NOTBUBKR 9, 1916. 



The Flwits' Review 



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fit of his experience, so that it may be 

 included in the annual report. 



The routine work of the secretary's 

 office, consisting of sending out the 

 statements to the members, recording 

 the varieties disseminated, getting out 

 the report of the fourteenth annual 

 meeting and soliciting the special pre- 

 miums, was attended to in due season. 



The secretary wishes to acknowledge 

 the kindness of Elmer D. Smith in fur- 

 nishing him with a complete list of 

 varieties disseminated in 1915, which 

 was a great help in getting up the an- 

 nual report. 



SCOPE or THE TERM "PLANT." 



In Missouri there is in force a 

 statute which provides that where 

 plants are wrongfully cut, destroyed 

 or carried away, the owner shall be 

 entitled .to recover treble damages 

 against the wrongdoer. This law late- 

 ly was considered by the St. Louis 

 Court of Appeals, which decided that 

 the term "plant" must be given a 

 broad interpretation, broad enough to 

 include hedges. S. 



CARE OF BOXWOOD. 



Please let us know how to take care 

 of boxwood trees and state^hat light 

 and temperature they need. 



G. H. H. & S.— Mich. 



If in pots or tubs, store the plants 

 in a pit or cellar with only a moderate 

 amount of light. A temperature a few 

 degrees below freezing at times will not 

 hurt them. No fire heat should be need- 

 ed if the storage place is well protected 

 during severe weather. The plants 

 should be occasionally watered and 

 freely ventilated. They should be 

 stored away by the middle of Novem- 

 ber and moved outside about May 1. 



For boxwoods planted outside a main 

 essential is to see that the roots, if at 

 all dry, are well soaked before the 

 a;round freezes. Sunshine is more harm- 

 ful than cold in late winter, and for 

 that reason a covering of evergreen 

 houghs or burlap is desirable. Let the 

 covering be elevated over the plants 

 and sufficiently well fastened to hold up 

 snows. When burlap is used, do not let 

 it hang clear to the ground; leave an 

 ample space for ventilation. This will 

 prevent the plants from getting over- 

 heated on sunny days. C. W. 



DELPHINIUMS AND ASTERS. 



Please give me directions on how to 

 propagate delphiniums and asters in 

 'his climate, Tennessee. 



O. M. H.— Tenn. 



Asters and delphiniums are rather 

 lifficult to grow in Tennessee. They 

 hoth delight in a cool, moist climate, 

 such as the Big Bend state seldom af- 

 fords. They do better in your vicinity, 

 Oliattanooga, than in the western part 

 of the state, however. 



Most of the growers plant only the 

 early asters, growing the plants to a 

 s;ood size in the houses and then setting 

 them out in a good, rich soil as soon as 

 ^he danger of frost is past. The plants 

 require plenty of irrigation most sea- 

 sons from the time the buds are set, as 

 the normal rainfall begins to decrease 

 "7 that time. This season they did 

 ''Veil without irrigation. 



Where plenty of water is handy the 

 late asters may be grown. They should 



Chrysanthemum Mrs. C. C. PoIIworth, an Early Bonnaffon. 



be well tilled until hot, dry weather 

 sets in and then mulched two inches 

 deep with straw or something similar. 

 They should never be allowed to dry 

 out. Most growers prefer the green- 

 house for all but the earliest varieties, 

 as this is the only way results are 

 sure. They are grown in the benches 

 much as carnations are grown. 



Delphiniums can be made to succeed 

 if given good, deep, well enriched soil 

 and if properly tilled. This means that 



the soil must never be allowed to form 

 a crust. Water the plants freely, and 

 if a partially shaded location is chosen 

 the results will be better. The Bella- 

 donna hybrids do rather better here 

 than those which have none of its 

 blood. 



Both asters and delphiniums will 

 grow better on the mountains around 

 Chattanooga than in the valley, though 

 they can be grown successfully in the 

 valley. F. B.~ 



Mews' from 



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Marseilles, France. — In 1914 there 

 were shipped to the United States, from 

 this port, inmortelles to the value of 

 $21,448, according to the U. S. consular 

 invoices. In 1915 the value was $20,- 

 071. 



Hamilton, Bermuda. — In 1914 the 

 value of the Harrisii lijy bulbs exported 

 to all the world is stated to have been 

 ■$9,086, while in 1915 the value was only 

 $5,373, of which $4,163 went to the 

 United St^^es and $1,210 to other 

 countries. 



Petrograd, Russia. — The official Eus- 

 sian statistics show that the imports 

 over the European and Caucasus-Black 

 Sea frontiers, and from Finland, were, 

 in 1914: Seeds, plants and bulbs, 4,698,- 

 000 rubles, which declined in 1915 to 

 1,134,000 rubles. 



Cape Town, South Africa. — In 1914 

 British South Africa imported garden, 

 vegetable and field seeds to the value 

 of $121,307, of which $8,239 came from 

 the United States, but in 1915 the im- 

 ports shrunk to $79,923, of which the 

 United States supplied $5,830. 



Amsterdam, Holland.— Notwithstand 

 ing the lateness of the bulb shipments 

 this year, in the quarter ending Sep- 

 tember 80 U. S. consuls certified bulb 

 invoices aggregating in value $118,341. 



London, Eng. — A government investi- 

 gation has revealed that the cost of 

 living has advanced forty-five per cent 

 since war was declared. With reference 

 to the plan of the horticultural Trades 

 Association to advance prices a trade 

 paper says: "It seems to us that there 

 are only two alternatives. One is to 

 let things slide and go on in the old 

 style until increased expenses and de- 

 creased income drive a large proportion 

 of the trade into bankruptcy. Then 

 there will be a great shortage of stock 

 and prices will rise automatically to a 

 profitable level, and the few that sur- 

 vive will gain the advantage. The 

 other is to combine together at once to 

 raise prices to a profitable level, and 

 put down auction dumping and other 

 evils connected with the trade. If we 

 stand for the greatest good of the great- 

 est number, there is not much doubt 

 aa to which is the course to pursue." 



