

 iearii that the iia.st winter, if we are 

 to judge from the experience of wide- 

 ly separated groups of people, has 

 proved a very severe one for roses, 

 and the loss has been considerable 

 from winter-killing. 



To judge from your letter you are 

 pursuing just the right course with re- 

 gard to the roses that you are han- 

 dling. As a rule not only the dark 

 brown pith is a good guide as to how 

 short back to cut your rose bushes, 

 but the brown appearance of the bark 

 may also be taken as an indication 

 that the branch is dead, at least to 

 the points so affected. 



If you wish to have a brief guide 

 that may be followed readily we might 

 suspest a very concise, and yet clear- 

 ly presented treatise on the topic of 

 Pruning, the chapter on that subject 

 that appears in the new book "How 

 to Grow Roses." which we can furnish 

 you at $1.00 each. This is published 

 by The Conard & Jones Company, a 

 firm of very long experience. If you 

 wish to go into the subject even more 

 exclusively, we would sugs'est the 

 "Handbook on Pruning." published by 

 the National Rose Society of England, 

 ■which we could obtain for you at a 

 cost of $1.00. This book contains not 

 only suggestions for pruning in gen- 

 eral, but catalogs a long list of roses, 

 ■with an index showing the character 

 of pruning required for each separate 

 variety. — Ed. 



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SEED TRADE 



The preliminary schedule of prizes 

 has been issued for the Spring Exhi- 

 bition of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society to be held in Boston. 

 March 21-25. 1917. The regular prizes 

 aggregate $3831.00 ca^i, two gold and 

 three silver medals. Special prizes 

 ■will no doubt be offered later on. 



\meri(:an !)EEi> trade association 



Olttrrrn — I'rrMtilrlit, J. M. LupCutl, 



MiilllliMk. I,. I.. .V.t.: Mml > Irr-I'reiil- 

 ilf'iil. Klrliy II. Wliltr. Ilrlnill. Midi.; 

 Hrriillil \ Ur-rrmlilrlll, I. \\. lliilKlitii,,, 

 I \\'«nlilliKlen, II. 4.; >fi'r«-liir> •'rrruHiirrr. 

 C. I-:. Krnilrl. t'lrlrlilDil. <l. ; .\«iiUtltllt 

 Hrcrrtnry. 8. K. Wllluril, Jr., Clrtrlnnil. 

 O. fhlrnco. 111.. Junr '.;u-'^S, next riir.i*l- 

 ln( pikov. 



Expediting Shipping Document!. 



In further explanation ol the British 

 Orders in Council issued .May «. I!tl6, 

 in reference to the examination of 

 shipping documents by the British 

 Censor and saving valuable lime In 

 transnilsslon of these papers to Amer- 

 ican Importers, the British Kmbassy 

 at Washington has sent out the fur- 

 ther statement as follows: 



"It will, however, not be practicable I 

 to carry out the arrangements con- 

 templated unless the documents, 

 whether bills of lading, consular in 

 voices, or other similar papers, arc 

 forwarded unaccompanied by an.\ 

 other mail matter, in special bags 

 labelled or marked shipping docu- 

 ments." These bags shall lie forward- 

 ed by the vessel carrying the cargo to 

 which tb.p documents in question re- 

 late." CiKTis Nyp; Smith. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York of 

 horticultural material for the week 

 ending May 5.^ were recorded as fol- 

 lows: 



Bulbs — Prance, $26; Netherlands. 

 $.5.97.5: England. $579; Scotland. $1; 

 .lapan, $438. 



Plants — Belgium. $3,213; Nether- 

 lands, $35,294; EJngland. $3,923; Scot- 

 land. $16; Ireland, $248; Bermuda. 

 $29; Japan. $203. 



Red clover seed — France. $4,609. 



Grass Seed — Denmark, $4,000; 

 Krance. $588; Scotland. $1,499. 



Other seeds— France. $4,851; Ger- 

 manv, $239; Italy. $852; Netherlands. 

 $3,863; England, $28,789; British In- 

 dies. $7,875; British East Indies. 

 $2,068; Hongkong, $124. 



Nitrate of soda— Chile. $247,086. 



Sulphate of potash Chile. $1,135. 



Other fertilizers — England. $4(i; 

 Scotland. $325. 



Guano— Scotland. $255. 



New York — McHutehison & Co."s 

 new headquarters on Chambers street 

 are very roomy, conveniently ar- 

 ranged for a big business and very at- 

 tractively furnished. The main office 

 and store room floor extends through 

 the block to Reade street where a spa- 

 cious freight elevator is installed. Mr. 

 McHutehison- has just received the 

 welcome news that Belgian ship- 

 ments will come along all right. 



MICHELL'S 



Hardy Perennial 



Plants 



A full Miic> of Htnn(l:ir<l ua w«*U us the 

 newer varlrtlcH, grown at our NurserioB 

 lit Andnliiflln. Pa. Of unuHunI vigor and 

 line quality. Kor compU-tc lUt nee our 

 Wholesnle Cntalopuo. Srnd tor a ropy 

 If yon li:!v.'n't nni> 



Michell's Seed House 



Philadelphia 



518 Market Street, 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Hartford, Ct.— Rose Hill Floral Co.. 

 capital stock $50,000. Incorporators. 

 A. P. Pitner. .losiali H. Peck and Ralph 

 M. Grant. 



Providence, R. I. — Quidnick Green- 

 houses. Inc.. capital stock $30,000. In- 

 corporators, C. C. Earle. M. Schoolman 

 and 11. M. I.aniont. 



Sherman, Tex. — The John S. Kerr 

 .Nursery Co.. capital stock $1,000. In- 

 corporators. John S. Kerr. D. S. 

 Thompson and \V. J. Kerr. 



Chattanooga. Tenn. — Lookout Nur- 

 sery, capilul stock $10,000. Incorpor- 

 ators, S. H. Howell, F. D. Landis, W. L. 

 Frierson. Fred Grindler and L. .M. 

 Coleman. 



PERSONAL. 



Charles C. Nichols has lieen appoint- 

 ed to take charge of the greenhouses 

 at the Lyman School. Worcester .Mass. 



L. P. Jensen, gardener at the Busch 

 estate, St. Louis, and J. H. Whitten 

 were judges at the Spring Flower 

 Show held at Columbia. Mo. 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynes 

 Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTEKO 1 ho 1 bD IbLbUS, Inc., commerce Bldi^o'stoD, M»s. 



