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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
BOOK 
A remarkably fine Bulletin has been issued by the New 
York State Department of Agriculture on Peach yellows 
and Little Peach, prepared by George G. Atwood, Chief, 
Bureau of Horticulture and Nursery Inspection. 
It presents an analytical study of these diseases and is 
illustrated with 36 beautifully executed colored plates 
portraying the different stages of the diseases covering a 
period of four years. 
It should prove of immense value to the peach grow¬ 
ing industry. 
The second volume of “The Standard Cyclopedia of 
Horticulture” by L. H. Bailey, has been issued. It con¬ 
tains about 600 pages and 769 cuts covering subjects 
from C to E. 
It hardly seems possible that reference made to this 
work could end in disappointment. It is so complete in 
all its details, not only botanically but practically as well. 
The labor in compiling such a work must have been stu¬ 
pendous. 
The gardener will find in it very complete descriptions 
of varieties of such groups of plants as Chrysanthemums, 
Codiaeum, Cypripedum, Dahlias, etc., in addition to the 
latest practical methods of culture invariably written by 
well known specialists. 
The fruit grower, nurseryman, florist, farmer, student, 
amateur, in fact all who are interested in plant life will 
find it a complete library in itself, where information can 
be extracted at a moment’s notice. The MacMillan Com¬ 
pany, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York, are the publishers and 
the price per volume is $6.00. 
A WARNING 
Dear Sir:— 
During the past two weeks, a party, representing him¬ 
self as a son or a son-in-law of Henry A. Dreer, has 
called upon some of the trade in the New England States 
and on various pretexts has borrowed money. 
We, immediately after receiving the first report, pub¬ 
lished a warning in all of the trade papers, but, in spite 
of this, we find that the same party is still finding victims. 
The fellow is an impostor. If he calls on you, have 
him arrested, communicate with us, and we will follow 
up his prosecution. If he has already called upon you. 
please furnish us with particulars, and if possible give a 
description of the man which may help in his identifica¬ 
tion. 
Mr. Dreer has no son, and no son-in-law, and no one 
is representing us among the trade excepting our regular 
staff of travelers who are all well known to the trade. 
Anything that you can do to help bring this fellow to 
justice will be appreciated by 
Yours truly, 
Henry A. Dreer, Inc, 
In his address at the Cleveland meeting of the Amer¬ 
ican Association of Nurserymen, ex-President Pilking- 
ton commented on the fact that the badge book of 1914 
contained the names of only 410 members against 463 in 
the issue of last year, and expressed regret that the lead 
secured last year had not been maintained. It is indeed 
surprising that so many nurserymen fail to show their 
appreciation of the work done by the x4merican Associa¬ 
tion by holding aloof from its membership. We are glad 
to learn, however, from Secretary John Hall, that since 
the issuance of this year’s badge book he has received 
forty-one additional names, making the total membership 
to date 461, and that he is hopeful of obtaining still more 
names. He believes that the Detroit convention, to be 
held June 23—26, 1916, will be even a greater success 
than was the Cleveland meeting, and that was a “star.” 
bituary. 
HIRAM T. JONES. 
It is with much regret we have to report the death of 
the well known nurseryman, Hiram T. Jones, who died 
at his home on North avenue, Elizabeth, N. J., August 
26th at the age of 69. Mr. Jones had been in ill health 
for a year or more although he did not take to his bed 
until about August the 18th. 
Mr. Jones established the Union County Nurseries in 
1893 and became very well known to the trade, having 
about a hundred acres under cultivation. 
He was born of Quaker parentage at Moline, III., but 
his father removed in the fall of 1868 to New York, 
where he was engaged during the Civil War in the grain 
commission business. In 1868 he formed a partnership 
Hiram T. Jones 
with the late E. W. Herendeen and entered the nursery 
business at Geneva, N. Y., where his son, Hiram T. at the 
age of 13 commenced his training in the nursery bus¬ 
iness, later starting the Union County Nurseries. He is 
survived by a widow and daughter. Miss R. Dorothea, a 
