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 Hrcrrtarjr. X. K. >\ llliinl. Jr.. ClrtrlBDd, 

 O. Chtcaio, III., June SO-SS, next m«et- 

 iDff pimoe. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at tlic port of .\e\v York of 

 horticultural material for the week 

 enditiK May 26lh, were recorded as 

 follows: 



Bulbs — France. $12; .Netherlands,, 

 $327; EtiKland. $65; HoiiKkong. $420. 



Plants- Helgium. $28,724: France, 

 $174.; Italy, $2ri; Netherlands, $6,156: 

 England. $2.1:12: Bermuda. $40; Guate- 

 mala, $49; Cuba, $15; Japan, $12; Bra- 

 zil. $113; Colombia, $464. 



Red Clover Seed— France, $1,255; 

 Italy, $13,200. 



Clover Seed— Netherlands, $3,518; 

 England. $3,041. 



Other Seed— France. $5,960; Italy, 

 $253; Malta, $324; Netherlands, $9,- 

 548; Germany, $586; Mexico. $1,313: 

 England. $2o,8o2: China, $2,792; Brit- 

 ish India. $17,752; British East Indies, 

 $229; Hongkong. $396; Morocco, $4,- 

 646. 



Nitrate of Potash— England, $74,391. 



Nitrate of Soda— Chile. $50,885. 



Other fertilizers — Scotland, $77; 

 Mexico, $632. 



Kainit— Cuba, $300. 



Seedsmen wishing to send seeds to 

 the Argentine Republic should con- 

 form to certain requirements, which 

 as stated by the Consul-General of th>? 

 Argentine Republic at .New York Cit\ 

 are. that the seed grower must make 

 an affidavit before a notary public, the 

 notary public attaching his jhrat and 

 official seal, stating that the seeds are 

 free from diseases. A similar affidavit 

 should be obtained from the county 

 clerk and both certificates or affi- 

 davits sent to the Consul General of 

 the Argentine Republic at New York 

 City for certification, the fee for 

 which is $2.00. 



Curtis Nye Smith. 



A SELECTION OF DAHLIAS. 



R. Vincent, Jr., gives as his selec- 

 tion of the best in all classes, as fol- 

 lows: 



Best peony-flowered: Bertha von 

 Suttner, Geisha, Germania, Gloire de 

 Baan, Queen Wilhelmina, Queen 

 Emma. 



Best show: A. D. Livoni, Chas. 

 Lanier, Ethel Maule, Sauve, Mme. 

 -Moreau. Yellow Duke, Zebra. 



Best cactus: Countess of Lonsdale, 

 Golden Gate, J. H. Jackson, Kalif, 

 Marguerite Bouchon, Rene Cayeaux, 

 Sweetbriar, Wodan, Wolfgang von 

 Goethe. 



Best pompon: .Alewine, Allie Mou- 

 rey, Indian Chief, Little May, Snow- 

 clad. 



Best decorative: Delice, Hortulanus, 

 Fiet, Jack Rose, Jean Charmant, Le 

 Grand Manitou, Papa Charmant. 



Best Single Century: Ami Barillet, 

 Fringed 20th Century, Rose Pink Cen- 

 tury, Sensation, Setting Sun, White 

 Century. 



11 u HTI C U L T U R E 



BREEDING FOR NOVELTIES 



Ki'i I'l.l p: piT'* i:i tills iiiagii/.lni' niadi' 

 recomiiifiidutlon. first, that Gladiolus 

 seed be sown too thickly In order to 

 ilonlroy i|ie weaklings at tin- start, and 

 second, that strikingly aberrant forms 

 be avoided and only normal forms of 

 modcrati' char.-icterislics be used In 

 crossing. 



That is exactly right if a good high 

 average coniinercial product Is de- 

 sired, but exactly wrong If the object 

 is nipid improvement of a speciflc 

 kind. Extreme variations when they 

 first appear are very apt to be accom- 

 panied by weakness and a faulty con- 

 stitution, but these can be bred out 

 by proper crossing, iiiid the uni(|ue 

 quality, otherwise unattainable, sujier- 

 IMJsed on a robtist and vigorous habit. 



Experts in heredity eslimate that 

 each parent transmits about one-sev- 

 enth of its own peculiar qualities to 

 its offspring; for example. If two 

 whites, each the offspring of colored 

 sorts, were mated, about two-sevenths 

 of the seedlings would show a decided 

 tendency to whiteness. .Mating these 

 whites together should produce white- 

 ness in a little over half the grand- 

 children, and so with other qualities. 

 Nearly all our finest kinds have a long 

 line of robust ancestors, and so rever- 

 sion to robustness comes easily by 

 crossing with a robust mate. Often it 

 is the weaklings that show the high- 

 est development of some desired char- 

 acter, and this character is precious, 

 because it can be fixed upon a robust 

 constitution by repeated crossing. 



For example, suppose we wish to 

 produce a pure white, with flowers six 

 inches across, of great substance, and 

 borne on stems six feet high. Mating 

 average normal "near-whites" would 

 never get it. but if we mate the purest 

 white — say a weak sort like Eiirnpa — 

 with the tallest and most robust near- 

 white, like I'lnri- or Xiiiiiiilii. and the 

 resulting tallest and most robust near- 

 whites back to Kiiri>]in. and if neces- 

 sary, repeat the operation, if we use 

 enough material, we will certainly get 

 seedlings as white as I'limiiii and with 

 the vigor of the others; and proper 

 selection and intercrossing of these 

 would in the end give what we want. 

 Following this i)lan for only two gen- 

 erations has given me a strain coming 

 mostly white with some as white as 

 Eiiropn snd about VA inches across 

 the flower, on strong stems, and some 

 nearly white, large-flowered, and six 

 feet high, and, of course, the work is 

 only begun. 



If a breeder gets a seedling with 

 some unique and desirable character, 

 but otherwise worthless, it is merely 

 a matter of time and patient and 

 judicious; crossing to impose that char- 

 acter upon a robust and satisfactory 

 variety, but he must make up his mind 

 as to what he wishes to accomplish, 

 keep track of his pedigrees (approxi- 

 mately, at least), and be willing to 

 persevere through several generations 

 in order to attain his ideal. 

 Theodore L. Mead, in The Modern 



Gladiolus Grower. 



June 10, l»lt> 



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