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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
Jarish, F. L. Posson, F. V. Shuman, E. C. Morris, and 
C. H. Weldi. 
A. McGill read an instructive paper on “ Packing and 
Grading Nursery Stock.” He placed great stress upon 
the necessity of better grading and the better packing of 
trees shipped to customers. A committee of three, 
Messrs. McGill, Settlemier and Jarish, was appointed to 
prepare a system for packing trees to be adopted by the 
nurserymen of Oregon. 
A committee was appointed to confer with the state 
board of agriculture relative to the formation of a more 
strict quarantine law, and in regard to the destruction of 
pests on both nursery stock and orchards. 
The Nurserymen’s Association was organized two years 
ago at Salem, and had, until last June, held its meetings 
in that city. Then the semi-annual meeting was held at 
Albany. The next meeting will be held at Woodburn, 
the first Wednesday in June, 1895. The object of the 
meetings is to promote the interests of the nurserymen 
in the state; to raise and furnish to customers first-class 
trees, keep them in good health and condition, and co¬ 
operate with the state board of horticulture in suppress¬ 
ing pests, whenever found. 
A UNIFORM TARIFF. 
Frederick W. Kelsey of New York city, is chairman of 
a committee of the New York P'lorists’ club, which has 
presented to Hon. Walter H. Bunn, appraiser of the Port 
of New York, and to the appraiser's of the ports through¬ 
out the United States an argument and classification in 
the interest of a uniform tariff under the present law. The 
committee argues that a correct classification under the 
law requires that the chief use of the material in question 
should determine the question of duty. 
The committee says: 
Clause 587, free list of the present law, appears to be clear and ex- 
licit, that such material as is grown as nursery stock and chiefly used 
for outside planting should be thus classified and entitled to free entry, 
while clause 234^ is equally clear that sucli plants should be dutiable as 
are chiefly “ used for forcing under glass for cut flowers or decorative 
purposes,” as mentioned in the act. With this view the cpiestion of 
classification is simplified and the distinction can be readily and easily 
drawn as to the chief use of the material, as in the lists submitted. 
Or-chids and palms are almost invariably used tor forcing under glass 
for decorative purposes, and there can therefore be no (piestion as to 
classification of the.se. Lily of the valley p'ps are universally used for 
forcing, and must be thus classified, while lily of the valley damps are 
“ nursery stock” always, invariably grown in the open ground, thus per¬ 
manently 1 hinted, hence cannot be classed “ for forcing under glass’’ 
any more than an oak or a pine, or any other hardy plant or tree of that 
character. 
'riie dilfercnce between the hardy nursery grown azaleas—Ghents, 
mollis, etc., in “ Cla.ss A,” and the indica species in “ Class B,” of forc¬ 
ing plants, is equally distinct. The former are almost exclusively used 
for outside permanent planting, and are neither grown nor used for forc¬ 
ing, while the latter are inv iriahly thus u.sed. The dilference between 
these hardy nursery grown species and the forcing species (the indicas) 
is readily determined upon examination. The hardy azaleas are mainly 
deciduous, while the indicas are evergreen, always with foliage, and 
can be thus classified and readily distinguished in this way. 
It is the unanimous oiiinion of all we have conferred with, that both 
azaleas and lily of tlu^ valley should be in both classes, according to the 
use of the species, etc., as above stated. 
While roses, to some extent, are grown for forcing, a very large part 
of the roses imported have been propagated and grown as nursery stock 
on the other side, and are not chiefly used for growing under glass for 
cut flowers or decorative purposes here. 
