THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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seventy per cent, of this amount being confined to one 
locality, where the scale had gained such a foothold that it 
was not only necessary to destroy nursery stock but many 
other trees and shrubs as well. The western part of the state 
is comparatively free, there being but three or four instances 
where it existed to any extent, and that stock was entirely 
destroyed. There are five inspectors in the state, each of 
whom has passed a civil service examination for nursery 
inspector. 
NURSERY LEGISLATION. 
Irving Rouse, Rochester, N.Y., who has closely followed the 
federal bill to govern the transportation of nursery stock, said 
last week that the bill is progressing favorably and will pro¬ 
bably be passed at the present session of congress. 
The bill proposed by S. D. Willard, of Geneva, N.Y., to re¬ 
quire the fumigation of all nursery stock in New York State 
was introduced in the senate and assembly ; but it was so 
clearly shown to be unnecessary that it will not be passed. 
TO BEAUTIFY GRAYSTONE. 
Graystone, the beautiful estate on the Hudson, at Yonkers, 
N. Y., at one time the home of Samuel J. Tilden, now owned 
by Samuel Untermyer, is to be enhanced by the planting of 
30,000 trees and shrubs. Bids were solicited. There were 
seven competitors. The Ellwanger & Barry Nursery Co., 
Rochester, N. Y., secured the contract for the entire amount. 
In the list are over 1,500 roses. The stock will be shipped to 
Graystone next month. 
PRAISE FOR THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 
Henry Wallis, Wellston, Mo., and his Hicks grape were seen 
by nurserymen at the Chicago convention last June. Mr 
Wallis is president of the St. Louis County Horticultural 
Society. At the annual meeting of that society he said : 
“Regarding the Association of Nurserymen of America, 
assembled at Chicago, I presume that the intelligent gentle¬ 
men included in that organization have done more for the 
everlasting benefit of the fruit-growers of the land than have 
the members of any other society, and therefore are and 
should be recognized as the fruit-growers’ best friends, exclud¬ 
ing the sharks, such as one will find in all professions and 
pursuits.” 
TRADE PROSPECTS. 
The Orange Judd Farmer in a recent issue said : 
Nursery stock is 50 per cent, higher than two years ago. There 
was no money in growing apple trees at five cents each and peach trees 
at three cents each, so the nurserymen met, organized and agreed to 
maintain prices at a living profit. More attention will be given to 
quality than was possible heretofore, and buyers will be benefited in 
the end. Owing to the extremely-dry season buyers will have to take 
older stock if they want size, and the year’s tree business will probably 
be an unsatisfactory one all around. 
It is true that prices of nursery stock are higher, but it is to 
be hoped that our contemporary is not right in its prophecy 
of “ an unsatisfactory year’s business all around.” Leading 
nurserymen last fall assured the National Nurseryman 
that the prospects for 1900 were bright and these opinions 
have since been indorsed by others. 
Hmong (Browers anb dealers. 
J. Austin Shtiw is agent for Edmund Van Coppenolle, Ghent- 
Ledeberg, Belgium. 
Parry’s Nurseries, Parry, N. J., will grow Iveiffer pear in consider 
able quantity at Orlando. Fla. 
H. S. Chase, of the Alabama Nursery Co., Huntsville, Ala , made 
a western trip last month. He reports heavy spring orders. 
Richard Layritz, Victoria, B. C., reports that the nursery business 
in British Columbia is fully twice as good as that of any of the previous 
seasons. 
The will of Robert C. Brown, Rochester, N. Y., who died February 
27, 1900, divides an estate of $100,000 equally between the widow 
and daughter. 
Ten carloads of ornamental stock have been shipped to Buffalo for 
the Pan American Exposition by the Ellwanger & Barry Nursery Co., 
Rochester, N, Y. 
W. C. Reed, Vincennes, Ind., writes: “I like your suggestion in 
regard to question box at convention and consider it one of the most 
important features.” 
Thomas Meehan & Sons, Philadelphia, lowest bidders, secured the 
contract for furnishing 10,000 hardy trees, shrubs, vines and evergreens 
for the Pittsburg parks. 
Henry Kohankie, for twenty-five years with Storrs & Harrison Co, 
and C. W. Metcalf, of Cleveland, O., have formed a partnership as the 
Euclid Avenue Nursery Co. 
The Franklin Davis Nursery Co., Baltimore, has acquired additional 
acreage and built new sheds covering 14,000 square feet of ground 
owing to increasing business. 
President M. McDonald, of the Oregon Wholesale Nursery Co., 
reports that fruit raising in Montana has become a leading industry. 
His company has booked orders for 25,000 trees. 
John S. Kerr. Sherman, Tex., writes: ‘‘Trade for fall and spring 
seasons, now closing, has been the best on our records of 26 years of 
nursery business at fair prices. Future prospects are good.” 
Chase Brothers Co., sent a check for the firemen’s pension fund to 
the Rochester fire department last month in recognition of the services 
of the firemen at what might have been a serious fire in the company’s 
packing sheds. 
C. M. Griffing, secretary and treasurer of The Griffing Brothers Co., 
Jacksonville, Fla., visited Western New York nurserymen last month. 
This company has established a branch in Porto Rico for the growth of 
orange and other tropical stock. 
M. J. Henry, Vancouver, B. C., reports the case of a resident there 
who purchased shade trees and found that the roots were nailed on 
with wire nails. He says the Yankee with the wooden nutmegs is not 
in it with the western tree peddler. 
L. G. Powers, chief statistician in charge of agricultural statistics of 
the twelfth federal census has sent out blanks to be filled in with in. 
formation that will make the report on nursery interests valuable. It 
is to be hoped that all nurserymen will promptly aid in making the 
census returns complete and accurate. 
Jackson & Perkins Co. of Newark, N. Y., have still further increased 
the extent of their nurseries by the purchase of another farm, adjoin¬ 
ing one which they acquired and planted only a year ago. The new 
place is 120 acres in extent making a total of some 350 acres, of which 
about 50 acres is devoted to field-grown roses, the firms’ leading 
specialty. 
Certificates of incorporation of the Ellw'anger & Barry Realty Com¬ 
pany, and the Ellwanger & Barry Nursery Company, Rochester, N.l 7 ., 
were filed in the office of the Secretary of State at Albany last month. 
The realty company has a capital of $500,000 and the nursery com¬ 
pany $200,000. The directors of both companies are the same : George 
Ellwanger, William C. Barry, George H. Ellwanger, Charles P. Barry 
and William D. Ellwanger of Rochester, and John H. Barry of New 
York City. 
