THE NATIONAL NUKSEKYiMAN 
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'I'hoso with (‘xptM'ioiK'i* cmii make a v(M‘y close as- 
timate of tlie materials that will ])e iXMiiiired for ])aek- 
in^‘, siieh as limiher, nails, sti'ap iron, i-ope, hnrla]), 
sti'aw, moss, exeelsior, ete. 
h’his stock shonhl he stonal in convenient ])laces 
for use, before the 1st of .March. Accommodation foi- 
(piantities of lari>;e boxes made nj) ready for ])ackini^’ 
cannot always he found, hnt mnch of this work can be 
done at this time, which will facilitate the work later 
on. Box ends can be made iij) in re.e,idar sizes, eacli 
size beini*' stacked in ])iles so they can be ivadily 
handled. 
Boards may also be (mt to various len^Ihs and ])il- 
ed according- to size. 
Braces and iron stra])s slionld be ])laced ready for 
use convenient to where the boxes will finally be as¬ 
sembled. 
(lalvanized iron stra])s are better than the l)lack 
iron as they do not rnst. They ai'e sti'oni>-er and will 
last longer for that reason. 
There is always an accnnmlation of old ])acking 
cases. These shonld be gone over, re])aired and made 
ready. It does not i)ay to cai'efnlly extract the nails 
so the good lumber can be used again. Bnt if sawed 
either side of the braces, most of the limibei' can be 
used for making box ends, without wasting mnch 
time in taking the old boxes to pieces. 
Boxes that are made Avith inore AAddth th.an height 
Avill be found to hold the \mrions assortment of trees, 
shrnl)bery, etc., shi])i)ed by imrserymen in the retail 
trade, better than boxes of eA^en dimensions on the 
ends, ddiere Avill l)e less S])ace Avasted that must be 
filled with ])acking material or left A^acant. 
The roots of trees seldom s])read ont oAmnly on all 
sides, eAmn the eA'ergreens and sncli jhaiits, Avith the 
Dali of earth and I'oots done np in l)m‘lai) Avill proje(*t 
more in one direction than another. 
A box 2 feet by 1 Ve ft^td end measure Avill hold the 
same anionnt of a general assortment of nnrserv 
stock that is ])acked in a l)ox 2 feet by 2 feet at the 
end. 
When stock to be ])acked is heavy enough to re- 
(piire sti*a])s, see that they are jnit on the bottom pre¬ 
vious to packing. 
For ])acking small lots of ])otted ])lants and es- 
})ecially herbaceous stock, Avoven chi]) baskets are ex¬ 
cellent. They are light, strong, neat and will stand 
the rongh tossing about, nsnally ineeted ont by the 
ex])ressman and other carriers. 
Nurserymen shonld not be Avithont ])a])ei' ])ots for 
shi])]hng Boses, Adnes, etc. They are light, ])liable, 
easy to ]Aack and save ex])ress (*harges for the cus¬ 
tomer. 
AV. Land). 
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Bvsiness Movements. 
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d. Wendell (lage, Forning, Falifornia, is starting 
a mu-sei-y at that ])lace. 
The Hereford Nursery, Hei-eford, Texas, AV. F. 
Stimson, manage)-, has nnder contemi)lation tin* in¬ 
stallation of a lai-ge ii'i-igation system. 
(Iiester AVerley, AOi-k S])rings, Benna., is starting 
a nnrsery business, Avhich Avill be devoted to the 
])i-oi)agation of fVnit ti-ees, maiidy Peach and A])])le. 
Sionx Falls, S. 1).—The Jfi-ancliA’ogle Nni-sei-y Fo. 
has been incor])orated with a capital stock of $75,000 
by the following: H. A. Pn-anchvogle, T. E. Alenay, 
L. P. Algnire. 
The T. Al. AI el vide Nnrsery CA)m])any, Avhich is a 
neAV concern, having bnt i*ecently started )i]) in C'han- 
dlei-, Ai-izona, Avill shortly occn])y their neAv (]nai-tei‘s. 
ddie Washington Nnrsei-y (k)ni])any, To])])enish, 
AVashington, are sending ont nnml)ers of carload 
shi])ments. Fi-nit trees ai-e in gi-eat demand this sea¬ 
son in British Fohmibia and (Ailifornia. 
AV. If. l^erkins, jn-ojn-ietor of the Pei-kins Niii-sei-y 
Fompany, AIcKinnet, Texas, plans to moA^e Avith his 
fainily to Oklahoma, liaAdng sold his ])ropei-ty in AIc- 
Ivinney. Ife still keei)s his intei-ests in the nni-sei-y 
and will continue to give it his pei'sonal sn])ei-vsion. 
Ify nmtnal agreement, the partnei-shi]) hei-etofore 
existing between F. AI. Hooker ck Sons and V'alter 
W. AVynian, under the fii-m name and style of Hook- 
ei‘, Wyman tk Fo., Avas dissohmd on dannai-y 1, 101-I. 
For the coiiAmniern'e of all concei-ned, AI. Hook¬ 
er tk Sons haAm consented to conduct the business of 
Hookei-, Wyman tk Fo., until the same can be i)i-oi)er- 
ly Avonnd iij). They are authorized by Air. AVynian 
to collect all claims, and they Avill ])ay all ohligations 
of Hooke)-, AA'yman ck Fo. 
C. Af. Hooker tk Sons. 
MILLER & MEHERIN 
F. A. Alille)-, a AA^ell-known seedsman, Avho has long- 
been established on the Pacific coast, has entei-ed in¬ 
to ])ai-tnei-shi]) Avith William Alehei-in, son of the late 
Thomas Aleherin, avIio Avas likeAvise engaged in the 
seed Imsiness foi- many yeai-s. Th(‘ iieAv lii-ni Avill be 
knoAvn as Aliller tk Alehei-in, Avith offices at Oakland, 
Falifoi-nia. Idiey ]))ii-])ose opening a geiiei-al seed 
store at Oakland, as thei-e has nevei- lieen one thei-e. 
