Round of the Year 
33 
The largest amount of money expended by Massachusetts for the 
elimination of the gypsy moth in any one year was $500,000. Since 
1905, when active work was resumed, Massachusetts has been exi)end- 
ing over lialf a million dollars a year in its battle against the pest. 
The new Ck)neord Australian Sweet Peas were well shown at the 
New York 'exhibition in Marcli. 
The imports of bulbs from Holland to the United States in 1916 
showed a marked increase. Prices were high, yet they were not really 
satisfactory when compared with the cost of production and freightage. 
It is said that at least 4,400,000 lbs. of bulbs were sold at prices below 
cost at the end of the season. 
Plans were published for an expansion to the greenhouse of the 
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. These gave details of a magnifi- 
cent range of glass. 
Numerous American flags in bedding design were planted in the 
early Spring and Summer. 
Among side lines for retailers the following have been suggested: 
Bird houses, garden furniture, garden ornaments, bird baths, gazing 
globes, stone seats, sundials, fancy fish in aquariums, bird nesting boxes, 
aviaries, Japanese dwarf trees, dwarf Cacti, garden books. 
The American Peony Society published Bulktin No. 4 in May. 
“Tales of a Traveller,” being the account of his 28 years’ experi- 
ence on the road, by S. S. Skidelsky, was published in May. 
A show, partly outdoors and 
partly under canvas, was held in 
June at Boston, Mass. While not 
a financial success it betokened 
much enterprise on behalf of the 
Mass. Hort. Soc. There were 
large groups out of doors, rock 
gardens, water pools with Rose 
gardens, orchid groups and Rhodo- 
dendrons. 
Several bulletins on Gladiolus 
Studies were published from Corn- 
ell University under the author- 
ship of Prof. A. C. Hottes and 
Dr. A. C. Bieal. These were most 
carefully prepared. 
The seed trade had an un- 
])reoedented season’s business, 
many times larger than in pre- 
vious years. Both in Europe and 
America the trade was hampered 
on account of shortages in certain 
lines, particularly Potatoes, On- 
WAiTiNCi Fof? The fLORisrS Exchange ions and Beans. 
