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HOETICULTUEE 



December 30, 191G. 



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NOTES ON CONIFERS. 



{,ContiuuedJyoMt f>age 876) 



have all grown well here in this cli- 

 mate for nearly thirty years and are 

 still handsome and attractive trees of 

 much promise. The Scotch Pine 

 (Pinus si/lvestris) and the Austrian 

 Pine (P. nigra) are perfectly hardy 

 and grow rapidly in tliis climate, luit 

 they are comparatively shortlived 

 trees here and do not promise to be 

 so valuable as the .Japanese species. 

 The White Pine of the Balkan penin- 

 sula (Pinus pcuce) is very hardy here, 

 producing its cones freely, and now 

 promises to be a large and valuable 

 tree. The Swiss Pine (P. rcmhra) is 

 hardy but grows very slowly but it Is 

 possible that the form of this tree 

 from central Siberia may prove more 

 successful in this climate. The 

 Asiatic representative of this Pine, 

 Pinus korairnsis, from eastern Siberia, 

 Korea and Japan, grows well here and 

 produces its cones freely. Of the Pines 

 of western America Pinus flerilis of 

 the Rocky Mountain region grows 

 slowly in the Arboretum but is healthy 

 and perfectly hardy, as are the two 

 White Pines. P. Lambcrtinna. the great 

 Sugar Pine of California and Oregon, 

 and P. monticola which ranges from 

 Idaho to the coast of British Columbia 

 and to the high Sierras of California. 

 Arnold Arhoretum Bulletin. 



THE PROSPOSED FEDERAL QUAR- 

 ANTINE AGAINST TREES 

 AND PLANTS. 



Concerning the foregoing a prom- 

 inent importing house has written to 

 us as follows: 



"Are you members of the American 

 Forestry Association? We are. and 

 have today an invitation to attend 

 their meeting .January 18-19 at Wash- 

 ington. In it they call attention to a 

 movement to eliminate the White Pine 

 Blister Rust in this country and other 

 plant and tree pests imported annual- 

 ly, causing damage to the extent of 

 hundreds of millions of dollars 

 (hear?) and they propose to advise 

 legislation for "a wholesale Federal 

 Quarantine against the importation 

 from any Continent of Plant and Tree 

 Stock, unless deemed necessary by 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, so that in the future these 

 diseases may be kept out of the 

 country." 



How is this, and how will it affect 



our florist trade? Will the S. A. F. 

 swallow this peacefully? If Europe, 

 the declared home of these pests can 

 combat them by intelligent measures 

 to keep a plentiful supply of white 

 pine and other trees, would this not 

 look— to use a professor's term —like 

 a "testimonium paupertatis" to our 

 eminent specialists in Washington and 

 elsewhere? You can cure a headache 

 by cutting off your head, but I. for 

 one, do not quite fancy such treat- 

 ment. Will you investigate this a lit- 

 tle closer? The writer thinks that 

 our different trade associations should 

 take timely steps in this matter, other- 

 wise good bye all imports from Hol- 

 land, from France, from England, from 

 Belgium, etc." 



OR 



one 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Rydal, Pa.— <'has. E. Mclnnes. 

 house. 



Austin, Tex.— Charles Alf, Sr.. range 

 of houses. 



VIncentville, Md.— Fred Magsamen, 

 one house. 



Honeoye Falls, N. Y.— Charles Fowl- 

 er, additions. 



Portland, Ore. — W. L. Spencer, Bull- 

 run, house Vl by 160. 



Falmouth, Mass. — George B. White, 

 Mill road, one house. 



Roundup, Mont. — Gibray Bros., 

 house 42 by 80, completed. 



Springdale, Ark. — S. Li. .Johnson. 

 Moningor house .54 by 150. 



Lamar, Col. — Lamar Greenhouse Co., 

 house L'4 by llii. completed. 



Huntingburg, Ind. — Peter Morgen. 

 potting shed. 62 by 75; house 15 by 

 150; house 33 by 60, all completed. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE NOTES. 



Professor .A. H. Xehrling and Mrs. 

 Xehrling are spending the holidays in 

 Indiana. 



Prof. Arthur Thurston of the Iowa 

 State Agricultural College is spending 

 the holiday season in Boston. 



The winter short course begins Jan- 

 uary 1. Prof. A. H. Nehrling is han- 

 dling commercial floriculture; C. E. 

 Wildon is conducting the course in 

 garden flowers. Information regard- 

 ing the short course can be had by ad- 

 dressing William Hurd of the Exten- 

 sion Service. Amherst, Mass. 



Marlton, N. J. — Reopening of the old 

 marl jnts in this vicinity and the es- 

 tablishment of a great fertilizer indus- 

 try are expected as a result of recent 

 borings made by geological experts. 

 Holes have been drilled to a depth of 

 60 feet, and the deeper they went the 

 better was the quality of the marl. In 

 some of the tests it is said a 10 per 

 cent, deposit of potash was found In 

 the marl. The old pits were once the 

 centre of a great industry, the depos- 

 its here being regarded as the rich- 

 est in the country. 



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