COST OF EVERGREEN SEEDLINGS. 

 By D. Hill. 



Dundee Nurseries, III. 



Referring to the article in the current volume of the Quarterly 

 (pp.151-154), entitled "A Plea for Abolishing the Duty on Ever- 

 green Seedlings for Forest Planting," by Mr. Ellicott D. Curtis, I 

 feel called upon, in justice to myself and to your readers, to cor- 

 rect some very grave errors in the statements which the gentleman 

 makes. 



In his table of comparison showing the difference in price be- 

 tween American and foreign stock, he is misinformed regarding 

 the prices which are charged for evergreen seedlings by American 

 growers. I have before me our regular price lists for the years 

 1907, 1908 and 1909, and the prices quoted for White Pine seed- 

 lings for the three years in question are as follows : 



By carefully noting the above you find that in not one single 

 instance have I quoted White Pine seedlings for forestry planting 

 as high as $8.00 per 1,000. In the fall of 1907, it is true, we issued 

 a list which listed White Pine at $8.00 per 1,000, but that was a 

 list got out principally to send to small jobbers who occasionally 



The Quarterly desires to open its columns to a free discussion of any 

 and all strictly technical and professional, not personal, matters, without, 

 however, assuming any responsibility as to statements of fact or opinion 

 by its contributors. It takes pleasure, therefore, in printing the rejoinder 

 of Mr. Hill to the statements of Mr. Curtis, who has also been given an 

 opportunity to reply in rebuttal, this ending the controversial character 



