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rAEITF WORK IN WASHINQTON. 



Bepresenting the Society of American 

 Florists, as chairman of the tariff com- 

 mittee, Wm. F. Gude, of Washington, 

 has been taking up with senators the 

 proposed amendments to the tariff 

 gchedules affecting the trade. The 

 louse members were not seen because 

 ;!hairman Underwood has refused to 

 consider amendments. Although repre- 

 sentations were made to him through 

 the mail by those interested, urging 

 changes in the schedule, Mr. Underwood 

 ;old them that the bill was out of the 

 nrisdiction of his committee and be- 

 :ore Congress. As is generally known, 

 the chairman of a committee can pre- 

 sent amendments on the floor, but Mr. 

 Underwood is trying to rush the bill 

 through and is heedless of all sugges- 

 tions. 



Mr. Gude, therefore, is concentrating 

 his attention on senators, and on sev- 

 eral occasions has taken up the matter 

 with Senators Simmons, of North Caro- 

 lina, chairman of the finance conunit- 

 tee; Smoot, of Utah, and Gallinger, of 

 New Hampshire. He told these sen- 

 :ators, in behalf of the horticultuml 

 trades of the country, that the language 

 in the schedule should be changed in 

 some respects as to imports of green- 

 house plants and nursery stock. He 

 pointed out that the bill as it stands is 

 obscure and likely to cause importers 

 trouble. He said that in one place 

 greenhouse stock was classified at 

 twenty-five per cent and in another at 

 fifteen per cent, and urged that the two 

 should be harmonized. 



After seeing a number of the House 

 members, Mr. Gude said he had assur- 

 ances that there will be no change in 

 the House in the tariff. He hopes for 

 changes in the Senate, but to a limited 

 extent. 



"The one idea of the leaders is to 

 rush the bill through, irrespective of 

 how it is framed," said Mr. Gude to 

 The Florists' Eeview correspondent. 

 "This is bad policy, but we are hope- 

 ful that the Senate will calmly consider 

 it and right the imperfections in the 

 House bill." 



Mr. Gude has notified all florists and 



horticulturists who have suggestions to 

 make as to changes in the tariff to send 

 them to him, and he will do all he can 

 to further their interests. 



In his interviews with the senators, 

 Mr. Gude asked that the following 

 changes be made: 



Paragraph 215 — After ' ' orchids, 

 palms and azaleas, ' ' insert * * Azalea In- 

 dica, " which is a greenhouse plant. 

 All other varieties of azaleas come un- 

 der section 216. 



Paragraph 216 — Include Eosa rugosa, 

 which is the principal briar ros^. Strike 

 out "greenhouse stock" under this sec- 

 tion, which is fifteen per cent, while 

 under 215 it is twenty-five per cent. 



J. C, Vaughan, chairman of the tariff 

 committee of the American Seed Trade 

 Association, offered to invite the chair- 

 man of the tariff committee of the 

 American Nurserymen's Association to 

 go to Washington to take up the horti- 

 cultural schedule for hearing, and Wil- 

 liam Pitkin, of Rochester, of the Ameri- 

 can Nurserymen's Association, offered 

 to go, but Mr. Gude told them it was 

 of no use, as the leaders would not 

 change the bill in any important detail, 

 and, being on the ground, he could at- 

 tend to the minor details. / "'' • 



Glass Area In the U. S. 



THE Census Bureau has at leogth supplied the tabulated figures showing 

 the area under glass at the time of the last census, taken in 1910. The figures 

 are as of 1909 and therefore are, at best, four years old. This is the first publica- 

 tion of them. The number of establishments reporting and value of products (1909) 

 were made public last July, but are included in the present table of area covered 

 by glass for convenient reference. 



DIVISION OR STATE. 



EBtab- 

 jrihm'ta 

 report- 



Total area 

 covered by 



glass. 

 square feet. 



Area covered 



by Rreen- 



bousen. 



souare feet. 



Areacov. 



by sash 



and frame. 



square feet. 



Value of 

 Producti. 



