May 30, 1914 



HORTIC ULTURE 



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HYDRAINIOEAS 



EXTRA LARGE PLANTS IN TUBS AND BARRELS 

 FOR SUMMER FLOWERING 



We make a specialty of bydrane:ea8, aud have a very large stock of plants whiih Imve been kept backward and which 

 are now just beginning: to set buds. They are in fine shape for shipment, and will bluom from June to August, Plants 

 are heavily budded, and are exceptionally good value. if^ 



We have always made h specialty of large hydrangeas for summer-blooming, and we never had such a fine stock as we 

 have at this time. We have a very large stock, especially of the plants in harreN, and can supply carload lots. 



Fine plants in tubs $2.00 and $3.00 each. 



£xtra fine specimens in half-barrels $5.00, $7.50 and $10.00 each. 



7. PIERSON G 



iYTONA/IM-OIM-l-IUDSON, 



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IME\A/ YORK 



A TARRYTOWN SHRINE. 



We predict that it will become a ver- 

 itable shrine for the florist fraternity 

 from all over the country — that im- 

 posing and altogether unique flower 

 building which F. R. Pierson has un- 

 der construction and which is now ap- 

 proaching completion. Its fine propor- 

 tions, classic architecture and pergola 

 approach command attention and make 

 it easily the most conspicuous business 

 structure in Tarrytown and as a floral 

 establishment, nothing in the country 

 can compare with it in its every ap- 

 purtenance and detail. The frame is 

 of steel throughout, the exterior of a 

 sparkling artificial stone, the lofty in- 

 terior of Caen stone, the window and 

 door frames of copper, the floors of tile 

 W'ainscoting of marble and there is a 

 show case which cost $2500 to con- 

 struct. In short, every detail has been 

 worked out with the purpose of mak- 

 ing it the best conceivable. In the 

 near future we hope to be able to 

 show an illustration of this building 

 and give some further details. 



DEFENDING THE ENGLISH 

 SPARROW. 



The Women's Welfare Club of Mar- 

 quette, Mich., has adopted a memorial, 

 addressed to the Legislature, asking 

 the repeal of the law which provides 

 for the payment of a bounty of two 

 cents a head on English sparrows dur- 

 ing the months of December, January 

 and February. Women's clubs, suf- 

 frage associations, D. A. R. chapters 

 and various other organizations will 

 be requested to cooperate in the move- 

 ment. 



The- memorial recites the belief of 

 the club that "the damage done by 

 the English sparrow — either by his al- 

 leged untidy habits or by his belliger- 

 ence toward other birds — has been 

 greatly exaggerated, and his good qual- 

 ities as an insect destroyer and weed 

 eater have been underrated. 



The action of the Women's Welfare 

 Club followed closely on a visit to the 

 city of .1. H. McGillivary, Deputy State 

 Forestry Warden. Mr. McGillivary con- 

 sulted with a committee of the club 

 and addressed a large assemblage at 

 the Northern State Normal School. 



It is his opinion that the law allow- 

 in.a; bounty for English sparrows is a 

 detriment to useful bird life and to the 

 country. 



In the State of Michigan there are 

 at least 24 kinds of sparrows other 

 than the English sparrow. The aver- 

 age boy is unable to distinguish the 

 different species, and as a result all 

 suffer alike. 



VIOLETS 



?Pl{ya J Princess of Wales qu^Mty 



Sk;!i 



$2.00jer 100.1 $15.00 per 1000. 500 at 1000 Rate. 



WILLIAM SIM, 



CLIFTONDALE, 



MASS. 



THE USE OF FORMALDEHYDE. 



Review of Bulletius 369 and 370, New York 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Formaldehyde, in liquid or gaseous 

 form, has been recommended and 

 much used as a substitute for corro- 

 sive sublimate in disinfecting potato 

 tubers used for seed. The gas treat- 

 ment is very convenient and has until 

 very recently been considered both 

 safe and effective; but in treating a 

 lot of tubers at the Station at Geneva 

 in 1912, serious injury was caused by 

 the gas. Subsequently, many tests 

 were made to ascertain the reason for 

 this unexpected trouble, which was 

 finally found to be due to the use of 

 too large a disinfection room for the 

 amount of tubers treated. The gas 

 collects on the surface of the potatoes 

 by absorption; and if the amount in 

 the room be out of proportion to the 

 surface of the potatoes, the absorbed 

 gas becomes so powerful that it de- 

 stroys the tissues of the tuber. i)ar- 

 ticularly about the eyes and lenticels. 



The tests also gave opportunity to 

 study the effectiveness of the gas on 

 the fungus Rhizoctonia, which causes 

 several potato troubles; and it was 

 found that the treatment is not as re- 

 liable as had been supposed. 



The authors advise the gas treat- 

 ment only where it is impracticable 

 to use either liquid formaldehyde so- 

 lution or corrosive sublimate. The 

 formaldehyde solution may be used 

 where the potatoes are infected with 

 scab only; but if Rhizoctonia is pres- 

 ent the corrosive sublimate should be 

 employed. Where the gas treatment 

 must he used the disinfection chamber 

 should not be so large that it contains 

 less than 10 lbs. of potatoes to the 

 cubic foot. 



The bulletins will be sent free to 

 those who request them. 



Montreal— A press dispatch states 

 that because he is an American citizen, 

 T. McQ. Black of Pittsburgh, park 

 superintendent of this city, has been 

 reduced in office to be temporary as- 

 sistant park superintendent by Mayor 

 Mederic Martin and Dr. Gadbois, a 

 French Canadian, was appointed super- 

 intendent in his place. 



"1 will not have a foreigner drawing 

 a salary of $2500 a year in Montreal." 

 said the Mayor, when told that Mr. 

 Black had been recommended for the 

 post by influential citizens. "English, 

 Scottish. Irish or Canadian, but not 

 foreigners," he insisted. 



I More Red Devil Cutters Used Annually Than All Others Combined 



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 and Booklet 40 itylex, and 

 nnderstand why. 

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