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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbkiauy 17. IJrJl 



Clakknce Cakky, of the Rose Hill 

 Xurserics, Minneapolis, Minn., gave a 

 jjood talk on "Landscape Gardening" be- 

 fore the college and school classes in that 

 subject, at University Farm, St. Paul, 

 Minn., last week. 



Tjie Minnesota Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion met at the Y. M. C A.] St. Paul, Minn., 

 last week and elected officers for 1921 as 

 follows: President, H. F. Baker; vice- 

 president, John Hawkins, and secretary, 

 Mr. Marsh, of the Iloyt Nursery Co., St. 

 Paul. John Hawkins read a fine paper on 

 ' ' Rejilacement.' ' 



MASSACHUSETTS NURSERYMEN. 



Boston Holds Meeting. 



In (■(innectioii with tlic big union 

 gathering of agricultural and allied in- 

 terests at Horticultural hall, February 

 8 to" 11, tlie Massachusetts Nursery- 

 men's Association held its annual meet- 

 ing February 8. President W. (i. Wy- 

 man presided. After the various oificers 

 had made the annual reports, which were 

 of an encouraging nature, ('. \'an der 

 N'oet, of the Arnold Arboretum, was in- 

 troduced and read a long pai)er on "The 

 Propagation of Evergreens from Cut- 

 tings, Seeds and Grafts," whicii ])ro- 

 voked a long and animated discussion. 

 The speaker taunted the nurserymen 

 with neglecting good, new and desirable 

 plants, of which he read a long list, and 

 concluded by warmly commending Quar- 

 antine 37 as a good thing for nursery- 

 men and asked them to o])]i(ise any 

 modification of it. 



W. N. f'raig assailed the lecturer's 

 stand on the quarantine and said of the 

 new and rare ]ilants he scolded nurs- 

 erymen for not growing the greater 

 part were not native to America. This 

 quarantine, or embargo, to \ise a better 

 term, included practically everything 

 and tlie Arnold Arboretum and ;ill simi- 

 lar institutions were the greatest siifTer- 

 ers from its operation. The lecturer's 

 attitude, he said, was utterly illogical 

 and indefensible. 



Officers Elected. 



Several new active members ami one 

 lionorary member were <dected. Oflicers 

 for 192i were elected as fcdiows: Pres- 

 ident, Julius Heurlin, South Hraintree; 

 vice president, Slieldon Robinson, Lex- 

 ington; secretary and treasurer, Win- 

 throjt Thurlow, West Newbury: execu- 

 tive committee, .1. .1. McManmon, 

 Lowell; James Rrandley and (J. Howard 

 Frost, of Newton, and" Donald \V. Wy- 

 man, North Abington; legislative com- 

 mittee, Julius Heurlin, (ieorge C. Thur- 

 low and Sheldon Robinson. Following 

 the business session, the meml)ers of 

 the association had a ban(|uet at the 

 Oriental restaurant and later enjoyed 

 a splendid stereopticon lecture by J. 

 Horace McFarland, of Harrisburg, Pa., 

 on "Some Good Plants, Old and New." 

 Many beautiful shrubs and species of 

 roses were shown, all growing in the 

 lecturer's own garden, and a good iium- 

 bei of choice origin, and iiit itduced by 



Wilson, were included. J. Otto Thilow, 

 of Philadelphia, also spoke. 



The association assisted in the deco- 

 ration of Horticultural hall for the 

 union meeting and also had a fine group 

 of conifers in tubs and pots. 



W. N. C. 



STARK BROS. WIN SUIT. 



Newspapers in Error. 



As was announced in last week's is- 

 sue of The Review, the recent news- 

 ]>apcr accounts of tlie suit of Stark Bros. 

 Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisiana, 

 Mo., against the William P. Stark Nurs- 

 eries, of Stark (!ity, Mo., have been er- 

 roneous. Accurate report reveals that 

 in the decision the Stark Bros. Nurs- 

 eries & Orch.-irds Co. is su|)ported by the 

 Supreme court in its allegation that 

 the William P. Stark Nurseries were 

 guilt.y of infringeuK'nt U])oi\ tlie reg- 

 istered trade-mark, "Stark Trees," and 

 unfair com])etition in the use of the 

 name "Stark." The only point in 

 which the Louisiana company was not 

 sui)ported was its contention that dani- 

 .■ig(>s should lie collectable from March 

 11, 1914, when Stark Bros. Nurseries 

 & Orchards Co. made a written com- 

 plaint to the William P. Stark Nurs 

 cries. The Su|ii('me court upheld the 

 decision of the I'nited States Court of 

 Ajipeals, which limiteil the damages 

 from the date of formal notice of in- 

 fringement ii|jon the traile mark, which 

 was August 26, 191fi. 



History of Case. 



'I"he cast has ;itlra(tcd atleiitioii from 

 lime to time <luring the l;ist four years. 

 Stark Bros. Xiiiseries & Orchards Co. 

 has been located at riiuiisiana for more 

 than 100 years ami sends its fruit trees 



throughout the worhl. William P. 

 Stark, one of the Stark l»rotliers, with- 

 drew from tlie i.,ouisiana corporation in 

 1912 and founded a nursery at Chester, 

 Mo., renaming the town Stark City. 

 He adopted a trade-mark ]>rominently 

 displaying the name " Stark.'" 



The original Stark Bros. Nurseries 

 & Orchards Co. was supported in trial 

 court in the assertion that the display 

 of the name "Stark"' was a trade-mark 

 infringement, that the other use of the 

 name "Stark"' was unfair com[)etition, 

 and William P. Staik was enjoined from 

 those jiractices and tlie use of the post- 

 office address, '-Stark City." The Ap- 

 jiellate court sup]iorted the trial court, 

 except that it modiriecl an order for 

 damages. The Supreme couit now has 

 upheld the Appellate cimrt. 



Shortly after the decision in the trial 

 court, the William P. Stark Nurseries 

 Co. reincorporated and changed its name 

 to the Neoslio Nurseries Co. 



CONNECTICUT CON^VUNTION. 



Held at Hartford. 



The fourteenth annual meeting of the 

 (Connecticut Nurserymen's Association 

 was held at the City Club, Hartford, 

 (!onn., February 10. President Chester 

 F. Brainard, of Tliompsonville, presided 

 at a lively business session in the morn- 

 ing and a s|ili'iidid dinner, at which the 

 wives and sweethearts of the nursery- 

 men were ])reseiit, followed. 



In the afternoon the ladies attended 

 a theater ])arty at the ('ajutol theater 

 while the men listened to several inter- 

 esting aildresses. The ;i]iple thorn 

 skeletonizer ami the l*",uro|u';in mite are 

 new jiests added to the trials of the 

 nursery business, s;iid L)r. William K. 

 Britton, state entomologist. Kennetli 



ARE YOU? 



YOU MUST BE 



nailiiiK our BulKtin-, which arc moving frequently throughout tlu- >f,is..i. \evrr liavi- 

 we had such a stroMK flcmanl for all kinds of stock as we liail in tlu ;w > lull months 

 of Noviniher an<l December. 



MR. SPRING BUYER, rislit now pl.-u-.- your order .ind kn]. in toll. ;■ uiil n- on 

 tlic following; 



APPLES. A good li>t C.I \;irutie-. Many 

 of the -earce sorl<. 



PEARS. (ieneral .osortnient, strong on 

 Martlett. 



PLUMS. •'Jail" hudded on I'eaeh. right 

 lirices. 



PEACHES. Sinplus ot Carman, Cham- 

 pion, Early Elberta, Elberta. 



H. P. ROSES .ml CLIMBERS m strong 

 grades. .No. 1, .\"o. l.i, and No. 2. 



ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. Ceneral as 

 sortmcnt . 



AMPELOPSIS Veitchii. 2 yr. No 1, and 

 1-yr. No. I idanting stock. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



BARBERRY Thunbergii Seedlings, l.arg 

 est stock in the world. 



BARBERRY Thunbergii, ,; > r . j .; it . W- 



-M m., IH in. ai\d 12- IK in 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET. . >r well 



liranehed, .i-4 ft. ami 2-,> !' 

 Imported fruit and Rose st,.iK ijuoted 

 i o. li. .Man. hesier. 



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