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Long Island to Florida west to Kentucky and Louisiana, 
and describes it as not being quite hardy north, perhaps 
this is the reason it is not more frequently seen in the 
north. It is certainly scarce and rarely listed in nursery¬ 
men’s catalogues. 
If Mr. Lake is successful in growing it at lilaek River 
Falls, Wis., it certainly indicates that it is much more 
hardy than generally supposed. 
FIRE AT THE OFFICES OF THE 
NURSERYMAN’’ 
NATIONAL 
The publishing ollices of the “National Nurseryman,” 
218 Livingston Rldg., Rochester, N. Y., had a narrow es¬ 
cape from lire on Saturday morning, November 14th. 
The damage to the other offices in the building amounted 
to $4000.00. 
LITIGATION BETWEEN W. P. STARK AND STARK 
BROS. NURSERY AND ORCHARDS CO. IS 
SETTLED 
At a meeting held at the office of Judge Elijah Robin¬ 
son in Kansas City last Friday the various suits and bus¬ 
iness differences existing between W. P. Stark and the 
Stark Bros. Nurseries and Orchards Co. was settled. 
According to the terms of the agreement W. P. Stark 
agrees to dismiss the reeeivership suit now pending and 
pay all court costs; also to repurchase the Rolla orchard, 
paying $10,000 in cash and other considerations as per 
original agreement. 
He also agrees to pay a $9,000 note on which the com¬ 
pany had brought suit at Neosho, together with costs and 
to settle open accounts as per hooks of the company. 
Stark Bros. Nurseries and Orchards Co. agreed to pur¬ 
chase from W. P. Stark his one third interest in the 80 
acres of land near this city in which partition suits are 
pending, for $3,100 and to pay the costs of the suits and 
to declare accrued dividends to the stockholders, the divi¬ 
dends having been withheld the past two years; also to 
declare the regular dividend in December. 
There was also a controversy in regard to the exclusive 
rights in the Stark Delicious apple tree and W. P. Stark 
agreed to discontinue advertising the exclusive rights. 
The settlement in no wise aff ects W. P. Stark’s stock in 
the Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards corporation. 
A meeting of the stockholders was held at the office of 
the company west of the city Tuesday afternoon lor the 
purpose of declaring the dividends referred to above, 
which amounted to $75,000.00. 
PHOENIX NURSERY CO. 
John Chisholm, who was appointed receiver lor the 
Phoenix Nursery Co., Bloomington, Ill., is offering the 
nursery for sale at auction on Saturday, January 16th, 
1915, as per advertisement in this month’s issue. 
Rochester, N. Y., October 22, 1914. 
“Forest Phifer, formerly foreman of the Forest Nur. & 
Seed Co., McMinnville, Tenn., has gone into business for 
himself under the firm name of Riverview Nur. & Seed 
Co., McMinnville, Tenn. 
Review, Hote Comment. 
The past summer has been very favorable to tree 
growth and many of the forest species of New York State 
have produced a heavy crop of tree seed. The State Col¬ 
lege of Forestry at Syracuse is collecting a large (luantity 
of seed of various evergri'cns and hardwoods. Among 
the evergreens tlie hemlock and balsam lir have seeded 
especially profusely. Effort is being made to get large 
quantities of the seed of white ash, basswood, tulip or 
while wood and other hardwood trees of value. The stu¬ 
dents are collecting a considerable quantity of scihI in the 
vicinity of Syracuse as a part of their laboratory work. 
They are taught the best methods of collecting, estimat¬ 
ing the amount of seed to the pound and stratifying for 
the winter. 
Walter Charles Slocock, Woking, Surrey, England, 
writes:—“There is no scarcity of labor here, business is 
fairly brisk, not quite so much doing })erhaps in orna¬ 
mental stock, hut in fruit and forest trees it is ([uite as 
good as usual. 
With regard to the sailings to America—these are go¬ 
ing very regular now (October 31st) once or twice a 
week from London and Liverpool.” 
J. H. H. Boyd has resigned as president of the River- 
view Nursery and Seed Co., McMinnville, Tenn., and ex¬ 
pects to spend a good part of his time in the mountains 
collecting Kalmia, Rhododendron, Hemlock, etc. 
A. L. Miller, Nurseryman and florist, of Brooklyn, N. 
Y., has discontinued his llorist business at Brooklyn hut 
the nursery business and all other matters will he taken 
care of at his nursery office at Jamaica, N. Y. 
OREGON STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
The 29th annual meeting will he held at Medford, Ore¬ 
gon, December 2, 3, 4, 1914. A very interesting {)rogram 
has been arranged. 
The firm of F. W. Watson & Co., of Topeka, Kansas, 
report an unusual fine fall for the taking up of their 
Apple and Pear seedlings. They grew this summer 155 
acres of apple seedlings and 17 acres ol pear seedlings. 
The Massachusetts Forestry Association has issued a 
bulletin warning against “Tree Repair Fakers,” which 
also gives some very practical hints how to avoid becom¬ 
ing victims of these gentry. 
Louisiana has designated November 19th as Orange 
Day. - 
The North-Eastern Forestry Company, Cheshire, Conn., 
lost their packing shed in a fire on October 29th. 
Trade is good with us, especially on pear, cherry 
plum and privets. 
Marble City Nur. Co. 
Knoxville, Tenn. 
