rHE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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The Spring Hill nurseries, Peter Bohlender & Son, at 
Tippecanoe City, Ohio, are filling orders for 20,000 fruit 
trees from the Mexican government. The orders were re¬ 
ceived by telegraph. The trees will replace trees de¬ 
stroyed by the internal disturbances that have agitated 
Mexico for years. 
Alvia G. Gray, Salem, Indiana, is specializing on his 
liew peach, “The Golden Gem.” 
PRESERVATIVE ON HUNTSVILLE CAR, 
Car weighed as follows: 
Gross 68,300 
Tare 44,000 
Net 24,300 
Allowance for preservative. 6,140 
Final Net.18,160 
Preservative allowance of 6,140 figured at 57V2C the 
rate from Huntsville to Neosho would net a saving of 
$35.31—and still they say, Sizemore included, there is 
nothing to our preservative allowance—looks to me like 
it is worth while. C. E. Buehner. 
HOW TO EXAMINE SOIL. 
An experienced plantsman can almost tell by the look 
and feel of soil if it is in good condition and suitable for 
his purpose. He knows the requirements of the differ¬ 
ent plants and tries to give them what they need, as he 
knows this has an important bearing on results. 
Many nurserymen would have located their nurseries 
differently if they had had the knowledge gained by 
costly experience at the time they started in business. A 
sandy or gravelly soil takes all the profit purchasing 
manure and applying water. Soils that are too heavy 
and wet cost so much to bring them into a good tilth and 
have to be handled very carefully to keep them there. A 
nurseryman cannot always choose time and weather to 
work his land, he has to get on the land be it wet or dry, 
as the season or his customers will not wait for him. A 
soil that will bake like a brick may be a good soil for 
growing crops when they become established but it is a 
poor nursery soil. 
The ideal soil is a good depth of free loam resting on a 
subsoil of sand or gravel, such a soil will hold moisture 
and plant food and yet be well drained. It will not dry 
out in summer or be too cold and wet in winter. 
To gain an idea of the physical condition of the soil a 
cubic foot should be taken and weighed, this multiplied 
by 43,560 will give the weight per acre, then if a small 
portion is taken say 16 ounces and thoroughly dried out 
and weighed again it will be an easy matter to compute 
the moisture held in suspension per acre. 
If the sample is then thoroughly baked over a fire until 
all organic matter is burnt out some idea of the humus 
content will be arrived at. Then by passing through a 
sieve and weighing the small stones and gravel if any, it 
will give the proportion. 
The finer soil should be mixed with water in a glass 
vessel and thoroughly stirred up, the fine clayey particles 
will be suspended in the water, making it muddy, leaving 
lh ^ sand and grit at the bottom. Pour this off and allow 
it to settle, when the water may be poured off and the 
residue dried and weighed, thus giving the proportion of 
gravel, humus, clay and sand. 
M. ROSTER & SONS 
Boskoop’s Largest Nurseries 
BoshooU HOLLAND 
Canada Unleached Hardwood Ashes 
The best, cheapest and most lasting fertilizer in the 
world. For prices delivered at your station, write 
GEORGE L. MUNROE, Oswego, N. Y. 
AT YOUR SERVICE TILL APRIL 15th. 
Our Mr. Henry Kallen has again arrived in order to make 
his annual call on the trade. Army service compels him to 
call earlier than usual. Kindly address all correspondence 
care of MALTUS & WARE, 14 Stone, New York. We solicit 
your further confidence and orders. 
KALLEN & LUNNEMANN, Boskoop, Holland 
“We have for sale this season 15,000 strong, healthy 
budded and grafted pecan trees, well developed roots; 
Stuart variety. Special wholesale prices.” 
LOUISIANA DELTA PECAN CO. 
R. C. Andrews, Sec’y-Treasurer 
MARSHALL, TEXAS. 
BLACK CURRANTS 
A quantity of Black Naples Currant and currant cuttings 
one and two years. 
W. B. COLE, - Painesville, Ohio 
60,000 Butternuts 1 to 4 feet 
100,000 Russian Mulberry 1 to 3 feet 
50,000 Catalpa Speciosa 1 to 3 feet 
Forest, Ornamental and Shade Trees Shrubs, Seeds, Etc. 
Low Prices 
RIVERVIEW NURSERY, 
McMinnville ... Tenn. 
LET ME QUOTE YOU ON 
TREE AND SHRUB SEED 
CONIFER AND ACORNS 
A SPECIALTY 
J. F. Von Hafften, Consulting Forester 
Winfield Junction, L. I., N. Y. 
APPLE SEED! 
Fresh Vermont Apple Seed for Immediate 
Shipment. 
fred McFarland, 
HYDE PARK - - - VERMONT 
One and 2-Year Old Concord Grapes 
Extra Fine, cheap by the 1000. 
California Privet and Berberry for Hedging. 
Ampelopsis Veitchi, 2 years, cheap in quantity. St. Regis Raspberry 
and all other Small Fruits, Etc. Send for Price List. 
CHAS. BLACK, HIGHTSTOWN, N. J. 
Hardy Ferns 7 named varieties 
Illustrated descriptive list mailed free. 
Ludvig Mosbaek, Ferndale, Askov, Minn. 
