THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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MAILING CATALOGUES IN BULK. 
The postoffice appropriation bill, passed by the House on 
February 5, contains the provision that postoffices shall here¬ 
after accept for transmission in the mails quantities of not less 
than 2,000 identical pieces of third and fourth class matter 
without postage stamps affixed, provided that the postage has 
been fully prepaid. Under this law catalogue houses will be 
able to deliver their editions to the postoffice in bulk. 
BEARING TREES IN FIFTEEN STATES. 
We have referred to census figures on trees in the United 
States. The following table showing the changes in a decade 
are of interest : 
STATES. 
BEARING TREES. 
1890 
1900 
New York. 
14.428.381 
10.860.616 
9,097,700 
8,582,386 
8,150,441 
6.949,336 
6,089,106 
6.06s. 575 
5,730 144 
5 020,400 
4,253.364 
4,249,468 
3.640,580 
3,003,190 
15,054,831 
12,951.625 
11,674.211 
10.927,899 
20,040,399 
15.05s.83l 
8,624,583 
11.848,070 
8,707,238 
7,714,053 
8.190.025 
6,438,871 
6,869,588 
Ohio. 
Pennsylvania....-. 
Michigan. 
Missouri. 
Illinois. 
Indiana. 
Kansas. 
Kentucky. 
Tennessee. 
Virginia. 
North Carolina. 
Iowa. 
Maine. 
Arkansas. 
7,496,145 
Total. 
96,118,684 
151,592,369 
Commenting on these figures, Wesley Greene, secretary of 
the Iowa State Horticultural Society, says in the Fruitman : 
“ In ten years Missouri has gone from the fifth to the first 
place in the number of bearing apple trees ; New York is 
second, where Ohio was, and the latter has dropped to the 
fourth place. Illinois now occupies the place held by Penn^ 
sylvania in 1890, and Kansas has taken Missouri’s place, 
Pennsylvania and Michigan hold the same relative position to 
each other, but have gone down the scale three places ; Indiana 
has dropped two and Kentucky has gone up one, while Vir¬ 
ginia and Tennessee change places. Arkansas has taken the 
position occupied by North Carolina, and Iowa still holds her 
old place, No. 13. 
“ Missouri, Illinois, Kansas and Arkansas have made rapid 
progress in the last decade. Iowa is not far, geographically, 
from the states holding the first, third and fifth place in 
orcharding and will doubtless soon feel the stimulating influ¬ 
ences which pervades them and will increase in the number of 
apple trees planted annually in the near future more rapidly 
than she has in the past.” 
ALABAMA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Alabama Horticultural Society was organized on 
January 27th, with W. S. Heikes as president, R. S. McIntosh 
of Auburn secretary and treasurer, and Paul Hoffman, M. C. 
Scott and John Wallace as executive committee. A legislative 
committee is composed of Robert Chase, Prof. R. S. McIntosh, 
John Wallace, Dr. Wilcox and L.- R. Whaless. The next 
meeting will be held at Montgomery, Ala. 
PECOS VALLEY APPLES. 
Standing on the Illinois Central tracks near Harrison street is a train 
of fourteen carloads of apples that were grown at an altitude of 4,000 
feet in a region not counted as an apple producer. The shipment is 
from the orchard of an individual grower, but Is only a part of a con¬ 
signment of ninety cars The apples are from J. J. Ilagerman’s South 
Spring orchard and were shipped from Roswell, New Mexico. Out¬ 
side of Colorado Jonathan apples, the New Mexico fruit is said to be 
the finest received here this season. The varieties are Gano, Mammoth 
Black Twig, Winesap. Arkansas Black, Missouri Pippin, Jonathan 
and other choice varieties. The apples were grown on 60,000 trees, 
planted on 800 acres in the Pecos Valley of New Mexico, 4,000 feet 
above the sea. This is the second crop of any size from the orchard, 
which is only in its ninth year. 
Irrigation is employed in raising apples in New Mexico, there being 
500 artesian wells with a capacity of 500 gallons each. Roswell is 
1,250 miles from Chicago, and the freight charges on the apples just 
arrived were $2,800.—Chicago Tribune. 
ST. LOUIS FAIR DISPLAY. 
Under the classification of trees, shrubs, ornamental plants, 
flowers, etc., there will be installed in the Horticultural palace 
and on the grounds of the Universal Exposition of St. Louis 
in 1904, displays as follows : 
TREES, SHRUBS, PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 
Ornamental standard trees, seedlings or grafted. 
Ornamental shrubs, deciduous or evergreen. 
Plants for the park or for the garden. 
Herbaceous plants grown in open ground ; dahlias, chrysanthemums, 
etc. 
Masses and baskets of flowers. Bouquets of natural flowers. 
PLANTS OF THE CONSERVATORY. 
Specimens of culture used in different countries for use or for orna¬ 
ment. 
Forced culture of vegetables and fruits : Specimens of products. 
Specimens and varieties cultivated for ornament: Plants from 
houses of moderate temperature. Plants from hot houses. 
SEEDS AND PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND NURSERIES 
Collection of seeds of vegetables, plants and trees. 
Young trees, seedlings or grafted. Plants and fDwers grown for 
perfumes or extracts. 
GARDEN APPLIANCES AND METHODS. 
Tools for gardeners and nurserymen : Spade 3 , picks, hoes, lawn 
mowers, garden rollers. Tools for pruning, grafting, gathering, pack¬ 
ing and transporting produce ; pruning and grafting knives, ladders. 
Watering apparatus. 
Apparatus and objects for ornamenting gardens : Vases, pots, chairs, 
seats, fountains, labels, etc. 
Glass houses and their accessories : Heating apparatus, mattings, etc. 
Aquariums, ferneries, etc., for use in dwellings. 
Landscape architecture : Plans, drawings, models, books, pictures, 
etc. 
SPACE AND POWER FREE. 
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There will be no charge for space occupied by exhibits, and a limited 
amount of power for the operation of mechanical devices to illustrate 
processes of special interest will be furnished to exhibitors without 
charge. 
Concord, Ga., Feb. 11,1903— Smith Brothers: “ We are in receipt of 
your February number and enjoyed looking over its sparkling pages. 
We always look forward with pleasure to its coming.” 
Baraboo, Wis., Feb. 6 , 1903—M. F. Foley, president Great North¬ 
ern Nursery Co.: “ Your journal certainly has met with our approval 
since we have taken it. We would feel lost if it were not a monthly 
caller at our office, as it contains a great deal of information that is of 
importance to us in our business.” 
