SEEDAGE 



SELAGINELLA 



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Cabbage: About iiali' iiupin-t..^(], the other half fhiefiy 

 Long IsUuid, C'limrcticut, l-'eiiusylvaiiiu, and tu 

 small extent, Puij:et Suiiiid. 



Caulitlower: Finest kiiuls imported from Denmark; 

 coarsrr kinds t'rcm Italy. 



Carn>ts : The bulk ot tines t kind import etl from 

 Franre, some liner grades iu Oonuecliuut, and 

 eoarsrr grades in Calit'urnia. 



Sweet corn: Connerticut, Nebraska, New York. 

 Ohio. 



Cuenmhers: Chictlv in Nebraska, northern New 

 York. 



Ijettuee : (.'alifornia. 



Watermeh.>us : Nebraska, Kansas and the Soutli. 



Muskmelons : Neljraska. 



Onions: Ohietly in California; Oonnei-tiuut, New 

 York. Miehigan. 



Peas: Northern New York. Canada, Michigan, ^yis- 

 c'onsin. 



Parsley: Imported from England and France. 



Potatoes: Fine grades chietly in Maine and New 

 York; also in ever}' state. 



Spinacli: Imported from llolhiud. 



Squash : Nebraska. 



Tomato: Chietly in New Jersey, Pennsylvania. New 

 York, Connecticut and Michigan. 



Turnip: About half is imported from England and 

 Prance, where it is grown chietly from American 

 seed; other half chietly in Connecticat, New York 

 and Pennsylvania. 



Lima beans: California. 



Celery: California. 



Dealers in garden seeds are also larcre dealers in f[n\\~- 

 eriug bulbs, such as hyacintlis, tulips, narcissus, crocns, 

 etc. These are chietly imported from Holland, south of 

 France, Italy and Japan. 



Dirisions of the Tradi-.— The tradf is divided into 

 the main branches of garden and flower seeds and 

 bulbs and agricultural seeds. The latter is practically a 

 business by itself, devoted to such seeds as blue grass, 

 timothy, clover, red top and alfalfa, some of which are 

 exported or imported as the exigencies of the si-ason's 

 product demand. 



Tat-lff. — Flower seeds are siibjected to no import 

 duties, while on garden seeds there is a taritf of 30 per 

 cent ad valorem. It is a mooted point whether this tariff 

 at the present time operates to the advantage of the 

 trade, the principal seedsmen being generally of the 

 opinion that it tends to stimulate over-production in 

 this country. 



^umher of Finns in fJw y'/vaZc. — The main business 

 of the country is in tlie hands of about 15U Arms, but 

 practically every groceryman in country towns and vil- 

 lages carries a stock during the spring season. These 

 men, however, deal as a rule with the ]ar<;er houses, 

 and constitute the principal class of middlemen for 

 retail trade. 



Wholesale Seedsw&n's League : Ifs Olijecfs. — On 

 August 24, 1900, some 42 of the leading houses of the 

 country incorporated themselves in the Wholesale 

 Seedsinen's League, with the object of regulating the 

 general interests of the trade. The office of the League 

 fs in Philadelphia; its president, F. W. Bruggerhof, of 

 New York; vice-president, S. F. Leonard, of Chicago; 

 secretary and treasurer, Burnet Landreth, of Phila- 

 delphia. The climate and soils of the United States are 

 so varied that entirely different methods of carrying on 

 the seed business obtain in different trade centers, and 

 one of the principal efforts of the League is in the direc- 

 tion of agreeing as to the uniform listing of prices for 

 crops of the same seed which mature at different dates 

 in different localities. It is hoped in this way not only 

 to prevent the sacrifice of stock by growers in early dis- 

 tricts, but also to prevent the demoralization of the 

 general market, caused by the publication of clearance 

 prices by seedsmen in an early district before tlie 

 market has been adequately supplied by seedsmen in 

 those districts in which the stock matures at a lat<.T 

 season. j. ]\i. Thokbukn ct Co. 



SEED-BOX. Ltichvitjia alferni folia : probably also 

 sometimes applied to plants that have hM..se seeds in 

 inflated pods, as CrofoJaria. 



