THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Princeton Nurseries 
Princeton Nurseries is a 1)()1(1 eoneeptioii carried out by 
(‘xjiei'ieneed nurserymen. 
It is an interesting plant, because it is different. 
PlaniHMl with faith in tlie future right from the start. 
Stalling with 205 acres, 175 of which are already 
plant(‘d. Ollice buildings and (MiLiijiment all planned 
with the idea that needs of the business will require 
them in the future. 
The otlice building is artistic and comfortable, yet 
Princeton Nurseries are only catering to the wholesale 
trade. Th(3 woodwork in the oflice is mahogany, and 
you w ill notice the photogra{)h show s it to he dotted here 
and there; those are worm holes. This African ma¬ 
hogany when floated down to tide water was left in the 
river over long; the worms got in it and spoiled it. It 
isn’t an article in general commerce, hut it is odd and 
very attractive; and you wall notice in the same photo- 
grai)h that the desks, tables and chairs are all made of 
Princeton Nurseries Office, Entrance Hall—Notice the 
ffre-place with President Wilson’s picture above. 
the same material. Notice the lire-jilace, with Presi¬ 
dent Wilson’s ])icture above it. There are two large 
lire-places in the office; of course, the building is steam 
heal(Ml, hut ffrej)laces make the things look more home¬ 
like. The rec('j)tion hall, shown in the picture will he 
furnished w ith big rocking chairs. The supports uiuh'r 
the windows are foi‘ the window^ boxes which haven’t 
been put uj) yet. Notice that entrance. In the rear of 
the office and in the same building is the garage with 
room for two large cars. 
(’oimected storage cellar and packing house are being 
built, one 100x60 feet, the other 100x40 feet, only a IVwv 
steps from the office. 
Side track has just been laid on the grounds and the 
packing house immediately adjoins it. The building is 
so arranged that this switch runs right into the packing 
house, and they w ill ])e able to load all shipments directly 
into the cars and under cover. The cellar w ill he elec¬ 
trically lighted and they have their own water system. 
On the place, there are six lirst-rate houses for employees. 
They expect to put up several others so as to have the 
employees right on the place. 
The proprietors of Princeton Nurseries have high 
ideals and are developing their grounds along educa¬ 
tional and artistic lines. The office grounds as well as 
both sides of the higliw ay passing through the nurseries 
are being landscaped w hich w ill give the opportunity of 
grow ing plants to maturity, giving the employees an op¬ 
portunity to become familiar wdth plants in all stages of 
growdh. 
Mr. Martin II. Musser, Route No. 4, Lancaster, Pa., 
has written to The National Nurseryman stating that 
he is not growing any nursery stock at present, having 
retired from this business and taken up general farming. 
Obituary. 
Mils. CATHARINE E. MEEHAN. 
Mrs. Catharine E. Meehan, widow of Thomas Meehan, 
died at her home in Cermantow n, Philadelphia, on Wed¬ 
nesday, August 21st, ot the age of 83. 
Thomas Meehan was the founder of the nurseries of 
Thomas Meehan & Sons, Cermantown, Philadelphia. 
Mrs. Meehan is survived by three sons, William E., 
Sujierintendent of the EairmounI Park Aquarium, Phila- 
deliihia; Thomas R. Meehan, of Thomas R. Meehan & 
Conqiany, Dresher, Penna.; J. Eranklin and S. Mendelson, 
of the linn of Thomas Meehan & Sons, (icrmantown; 
and two daughters, Mrs. Sarah D. Lanning and Mrs. 
John P. Rurn. 
CoRNus CONTROVERSA. Tliis liaiidsome Cornel, like the 
native Cornus alternifolia, has alternate leaves and w ide- 
spreading branches, hut the flower-clusters are broader; 
it blooms here a wmek or ten days earlier, and it is a 
much larger tree, as Wilson saw specimens in w^estern 
China fully sixty feet high. It is a native of the Him¬ 
alayan Mountains, western China and of Japan. The 
plants raised from the seeds collected by Wilson in China 
have proved iierfectly hardy in the Arboretum where they 
are growing vigorously and are now in bloom in the 
siq)i)lementary Cornel collection in the rear of the Phello- 
dendron Croup on the right-hand side of the Meadow 
Road. The largest })lant in the Arboretum and ])robahly 
the largest in the United States is also in flower in the 
nursery near the top of Peter’s Hill. This Cornel gives 
every promise of being a valuable ornamental tree in this 
climate. 
