THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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STATE FLOWERS NEW OR NOTEWORTHY FRUITS 
Pennsylvania is watching just now efforts of some of 
her legislators to give her a State flower. Why she 
should have one, no one appears to have attempted to ex¬ 
plain. The only reason one may guess to he is that other 
States possess them. One looks for such emblems to 
represent some great event in the history of those who 
adopt them, yet the absence of any such connection of 
the flowers named for adoption by Pennsylvania legisla¬ 
tors is notably apparent. On the contrary many of them 
are foreign plants, showing the ignorance of those who 
propose them. Among two recently proposed are the 
Sweet Pea and what its proposer calls “Myrtle.” The 
Sweet Pea has no connection whatever with Pennsylvania 
or the United States. Myrtle is a European plant, Myrtus 
communis, but what this legislator means is doubtless, 
the Vinca minor, the Periwinkle, which is known to some 
as Myrtle, especially among florists. Roth these, the 
Sweet Pea and the “Myrtle,” were thrown out. Two bills 
reached the Governor, one calling for the Kalmia latifolia, 
the other for Liriodendron tulipifera. Both were vetoed. 
Kalmia for the reason that it is already the emblem 
adopted by another State, and further because it is “a 
poisonous plant,” as recorded in our public papers. Why 
the Liriodendron missed adoption is not stated. 
The fern was also advocated, but no bill was presented 
in its favor; the same of the Moss Pink, Phlox subulata, a 
beautiful plant, which grew on the rocks of Gettysburg 
at the time of the battel in 1863. and is native from Penn¬ 
sylvania to Georgia. 
An objection raised to the adoption of the Liriodendron 
was that in a horticultural sense flowers are considered 
as low growing or herbaceous plants, certainly not trees. 
Ferns were put aside from the thoughts of many as not 
being flowers, in other words, they could not be con¬ 
sidered as a floral emblem. These objectors referred to 
the often seen phrase in botanical works “flowers and 
ferns” to back up their protest. 
The probabilities appear to be that the Legislature will 
adjourn without selecting a flower, in which case there 
will be ample time to look up a flower closely connected 
with the history of Pennsylvania .—Joseph Meehan in the 
Florist's Exchange. 
The forests of New York produce about 200 board 
feet, per acre per year or about 525,000,000 board feet, 
per year. The annual consumption is nearly 2,000.000,- 
000 or over 3 times as much as is grown. 
Bulletin No. 403, issued by the New York Agricultural 
Experiment Station describes and illustrates in beau¬ 
tifully executed color plates. 
Muscat Hamburg Grape. 
Niagara Peach. 
Lambert Cherry. 
Late Muscatelle Plum. 
Industry Gooseberry. 
Black Pearl Raspberry. 
Marldon Red Raspberry. 
Amanda Strawberry. 
NEW LICENSE LAW FOR INDIANA 
It has been learned from the office of the State En¬ 
tomologist. 130 State House, Indianapolis, Indiana, that 
House bill No. 183, passed by the Indiana General As¬ 
sembly, becomes effective June 1st, 1915. On and after 
this date all dealers in nursery stock and all agents en¬ 
gaged in selling or soliciting orders for nursery stock are 
required to procure a license. The annual fee for either 
a dealer’s or agent’s license is one dollar (.$1-00) and is 
paid to the State Entomologist who turns it over to the 
State Treasury. This fee should accompany the applica¬ 
tion for the license, and of course will be returned if for 
any reason the license is not issued. 
All licenses become invalid one year from the date of 
issue. 
The term “dealer” and “agent” are defined in the law 
as follows; The term “dealer” shall be construed to ap¬ 
ply to any person, whether he be a grower of nursery 
stock or not, who buys nursery stock for the purpose of 
reselling or reshipping. 
The term “agent” shall be construed and applied to 
any person selling nursery stock under the partial or 
full control of a nurseryman or of a dealer or other agent. 
This term shall apply to any person engaged with a nur¬ 
seryman, dealer, or agent, in handling nursery stock on 
a co-operative basis. 
Section 4 of this act, provides for issuing licenses to 
nursery firms outside the State. Nurseries located out¬ 
side of Indiana, desiring to ship nursery stock into this 
State may obtain a license by filing a copy of their in¬ 
spection certificate with the State Entomologist of In¬ 
diana. The license fee of $1.00 should accompany the 
copy of inspection certificate and the application for li¬ 
cense. 
“THE MONTHLY SUMMARY OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE” FOR MAR. 1915, GIVES THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF 
IMPORTS OF PLANTS, TREES, SHRUBS AND VINES. 
ARTICLES 
MARCH- 
NINE MONTHS ENDING MARCH— 
1914 
1915 
1913 
1914 
1915 
Quantity 
Value 
Quantity 
Value 
Quantity 
Value 
Quantity 
Value 
Quantity 
Value 
Plants, trees, shrubs and vines : 
Bulbs, bulbous roots, or corms, cul¬ 
tivated for their flowers or foliage 
4,41 1 
41,341 
73 
287,234 
9,890 
60,482 
196 
246,977 
287,673 
1,813,793 
3,372 
1,071,140 
213,590 
2,071,761 
9,372 
1,155,128 
250,557 
2,348,057 
11,236 
1,130,254 
All other.< j 
Total. 
328,648 
307,655 
2,888,305 
3,236,261 
3,489,547 
