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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
provi' tli(' sky liii*'. softcMi IIh' sharp (‘ornors of a l)uil(ling\ 
or s(‘r(‘(Mi out souk' ol)j('(‘tional)l(‘ vic'w . 
Ill (*los(*ly hiiilt up sccMioiis it is a geiKual favorilo for 
lh(‘ lalh'r pui'jiosc'. 
It is o(*(*asioualIy usod as a sIriM't lro(\ aud on a nar¬ 
row sti’oet if rc'ally produci's a woiuh'rful (dfi'ct. 
Afl(*r llu' (‘V(M|)r('S(‘nl inonolony of the streets liiu'd 
with Norway Maples, to eonie aeross one planted with 
Loinhai’dii's is (juite a rdief and looks almost like a visit 
to a foreign eonntry. 
On large ('stales it is not at all nneoininon to find veiy 
iK'anlifid etleels wheia' they aia' jilanted to liiu' walks and 
er('at(' vistas, sneh as is shown in the pietnn'. 
h]v('ry tr('(' has its good and liad ]K)ints. The worst 
that ean lie said alioni the Loinliardy is that it is short 
liv('d. usually r('aehing its maturity within twenty yi'ais 
and in many loealilic's dying out within that tinu', Imt 
against this it is very rajiid growing, ra[)idly responding 
to good treatiiK'iil. 
It is a tr('(' that do('s not S('('m to roll llu' ground, it 
Ix'ing possilih' to grow other ])lants right up to the liasc* of 
lh(' trunks. Note llu' li'is in llu' pieture. w ith w hat ollu'r 
lr('(' would it h(' possihh' to have' sueh a disiilay of bloom 
right at tiu'ir liases? 
Th(' same la'sult may he noli'd when growing V('i'y 
elose o!‘ oM'ii in a hedge'. The (h'trimental elTeet on the 
lu'dge is v('ry slight as compared w ilh most other kinds 
of lr('('S. 
Prof('ssor .). (1. Samh'i's, Harrisliurg, Ibi., reports a 
iK'w ly introduee'd poplar canker w hieh threatens to he a 
s('rious mena(*('. It is to be sinet'rc'ly bope'd the f('ai'S 
will he unfouiuh'd as it would be ditlieull to dispense 
with sueh an oriianu'nlal tree in landscape ('Ifects. 
Th(' tree that wxmld make a good substitute, having 
the same general outline, is a form of the (linkgo, Salis- 
hifria adkin/}folia. 
Many of tin' older tr('('s to lie s('('n grow ing in dilTeia'iit 
parts of the eonntry have a spioading habit and this is 
lh(' form usually aserilx'd to tiu' (linkgo. TIu're is some 
doubt if there is a fasligiate form or if it is merely var- 
iabh' in habit according to eondilions and tr('almenl. 
The late l']dw in Lonsdah' used to claim I hen' were two 
dislinel type's aud from obsc'rvalions made during the last 
ten ye'ai's I am inelim'd to agree' w ith him. 
On a Pe'imsylvania nursery there are seve'ral hunelre'd 
tre'e's all true' to the fasligiate' type and with no gre'ater 
spre'ael to the' liranehe'S than a Loinliardy jietplai', and to 
all appearanee Ihe'y w ill retain this habit. 
The Relations of the Wholesaler and Retailer 
Head Uefore the Pluladeljiliia Coavenlioa hij M. Jl. Cashman, Oindoana, Miiiaesula. 
T IIL develoiimeni of the nursery Imsiness during the 
past forty years in the' United States has been so 
rapid that we seareely realize the wondeiful 
growth that has taken place in so short a lime. ilorti- 
eullure in ilse'lf is an inle'iise study reeiuiring elose atte'ii- 
tion and palie'iit labor to produce' sueeesslul results. 1 he 
nursery frale'rnilies have heen so deejily e'ngaged in the 
solution of the' hig |irob!em of suiiplying stock to take 
care' of the |)lanter’s lu'cels and the dealer’s reejuin'ine'iits 
that insullieie'iit attention has bee'ii given to the d('V('lo|)- 
iiu'iit of a eommereial organization to handle the distri- 
bution of their iiroeluets. It is safe to say that so far 
as the progress made' in the development of horticulture 
from a jiroelucing slanel|)oint is concerned that the nur- 
se'rymen have kept jiace if not in many ways surpasse'd 
all other kindred enterprises. We lind no cause to crit- 
ie'ize' the progre'ss made' iu the' development of the gi eiw- 
ing end or rather the iiropagaling division of the nur- 
se'ry busine'ss, liul I regret to state that I cannot lind 
any such de'gre'e' of advancement in the eommereial fie'ld 
of the' nurse'ryman’s jiroduct. It is true ol course' that 
many concei’iis have perfected and are at the present time 
ojierating a ve'ry sueee'ssful system in disposing ol the'ir 
jii’oduets. lint u|)on investigation we lind that the practice 
and husine'ss taelies e'mployed by these various eonce'rns 
are' ve'ry much at veiriance and it would lie dillicult to 
amalgamate two or more' of them into one' sueeessfnl 
commercial syste'in. When we enumerate the few suc- 
eessfu! concerns engage'd in the' nursery Jiusiness iu llu' 
United State's, we line! that they are sealle're'd over a veiy 
broad territeuy and the' eonelitions surrounding each in¬ 
dividual concern are ve'ry mueh dilTerent than that ex- 
jierienced Iiy the' others. 
Ulimatie conditions is perhaps the most important and 
potent factor w ilh which the nui se'ryman has to deal and 
ol course he' is lorced to direct his busine'ss policie'S to 
meet the many perph'xing prolilems there'by brought 
about. Thus we lind a few and only a IVw^ successful 
nurserymen in Ibis eountry, each one employing dillVre'nt 
business policies, but bow about the many bundreds of 
nurserymen sti uggling for existe'iiee' and ()|i('rating uneh'r 
a self-made jilan whose linaneial conditions would hardly 
allow them to be' elasse'd as successful nurse'rvmen. We' 
line! this class comprises the gioatest number of nui'sery- 
men all struggling bae'd for e'xisle'iiee but w ith searce'ly 
any success whatever and with little chance to imjerove 
in the face of present conditions. The small nursery¬ 
man in order to operate his business must be a farme'r, 
an expert projeagator, a fruit grower, a labor foreman, a 
soil s[)eelalisl. a bookkeeper, a stenograjeber, a sab'sman, 
a linancier, and besides all of this must be general ad¬ 
visor for his community in tree doctoring, tree pruning, 
spraying, handling and ])aeking fruit; if he is a failure 
in any one of these vocations he is not considered a 
thorough nurseryman. He battles away trying to jeer- 
form all of the functions conne'cleel with his calling and 
