THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
H. S. WILEY. 
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TEXAS SALES. 
Horace Scott Wiley whose likeness is herewith presented 
resides at Cayuga, N. Y., where he was born in 1852. He has 
the general oversight of the Cayuga Nurseries, of which he is 
half owner. These nurseries, now all under the control and 
ownership of Wiley & Co., were primarily established by 
Morse & Mersereau in 1847, just half a century ago. In the 
extensive fruit orchards and nurseries of these early founders 
Mr. Wiley served his apprenticeship and gained there the 
practical knowledge, which has been so htlpful to him in con¬ 
ducting his business. 
The stock distributed from these justly celebrated nurseries 
has brought to many homes an abundant harvest of delicious 
fruits all over this country. Their chief specialty has been 
the production of stock constitutionally strong, holding that 
trees, as well as men, have constitutions and that the parentage 
of a tree needs guarding in order 
to promote its vigor and fruitful¬ 
ness. This needs no argument to 
support it. It has brought to Messrs. 
Wiley & Co., scores of letters con¬ 
gratulating them on the principle 
adopted by them—having received 
endorsements by such noted men, 
as Professor Bailey, of Cornell Uni¬ 
versity ; F. E. Dawley, director farm¬ 
ers’ institutes ; E. G. Fowler, editor 
New York Farmer; George T. Powell, 
orchardist, Ghent, N. Y. 
As a side issue, during the past ten 
years, Wiley & Co., have made the 
importation of fruit tree stocks 
something of a specialty. 
The subject of this sketch is also a 
very enthusiastic member of the 
Western New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety. He has been on the executive 
committee for years and has had 
charge of this society’s fruit exhibit 
at the state fair every year but one, 
since they have competed for the 
$200 prize offered by the State Agri 
cultural Society, and every year but 
one has carried off first prize. His association in this connec¬ 
tion has placed him in touch with more members of this 
society perhaps than any other member. Secretary Hall 
excepted. And the knowledge he has gained by studying 
this marvelous exhibit year after year in a cotpparative way 
may be the envy of any one who has aspirations along those 
lines. 
Mr. Wiley is frequently called to different parts of the state 
to judge collections of fruit. There are few who are better 
qualified to do this work. 
Harrisons, at Berlin, Md , are offering some specialties, the 
Star strawberry, Mclntock peach, Columbian White aspara¬ 
gus roots, and offer to exchange peach trees, leading varieties, 
best grades, for apple, standard Keiffer pear, apple and 
plum seedlings. 
Austin, Texas, Nov. 14.—F. T. Ramsey, proprietor Austin 
Nursery: “I have just commenced filling orders and have 
nearly three times as many as last fall. I find I have less sec¬ 
ond grade trees than ever before. While we had a long sum¬ 
mer drouth, it rained in the spring during our best growing 
season, and trees were as large as I could desire by the lothof 
July and but few of them made a leaf after that date. The 
August rains started just a few, mostly plums. This gives ripe 
wood and the experience of past years makes it very desirable. 
About 75 per cent, of my trade is in peaches and plums. Of 
the latter I am growing a hundred varieties, but am barred 
from using any Gages, as they are practically worthless here. 
“ The extremely low price of cotton has caused a great 
many early orders to be countermanded. I have been fearing 
that delivering and collecting would be very hard, but reports 
from the few deliveries are quite 
favorable. 
“ The low price of cotton has a 
secondary effect that is favorable. 
It creates a desire to diversify crops 
and to produce home comforts at 
home, and so some buy trees who 
would not if cotton were a good 
price.” 
A TREE SALVE. 
For a tree wash for bruised bark, 
or where limbs have been sawed 
off, say Stephen Hoyt’s Sons, New 
Canaan, Conn., we sometiri es paint 
the wounds with gum shellac, which 
is quickly done ; yet we think a salve 
made of four parts of resin, two 
parts of beeswax and one part of 
tallow, melted together, poured into 
water and immediately worked as one 
would work molasses candy, and 
made up into rolls of, say, a half 
pound each, would be a good thing 
to have ready for such use. By 
holding it in the hand to soften up a 
little, greasing the fingers a little 
to keep it from sticking, and by pressing the thumb on 
a small lump it may be spread over a wound where it will re¬ 
main some time and keep out all moisture until the cut is 
healed over. If the wound be large, it may be necessary to 
repeat it in a year or two. This salve is the very best wax to 
use in grafting trees, we have ever tried. It is a good thing to 
have in the house for use at any time. It will keep for years. 
Soften it for use in the sun or on a stove. 
One hundred thousand hardy roses are offered by C. H. 
Joosten, importer for the Boskoop-Holland Nursery Associa¬ 
tion, 193 Greenwich street. New York. Notwithstanding the 
high tariff, Mr. Joosten is in a position to supply the trade at 
low rates. He has tree roses and extra hardy rhododendrons, 
hardy azaleas, strong-rooted clematis, standard and dwarf 
hydrangeas, snowballs, magnolias, etc. 
H. S. WILEY. 
