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ThcWeefcly Florists' Review. 



79 



ii,.T :iiM(Mi^' ourselves, :i sport, and in due 

 rom-M' this would be iiwreased ni nuni- 

 bors by graftiuj^' or buddiny or cuttings 

 •lud these wovdd produc ' the flowers and 

 Hie fruits and the seeds and cventually 

 Ihc seedings, and that, as it a]. pears to 

 „ie is the only way the seedlings 

 would 'oine. If this is what .Mr. Ilar- 

 wood means, lu're is a .-ase wliere a 



,, 1, , Ill-tree ha- h<-ell llldlleed tn -poll 



throuoh grultiiiff. I read somewhere 

 sometime ago that tlie white lorm ot 

 ^ln, 11. K. rose I'aroiiess ]\otliseliil«l 

 railed ilaliel Morrison was tlij result of 

 tiie tea rose Niidictos being budded on 

 the IJothsehild, causing it to break and 

 produce a shoot that bore white llowers; 

 hence a sport, or, as Darwin would say, 

 ■1 bud Y.ariatioii. 



Another change Mr. Burbauk has made 

 in llowers, but this was not mentioned 

 Ijy :\lr. Ilarwood in his articles, was in 

 the u'iuilegia, coinnionly called the colum- 

 bine. Vy rei)eated selection he has fixed 

 u tyi»c with the spurs eliminated. 1 must 

 own up that 1 have not seou any of the 

 lloweis of these new types, but 1 con- 

 fess i am jirejudiecd against tiiis new- 

 innovation, because the long spurs ap- 

 jieared to me always to add greatly to 

 Ihe gracL' of the niiique llowers of _ the 

 rolumbiiie. Let us hope that this is u 

 •■ase wliere they luive to be seen to be 

 :ij)preciated. It, however, goes to show 

 what mav be accomplished by jiersist- 

 ent, welf directed effort, with a worthy 

 ideal to look up to and aim for. 



Manv of the achievements with which 

 Mr. I'.urbank has been credited have been 

 done by others. This is not said to de- 

 tract from the wojulerful work he has 

 done, but to show how slow the people 

 have been in (-oming to a realization of 

 what has boon going on among horti- 

 culturists, florists and gardeners in the 

 improvements in plant life. For in- 

 stance, when the Chinese primrose waa 

 introduced, about the year 18L'0 1 think, 

 tlie flowers were not larger than a nickel 

 and a poor, washed-out pink in color. 

 Now they are larger than a silver dollar, 

 and have been so for over twenty years, 

 both single and double flowers, and they 

 come in nearly all the colors of the 

 rainbow. Anyway, we can have them in 

 the national colors of red, white and 

 blue, with numerous intermediate shades. 



All here present know what has been 

 done with the carnation within the past 

 ten years, and with these important im- 

 provements in flowers so far Burbank 

 •has had nothing to do. 



Mr. ];iirl.;\iik 1ms ;;rc;itly iiicrciiseU llio (;ora- 

 :iiiiiii (/.(ia:il |icl:ir^.'Oiiiinn is ini'.nit. I lielifvc) 

 HI >i/.c. :iMcl lit tho s:ime tiiiiL' h.is ni:i'l>> it f:ir 

 ):ior(. iirilli.'uit in (■■ilir. 



This statement is most interesting, or 

 :it least as the late Horace Cireeley would 

 say, "interesting if true." Illustration 

 of an old variety is given and the new 

 one enlarged in form illustiated for coni- 

 I'aiisdii, but it is questionable whether 

 Mr. Burbank's zon.als are any larger 

 than are those to be found in an np-to- 

 date tlorist's eslablisliment, and if he 

 'lUs any varieties more brilliant scarlet 

 in color than an old t'reiicii \aricty 

 named l.e I'ihjfe and a I'hiladeljihi.a va- 

 riely kiiewn as l).'iiiii--nii "s Seed!iiii^. ] 

 know most of u« wnuld net only like to 

 .see su(di a one but we would also like 

 to own one. 



