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HORTICULTURE 



July 5, 1919 



being before the convention, there be- 

 inn no further discussion, was unani- 

 mously adopted." Now, how does the 

 propaganda disseminated at Washing- 

 ton by members of this body "that the 

 executive committee, through its legis- 

 lative committee and counsel, repre- 

 sents special and selfish interests at 

 Washington rather than the majority 

 of the nurserymen of this association," 

 square with the last word you have 

 spoken on this subject? You stand 

 pledged, by unanimous vote, against 

 plant exclusion, and if you have 

 changed your mind it is entirely in 

 order to rescind your former action. 

 Your will in this or any other matter 

 is law unto your executive committee, 

 and until you delegate authority to 

 someone else, let it be understood that 

 no individual or corporation has au- 

 thority to speak for this association. 

 If you are now of a different mind to 

 that expressed at Philadelphia two 

 years ago, rescind your former action. 

 "In dealing with questions of legis- 

 lation in general, I firmly believe we 

 can make some improvement, and I 

 shall make certain recommendations 

 to the executive committee thereon 

 which I hope may come before you in 

 the form of recommendations. There 

 is one other thing I want particularly 

 to say, and that is that in the minds 

 of quite a few of us there is a feeling 

 that the interests of the nurserymen 

 and our law making bodies are antag- 

 onistic, and this, in a large measure, 

 is as untrue as it is unfair." 



SELLING AND PLANTING 

 EVERGREENS 



COMING MEETINGS. 

 Austin, Tex. — Texas State Florists' 

 Ass'n, meeting and trade exhibition, 

 July 9 and 10. Louis J. Tackett, Sec'y, 



Austin, Texas. 



Toronto, Can.— Canadian Horticul- 

 tural Association convention Aug. 12, 

 13, 14 and 15. 



Detroit, Mich.— S. A. F. and O. H. Con- 

 vention at Acadia Hall, Aug. 19, 20 

 and 21. Secretary, John Young, 1170 

 Broadway, N. Y. City. 



Hartford, Conn. — Conn. Hort. Society, 

 fall flower show, Sept. 9, 10 and 11. 

 Sec'y Alfred Dixon, Wethersfleld, 

 Conn. 



New York City. — The American Insti- 

 tute and the American Dahlia So- 

 ciety, exhibition of dahlias in the 

 Engineering Building, 25-33 West 

 39th St., Sept. 23 to 25. William A. 

 Eagleson, 322-324 West 23d St., Sec- 

 retary. 



Will secretaries please supply any 

 omissions from this list and correct 

 dates that have been altered: 



At the nurserymen's convention in 

 Chicago last week Chas. L. Seybold, 

 superintendent of parks at Wilkes- 

 barre, Pa., read an important paper on 

 "The Growing and Preparation of Ev- 

 ergreens and Their Uses in Landscape 

 Gardening." 



He said in part: 



"We know, of course, that all con- 

 ifers prefer a well-drained, loamy soil 

 that is moderately rich, but most of 

 them prefer a light soil that is open 

 and porous. 



"If the more delicate and half hardy 

 kinds cannot be given such soil, don't 

 plant them. Too far north and in ex- 

 posed positions .we often find compara- 

 tively hardy kinds unable to winter 

 through, and, on account of the grow- 

 ing season being shorter, the season's 

 growth does not ripen sufficiently to 

 pull them through. 



"All evergreens that are not care- 

 fully burlapped and kept moist during 

 the period of transportation generally 

 arrive in a damaged condition, how- 

 ever, most of the damage is done by 

 careless handling on the part of rail- 

 road employes. The trials and tribu- 

 lations of the nurseries have been too 

 severe during the past few years, but 

 better times are coming, we hope. 



"The general public seems to be 

 afraid to order evergreens on account 

 of the large percentage of losses. It 

 is true there are some varieties, espe- 

 cially the pines, cedars, some spruces, 

 cypress and others that are hard to 

 transplant in larger sizes but this diffi- 

 culty can be overcome by giving 

 preference to such stock that has been 

 root-pruned in the nurseries. I have 

 seen car lots of pines killed by pro- 

 longed trips and careless railroad han- 

 dling. Upon examination I found that 

 the resinous turpentine-like sap had 

 almost petrified in the wood which 

 shrivelled up and choked them; they 

 became a total loss. 



"I am sure the sale of evergreens 

 could be doubled by inaugurating an 

 educational campaign in their behalf, 

 for there is nothing growing in mother 

 earth that can surpass them in beauty 

 and stateliness. In speaking of plant 

 value for high class ornamentation 



they are in my opinion in a class to 

 themselves. 



"I cannot emphasize too strongly the 

 necessity of root pruning evergreens, 

 it saves the fine specimens and there 

 fore it pays to do it. 



"Every kind of tree, either ever- 

 green or deciduous growing to a large 

 size, when finally planted out at an 

 age of four or five years, and having 

 remained one or two years in the seed 

 bed and t>wo to three years in the nur- 

 sery rows, grows better then, than at 

 any other subsequent period. 



"There are many kinds of smaller 

 coniferous shrubs and plants that 

 should be grown in greater quantities 

 some of which have become extremely 

 scarce, such as the upright Taxus 

 baccata erecta, T. fastigiate or Flor- 

 ence Court yew, T. fructu-lutea, a very 

 handsome golden fruited, T. canaden- 

 sis variegata and the Taxus baccata 

 variegata. 



"There are many Thuyas, Biota and 

 Thuyopsis of exceptional merit; yuc- 

 cas, Japan Holly Mahonias, and Amer- 

 ican grown holly work in well to the 

 front lines of coniferous borders. 

 Hollies should be transplanted in early 

 fall with a ball of earth; they will 

 make fresh roots before winter and 

 will start out good and strong in 

 spring with new fibrous roots. 



"As to the proper period of plant- 

 ing, I have, under certain conditions 

 and very frequently advocated early 

 fall planting; a semi-dormant period 

 with excellent results, and where new 

 growth has well ripened I have given 

 early fall planting the preference 



"In case of extreme dryness a thor- 

 ough watering or puddling should not 

 be overlooked; this will start the plant 

 at once into renewed root action and 

 will become well established before 

 winter sets in. When the ground is 

 slightly frozen a mulch of litter, leaf 

 mould, evergreen bough or straw wrap- 

 pings will protect your fine specimens 

 against dry winds and severe cold. 



"Heavy irregular coniferous borders 

 are often planted very dense for mu- 

 tual protection, and with the object in 

 view of thinning them out later, and 

 for immediate effect; unless such work 

 is done judiciously by a careful plant- 

 er with the creative idea for perma- 

 nent effect the job may turn out a fail- 

 ure; the various characteristics, sky- 



"These planting sketches can be 

 used over and over again with some 

 starkness of winter may readily be 

 slight alterations to suit certain con- 

 ditions. They may show an artistic 



