THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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Hiram T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J., has an assortment of im¬ 
ported fruit and ornamental seedlings which have just arrived. 
Small evergreen plants by the million, the best sizes for 
stocking nurseries, are offered by C. h. Whitney, Warren, Ohio. 
The Georgia Experiment Station publishes as a bulletin a 
paper read by G. H. Miller, Rome, Ga., on the subject of peach 
culture. 
Raffia, direct from the packers in Madagascar, of the best 
white quality, braided, is offered by Andre L. Causse, New 
York city. 
Kieffer pear trees in car lots or less, native plum trees and 
French fruit tree stocks are offered by W. A. Watson & Co., 
Normal, Ill. 
The Spaulding Nursery Co., Spaulding, Ill., offer a general 
line of nursery stock. Their line of fruit trees and plants is 
especially complete. 
In exchange for 10,000 raspberries and 1,000 Wachusetts 
blackberries, D. H. Patty, Geneva, N. Y., will exchange stand¬ 
ard and dwarf pears. 
Spraying is becoming more and more popular as its advant¬ 
ages are known. The Deming Co., Salem, Ohio, offer pumps 
for all spraying purposes. 
The Jackson County Nursery Co., Lee Summit, Mo., has 
been incorporated; capital, $5,000. Incorporators are Frank 
K. Graves, N. C. Cowherd and E. H. Graves. 
Bargains in currants and gooseberries, magnolias, poplars. 
Diamond and Pocklington grapes and other fruit stock are 
offered by the H. E. Hooker Co., Rochester, N. Y. 
Albertson & Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind , cites many reasons 
why the Pomona currant is the best specialty for agents for 
1897 and 1898. They have a large stock. 
Francis Fell, who was at the head of the Hale Farm Nurseries, 
Tottenham, England, died December 27th. He was a mem¬ 
ber of the well-known Hexham family of nurserymen. 
The heavy blocks of shrubbery of Hoopes Bro. & Thomas, 
West Chester, Pa., are second to none in this country, both in 
extent and variety, and the quality is above the average. 
A splendid stock of roses, clematis, rhododendrons, Am- 
pelopsis Veitchii, Industry Gooseberries, Columbian rasp¬ 
berries, quinces and peaches is offered by W. & T. Smith Co., 
Geneva, N. Y. 
T. C. Thurlow, of the Cherry Hill Nursery, West Newbury, 
Mass., is spending the winter with his friend, J. Van Bindley 
at the famous Van Bindley peach orchard of 400 acres, at 
Southern Pines, N. C. 
The well-known Andre Leroy Nurseries, Angers, France, 
represented by Andre L. Causse, New York city, offer as 
usual a fine line of Myrobolans, Mahalebs, Manetti rose 
stocks, pear, quince, etc. 
Japan plums and June-budded peach are specialties which 
the Griffin Brothers Co., Macclenny, Fla., are handling in 
large quantities for the coming spring. The stock will be in 
Philadelphia this month. 
D. Hill, Dundee, III, has secured the services of O. 
W. Rich of Atlantic, Iowa, to manage his retail department. 
Mr. Rich is well-known among western nurserymen, and very 
successful in the growing and handling of evergreens. 
An enviable position is that of Ellwanger & Barry, Roch¬ 
ester, which needs no endorsement other than that long ac¬ 
corded by the entire nursery trade. Their stock of fruit and 
ornamental trees and shrubbery includes the entire list. 
The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio, in its 41st 
year, with 1,000 acres and 29 greenhouses is equipped in the 
fullest extent to handle orders of any size for any kind of 
nursery stock. In extent, variety and quality their stock can¬ 
not be excelled. 
A H. Griesa, Lawrence, Kan., is in the thirtieth year of his 
career as a nurseryman in Kansas. He would like from all 
who have grown the Kansas raspberry, which was introduced 
by him, a postal card containing a statement of its merits and 
a comparison with other blackcaps. 
Wallace Mackay, who recently completed the twenty-fifth 
year of his service as manager of the Royal Nurseries, Exeter, 
England, was presented an illustrated address and and a silver 
cigar box by his fellow employees, and a silver salver and a 
check for ^^25 by P. Veitch. 
For ornamental stock the well-known firm of Thomas Meehan 
& Sons, Germantown, Pa., has an enviable reputation. Their 
stock is of the highest quality and it includes everything that 
can be desired. At present they have an especially large stock 
of shrubs in sizes suitable for lining out in nursery rows or for 
shipping direct to the retail trade. 
The precise varieties to plant depend largely upon locality, 
but the general principles of fruit growing are the same every¬ 
where. They are being ably presented at horticultural con¬ 
ventions this winter by S. D. Willard, one of the most experi¬ 
enced and intelligent horticulturists for which Western New 
York is famous, says the Orange Judd Farmer. 
The famous nursery and seed business known all over the 
world as “ Veitch’s” is following the example of many other 
large commercial houses and will shortly be floated as a limited 
liability company, says W. Watson of London, in Garden and 
Forest. Harry Veitch will act as director-chairman, and his 
nephew, James H. Veitch, will be managing director. 
The largest and most complete assortment of two-year 
standard pear trees in the state is offered this season by Irving 
Rouse, proprietor of the Lake View Nurseries, Rochester. In 
addition Mr. Rouse has a large stock of dwarf pear, cherry 
and plum and a surplus of Champion quince ; also gooseberries 
of the popular kinds, ornamental stock and a fine line of 
imported stocks and seedlings ready for immediate shipment. 
If it is worth anything to keep in touch with your fellow 
nurserymen from coast to coast and from gulf to lakes, to see 
their faces, to read their records, and to hear their opinions, 
is it not worth $i ? Subscribe now for The National 
Nurseryman. 
DO NOT want to MISS AN ISSUE. 
J. Bagby & Sons’ Co., New Haven Nurseries, New Haven, Mo. 
—“Enclosed find §1 to pay for The National Nurseryman. We 
do not want to miss a single issue.” 
CANNOT DO WITHOUT IT. 
G. H. Miller «& Son Excelsior Nurseries, Rome, Ga.—“W e 
enclose |1 for The National Nurseryman for 1897. We cannot do 
without it.” 
WHAT THIS ADVERTISEMENT DID. 
E. C. Williams, Zanesfield, O.—“My advertisement was to run 
two months. It sold all my trees on the first insertion.” 
