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iead oxide, both of which statements were 
untrue, the product containing less than 
these amounts. The label also stated that 
the package weighed “two pounds net,” 
whereas each can contained less than two 
pounds net of the article. 
A fine of $10 and costs was imposed on 
the Grasselli Chemical Co., of New Or- 
leans, La., for shipment into Florida of 
adulterated and misbranded arsenate of 
lead paste. The article was adulterated 
because it contained more than the 50 per 
cent water allowed by the law and the ex- 
cess water was not declared. The product 
was misbranded because the label stated 
not over 50 per cent water, claimed 15 per 
cent arsenic oxide, and claimed the con- 
tents of the package as one pound, where- 
as, in fact, the product contained over 50 
per cent water and contained less than 15 
per cent of arsenic oxide, and the package 
contained less than one pound on a 50 
per cent water basis. 
THE LITERATURE OF SHADE TREE SPRAYING 
No study of spraying, or insect pests or 
of tree troubles can be all inclusive for a 
wide range of territory, and the first thing 
for the tree guardian in park, cemetery, 
street or estate is to make a careful study 
of his local conditions, of the insects he 
has to fight, of the trees under his care, 
and of the progress they have made. Every 
such study must be more or less localized, 
and the assistance of the state agricultural 
authorities should be the first aid sought. 
Nearly all the state agricultural experiment 
stations or agricultural colleges have issued 
bulletins and done experimental work on 
tree problems and tree pests. 
When the information they have is se- 
cured and assimilated, and a careful study 
of the trees to be treated has been made, 
the tree doctor is in a position to diagnose 
his case and apply the standard treatment 
best suited to the trees and shrubs under 
his care. 
The first step of the inexperienced sprayer 
should be to get all of the official bulletins 
or literature of the experiment stations or 
colleges and study them to assimilate the 
material that may have any bearing on his 
problem, and then to get catalogs of the 
manufacturers of the machinery and ma- 
terials needed. 
Following is a digest of some of the lead- 
ing bulletins and publications that deal with 
the spraying and care of ornamental trees: 
“Spray and Practice Outline for Fruit Growers, 
1913, ” by H, J. Eustace and R. H. Pettit; Special 
Bulletin No. 61, Michigan State Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station, East Lansing, Mich.; 24 pages; 
illustrated. 
“Some Important Insects of Illinois Shade Trees 
and Shrubs,’’ by Stephen A. Forbes, State Entomo- 
logist; bulletin No. 151, University of Illinois 
Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana, 111.; 72 
pages; illustrated. 
“What is the Matter with the Elms in Illinois,” 
by Stephen A. Forbes, State Entomologist; bulletin 
No. 161, University of Illinois Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station, Urbana, 111.; 24 pages; illus- 
trated. 
“Control of Two Elm Tree Pests,” by Glenn W. 
Herrick; bulletin No. 333 of Cornell University 
Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y.; 
24 pages; illustrated. 
“Fungicides, Insecticides, and Spraying Direc- 
tions,” by George E. Stone and Henry T. Fernald; 
bulletin No. 123 of Massachusetts Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station, Amherst, Mass.; 32 pages. 
“The Imported Elm Leaf Beetle,” bulletin No. 
76 of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massa- 
chusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. ; 
eight pages. 
“Three Irsect Enemies to Shade Trees,” by L. 
O. Howard. Entomologist; Farmers’ Bulletin No. 
99, United States Department of Agriculture; 32 
pages; illustrated. 
“Information About Spraying for Orchard In- 
sects,” by A. L. Quaintance; reprint form Year 
Book of United States Department of Agriculture 
for 190S; 24 pages; illustrated. 
“Tree Planting and Care of Street and Highway 
Trees.” by George A. Cromie, Superintendent of 
Trees, City of New Haven, and Walter O. Filley, 
Assistant State Forester, Connecticut Agricultural 
Experiment Station; document No. S of the Civic 
Federation of New Haven, Conn.; for sale for ten 
cents by Robert A. Crosby, Y. M. C. A. Bldg., 
New Haven, Conn. 
“Fruit Growers’ Spray Calendar,” by N. E. 
Shaw; Bulletin No. 11. Ohio Department of Agri- 
culture, Division of Nursery and Orchard Inspec- 
tion. Columbus, O. ; sixteen pages. 
“The More Important Insect Pests Affecting 
Ohio Shade Trees”; bulletin 194, Ohio Agricultural 
Experiment Station. Wooster, O. ; 72 pages. 
