THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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savs : “Since the last regular meeting of the State 
Board I have received several notices to examine nursery 
stock, but only one- to visit orchards that were infested 
with injurious pests. As the board did not order any 
extra work at that meeting to be done, I reported only 
when. I was notified and make account only on 
these visits, although I have visited several orchards 
where it was known that the oyster shell bark louse was 
on the trees,-and have assisted and given instructions 
how to get rid of these pests. 
“ I find that these pests have been left alone in many 
instances without molestation since the trees on which 
they are now preying were planted, and in one orchard 
of 600 trees, planted three years ago, quite a number of 
them are killed by this pest. This scale came with the 
trees from the nursery, as there were no other fruit trees 
within half a mile of them for some time after they were 
planted, and there are none now infested with this pest, 
hence we see the necessity of inspecting nursery stock 
before being planted. On this line I have endeavored 
to interest prospective planters to insist on seeing the 
certificate properly filled out and signed by some mem¬ 
ber of the board before taking the trees. My opinion is 
that this kind of education will be conducive of much 
good, from the fact that when nurserymen inside and 
outside the state know that the planters generally are 
alive on this important subject, they will be more care¬ 
ful to have their stock clean. I would suggest that the 
board use extra measures for accomplishing this end. I 
also realize the fact that we cannot be too careful in our 
inspection of such stock. The orchard to which I refer 
is damaged hundreds of dollars by planting of this 
oyster shell scale. 
RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, manufacturers of the Reming¬ 
ton Standard typewriter, have issued a handsome map of the 
Columbian Exposition. 
The official report of the eighteenth annual meeting of the 
American Association of Nurserymen has been issued by the sec¬ 
retary. A photo-engraving of President U. B. Pearsall adorns 
the publication. 
“ A Reader in Botany ” in two parts, “From Seed to Leaf” 
and “ Flower and Fruit,” by .lane H. Newell, forms a pleasing in¬ 
troduction to the study of botany. It is extremely simple and its 
steady advancement of the pupil through the various departments 
of plant life is one of its most interesting features. Boston : Ginn 
& Co. 
The issue of The American Florist for August 3d, is a conven¬ 
tion number and Columbian souvenir, in honor of the annual con¬ 
vention of the Society of American Florists in St. Louis. It is a 
handsome issue of 68 pages, profusely illustrated. The chief fea¬ 
ture is the presentation of the portraits of 416 florists, members 
of the American Society. There are also handsome photo-engrav¬ 
ings of interior views of Horticultural Hall at the World’s Fair. 
The World's Fair will not be permitted to live only in the 
memories of those who saw it, and in the hies of newspapers. The 
Bancroft Company, Auditorium Building, Chicago, have in pre¬ 
paration what they call The Book of the Fair, which will be 
a permanent and illustrated chronicle of the exhibits. The text 
is by Hubert Howe Bancroft, and the illustrations profuse. As 
pointed out in the preface, the exhibition of 1851 was contained in 
a single edihce of one million square feet, while the space occupied 
at the World’s E’air of to-day is eight or nine times as great. 
A veritable compendium of valuable information for all, and 
for the horticulturist and nurseryman in particular, is “Barry’s 
Fruit Garden,” by that recognized authority, the late Patrick 
Barry. A new edition, revised by the author in 1883, has been 
issued. While the author does not claim that the work is com¬ 
plete, it appears that he has so treated the subject as to make it 
all that is needed in the consideration not only of the general 
principles but also most of the essential details. The work com¬ 
prises 516 pages and is arranged in four parts : General Princi¬ 
ples; The Nursery; Laying Out; Arrangement and General 
Management of Permanent Plantations of Fruit Trees; Select 
Varieties of E’ruits; Gathering and Preserving Fruits ; Diseases; 
Insects; Implements. The part devoted to the nursery has at¬ 
tracted the attention of nurserymen throughout the country by 
reason of the experience of the author. It has been a guide to 
many who have looked about for just such information, and it has 
aided materially the efforts of experienced grower’s. The entire 
work is of great value as a book of reference. New York : 
Orange Judd Co. 
There is something almost inexpressibly delicate and refined 
in that beautiful production by George H. Ellwanger, “ The Gar¬ 
den’s Story.” The subject in itself so delicate—the study of the 
flowers—has been treated by a master hand. There have been 
written articles and books upon the garden by many, but never 
before has the reader been transported in so delightful a manner 
into inner recesses at whose entrances all other writers seem to 
have stopped. The author appropriately states in his preface 
that there are not half enough contemporary works on the gar¬ 
den; there never can be too many. He has arranged his chapters 
so as to present the various aspects of the garden from early 
spring until late autumn. In his first chapter, “ The Garden in 
Anticipation,” he fascinates the reader with his familiarity with 
the subject, and the ease with which he introduces a receipt for 
the composition of a rose pot pourri or explains how one may have 
at trifling cost a violet-bed which yields its wealth of blossom 
when other out-of-door flowers are still buried beneath the snow. 
Mr. Ellwanger writes of the hardy flower garden and in the inter¬ 
val which elapses between the “ matins of the first snow-drop 
bells and the vespers from the last monk’s-hood spire,” there is a 
deal of information interestingly imparted. The book should 
adorn the shelves of every library. New York: D. Appleton 
& Co. 
The well-known publishing house of Funk & Wagnalls has 
undertaken a great work in compiling and publishing “ A 
Standard Dictionary of the English Language.” The work has 
already required several years of preparation, and it is now well 
on its way toward completion. More than 200 specialists have 
been employed in the various departments as editors at a cost of 
$300,000. It is estimated that the entire outlay will be $500,000. 
It is intended to include all that has been lacking in other diction¬ 
aries, and I’evise such matter as has been given, in the most 
approved foi’m. While it is the intention of the publishers of this 
great work to make it of interest and value to all professors, ^ 
teachers, and students, it has also been their aim to make a dic¬ 
tionary for every day use in the family by carefully explaining 
technical terms and systematic names. There are many distin¬ 
guishing features to be found in the book that will make it of 
great value to all classes of readers and students. The etymology 
is placed after the definition of the word thereby doing away with 
confusing signs and abbreviations between the word and its mean¬ 
ing. In the definition of words the common or best understood 
meaning is given fir.st, instead of the historical order which has 
been the practice heretofore in dictionaries. In the quotations 
given to verify or illustrate the meaning, the hook and page in 
which it is found ns well as the name of the author is given. The 
pictorial illustrations are very profuse. 
