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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
TO AN APPLE 
1 hou gorgeous globe of luscious happiness! 
Within thy spheric confines thou dost hold 
More riches than the fabled fruit of gold 
That Hercules secured through bitter stress. 
Beneath thy rind, deep-hued, thou dost compress 
Matured perfections, sweet and manifold 
For Spring, and Summer, and the Autumn's cold 
Have all conspired to give thee mellowness. 
'Ihe breath of June, the scent of new-mown hay. 
The dews of night, the tints of breaking morn, 
The hum of bees among the blooms of May, 
Tbe West Wind’s music ’mongst the tasseled corn— 
As to thy core I make my juicy way 
These joys I find, and taste of bliss reborn. 
Albert L. Smaller. 
TREE SEEDS 
Large assortment of Tree, Shrub and Fruit 
Seeds for ornamental and forestry pur¬ 
poses. Send for catalogue. 
CONYERS B. FLEU, Jr. 
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Roses New and Roses Old 
SUMMER GROWN ON OWN ROOTS 
1 inch for lining out 4 inch for short lists 
-tfTfff I F F n I F /LORAL COMPANY®! 
LLLULL rSPRINQriCLD-OHlO- J 
ROSES GANNAS SHRUBBERY 
Conard & Jones Co. West Grove, Pa. 
The Southern Fruit Grower says: u We Americans who 
may be complaining about dull business should be thank¬ 
ful that we are not mixed up in this great conflict, and 
be thankful too that we are enjoying peace if not pros¬ 
perity. It is far more desirable to live economically than 
to be compelled to go out and be a target to be shot at. 
But we sometimes wonder what becomes of the hundreds 
of unemployed and on what do they subsist during dull 
times. Look at growing crops, the wild grasses and the 
trees in the forest for the answer. What do they do for 
moisture in an extreme drouth? The leaves close their 
pores, which reduces evaporation of moisture to a mini¬ 
mum; they become inconspicuous, look rather ragged, 
but when the rains finally come a few days and they have 
their normal appearance. So it is with humanity. In 
times of depression, when incomes are reduced to a frac¬ 
tion. or eliminated entirely, the man finds many things he 
has regarded as necessities of life become luxuries, and 
these are eliminated. All other expenses are reduced to 
a minimum, and when good times reappear within a few 
months or years, like plants and trees, he is living in the 
normal customs of life. 
GRAPE CUTTINGS 
Chas. C. Nash, Three Rivers and Kalamazoo, Mich. 
— pTouwerkerk, 
No. 216 Jane St., Weehawken Heights, Hoboken, N. J. 
Rhododendrons, Clematis, H. P. Roses, Hardy Azaleas, 
Paeonies, Magnolias, Box Trees, Fancy Conifers, Hydrangeas and 
Shrubs, our specialties at our HOLLAND NURSERIES. Some of 
the goods on hand here during the packing season. 
GREEN NURSERY COT 
Garner, N. C. 
We offer a general variety of MULBERRY 
TREES at the lowest wholesale prices. Write 
for our trade lists and let us send you samples. 
Please discontinue our ad. for rose plants as we are 
entirely sold out. 
Joy Floral Company. 
“I want the “N. N.” as I take great pleasure in looking 
through its pages. R. E. Tyler, 
St. Paul, Minn. 
40 AGUES s p°erb. to p s ro: 
gressive, Americus and other best 
everbearers. Get acquainted 
offer for testing. Send us lOo 
for mailing expense, and we 
will send you 6 high quality 
everbearing plants (worth $1) 
and guarantee them to fruit all 
summer and fall, or money 
refunded. Catalogue with his¬ 
tory FREF if you write today. 
THE FARDNER NURSERY CO 
Box 162 OSAG •, IOWA 
“THE MONTHLY SUMMARY OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE” FOR NOV. 1914, GIVES THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF 
IMPORTS OF PLANTS, TREES, SHRUBS AND VINES. 
ARTICLES 
NOVEMBER- 
1913 
1914 
Quantity 
Value 
Quantity 
Value 
Plants, trees, shrubs and vines : 
Bulbs, bulbous roots, or corms, cul¬ 
tivated for their flowers or foliage 
.M. dut... 
All other.f , 
l dut.... 
T otal. 
24,834 
311,491 
58 
176,852 
14,972 
203,677 
100 
153,846 
488,401 
357,623 
ELEVEN MONTHS ENDING NOVEMBER— 
1912 
1913 
1914 
Quantity 
Value 
Quantity 
Value 
Quantity 
Value 
286,618 
1,727,505 
13,158 
1,181,339 
197,132 
1,868,088 
14,042 
1,316,050 
219,149 
2,060,838 
12,757 
1,299,798 
2,922,002 
3,198,180 
3,373,393 
