THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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Va., and for many years was a large producer of small fruits, 
being a pioneer in that industry directly after the war. He 
entered largely into vineyard cultivation of native grapes and 
the propagation of grape vines. During the French phyllox¬ 
era scare in 1872-3 he was able to supply the demand for large 
quanties of American resistant stocks in the form of rooted 
vines and cuttings for export. He went to the Pacific coast 
in 1890. 
PROFESSOR JOHNSON’S ENDORSEMENT. 
Professor W. G. Johnson, state entomologist of Maryland, 
writes as follows from College Park, Md.: 
“ I have read with much interest the proceedings of the 
American Association of Nurserymen given in the last issue of 
your journal. I am particularly gratified at the outcome of 
the report of the committee on legislation. The proposed 
bill which received the unanimous endorsement of the conven¬ 
tion is, I believe, one that will meet the approval of all 
thorough-going horticulturists and nurserymen. 
“From what information I have gathered so far from nursery¬ 
men and from growers of this state, I feel assured that the bill 
will not meet any opposition from this section when it is pre¬ 
sented to congress for passage. So far as I am concerned 
personally, the bill has my en<iorsement and I shall work for 
its passage, with such minor alterations as conditions might 
seem to necessitate.” 
PLANTED BY ROBERT DOUGLAS. 
Charles H. Douglas, son of the late Robert Douglas, at 
Waukegan, Ill., writes: “ I wish to give you some measure¬ 
ments of trees on the old homestead planted by my father 45 
or 50 years ago. One that I refer to now is a Norway Spruce 
standing on sandy soil with no fertilizers used to induce 
growth. I have not accurate measure of height, but judge it 
to be about 50 feet. It measures eight feet around trunk, 
three feet from the ground, but the most remarkable is the 
measure from tip to tip of branches near the ground, which is 
54 feet. The lower branches rest on ground and are over 25 
feet long. 
“ Think of such a tree measuring 54 feet each way and 
branched to the ground and tapering gradually to a point 
at top. It is still thrifty and growing as fast as when young. 
It must be a mistake in calling the Norway a short-lived tree 
in this country,” 
AMERICAN STOCK BARRED OUT. 
Sir Hercules Robinson, governor of Cape Colony, has issued 
proclamation relating to the importation of nursery stock into 
the colony which provides that stock must be inspected with 
regard to insects and disease, and when necessary disinfected 
or destroyed. Section 5 of the proclamation reads as follows: 
“ The importation or introduction of any stone fruit tree or 
any fruit scion, cutting, graft, root or seed, the growth or pro¬ 
duce thereof, from the United States of America or the 
Dominion of Canada, is hereby absolutely prohibited, and 
anyone importing or introducing such fruit trees, or other ar¬ 
ticle, the growth or produce thereof, as aforesaid, shall, upon 
conviction, be subject to the penalty provided in the body of 
this proclamation ; and in addition thereto, the fruit tree or 
other article imported shall forthwith be destroyed.” 
These regulations do not apply to canned or preserved 
fruits. Only such grape vines as the government of the Cape 
Colony shall designate may be imported. 
Thomas W. Bowman & Son, Rochester, N. Y., writes: “We 
think you should take great praise for the efforts you put forth 
in getting the bill introduced into congress in regard to the 
inspection of stock, etc , as we believe that it has been through 
your efforts this was accomplished.” 
Professor N. E. Hanson, of the horticultural department 
of the South Dakota Agricultural College is on a summer 
tour through North Russia and Siberia in search of fruits and 
ornamentals for the northwestern part of this country. The 
professor was appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, 
as special agent to make this tour. He will be absent all the 
summer and fall. 
When the St. Louis convention was discussing the subject 
of the meeting place for 1898, it was suggested that if Omaha 
were selected, it would soon be asked that the Association 
hold a meeting in the Hawaiian Islands ! Well here is a 
starter. Leonard Coates, Napa, California, asks: “The 
American Association of Nurserymen holds its next convention 
at Omaha. Why should we not endeavor to get the 1899 con¬ 
vention in California ? ” 
The Fruit Growers' Journal, published by A. M. DuBois 
at Cobden, III, severely criticised the proposed Illinois state 
insect bill, as did Our Horticultural Visitor, published by E. 
G. Mendenhall, Kinmundy, Ill. The former publishes the 
federal bill prepared at St. Louis by the nurserymen and says: 
“ The proposed bill for enactment by congress to check the 
ravages of the San Jose scale, is a very different affair from 
that which an attempt was made to have enacted into law by 
the Illinois Legislature. The national bill is in the interest of 
the horticulturist.” 
Professor Frederick W. Mally, Hulen, Tex., general 
manager and secretary-treasurer of the Galveston Nursery and 
Orchard Co., and formerly assistant entomologist of the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture, writes: “I beg to congratulate you 
upon the liberal stand you have taken with reference to the 
agitation of the federal bill intended to regulate the distribu¬ 
tion of injurious insects and fungi. 
“ The discussion of this question in your journal has been 
watched in detail by the members of our company and the 
manner in which it has been conducted has made it worth 
many times the price of subscription both to us and to some 
of our friends in the North.” 
INDISPENSABLE TO NURSERYMEN. 
T. C. Thurlow, West Newberry, Mass. —Enclosed please find 
for the National Nurseryman for two years, commencing June 1, 
1897. I consider the National Nurseryman a very valuable journal, 
indispensable to every nurseryman. 
