THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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lioine at the Elnsliiiig nui'series. Among them the 
Mahoiiia l)eeame very ]) 0 ])nlar, tlu' earlier s])eeimeii8 
l)eing sold at Jf2() each. The eatalogne of IHir), which 
emmierates only the best varieties, contains 350 
kinds of a])])les, 300 of ix'ars, 120 of cherries, 200 of 
])lnms and lOO of i)eaches. In 1828, Mr. Ihlnce wrote 
PRESIDENT JOHN R. BARNES. 
and jmblislied the “Treatise on Horticnltnre,” wliicb 
was the lirst work of the kind produced in America. 
1 might add that it was during this ])ei‘iod that one 
of the first frnit tree nurseries, if not the first, was 
started in this state by Stephen Hoyt, grandfather of 
the i)resent Stei)hen lloyt, ex-vice-president of the 
Lonnecticnt Nnrserymen’s Association. If I am not 
mistaken, i\Ir. Hoyt had associated with him at this 
time a man by the name of Schofield; they started in 
a very small way bnt have steadily grown, until to¬ 
day the Hoyt nnrseries are known all over the coun¬ 
try as growers of choice nnrsery stock, es])ecially for 
their fine shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and 
evergreens. 
To retnrn to my subject, AVilliam Robert Prince, 
fourth ])roi)rietor of the Flnshing nnrsery, was born 
November (i, 1795, and died March 28, 1869. MTien a 
l)oy he was sent to Ckniada for a year, in order to be¬ 
come ])roficient in Erench, as there were then no 
schools of langnages in New York, and European cor- 
res])ondence was an important feature in the horticnk 
tnral ])nsiness. In his early manhood, he botanized 
throngh the entire line of Atlantic states in coni])any 
with Professor Torrev of (■'olnm1)ia College, and Pro- 
fessor Nnttall of Harvard. In California, during 
1849 and 1850, while others were searching only for 
gold, he was making collections of the trees and wild 
flowers of that country. 
In this connection, I might say, that Rev. Jared 
Eliot, of Killingworth, Conn., introduced the nml- 
berry tree into Connecticut, and wrote an essay ni)on 
the silkworm. He also wrote the first book on the 
subject of agricnltnre and horticnltnre (the earliest 
writings did not separate these subjects) ever written 
in this country. He was })astor of Killingworth 
clmrch, and leading consnlting physician in New 
England, for more than fifty years. He was grand¬ 
son of John Eliot, the “apostle of the Indians.” The 
hook he wrote called “Essays Upon Field Husband¬ 
ry” is now extremely rare. 
He was born November 7, 1685, and died April 22, 
1763. His whole life was spent in the town of Kill¬ 
ingworth, assuming charge of the parish there when 
be was bnt 19 years of age, and remained in charge 
niitil his death. 
DeKalb Nnrseries, 
Norristown, Pa., March 18, 1914 
Editor National Nurseryman, 
Flonrtown, Pa. 
Yonr editorial in the last nnmber of The National 
Nnrseryman is surely an exhibition of the right 
spirit, it’s the one logical fact that is every day be¬ 
coming more evident. If a common fund were 
created to advertise and even give lectures to the 
imblic on how to beantify the home grounds the de¬ 
mands for trees and shrnbberv now grown in all of 
this great conntry would not be half enough to snp- 
])ly the demand. 
My hat off to the firms who are spending fortunes 
advertising trees in general for they are making sales 
for me and every other ])ei‘son engaged in this work 
whether big or little. 5Ve all benefit b}' it. It is a 
basic principal that doing something from an niisek 
fish point of view brings good to all like the snn that 
shines on the nnjnst as well as on the jnst. 
“Her Zeitgeist” “The spirit of the time” as onr 
Charles Henry Fox so ably put it before the 
Philadelphia Florist Club not long ago, is the motto 
we must sooner or later ado])t. To get together big 
and little and teach the public the need of decorating 
the ontside of the home with as nincli care ami 
thonght as is given the interior of the house, home, 
office or factorv. 
The mute evidence of the goods and the character 
of the service will decide for the pnblic where to 
spend their money as it nltimately does. There is 
no short cut to a good name to trade on, it mnst be 
earned and ])aid for. 
Yon have a good theme tell it over and over again 
till it goes home to the hearts and brains of every last 
nnrseryimin. I am 
Yonrs sincerely, 
Adolph iMnller. 
