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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
EXOCHORDA GRANDIFLORA. 
Exochorda grandiflora, sometimes called “ Pearl bush ” for 
an easy name, is one of the most showy and satisfactory of the 
white early flowering shrubs of large growth, and its more 
extensive use should be encouraged. 
It blooms just before the spireas, weigelias, etc , and is al¬ 
most universally admired. The only objection is that it does 
not transplant as readily as desired. Many dealers and plant¬ 
ers are shy of it for this reason and for no other. 
It starts growth very early in spring and its long coarse 
roots are slow to become re-established after transplanting; 
consequently it won’t endure exposure as many other shrubs 
do, and unless the weather is moist and conditions are very 
favorable for growth the plants die at once or struggle along 
in a feeble condition for one or two years before they develop 
properly. 
For these reasons it is particularly desirable that the plants 
should be frequently transplanted in the nursery. One year 
seedlings moved into nursery rows or beds grow very readily 
their second year and if these plants are transplanted every 
year and cut back they will make good plants that will grow 
readily without disappointment. Of course this kind of treat¬ 
ment increases the expense of raising and it can not stand in 
the list of “ cheap ” shrubs; but it don’t need to. It is a shrub 
well worth all it costs to raise good plants and should be recog¬ 
nized as such and grown and sold accordingly, and planters 
should be cautioned to give it good care. 
By good care I mean plant it in autumn or very early in 
spring; don’t allow the roots to be exposed and dried; plant 
in rich soil or mulch with manure; water, if necessary, during 
the first season; large plants should be cut back when trans¬ 
planted. When treated as suggested it flourishes in almost 
any kind of soil or situation and may be profitably introduced 
into many localities where it is unknown or seldom seen. 
Samuel C. Moon. 
Morrisville, Pa., August, 1900. 
Phelps Wyman says of Exochordia in the Cyclopedia of 
American Horticulture: “ Allied to Spirea. Propagated by 
seeds, cuttings and layers. Seeds are produced only on old 
plants ; cuttings root slowly and with difficulty ; layering is 
best. Seed propagation is advisable when seeds can be ob¬ 
tained.” 
A NURSERYMAN IN CHARGE. 
The Western New York Horticultural Society, as usual, won the first 
prize, $ 200 , at the New York state fair, for the largest and best collec¬ 
tion of fruit raised and collected by horticultural organizations. The 
Western NewYork society’s exhibit consisted of 145 varieties of apples, 
10 of crabs, 118 of pears, 97 of plums, 24 of peaches, 35 of grapes and 3 
of cpiinces, 432 varieties in all, and an aggregate of nearly 1,200 plates. 
A nurseryman, H. S. Wiley, Cayuga, N.Y., and John Hall. Rochester, 
secretary-treasurer of the society, were in charge of the exhibit. 
H. S. Taylor & Co., Rochester, N. Y., have brought suit against a 
firm in Walker Valley, N. Y., to recover $500 damages alleged to have 
been sustained because nursery stock was not delivered in prime con¬ 
dition according to guaranty. 
The board of directors of the Chase Nursery Co., Riverside, Cal., 
will meet at the residence of E. A. Chase, October 1 st, to decide upon 
a proposition to increase the capital stock from $ 50,000 to $ 100,000 in 
shares of $ 100 . Harry B. Chase is secretary. The other directors are 
Martin A. Chase, Augusta Chase and Mary H. Chase. 
Hong anb Short. 
F. H. Teats, Williamson, N. Y., has Columbian raspberries. 
Apple, pear, peach and grapes at W. C. Reed’s, Vincennes, Ind. 
Transplanted loganberry is wanted by William Fell & Co., Hexham, 
England. 
Madam Plantier roses are offered by the Griffing Brothers Co., Jack¬ 
sonville, Fla. 
Josiah A. Roberts, Malvern, Pa., has, as usual, a fine lot of orna¬ 
mental stock. 
