THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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;ui(l tliey l)eli(*ve they will have ex('e])ti()iial opportun¬ 
ities to l)iiild iij) a lai-ge Imsiiiess at that plaee. The 
National Nnrsei'ynian wishes them every sneeess. 
MENERAY-OMAHA NURSERY CO. 
The Meneray-Oniaha Nursery (V). has been hicor 
poi'ated with 0. II. Keyes, Pi-esident, E. \V. iMeneray, 
\dee President and (leneral Manager, and A. (). Men- 
eray. Secretary and Treasurer. They have complet¬ 
ed arrangements foi- tlie purchase of the i)ro])erty 
formerly owned l)y the E. AV. Aleneray Company, of 
(A)nncil BInft's, which recently i)assed into the hands 
of a receiver, ddie ol’fices of the new company will he 
in the State P>ank Building, Omaha, Nel)raska. 
E. \V. Aleneray lias sent ont a ])ro])Osition to the 
creditors of the old I1rm to give them shares of stock 
in the new com])any to the amount of their ac¬ 
counts, as there seems to he no pros])ects of the cred¬ 
itors realizing anything from the assets of the old 
com])any. 
FRED D. GREEN BANKRUPT 
Ered I). Green, of Earmville, \"a., has filed a vohm- 
tai‘y ])etition in hankrn])tcy in the United States Dis¬ 
trict Court. He declares liahilities of $2(),499.10, 
more than one-half of wliicli are secured hy colla¬ 
teral. 
Tlie largest secured claims held against Green are 
deeds of trnst held hy the National Life Insurance 
(Ym])any $8,()0(). The Eirst National Bank of Earni- 
ville, .$(),5()(). Unsecured claims of large amounts are 
held hy L. R. Taylor & Sons, To})eka, Kan., ^150. The 
Ilorticnltnral (Ympany, Worcester, Mass., $197.33. 
E. W. Watson tk Comi)any, To])eka, Kan., $549.1 (i. 
The Cleveland Bank & Trnst Com])any, Tennessee, 
$412.95. Garland & Martin, Earmville, ^’a., $235.54. 
G. W. Roheson, Earmville, $852.75. Yonng Brothers, 
$175.91. C. M. Ilnrlhnrt, Eairhnry, Neh., $180. Chas. 
Detriche, Angers, Erance, $380.80. A. E. Iloose, Ohio, 
$1,000. Smithville Nursery Company, Ohio, $750. 
E. S. Belkna]), Ohio, $1,300. 
E. 1). Green was formeily connected with the firm 
of L. Gi-een & Son, oi)erating a large and long-estah- 
lished nursery at Perry, Ohio. After the death of his 
father, L. Green, the nursery at Perry was closed ont 
and E. I). Green moved to Earmville, where he pur¬ 
chased several farms and started a large nnrsery. 
“Ered” is well-known among the trade and well- 
liked, and his friends all syni])athize with him in his 
misfortune. 
Salem, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1913. 
Gentlemen: 
Another dollar for another year. Cannot get along without it 
if we tried. 
Very truly, 
COPE BROTHERS. 
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 19th, 1913. 
What a fine thing it would he if Uncle Sam could 
he induced to take surplus trees instead of cash. 
The forest service collected 40,000 pounds of tree 
seed last year for use in reforestation work. The to¬ 
tal area reforested was ahoiit 30,000 acres. 
“A GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST.” 
Eroin the Oregon Nursery (k)m|)any, Orenco, Ore¬ 
gon, conies a heaiitifiil colored calendar. The ])ictiire 
is a girl dressed in yellow with hrown furs. 
There are 19 maples in the United States, most of 
them being eastern species. The most valuable, not 
only because of the product of its sa]) Init also of tlie 
1 limber, is sugar impile. 
Before the hiisv season imrservmen had better get 
their ])encils sharpened and he prepared with a state¬ 
ment of their income so Uncle Sam may get his share. 
It will he too much of a job to tackle during the 
shipping season. 
The Saginaw Board of Trade, Saginaw, Mich., is 
considering extensive planting of black walnut, but¬ 
ternut and hickories along the imblic highways. The 
idea is to plant the seeds instead of the trees as the 
latter ai'e so difficult to transplant. 
At. Koster & Sons, Boskoop, Holland, are sending 
out a fine piece of color work illustrating their new 
forcing Lilac named Hugo Koster. This variety is 
described as being very fragrant, and as a mauve 
Marie LeGraye. It blooms as early and as freely as 
tliat well known variety. 
Idle annual meeting of the American Eorestry As¬ 
sociation Avas held in AVashington on daniiary 14. 
A ])resident, twenty-one vice presidents, a treasurer, 
an auditor, and five directors Avere elected and 
])lans made for an actiAm campaign for forest conser- 
Amtion during 1914. The association has 8,000 mem¬ 
bers. 
G. B. Robinson, a botanist in the science section of 
the I)e])artment of the Interior of the Philippine Is¬ 
lands, it is re]R)rted, has been ])nt to death by the na¬ 
tives of Amboyna Island, in the Alalay Archi])elago. 
Air. Robinson was engaged in botanical researches on 
the island and has done considerable Avork on the 
flora of the Phili])pines, and was the author of sev¬ 
eral books on the subject. He Avas connected Avith 
