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perus Sabina, uninjured except variety tamariscifolia, now 

 dead; Juniperus communis; vars. suecica and hibernica, 

 often injured, and have been discarded; Juniperus virgin- 

 iana, all forms Injured. 



Libocedrus decurrens, discarded, did not die but did 

 not grow. 



Picea bicolor, uninjured; Picea canadensis (alba), un- 

 injured; Picea Englemannii, uninjured; Picea Glehnii, un- 

 injured; Picea jezoensis (P. ajanensis), uninjured, short 

 lived; Picea Omorika, uninjured, but suffers badly from 

 weevils; Picea orientalis, uninjured; Picea pungens (P. 

 Parryana), uninjured, and Picea sitchensis, not hardy, also 

 Picea Albertiana (P. alba var.), uninjured; P. mariana 

 Doumettii, not on the Rochester list, uninjured. 



We have a number of new Chinese species now about 

 six years old and from 2 to 5 feet high; none, excepting 

 Picea adscendens which apparently is synonymous with 

 P. Sargentiana, have been injured. This list is as follows: 

 Picea asperata, P. asperata v. notabilis, P. asperata v. pon- 

 derosa, P. aurantiaca, P. purpurea, P. heterolepis, P. Bal- 

 fouriana, and F. montigins P. Smitheana has been here 

 more than twenty years. It has lived, but has been fre- 

 quently injured. 



Pinus aristata is uninjured, while Pinus Armandi has 

 been injured more or less several, winters, and now dis- 

 carded; Pinus Bungeana, uninjured; Pinus cembra, Pinus 

 densifiora, uninjured; Pinus densiflora nana and Pinus 

 densiflora pendula, uninjured, also Pinus excelsa, uninjured, 

 but has been injured in previous winters; Pinus flexilis, 

 uninjured; Pinus Koraensis. uninjured; Pinus nigra aus- 

 triaca, uninjured; Pinus nigra Pallasiana, uninjured; Pinus 

 montana, uninjured; Pinus monticola, uninjured; Pinus 

 parvifiora (P. pentaphylla), uninjured; Pinus Peuce, are 

 uninjured, while Pinus ponderosa, injured severely, but 

 less so and will recover, but does not thrive; Pinus resi- 



nosa, uninjured; Pinus Strobus, uninjured; Pinus sylves- 

 tria, uninjured; Pinus Thunbergii remain uninjured. 



Of the pines not on the Rochester list: Pinus Lamber- 

 tiana was killed last winter; it was an old plant about 25 

 feet high, but had never grown satisfactorily; Pinus scopie- 

 lorums, uninjured; Pinus sinensis, uninjured; Pseudotsuga 

 taxifolia are uninjured; there are several specimens on the 

 estate, but no good ones, but on an exposed and sandy 

 soil about a mile away, they have done well; Sciadopitys 

 verticellata, some specimens badly injured but have never 

 been injured before; Taxodium distichum, uninjured. 



Taxus baccata, uninjured, and have been injured more 

 or less every winter, one lot killed, while Taxus canadensis, 

 browned in the sun, late growing tips were killed and Taxus 

 cuspidata remain uninjured, while Taxus cuspidata, var. 

 sinensis, late growing, tips injured. 



Thuja Standishii (T. japonica), uninjured, although 

 very much bronzed in the sun; Thuja occidentalis, injured 

 in many places, but will recover, while Thuja plicata has 

 been injured more or less every winter, dead, and Tsuga 

 canadensis is badly burned in the sun, while Tsuga caro- 

 liniana, slightly injured, came through better than the 

 more northern species; Tsuga diversifolia, uninjured, and 

 Tsuga Sieboldii, injured more or lesg every winter and not 

 satisfactory. 



Torreya nucifera, some plants injured, will recover, 

 while Torreya taxifolia, uninjured, but has been injured 

 other winters. 



Chamsecyparis obtusa, var. ericoides, not on the Roch- 

 ester list, has proven perfectly hardy. 



Wellesley, Mass. 



PROPOSED QUARANTINE OF BAR- 

 BERRIES. 



