TIIK NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE MID-WINTER MEETING OF THE 
TEXAS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Higlitli ^Mid-Winter Meeting of the '^Fexas 
State Jlortienltnral Society was Iield in Dallas, 
Texas, Fehrnary Id and 20, in the rooms of the 
Dallas Cliambei- of CV)minerce. This meeting was a 
very snccessfni one, altliongh the attendance was 
small, l)nt those ])resent showed that they wei'e 
greatly interested in the horticnltiiral woi’k in Texas. 
'Thanks are due the Dallas Chamber of Commerce 
for the many courtesies shown the members Avhile 
they were in Dallas. The aiulitorinm was turned 
over to the Society for the meeting place. 
The members s})ent the afternoon of February lOtb 
at the CV)rn Show, they being furnished ])asses j)y the 
Dallas Chamber of Commerce. All of these courte¬ 
sies were greatly a])])reciated, and in order to show 
their a])preciation, the Society sent the Secretary of 
the Cdiamber of Commerce a vote of thanks. 
After tlie inyocation by iMr. John S. Kerr, and the 
address of welcome by J. H.Babcock, Secretary of tlie 
Chamber of Commerce, the Society took up the dis¬ 
cussion of the subjects on the ])rogram. The first was 
a discussion of “Plant Disease,” by Dr. F. 11. Blod¬ 
gett, Plant Pathologist of the Experiment Station. 
'This was a very interesting and instructive talk, 
dealing with disease of both nursery and orchard 
trees. 
m-. J. B. Baker of Fort AVorth, Texas, discussed 
“The Growing of Boses For the liome.” lie brought 
out very clearly the ])Ositioii that roses should occupy 
in the beautifying of the home grounds, lie showed 
that it was possible to grow roses most any place, 
provided the soil has been ])roperly prepared. ^ ^ 
A very interesting ])a])er was one on “Farm iAo’- 
racing,” by Mr. B. B. Pearce, with si)ecial reference 
to the growing of horticultural crops. In this })aper 
the writer showed some very interesting facts. It 
was evident that by terracing, it is ])ossible to giov 
horticultural cro])S on land that otherwise vouhl 
wash so badly that it would loose large (juantities of 
idaiit food as well as being cut by the water. 
In the absence of Air. E. h. Dalmont, his ])a])ei on 
“Horticultural (A)nditions oil '^^Fhe l^laius, was iCiid 
by his daughter, Aliss Alary Dalmont. Jdiis paper 
showed that the ])lains country has not been lagging 
in the develo])ing of the lioi’ticiiltiiral side of agi iciil 
tiire. He showed that the horticultural conditions 
are much better than they were sometime ago. 
“The Gra])e Tndiistry” was very ably discussed by 
Air. AVill B. Aliiiison, of Denison. He stated that viti- 
(uilture seemed to have taken a new hold in Texas 
during the iiast few years. He spoke of varieties for 
various sections of tlie state, and also ilealt vith 
grape insects. In speaking of insects, he recommend¬ 
ed Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1!), from the Dejiartmeiit of 
Agriculture at Washington, on the Gra[)e Lixif llo])- 
])er. Another sjieaker on viticulture was Prof. Floss- 
feder, of Davis, Galiforiiia, on grajie growing in that 
state. 
Air. Alctiinnis discussed “The Fare of Shade 
Trees,” and s])oke of jilanting young ti'ees that were 
well formed instead of ])lanting just any kind of a 
tree, whether large or small, that may be in most any 
shape, depending on the way it had been cut. He 
also warned the owners of trees against the fake tree 
doctors, that had lieen doing some work. He siioke 
of the work that should be done, but said that it 
should be performed by someone who understood 
the business. 
Prof. Newell told of “The Life History of the Cod- 
lin Aloth,” and how it can be controlled. It was 
brought out in this jiaiier that this insect is very im- 
])ortant to the apjde growers of Texas. It was stated 
that the codliii moth probably damages the ajiple 
crop of Texas at least one hundred thousand dollars 
annually. Prof. Newell s])oke of the little work that 
has been done on the codlin moth in this state, which 
is due to the small funds that the De])artment of In- 
tomology has. 
Air. ])'. A. Frank, of Dallas, delivered a very inter¬ 
esting ])aper on the “ \alue of the Home Garden to 
the Farm Home.” This sulpect was handled from 
the standpoint of cutting down the ex])enses of liv¬ 
ing on the farm. 
After the discussion of these subjects, and the 
transaction of business, the Society adjourned. 
“I think we are going to get all the business we can 
handle this s])ring. Everybody seems in a ha])])y 
frame of mind everywhere. AVhat blues the income 
tax created among the elect the tango seems to dis- 
])ell. If any iiurserynian wants to know how to avoid 
the income tax let him huy some of my suri)lus and 
buy lots of it. 
The National Nurseryman is all right. It senms 
good things can come out of Flourtown, too. Keep 
the good work up. 
Adol])h AI idler, 
Norristown, Penna. 
Arthur L. Norton sold a half interest in his nursery 
and fruit-growing busiiu'ss to Air. 1. E. J hurniond 
lastAIav. ' They now grow a general line of nursery 
stock and ham’lle forestry seed, trading under the 
name of Norton and ’1 hurmond. 1 he\ lepoit a 
large demand for Pin Oak acorns. 
