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jfrom Various points. 
Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo., 
are building another packing house 150 x 200 ft. 
The fifth annual meeting of the National Apple Shippers’ 
Association will be held at the Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, Mich., 
August 2-3. H. C. Williamson, Quincy, Ill., president ; 
A. Warren Patch, Boston, Mass., secretary. 
The coming prune crop of Oregon, it is thought, will not 
exceed fifty carloads ; last year five hundred were shipped, 
worth $700 a car to growers. A full crop this year would 
mean one thousand carloads. There are 19,700 acres of prunes 
tributary to the Oregon division of the Southern Pacific Rail¬ 
road. 
The summer meeting of the Indiana State Horticultural 
Society will be held with the Noble County society at Island 
Park, Rome City, Ind., August 9-10. C. M. Hobbs, of the 
nursery firm of Albertson & Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind., is presi¬ 
dent of the state society ; Professor James Troop, of 
LaFayette, is secretary. 
Professor Slingerland, Ithaca, N. Y., estimates that 
$1,000,000 is paid annually in the United States for insecti¬ 
cides, for over 2,000 tons of Paris green. He suggests as 
cheaper insecticides green arsenite and arsenite of lime. 
Green arsenite is Paris green without the acetic acid used in 
that poison, made primarily for paint, and the omission con¬ 
siderably cheapens the poison. In other words, green arsenite 
is arsnite of copper, whereas Paris green is a double salt of 
arsenite and acetate of copper. The former is as strong as 
the latter, and should be used in the same proportions. 
CUSTOM HOUSE ORDER. 
Assistant Secretary Spalding of the treasury department has 
issued orders to expedite the appraisal of nursery stock at the 
custom houses. He suggests that the appraisal be made on 
the docks. Only one package or sample is in any event to be 
taken to the appraisers’ stores. Hitherto there has been some 
red tape and delay in the appraisal of imported shrubs and 
trees to the loss of importers. In some cases importations 
have been held for reappraisal until the stock was worthless 
In these cases the government did not get enough more to pay 
for the annoyance and delay. So the delays have been 
stopped. _ 
WHAT THIS FIBM THINKS. 
Brown Brothers Co., Rochester, N. Y., July 22, 1899.—*• We 
enclose herewith $1 to renew our subscription to the National Ndr 
sertman. We have only words of praise for your magazine, and we 
congratulate you upon its able conduct. We think it has an important 
place in all well-regulated nursery establishments.” 
I Have a Few Hundred 
YELLOW RAMELEH HOSES. 
FINE STOCK. WRITE FOR PRICE8. 
C. L. YATES, - Rochester, N Y. 
NEW SEEDLING PEACH, 
#>GLIFTON PARK.#- 
Very hardy, origin Saratoga county, N. Y.; best quality, hand¬ 
some appearance, free stone. Awarded first prize at State Fair in 
1897. Buds for sale ; order now. Also large stock two-year Cherry 
and Plum Trees. 
WILEY & CO., Cayuga, N Y. 
NEW CANA AN N URSERIES. 
We have.to offer for the Fall and Spring Trade the 
Largest Stock of Maples , Elms , 
Chestnuts , etcin the Country . 
Also 50,000 October Purple Plum, 1 and 2 years old; 30,000 Green Moun¬ 
tain Grape Vines from 1 to 3 years old ; 5,000 Japanese Maples, 18 to 
36 inches high. Currants in large quantities, and a general 
assortment of Nursery Stock. Orders solicited. Address 
STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS, 
NEW CANAAN, CONN. 
Stock for Fall of 1899. 
Am. Basswood, Am. Mountain Ash, 
High Bush Cranberry, Black Ash, 
Cherry, Black or Sweet Birch, 
White Birch. Sugar Maple: 
Five, up to 6 feet. 
Many other varieties. Let us know your wants. Large stock of 
Evergreen, both seedling and transplanted. 
Evergreen Nursery Go., 
Former address : Evergreen, Wis. Sturgeon Bay, Wi S 
1 500 Meres. 
Established 1853. 
High Grade Trees. 
We offer our usual assortment of carefully 
grown trees and shrubs for the Autumn of 1899. 
All the most approved and beautiful varieties 
are our specialties. Exceptional care taken in 
grading and packing. Send for New Trade List. 
g HOOPES, BRO. 6 THOMAS, 2 
5 ^- Maple Avenue Nurseries. West Chester, Pa. -^2 
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LEVAVASSEUR & SONS, 
Nurseries at USSY and ORLEANS, France. 
Growers of the Most Complete Line of Nursery Stock in France. Best grading, quality and packing. When you buy of us you deal with lirst hands. 33 e are 
Growers. If you have not yet bought of us, give us a trial. Send your list of wants to 
MERMAN BERKHAN, Sole Agent, 
39 AND 41 CORTLANDT 8TREET. NEW YORK. 
Sole Agent for United States and Canada. 
