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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



"Troc Talk" for Krtiniiiry. VMU. pub- 

 11»1uh1 •• & llartlrti Com- 



pany. ~ 1-. roiitalim some 



very \.imi..mi. ,,,.,.■.•- on tin- pliiDting 

 ver>' valuable artUles on Uio care of 

 trees for stroot and home grounds. 



California .-Vssoi'latlon of Nursery- 

 men. The prorp«llnps ul the Fourth 

 Annual .Meetint; held in San Diego, 

 October 15-17. I'.'H has been published. 

 It Is a model In Its class and Its con- 

 tents show that this young association 

 is living up to Its declared objects uuu 

 alms. Henry W. Kruckeberg of Los 

 Angeles Is secretary-treasurer. 



The February, lillo, number of the 

 Minnesota Horticulturist shows plans 

 and description of the proposed new 

 horticultural building. The Minnesota 

 Horticultural Society appears to be do- 

 ing splendid work in the broad field of 

 horticulture and we hope to see the re- 

 quired state appropriation granted for 

 this much nee<ied building. The loca- 

 tion selected is midway between Min- 

 neapolis and St. Paul. 



Twenty-seventh .Annual Report of 

 the Purdue University Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Lafayette, Ind. 

 An interesting pamphlet of 88 pages 

 recording the work of the various de- 

 partments for the year ending June 

 30. 1914. The report of I'rof. J. C. 

 Arthur of the botanical department 

 tells of experiments to rid the ground 

 of a number of troublesome weeds, 

 such as Canada thistle, dandelion, 

 quack-grass, wild garlic, etc. The re- 

 port of the horticultural department 

 by Prof. C. G. Woodbury is devoted 

 to orchard and small fruit matters. 

 The receipts of this station from vari- 

 ous sources for the year amounts to 

 $315,362.20 and expenditures $268,576.- 

 61, of which no portion appears to 

 have been applied to any Ijranch of 

 ornamental horticulture. 



From the January number of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin we 

 learn that the construction of a lorni- 

 al garden, bounded on the north, south 

 and east by the new conservatories, 

 and on the west by a pergola, has been 

 the largest single addition to the fea- 

 tures of the main garden during the 

 past year. The land back of the con- 

 servatory sloped so rapidly to the west 

 that in order to level this area it was 

 necessary to construct a reinforced 

 concrete retaining wall, which in some 

 places is fourteen feet in height. On 

 top of the retaining wall there has 

 been built an Italian pergola about 

 250 feet in length. This pergola, 

 when covered with perennial vines, 

 will constitute one of the most 

 pleasant parts of the garden in which 

 to rest, the outlook over the formal 

 garden being particularly attractive. 

 The latter, with the aid of hedges, 

 orange and boxwood trees, appropriate 

 furniture and fountains, will be the 

 most pretentious thing of its kind that 

 has ever been attempted at the Miss- 

 ouri Botanial Garden. Here will be 

 afforded an unusual place for the ex- 

 hibition of tulips in the spring, and 

 throughout tlie summer a succession 

 of foliage and flowering plants wil! 

 present an admirable example of what 

 can be done with this sort of a garden. 



The total number of visitors to the 

 garden in 1914 was 222,211, of whom 

 90,187 came on Sundays. The number 

 of specimens in the herbarium is now 

 657,461. 



THE IMINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION GARDEN. 



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1. .Vquatlc Plants. 



2. Boddini; Plants, one variety in o:irh 



bed. 



.■). Colleiilon of Bedding Plants. 



4. Flower Vases. 



5. Arbor Way with Annual Climbers, 

 li. .\rliiirvltne Hedge. 



On account of the large amount of 

 annual planting material required to 

 fill the garden, which, because of the 

 requirements for bedding plants for 

 other parks, we are not able to fur- 

 nish from our own propagating plant, 

 it seems advisable to change the lay- 

 out of the garden to provide appropri- 

 ate room for a larger number of peren- 

 nials and other hardy plants which do 

 not require replacing every year. 

 The accomi)anying plan shows the 

 proposed rearrangement of the 

 grounds. 



We cannot expect outside growers 

 to furnish large quantities of plants 

 every year to help fill this large gar- 

 den and we do not intend to ask them 

 to do so. We are. however, not only 

 willing but anxious to have all growers 

 who wish to do so, make use of these 

 display grounds to introduce and show 

 their novelties in large or small num- 

 bers. Exhibits sent us for that pur- 

 pose will be given a conspicuous place 

 in the garden amongst the class of 

 plants to which they belong. They 

 will be properly labeled, giving the 



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7. Kvergrcens. 



8. Border planling of slirubs, cvcrgrccng. 



ornamental grasses, perennials, an- 

 nuals. I)ulh8, etc. 

 !). Deciduous slirubs. 



10. I'crennlal.s and nnnual.s in groups, 

 classes and coml)lnatlons. 



exhibitor's full name and address. We 

 simply ask that prospective exhibi- 

 tors write to us before April Ist what 

 they wish to exhibit so that we may 

 reserve space for their exhibits, and 

 that the plants be sent, freight or ex- 

 press prepaid, at the proper time of 

 planting. 



Our home people are taking a great 

 interest in the garden right along and 

 there can be no question as to the ad- 

 vertising value of an exhibit at these 

 well kept exhibition grounds. I 

 therefore extend a hearty invitation to 

 all growers and introducers of novel- 

 ties and meritorious plants to make 

 use of our garden. We will do our 

 share to grow the plants as nearly to 

 perfection as possible and to thus 

 serve the interests of the exhibitors 

 and public alike. 



Theodore Wirtii, 

 Superintendent of Parks. 



Bloomlngton, HI. — Andrew Peterson 

 of Gibson City has rented the green- 

 houses of C. W. Moore. 



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