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NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE 



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W. E. Thee is planning to go into the 

 nursery business at Akron, O. 



The Federal Nurseries, of Rochester, N. 

 Y., have been incorporated. The capital- 

 ization is set at $25,000 and the incorpora- 

 tors are C. G. Schoener, E. B. Oliver 

 and G. W. Oliver. 



Pi..\NTiNG of nut trees along the high- 

 ways is advocated by the Department of 

 Agriculture. Especial emphasis is placed 

 on the black walnut, the timber supply of 

 which was rapidly diminished during the 

 war. 



The official roster of the McKay 

 Nursery Co., Madison, Wis., is: Presi- 

 dent, W. G. McKay ; vice-president, J. 

 M. McKay; secretary and treasurer, L. J. 

 Tucker. The nurseries are at Waterloo, 

 Wis. The business was established in 

 1897 and is now capitalized at $60,000. 



Ernest F. Coe, jiresidcnt of the Elm 

 City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn., will 

 retire from that company and devote his 

 time to landsca])e work. After October 

 15 his office will be at 951 Forest road, 

 New Haven, Conn. The landscape depart- 

 ment of the Elm City Nursery Co. is not 

 influenced by Mr. Coe 's retirement. 



SOUTHERN NURSERYMEN MEET. 



Business the Leading Topic. 



More than 100 representative south- 

 ern nurserymen and salesmen were 

 ](resent at the ojioning of the twenty- 

 third annual convention of the South- 

 ern Nurserymen's Association, which 

 was held at Chattanooga, Tenn., Sep- 

 tember 7 and 8. 



Tlie program announced that the con- 

 vention was to be " a business meeting 

 for southern nurserymen," and judging 

 from the to])ics presented and the talks 

 given, the program was carried out in 

 ))oth letter and s]iirit. 



I'roniptly at 10 o'clock President 

 i'aul C. Lindley, of Pomona, N. C, 

 called the opening session to ^rdcr 

 Wednesday morning. September 7. 

 After an invocation by Harry Nichol- 

 son, of Winchester, Tenn., the conven- 

 tion was welcomed to the city by Rob- 

 ert S. Walker, rc]ires(^ntiiig the mayor 

 and the Cliaml)er of Commerce. To 

 this, response was made l>y H. C. Cald- 

 well, of Atlanta, Oa. 



Valuable Addresses. 



"Nursery Stock Investigations" was 

 discussed by I'rof. L. B. Scott, of Wash- 

 ington. I). C, who described a number 

 of interesting cxjK'rimcnts in producing 

 plants from both hard and soft-wood 

 cuttings, and from root cuttings. This 

 division of the departmejit 's work will 

 be of the greatest value to nurserymen, 

 from the fact that exi>eriinents and 

 studies are carried on under typical 

 nursery conditions, in the open field, or 

 frames, and in most cases in common 

 soil rather than in jiropagating sand. 



"Seedling Apples for Nursery 

 Stocks" was the subject of an address 

 bv Prof. O. M. Watson, of Knoxville. 



In it reference was made to the value 

 of seeds from different varieties, to the 

 variations of the seedlings, and to their 

 value for budding purposes. 



Soil building and the modern method 

 of seed inoculation as applied to legu- 

 minous crops, was covered by A. H. 

 Mason, representing Earp-Thomas Co., 

 of New York. This talk was illustrated 

 by specimens of alfalfa roots showing 

 results from untreated seed, partially 

 treated seed, and seed treated with a 

 scientifically prepared culture. The 

 difference in quantity and size of the 

 nitrogen nodules, and consequently in 

 soil building value, was altogether in 

 favor of the scientific culture. 



Watson Talks on Advertising. 



Possibly the address of John Watson, 

 on "Nursery Advertising," created 

 more general interest than any other 

 address given the first day. The neces- 

 sity of better publicity, better direct 

 mailing material, better selection of 

 mediums, better copj', as well as other 

 items that go to make successful and 

 profitable advertising, were treated in 

 a fashion that appealed to all of Mr. 

 Watson's hearers. 



' ' Cost figures of nursery stock to be 

 used in ]ireparing inventory for income 

 tax report" brought forth opinions 

 from many members. This discussion 

 was led by E. W. Chattin, A. L. Ligon 

 and John Eraser, Jr. 



Other speakers during the second day 

 included S. W. Crowell, whose talk was 

 entitled " Assorted and Resorted"; W.' 

 A. Easterlv, on ' ' Which — Winchesters or 

 Budding Knives?" and Chas. T. Smith, 

 on "Tired, Retired, and Rubber-Tired." 



Important measures before the Geor- 

 gia legislature were discussed at a spe- 

 cial meeting Monday afternoon, Sep- 

 tember 5, at which time R. C. Berck- 

 mans stated the attitude of the Georgia 

 legislature and board toward the nurs- 

 ery trade at large. The proposed bills 

 will restrict in a large degree the busi- 

 ness of "wild-cat" dealers. 



Officers Elected. 



The convention closed Thursday noon, 

 after the selection of the following 

 officers: I'resident, C. A. Simpson, of 

 Monticcllo, Fla.; vice-president, 0. Joe 

 Howard, Hickory, N. C; secretary-treas- 

 urer, O. W. Eraser, Birmingham, Ala. 



The executive committee includes the 

 officers, with S. W. Crowell, Rosaeres. 

 Miss., and Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala. 

 Lexington, Ky., was chosen as thi 

 convention city for 1922. 



NURSERY STOCK 



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FLORISTS' TRADE 



Field Grown Rose* our Specialty 

 Budded and Own Root 



Write for our Wholesale Trade List 



W. & T. SMITH CO. 



Geneva, N. Y. 



PAINESVILLE, O. 



The fall shipping season is near at 

 hand and nurserymen are busy prepar- 

 ing for what we are hoping will be the 

 heaviest fall season in our history. 



The W. B. Cole nursery is building a 

 large storage cellar, because the old 

 one has become inadequate. 



Joseph W. Kallay has just completed 

 a large landscape planting of evergreens 

 at Marion, O. 



One of the features of the Lake coun- 

 ty fair, just held, was the Storrs & Har- 

 rison Co. purse of $C00 in the 2:30 trot. 



The shrubbery and ornamental plant- 

 ings which beautified the fair grounds 

 were donated b}' tiie Lake county nurs- 

 erymen in general. 



James O'Leary, who has already 

 started in the nursery business, intends 

 to go into it more extensively next 

 year. 



Carl Hagenburger, of West Mentor, 

 O., is shipping large orders of hydran- 

 geas. Mr. Hagenburger reports business 

 as good for this time of the year. 



George Martin is mailing his price 

 list, which includes a nice assortment 

 of perennials, shrubs, etc. 



R. E. Huntington and H. G. Norton, 

 of Perry, O., both had beautiful dis- 

 plays of gladioli at the Lake county fair. 



Thomas J. Murphy is booking many 

 orders for perennials and is looking 

 forward to a busy season. T. J. M. 



PLANTING PERENNIALS. 



Will you tell me wlien to plant hardy 

 perennials, such as ornamental grass? 

 How shall I care for them? 



J. A. S.— Pa. 



Sow the seeds under glass in January 

 or February in a warm, moist house. 

 Pot the plants of? singly, gradually 



Yes, We Have Them 



Berberis Thunbergii 

 Hardy Privet 

 Hydrangea P. G. 

 Climbing Roses 

 Boston Ivy 

 Clematis 



Thousands of other plants. Write 

 for our new fall trade list. 



Onarga Nursery Company 



CULTRA BROS., Managers 

 ONARGA, - ILLINOIS 