United States | 10,614 



Oeographic Divisions — | 



New England 1,451 



Middle Atlantic 3,366 



East North Central 2,371 



West North Central 795 



South Atlantic 814 



Bast South Central 507 



West South Central 378 



Mountain 196 



Pacific 736 



New England — 



Maine 121 



New Hampshire 75 



Vermont 45 



Massachusetts 814 



Rhode Island 146 



Connecticut 250 



Middle Atlantic — 



New York 1,398 



New Jersey 637 



Pennsylvania 1,331 



East North Central — 



Ohio 765 



Indiana 367 



Illinois 670 



Michigan 353 



Wisconsin 216 



West North Central — 



Minnesota 136 



Iowa 168 



Missouri 260 



North Dakota 16 



South Dakota 19 



Nebraska 62 



Kansas 134 



South Atlantic — 



Delaware 44 



Maryland 200 



District of Columbia.... 43 



Virginia 163 



West Virginia 99 



North Carolina 109 



South Carolina 23 



Georgia 77 



Florida 56 



East South Central — 



Kentucky 253 



Tennessee 125 



Alabama 56 



Mississippi 73 



West South Central — 



Arkansas 57 



Louisiana 92 



Oklahoma 47 



Texas 182 



Mountain — 



Montana 25 



Idaho 16 



Wyoming 5 



Colorado 94 



New Mexico 14 



Arizona 7 



Utah 33 



Nevada 2 



Pacific — ,,^ 



Washington 154 



Oregon 140 



California I 442 



114,655,276 



13,896,562 

 37,753,770 

 33,404,093 

 8,212,237 

 6,962,357 

 3,280,388 

 1,727,192 

 2,125,030 

 7,293,647 



706,917 



752,313 



178,199 



7,382,009 



2,027,643 



2,849,481 



15,066,587 



8,840,511 



13,846,672 



7,582,562 

 3,741,269 

 15,950,853 

 4,122,099 

 2,007,310 



1,419,196 



2,183,182 



2,812,221 



70,670 



101,460 



844,010 



781,498 



244,827 



2,175,584 



985,593 



1,413,170 



296,717 



193,139 



74,318 



867,222 



711,787 



1,363,002 



1,236,874 



468,575 



216,937 



235,134 

 347,473 

 158,515 

 986,070 



308,939 



59,477 



33,034 



1,340,824 



87,054 



29,810 



261,292 



4,600 



1,539,972 



716,543 



5.037.132 



105,165,730 



12,842,621 

 34,749,281 

 30,921,976 

 7,407,857 

 6,393,195 

 2,993,219 

 1,541,213 

 1,964,122 

 6,352,246. 



624,472 



719,848 



162,339 



6,817,585 



1,882,314 



2,636,063 



13,876,857 



7,984,^52 



12,887,672 



7,091,976 



3,650,443 



14,380,927 



3,922,772 



1,875,858 



1,332,758 



1.870,845 



2,545,138 



48,150 



92,240 



790,305 



728,421 



233,087 



2,051,068 



968,513 



1,315..S88 



272,182 



176,853 



66,242 



741,672 



568,190 



1,276,823 



1,079,374 



435,400 



201,622 



224,150 

 260,711 

 148,737 

 907,615 



289,024 



58,727 



31,584 



1,244,425 



59,752 



26,730 



249,280 



4,600 



1,257.616 



672,207 



4,422,423 



9,489,546 



1,053,941 

 3,004,489 

 2,482,117 

 804,380 

 569,162 

 287,169 

 185,979 

 160,908 

 941,401 



82,445 



32,465 



15,860 



564,424 



145,329 



213,418 



1,189,730 

 855,759 

 959,000 



490,586 



90,826 



1,569,926 



199,327 



131,452 



86,438 

 312,337 

 267,083 



22,520 

 9,220 



53,705 



53,077 



11,740 



124,516 



17,080 



97,782 



24,935 



16,286 



8,076 



125,550 



143,597 



86,179 



157,500 



28,175 



15,315 



10,984 



86,762 



9,778 



78,455 



19,915 

 750 



1,450 

 96,399 

 27,302 



3,080 

 12,012 



282,356 



34,336 



614,709 



$34,872,000 



4,677,000 



11,810,000 



9,029,000 



2,642,000 



1,932,000 



1,006,000 



846,000 



754,000 



2,176,000 



301,000 



236,000 



79,000 



2,455,000 

 559,000 



1,047,000 



5,149,000 

 2,858,000 

 3,803,000 



2,385,000 

 l,213,0i0 

 3,695,000 

 1,144,000 

 593,000 



604,000 

 657,000 

 654,000 

 47,000 

 50,000 

 356,000 

 274,000 



71,000 

 597,000 

 304,000 

 362,000 



78,000 

 127,000 



52,000 

 271,000 



69,000 



392,000 

 345,000 

 168,000 

 100,000 



153,000 



126,000 



92.000 



474,000 



105,000 

 43,000 

 12,000 



469,000 



31,000 



11,000 



81,000 



2.000 



518,000 



269,000 



1,389.000 



The foregoing tabulation shows the area of land under glass In greenhouses, hothouses 

 and coldframes for propagation of vegetables, fruits and flowers. No attempt was made 

 at the census of 1910 to ascertain the number of square feet of glass surface inclosing 

 greenhouses, hothouses, etc. 



PLANT LEAVES DYINQ. 



Kindly give us a remedy for the dry- 

 ing of leaves on geraniums and hydran- 

 geas. The disease started last Novem- 

 ber on Primula malacoides, and, despite 

 fumigation and spraying, seems to keep 

 spreading all over the bedding plants. 



J. J. B. 



If you are sure that no escaping coal 

 gas or other fumes are entering the 

 house, the most probable causes of your 

 leafes dying off are an insufficient wa- 



ter supply and soil starvation. The 

 plants named are all of easy culture, 

 but need a fairly good soil; the hy- 

 drangeas require a generous compost. 

 I would advise you to discontinue the 

 spraying and apply more stimulants to 

 the plants in the form of liquid manure 

 or top-dressings of fine bone, or such 

 a chemical stimulant as Clay's fertil- 

 izer. Keep the house freely ventilated, 

 avoiding anything in the nature of a 

 damp, close, stagnant atmosphere. 



C. W. 



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