May 31, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



523 



in the plants themselves or in the 

 earth about their roots; and apparent- 

 ly the board had indeed decided that 

 the worst danger lay in the earth and 

 not in the plants. Unfortunately the 

 board does not seem to be very well 

 informed as to what groups of plants 

 are imported with earth on their roots 

 and what are not. This is illustrated 

 for instance by the allusion in a com- 

 munication from the chairman to 

 "peonies together with all other 

 plants with earth," whereas peonies 

 are generally washed free from all 

 earth before shipping, and there is no 

 reason why they should not always 

 be shipped quite free from earth. 



Other equally interesting extracts 

 follow: 



The choice of the few plants and 

 bulbs selected for admission when con- 

 sidered side by side with similar ones 

 that are excluded only awakens a 

 sense of wonder as to what were the 

 considerations which dictated the se- 

 lection; and the statement issued by 

 the hoard in defense of its action does 

 not make the mystery any less. 



It is to be said that such a sacrifice 

 of horticultural interests could only be 

 justified — if at all — on the ground that 

 the protection afforded by the meas- 

 ure was reasonably near to being com- 

 plete,. But no measure that could be 

 framed would guarantee protection 

 against the introduction of pests. 

 every boat that brings a cargo to one 

 of our ports, which the board consid- 

 ers innocent, still brings material in 

 which pests of one sort or another 

 may be hidden — in fruits, even if it 

 does not carry a shipment of the par- 

 ticular plants in packing, in hemp, in 

 ballast, in the very vessel itself. It 

 is to be noted that the quarantine 

 specifically provides that "fruits, veg- 

 etables, cereals and other plant prod- 

 ucts for or capable of propagation, In- 

 tended for medicinal, food, or manu- 

 facturing purposes * * * may be 

 imported without permit or other re- 

 strictions." It is very much open to 

 question whether the dangers from 

 these sources may not be quite as se- 

 rious as those from shipments of well 

 washed roots of peonies or other per- 

 ennials and indeed in the case of im- 

 ported vegetables, a good deal more 

 so. 



Furthermore, the countries to the 

 north and south of us, having no such 

 quarantine in force, would easily pro- 

 vide a way for the introduction of 

 pests. It would seem almost futile to 

 enact so stringent a regulation unless 

 the co-operation of the Canadian Gov- 

 ernment could be secured for similar 

 regulations in Canada. 



It comes, therefore, to this, that the 



horticultural interests and the garden- 

 ing public are to be required to pay 

 a high price for an immunity which is 

 not a real immunity. 



the meeting and exhibition may be 

 addressed to J. F. Sullivan, 361 Wood- 

 ward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



The seventeenth annual meeting and 

 exhibition of the American Peony 

 Society will be held in the Board of 

 Commerce Building, Wayne and 

 Lafayette Boulevard, Detroit, Michi- 

 gan, June 17-18 next. This exhibition 

 will be managed by the Detroit 

 Florist Club as a result of a meeting 

 of some of the members at Detroit 

 May 21 and the approval of the officers 

 of the society who were unable to be 

 present. 



This announcement is made in ad- 

 vance of the premium list which will 

 soon be sent to the members and 

 growers who are requested to make 

 preparations to send flowers for com- 

 petition and exhibition. Members of 

 the Peony Society are especially re- 

 quested to urge growers in their im- 

 mediate vicinity to attend this meet- 

 ing if possible and also to make an 

 exhibit of blooms in competition or 

 otherwise. Those who cannot come 

 with their flowers, and all shippers 

 may ship them by express prepaid ad- 

 dressed to the Michigan Cut Flower 

 Exchange, 264 Randolph street, where 

 a competent committee will receive 

 and properly care for them including 

 the staging in the exhibition hall. 



It is the desire of the Peony Society 

 to make this exhibition the largest 

 and most interesting in its history and 

 to that end the Detroit florists are 

 working hard and giving wide public- 

 ity through the daily press to the 

 event, which will assure a big attend- 

 ance at the exhibition of all lovers of 

 peonies. The prizes to be offered will 

 be sufficiently attractive to encourage 

 growers from all parts to make ex- 

 hibits which may be entered in which- 

 ever class the grower may elect. 



Some of the rewards will consist of 

 roots of the most valuable varieties ex- 

 tant, and amateurs and professional 

 growers will have a chance to add 

 some rare sorts to their collections by 

 this method, which are not available 

 by purchase. 



Among these may be mentioned the 

 Le Cygne by President James Boyd 

 and the great sensational variety Jubi- 

 lee shown at the Philadelphia meeting 

 two years ago offered as a prize by 

 Lee R. Bonnewitz, Van Wert, Ohio, 

 and the celebrated varieties Elwood 

 Pleas and Lady A. Duff will be offered 

 by Chas. F. Wassenberg, Van Wert. 

 Ohio. 



All correspondence in reference to 



ROSE GROWERS AT WASHINGTON. 



The following is the proposed pro- 

 gram for the national rose test garden 

 meeting at Washington, D. C, Tues- 

 day, June 3: 

 10.30 a. m. Meet at Gude's Flower 



Shop, 1214 F. St., N. W. 

 11.00 a. m. At Arlington Farms for 



Fifth Annual Inspection of National 



Rose Test Garden. 

 1.00 p. m. Luncheon Ebbit House. 

 2.30 p. m. Start for "Twin Oaks" 



where visitors will be received by 



Mrs. J. C. Bell. 



The Florist Club of Washington, 

 through their president, Z. D. Blacki- 

 stone, have most kindly offered to act 

 as hosts, in an informal way, to the 

 American Rose Society for the day, 

 in the same manner as heretofore. All 

 who go, therefore, should notify chair- 

 man of the reception committee, Mr. 

 Otto Bauer, care S. S. Pennock Co., 

 1216 H. St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE CONVEN- 

 TION. 

 A very interesting program has 



been prepared for the Thirty-seventh 



Annual Convention of the American 



Seed Trade Association to be held at 



Hotel Sherman, Chicago, June 24 to 



26. The following will be the leading 



addresses: 



The Needs for Critical Study in Seed 

 Production — R. A. Oakley, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



Is Seed Trading Worth While — Edgar 

 Brown, U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Our Seed Trade With European Coun- 

 tries— W. A. Wheeler, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Concerning Article II — Kirby B. White, 

 D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich. 



Commissions — Leonard H. Vaughan, 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago. 



The Garden Army and Its Purpose — 

 Lester S. Ivins, Bureau of Education, 

 Washington, D. C. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 

 The secretary of the American Rose 

 Society, Professor E. W. White of Cor- 

 nell, has sent out a call to the mem- 

 bers to view the Rose Garden at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, June 3rd. It is expected 

 that the visitors will gather as usual 

 at the store of Gude Bros, about 10.30 

 a. m., and from there proceed to the 

 grounds. The judges are expected on 

 the gardens at 10 a. m. — others at 

 about 11 a. m. The Washington Flor- 

 ists Club will entertain the visitors 

 about the same as last year. 



