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decided to abandon the use of laurel in its decorative work, and 
that it also will cease to sell Mayflowers. This decision came about 
as a result of the agitation over the threatened extinction of the 
wild growth of New England. The Legislature failed to pass the 
bill asked for to prevent the commercializing of the Mayflower, 
but the Carbone Co. decided that public sentiment was against the 
sale of these flowers, and so gave them up. 
“Then came the question of laurel, which is, of course, a very 
much more important item. All florists use great quantities of 
this material, tons of it being employed at the Carbone store in the 
course of a year. This store, however, caters to a Back Bay 
clientele, made up largely of people who have joined the newly 
formed society for the preservation of wild flowers and who 
heartily approve the action taken. The date for beginning the 
innovation was set ahead because orders had already been taken 
for work during June which involved the use of laurel. 
“Undoubtedly the Carbone Co. is the first concern in the coun- 
try to take such action as that stated, and florists everywhere will 
watch with interest to see how it solves the problem thus presented. 
The Carbone Co. has decided to make the experiment for a term 
of five years, and believes that in the meantime it will have learned 
how to obtain and use other materials equally satisfactory. It 
plans to utilize the products of evergreen trees, magnolias from 
the South, and other such foliage as can be obtained without per- 
manent damage being done to the country’s native plants.”’— 
Horticulture 35: 241. May 25, 1922. 
A New Botanic Garden in Holland.—We are advised by Dr. 
A. Pulle, professor of systematic botany, University of Utrecht, 
Holland, that the university has come into the possession of a 
second botanic garden. This property has been presented to the 
Botanical Department of the Utrecht University by the heirs of 
the late August Janssen, deceased in 1919. This well-known busi- 
ness man and philanthropist founded these gardens in 1905 in the 
neighborhood of his country residence “Canton.” The park, 
which has been baptized “ CANTONSPARK,” is situated at the out- 
skirts of the village of BAARN, at a distance of about 18 km. from 
Utrecht. The buildings of the park are a gardener’s cottage and 
