THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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ding plants, bulbs and tubers are exempt from fumigation they 
must not be packed with nursery stock which is subject to fumi¬ 
gation. A declaration of the nature of the contents shall be 
clearly stated on each package of nursery stock shipped into 
Canada. 
Importation into Canada of the following nursery stock is pro¬ 
hibited: Coniferous trees or the foliage thereof, decorative 
plants such as holly and laurel known as Christmas greens or 
greenery, from the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hamp¬ 
shire, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Five-leaf pines, chestnut 
and chinquapin and all species and varieties of currants and 
gooseberries. 
Importation of plants or cuttings by mail is prohibited. Per¬ 
sons desiring to ship any kind of plants or plant products should 
obtain a copy of the regulations governing the importation of 
such plants into Canada and instructions should be strictly fol¬ 
lowed. Address Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist, 
Ottawa, Canada. 
SOOK 
THE PEACHES OF NEW YOlilv 
(l('n work in its |)i()[)(‘i‘ si'ason. Il is w(‘ll ilhistrahMl and 
(‘oiilaiiis many takh'S which wnnhl lx* of ^it'al valin* In 
lh(‘ lavman. for whom the hook is r(‘allv inlcmhul. 
Price - 
“Th(' Si l aw Imm'I'v in North .Vnici ica." hy S. W. Fhdch- 
(‘r. Profi'ssor of lloititmllnri' al the Ihumsylvania Slali' 
(k)ll(‘^C. 
This look I reals mainly of I he oi i^nii and history nf 
lh(' North Anu'rican Sirawhmry. hc^innin^ with the 
Wild StrawlxM'ry in colonial timi's and follow in^ it dow n 
through various exjicrimeuts and improveiiKMils to the 
named varieties of the pri'siud day. 
While it is a comjileti' history, it is also exlri'inely pra<*- 
tical. giving contrasting midhods of culture, shipping, 
packing and marketing. Then' is no cpiestion hut the 
author knew his suhjecl. 
The MacMillan Camipany. 6(1 Fifth Avi'niu'. New York 
City, are the jmhiishers, prici' -^l.SO. 
Creat credit is due W. P. Hedrick and his associates at 
the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the 
production of this splendid work. The Peaches of New 
York. 
It not only gives a complete histoiy of the peach but 
describes about 2000 varieties, giving their synonyms. 
There are 86 full page, life size reproductions of var¬ 
ieties, and other plates of superb workmanship that 
should be nearly equal to living specimens for purposes 
of study. 
The title of the work might just as truthfully he The 
Peaches of the United States, and students of the Peach 
the world over will always he in debt to the State of New' 
York for furnishing funds for the production of such a 
w ork and the personel of the Dejiartment of Agriculture 
of that state who have so ably given the country a work 
of reference that is beyond the scope of the private in¬ 
dividual. 
“The Cospel of Beauty and Intelligence in Trees,” hy 
C. S. Harrison. 
Nurserymen caimot help hut feel a projirietary right 
in the works of C. S. Harrison, as he is one of them. 
Although an active minister of the Gospel for 46 years, 
the later years of his life have been devoted to revealing 
the riches and heaiity of the plant world. 
In this hook, to use his own words, “He now" presents 
this harvest of his later years in the hope that many w ill 
discovei’ their own possibilities and so helj) make this a 
hajipier and more beautiful world.” 
Nurseiymen should not miss the inspiration revi'aled 
in this hook. 
Price, cloth hound, -jil.OO Paper hound, 60 cents. 
“Around the Year in the Garden,” by Frederick Frye 
Uockwell, is published liy The Macmillan Gompany. 66 
Fifth Avenue, New York (hty. 
This hook gives in detail the work for each week in 
the year, suggestions relative to the selection of tools, 
seeds, fertilizers and plants; instructions regarding 
greenhouse, hot bed and outdoor planting, and also gives 
the lime to sju’ay. jirune and fertilize. In short, the hook 
covers in a vi'iy comprehensive w ay, each branch of gar- 
WIHTING NUBSEKY GO. PROTESTS 
Boston, October 8, 1917. 
The National Nurseiyman, 
Flourtown, Pa. 
Gentlemen:— 
You may have seen in the columns of The Rural New- 
Yorker, Publisher’s Desk, under date of September 8, 
1917, an article retlecting upon the Whiting Nursery 
Company. 
We are instructed hy our Mr. Whiting to inform the 
trade generally, and others who may he interested, that 
the article mentioned is false and absurd. 
As he has been on the road constantly for the jiast forty- 
two years, it would he no credit to his intelligence to 
hand out such stuff as that. The article in question is as 
follow"S. and is fortified by editorial comment: 
“Mr. Whiting of the Whiting Nursery Co. is jier- 
sonally canvassing Erie County selling transjiareni 
pitless plums, selling them at 90c each. He called 
here at our farm. I asked him what firm he was 
selling for and when he told me I told him a few 
things about his ])ast record, and he asked me w here 
I got my information. When I told him the R. N. 
Y. he said he could see I w ould not order any and he 
would not take up my time. But he has certaiidy 
found a lot of suckers here, selling several hundred 
dollars worth.” —,1. P.. Pennsylvania. 
Mr. Whiting carrii'S ])its of Japanese Plums and show's 
them to each customer, that he may see the dilference in 
size Ix'tween them and the pits of Ero|)ean Plums that an' 
usually grown. He sometimes speaks of the Shiro. and 
that only, as transparent, a fact that is mentioned in some 
nursery catalogues. 
Gur ])rice is 83 1-3 cents each to all customers, not 90 
cents, and we supjily selected stock to correspond with 
the price. 
Bight-thinking pc'iqile ai'quainted with the facts be¬ 
lieve the Rural New -Yorker’s campaign against our Com¬ 
pany has reached the point of persecution. 
Yours very truly, 
Whiting Nitrseuy Comp.vny, 
Per L. S. Small, Of]ice Manuyer. 
