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follows: During- 1912 8,5{)() tons to Dnris, 2,099 to 
(Jroat Rritain and 2,890 tons to (lonnany. 
AVe liave Rivioras in tlio T’^iiitod States but as yet 
tlie trade of raising- ent flowei-s for nnu-ket has not 
readied the extent tliat it has in the old eonntry lint 
it is soinetliing- to look forward to. 
By ARTHUR J. POWELL. 
The season of tree seeds is ahont over as the lirst 
of Afay sees everything- cleaned np, the last of the jia- 
])ei-s checked and everything in shape for going over 
acconnts to see if there he a loss or gain. The ])ast 
year was hy no means a hanner one as the dronghts 
of last snimner atfected the crops in many cases caus¬ 
ing shortages and others conpilete failure of different 
kinds. At the heginning of the season it will he re¬ 
called the dry weather caused many of the Alazzard 
Cherries to fall from the trees before getting ri])e so 
the crop was very small and the seed naturally short. 
Peach [lits were also very scarce. Alaiiy of the trees 
in the western states bore no cro])S whatever and 
others very light ones. Chief among the failures 
were Pscudotsuga Douf/lasi and Enroiiean growers had 
to fall hack on one year old seed as no new stock was 
available. This, however, tested very good and 
there should he a fair stand from the sowing. The 
resinons covering of this seed seems to ])reserve it to 
a certain extent. 
The American Larch also was a failure, collectoi-s 
stating- that althongh they had obtained a fair supply 
of cones the seed produced was worthless and so on 
through a nnmher of other kind. The failures were 
mainly in the western states althongh European col¬ 
lectors reported many failures and shortages. 
At the present time it is too early to forecast what 
the coming- season will he hnt the backward s])ring 
gives ])romise of a good season as the hnds will he 
held hack until all danger of frost is over. The 
first crops to ripen are the Silver and Red Alaple and 
the ]')rospects are very good for these. Then follow 
the J Jntus Americana and U. fiiira, which is usually 
harvested toward the end of April or early May. 
These early ri])ening seeds should always he ])lanted 
imniediateiy after being gathered as they vei-y soon 
lose ther vitality. Naturally, they fall and s])rout 
immediately so that Nature does not i)repare them 
for laying dormant any great length of time as in the 
case of the fall ripening seeds. 
Frank Brunton has changed his mailing- address 
from R. F. D. No. 5, Norfolk, Anrginia, to Kesznek- 
wand Farms, Sharon, Connecticut. 
It is common expei-ieu(*e that the longer any given 
croi) is grown in a ('ommuuity, ami the morc^ ])ersous- 
there are engaged iii the ])roduction of an intensively 
cultivated and si)ecialized product, the greater be¬ 
come the dilliculties of satisfactory cro]) production. 
In many cas('s this difficulty is dii-ectly atti-ihutahhi 
to the occurrence of dis(‘ase the cause of which is 
commonly soTue parasitic oi-ganism. Extensive cul¬ 
tivation of any croi) in a given region makes certain 
the per])etnation and wide distribution of its i)ara- 
sites.—Announcement of the ('aJInic of Afjricnllarc 
(^oriicll I 'liircrsiffi. 
To a large extent the nurseryman aids and abets 
the disastrous ])rice-cutting of which he coni])lains 
bitterly. He overstocks himself and dis])oses of his 
sur])lus at job prices to the hawkers, with the conse- 
(luence that the next day he is in competition with 
his own ])roduce which is tendered to the Imying ])nh- 
lic at half his ordinary ])rices. —Horticultural Trade 
Journal. 
AY. B. Ahui Eyk, re])resenting- (}. AY. A"an Gilderen 
Boskoo]), Holland, called at the Rochester office of 
the National Nurseryman the first part of A])ril, on 
his annual s])ring- tri]). Air. Ahin Eyk’s American 
address is 14 Stone sti-eet, N. X. 
Alistletoe thrives on the western coasts to an ex¬ 
tent not a])])roached in the east. In many i)laces 
this ])arasitic growth is res])onsihle, directly or in¬ 
directly, for a considerable loss of timljer. 
Pennsylvania has about TVi* million acres of tim- 
herland, one-eighth of which is owned hy the state. 
The total value of the state’s timber is 129 million 
dollars. 
A^^ellow ]) 0 ])lar, or tuli]) tree, the largest hroadleaf 
tree in America, has l)een known to reach nearly 209 
feet in height and 19 feet in diameter. 
A NEW NURSERY. 
Charles L. \ anderhrook has stju-ted a nursery uii- 
dei' the name of Alauchester Nurseries at AIau(*hester, 
Conu. 
He has had a life exi^erieiice iu the husiuess. He 
was for five years general foreman for C. R. Run* Co., 
and ]n-evions to that with the firm of Jacksou and 
Perkins Co. AYe wish Air. Ahinderhrook evei-y suc¬ 
cess in his new venture. 
