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of treatment in the fall belief that it will, 

 in the course of a year or two, restore the 

 lily industry to its former prosperity. 



THE DUTCH HORTICULTURISTS. 



At the July meeting of the Dutch Horti 

 cultural and Botanical Society, held in 

 Amsterdam, the floral committee made 

 the following awards: First-class certi- 

 ficates to C. Kwint, for Begonia tuberosa 

 fl. pi. cristata; E. H. Krelage & Son, for 

 Begonia tuberosa fl. pi.. Orange ball, 

 Begonia tuberosa fl. pi., Souvenir de 

 Pierre Xotting, Calochortus C,unnisoni 

 and Petunia Sneeuwbal; C. G. Van Dijk, 

 for Schubertia grandiflora. Certificates 

 of merit to E. H. Krelage & Son, for 

 Ageratum Blue Perfection and Helenium 

 Bigelowi; Botanical certificates to E. H. 

 Krelage & Son, for Calochortus obispoen- 

 sis and Lilium elegans Alice Wilson. 



THE SEVENTEEN YEAR LOCUST. 



Bulletin No. 14 of the Department of 

 Agriculture treats very fully of the insect 

 commonly known by the above name. It 

 is not a locust but a cicada and its 

 proper name is the periodical cicada. It 

 seems, however, that the popular suppo- 

 sition as to its appearing every seventeen 

 years is founded on fact and that this 

 long period elapses between the laying of 

 the egg and the appearance of the perfect 

 adult, the insect living in the ground dur- 

 ing its immature stages. It is only the 

 adult which is seriously injurious and 

 even the damage which it causes is not 

 nearly so great as is commonly supposed. 

 In some locations it may seriously injure 

 young trees and nursery stock, but no 

 material harm is done to florists even 

 where the insects are very numerous and 

 but little harm to large fruit or orna- 

 mental trees. A number of remedies are 

 given none of which are entirely to be 

 relied on or can be applied on a large 

 scale. The English sparrow is said to 

 feed on this cicada greedily and has prac- 

 tically exterminated it in many localities, 

 aided" by numerous fungi, insects and 

 animals. 



splendid show when in bloom. It ought 

 to be very valuable for many decorative 

 purposes. Jatropha stimnlosa (spurge 

 nettle) will be found very useful in land- 

 scape work. It has beautifully shaped 

 and tinted leaves and produces flowers of 

 the richest cream color all through the 

 summer. ' Its only drawback is that the 

 plant does not bear much handling on 

 account of its stinging properties. Its 

 roots are of a very peculiar cylindrical 

 shape, about twelve inches in length and 

 are said to be of good taste. 



Lvpinus diffiisus (deer cabbage) cannot 

 be overestimated for its soil-binding and 

 ornamental qualities. It forms large 

 tufts one to two feet in diameter, has 

 silvery white, downy foliage and sends 

 forth its masses of flower trusses of light 

 blue or sometimes pinkish color in April 

 and May. A field of L. difiusus in bloom 

 offers a splendid sight. The cut flowers 

 will remain fresh for quite a while. Who 

 has not heard of the lovely pyxie, Prxi- 

 danthera b.irbulata? Quite closely 

 resembling a moss during the balance of 

 the year, in early spring it is completly 

 covered with innumerable tiny pinkish 

 daintily fragrant blossoms which endear 

 the plant to everybody. It succeeds best 

 in very moist ground, being found origi- 

 nally ' along the edges of our creeks. 

 Zygadenus glabcrrimus is a very stately 

 and grand representative of the lily 

 family. Its large flowers are o a creamy 

 yellow color and appear in July upon 

 spikes from four to six feet in height. 

 Thev last a long time whether cut or left 

 on the plant and are very valuable for 

 manv decorative purposes. 



Otto Katzenstein. 



SOME GflROUNA PLANTS. 



North Carolina has, from times 

 unknown, enjoyed the distinction of being 

 natural home of the greatest percentage 

 of all the woody and herbaceous plants 

 North America produces. This fact has 

 been acknowledged long ago by planters 

 and florists who are drawing freely upon 

 its resources for their work, depending, 

 however, so far especially, upon the 

 western part of the state. So it hap- 

 pens that the central and eastern sec- 

 tions have been left in almost virgin con- 

 dition. Under the shade of the longleaf 

 pines, in the sandy loam and the muck of 

 the creeks there are flourishing, however, 

 manv floral gems which have to be known, 

 only^ to be appreciated, and which will 

 prove a boon to the florist and landscape 

 gardener. My space here being limited I 

 shall enumerate only a few of them at 

 present. 



Clitoria Mariana (butterfly pea) is a 

 climbing or trailing representative of the 

 pulse family. It has large, glossy trifoliate 

 leaves out of the axils of which the large 

 daintv light blue flowers appear in spring 

 and will last through the whole summer. 

 Galactia glabella (milk pea) is another 

 climbing member of the same family. 

 Its foliage is smaller but equally glossy 

 as that of the above. In July the whole 

 plant will be fairly covered with bright 

 red blossoms. This very graceful climber 

 of about four feet in height makes a 



BULB GROWING IN THE NORTHWEST. 