This is the classification prepared by the committee : 
Cl.xss a —The following plants, trees, shrubs and vines of all kinds 
are generally grown and used as nursery stock, principally for planting 
in the open ground, and are not chiefly “used for growing under glass 
for cut flowers or decorative purposes :” Aconitum autumnale, Altlnea, 
Ampelopsis Veitchii, Andromeda, Anemone fulgens. Anthericum lilias- 
trum, Aristolochia, Aucuba, green-leaved kinds (other than japonica); 
Azaleas (the species known as amuma, Ghent, mollis, nudiflora and 
pontica). Begonias (tuberous). Black Hamburg grape vines and other 
fruiting vines and trees, Calycanthus, Gannas. Cactus. Chrysanthemum, 
Clematis, Cornus mascmla, Cratiegus, Cytisus or Laburnum, Daphne 
cneorum. Delphinium (larkspur), Deutzia, Dielytra spectabilis(Dicentra), 
Doronicum, Fonsythia, Gaillardia, Hemerocallis, Ilelleborus niger 
(ChHstmas Rose), Hollyhock, Hydrangea, Iris (all species), Kalmia 
latifolia. Lilacs, except the varieties Charles X., Marie La Graye and 
Rubra dc Marly, pot grown; Lily of the valley, dumps; Lychnis, Magnolia, 
Mahonia, Manetti stock, iVIultiflora rose stock, Pieonia, Philadelphus 
(mock orange). Primula, except the species known as P. sinensis and P. 
obconica, Ptelea, Pyrethrum, Rhododendron, Roses—Moss, Hybrid Per¬ 
petual, Hybrid Remontant, Rugosa, etc,; all classes excepting Tea and 
Noisette; Snowball (Viburnum), Spiraias, e.Mcept Astilbe japonica; 
Staphylea colchica. Tarragon plant (Artemisia dracunculus), Weeping 
trees, Wiegelia, Wistaria, Yucca; all deciduous trees—Maple (Acer) 
elm (Ulmus), linden (Tilia), horsechestnui (^Escuius), etc ; all evergreen 
trees—Spruce (Abies). Arbor vitie (Thuya), etc. 
B.—The following orchids, lily of the valley, azaleas, palms 
and other plants are chiefly ‘ ‘ used for forcing under glass for cut flow'ers 
or decorative purposes,” and are not used to any appreciable extent as 
nursery stock for hardy outside planting : Araucaria excelsa, Aucuba 
japonica. Azalea indica. Camellia, Carnations, monthly, (Dianthus 
caryophyllus), Cycas, Draciena canes. Erica, Ferns, Lapageria, Laurus 
nobilis. Lilacs—Charles X., Marie La Graye and Rubra de Marly, pot 
grown; Lily of the valley, pips; Marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutes- 
cens); Orchids—All, such as Cypripediums, Cattleyas, Laflins, Odonto- 
glossums, Dendrobiums, Oncidiums, Phalanopsis, Vandas, etc.; Palms— 
All, such as Kentias, Latanias, Seaforthias, Cocos Arecas, Pliamix, 
Chamarops, Rhapis, etc.; Primula sinensis and P. obconica; Roses—Tea 
and Noisette classes ; Spiraa japonica (Astilbe japonica), Vallota pur¬ 
purea. 
•GROWING TREE SEEDS. 
S. H. Linton, Marceline, Mo., asks: “ When and how 
can I plant the Box elder, White ash, Hard maple and 
Hackberry seed ? ” 
Professor L.^ H. Bailey of Cornell University says: 
“There are different practices with different persons 
for the growing of tree seeds, even of the same species. 
Seeds which ripen very early in the season, like those of 
the Box elder. Silver or Soft maple, and others, should 
ordinarily be sown as soon as they are ripe, directly in 
nursery rows. Seeds which ripen after midsummer, how¬ 
ever, had better be stratified, or buried in boxes of sand 
and sifted out and sown the next spring. I generally 
advise sowing the Box elder and Hackberry as soon as 
they are ripe; but I think that on the whole White ash 
and Plard maple do quite as well when stratified, as I have 
suggested, and sown the following spring. Some of my 
correspondents, however, prefer to sow all the maple and 
ash seeds early in the fall, and upon soil which does not 
heave or which is not wet enough to rot the seeds. It 
may be a good practice.” 
