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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
NOTICE TO WASHINGTON NURSERYMEN. 
The Washington.State Board of Horticulture has sent 
the following notice to all the nurserymen in the state: 
Please take notice that Rule i of the Rules and Regu¬ 
lations of the State Board of Horticulture, requires that 
all agents, dealers, nurserymen or persons selling or dis¬ 
tributing nursery stock, shall before making such distribu¬ 
tion notify the members of the board in whose district 
such articles are found, and, if shipped into this state, 
immediately after their arrival. 
Rule IV has been amended to read as follows: 
Formula No. i. All nursery stock shall be disinfected 
by dipping in a solution of one pound lye (American Lye 
Co. brand) and one pound whale oil or other strong soap, 
one pound of tobacco and one-fourth pound of sulphur to 
every seven gallons water, or till thoroughly dissolved, 
and applied at about 103 degrees Fahr'in a vat or trough 
made for the purpose. 
Formula No. 2. Nursery stock may also be disinfected 
by covering with an air tight tent or box, and for each 
and every 100 cubic feet of space therein, one ounce of 
fused cyanide potassium (58 per cent.) one fluid ounce of 
sulphuric acid and two fluid ounces of water shall be used. 
The cyanide of potassium shall be placed in an earthen¬ 
ware vessel, the water poured over the cyanide of potas¬ 
sium, afterwards adding sulphuric acid, and the tent 
or box to be immediately closed tightly and allowed to 
remain closed not less than forty minutes. Treatment 
for disinfection shall continue until all insect pests or 
their larvae are destroyed. 
The address of each member and the names of counties 
embraced in each of their districts are given on enclosed 
circular. 
The above formulas for disinfection have also been 
adopted by the Northwestern Nurseryman’s Association. 
AT NEWARK, N. Y. 
Newark, N. Y., Dec. 15.—Said Jackson & Perkins to¬ 
day: “ With us spring trade is opening up most auspici¬ 
ously. The responses to such offerings as we have already 
made seem to indicate increasing demand in nearly all 
lines, which of course can not help but soon bring about 
a general improvement in prices. In several lines our 
surplus has been decreased more than one-half within a 
month. Fall sales were larger than ever before, but prob¬ 
ably for the reason that we had larger stocks than hereto¬ 
fore and made extra efforts to dispose of them. Prices 
ruled extremely low. While we shall considerably reduce 
our plantings of some lines we shall make corresponding 
increases in others so that total acreage will remain about 
the same or slightly increased perhaps. The growing 
season here was more than usually favorable. The abun¬ 
dant rains in the early summer gave stock a fine start and 
enabled it to withstand subsequent dry weather without 
injury.” 
E. P. Beebe, a nurseryman and florist of Elizabeth, N. 
J., h IS be n in town some time, visiting his aged mother 
and attending to some business m itters. He speaks of 
trade in his vicinity as being much below the average of 
other years. 
E. Richmond packed here in town last fall. He reports 
fair sales considering the season. 
Mr. Maloy, of Ellwanger & Barry’s, was in town a few 
hours recently on business with Jackson & Perkins. 
NEW JERSEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The 20th annual meeting of the New Jersey Horticul- 
cultural Society will be held in Trenton on January 2-3. 
Among the subjects to be discussed are the following: 
“Is it Advisable to Plant Commercial Orchards of Apples in.New Jersey, 
and the Best Varieties ?” 
Emmor Roberts, Fellowship. 
“Irrigation of Fruit Culture, or the Most Practicable Melhods to Make 
Fruit Growing Profitable,” 
J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Connecticut. 
“What New Fruits and Vegetables are Likely to Prove Valuable 
Acquisitions ?” 
“My Experience with .lapan Plums,” 
Charles Black, Highstown. 
“Blights and their Remedies,” 
Prof. Byron D. Halstead, State Botanist. 
“ Tlie Future Outlook for Fruit Culture,” 
Hon. George T. Powell, Ghent, N. Y. 
“ Is it Advisable to Plant More Peach Orchards in New Jersey for 
Market Purposes and Be.st Varieties to Plant,” 
F. P. Tondinson, Stockton. 
“Some Recently Introduced Insects of Horticultural Interest,” 
Prof. John B. Smith, State Entomologist. 
“ Intensive Horticulture,” 
Rodolfos Bingham, Camden, Wm. H. Goldsmith, Newark. 
“ Is it Advisable to Plant Commercial Orchards of Che.stnuts in New 
•Tersey and the Best Varieties ?” 
Charles Parry, Parry. 
THE BORER NOT THE FIRST CAUSE. 
We find thl.s insect (Saperda bivittata) the same that 
works in all timber, and the wood-worm, as called in all 
forest timber, is never found in any thrifty, vigorous 
growing timber of any kind. The growth must be checked 
sufLciently by some cause to place the tree subject to the 
borer. In other words, the sap must go through a 
chemical change, or fermentation before the wood becomes 
in proper condition as food for the insect. The growth 
may be checked from many causes, viz : extreme drought, 
trees standing in hard sod, the want of proper fertilizer, 
bruises, wounds, and last, but not least, the white grub is 
one of the worst insect pests the orchardist has to con¬ 
tend with, and the least understood. The white grub 
is out of sight, but its work of destruction might be said 
to be perpetual, as it eats on the fiber roots as fast as 
these roots grow out, and I have found roots one inch in 
diameter that were girdled of all the bark for three or 
four inches in length. After the grub and other causes 
have placed the apple and other trees in proper condition, 
then comes the borer to claim its portion of the tree for 
food. 
Marceline, Mo. S. H. Linton. 