 A lot of about 10,000 young-brood 

 bulbs of different varieties of single tulips 

 were shipped a few days ago from one of 

 the Chicago parks to Fairhaven, Wash., 

 where they, together with nearly 3,000 

 of one, two and three year-old hyacinths 

 and tulip bulbs, imported from Holland, 

 will be planted out on trial fields at Fort 

 Bellingham, Everson and Welcome in 

 Whatcom county. The culture of Hol- 

 land bulbs in the above named region 

 of western Washington has some time 

 ago passed the point where further 

 experimenting becomes necessarj', as is 

 fully proven by the pronounced success 

 achieved during the past five years on 

 the limited area of land devoted to the 

 growing of hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, 

 narcissi, lilies, gladioli, etc., by Geo. Gibbs 

 on Orcas Island, C. F. Larrabee, of Fair- 

 haven, and two other gentlemen — Messrs. 

 Canfield and Bock, horticultural enthusi- 

 asts — who desire to locate these new trial 

 fields at the points mentioned because the 

 three Holland bulb growers who visited 

 Whatcom county last May (W. Warnaar, 

 L. Van Leeuwen and Harman C. Bart- 

 man) pointed out these localities during 

 their brief stay as being especially favored 

 with the right kind of soil for hyacinth 

 growing, and because it is desired to con- 

 vince the most skeptical that bulbs can 

 be grown on the mainland of Bellingham 

 Bay just as perfect and in every way 

 equal to the best imported bulbs. 



Andreas Simon. 



fl SUGGESTION. 



Like every other popular family of 

 plants, phloxes are being raised from seed 

 and the seedlings sent out as new vari- 

 ties, whether or not they differ from those 

 of previous years. Every season there 

 are phloxes shown in Boston by different 

 exhibitors that are identical in everything 



but the name. We are trying this year 

 over 160 varieties, having the newest and 

 most distinct sorts from several col- 

 lections, and shall try to pick out the most 

 worthy, but it is a hard job and cannot 

 be done in one season. We expect to keep 

 back twenty-five or thirty varieties tor 

 trial next season, planting those most 

 alike next each other, and shall quite 

 likely reduce these to twelve or fifteen 

 kinds. 



Pasonies are nearly, if not quite, as badly 

 mixed as regards names, and each season 

 the differences in the new varieties are be- 

 coming less and less. Now that these two 

 families are regaining their popularity we 

 would suggest a similar trial for them, as 

 was given the perennial asters, narcissi, 

 etc., in England. Some central locality 

 could be fixed on, to which plants of ail 

 varieties of these two familiescould be sent 

 from all nurseries and private gardens 

 where large collections are grown. One 

 or more years could be erven to each 

 family, or each family could be tried in a 

 different locality. The experiment sta- 

 tions could, perhaps, be made available. 

 These trial collections would, we feel sure, 

 be of great use and interest to many, 

 and help to make the two families more 

 popular. Other families could be tried as 

 it became needful. R. N. 



Massachusetts. 



THE FLORISTS' ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Society of American Florists held its 

 fourteenth annual convention at Omaha, 

 Neb., August 16 to 19. It was the first, 

 time the organization has gone west of 

 the Mississippi river and the attendance 

 was all that could have been expected in 

 view of the distance. 



Mayor Frank E. Moore's welcome to 

 Omaha was a model of felicity and was 

 replied to in kind by E. M.Wood, Natick, 

 Mass. The address of President W. F. 

 Gude, of Washington, was a scholarly 

 exposition of the accomplishments and 

 aims of the society and the reports of 

 Secretary W. J. Stewart. Boston, and 

 Treasure'r H. B. Beatty, Oil City, Pa., 

 showed the organization to be in a pros- 

 perous condition, with a large and influ- 

 ential membership and a balance of 

 $1156.89 in cash. The various state 

 vice-presidents presented brief reports 

 outlining floricultural conditions in their 

 several territories. They, oneand all, see 

 increased interest in flowers both among 

 those who regard them from the sole 

 view point of a lover of nature and 

 among those whose sentiment is tempered 

 by the commercial aspect. 



There was a large and valuable trade 

 exhibit and special committees brought 

 to the attention of the society many 

 important matters. The Nomenclature 

 Committee was pleased to state that few 

 cases of mis-naming or confusion of 

 names had arisen during the year. In 

 the few instances which had been called 

 to its attention the following decisions 

 were rendered, the first name being 

 recognized as correct: 



Chrysanthemums— Jeannie Falconer or 

 Peter Kay, Miss Agnes L. Dalskov or 

 Ivoiry Rose. 



Fuchsias — Gracieux or Little Beauty. 



Roses — Climbing Kaiserin or Mrs. 

 Robert Peary. 



The society refused to accept the recom- 

 mendation of its Executive Committee in 

 the matter of establishing a Department 

 of Credit Information but acquiesced in 

 the matter of organizing departments of 

 Co-operative Purchase, Legislation, 

 Arbitration and Claims. The Florists' 

 Hail Association's report showed a 

 prosperous year despite heavy losses 



