THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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On another page the same paper has the following imper¬ 
sonal reference to the subject : “We read recently of a good 
and honest man that was sure of the nomination for governor. 
It seems like a shame to spoil a good man like that, for the 
only way to keep a man honest in the nineteenth century is to 
keep him out of politics.” 
Mr. Pullen will be asked to address the Chicago convention 
on “ How it feels to be a candidate.” 
CHAUNCEY A. SEAMAN RETIRES. 
Chauncey A. Seaman, president of the Sedgwick Nursery 
Co , at Sedgwick, Kan., has sold his nursery interests ; he 
thanks the nursery fraternity for past favors. The business 
will be continued by J. P. Schemerhorn who has been the sec¬ 
retary and treasurer of the company and who has been asso¬ 
ciated with Mr. Seaman in the nursery business for five years. 
Mr. Seaman bespeaks for Mr. Schermerhorn the same fairness 
and favors that have been accorded the retiring president. 
The directors of the Sedgwick Nursery Co., are Mr. 
Schermerhorn, Charles Schafer, Samuel B. Shirk and M. 
Bartley. The company has a paid-up capital of $10,000 and 
has 500 acres under cultivation. 
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GEORGE L. TABER PRESIDENT. 
At the annual meeting of the Florida Horticultural Society, 
May 1-4, in Jacksonville, George L. Taber, of the Glen St. 
Mary Nurseries, was elected president. 
The paper on “ Hardy Orange Trees,” by Prof H. J. Web¬ 
ber, of the Department of Agriculture, stated that he has little 
trouble in securing hybrids between the sweet orange and the 
deciduous trifoliate orange, but there seems to be little increase 
in hardiness. Twelve of these hybrids, however, tested in 
Florida last winter, passed through fifteen degrees without in¬ 
jury. What the fruit will be remains to be developed. H. B. 
Stevens, Stetson, told how the millionaire for whom the town 
was named is protecting the 38 acres of oranges and an acre 
or two of pines with sheds and tents. Part of the sheds have 
movable panels, like window shutters, made of cypress, to be 
closed in cold weather. 
LILACS AT ELLWANGER & BARRY’S. 
That all the rare days are not in June was proven by a walk 
during a balmy day last month down one of the broad path¬ 
ways leading back from the office into the great nursery of 
Ellwanger & Barry at Rochester. Among the many flowering 
shrubs the most noticeable were the flowering crabs and lilacs. 
This firm has growing in profusion 125 of the 130 varieties 
of the lilac and is adding new varieties as fast as Emile Le- 
moine can produce them. 
“ Lilacs are very popular now,” said Charles J. Maloy of the 
Rochester office. “ Especial attention is being paid the new 
double varieties. The lilac, purple and white, is common, but 
most people do not know of the marked differences in coloring 
of the purple shades, the rosy petals, the pale blues, the very 
dark blossoms and the double varieties. There are fashions 
in flowers as in dress. The new double lilacs are in great 
demand.” 
At Highland Park, Rochester, Assistant Superintendent 
Dunbar has 110 varieties in culture, winding up a hillside. 
1 his is one of the finest collections in the country. It was 
procured from the Mt. Hope Nurseries at Rochester. 
CUSTOM HOUSE AFFAIRS. 
Thomas B. Meehan, of Germantown, Pa , of the American 
Association committee on custom house affairs, visited New 
\ ork city last month to investigate this subject. He found 
that the system was working satisfactorily. He will report to 
the Chicago convention. T he other members of the commit¬ 
tee are J. J. Harrison, Painesville, O., and Theodore Smith, 
Geneva, N. Y. 
ORIGINATOR OF I'HE CONCORD. 
A meeting peculiarly interesting to all horticulturists was 
held at Concord, Mass., May 16. It was in honor of Ephraim 
W. Bull, originator of the Concord grape, and was held in the 
cottage where he lived, which Mrs. Daniel Lothrop, a neighbor 
and friend, has remodeled and furnished as a memorial of the 
man and his work, having purchased the little 12-acre estate 
for that purpose. The central point of interest was, of course, 
the original grapevine, now enclosed in a high green lattice, 
surmounted by memorial urns Mr. Bull died March 26 , 1895. 
THE W. S. LITTLE COMPANY. 
A petition for the voluntary dissolution of the W. S. Little 
Company, Rochester, N. Y., has been filed and an order made 
returnable June 25th. T he reasons given are that the business 
for which this company was formed has not been successful or 
lucrative; that the firm name “ W. S. Little Company ” has 
been many times confused with the firm “ VV. S. Little & Co.,” 
another corporation doing a nursery business; their mail has 
become mixed up, and the two corporations confused in other 
ways; there are no creditors, they say, and no debts. 
NEW YORK SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE. 
The committee for the promotion of agriculture, consisting 
of prominent men and women of New York and vicinity, 
which has been seeking a suitable location for the establish¬ 
ment of a school for practical training in agriculture and horti¬ 
culture, has selected Briarcliff Farm, owned by Walter W. 
Law, of Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. The school is 27 miles from 
New York, on the Putnam division of the New York Central 
Road, and three miles from Sing Sing. 
Instruction will be given on 60 acres of land, and students 
will be taught the practical detail of orchard management, gar¬ 
dening under glass, poultry and bee keeping. Stock husbandry 
and dairying will be studied also. Students will prepare soil, 
plant trees, seeds, etc., prune, spray, harvest, pack and market. 
There will be instruction in planting and propagation of nut 
trees, landscape gardening, table and house decoration, ento¬ 
mology, botany, chemical knowledge from the study of fertil¬ 
izers, in the sciences in connection with practical work in field, 
garden and hothouse. 
George T. Powell, a former director of the New York State 
Farmers’ Institute, has been appointed director of the school. 
