THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
FALL PLANTING. 
Discussed by W. E. Wellington, of Toronto—Favors Fall Planting 
Because of Gain In Spring Growth, Complete Stock to Select 
From, Less Percentage of Loss in Planting, Greater 
Liability to Withstand Results of Fumigation. 
W. E. Wellington, the well-known Toronto nurseryman, 
controverting the statement in the Canadian Horticulturist 
that Spring planting of nursery stock is better than Fall plant¬ 
ing, says : 
If it were possible to get trees just the moment you were ready for 
them, in the Spring, then it would be all right, but such is not the case 
with any nursery doing business of any amount. Especially is this 
the case with such seasons as the last. Frost held in the ground until 
nearly the middle of April, then it came very hot, buds were forced, 
and it was almost impossible to get stock out in good condition. Even 
working a big force from daylight until sundown, it will take at least 
three weeks to dig, pack and ship orders from any responsible nursery 
concern doing a good business. Then another week is added before 
stock can reach destination, varying of course according to distance. 
This brought, this year, the delivery of trees in May instead of April. 
Trees obtained in the Fall, as I know, when properly handled, either 
when buried or planted out permanently, were almost in full leaf 
before trees ordered for the Spring could possibly be delivered. 
Even if a little extra work is necessary, if a man has his trees on hand 
in the Fall, he can plant just as early as the season will admit in the 
Spring, as a rule. 
Then another point regarding the buying of stock in the Fall. Very 
few nurseries run out of varieties in the Fall, as the bulk of the busi¬ 
ness is done in the Spring. Those who buy in the Fall can always be 
sure of obtaining the varieties they desire, whereas in the Spring we 
are obliged to stop the sale of many varieties because they are sold out. 
It is impossible, always, to tell what varieties will be in demand. You 
cannot plant so as always to have the required number of each variety 
on stock, consequently if there is any shortage it comes on Spring 
sales. 
I have watched this matter carefully for twenty years, and I find 
that getting stock in the Fall is more satisfactory to everyone in the 
long run. 
There is less stock lost in the Fall, according to the number planted, 
than there is with Spring-planted stock. 
There has been an unreasonable prejudice by many against getting 
stock in the Fall, mainly, no doubt, because they have to pay for the 
stock a few months before it begins to grow, but there are advantages 
that will entirely over-balance any objections that can be raised against 
buying stock in the Fall. 
I nelieve, in most sections, stock can be planted out in the Fall, a 
little extra care being given to plant deeply and bank the trees six 
inches to a foot in height. This banking can be drawn away in the 
Spring as soon as the frost is out. 
Very few people will take the pains to mulch in the Spring, and 
unless Spring-planted stock is heavily mulched there is much loss, 
especially when we get a dry season, as we have had this Spring. 
Trees will start, but the ground soon gets so dry that the young fibres 
cannot obtain nourishment and the trees go back. 
The grumbler’s rule is; “If trees fail in the Fall, blame the Winter . 
if they fail in the Spring, blame the nurseryman.” The very opposite 
should be the case, if failure is ascribed to these causes. 
In the Fall the nurseryman can send out stock in a perfectly dormant 
condition, and if it isatall properly handled I will guarantee that there 
is 50 per cent, less loss obtaining stock in the Fall than there is buying 
it in the Spring. 
As nurserymen, we try our best to get the stock out at the earliest 
possible moment in the Spring. We are anxious to do this for several 
reasons, one of which is, we have our own plantings to attend to, and 
that cannot be done until we have shipped stock to our customers. 
Then again, we are anxious to get the business over and collections 
made, and there are other reasons which urge nurserymen to use all 
expedition, but in spite of all our efforts, it is impossible in all cases to 
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get stock out as early as it ought to be, in the Spring, for successful 
planting. 
I believe, too, that stock handled in the Fall will stand fumigation 
better than in the Spring. I am satisfied, at certain advanced stages, 
the fumigation is injurious to nursery stock. 
ROSE CRIMSON RAMBLER. 
Referring to the Grim on Rambler, Meehan’s Monthly says: 
Here we have a grand improvement in the wild Kosa multiflora, of 
Japan, which has been known to botanists ever since the time of the 
great botanist Thunberg—but as Rosa polyantha it has but recently 
been introduced into gardens. The numerous white flowers of the lat¬ 
ter. and subsequent crimson fruit, is attractive. But when the colored 
plate of the improvement, in the form of the “ Crimson Rambler,” was 
first widely distributed by Ellwauger & Barry, it was only the high 
standing for accuracy which this great firm enjoys that secured full 
credit for it. It has the beautiful red flowers in large clusters, as their 
picture represented—and that it is a good rambler or climbing rose, is 
evidenced by the three-year old plant given in our illustration. It is 
proving one of the most popular of the new introductions of late years. 
IRecent ipublications. 
The Ellwanger & Barry Co in June issued their annual catalogue of 
pot-grown strawberries. 
“ The use of Water in Irrigation in Wyoming” and “ Our Foreign 
Trade in Agricultural Products” are titles of the recent bulletins by 
the United States Department of Agriculture. 
A series of bulletins on orchard technique has been issued by Will¬ 
iam B. Alwood, professor of horticulture, of the Virginia Polytechnic 
Institute, with notes on insecticides by J. L. Phillips and H. L. Price. 
“Photo-Miniature” for April, 1900 , contains a monograph on “Pho¬ 
tographing Flowers and Trees,” by J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, 
Pa. It is an interesting and instructive description of the process 
which is directly connected with the nursery trade. 
The second volume of the Cyclopedia of American Horticulture has 
been issued by the publishers, The Macmillan Company, New York 
and London. This is the monumental work of Professor L, H. Bailey 
assisted by a corps of specialists, to which we made extended reference 
a few months ago. The second volume bears out fully the promise Of 
the first. It is an exceedingly valuable cyclopedia for all who are in any 
way interested in horticulture and for the intelligent nurseryman it is 
well-nigh indispensable. The first volume includes subjects from A to 
D inclusive ; the second volume from E to M inclusive. In the second 
volume twelve columns are devoted to ferns, fourteen to forcing plants, 
eleven to graftage, thirty-one to the grape, twenty-three to greenhouse 
construction and management, thirty-five to horticulture, fourteen to 
insects, fourteen to landscape gardening, eighteen to lilium, etc. 
Prof. S. B. Green, now in Europe, has written on the horticultural 
status of Minnesota, Prof. S. M. Emery, well-known to nurserymen, 
on the horticulture of Montana. Every article in the cyclopedia is by 
a specialist and the articles are signed. Several experts have written 
on different branches of a subject. There are sketches and pictures of 
Nicholas Longworth, David Landreth 1 st, Peter Henderson, T. T. 
Lyon and E. G. Lodeman, prominent American horticulturists, the 
group forming the frontispiece. There are full page engravings of 
ferns, grapes, greenhouses, formal garden, landscape garden, irises, 
lettuce, a cemetery view and types of muskmelons. The whole work 
is profusely illustrated. Sketches and pictures of prominent nursery¬ 
men appear frequently and nursery processes are described in detail 
under their respective headings. The cyclopedia is indeed a cyclo¬ 
pedia of American horticulture and the extent of the subject may be 
appreciated when it is noted that four large volumes of 500 pages each 
are needed to compass it. The cyclopedia is sold only by subscription. 
The Rochester agents Scrantom, Wetmore & Co., report that there is 
much interest in the work. In four quarto volumes ; 2,000 orignal 
engravings; cloth, $5 per volume. New York and London : The 
Macmillan Co. Rochester, N. Y.: Scrantom, Wetmore & Co. 
