TitE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
sister, jMrs. Ji. E. Rouse, of Geneva, N. Y., and a brother, 
J)r. William R. Jones, of Rochester. 
lie always took an interest in social and church affairs, 
having been an elder in the North Presbyterian church at 
Rochester, ol which he was a charter ineinher and a 
teacher in the Sunday school. Two years of his life he 
lived in Philadelphia where he was an elder in the 7th 
and Brown Relorined church. In Elizabeth he connected 
himself with the Westminster church, being elected a 
deacon. He was for some years a member of the Board 
ol Trade ol Elizabeth and held the ollice of President of 
the S. P. G. A. for a brief while. 
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THE VALLANCE NURSERY. 
The nursery part of the C. G. Morse ^ (himpany ^ Seed 
growers and dealers, San Francisco, Galifornia, has been 
bought out by the \allance Nursery Gompany and lumce- 
lorth the G. G. Morse Gonijiany will a(*l only as their 
agents in selling trees and plants, eonlining themselves 
exclusively to theii’ s(?ed husiness. 
The Vallance Nursery Gonijiany, of which John Val- 
lance, the recently elected presidimt of the Pacilic Goast 
Nurserymen’s Association, is pi-oprietor, carries a full 
line of general nursery stock. The Vallance Nurseries 
PETER ROHLENDER. 
Peter Bohlender, the founder of the firm of Peter Roh- 
lender and Son, Tippecanoe Gity, Ohio, died Tuesday, 
September the 8th at his home in Tippecanoe Gity. Mr. 
Bohlender was 78 years old, a native of Germany, but he 
lived in Ohio for practically three-quarters of a century. 
He \\ as born in Allenbaugh, Bavaria, Germany, in 1837. 
It might be said that his ability as a nurseryman was in¬ 
herited as his ancestors were gardeners and nurserymen. 
When he came to Dayton he worked on a farm 
and later went into the nursery business for himself and 
has been very successful, leaving behind him the well 
known linn of Peter Bohlender & Sons. He is survived 
by three daughters and four sons. The funeral took 
place Thursday afternoon, September the 10th. 
BULLETINS OF INTEREST TO NURSERYMEN. 
Walnut Aphides in Galifornia. By W. M. Davidson, 
Scientific Assistant, Deciduous Fruit Insect Investiga¬ 
tions.. Pp. 48, pis. 4, figs. 18. Gontribution from the 
Bureau of Entomology. (Professional Paper.) Aug. 31, 
1914. (Department Bulletin 100.) price, 10 cents. 
Of interest to growers of English Walnuts in general. 
Insect Damage to the Gones and Seeds of Pacific Goast 
Gonifers. By John M. Miller, Entomological Assistant, 
Forest Insect Investigations. Pp. 7, pis. 3. Gontribution 
from the Bureau of Entomology. July 9, 1914. (Depart¬ 
ment Bulletin 95.) Price, 5 cents. 
Information regarding insects that seriously affect for- 
. est seeds, especially in the coniferous forest of tlie Pacific 
coast. A practical paper, of interest to seed collectors, 
dealers in forest seeds, and planters of forest areas; ol 
particular application to Pacific coast regions. 
Owing to the advance in price of Grimson Glover and 
Hairy Yeitch seed, the specialists in the U. S. D. of A. 
doubt if they can be used profitably as a green manure 
crop and suggest the sowing of rye this fall adding ni¬ 
trogen in the form of nitrate of soda. 
Mr. James Vallance 
proper are at Harward, fourteen miles from Oakland, 
where they have about thirty-live acres in roses, shade 
trees, evergreens, palms and coniferous stock. At San 
Jose, Galifornia, they have twenty acres in fruit trees. 
Their main shipping place is at Oakland where they have 
their greenhouses, lath houses and pot-grown stock. 
Mr. James Vallance is manager of the Vallance Nur¬ 
sery. Both are nurserymen of large experience, having 
been engaged in the business for the past twenty-five 
years in Galifornia. 
• MORE ABOUT PEACHES 
Peaches are used extensively for decorative purposes 
—for instance, the horse show—and especially the 
theatrical stage where early peaches as well as those 
preserved and dried are bunched in groups, still attached 
to the limbs on which they grew, which always finds 
favor with the occupants of the front rows whose great 
delight is to obtain one as a souvenir. 
The effects of peaches on the human system are varied 
and curious. The effects of the species Peacherino is to 
cause some men to become foolish and make senseless 
remarks; others to become joyful and extravagant in the 
matter of jewelry, tlowers and chocolate creams. The 
species Jag makes some men tearful and confiding; 
others pugnacious. 
A chauffeur who knows his business is often able to 
