THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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|)lantiii^>: and iinj)roving tlndr ground 
Civic societies, gardening associations in fact all 
thought Ini people, recogniz(‘ its worth and tak(‘ up tin 
woi'k I’l'oin an entirely altruistic j)oint of view, y(d nur- 
s(!ryinen have allow(‘d ukmi to r(‘pi'('S(*nt them that hav<? 
brought the husiness disi('pute. So much so that the tr(‘e 
agent is often classed as a fakir and a |)esl. 
For the good of tln^ nurscuy l)usim‘ss a high(*r stan¬ 
dard oi ethics is needed among its salesmen, men who 
w ill not deceive w illfully or through ignorance, w ho 
know their plants well (Miough to advis(‘ theii custotners 
w hat to plant for a giv(Mi purpos(‘ and honoral)le enough 
not to sell unless the custonu'i' has a s[)orting chance of 
g(‘tling 1 ‘esults. 
Tlnu-e is risk in all planting hut it is uj) to tin' nursery¬ 
man to reduce that risk to tin' cuslonn'r to the lowest 
possible extent and at the same tinn* increase his sales to 
the maximum. Only by catering to the Ix'st intc'rc'sts of 
his customer can this be done so as to ('inlure. 
Review, Hote Comment. 
The following communication was received from Vic¬ 
tor Detriche & Company, Angers, France, dated Septem¬ 
ber the 22nd, 1914, signed by the bookkeeper. 
Messrs. Detriche are in the war and the invoices will 
be paid after their return only.” 
According to the local press 300 acres of what was or¬ 
iginally the Brown Bros. Nursery is to be converted into 
a residential section of Bochester. 
The whole tract will be laid out in a pleasing design 
w itli streets 70 to 80 feet w ide and all to l)e beautified by 
a liberal planting of trees and shrubs. 
This does not mean that Brow n Bros, are going out of 
business by any means, but merely the building up ol a 
portion of the propeily that used to be devoted to the 
grow ing of nursery stock. It has been often said that very 
few' nurserymen get rich through their business. When 
they do make money it is usually through their being lo¬ 
cated near a large city and in time the city grows and the 
value of the ground rises. 
Since the outbreak of the European w ar horticulturists 
all along the line are looking for a new source ot supply 
for potash. The United States Department ol Agricul¬ 
ture has just issued a circular letter suggesting wa)od 
ashes as a source of supply. They state that il w ood 
ashes are carefully stored and not permitted to leach they 
are of considerable value. Besides containing the potash 
wood ashes also contain ollu'r ingredients which are ol 
value to plants, namely, phosi)horic acid a little magnesia 
and a great deal of lime. 
In one of the English horticultural papers John 
Weathers suggests digging large areas ol ground instead 
of ploughing, mainly to give the unemployed something 
to do. To the average American this will seem very much 
like working for work’s sake, but Mr. leathers, the 
author of “Commercial Gardening,” knows whereof he 
speaks and his conl('ntion that digging is ev('n mon; pro- 
litahle than j)longhing when labor is available, gives ns 
much food for Ihongid. To (piote Mr. \\'(!alhers, “Thus 
tin; appai‘(*nt (ixtra cost of labor would la* more than nu'l 
hy the heavi(U' and better croj)S, and th(‘i(' would Ix' the 
advantage of having the soil in a d(‘('i)(!r, Ix'lter and moi'c 
fertile condition for tin' sncc('('ding cro|)S. In addition to 
this, dug land is always fn'cr than plougln'd land from 
insect j)ests and we(‘ds, an important item not to In' ov('i- 
looked.” 
We are a little too slipshod in our horticultural nn*lh- 
ods in America, diu' largely to our j)rodigality of land and 
lack or high cost of labor, but thorougb workmanship 
tells in the ('ml and afl('r all w’(‘ ar(‘ ('ssc'ntially comim'i- 
cial and if mor(i m*! r('turns can h(' |)roduc('d from dis¬ 
turbing the ground 12 inches d('('p than 3 inches this plan 
will !)(' ultimately adopted wln'tln'r it be done by ma¬ 
chinery, horse, or hand labor. 
Better (piality lathei' than larg('r (juantity is gradually 
becoming tin' aim of tin; most successful nurs('rymcn and 
fi'uit growers. 
A very attractive catalogue has In'cn received from tin' 
Orenco Nurs('ry (’omj)any, Orc'uco, Orc'gon, devot('d en¬ 
tirely to Boses. It is printed on coated paper and liber¬ 
ally illustrah'd w ith half tones of old favorites and soim; 
of the newer and choicer varieties. At the end of tin; 
book is a classified table of colors makiii" it a verv handv 
reference book to the rose connoisseur. 
W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md., has incorporated his bus¬ 
iness into a stock company, w ith a capital slock of .$50,- 
000, It is a close corporation, all the stock being held by 
the family. 
Tuesday, October 20th, w as Apple Day. If w e keep on 
the 365 days in the year will not be sufficient to go 
around, but we are glad a day has been a[)propriated for 
the apple before they are all gone. There is no fruit more 
wa)rlhy of exploitation. 
Congi’essman Shreve has introduced a bill in Congress 
for a standard grat)e basket. It provides for a basket (4 
11).) 3% inches w ide, 4% inches long by 4 V 2 inches deep. 
8 pound basket, 4% inches by 12Ut by 51/2 inches high. 
20 pound basket to measure 1% by 15 inches, 6% inches 
high. - 
Prof. J. C. Cunningham, of the Iowa State College, 
Ames, Iowa, is securing data w ith a view of making a 
map showing where the different kinds of nursery stock 
are growni. 
Mr. A. II. Shreiner, 208 N. 14th street, Harrisburg, 
Penna., on receiving a copy of “The National Nurs('ry- 
man” w rites “Il is fine and w ell gotten up.” 
Please find enclosed a dollar bill for which extend my 
subscrii)tion for one year. I enjoy your pajn'r very much. 
It gives much information that is of vital importanc(' to 
nurserymen. May it live long and still grow belter. 
Yours very sincerely, 
W. A. Eli.inger, 
Lancaster, Pa., R. B. No. 2. 
