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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
“Since writing you last the drouth has been broken and 
we have been thoroughly soaked up, which, of course, 
stimulated planting all over the country. Stocks of all 
sorts are starting their growth early and are remarkably 
vigorous. The prospect, so far as we are able to judge at 
this time, is flattering for the coming season. There is a 
tendency toward a stiffening of prices on quite a number 
of the staples—principally apples, pears and plums.” 
Monroe, Mich., April 24.—The trade at this point 
aggregates a volume of sales 25 per cent, higher than last 
spring. Collections come in promptly. The weather has 
been very favorable for the handling of trees, being moist 
and mild most of the time. As usual, shipments were 
made in great part to this state, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, 
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and a small amount to nearly every 
state in the Union, in which a mail trade has been 
established by the extensive advertising of Greening 
Brothers. Some goods were also sent to Canada, where 
there is a growing trade fostered in a degree, or rather 
less impeded, by a modification of the tariff rates. 
The Conrath raspberry, introduced by a firm here, cut 
quite a figure in the matter of sales, over 150,000 plants 
being sold. This variety is very popular and has evidently 
come to stay. It is a very meritorious article, as may be 
seen by consulting the agricultural station reports. 
Nurserymen here as elsewhere were cut short on their 
importation of pear stocks this year. Greening Brothers 
have land prepared for 200,000 roots but have only 150,- 
000 to put in. 
This will be a good point to look to for ornamental 
stock in a year or two, as a large amount is being planted. 
Arzena. 
IN CANADA. 
Toronto, April 9 .— Stone & Wellington : “ Although 
times have been unusually hard, we have by hard work 
brought our business up to a higher point than it has ever 
yet reached, we think, both wholesale and retail. We 
cannot say that the outlook is very good, although if 
money were more plentiful we believe there would be plenty 
of business, as people are beginning to awaken to the fact 
that it is necessary to go into fruit growing to help them 
out with their other farming operations. We, in common 
with others, hope that the worst of the business depres¬ 
sion has been reached, and that there will be a gradual 
improvement. If that is the case we don’t see why the 
nursery business should not improve in common with 
other lines. 
“ Prices have been low, mainly caused by the low whole¬ 
sale prices in the United States, which have induced job¬ 
bers to go into the business, and that has caused slashing 
of prices. We think if American nurserymen could get 
over their panicky feeling and settle down to decent 
wholesale rates, it would be a benefit all round, for of 
course we are materially.affected here by prices in the 
United States.” 
IN THE SOUTH. 
Denison, Texas. April 13.— T. V. Munson: “Owing 
to the very dry weather through the fall and winter de¬ 
livery season, the low price of cotton and the consequent 
scarcity of money, sales of nursery stock were much re¬ 
duced this year in comparison with last year. So far as 
I can learn, this is generally the case in the South. Dur¬ 
ing February and March sales were quite good. Our sea¬ 
son properly closes here in March.” 
WASHINGTON NURSERY LAW. 
Following are additional sections of the law relating to 
nursery stock, passed by the legislature of the State of 
Washington : 
§ 5- No person, firm or corporation shall engage or 
continue in the business of selling within the state, or 
importing fruit trees, plants or nursery stock into this 
state, without first having obtained a license to do busi¬ 
ness in this state, as in this act provided. 
§ 6. Any person, firm or corporation, may obtain a 
license to engage in the business of selling fruit trees, 
plants or nursery stock within this state, by filing with 
the secretary of the state board of horticulture a bond 
with sureties to be approved by the said board of horti¬ 
culture in the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) con¬ 
ditioned, that the principal will faithfully obey the pro¬ 
visions of this act and the laws of the State of Washing¬ 
ton and that the said principal will pay the cost of 
inspection and destruction of all infested nursery stock or 
other material or goods imported into or sold within this 
state, by the said principal or his or their agent. Licenses 
granted under this act, shall be for two years or less, at 
the discretion of the commissioner. 
§ 7. It shall be the duty of every person, firm orcorpo- 
oration licensed to do business under this act to notify the 
secretary of the state board of horticulture of his intention 
to ship an invoice of fruit trees, plants or nursery stock 
from one point to another in this state, or from any point 
without this state into this state. The said notice shall 
contain the name and the address of both the consignor 
and consignee and the invoice of the goods to be shipped, 
the freight or express ofifice at which the goods are to be 
delivered and the name or title of the transportation 
company from whom the consignee is to receive such 
goods. Such notice shall be mailed at least twenty-four 
hours before the day of such shipment. 
§ 8. Any person, firm or corporation who shall sell 
within this state or import into this state, any fruit trees, 
plants or nursery stock in violation of the provisions of 
this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on 
conviction thereof shall be fined, for each offense in any 
sum not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred 
dollars. 
^ 9. Any person who shall offer for sale or solicit per¬ 
sons to purchase from him any fruit trees, plants or 
nursery stock belonging to any firm not licensed under 
the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a mis¬ 
demeanor and fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred 
dollars ($[oo). All fines imposed for the violations of the 
provisions of this act shall be paid to the treasurer of the 
county wherein the violation was committed and be 
placed to the credit of the school fund of such county. 
