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acre. The firm have large trial gronnds 

 at Feltham and Twickenham. 



'. , , Shiart & Q), 



This firm originated rather more than 

 half a century ago, with a Mr. Stuart, 

 who resided at Nice, and grew in that 

 favored locality many subjects for seed 

 purposes which could not be so success- 

 fully grown in this country. In order to 

 have an outlet for his productions, a 

 wholesale depot was opened in London, 

 and after a few changes of locality is 

 now at 25 Henrietta street, Covent Gar- 

 den. Mr. Stuart, who was one of the 

 first to improve the double zinnia and 

 other choice flowers, died some years ago, 

 says Eichard Dean in the Horticultural 

 Trade Journal. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



F. D. Van Wagenen, Fulton, N. Y., 

 seeds and plants; J. A. Schindler & Co., 

 New Orleans, La., seeds; Griswold Seed 

 Co., Lincoln, Neb., seeds; W. Atlee Bur- 

 pee & Co., Philadelphia, wholesale seeds; 

 Peter Lambert, Trier, Germany, roses; 

 W. W. Wilmore, Denver, Colo., dahlias; 

 M. G. Madson Seed Co., Manitowoc, 

 Wis., seeds and plants; W. C. Beckert, 

 Allegheny, Pa., seeds; Barteldes & Co., 

 Denver, Colo., seeds and plants; P. J. 

 Berckmans Co., Augusta, Ga., nursery 

 stock; Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, 

 Pa., roses, etc.; St. Louis Seed Co., St. 

 Louis, Mo., seeds; M. Crawford Co., 

 Cuyahoga, Falls, 0., strawberry plants; 

 Schlegel & I'ottler Co., Boston, seeds, 

 etc; J. D. Imlay, Zanesville, O., seeds, 

 etc.; Theodosia B. Shepherd Co., Ven- 

 tura, Cal., seeds, etc. 



VARIETIES OF LETTUCE. 



The United States Department of Agri- 

 culture has published, as Buiietin No. 69, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, a monograph 

 by W. W. Tracy, Jr., entitled "Ameri- 

 can Varieties of Lettuce," which will be 

 of interest and value to every seedsman. 

 The purpose and scope of the work is 

 fully explained in its preface, which is 

 in part as follows: 



There la snch loosenesa of DomencIatorl«l prac- 

 tice, and such Inadequacy of description re- 

 garding the yarletlea of Tegetablea, that grow- 

 ers have tnncb difflcnlty in getting the rarle- 

 tlea beat saited to their porpoaea. The let- 

 tnce variety known aa Tennla Ball Black-Seeded 

 la advertised by seedsmen under tblrty-seven 

 different names. 



In Bulletin No. 21 of the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, entitled "List of American Varieties 

 of Vegetables for the Yeara 1901 and 1902," 

 were given about 6,000 names of varieties of 

 Tegetablea offered for sale In those years In 

 American seed catalogues. No attempt was 

 made to say which of these varieties were 

 Identical and whldi were In reality distinct, 

 except where synonyms were given In the 

 catalogues themselves. It had already been 

 determined, however, to take up the various 

 kinds of vegetablea one by one and, after a 

 carefnl series of trials, to publish tbe results, 

 with descriptions and synonyms. Lettuce Is 

 the first vegetable to which this critical 9tndy 

 has been given. It will be of Interest, there- 

 fore, to record a statement regarding those 

 features of the method pursued in tbe investi- 

 gation which are novel as applied to this class 

 of objects. 



The main Idea was to apply to a horticultural 

 subject the methods of systematic botany. The 

 particular features of this application may be 

 Itemized as followa: 



1. The descriptive terms used have been de- 

 fined with precision. Where a verbal descrip- 

 tion la Insufficient to convey an exact idea of 

 form, such as the degree of curllness of leaves, 

 reference is made to an illustration. When 

 it is desired to designate a particular kind of 

 green color, reference is made to a well-known 

 variety of lettuce which exhibits that color. 



2. In addition to an outline of classification 

 Intended to show the relationship of the varie- 

 ties, an artificial key has been given, arranged 

 on the convenient dlchotomous system and mak- 

 ing use of the most conspicuous characters, by 

 which the Identification of varieties is very 

 greatly facilitated. 



S. Tie varieties sufficiently ditTerent to be 

 distinguishable by their form have been Illus- 

 trated from photographs. A picture of the dlf- 



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ferences thus brought out could be conveyed by 

 no amount of verbal description alone. 



The groundwork upon which these botanical 

 methods were applied was that of long ex- 

 I>erlence and modern training in horticultural 

 procedure, and intimate familiarity with the 

 plants themselves. 



Tentative trials were made in the years 1897, 

 1898, and 1899, and extensive trials were con- 

 ducted In each of tbe four years from 

 1900 to 1903. Altogether 2.034 samples 

 of lettuce seeds were secured. chiefly 

 by purchase from seedsmen, and grown in the 

 trials. These samples represented 444 variety 

 names recognized by 'American seedsmen. The 

 trials were conducted nnder Mr. Tracy's Imme- 

 diate direction from 1897 to 1899, at Kensing- 

 ton, M'd., and in the succeeding years on the 

 Potomac Flats at Washington. In addition, 

 Mr. Tracy visited the extensive trial grounds 

 maintained by five large seed houses, as well 

 as seven seed farms in California, where let- 

 tuce seed is grrown. 



Mr. Tracy concludes that of the 404 varieties 

 named in seedsmen's catalogues 107 represent 

 really distinct varieties, while the others are 

 merely these same varieties nnder dlCTerent 

 names. In adopting a single name for a much- 

 named variety, the most suitable of the trade 

 names has been chosen. 



WATER UNDER PRESSURE. 



We have hot water under pressure, 

 but as we do not get the right temper- 

 ature in the houses, we would like to 

 change the system. As the houses run 

 north and south and are of even size, 

 18x60, and one three-quarter span run- 

 ning east and west, we would like to 

 know how many runs of 2-inch pipe to 

 put in each house. The house on the 

 west is exposed to very strong winds, 

 and is used for carnations. The second 

 is used partly for carnations and gen- 

 eral stock. The third is used for vege- 

 tables and the east and west house for 

 roses only. We wish to keep the rose 

 house at 60 deorees in zero weather and 

 the other ones at 55 degrees. We have 

 a 4-inch pipe for a main and a 4-inch 

 for return, but under the benches and 

 on the sides are 2-inch flows and returns. 

 Do you think the return is too large t 

 The pipes cool very quickly if the fire 

 slacks off a little. J. J. V. 



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is to be heated to 55 degrees, should have 

 an equivalent of eleven 2-inch pipes and 

 the three-quarter span house, if of the 

 same dimensions, 18x60, and to carry a 

 temperature of 60 degrees, should have 

 an equivalent of at least 12 runs of 

 2-inch pipe. These houses 'with hot 

 water at 180 degrees require about 440 

 feet of radiation to maintain a tempera- 

 ture of 60 degrees during severe weather. 

 While it is not always the practice in 

 hot water heating, it is good policy to 

 have the lowest return in the house 

 somewhat above the top of the boiler. 

 Better results follow from such an ar- 

 rangement than when the returns are 

 below the top of tlie boiler. The dif- 

 ference need only be a few inches but a 

 foot or more is an advantage. Four-incb 

 pipes are not too large for either flows 

 or returns, but they are seldom used 

 in water under pressure systems, chief- 

 ly, I suspect, because smaller pipes are 

 cheaper. L. C. C. 



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