. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Mushrooms sliced and dried in the sun, and whole mushrooms dried in ovens and placed on strings for convenience in handling, were held by the United States general appraisers. New York, February 29, 1904, to be dutiable under the pro- vision for "vegetables, prepared or pre- served," tariff act of 1897, and not duti- able as "vegetables in their natural state" nor free as "vegetable substances, crude or ; Various Notes. At the greenhouses of G. M. Whitin, at Whitinsvill
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Mushrooms sliced and dried in the sun, and whole mushrooms dried in ovens and placed on strings for convenience in handling, were held by the United States general appraisers. New York, February 29, 1904, to be dutiable under the pro- vision for "vegetables, prepared or pre- served," tariff act of 1897, and not duti- able as "vegetables in their natural state" nor free as "vegetable substances, crude or ; Various Notes. At the greenhouses of G. M. Whitin, at Whitinsville, Mass., a mushroom cellar is equipped with electric heaters similar to those used on street cars. The heaters are under the beds and the results given are very satisfactory. The Italians, whose entire families work on the garden or farm, are gradually becoming a factor in the market garden- ing districts around Boston, and with their minimum expense for labor are a menace to the peace of mind of the natives. Their eventual competition in the forcing industry is also probably a matter of time only. Electric ploughs, auto trucks for transportation, wireless telephones, rain- making and electric invigoration gener- ally are, according to W. W. Kawson, among the attainable ideals for the vege- table forcer of the future. Cyanlding: Under Glass. A demonstration of an interesting char- acter, and proving the utility of the new- process of cyaniding by hydrocyanic acid gas in glass houses, was given at Messrs. Ladd's Nurseries at Swanley Junction, January 11, according to the Gardening World (English). The demon- stration was one of importance to mar- ket gardeners using glass. The experi- ments were performed in tht presence of some twenty-four growers, and the hydrocyanic acid gas would appear to be most effectual. It is claimed for it that it will destroy all insect and vermin pests to which flowers and plants of any kind grown under glass are subject. At the same time it has to
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