B.ut all honor to B.urbank .and all 

 )iiiii(ir to those wlhi have eventually reoog- 

 ii'i/.m] tin.' giiod work he is doing and the 

 iKipe for his still greater achievements, 

 • iiid all hcmor to the newspapers ancl 

 magazines wliicli liavt' spread broadcast 

 Ihe knowledge of the p.i--iliilit Ii'< et' im- 



Spiraeas at E. Sutermeister's, Readvillc, Mass. 



provements in all \eg(>tati(Ui, and here's 

 hoping the same may awaken -nine kin 

 dretl spirits and kindle an enthusiasm to 

 aid Burbaiik in the grand work now 

 going on. 



INOCULATION OF SOIL. 



Tlie publiiat ion (d' tlie re-iilt- nlj- 

 taiued with juire cultures in inoeiilat- 

 i\iv. leguiiiinniis phiiit- ha.- re-iilled in 

 ■ I \(>iv great demand being nia<le iipnn 

 tiie ]3e|)artment of Agriculture i<>i In- 

 i>( ulaiing material, say- .Mbeit F. Woods 

 ii' a recent bulh'tin. Tlu' di-tribiit ion 

 made during 11)04 was for tiie pur|io-e 

 ;'! obtaining a large niiniiier of tests 

 u; the method under average farm eon- 

 I'ilioiis, and it was impossible to an- 

 ticipate the demand whieli has ari-eii 

 li is spring, the total quantity prepared 

 iiir spring distribiil ion having i>ecii 

 jiiciiiii-ed early in I'ein iiaiy. It i- e\ 

 peeled, llOWeS'el', that \\\\< tall and llc\l 

 -j ling a further di-t ril>iil ion \\ill be 

 I'lade as far as limited facilities will 

 oenuit. Statements to tin' eirect ih.it 

 ihe Depai't iiieiit has >tnjiped (he di- 

 ll ibiition of these culture- are therefore 

 I i ii'iieoiH. A]inlicalioiis f.M- future di-- 

 i liliiitiou- .-Inuild .-tale wh.it Icjuuie i- 

 111 li(> -own. lime of -nwiti'i. and quan- 



I ily of -eril 1 (1 li(> t i(:i tcil. 



Commercial Production. 



'I lie |i.l 1 cut W ii iili the I )c|M 1 1 III! lit I li 

 .Njl icllll lire Ih'ld- llji'iii t 111' iMcl luid "i 



l: !''n\ iiii:' .iiid ili-l lil'iil iirj lln-c hilj.iii 



i-li;- W,l- l;lkc|| iMil ill -llcli ;i \\,i\ lli:il 

 lie I'lle c.UI |1|;| illlj ill :| lllOlKIJliilv m l' I lie 



ii'.aiiii file; iiic (if -iii'i I iiltiire-. Ii i 



held ill 1 lie n.llMc nf I )r. ( ii 111 'J.' I . 

 ^il■ll^(•. wild ill \ clnpeil .Ilid |H rlril III ill, 



II el Im ci. I 'pi 111 .1 p]iii^ III iiill 1 he I Icji.i I 1 

 I' ' 111 flirili-llc W II llnllt lii ~i i illlilMl iici 



all n.'ce-sai y iiifi ii in.it ii in. .i ml :i - i.i ' 



,. - pii--ili|( ■■-! .1 li iliL:" Ml fiilllcl.il ii'll ill! 

 line-. Ill fill' lurt II ii i|ii'ji-I - I 1 plc-ilil ill J 



I \ jM 1 i iiifi:! - 1 .1 1 iiiii- .1 III! 1 1 ipiiiii'Mi 1 1 



1 I -11: cl II- A ll icil clj ill! Ill 111' pi I ipii ' V 



1 quipped, hut i! line- 1|m1 in .iliy \;i\ 

 .:iMI .illlce I hfir pli.ilnrl . 1 1 i- lul lik; '^ 

 ihlll pcl'.-ii||~ \\ilh(iUt c\pcil !s III i\\ ir.lji 



i.iii -lecc-.-fiiily iiiulliply ciiliiiii- '■: 

 'hc-i' I ii L;;Mii - CI- I'lir -;ili> ni .1 i-; i ihii! h •!! 



Cost of Cultures. 