Half a million fine grade apple seedlings are offered by W. A. Wat¬ 
son, Normal, Ill. 
Grape vines are a specialty at the nurseries of the T. S. Hubbard Co., 
Fredonia, N. Y. 
Apple seedlings and standard nursery stock are for sale by McNary 
& Gaines, Xenia, O. 
Buds of Climax and Sultan plums and of the Clifton peach at H. S. 
Wiley’s, Cayuga, N. Y. 
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la., present in another column a surplus 
list of general nursery stock. 
John Palmer & Son, Ltd., Annan, Scotland, offer a fine list of 
maples, spruce, rhodendrons, etc. 
Stephen Hoyt’s Sons, New Canaan, Conn., have October Purple 
plum, forest trees and shrubbery. 
James Vick’s Sons, Rochester, N.Y., offer tulips, crocus, lilies, hya¬ 
cinths, Japan Iris and Japan fern balls. 
Asparagus, peach trees and cherry trees may be had of the West 
Jersey Nursery Company, Bridgeton, N. J. 
Hoopes, Brother & Thomas, West Chester, Pa , call attention to their 
complete trade list. Stock was never finer. 
Ornamental trees, of extra size, and a fine lot of ornamental shrubs 
are offered by Nelson Bogue, Batavia, N. Y. 
Sixty thousand apple trees, f and f, two year buds, aud other stock 
at J. G. Patterson & Sons’, Stewartstown, Pa. 
The Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y., have an attractive 
wholesale list. A complete fruit and ornamental stock. 
The W. & T. Smith Co , Geneva, N. Y., have a full assortment of 
nursery stock. Special attention is given to dealers’ lists. 
Apple grafts and apple seedlings, pears, cherries and gooseberries 
may be had at the Shenandoah Nurseries, Shenandoah, la. 
Nebraska-grown apple seedlings, heavy, well-graded stock, and 
forest tree seedlings are specialties with J. A. Gage, Beatrice, Neb. 
Maples, magnolias, lindens, catalpas, nut trees, evergreens, apricots, 
cherries, etc., are to be had of Rakestraw & Pyle, Willowdale, Pa. 
An entomologist’s certificate will go witli all shipments by A. Willis, 
Ottawa, Kan. He has a general line of nursery stock, grapes, apple 
stocks, etc. 
Peach pits, genuine mountain naturals, are in the stock of the J. Van 
Lindley Nursery Company, Pomona, N. C. Sixty thousand bushels 
are offered. 
J G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md., offer a complete list of buds of 
peaches, plums and apples ; also Keiffer pear buds, all cut by experi¬ 
enced help. 
Honey and Black Locust seedlings and Osage Orange hedge plants 
of high grade are offered by the well knowm hedge grower, A. E. 
Windsor, Havana, Ill. 
George Achelis, West Chester, Pa., offers peach, Norway maple, 
Carolina poplar, arbor vitse, Irish juniper and Osage orange, besides a 
general line of stock. 
The Phoenix Nursery Company. Bloomington, Ill., are growers of a 
general line of fruit and ornamental trees and greenhouse plants; 600 
acres; 13 greenhouses. 
Apple, pear and cherry in car lots, including Kieffer pear, azalea, 
tree roses, rhododendrons, pyramidal arbor vitse, are the inducements 
presented by George Peters & Co., Troy, O. 
George S. Josselyn, Fredonia, N. Y., the introducer of Campbell’s 
Early grape, Josselyn gooseberry and the Fay currant, makes a 
specialty of grape vines, currants and gooseberries. 
At the Painesville Nurseries, Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O., 
can be obtained everything for the nurseryman and florist, fruit and 
ornamental trees, grape vines, small fruits, shrubs, roses, bulbs, hardy 
and greenhouse plants, etc. 
Ellwanger & Barry announce the largest and most complete collec¬ 
tions of nursery stock ever offered, the most approved varieties of fruit 
trees, new and old, grape vines, raspberries, etc.; also superb collec¬ 
tions of ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, etc. 
