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to take a high rank. The cherry tree is growing apace, and will 

 shortly have much influence upon its end of the area devoted to 

 weeds. 



Now is recorded for the first time a seedling peach tree that is 

 quite certain in the natural course of things to cast a shadow 

 over much that is enumerated above. 



Experiments With Cauliflower. 



Upon a very small scale a test was made O'f cauliflower seed 

 of the same variety, "The Early Snowball," which was grown 

 in widely separated regions. One packet was obtained from 

 Denmark, through an American agent; a second lot was grown 

 in the State of Washington, and sent from there by one who 

 raised it. The third lot of seed is also American grown, but of 

 a more Eastern source. The row given to plants from foreign 

 seeds yielded two medium-sized heads, two small and four young 

 heads. The Washington State row gave four medium, five 

 small and four forming heads, while the more Eastern seed 

 yielded one medium, two small and five forming heads. The 

 Washington plants were the largest and most thrifty in every 

 way, and, as shown above, produced more than both the other 

 rows. 



Aralia Cordata as a Salid Plant. 



In the spring of 1903 seeds were sown of Aralia cordata, fur- 

 nished by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, through the 

 kindness of Mr. D. G. Fairchild. The plants grew thriftily, 

 and at the close of the season one-half of them were covered 

 with a heavy mulch. All the plants, both those protected, and 

 the fully exposed ones, came through the winter without appar- 

 ent injury. These plants have flourished the present season, 

 growing as high as one's head and blossomed freely. At the 

 close of the season, a considerable quantity of seed was gathered. 



Thus far the plants in question have been studied only as to 

 their hardiness and seeding capacity under garden culture. It 

 is hoped that they may be investigated later as to thCir merits as 

 salad plants. 



Experiments With Tulips. 



Last autumn a set of twenty tulip bulbs grown in Washington 



