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NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE 



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Tiir. Massachusetts Xursci-vmi'ii "s As- 

 sociation liclil a field day at the ('lieirv 

 Hill Xuiseiies of the T. ('. 'I'huilow "s 

 Sons Co., West Newhurv. Mass., and the 

 lioxford Nursery of Harlan I'. Kelsey, 

 Aiiyust 21, leaxiiiji liort icult ui'.al hall, 

 lioston, at ^:i'.ii a, iii. .\ shoi-e diiuier 

 was a teatuie ol' the day's iiroyrani. 



'J'lIK l'!\ei'lMar Niirsei'ies ('()., of Win 

 ter llaxeli, l-'la., lias a|>ldied to the ;;o\- 



eriior for articles of incorporation. The 

 ;iniiiunt of i;i|dtal stock ot' the corpoia 

 tion is to Im- ,t.')(KI,(IOIt. t'litil the lirst 

 ineetiiie' el' stockholders in -May, l!tL!i'. 

 the liiisiness of the cor|ior;it ion is to lie 

 transiicted iiy A. II. l^eVaue, iiresident : 

 .I(din A. Snixely, vice-]>ri'sident, and W. 

 11. Lewis, secretary and treasurei'. The 

 lioard ol' directors will consist of A. II. 

 J)eVane, .hdm .\. Snively, W. II. Lewis, 

 ]•;. N. Mnii(.w,«»l. ('. Swindidl and T. L. 



WiisoM. 



CONNECTICUT NURSERYMEN. 



A ]deasant day, yood rid'reshnient > 

 and tlie larj,'ost crowd that ever attend 

 ed it summer ontiny of the Coniiecticul 

 X urserymen "s Associ.lt ion comldned to 

 make 'I'hursday, August LS, a memorable 

 one in the annals of that ory;ani/at ion. 

 The entertainment i-ommitttM'. com 

 posed of I'aul ihililiard and Walter 

 tiamphi II, made an eifort to secure the 

 use of the new state park at AL'idison. 

 Lack of facilities ;tt that jilace made it 

 necessarx- to fall haclc on the old reli 

 able place, J.iake Conipounce. at Hristol. 

 So, with few excejitions, every nurs 

 eryman. with liis f.amily, hied liimscdf 

 over to ("omjiounce, wliere Messrs. Pierce 

 .and Norton did tlieinselves justice with 

 .•in old-time sheep Ijake. 



Of s])eci;il interest on the pro}i;ram of 

 sports was the ball jjame between two 

 te.'ims captained !)>' President Gott 

 schalk ;ind Secretary Kippin. Mr. Kip 

 ]>in ccmlil not ^et his spitball workiii;^, 

 with tlu' result fh.at Mr. Cottschalk '- 

 le.'un w.alked off with the game. 



At a short business session it was de 

 cided to liold the annual winter inetM 

 ing at New Haven. The "pep" instilled 

 into the organiz.iition by its ])resent 

 oflioers is sure to reflect itself once 

 more in it record breaking winter at 

 tendance. 



"TREE DENTISTS" AT WORK. 



The ^■isitors to the con\cntion of the 

 Society of Americ.in Florists at the 

 i-a])ital last wi'idi were much im]iressed 

 with the work being done tor the 

 jireservat ion of the many historic trees 

 in the park whicli lies between the 

 bnililing where the lawmakers hold 

 lorth and the Congressional Library. 

 The chief interest was in the Washing 

 ton elm, whi(h gets its ii.nne troin th' 

 story -wliicdi is wound .-iiouiid it in a 

 romantii- w.ay. 



The work of ]ireserving this and the 

 other well known trees is bt ing done 

 by the Davey Tree Kxpert Co., of Keni, 

 ()., under the sujiervision of M;irtin L. 

 Duvey .'ind his assistant. H. K. INn'ry. 

 The former receiitK' completed a term 



Tree Surgery on Capitol Elms. 



in Congress, where he became well 

 known because of his knowledge of 

 trees, and when it became ap|)arent that 

 some of the beauties of the Capitol 

 grounds were being menaced by decay, 

 he was calleil into consultation by the 

 authorities. 



The "trie dentists," as they have 

 come to be known, started on the Wash- 

 ington (dm. This tree stands about 

 se\enty-li\e feet high. It was lirst 



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treated by the Davey Tree Expert Co. 

 about eleven years ago; since that time 

 it has develoi»ed only three local cav- 

 ities, located midway up the tree on the 

 main limbs. It was necessary to brace 

 some of the limbs by means of %-inch 

 galvanized double-strand cables, seven 

 being used for this purpose. 



The workers are treating an Amer- 

 ican elm, almost directly in front of the 

 center of the Capitol, which is esti- 

 mated to be .about 80 years old. They 

 h.'ive braced one limb by means of .i 

 (•able and tilled three small cavities. 

 The vitality of this tree is reported as 

 (piite good. An English elm was found 

 to have thirteen cavities of medium 

 size. This tree is .about 100 years old 

 .■nid its weak spots required strengthen- 

 ing with eight of the galvanized cables. 

 It towers about eighty feet in height 

 •and is .about four feet through the 

 trunk. It is one of the largest in the 

 grounds. 



Another (dm lias a cavity that is 

 twenty feet in length. This huge 

 stretch of material is laid off in Itlocks, 

 giving the appearance of a human back- 

 bone, so mad(> to permit the tree to 

 bend naturally when swayed by the 

 wind. Without su(di a system, a heavy 

 wind would break the tree. 



Another small elm has a cavity caused 

 by the m.ain trunk of the tree being 

 blown out in a storm some years ago. 

 It was sawed off square an(l the tree 

 left exposed to the weather. A serious 

 cavity resulted. A wonderful piece of 

 work was here accomplished by the 

 "tree dentists." Under the direction 

 of Mr. Perry, the decayed wood was 

 entirely removed with mallets and 

 (diisels, and the weak parts were se- 

 curely braced by bolts and lock nuts 

 inside the tree. Holes were bored 

 through th(> tree, bolts were inserted 

 and the lock nuts placed on the inside of 

 the tree. Cables were also placed be- 

 tween the branches two-thirds of the 

 way up to make the tree sway alto- 

 gether. Without this care, the indi- 

 vidu.al br;ui(dies would lash around in 

 the wind and tlie tree would be ruined. 

 With the branches swaying in unison, 



We Thank You 



For your spring trade and 

 will be pleased to serve 

 you for fall 1921 and 

 spring 1922. 



Call and see our growing 

 stock. Visitors always 

 welcome. 



Onarga Nursery Company 



CULTRA BROS., Managers 

 ONARGA, - ILLINOIS 



