THE NATIONAL NURSEEYMAN 
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lor the oulbr(‘aks of euiraiit felt-rust at Oeiieva without 
assuming' that the fungus over-winters on eurranis. 
Review, Hote Comment. 
Western yellow pine cones, to the amount of 6,377 
luishels, ohtaiiHHl on tin' Bitterroot National Forest, Mon¬ 
tana, yielded 9,482 pounds of seed. The average cost ot 
the extracted seed was 41 cents per pound. 
(diaries L. Fdwards, author of Nut Tree Budding, 
puhlished in our Ajn il issue writes—“There is a fine nat¬ 
ural iieean growth in this White Uiver country and some 
of the land owners have become interested in the better 
varieties of iiecans. Hence my jiresence here. I have 
under suiiervision iiie ivudduig and top-working of some 
thousands of native trees of varying sizes, and am jmt- 
ting out kinds suited to climatic conditions that prevail 
here. The jirosjiecl is a good one. 
A. B. Howell, for several years in charge of the ad¬ 
vertising, catalogue work and mail order selling of Stark 
IH-os. Nurseries k Orchards Co., of Louisiana, Mo., has 
severed his connect inn with that tirm and associated him¬ 
self with the Fruit-Orower and Farmer of St. Joseph, 
Mo. He will look after the catalog jirinting of that con¬ 
cern and have charge of theii:. Nursery Service Depart¬ 
ment. His years of experience in the preiiaration of 
nursery selling literature peculiarly tits him for the work 
he has undertaken. 
From Storl,' Bros, fo Fruit Grower and Farmer. 
Mr. Otto Schucht, nurseryman, Sheboygan, Wis., 
has gone out of the nursery business as his age will not 
permit him to continue the work longer. 
He will be 87 years of age May 20th if he lives until 
then. His health is failing rapidly and he probably will 
not lie sjiared much longer. Always a faithful and hon¬ 
est worker, he is very highly esteemed by those who 
know him. 
Mr. John A. Driesprong, of C. Van Kleef & Comiiany, 
Boskoop, Holland, called at our Rochester office in May 
on his Mimual trii). 
Mr. Dykhuis, of Felix k Dykhuis, Boskoo]), Holland, 
called at the ollice of “The National Nurseryman” in 
Rochester, on his regular spring trip. 
Those of us who are old enough to remember the 
Cdadioli of Iwenty-tive years ago and who now have the 
pleasui-e of going through si)eciallsts' gardens, can see 
the ra|)id stri(h\s that have been made with this flower. A 
periodical has lecently come before our notice under the 
name of tin* Modern (lladiolus (Irower. It gives a good 
idea of the importance of this flower when a magazine 
can he (Mdir(‘ly devoted to it. This speaks well for the 
increasing inlei‘('st in llow('rs and es])ecially those kinds 
that can be handled easily and from which even the ver¬ 
iest amateur can get I'esults. It indicates the age of the 
s])ecialist and speaks well for the increased interest in all 
kinds of nursery slock. 
A letter from the Hoi'ticultural Company, Worcester. 
Mass., advises that they have practically given up the iin- 
])ortation of fruit stock from (lermany. The Herman 
method of inspecting stock is such that it becomes an im- 
])ossibility to shij) them and have them arrive in this 
country in good shape. 
Mr. Ifohlen says that the insi)ection is don.e at the quar¬ 
antine station at Hamburg by government i!iS})ectors and 
every nurseryman will fully appreciate the fact that Ihe 
goods are never repacked in very good shaj)e and it 
indicated what ould hapi)eii if the i)roposed law of in- 
s])ection on the dock ever becomes effective in this coun- 
It is interesting to note that the nursery business is 
gradually assuming im})ortance in many ceiPers. Speak¬ 
ers from Boston at the Albany Florists’ (Rub called atten¬ 
tion to the fact that Albany is situated s])lendidly to 
take care of the large and growing business within a 
radius of 130 miles and is splendidly located to form a 
centre for nursery trade. 
Henry W. Krukeberg, Secretary and Tii-asurer of !he 
California Association of nurserymen, lias sent out a 
good little folder urging concerti'd action in ;miform hor¬ 
ticultural laws. It is needless to say we hope every nur- 
seryman will endorse this movement in every way pos¬ 
sible. 
The rate for nursery stock is now 1 cent for twelve 
ounces to the eight zones regardless of distance. The no 
boundary rates apjily to parcels weighing over eight 
ounces. 
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The Park Department of Los Angeles, California, is 
donating all nursery stock not needed by the park depart¬ 
ment to various church organizations of that city for the 
purpose of beautifying church grounds, etc. 
Frpit V Flant 
According to the (iardener’s Chronicle, few of the re¬ 
cent newly discovered shrubs from China have turned out 
of very much importance as new border flowers. It 
mentions the recently found Syringa pinnatifolium as 
worthy of note. The foliage is divided into four or five 
small brighf green leaflets, these about half an inch long. 
The flowers are borne in long racemes, something like the 
species of Bibes. This forms a neat bush and is a val¬ 
uable decorative plant in the spring. 
Osmaidhus Delavayi is also counted as a good shrub 
for rockeries. It is ev(u-green and grows about 18 inches 
high and the while flowers are borne in dense clusters 
and are delicately scented. The small, dark green, ser¬ 
rated leaves are not so long as the blossom, which ap¬ 
pears in clusters in the axils of the leaf. 
