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HORTICULTURE 



June 12, 1909 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR- 

 SERYMEN. 



(Contin:,u Jrom /-agt SsS) 



of the value of the council to the 

 nurserymen and no action was taken. 

 The reports of the Publicity Commit- 

 tee, by J. M. Irvine, and of Co-opera- 

 tion with Entomologists' Committee, 

 by Orlando Harrison were presented 

 and the latter committee was dis- 

 charged. 



Thursday Evening. 

 On Thursday evening the ladies at- 

 tended the Lyceum Theatre as guests 

 of the Western New York Nurserymen, 

 and the men enjoyed the smoker in 

 Masonic Temple auditorium. The 

 promise of those in charge of "some- 

 thing doing every minute" was car- 

 ried out to the letter. 



THE EXHIBITION. 



The catalogue and color plate men 

 were well represented in the exhibi- 

 tion rooms, also the periodical depart- 

 ment. HORTICULTURE'S issue for 

 the current week w^as on display, also 

 New Fruits. The McFarland Organiz- 

 ations made an extensive exhibit of the 

 new^ French Autochrome color process. 

 McMillan & Co, had Bailey's Cycloped- 

 ia of Agriculture on view. B, G. Pratt 

 Co. demonstrated the value of Scale- 

 cide to the nurseryman. Paul C. Koeb- 

 er Co. showed their photo-gelatin color 

 process. Color plates were also on 

 view from Vredenburg Co., M. Bruns- 

 wick & Co., Rochester Lithographing 

 Co. and the Stecher Lithograph Co. 

 Nathan R. Graves showed photograph 

 illustrations for catalogue purposes. 

 The Fruit Grower displayed examples 

 of nursery catalogue printing. The 

 National Nurseryman was, of course, 

 in evidence. The Dayton Fruit Tree 

 L,abel Company had an exhibit of their 

 wares and did a well-deserved busi- 

 ness. McHutchison & Co. showed raf- 

 fia. .John Charlton & Sons had a dis- 

 play of irises and peonies, also mam- 

 moth rhubarb. The Chas Nursery Co. 

 showed "C. A. G.„ nurserymen's sup- 

 plies; the Ohio Nursery and Supply 

 Company, shipping tags and Clark 

 Nursery Co., a nice exhibit of nuts. 



In a room on the street floor of the 

 hotel a number of exhibits, including 

 the tree and plant groups, were placed. 

 Here were Ellwanger & BariT, Dundee 

 Nurseries and Jackson & Perkins Co., 

 with general nursery stock; L. J. Far- 

 mer, strawberries; Thos, A. McBeth, 

 Hydrangea arborescens sterilis; P. J. 

 Berckmans Company, evergreens; 

 Vincennes Nursery Co., cherry trees; 

 C. M. Hooker & Son, Perfection cur- 

 rant; Perfection Planter Co., Perfec- 

 tion Planters; Niagara Sprayer Co., 

 spraying machinery and solutions; 

 \Vm. Cooper & Nephews, tree spraying 

 fluids; E. C. Brown Co., Auto Spray; 

 Clinton Falls Nursery Co,, soil firmer 

 and trencher; C. Betscher, display of 

 peonies; Stecker Lithographic Com- 

 pany. All reported a good line of sales. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Oakland, Cal The Oakland Floral 



Co. has purchased the store of N. 

 RoUeri. 



Sarcoxie, Mo. — Sarcoxie Nurseries 

 and C. & M. Wild have united under 

 the title of Wild Bros. Nursery Co. 



San Diego, Cal. — E. S. Langford, 

 formerly of the Oceanside Floral Co. 

 has leased land in Grossman Park tor 

 commercial purposes. 



EPSOM SALTS AS A FERTILIZER. 



It will be a pleasure to elucidate 

 somewhat the question raised by one 

 of the readers of HORTICULTURE by 

 the article "Planting for Winter Ef- 

 fect in the Northern States," written 

 by Mr. Geo. E. McClure and published 

 on page 482 of your paper, in which he 

 says that to use Epsom salts in such 

 planting assures success. 



Most of us have a pretty good idea 

 of what Epsom salts are, for as the 

 veterinarian would say, they are good 

 for "man or beast," and, without jok- 

 ing, this particular soluble chemical is 

 widely used for mankind and likewise 

 for almost all of our domestic animals 

 and fowls. This chemical as ordinaril- 

 ly made is a white crystal substance 

 containing 50 per cent water and some- 

 thing under 14 per cent of Magnesium, 

 calculated as Oxide of Magnesium, 

 which is the usual manner of calcula- 

 tion, just as Oxide of Potash is the 

 way in which we calculate the amount 

 of Potash in a substance. 



