THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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among (Browers anb IDealers. 
R. H. Macklin, Stevens Point, Wis., has entered the nursery business 
at Marshfield, Wis. 
It is stated that J. E. Smith, Ridley Park, Pa., is about to retire from 
the nursery business. 
J. A. Titus and G. N. Titus conduct the Titus Nursery, one mile 
northwest of Nemaha, Neb. 
E. Moody & Sons, Lockport, N. Y., were prize winners at the fruit 
exhibit at the Paris Exposition. 
Peters and Skinner, North Topeka, Ivan., have added to their nursery 
by the purchase of 87 acres of laud. 
Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y., are building two new r green¬ 
houses for the growth of hardy roses. 
E. S. Mayo is associated with J. G. Glen in the management of the 
Glenwmod Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
James McHutchinson, representing August Rhotert, New York 
City, sailed for Europe September 29 th. 
Many seeds of the red and white spruce trees are being collected at 
North Creek, Colo., for eastern nurserymen. 
George A. Sweet, Dansville, N. Y., has been elected a trustee for 
three years of the local cemetery association. 
F. G. Laeverenz, of the Acme Nursery, Galveston, Tex., lost nursery 
stock to the amount of $750 in the great storm. 
The dutiable imports of plants, shrubs and vines amounted to $111,- 
124 in August, 1900 , against $ 111,546 in August, 1899 . 
It is reported that London capitalists propose to grow fruit in the 
Soudan, Africa ; that fruit trees have been shipped there. 
From December 15 tli until March 1 st, correspondence to Myer& Son. 
Bridgeville, Del., Nurseries, should be addressed to Bartow, Fla. 
S. D. Willard has accepted the position of manager of the horti. 
cultural exhibit of the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, next year. 
Hawkins Brothers, nurserymen, Minneapolis, Minn., have dissolved 
partnership. A. A. Hawkins has established a nurseries at Chowen, 
Minn. 
S. B. Davis, Jackson, Mich , referring to the Willet peach, says a 
seedling late peach in that city bears excellent fruit, ripening October 
5 th to lOtli. 
Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Mo., are of the opinion that the Lincoln 
Coreless and the Pound Pear are identical. M. J. Graham, Adel, la., 
coinckh s in this view. 
II. C. Rolison is vice-president of the Texas Nursery and Floral Co., 
Sherman, Tex., of which E. W. Kirkpatrick is the president. C. C. 
Mayhewis secretary and treasurer. 
Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., made an extensive display of 
fruit, under the direction of William C. Barry, at the American Insti¬ 
tute, in New York City, last month. 
F. W. Taylor, of the Pan-American Exposition, Department of Hor¬ 
ticulture, sailed for Paris, France, on October 11 th, to secure the most 
desirable novelties shown at the Paris Exposition. 
Tliaddeus N. Yates, Philadelphia, has purchased the entire nursery 
business of his brother, the late David G. Yates, and will continue it. 
The Mount Airy Nurseries were established in 1869 . 
. The Northern Pacific Railroad Company last spring planted 530,000 
trees along its right of way in North Dakota, and is planning to plant 
300,000 in 1901 . Oscar H. Will, of Bismarck, is directing the work. 
State horticultural societies have announced annual meetings as fol¬ 
lows: Maine, at Norway, November 13 - 14 ; Missouri, at Farmington, 
December 4 - 6 ; Kansas, at Topeka, December 27 - 29 ; Michigan, at 
Grand Rapids, December 4 - 6 ; Indiana, Indianapolis, Dec. 18 20 . 
The Hermoso Orange Company has been incorporated to grow, buy, 
sell, and deal in oranges ; principal place of business, Riverside, Cal. 
Directors: E A. Chase, F. F. Chase, H. B. Chase, M. A. Chase, F. M. 
Heath, B. B. Bush, H. T. Hays, all of Riverside. Capital stock, 
$ 100 , 000 . 
At the Michigan State Fair several nurserymen made large exhibits 
of fruit and ornamental trees, and showed a number of their promising 
specialties. Among them were Greening Bros., I. E. Ilgenfrilz's Sons, 
West Michigan Nurseries, and Rusted & Son. 
