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THE NATTONAT. NITRSERYMAN 
U('|)l dwini'. Ilu' i(l('n hi'iiig lo miniinizo Iho dainn^i' done 
l»y tin'hi^li \\ iiids and lo produei' tin' erop as neai' the 
j^roiind a." j)ossil)l(', |•alln'|■ Ilian Ix'yond |■('aeh. They 
prunr rr('el\ on llu' sjnii’ sysh'in, so that llu' ti'i'i's in a 
l\\('l\e yi'ai’ orchard of apph's art' only alioiit six oi' t'i^hl 
(■('('I hiph. yt'l lit'ar iinnn'iist' tpianlilit's of fruit, which 
can ht' harvt'sit'd without laddt'i'S. 
Tilt' (‘ouniry nurst'iit's of \('w Soulli Wales ^row 
mostly citrus fruits for the fruit "row in^- industry of that 
slalt' is ahoul Iht' saint' as in Itiwt'r (falilornia. The nur- 
st'rit's aroimtl Sytlnt'y prtiw a ^i't'iu'i'al etilleelitm t)f stock. 
Stunt' such as llillstlt'ii Walls & (a), siit'cialize in luniHas, 
Asithfislras. ft'rns, t'te., ftir the Sydney sltire I rath', w hile 
olht'r linns such as St'arl & Sons grow for Iht' rt'lail city 
anti t'alaltigut' I rath' anti t*arry an t'lioi intuis nuinher t)f 
N'arit'lit's. Whih' I havt' Nisilt'tl intist tif Iht' largt'sl nur- 
st'rit's of I'hiropt' anti Anu'rit'a, 1 tltuiht if tht're is antither 
nurst'i'v anyw ht're, w Inch carries a larger lisf tif vai'ieties 
tir a stock intirt' varied than Searls. They grtiw' hundretls 
of varieties t)f Palms, Ferns, lifty varieties tif Xephrolep- 
sis alone. Orchitis, J>oiiV(ir(rKis. hulbs, earnatitms, etc., 
in many varieties. They are seetlsmen as well as nur- 
serymt'ii anti florists, anti list over 6000 varieties of 
])lants, not reckoning varietal names. Tti run such a 
husiness on a prtilitahle basis retjuires mil only brains 
anti capital, hut exjierienee and lots of it. 
The seed htuises of Sydney and Melbourne will eom- 
jiare favtirahly w ilh any tilhers in cities of same size any- 
w ht're. In t'verv place 1 visitetl, whether set'dsmen, llor- 
isfs t)r nurserymen, or all three eomhinetl. there was an 
air t)f ])rosperily and ellieieney artmntl. 1 was treated 
w ith the greatest courtesy everyw here anti w as much im- 
jiressetl w ith the huge progress made in every branch of 
(he llortieultural trade since I was last in Australia 
twenty years ago. 
This is (I partial vieu' of ]]\‘sli))inster Xarserivs of ]]T>st))ii)ister, Md., d yr. peach orcfairds 
J. E. Stoner (oat famity with part of the office staff i}ispeeti)aj same 
FALL BLOOMING PLANTS AT THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM 
T he lltiwers of wtiotly jilants are imt common in this 
elimalt' at the eiitl of Scjitemher. hut visitors It) 
Iht' Arhtu't'lum will still find a few interesting 
plants in hlotnn. Tht' most eonspieutms. jierhajis. is the 
Manehurian anti noi'lh (hiina Andia eJdmoisis which can 
he st't'n in Iht' Aralia Grtuip nt'ar tht' junetitm t)f the ^lea- 
tltiw anti Hussey Hill Htiatls. It is a near relative t)f the 
so-eallt'tl llt'reult's' (hid) (Aralia spinosa'^ of t)ur st)uth- 
ern wtttttls anti, likt' Iht' Amt'riean plant, it has stems eov- 
t'rt'tl w ith jtriekh's. largt', et)m])t)untl, tlark green leavt's. 
anti innnt'nst' clusters of small white llowers which are 
follt>w etl h,\ small shining black fruits. The Amt'riean 
plant is nt)t t|uilo as hardy as its Asiatic relative, hut it is 
now well established on the margin of the woods at the 
northern base of Hemlock Hill in the rear of the Laurels, 
where it is spreading by undergrountl shoots. The 
plants are just past llowering. 
The .lapanese Uydranyea pauiealata and its monstrous 
Ibrm. on which all the tlowers are sterile (var. yraiidi- 
flora) are in bloom. The latter is one of the most gen¬ 
erally planted shrubs in the United States, although it is 
a much less interesting and less beautiful plant than the 
still comparatively little known normal form. The two 
are growing side by side in the Shrub Colleetion. In the 
Shi’uh Colleetion, too, the handsome Etshottzia Slaantoidi 
is in full tlower and now at its best. This member of the 
Mint Family, and a native of northeastern Asia, has long 
erect spikes of rosy pink llowers and light green foliage. 