This was first called Epsom from 

 the springs at that place, and is an al- 

 most inevitable constituent of our min- 

 eral table and medicinal waters. This 

 element is found in many rocks and 

 thus it slowly gets into our wells and 

 streams and finally finds its way into 

 the ocean, where it is found in some 

 quantity along with Mr, Jernegen's 

 gold and many other elements. As the 

 great deposits of Potash and Magnesi- 

 um salts in Germany were made from 

 the ocean we can readily understand 

 that here are enormous quantities of 

 Potash and Magnesium mixed with 

 other impurities. 



Salts imported to this country which 

 contain Magnesium a.re the Sulphate of 

 Magnesium, also known as Keiserite, 

 Kainit, Sylvanite, and the double Sul- 

 phate of Potash and Magnesia, and 

 naturally small amounts are usually 

 found in the Sulphate of Potash. All 

 these salts may be included under the. 

 term of "Chemicals for agricultural 

 purposes," but Magnesium is so widely 

 distributed throughout the land that 

 Us presence by no means ends here, 

 as plants almost invariably have it, 

 getting it frorn the rocks through the 

 water, and in turn nearly all animals 

 have it in their composition, and thus 

 in running through the list of ordinary 

 fertilizers w-e find that Magnesium is 

 noticed more by its absence than by its 

 presence. It is thus found in blood, 

 bone, fish and all the animal refuses 

 which are used for manures. It is also 

 found in Thomas slag and in hardwood 

 ashes, always in the latter as almost 

 no tree, bush or ordinary land vegeta- 

 tion is without its Magnesia. In fact, 

 to a chemist Magnesium and Lime are 

 dromios. They are always hand in 

 hand and are found almost everywhere 

 in the vegetable world, although in the 

 case of trees and the ordinary plants 

 and vegetables, Lime is more abun- 

 dant than Magnesium, 



We do not commonly hear as much 

 about Magnesium as we do about Ni- 

 trogen, Potash and Phosphoric Acid, 

 because the amount of Magnesium is 

 usually less than the amount of any of 

 these (although it is often more than 

 that of Phosphoric Acid) and because 



it has been assumed that the three 

 most essential elements to plant life 

 that have to be supplied with most 

 soils are Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid 

 and Potash, when as a matter of fact 

 Magnesium may be just as important 

 but is needed in smaller amounts, and 

 is pretty widely distributed, so that in 

 many cases Magnesium shortage may 

 have been overlooked. 



DUDLEY M. PRAY. 



(To bt continued) 



NEWS NOTES. 



Lewiston, Pa. — Herbert Bratton will 

 start in the florist business here at an 

 early date. 



Marietta, O. — Walter Smith, florist, 

 will move to the building on Putnam 

 near Front street. 



Dover, Del. — The failure of Wm. 

 Schaffer & Son is reported; liabilities 

 $1,500; assets, none. 



Jamestown, N. D. — A fire in the fur- 

 nace room of the Wheeler Floral Co. 

 caused a loss of $2,000, 



Newport, R. I. — Wadley & Smythe 

 and Joseph G. Leikens have opened 

 their stores here for the summer. 



Springfield, Mass. — George and Fred- 

 erick Miellez have opened an office at 

 85 Main street as advisory horticultur- 

 ists. 



Handsboro, Miss. — D. P. Magruder 

 is starting a nursery here and will 

 give special attention to the cultiva- 

 tion of oranges. 



Adams, Mass. — Adolph Koch, florist, 

 was thrown from his wagon while de- 

 livering stock on June 3, and received 

 severe injuries. 



Salem, O. — The Grandview Green- 

 houses of which Case & Weirick are 

 proprietors, opened for business just 

 before Memorial Day. 



The baseball game between the em- 

 ployes of the retail and the wholesale 

 florists of New York came off last 

 Sunday at "The Oval." The retailers 

 won, 



Ernest Winkler, a florist employed 

 at Crystal Farm, Gibsonia, Pa., was 

 killed by a trolley car on June 1st, at 

 Elfinwild. 



FRENCH BULBS HIGHER. 



Information from several exporters 

 of Roman hyacinths and other French 

 bulbs is to the effect that prices have 

 materially advanced, especially on 12- 

 15 and larger sizes, as a result of un- 

 favorable weather last season. This is 

 an unexpected turn as many dealers on 

 this side looked for a decline. 



Cold storage giganteum lily bulbs 

 are, and have been for some weeks, 

 scarce. 



IMP SOAP SPRAY 



THREE SUCCESSFUL YEARS 



Outdoor or Indoor 



ELM BEETLE OR 

 WHITE FLY 



EASTERN CHEMICAL CO. 



Pittsburg Street, Boston, Mass. 



