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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The PuramulaHs aurea is not (juitc so hardy; it sufi'ercd 
loalerially last winter. 
The Blola aurca nana is without doubt one of the finest 
yidlow evergreens grown. It is of regular conical habit, 
grows from two to two and one-half feet high, is very 
eompaet, and has a bright golden yellow color which it 
holds well all the year. In iny opinion it is hardy in my 
locality. I have some that came through last winter all 
right, and some which suffered slightly. The semper- 
aurea is very similar, is equally hardy, but does not 
grow as compact. Elegantissima is yellow in the siiring 
and during the summer, and turns a reddish brown in 
winter. It is a striking variety, is not quite as bardy 
with me as the last named. My opinion is that they would 
all be bardy if planted in a protected situation, or on 
heavy clay or gravelly soil. I believe they incline to grow 
too late in the fall, and go into our winter without being 
])ropeiiy ripened, and consecjuentlly cannot stand se¬ 
vere freezing weather. Planting in a heavy or a dry 
gravelly soil has a tendency to correct that. 
The Yews are another family that deserve more atten¬ 
tion. They are slow growers, and for that reason are not 
very popular with nurserymen. Some varieties make 
good sized trees. They are perfectly hardy and hold their 
color well. The American variety {Taxus Canadensis), 
makes an excellelnt ground cover and holds its bright 
green color all w inter in the shade. It will grow under 
evergreens and in dense forest. It makes an excellent 
hedge plant as well as a specimen. 
I need not say anything about the mechanical part of 
planting, except to impress ui)on you the im])ortance of 
not ex])osing the roots to drying wnds or sunshine, if 
they are not to be balled, and if it is not convenient to 
have a tub of mud in the field, they should be dug a few 
at a time, laid in a pile and soil throw n over the roots 
until they can be taken to the shed and puddled. 
I have seen nurserymen dig them and let them lie in 
the sun, w ithout protection of any kind, until they had a 
load. The w onder is that any of them lived. It they did 
live, it took a long time for them to recover. 
WORKING FOR “ALL-AMERICAN” EASTER LILIES 
Governmenl Flower Breeders Strive to Establish Bull) 
Production in this Country 
When the Easier lilies bloom this sju ing at tbe Govern¬ 
ment ex})erimental farms at Arlington, Va., across the 
Potomae River from the National Capital, the flower 
breeders of tlu' United States Dei)arlmenl of Agriculture 
expect they will have taken one more successful step 
toward proving that lily bulbs may be iirodueed in this 
country, and that there is no good reason w hy Americans 
should be entirely dependent upon Jajian and Rermuda 
for these stocks. 
The lots now' flowering show lhat florists need not fol¬ 
low their custom of discarding bulbs that have produced 
flow ers only one year. As one way of proving fhat bulbs 
do not lose their vigor and usefulness through one year’s 
production, the Department of Agriculture men right now 
are flow^ering bulbs that florists ahvnys throw" aw'ay. And 
they are growling them outdoors in the latitude of Wash¬ 
ington—a procedure that has been demonstrated feasible. 
Florists have been skeptical about the use of bulbs year 
after year, because of their experiences with disease in 
imported stocks, but the Government men say that with 
care in handling there should be no more difficulty from 
diseases in the lily than in a score of other plants, pro¬ 
vided the stocks are clean to start with. 
“It should be noted,” they say, “that a seed generation 
leaves the diseases behind—for how long will depend to 
a very large extent upon the conditions under wdiich the 
plants are handled. No disease has yet appeared in our 
stocks.” 
The Government florists also are'w orking to show" com¬ 
mercial florists that they may produce their ow"n bulbs of 
superior merit in one year’s time from seed. 
An important reason why Easter lily bulbs that flower 
in America should be grow"n in America is seen in the 
fact that importations of all bulbous stocks have ranged 
around a value of $2,000,000 a year, and of this amount a 
large share has gone for Easter lily bulbs. 
The Government work in this field has not gone far 
enough yet to justify public exhibitions of these stocks, 
but it is hoped that w"ithin a few" years an “All-x4merican” 
Easter lily show may be arranged as a final proof that 
lily bulbs may be produced in America just as w"ell as in 
any other country. 
QUARANTINE NO. 37 
AMEND PLANT QUARANTINE TO ADMIT FLOWER 
BULBS 
The quarantine governing the importation of nursery 
stock and other plants and seeds into the United States 
has been amended to permit the importation of lily bulbs, 
lily of the valley, narcissus, hyacinth, tulip, and crocus 
packed in sand, soil or earth, provided such sand, soil or 
earth has been jireviously sterilized in accordance wMth 
metbods prescribed by the Federal Horticultural Board. 
Sterilization must be done under the superv"ision of an 
authorized inspector of the country of origin, w"ho must 
certify to it. This provision is amendatory to Regulation 
3 of the rules and regulations supplemental to the notice 
of quarantine, w"hieh required that such bulbs when im¬ 
ported must be free from sand, soil or earth. It w"as 
brought to the attention of the board, how"ever, that dry 
earth is the only suitable material know"n for packing 
these bulbs, and experts of the Department of Agriculture 
advised that such material can be cheaply and satisfactor¬ 
ily sterilized by beat in such way as to involve no ad¬ 
ditional risk of introduction of dangerous plant pests. 