The iplc-ljiili of the pliipcr price fiir 



till cciiiiiiiercia I proiluci is cau-iiig cnn- 



-'i.eiable illqllilN ailinng ]il i i-jiect i \i' ex- 



p. riiiienii I- Mild i- nf iiiipiiilaiicc. The 

 (--peii-e- which a ciiiniiiei'cia I cnin-ern 



li.ll.-t licce--aiil\ llieel. -Ucli a- - relit. 



heal, lii^hl. in-iiiaiicc. pn-lagc. ad\'er- 

 li-iii'_r. <'lc.. a-ide Irmii lali(ua1oiy a--ist- 

 aiicc and i-leiical hire, make any coin- 

 p;'ii-uii wilh the (11-1 to the '.^i i\ crnnient 

 111 -iniilar iiilliire- iliHiciill. The -tate- 

 iiiciit llial llic eiilluii's cii-l, hut a few 

 ii'iil- ail aiie refer- cnly In the raw 

 iiialerial- '.\liicli make u|> the package. 

 !l i,^ more than ]uolial>le that nalural 

 1 iiiiipet it inn will con.-iderahly reduce the 

 pie-eni \alua(i(iii i>i tae f>(iiinicr(dal 

 luniliict, and the w i-d"iii ni jiateiiting 

 the I )cpartmcnl ■- lueihod- to jirevent the 

 li.iiii.uiou of a niniiupiily i- already 

 cciiiiiii-i rated. 



Increasing Cultures. 



We are n ci-u iiiLi' iiumeiou-; reipic-l- 

 troiii per-nn- wlm lia\c -ciuicd cuiiiincr- 

 (ial culture-, a- wdl a- ilm-c .-cut nut 



I'nilll ' he 1 Jepai 1 IIHUl n\ Agi iriiliurc. 

 In'.' illfi Oilia 1 inn .l- in the lllelllnil- clll- 



phiviil ill pi mliiciiej a la i-je quant it \' 



I i,' i ilpllil lIlll u I c I 1 nlll 1 he i|r\ cllll uic 



~i liin d a- a -t a lici ; I hal i-. \i'>\v \" 

 !■ akc .111 ".iiic c.iliiiic" ill' fnr twenty- 

 l:\c i.r loo .nil-. ^11. h liaihniU will 



■ !\c - I |i-ull- I'llU when -pceial pie 



I ,1 111 ii 111 - ale 1 .1 Isi II. and nil 1 h i- ac- 



• ' 111,1 il.l \ e 111 il (leell Llellcl a llv 1 cenlC 



I eel ai. 'I I. 'I he CI lilt I III i Il.l I inll-. -Ue!l ,1 - 



\ ( a-1 -. iimhU. el ' ,. w hh h .tie hmiicl In 



I ■: 1 ur t e ,1 ■_; I e.l t el' nC le-- lAlcllI . .1 Ic 

 ,1 pi In t .ike |Mi--i --i. .11 nf I he ell't llTe 



-iilUt iell ill W h leh 1 iie hill Cj j.l .1 I C !leill_' 

 IMi !l I pi ieil . .III'I nil h'-- e I I , I ! ea I e 1 ~ 



I .;hi II ill i tini I I'l-h fy -1 I'lili/ilcj- all III ell 

 -il- eiiiplnv I d. 1 he 1 e-ii!i inu' ■id' m c will 



have 111) 111 lleliria 1 i licet . The i'\I 1.1 



tiljle li.plilcl tn ,-eellle -llllliieni 'JlmUil 



• i li.n I el i.l ill ! ell 'J\\ Ih 111- 111' -njlll j. n 



n 'Ml a li I \" "iili III e ni i'_;iii.i ily iiii en. id 



1 -. I r...ll|.-e ,1 I. lie 'J I 1 1..I1 Ijipii.! .nil ill ' 

 I' i..ke- I i:e I I ~h I I • I'l! I ' 11 1 .1 111 I III 1 I' i. 

 1,111. Il •Jill 1 I'l' I hi II V. il.l I I 'le .j I \ . M ' 

 I i:i e i- pi ii|.. 1 1 iiiljC I ill -i/e 111 1 lie I.l 1 I'e;- 

 .111" II in III -n| 111 lull I I a 'Jl .n' Ijl -lllli 



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