The Secretary of Agriculture has in- 

 formation that the common barberry 

 (Berberis vulgaris) and its horticul- 

 tural varieties, as well as other species 

 of Berberis and Mahonia, are capable 

 of harboring the black stem rust of 

 wheat, oats, barley, rye, and many 

 wild and cultivated grasses (Puccinia 

 graminis) throughout much of the 

 grain-growing area of the country and 

 especially in the states of Nebraska, 

 Iowa. Illinois, Indiana. Ohio, North 

 Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, 

 Kansas, Montana, Wisconsin. Michi- 

 gan, Wyoming, Missouri and Colorado. 

 The prevalence of the common bar- 

 berry throughout this area has been 

 responsible to a considerable degree 

 for the severity of the epidemics of 

 black stem rust that have frequently 

 caused enormous losses of wheat and 

 other cereals. 



Through the co-operation of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture with state offi- 

 cials, local organizations, and individ- 

 uals, the susceptible species of Ber- 

 beris and Mahonia have been very 

 largely eradicated from the above- 

 named states, but these plants are still 

 prevalent in many of the regions of 

 the United States. It appears neces- 

 sary, therefore, to quarantine the 

 states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas. 

 California, Connecticut, Delaware, Flor- 

 ida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky. Louisi- 

 ana, Maine, Maryland Massachusetts, 

 Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire. 

 New Jersey. New Mexico, New York. 



North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, 

 Pennsylvania Rhode Island, South 

 Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Ver- 

 mont, Virginia Washington. West Vir- 

 ginia and the District of Columbia, in 

 accordance with Section 8 of the Plant 

 Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912 (37 

 Stat. 315), as amended by the Act of 

 Congress approved March 4, 1917 (39 

 Stat. 1134, 1165), and to prohibit or 

 regulate the movement from said 

 states and district to the states first 

 above named of all species and va- 

 rieties of barberry and Mahonia sus- 

 ceptible to black stem rust. 



A public hearing will be held at 

 Room 11, Federal Horticultural Board. 

 Washington, D. C. at 10 o'clock, on 

 February 24, 1919, in order that any 

 person interested in the proposed quar- 

 antine may be heard either in person 

 or by attorney. 



BELGIUM'S PLIGHT.' 



The personal letter which we here- 

 with take the liberty to publish from 

 the elder Sander, St. Albans, Eng., 

 will be read with interest by a host 

 of Mr. Sander's long-time friends in 

 America. A few words of comment 

 on same will be found on the editorial 

 page: 



St. Albans, Eng., Jan. 18, 1919. 

 My dear Mr. Stewart: 



Louis has just come back from 

 Bruges and has to return to his regi- 

 ment on Monday. Mr. Mellstrom has 

 done very wonderful. Without him 

 there all would have been lost. The 

 report is but hard and sad. The nur- 

 sery trade has probably suffered more 

 than any other. A factory one can 

 shut up and it can be reopened; a nur- 



sery must be kept going or lost. There 

 is no middle way. I have hope that 

 our nursery will survive the sad times, 

 but it will be a struggle. If only I was 

 20 years younger! But it must be 

 left to the generation now coming on. 

 I have sent your plant import article 

 of the 21st of December on to the 

 Chamber of Commerce (Horticultural) 

 in Ghent. It's all too awful to think 

 that Dr. Marlatt's idea could destroy 

 hundreds of nurseries owned by folk 

 so terribly hit during the last four 

 years! After all, remember the Ghent 

 nurserymen are not rich and never 

 have been, or really even nearly so. 

 They' have been a hard working set 

 and contented with little, and in real- 

 ity the American florists have reaped 

 the largest benefit. Why disturb this? 

 A few years ago, I think it must be 

 two years or more. I saw articles 

 written by an American azalea indica 

 grower, saying that he could grow 

 them equally good in America. Do 

 you remember the articles? I don't 

 think it was in Horticulture I saw it. 

 Kind regards to you all. 



Sander. 



SOME PRODUCTS FOUND WORTH- 

 LESS. 

 The unusual fertilizer situation has 

 brought forth numerous fertilizer 

 substitutes of more or less doubtful 

 merit for which extravagant claims 

 are made. Companies are organizing 

 to exploit fertilizer materials, concern- 

 ing the value of which little ia known, 

 and a considerable increase in such 

 test work seems necessary. Several 

 such products have been investigated 

 and tested by the department. Some 

 of them are practically worthless and 

 others have value entirely out of pro- 

 portion to prices charged. 



