. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1012 The American Florist. Jan. i^, told of many confusing cases, as one in which there were two types of melon in the introduction of a new variety, one grower having selected his stock to the scarlet type, another to the white flesh type. The importance of minute distinc- tions from the practical standpoint was great, as in lettuce, where a difference in texture of leaf meant a better forcing variety, but grown outside there was no difierence discernable. There are three distinct types of Refugee wax bean in the
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1012 The American Florist. Jan. i^, told of many confusing cases, as one in which there were two types of melon in the introduction of a new variety, one grower having selected his stock to the scarlet type, another to the white flesh type. The importance of minute distinc- tions from the practical standpoint was great, as in lettuce, where a difference in texture of leaf meant a better forcing variety, but grown outside there was no difierence discernable. There are three distinct types of Refugee wax bean in the American seed trade to-day. And the same thing is true in other vegetables. This instability of type had led to substi- tution being looked upon lightly in the seed trade. Horticulturists should de- mand from the introducer of a new variety a distinct and accurate descrip- tion of what he considers the type to which it should be grown, and this should be rigidly adhered to in the grow- ing of seed to be sold under that name. A committee of the society was ap- pointed to make an investigation of this whole subject, to report at the next meet- ing of the society, the two presenters of the papers being named with power to add to their number. PLANTS UNDER NEW ELECTRIC LIGHT. Prof. C. p. Close detailed recent exper- iments in the growing of plants in the new Cooper-Hewett mercury-vapor elec- tric light which had been made at the Delaware experiment station. The 4-H patter lamps were u?ed. The rays have no red in them, and looked at through a red glass no light can be seen. The candle power of each lamp is about 650 and the expense per candle is about one-eighth that of the candle power of the incan- descent light and about three-fourths that of the arc light. Grand Rapids and Boston market lettuces were used in the experiment, seed sown December 14. These were put into a chamber from which daylight was excluded after they had made four to six leaves, all of which were removed. Pla
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