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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



57 



JUNEGRAN 



Choice ornamental nursery stocks [are always to be found on the exten- 

 'sive properties !]of|the Alma Nurseries, Oudenbosch, Holland* 



THE HORTICULTURAL CO., Worcester, Fhssachnsetts, 



are their sole agents in the United States and Canada, and will be 

 pleased to give your their catalogues or special quotations on request. 



The best fruit tree stocks imported, such as Apple, Pear, Plum and 

 Cherry, come from Doornbosch & Son, Fruit Tree Specialists, Veendam, 

 Holland. 



THE HORTICULTURAL CO., Worcester, Mass., American Agents 

 The privilege of quoting your want-list is solicited. 



.Mention The Review when yoo write. 



of The Eeview, but the report by Mr. 

 Pitkin went more into detail and showed 

 the great amount of work the members 

 of the legislative committee have per- 

 formed. The committee never has fa- 

 vored the quarantine idea in any of the 

 forms it has been before Congress, but 

 has felt impelled to favor in a nega- 

 tive sense the least prejudicial of the 

 proposals in the belief that something 

 of this character will eventually be 

 forced on the trade; however, at the 

 present time it looks as though there 

 will be no legislation at the present 

 session. The committee in the House 

 which now has the bill has so many 

 amendments and substitutes under con- 

 sideration that the form in which the 

 bill will reappear is mere guesswork. 



Classification of Nursery Stock. 



D. S. Lake was not present, but the 

 report of the transportation committee, 

 prepared by Chas. M. Sizemore, was 

 read. It related to the steps to secure 

 uniform and favorable ratings on nurs- 

 ery stock, and summed up the results as 

 follows: 



"The descriptions of nursery stock 

 O- K. 'd by your Transportation Com- 

 mittee and adopted by the Committee 

 on Uniform Classification have now 

 been incorporated in the Western, OtB.- 

 eial and Southern Classifications, al- 

 though in the Western it is not yet in 

 effect, on account of said classification 

 being under suspension by order of the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission. 

 . ' * The ratings in the Western and OflS- 

 cial Classifications, under the new de- 

 scriptions, remain practically the same, 

 but in the Southern Classification, ef- 



fective June 17, 1912, the carload rating 

 has been made fifth class, instead of 

 sixth, and less than carload rating in 

 boxes, third class instead of fourth. 

 While this is an advance in Southeast- 

 ern territory, there is one good feature 

 about it, and that is the obnoxious re- 

 quired valuation of 3 cents per pound 

 has been eliminated and hereafter nurs- 

 erymen throughout the country will not 

 be bothered with any release clause 

 whatever. Your Transportation Com- 

 mittee did not have any notice of this 

 change in the Southern classification ter- 

 ritory, as they do not publish any docket 

 like the Western and Official." 



Boot Gall. 



E. A. Smith, Lake City, Minn., re- 

 ported the appointment of twenty-two 

 state committees on root gall and told 

 of the experimental work they have 

 instituted in the various parts of the 

 country. The Chase Nursery Co., 

 Huntsville, Ala., got its State Experi- 

 ment Station to undertake root gall ex- 

 periments. The rancher Creek Nursery, 

 Fresno, did the same in California, the 

 Berckmans Nursery Co. in Georgia, the 

 Oregon Nursery Co. in Oregon and the 

 Texas Nursery Co. in Texas. The Mt. 

 Arbor Nursery Co., Shenandoah, la., the 

 Montana Nursery Co., Billings, the 

 Breck-Robinson Co., Lexington, Mass., 

 and the Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas Co., 

 West Chester, Pa., all have undertaken 

 root gall tests and the Jewell Nursery 

 Co., Lake City, Mimi., has continued 

 those begun in 1905. "The committee 

 is of the opinion that there is now 

 but little to do except wait for time 

 to determine the result of experiments 



already begun. ' ' The chairman has sup- 

 plied attorneys with material relating 

 to gall on apple trees for use in the 

 suit brought by W. C. Seed against an 

 inspector in Colorado, who destroyed 

 several thousands of apple trees report- 

 ed to have been affected in part with 

 gall. ' ' This case is one in which every 

 nurseryman has a direct interest; a 

 case in which your chairman believes an 

 appropriation should be made in help- 

 ing Mr. Reed prosecute the case, as it 

 is not one of individual interest alone, 

 but will be far-reaching and national 

 ip its results. Your chairman also sug- 

 gests that a fund be set aside by the 

 association on the basis of not less than 

 ten per cent upon all membership fees 

 collected by the association, the use of 

 which should be subject to the approval 

 of the finance or executive committee,, 

 for protecting the interests of nursery- 

 men in legislation or unjust discrimina- 

 tion by inspectors." ^ 



The Program. 



Wednesday afternoon was open, to 

 permit of the meeting of state vice- 

 presidents. Wednesday evening's pro- 

 gram called, for an illustrated lecture 

 at Horticultural hall. The program for 

 the remaining two days of the conven- 

 tion is as follows: 



THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 9 A. M. 



Report of vice-presidents on officers and place 

 of next meeting. 



Paper; subject to be selected, by Prof. F. A. 

 Waugh, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 

 Amberst, Mass. 



"What Promising New Trees and Shrubs for 

 Future Ornamental Use Should Be Grown By- 

 Nurserymen?" by Jackson Dawson, of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



Paper; subject to be selected, by William C. 

 Barry, Rochester, N. Y. 