Contracts for trees and plants for the Pittsburg parks, to the amount 
of $ 11 , 000 , were awarded to A. E. Crouch, Rochester, Pa.; Thomas 
Meehan & Sons, Germantown, Pa ; Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. 
Y.; and the Andorra Nurseries, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. 
Dui ing 1899 imports of nursery stock into the U. S. were as follows: 
From Belgium, $ 130 , 864 ; France, $ 122 , 739 ; Germany, $ 63 , 229 ; Italy, 
$ 11 , 421 ; Netherlands, $ 286 , 797 ; United Kingdom, $ 49 , 523 ; Bermuda, 
$ 38 , 424 ; Canada, $ 1 , 678 ; Hong Kong, $ 3 , 212 ; Japan, $ 41 , 748 . 
The Smyrna fig wasp has been at last established in George C. Roed- 
ing’sorchard at Fresno, Cal., and there is no longer a question concern- 
n g the success of the Smyrna fig. Mr. Roeding reports that a great 
number of the insects have got down to business on his fig trees and the 
outcome is most satisfactory. 
Charles P. Lounsbury, chief entomologist of the department of agri¬ 
culture of the Colony of Cape Town, South Africa, is making the 
rounds of Southern California in the interest of his people, studying 
insect pests and parasites. He brought with him a colony of the Scu- 
tellista cyanea, a parasite for the black scale. 
The nursery firm of II. -I. Weber & Sons Co. formed a combination 
with some neighboring vegetable and grain growers, under the style of 
Boles, Reeder & Weber, arid nearly made a clean sweep of the pren i 
urns in the fruit, grain and vegetable departments, taking over 80 pre¬ 
miums. For display of fruits, they took the sweepstake, amounting to 
$ 75 , being also second in the vegetable sweepstakes, and others.— Flo¬ 
rist’s Exchange. 
The government of Tasmania, according to the Agricultural Gazette 
of New South Wales, has issued a proclamation prohibiting the intro¬ 
duction of all fruit trees, cuttings, scions, buds, and grafts of fruit 
trees, and the barbary, linden, euonymus, grape-vine, maple, acacias, 
rose, strawberry, raspberry, hawthorne, ash, gooseberry, currant, 
honeysuckle, lilac, privet, begonia, elm, oak. birch, alder, chestnut, 
willow and poplar, or cuttings, scions, buds, and grafts of any of the 
same. 
ELLWANGER & BARRY'S PRIZE. 
Special mention is made of the exhibit of 118 varieties of 
pears by Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., at the Paris 
Exposition. This firm won first prize—a gold medal diploma. 
Following is the report of the award : 
Uniled States Commission to Ihe Paris Exposition of 1900 , United States 
Section, Palace of Horticulture. 
Parts, Sept. 27 , 1900 . 
Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y.: 
Dear Sirs I have the pleasure of informing you that the jury of 
awards, class 45 , group VIII, horticulture, have just awarded you a 
first prize, a gold medal diploma, for your very fine exhibit of 118 va¬ 
rieties of pears. They gave ihe exhibit twenty points, the highest 
number given for first prize. Your fruitarrived in excellent condition, 
having been carefully packed—not more than five specimens spoiled in 
the lot. They are shown on a table especially^ constructed for them, 
and are the center of attraction of our fruit exhibit that is now- much 
finer than at any time since the opening. The jury, to some of whom 
3 r ou are well known, were much pleased with the grand show your 
pears are making. Mr. Baltet spoke of you in high praise. 
With hearty congratulations for your success, and many thanks for 
the interest you have taken in this matter, I am 
Yours truly, 
G. B. Brackett, 
Expert in Horticulture for the United States Commission." 
SURELY A GOOD ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 
The Titus Nursery, Nemaha, Neb., October 20, 1900. —“Please 
change our ad. per enclosed. We have entirely sold out on apple 
seedlings and could have sold out as many more. We are still receiv¬ 
ing many inquiries for seedlings. The National Nurseryman is 
surely a good advertising medium. ” 
