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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National Nurseryman. 
C. L. YATES, Proprietor. RALPH T. OLCOTT, Editor. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
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The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stock of 
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ROCHESTER, N. Y., SEPTEMBER, 1894. 
EFFECT OF SPRAYING NURSERY STOCK. 
During the last few years the attention of horticul¬ 
turists generally has been called to the results obtained 
by the more progressive in the matter of spraying fruit 
trees for the prevention of damage by fungi and insects. 
So pronounced have been those results that the practice 
of spraying has become general. 
While in many cases the practice was carried to the 
nursery rows, there has been a tendency to leave this 
preventive measure to the planter, the orchardist who 
has to deal with the tree after it has started well upon 
its life-work. But the importance of the subject, empha¬ 
sized by actual conditions in the nursery, has led to a 
belief that greater profit, if not prevention from actual 
loss, must prompt the nurseryman to apply these remedial 
measures to his charges before they have graduated from 
the soil in which they were budded. And it is to Pro¬ 
fessor B. T. Galloway, of the U. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture, that the nurserymen of the country are indebted 
for the results of experiments recently conducted in their 
interest and admirably set forth in a special bulletin. No. 
7, just issued. It is one of the most interesting to the 
nurseryman of all the valuable publications of the depart¬ 
ment. For this reason we have quoted freely from its 
pages in another column. The experiments conducted 
by Professor Galloway clearly prove that spraying nursery 
stock with fungicides is thoroughly practicable ; that it 
results in better trees in every way, and that it yields a 
handsome profit. 
The experiments also are of interest as showing the 
comparative value of French and Japan stocks and differ¬ 
ent buds under the conditions noted. 
A valuable experiment was that undertaken for the 
purpose of determining the effect of spraying with Bor¬ 
deaux mixture on the growth of Japan and French pear 
seedlings. 
The value of the Bordeaux mixture as compared with 
other fungicides was another point demonstrated. 
ONE REMEDY FOR PRICES. 
Said a prominent nurseryman the other day : “ In my 
opinion what is needed to restore prices and confidence in 
the nursery business is that growers should resolve to burn 
all poor stock, selling only the best. And by poor stock 
I mean all that is not strictly first class. Then sell at a 
rate which will cover the losses and leave a proper margin, 
a rate considerably higher than the present rate. What 
would I do with the small growers many of whom make no 
pretention to have the best stock? The small growers, I 
say, will have to come to the same terms or stop growing. 
The public is rapidly coming to learn that it does not pay 
to purchase poor stock or cheap stock. We should im¬ 
press upon purchasers the necessity of buying the best 
stock that they may be more than pleased instead of dis¬ 
appointed at fruiting time.” 
While objections will be raised to all plans for restoring 
prices, it is nevertheless of interest to obtain the views of 
men who have passed through varied stages of the business 
and tVhose experience should count for something. 
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 
The tenth annual meeting of the Society of Amer¬ 
ican Florists was held at Atlantic City, N. J., on August 
21-23. President J. T. Anthony, of Chicago, in his 
annual address referred to the rapid advancement in 
ornamental horticulture since the organization of the 
society. The development of the chrysanthemum, the 
carnation and the rose was particularly noted. Presi¬ 
dent Anthony said it was highly important that the 
society should have a national charter. 
“ The future relation between this society and the 
chrysanthemum, carnation and rose societies should 
receive our serious consideration at this time,” said 
President Anthony. “ That the chrysanthemum and 
carnation societies have done much good by imparting 
useful knowledge in the culture of their special favorites 
we all know, but could not this work be as well done by 
a section of this society as by a separate organization, 
on the principle that in union there is strength ? I 
think the work of all the societies could be much better 
done by the Society of American Florists. It would 
certainly be more convenient to have one secretary’s 
office for all the societies than to have them scattered as 
they are now.” 
