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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The first biennial report of the Washington Board of Horti¬ 
culture has been issued under the direction of the Secretary, C. A. 
Tonneson, of Seattle.' It is comprehensive and contains a large 
amount of valuable information, general and local. 
American Gardening for May contains articles upon the follow¬ 
ing subjects : “ Cemetery Gardening,” by O. C. Simonds ; “ How to 
Spray,” being notes from ten experimenters ; ” The Development 
of a Pine Stump,” by G. A. Woolson ; “ Chrysanthemums,” by H. 
Yoshiike ; “The Evolution of the Raspberry,” by Fred. W. Card ; 
“ The Modern Petunia,” by L. H. Bailey ; “ Some New Chrysan¬ 
themums,” H. C. Vedder ; “ Horticulture at the World’s Pair,” by 
Fanny Copley Seavey ; “ Taste and Tact in Arranging Ornamental 
Grounds,” by E. A. Long ; “ Golden Gate Park,” by E. A. Long; 
“ Various Opinions About Fruits,” by T. H. Hoskins ; “ Roses for 
the Gulf States,” by Dixie Suna. 
The California Fruit Grower is a model trade paper. It 
covers the fruit producing field thoroughly, with special care, of 
course, of that most important feature, the California fruit trade. 
It labors earnestly in the interest of California fruit growers and 
in return receives the hearty support of the trade. 
The Gardeners’’ Magazine in a recent issue presented a list 
of new American Chrysanthemums, prepared by M. Barker of 
Cambridge, Mass. 
BEEN LOOKING FOR IT. 
L. Green & Son Company, Western Deserve Nurser¬ 
ies, Perry, O. “Please find enclosed postal note for $1.00 in 
payment for one year’s subscription to The National Nursery¬ 
man. We have been looking for such a paper for some time.” 
Seth Winquist, Multonomah Nursery, Russellville, 
Ore. “Enclosed find $1.00, for which please send me The 
National Nurseryman. It is just the paper that I have been 
looking for, and it should receive the patronage of every nursery¬ 
man and dealer in the United States and Canada. I wish you 
unbounded success.” 
James W. Turner, Aurora, III. “I have received the 
first number of The National Nurseryman, and find it just the 
thing I was looking for. I enclose $1.00 for subscription.” 
Ellwanger & Barry will make a great exhibit at the 
World’s Fair of lilacs, hollyhocks, weeping mulberry 
trees, Japanese maples, variegated tulip trees, almond, 
cherry and purple-leafed peach trees, five varieties of 
azaleas and five varieties of rhododendrons. 
Ctmong (SroiDcrs anb Sealers. 
William Smith of the W. & T. Smith Company, of 
Geneva, has begun the erection of an opera house in 
that village which is to cost $50,000. He is also con¬ 
structing a spacious apartment house in a desirable 
location in Chicago. These veteran nurserymen, 
William and Thomas, 76 and 74 years of age, were at 
the packing grounds at their nursery this spring as usual, 
working with the others from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m., as 
energetic as the youngest. 
The Charles C. Nash Nursery, of Spring Arbor, 
Mich., will be transferred to Three Rivers, Mich.,where 
the Carpenter & Nash Company will conduct 100 acres," 
with Charles C. Nash as superintendent. 
Charles Wright, of Seaford, Delaware, a successful 
nurseryman, has been appointed Superintendent of 
Pomology at the World’s Columbian Exposition. 
The Oriental Nurseries of Jackson, Ohio, have been 
moved to Huntington, West Virginia. The manager is 
H. H. Conklin. 
A valuable horse belonging to S. D. Willard, became 
frightened on the packing grounds at Geneva, during a 
thunder storm and after running a short distance 
dropped to the ground, dying instantly of fright. 
George G. Atwood, of Geneva, has disposed of his 
retail trade to good advantage and hereafter he will de¬ 
vote his entire attention to wholesale business. 
The Muncie Nursery Company, of Muncie, Indiana, 
has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000. 
The officers are A. Lorenze, of Et. Wayne, president ; 
Evan Weir, vice-president; and R. C. Griffith, secretary 
and treasurer. 
^ j An uld established Nursery, situated in Blue Mound, 
^^^10 Kan., and known as the Cook & Irwin Nurseries, es- 
* tablished in 1868, and has a national reputation among 
nurserymen and the trade controlled is large and first-class in every particular. 
Packing grounds adjoining the R. R. Station at the crossing of St. Louis & 
Emporia and K., N. & D. Railroads. No old stock, everything young and grow¬ 
ing in value. A great bargain for some one. Correspondence invited and 
particulars given upon inquiry. 
BLUE MOUND NURSERIES, 
E. K. JENNINGS, Manager. 
Ornamental 
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LARGE 
SHALL 
TREES, 
FLOWERING SHRUBS, in great variety. Descriptive 
Catalogue and Price-List free. ********** 
SAMUEL C. MOON, Morrisville, Bucks County, Pa. 
Rare Chance for Dealers. 
40 Acres of leading standard and new varieties of 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, 
„ With or without land, situated on railroad and 
in Nursery center. For particulars address 
“ NURSERYMAN,” care of thi.s Journal. 
CREED & WILSON, 
R OQKBINBERS, • 
Nurserymen’s Work a Specialty. 
WE HAVE A SURPLUS OE 
Peach Trees, Grape Vines, Budded Roses, and Nor= 
way Spruce. 
It will pay you to send us a list of your wants to price. 
nurseries: mV V TV R 
Rochester & Penfield, N Y. ^ -•—J— 
Office, 199 Park Ave., Rochester, N. Y. 
CLIMBING ROSES, 
Strong 2 Year Plants on Own Roots. Low 
price given on application. ...... 
NEW AQUEDUCT BUILDING. 
Address, C. U. YATES, ROCHESTER, N. Y, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
