THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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the latter announcement does not bring a variety properly before the 
horticultural world, and that it cannot constitute a “publication.” 
The difficulty arises in drawing the line. Such a line cannot be pre¬ 
scribed here in terms which will prove universally satisfactory ; but it 
will be safe to say that any variety name may be considered published 
when it is given in connection with a true description in a catalogue 
which bears the date of its publication, and which is generally dis¬ 
tributed among nurserymen, fruit growers, and horticulturists. 
THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. 
Perhaps an outcome of the international conference at 
Quebec may be the withdrawal by Canada of the prohibition 
on United States trees and shrubs. Certainly this subject 
should be brought to the attention of the American commis¬ 
sioners by the nurserymen of the states. Sir Wilfrid Laurier 
insists that all questions must be settled. 
ATTRACTIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
The present issue of the National Nurserymen is a 
good indication of the return of confidence in business circles. 
Its advertising columns bristle with attractive announcements, 
and wants must be hard, indeed, to fill if the selection cannot 
be made from this issue. 
Our advertisers constitute practically a complete list of the 
most prominent nurserymen of this country as well as a num¬ 
ber in foreign lands. We believe they offer the cream of the 
stock, and we bespeak for them the success which their efforts 
deserve. 
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 
The fourteenth annual meeting of the Society of American 
Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists was held at Omaha, 
August 16th—19th. Mayor Moore’s welcome was followed 
by President Gude’s address. There were a number of papers, 
reports and a trade exhibition. W. N. Rudd, of Chicago, was 
elected president; Philip Breitmeyer, of Detroit, vice-presi¬ 
dent ; William J. Stewart, of Boston, secretary ; H. N. Beatty, 
of Oil City, Pa , treasurer. The society will meet in Detroit 
next year. 
A SCALE SUGGESTION. 
Every reputable nurseyman, says a writer in an exchange, is 
watching his stock with the utmost care and destroying or 
treating everything infested in the slightest degree, and will 
ship nothing which is not known to be absolutely free from 
San Jose scale. Experiments prove that fumigation with 
hydrocyanic gas will destroy all insect pests. This is a some¬ 
what difficult process for growing stock but becomes a very 
simple one after the trees are dug. Every nurseryman, there¬ 
fore, can readily and at small cost make absolutely certain that 
nothing which he is lending out is infested. 
Let a severe penalty, therefore, be provided against the ship¬ 
ment or sale of infested stock and give the buyer, as well as 
the state, the right of action for recovery of the penalty. Pro¬ 
vide for the immediate quarantine and thorough treatment of 
nurseries in which any stock is infested and for the destruc¬ 
tion of the stock, when so badly infested as to be necessary. 
These provisions will call a halt on the careless and unscrupu¬ 
lous dealer who is really the only one to be feared. 
A LAND WITHOUT A NURSERY. 
Nurserymen who complain of the results of competition 
may be surprised to learn that in a certain part of United 
States territory there is not a single nursery. The Rural 
Ne 7 t> Yorker publishes a letter from C. E. Haskins of Oregon 
to Professor H E. Van Deman, in which the writer detailing 
his experiences in the Hawaiian islands says : 
A German horticulturist took to me, and we went all over the 
islands together. I formed the acquaintance of all the officials in the 
agricultural and pomological departments, and saw all of their many 
kinds of fruits, nuts, plants, etc. I found them all very interesting, 
hut must say that I w T as surprised to find that there was no such thing 
as a nursery such as we have, in all the Hawaiian Islands. No fruits 
are grafted or budded, as we do in the United States. They simply 
plant the seeds and trust to luck, just as our grandfathers did with the 
old seedling apple orchards. I did some budding of oranges, and 
grafted some mango trees, and found it as easily performed and assure 
as at home, if everything was properly handled, and at the right time. 
Fruits vary from seed here as elsewhere, and I found some of the 
finest individual varieties among the mango trees as well as among 
other fruits. But after learning all I could, I do not think it would 
pay to grow anything in the fruit line, and ship it over 2,000 miles to 
market; but for home use, it would pay to grow better fruits. 
All kinds of fruits can be had twelve months in the year—Papaya, 
pineapple, banana, custard apple, mango, orange, lemon, fig, palms of 
all kinds, strawberry, water lemon and many other fruits, and in num¬ 
berless varieties. 
ICED STRAWBERRIES. 
T. J. Dwyer, Orange County, N. Y., gives in the Rural New 
Yorker the following description of a plan for extending the 
strawberry season : 
The plants were set in June, 1897, and were pot-grown plants that 
had been kept in cold storage. They were fruited in a small way in 
September of that year, so that this is their second year of fruiting. 
Mr. Dwyer thinks that they would bear even more fruit next year than 
they did this. The plants were covered last fall, after the ground had 
frozen, with about two inches of corn stalks and other litter. There 
was one foot of snow on the ground January 22, when they began 
putting on the first layer of ice, which was 16 inches in thickness. The 
second layer of ice was 14 inches thick. This work was finished 
February 5. Thus there were 2^ feet of ice on the plants. To be exact, 
it took 680 tons of ice to cover the quarter of an acre. On top of this 
ice, were put 7| tons of buckwheat straw, etc., or a covering about 
eight to ten inches deep. This was put on between February 15 and 
27, and nothing further was done until my first visit April 14, when as 
before stated, an examination of the plants was made, and everything 
looked favorable. 
May 20, one row was uncovered and, of course, the fruit from this 
row ripened some time before the rest of the rows. The covering of 
straw was removed a little at a time, making six separate jobs of this 
work. On June 23, all the straw with some small pieces of ice on 
different portions of the patch was removed. The ground was then 
mulched. The first ripe fruit was picked from the Marshall July 16. 
August 8, the ground was quite free from weeds. 
A bed of strawberries 20 feet square will give plenty of fruit for a 
good-sized family. If one has a bed of this size, of course in addition 
to the bed for the regular fruiting period, and 25 tons of ice, he can 
have strawberries for three months. Use one layer of ice for the early 
retarded fruit, two layers for the second early, and three layers for the 
very late fruit. What the cost of icing these plants will be will de¬ 
pend entirely on circumstances. Often the conditions are such that it 
can be done for $10, and I would name $25 as the highest cost. 
M. J. Graham, Adel. Iowa. —“ Herewith find one dollar in pay¬ 
ment of my subscription. The National Nurseryman is all right, 
and is indispensable to the nurserymen who would keep up with the 
procession.” 
