THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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The Program Committee of tlu^ Amerieaii Assoeiation 
of Nurserymen have deeided that soeiahiiity is as ('ssc'ii- 
tial for tlie success of the association as papcMS and dis¬ 
cussion on “Blister Bust” “San Jos(‘ Scale” and tlu' 
“Low price of Nursery stock,” and in their wisdom they 
have decreed that a “dinner” shall l)e given to the mem- 
h(*rs of th(‘ association, their wives, daughters and sweaM- 
hearts. Therefore arrangements foi- the dinner hav(' hec'n 
made. It will he held in the Motel Adelphia, Wednes¬ 
day evening, and it will he “some dinner.” 
Anyone can go to the Adelphia and buy a dinnei'. or to 
a Child’s restaurant and get a “sinker and a hot dog.” hut 
no one with intelligent foresight will miss the associa- 
PE'TER YOUNGERS, Geneva, Neb., 
Treasurer of the 
American Association of Nurserymen. 
tion dinner, or if he does his regrets will be keen and 
lasting. 
The Committee having the matter in charge, are not 
only providing the dinner, but realize that there must he 
something “doing” to atford amusemeid and to aid the 
digestion of the good things which will he provided. To 
this end Mr. W. F. Therkildson, advertising manager for 
W. Atlee Burpee & Conipany and Mr. Irvin F. Paschal 1. 
who holds a similar })ositlon with the “Farm .lournal.” 
were consulted. They are men w ise in providing just the 
elements to make this dinner one long to he remembered. 
They are l) 0 th members of the “Poor Bichard Club” ol 
Philadelphia, and with the hel[) of this celebrated club 
have engaged to see that none w ill h'ave tb(‘ dinner un¬ 
satisfied. 
There is to be good, wholesome fun, that your wivi'S, 
daughters or sw eethearts w ill en joy. 
At the last convention a resolution was passed that no 
entcM'tainment should be givc'n at tlu' ('xpi'nsi' (d' local 
nursiMTUK'n. and it has therefore lu-en (ha-idi'd that tlx- 
expi'iisivs of the dinner shall lx* borne by those* who at¬ 
tend it. The* pric(* of tin* tickets has Ix'e'ii s(*t at •‘|'2.00 
each. Your w ife, daughte'r or sw(‘ethear-t wdll lx* given 
a ticket five. 
Do not miss this dimH*r. You will g(‘t more* for your 
■$2.00 than you evi'r did be'fore*. The “Baby Bamblers” 
will see you on the first day of the* convi'iition and will 
h(^ (h'lighte'd to s(*ll you a ticke't. 
Evonymus Eunoi'AEUs. This, the Burning Bush as the 
English call it, is a widely distributed and variable 
European shrub or small tree. The fact that the leaves 
usually remain green or nearly green on the branches 
until after the fruit has colored and opened adds to its 
beauty. The fruit is about two-tbirds the size of that of 
E. ycdoensis and deep dull red with lustrous bright 
orange-colored seeds. There are several forms of this 
small tree in the collection. One of the handsonu'st of 
these has been raised here from seeds si'iit to the Arbore¬ 
tum from Hungary. On this form the leaves are mnv 
dark ])ur])le on the upper side and green below. With 
this are plants of the variety ovatiis with h'aves as fresh 
and green as they wi'iv at midsummer. 
Evony'mus radicaxs yah. vegetus. Visitors to the 
Evonymus Collection should look also at the plants of this 
broad-leaved evergreen from the forests of Hokkaido. 
Although it is capable of climbing bigh up the trunks of 
trees and the sides of buildings it bas bei'n grow n in tin 
collection as a broad, low% round-topped shrub. Of all 
the forms of E. radirmis it is the hardiest and the best for 
this climate; none of tbe others bloom here so fi-i'ely or 
produee such abundant crops of fruit. This is white, 
slightly tinged wdth yellow^ and the seeds, w Inch can no,v 
be seen, are bright orange color. 
Peatanus orientalis. Tills name now^ appears in 
many American nursery catalogues, and a tree under this 
name has been largely planted in recent years in tbe 
middle and less commonly in the New England Stales. 
This tree, however, is not Platanus orienfaJis, which has 
leaves deeply divided into long pointed lobes, and is a na¬ 
tive of southeastern Europe and of western and southern 
Asia Minor. Under favorable conditions it grows to an 
enormous size and attains a great age. Very large speci¬ 
mens can be seen in Greece, in the neighborhood of Con¬ 
stantinople. in Dalmatia, and in other countries of 
southern Europe. There are a few old trees in Great 
Britain, some of w hich are believed to lie more than two 
centuries old. In the Arboretum Platanus orientalis is 
only a small bush, the branches lieing killed to the ground 
nearly every wdnter, and we have no information of the 
occurrence of any other specimen in the eastern United 
