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FUNGOID DISEASES 
To the average farmer, gardener or nurseryman 
“Fungoid Diseases” is a subject of vital importance, yet 
one lie seldom cares to investigate himself, considering it 
too abstruse. 
A small work on the subject has been published by 
Longmans, Green & Co., Fourth avenue and 30th street, 
New York, by the authors, Prof. Thomas Milburn, Eng¬ 
land, and Prof. E. A. Bessey, Mich., U. S. A., which will 
give anyone who can read a comprehensive grasp of the 
subject, and enable him to combat these diseases. 
The reader will be surprised to find the subject treated 
in such a lucid, simple way. Price is 63 cents net. 
PRACTICAL ROOK OF OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 
George C. Thomas, Jr.’s “Practical Book of Outdoor 
Rose Growing,” published by J. R. Lippincott Co., Phila¬ 
delphia, is already running in the second edition as it 
well deserves to be. 
It is a treat to get hold of a book on the subject of roses 
that does not need apologies for its existence and that 
was evidently inspired by love for the queen of flowers, 
and without ulterior motive. 
The text is a plain statement of a master amateur in 
rose growing, of what he experienced in bis rose gardens 
near Philadelphia. It is very evident that neither ex¬ 
pense nor pains were spared in procuring tin data from 
which it is compiled. 
No fanciful impressions, or borrowed eulogies on any 
particular variety but cold analytical facts gathered ac¬ 
cording to modern methods and close observation. 
While perhaps 01 ly the observations and experiences 
in one garden it is of inestimable value to rose growers 
all over the country, who can make due allowances for 
latitude, soil and climatic differences. 
The make up of the book is a work of art containing 
as it does 96 plates in colors, charts, and half tones. 
Nurserymen, who are more or less familiar with pub¬ 
lishers costs, will be somewhat awed at the evident in¬ 
vestment to produce such a work. 
We need more books of the same order, treating other 
genera of plants as they cannot fail to interest those well 
able to buy the nurseryman’s stock in trade and they 
should not fail to call the attention of their customers 
to it. 
The price of the book is $4.00 net. 
I have received from Holland three cases of dormant 
herbaceous plants such as Paeonies, Phlox, Delphinium, 
Oriental poppies, Canterbury Rells, Gaillardias, Lupines, 
Anchusa, Liatris. The shipment was late, I expected it 
'last month. Shall I plant them in the open ground or 
store them in my cellar? 
Our ground is sandy loam, cellar room scarce. Please 
advise me if you think these plants would winter through 
in the open ground. Also advise what methods to use in 
storing them in the cellar. 
As your ground is a sandy loam and doubtless fairly 
well drained it will be quite satisfactory to plant the 
Paeonies, Hardy Phlox, Oriental Poppies and Liatris in 
the open ground. These are very hardy roots and are 
not likely to be injured by the cold. The greatest dan¬ 
ger is in the frost lifting them from the ground, this 
should be provided for by mulching. 
The Delphinium, Canterbury Rells, Gaillardias, Lupines 
and Anchusa are of a more tender nature and would be 
'liable to perish if planted out of doors so late in the fall. 
Planted or potted and placed in a cold frame would 
be a good way to bring them through the winter. It 
you put them in the cellar it would be well to put them in 
'shallow boxes in sand with the crowns just exposed, to 
prevent them shriveling. 
BULLETINS OF INTEREST TO NURSERYMEN 
Miscellaneous Insecticide Investigations. By E. W. 
Scott and E. II. Siegler, Entomological Assistants. De¬ 
ciduous-Fruit Insect Investigations. Pp. 47. Contribu¬ 
tion from the Bureau of Entomology. (Professional 
Paper.) October 3. 1913. (Department Bulletin 278.) 
Price, 10 cents. 
Describe experiments with various chemicals, singly 
and combined, for the destruction of insect pests. It 
will be of interest to horticulturists in general and apple 
growers in particular. 
“THE MONTHLY SUMMARY OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE” FOR SEPT. 1915, GIVES THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF 
IMPORTS OF PLANTS, TREES, SHRUBS AND VINES. 
ARTICLES 
SEPTEMBER- 
1914 
1915 
Quantity 
Value 
Quantity 
Value 
Plants, trees, shrubs and vines : 
Bulbs, bulbous roots, or corms, cul¬ 
tivated for their flowers or foliage 
A1 ‘ ° ther { duL 
Total 
113,479 
993,265 
1,151 
38,786 
117,079 
1,0*30,309 
5,802 
10,577 
1 . 
1,033,202 
1,076,688 
NINE MONTHS ENDING SEPTEMBER— 
1913 
1914 
1915 
Quantity 
Value 
Quantity 
Value 
Quantity 
Value 
163,107 
1,423,380 
13,957 
884,522 
179,101 
1,573,153 
12,028 
862,809 
174,849 
1,501,166 
17,647 
743,452 
2,321,859 
2,447,990 
2,262,265 
