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The Evansville Nurseries, Evansville, 

 Ind., have acquired another tract of 

 land, making forty acres now devoted to 

 nursery stodi. 



The official roster of the Piggott Nurs- 

 eries, Inc., Piggott, Ark., is as follows: 

 President, A. H. Ballard; vice-president, 

 T. L. Davis; secretary-treasurer, E. H. 

 Ballard. 



VIOLATIONS^ QUAKANTINE. 



' ' Three violations of the federal quar- 

 antine prohibiting the shipment of cur- 

 rants, gooseberries and white pine from 

 states east of and including Minnesota, 

 Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana 

 to the western states were discovered 

 by agents of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture during the fall of 

 1919," states the weekly news-letter of 

 the department. "It was ascertained 

 upon investigation that the nurseries 

 making the shipments did not willfully 

 violate the quarantine, but were igno- 

 rant of the regulations. Violations of 

 the federal quarantines are punishable 

 by a fine not exceeding $500 or by im- 

 prisonment not exceeding one year, or 

 both. 



"The purpose of this quarantine is to 

 prevent a destructive disease of the 

 5-needled pines, commonly called the 

 white-pine blister rust, from reaching 

 the western states and attacking the 

 extremely valuable western white-pine 

 and sugar-pine forests. This disease 

 may be carried from one state to an- 

 other upon 5-needled pines or upon any 

 species of currant or gooseberry bushes. 

 All nurserymen, therefore, are urged to 

 cooperate with the Department of Ag- 

 riculture in enforcing this quarantine 

 and thus prevent the disease from reach- 

 ing the western forests." 



GERMINATINa J UJNIPERUS SEED. 



Temperature Important. 



Nurserymen find considerable diffi- 

 culty in getting good yields of vigorous 

 seedlings from seeds of various species 

 of juniperus. Even the usual stratifica- 

 tion gives rather poor results. There- 

 fore, a thorough study of the germina- 

 tion and of the seedling development of 

 several species of juniperus seeds was 

 conducted, for the purpose of finding the 

 cause of these difficulties and of getting 

 the best method of handling these seeds. 



A great amount of work done in vari- 

 ous laboratories shows that many seeds 

 will not germinate readily when first 



harvested, but that they must go through 

 certain changes preparatory to germina- 

 tion. The necessary changes for ger- 

 mination have been termed after-ripen- 

 ing. Many seeds have embryos that are 

 ready to grow as soon as the seeds are 

 ripe, but surrounding structures (seed 

 coats, etc.) prevent growth. In such 

 cases immediate germination can be se- 

 cured by the use of various chemicals 

 and other forcing methods. Other seeds 

 have embryos that are dormant and will 

 not gr6w when entirely naked and fur- 

 nished germination conditions. In these, 

 cases the embryos must go through a 

 series of fundamental chemical and 

 physical changes in the germinator be- 

 fore they are ready to germinate. The 



after-ripening in these seeds takes con- 

 siderable time. Juniperus seeds are of 

 this type and the after-ripening takes 

 place fastest in a germinator at 39 or 

 41 degrees, Fahrenheit. 



Low Temperature Best. 



Not only does this seed after-ripen at 

 about 41 degrees, but it also germinates 

 most rapidly at this low temperature. 

 Seeds will germinate slowly at 50 de- 

 grees, but at temperatures above 60 de- 

 grees they are thrown into a state of 

 secondary dormancy and refuse to ger- 

 minate. There are a few seeds in a hun- 

 dred or thousand that will germinate at 

 temperatures above 60 degrees. This 

 fact accounts for the one per cent ger- 



GARDEN BORDERED WITH BOX-BARBERRT. 



Electros of this illustration free with each order 

 for 1000, if requested. 



Box -Barberry 



Well rooted, dormant summer 

 frame cuttings ready to set 

 direct into the nursery without 

 further expense. 



$65.00 per lOOO 



Many leading catalogue firms will 

 list Box-Barberry next season. 



THE ELM CITY NURSERY CO. 



W^OODMONT NURSERIES, Inc. 



NEW HAVEN, CONN. 



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Strong, lyr., 18 in $15.00 



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Above prices F. 0. B. Manchester, Conn. Boxing extra. 



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