“The Control of Insect Pests and Plant 
Diseases”; bulletin 2S3, Cornell. University Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y.: 32 
pages: illustrated. 
“The Elm Leaf Beetle,” by Glenn W. Herrick: 
circular No. S. Cornell University Agricultural 
Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. : eight pages; 
illustrated. 
“Shade Trees; their Care and Preservation,” by 
Albert D. Taylor; bulletin 256, Cornell University 
College of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y.; illustrated; 
42 pages. 
“Important Insecticides”; Farmers’ Bulletin 127, 
United States Department of Agriculture. 
“Tree Planting on Rural School Grounds”; 
Farmers’ Bulletin 134, United States Department 
of Agriculture. 
“Scale Insects and Mites on Citrus Trees”; 
Farmers’ Bulletin 172, United States Department 
of Agriculture. 
“The Chestnut Bark Disease,” by Haven Met- 
calf; separate 598 from United States Department 
of Agriculture Year Book for 1912. 
“Power Spraying”; catalog of Fitzhenry-Guptill 
Company, 49 N. Washington St., Boston, Mass.; 
illustrated discussion of solid stream spraying. 
“Insect Notes for 1912,” Bulletin 207, Maine 
Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono, Me.; 42 
pages; illustrated. 
“The Secret of the Big Trees,” by Ellsworth 
Huntington; for sale by Superintendent of Docu- 
ments, Government Printing Office, Washington, 
D. C., for five cents; 24 pages; illustrated. 
“Annual Report of the Superintendent of Gypsy 
and Brown-Tail Moth Work of the City of Fitch- 
burg”; from annual report of the park depart- 
ment of Fitchburg, Mass.; 14 pages; illustrated. 
“Planting and Care of Shade Trees in St. Louis,” 
Yol. I, No. 4, of the Bulletin of Missouri Botanical 
Garden, St. Louis, Mo.; 12 pages; illustrated. 
“The Chestnut Blight Disease,” Bulletin No. 1 
of the Pennsylvania Chestnut Blight Commission, 
1112 Morris Bldg., Philadelphia; 12 pages; illus- 
trated. 
“Treatment of Ornamental Chestnut Trees Af- 
fected with the Blight Disease”; Bulletin No. 2, 
of the Pennsylvania Chestnut Tree Blight Commis- 
sion, 1112 Morris Bldg., Philadelphia; 12 pages; 
illustrated. 
“Rules and Regulations for Carrying Out the 
Plant Quarantine Act”: Circular No. 44, Office of 
the Secretary, United States Department of Agri- 
culture. 
“The Annual Report of the Massachusetts Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station for 1913”: papers on 
various causes of injury to shade *trees; device for 
planting white pine seed and weed extermination 
discussed. Copies of the report can be obtained 
by addressing the Massachusetts Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station, Amherst, Mass. 
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS 
H. S. RICHARDS, Chicago, President 
AND CONTRIBUTIONS 
J. J LEVISON, Brooklyn, N.Y., Sec.-Treas. 
Denver Convention Proceedings. 
The proceedings of the fifteenth annual 
convention of the association at Denver 
have been issued, and there are still some 
extra copies on hand that may be had on 
application to Secretary Levison. All mem- 
bers have been provided with copies. 
New Lowell Park and Playground. 
The Municipal Council of Lowell, Mass., 
recently voted to buy a tract of land in a 
section of the city known as West Central- 
ville, to be used as a public park and play- 
ground. The land is in a much congested 
part and was the property of the Locks & 
Canals Co. 
It comprises 22.84 acres, having a front- 
age on Aiken street of 325 feet, running 
northwesterly along the bank of the Merri- 
mac River some 1.3C0 feet to what is known 
as Beaver Brook, thence easterly to Lake- 
view Avenue, with a street frontage of 225 
feet. 
Plans were prepared of this proposed 
park early in the summer by John Wood- 
bury Kernan, engineer and superintendent 
of parks, and presented by him before the 
Municipal Council. Several hearings were 
held before the Council, at which may ar- 
guments were advanced favoring the pur- 
chase. 
On December 31, 1913, the Council voted 
to purchase the land from the Locks & 
Canals Co. for $33,000, which was the price 
asked. A loan covering a period of twenty 
years was authorized, but on January 7, 
1914, the new city government voted to 
rescind the action of last year’s Council, 
and the matter is now held in abeyance for 
further consideration. 
