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beyond the control of human agencies and that the let-alone policy 
would in most cases, as applied to them prevent a vast amount of 
wasted energy, time and money. At the same time he thought that all 
new problems should be investigated by specialists. Prof. W. G. 
Johnson said he fcareJ the deeper meaning of the address would not 
dawn upon the average reader. He could not indorse the address in 
any way ; it would tend to discourage economic workers. Prof. Mar- 
latt, in closing the discussion, recalled the object of the address as 
explained at the outset, namely to attempt to separate the work in 
applied entomology that is deemed practicable and profitable from work 
that is deemed impracticable and unprofitable, and so benefit the former 
by preventing needless waste of effort. He said that a misunderstand¬ 
ing was evident in the minds of several as to his attitude toward in. 
spection and quarantine, but he felt sure that an examination of the 
portions of the address relating to this subject would indicate that 
legitimate quarantine to check or limit as far as practicable the trans¬ 
mission of notoriously infested stock was distinctly included in the 
field of useful effort. He had urged the concentration of energy on 
all fields of local work which promise direct and practical results. He 
expressed the belief, however, that entomologists had of late shown too 
much readiness to become alarmists. 
STRAWBERRY FRUITING SEASON CHANGED. 
Editor National Nurseryman : 
A point overlooked by many northern strawberry plant 
growers in cataloguing, is the change in fruiting season pro¬ 
duced by transplantation from northern latitudes to the 
South. 
Nick Ohmer variety shipped to us from Medina, O., this 
year, fruited here Dec. 2d, while Excelsior, which is a much 
earlier variety, did not fruit until Dec. 9th. The Excelsior 
plants used, were from Judsonia, Ark. Have had same results 
in 1898. 
Conversely, it may be possible that plants grown here and 
transplanted to the North, would be later in fruiting than the 
same variety grown there for a period of three years, and this 
might be equally valuable to northern growers if tests are 
made to prove this theory. 
We have the following acclimatized varieties, which we will 
exchange with northern nurserymen, per prepaid mail, at the 
proper transplanting season in 1900 : Warfield No. 2, Cloud 
Seedling, Brandywine, Clyde, Howell’s Seedling, Aroma, 
Laxton’s Noble, Arizona Everbearing, Hoffman, Michel’s 
Early, Lady Thompson and Neunan. Those sent in exchange 
should be of same variety as any one of the above, and should 
have been on the home grounds for at least three years. 
This test would probably bring out some interesting facts, 
as we have already arranged for twenty exchanges. 
Transplanted plants will be placed on the test plats of the 
Texas State Experiment Station, which were put in here this 
fall. 
We are on the same latitude as Galveston, 15 miles from 
coast. C. W. Benson. 
Alvin, Tex., Dec. 21, 1899. 
©bituavy. 
W'illiam Henry Protheroe, senior member of the well-known London 
auctioneering aud real estate agency, Protheroe & Morris, died Decem¬ 
ber 2, aged 58 years. His father, Alexander Protheroe, and Thomas 
Morris founded a nursery in 1880 at Highbury. In 1840 the firm 
acquired the American Nurseries at Leytonstone which from that time 
occupied a prominent position. In 1885, on the death of Alexander 
Protheroe, the nurseries were broken up for building purposes. Since 
then the firm has been in the auctioneering business, handling large 
quantities of orchids. 
COLORADO CONIFER BRINGS $15,000. 
Regarding a feature of the Colorado Horticultural Society 
meeting the Denver Republican said : 
That the sum of $15,000 was paid for one Colorado evergreen tree 
and that 40,000 Colorado evergreens were shipped East in one year by 
one man was the news which was received with interest by the 200 
persons who were last evening in the offices of Mrs. Martha A. Shute 
of the State Horticultural society. It was the second day’s session of 
the State Horticultural convention. Governor Thomas was present. 
The feature of the evening session was an article on “The Conifera of 
Colorado,” by C. S. Harrison of York, Neb., who has spent the better 
part of ten years in searching through this state for rare evergreens. 
It was he who said that for one handsome Colorado tree shipped to a 
Boston millionaire last year he secured $15,000. Mr. Harrison was not 
present and his paper was read by Secretary Shute. It referred to 
J. N. Bartels of Pueblo and said that he had gathered and shipped to 
New York and Boston last year 40,000 evergreens for decorative pur¬ 
poses. The blue spruces of this state are the best in the world, said he, 
and are in great demand. 
jfoteign IRotes. 
An international horticultural congress will be held in Paris May 
25—26, 1900. The programme and rules can be obtained from the 
general secretary of the organization committee, 84 Rue de Grenelle, 
Paris. 
On November 5th the monument at Brussels erected to the memory 
of the celebrated explorer and botanist Jean Linden, was unveiled in 
the presence of the local authorities, many leaders in horticulture and 
of the members of the Linden family. 
The National Rose Society, Great Britain, has issued the fourth edi¬ 
tion of its descriptive catalogue of garden and exhibition roses. About 
eighty-eight hybrid perpetuals are enumerated among the kinds suit¬ 
able for the exhibition-table, together with fourteen hybrid Teas and 
forty-four Teas and Noisettes. In addition there are lists of so-called 
“garden” roses, summer-flowering and other, some of which are quite 
equal in beauty to the exhibition varieties, and for the most part more 
interesting. Altogether there are upwards of 370 varieties brought 
under the notice of the rosarian. 
A bill has just reached the Bundesrath. Germany, imposing a number 
of restrictions on imports, because of the pest danger. Dr. Dohrn, the 
well-known expert, in an article in the Berlin Nation, says: “Since 
our government experts themselves now acknowledge that the scale 
cannot spread here, it is high time to abolish measures that are still 
enforced against American fruit, measures which heighten the price. 
There are instances in which the cost of inspection amounts to one- 
eighth of the market value of the fruit. If the imperial government, 
of its own accord, will not stop this nuisance, let us hope that the 
Reichstag will.” 
In Europe the cultivation of fruit trees along roadsides has given 
great satisfaction. On the Wiirtemburg roads, for instance, the fruit 
harvest from this source produced in 1878 over £40,000, and last year 
the returns had more than trebled. The annual revenue derived from 
the national roads of Saxony planted with fruit-trees, rose from £1800 
in 1880 to £8400 in 1892, furnishing a total sum of £68,000 for the 
thirteen years. In Belgium, according to the statistics of 1894, over 
2875 miles of roads were planted with 741,571 fruit-trees, which fur¬ 
nished the large sum of £400,000. In France, the production of fruit- 
trees is estimated at £12,000,000. In Westphalia, in the Duchies of 
Baden aud Saxe-Weimar, in Alsace-Lorraine, Switzerland, &c., the 
employees of the Administration of Roads and Bridges, and the road 
supervisors, are instructed in fruit culture. In some of the southern 
departments of France the roads are bordered with cherry-trees, pro¬ 
ducing the small fruit called Merise (Wild Cherry), much appreciated 
for making wine sui generis, preserves, and even alcohol. In the Tou- 
raine, plum-trees predominate; while in the Allier, the walnut-trees 
transform the roads into shady walks. In Auvergne the chestnut-tree 
flourishes; while in Normandy, place is naturally given to the apple- 
tree. 
