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HORTICULTURE 



March 13, 1920 



SEEK QUARANTINE CHANGE. 



Efforts of the Dahlia and Gladiolus 



Growers in New England. 



The dahlia and gladiolus growers of 

 New England are making vigorous ef- 

 forts to induce the state of Illinois to 

 modify its European corn borer ex- 

 clusion quarantine so as to allow the 

 entrance of gladiolus corms and dahlia 

 tubers. Last Saturday morning a 

 meeting was held at the office of Com- 

 missioner Gilbert in the State House, 

 Boston, and it was voted to have Mr. 

 Gilbert send a telegram to the Illinois 

 State Board of Agriculture pointing 

 out that the Federal Horticultural 

 Board at Washington had admitted 

 that dahlia and gladiolus bulbs with- 

 out stems were incapable of transmit- 

 ting the borer, and asking that the 

 Illinois Board follow the example of 

 the National Board in giving these 

 bulbs a clean bill. 



Commissioner Gilbert was also re- 

 quested to wire Chairman Marlatt of 

 the Federal Horticultural Board, re- 

 questing him to use his influence with 

 the Illinois Department of Agriculture 

 to obtain this modification of the Illi- 

 nois ruling. 



New England growers are receiving 

 large numbers of orders from Illinois 

 amateurs as well as from commercial 

 growers, and of course are unable to 

 fill them, which means a big loss and 

 works an unnecessary hardship on the 

 flower lovers of Illinois. 



Commissioner Gilbert received on 

 Tuesday morning a telegram from the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture of Illi- 

 nois in which he said that the matter 

 of quarantining New England mate- 

 rial would be referred to the Advisory 

 Board, at whose suggestion it was 

 originally established. 



It remains to be seen of course what 

 the Advisory Board will do, as the 

 Commissioner's telegram was wholly 

 noncommittal. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



Through the courtesy of Mr. A. L. 

 Miller, president of the S. A. P. and 

 0. H.. the members of this Society are 

 invited to avail themselves of the priv- 

 ileges and comforts of the booth which 

 has been donated by him as their head- 

 quarters. 



The president, Mrs. B. Hammond 

 Tracy has issued a call for the meet- 

 ing of the Board of Directors of the 

 Ladies' Society of American Florists 

 on Thursday, March ISth, at 2 o'clock, 

 at the Grand Central Palace Inter- 

 national Flower Show. Several mat- 

 ters of importance must be attended to 

 and every member of the Board Is 

 urged to attend or appoint a proxy. 



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 2S0 Seeds 



Fftrqnhar's Giant Pink $2.00 



Farqnliar'B Giant Salmon 2.00 



Farquliar'B Ruby Qneen 1.75 



Farquliar'l Giant Bed 1.75 



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 250 Seeds 

 Farnhqar's Oiant DnchesB (White 



with pink zone, primroBe eye).... ^.75 

 Farqohar's Giant White 2.00 



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ANTIRRHINUM 



Giant Rose Pink V4 oz., 



Giant White ^ oz.. 



.80 

 .60 



Oiant Yellow % oz., .80 



Giant Scarlet % oz., .40 



CARNATION MARGtrEBITE. Farqnhar's New Giant Mixed, 



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LOBEXIA. Flarqnhar's Dark Blue, Dwarf % oz., $0.85; Vi oz., $1.50 



PETUNIA. Farqnhar'B Ruffled Giants Mixed 1/16 oz., $4.00 



SALVIA SPLENDENS BONFIRE % oz., $1.00; oz., $3.75 



SALVIA SPLENDENS COMPACTA % oz., $1.00; oz.. $3.50 



SALVIA SPLENDENS % OZ., $0.75; oz., $2.25 



SALVIA ZURICH % oz., $1.50 



VERBENA. Farquhar's Giant Blue, Pink, Scarlet, White. 



% oz., $0.35 ; Vi 

 VERBENA. Farquhar's Manunoth Hybrids Mixed, 



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 NEW YORK CITY 



The appointment of Mrs. A. L. Miller 

 as auditor for the Ladies' Society of 

 American Florists for the year 1920 

 has been made by the President. 



Miis. Albert M. Here, Secy. 



NEW ENGLAND. 



Aubrey A. Pembroke of Beverly has 

 bought the old greenhouse property on 

 Crombie street, Salem, which was oc- 

 cupied for many years by McGee & 

 Geary. Last spring he purchased the 

 North Street Greenhouse, also in 

 Salem. This makes him the biggest 

 greenhouse man in that part of the 

 State. 



John C. Olmsted of Brookline, the 

 landscape architect, left an estate of 

 $100,000. 



The Wm. H. Lutton Co., of New 

 Jersey, has taken out incorporation 

 papers, with a capitalization of $50,- 

 000. They are manufacturing green- 

 house equipments. 



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