May 24, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
Gardeners Chronicle + 
No. 1691—SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1919. 
CONTENTS. 
_ Agricultural and horti- 
Ireland, notes from ... 250 
cultural езш; Orchid notes and 
f ВАХ Keaningi =T 
n Lycaste ... 249 
Teniste on n Palmeri ... 254 
ous 
Da MEC in. 251 
4| Plan note- 
worthy — 
orsythia a suspensa 
atrocaulis 
Primroses, child's death 
The Book ofthe Auot- 
1 attributed toeating... 254 
mi s on 2; 
248 
E i . 248 
. 264 
Ee байати) рар 
note: .. 264 
rade 
ren and па 
Conifers at Leonards- 
rs’ Royal Bene- 
y Ins аво 254 
Hampton Court gardens 254 
Horticultural libraries 
lee . 250 
n the United States 247| Week's work, the’ 259, 258 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
rk ) .. 252 
Odontoglossum The Tige . 250 
ш Will tian: oe . 24 
Rock can exhibited at vhe RH. s. exhibition 
Chelsea... - uu . 261 
ocu Giraldianus swe ees .. 248 
xifraga J.C C Lag. Edwards eu i .. 259 
E eet Pea Hawlmark Pin > E . 257 
HORTICULTURAL LIBRARIES IN 
THE UNITED. STATES 
ibraries 
lar 
sub re ar 
er notable collections, and that of the 
artment of aes 
must а 
importance of its мей см: 
‚ if indeed it does n 
у contain the: largest number of 
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ect. 
comprises an exceptio 
fine eóllection of ы relati M ui 
fically to agriculture and gardening, a 
is e essentially a scientifi rather than 
being ver; librar n the limited н 
ich "the nees funda- 
e 
се ш pus Be gu. оа, яе 
е botanical classes о: 
partment Library, as are also such illus- 
rated books without texts, as the 7heatrum 
yhich is being constantly and extensively 
used in the horticultural work of the 
Department i contains tow 
originals of v rly issues, it does 
clude a sperabat In Ae Robert Puree x 
upposed to be the t trade catalogue 
ever а published; als АД aee stats 
of the first one known een 
EU о 
William е published August, 1771, 
nd of one from a less well-know n dealer, 
Minton Collins ns, of Richmond, "Virgini a, 
whose don ead pm of “Garden 
an flower 
oots and seeds, imported кз Р trom 
Holland, ERA America, ре та 
Pan eta, Tree, 
"vn. Fleet 
ng some miscellaneous pamphle 
pho time ago. алый аав не ы 
cals, the Depa an excellent 
working. collection; though still lacking, 
sets о 
and exhibits few serious omis- 
e it is the primary aim of 
properly comprise all 
agriculture an nd horticulture. 
as 
been making a special effo acquire 
the agricultural classics, and while it 
dces not o buy incunabula, and 
16th century book ai 
riptores Ret 
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er w 
des 
> 
oO 
American agricultural w: 
No ассо im of the t of the 
United States Department of се 
would. be quite complete without men- 
247 
ing its relation to the MAR of 
E A RE lends to ous 
vernme libraries ән 
liberality, and maintains a delivery ser- 
vice in Washington whereby any 
eeded from there c be brought to 
one’ tly as 
ene rs. Owin 
1S 
st of efliciene 
at the di Sion aries of a given 
mm or sectio sin specialise so far 
works of general or diversified inte 
"i Popsi neni of Agriculture is ned 
efin own scope more consistently 
p more fully atl the collections 
pe its own ial lines here i 
field of horticultural esearch 
pyet Epe p in whieh enormously 
indebte the D "of Congress, 
ely, information on th 
plemented: tr a those oF ether лде in 
the yap = гое оп. 
ws the De- 
aded use 
value 
Bg pa е result that the latter 
library’ : abit гү» Баага ae isis gea 
and r y does it occur that a 
юм ey жш. some lapse of t 
ase of works difficult LÀ “identify, * 
18 “ee? that s pf, of ‘the Depart: 
EAR lture Librar is by no 
t 
ent. — 
rner, Bureau of Pla nt industry, 
Dept 2 ај Agriculture, Washington, D 