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SELAGINELLA (diminutive of Latin Selago, old 

 name of a clult moss). Svla'ji nelldcefe. Club Moss. A 

 large genus of mostly tropical plants of diverse habit, 

 ranging from minute, proslrate annuals to erect or even 

 clind.jiug perennials. Easily recognized by the produc- 

 tion uf two kinds of spores— powdery microspores from 

 whicli the male prothallus arises a,nd larger microspores 

 produced four in a spm'ange just within the axil of the 

 ternrinal leaves of the stem, which often form a 4-angled 

 spike. In all our cultivated species the Ivs. are in four 

 ranks, the two upper smaller and pressed against the 

 stem, giving it a flattened appearance. Selaginellas are 

 graceful fern-like greenhouse plants, often known to 

 gardeners as Lyco[)odiun)s. 



INDEX. 



Africa)in, :!ri. easpidala. -1. patuia, 4. 



ailio-uiteiis, 13. deiisuiii, 12. Peruille'i,, 33. 



aiitixna. ^JO. tl en tic u lata, 2. plumosa, 6. 



apus, 12. elongata, 37. Poulteri, 18. 



arborca, 5. Enimeliana, 22. rubella, 17. 



argentea. 30. erythropus, 35. rubricaulis, 39. 



atroviridis, 14. filicina, 3G. rupestris, 1. 



anrea, 2, 9. tiiibellata, 32. sar'inentosa, 4. 



Brauiiii, 31. geiiiculata, 37. serpens, 3. 



Brasilieiisis, 11. gracilis, 25. sermlata, 7. 



Jiruivnii, U. grandis, 28. setosa, 35. 



ceesla, 5. h;ematodes, 36. stolouifera, 8. 



Califonilca, 15. involvens, Itk uncinata, 5. 



caiUescens, 30. Kraussiana, 0. variegata, 9, 17. 



cognata, 20. lajrigata, 5. Victorite, 24. 



cnncinna, 7. lepidophylla., 20. viticulosa, 29. 



cordata, 3H. Lnlibii, 26. Vogelii. 33. 



cordifolia., :;«. Lyalhi, 34. Wallichii, 23. 



crispn, 32. Marteiisii, IG. WilldeTiovii, 27. 

 (Juuuijigliumi, 10. moUiceps, 3!i. 



A. X''.'^'. ('// siiiiiJar, imnn/ - raukeil. 



iVatire species 1. rupestris 



AA. _Zj''-v. 4-ra liked, of iivo so-rfs, fur in imj 

 a II. upper and a loirer j>/aiie. 

 Jlostttj hothouse exotics. 

 B, Foliage of the spikes uniform, 

 r. JIaiii, stem drcnmheni , tisu.alh/ 

 roollnij th roui/hoiit. 

 L>. Plants perri'niinl: Irs. fir)ii . 

 E. IStems oirli nuiais, i. e ., 

 without joints. 

 F. Branclirs onr-eic/hth in. 

 or less n-idi": stems 



0-9 iu. hnuj 2. denticulata 



;i. serpens 

 4. patuia 

 FF. Brunches ''., in. or more 



icide: stents J-:J ft . I>>)H/ 5, uncinata 

 0. plumes a 

 7. concinna 



EE. Stems articulated S. stolonifera 



9. Kraussiana 

 jjjj. Plants aniniul: Ivs. and 



stem iveak and flaccid 10. Cunninghami 



11. Brasiliensis 



12. apus 



l.J. albo-nitens 

 CO. iffain stems a s c c n d i n ij , 

 hrancJied nearlji or <iui1e to 

 the base. 

 D. Boots confined to tJie luu-er 

 half nf the stems. 

 E. Plants perenmul, iv i I h 

 ruutinnous stems. 

 F. Color I'f Irs. and stem 



jKile or l>ri<j]it grem.. A4. atroviridis 

 irj. Califomica 

 IG. Martensii 

 FF. Color of Irs. dark green, 

 becoming r, d .- ' s t e ni- 



reddish Irroirn 17. rubella 



EE. Plants a nn.ua I 18. Poulteri 



DD. Boots ronfined to the base of 

 the slems. 



o. Stems c roivd e d i n 

 ro s e t t e s , curll ng 

 closely ndirn dnj . . . 19. involvens 



20. lepidophylla 



21. cuspidata 



