THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
Xong anb Short. 
The Lord & Burnham Co., Irvington, N. Y., and New York City, 
have contracted for the erection of new greenhouses for the following 
firms : Lewis C. Pilat, Ossining, N. Y.; Mulroy Brothers, Rhinebeck, 
N. Y ; Chas. Buenning and Horn Brothers, Allentown, Pa ; W L. 
Lewis, Marlboro, Mass ; John Burton, Philadelphia, Pa.; the Philadel¬ 
phia Carnation Company, Philadelphia, Pa ; A. Fahrenwold, Roslyn, 
Pa ; C. Backer. Boston, Mass.; George H. Arnold, Bainbridge, Mass.; 
Edwin Gould, Jekyll Island, Ga. 
Salzer’s Seeds are grown in more gardens, and planted on more 
farms in America, than any other seeds sold, and the reason is found, 
perhaps, in the truth of the firm’s motto—“ Salzer’s Seeds Never Fail.’’ 
Owning and operating over 5,000 acres for the production of choice 
seeds, the most complete facilities are here united with long and varied 
experience ; and the result is a product in seeds, that has never before 
been equaled. Such, among others, are the methods which have 
brought 1,000,U00 customers to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, 
Wis. 
Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., invite nurserymen when in 
New York, to visit their nurseries, Rutherford being the first station 
from the city on the Erie railroad. 
The Reed Pivot Axle Cultivator, made by the Reed Manufacturing 
Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., is particularly adapted to the nurseryman’s 
use. See their announcement. 
An offer on 75,000 peach seedling trees and other stoc'k is asked by 
Charles Ernst’s nurseries, Moscow, Ohio. 
Peirson Brothers, Waterloo, N. Y., have standard apples, peaches, 
box elder, American elm, silver maple, Norway spruce, etc. 
A surplus stock that must be moved in March is announced in an¬ 
other column by C. C. Davis, nurseries, Lee county, Va. 
Apple, cherry, pear and forest tree seedlings in large amounts are 
offered by E. 8. Welch, Shenandoah, la. 
The H. S. Taylor Co., Rochester, N. Y., have a complete line of 
nursery stock for spring trade. 
Fruit stocks of all kinds are offered by Thomas Meehan & Sons, 
Dreshertown, Montgomery Co., Pa. 
Wood labels of every description for nurserymen and florists, are 
made by the Dayton Fruit Tree Label Co., Dayton, O. 
Lord & Burnham Co., Irvington-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., are head¬ 
quarters for greenhouse building material of all kinds, “Burnham’* 
boilers heat. 
D. S. Lake, proprietor of the Shenandoah Nurseries, Shenandoah* 
la., carry a complete line of nursery stock. Apple grafts, apple seed¬ 
lings, forest tree seedlings and Osage orange plants are specialties. 
Nurseymen’s knives, hand-forged, are made by Maher & Grosch Co. 
Toledo, O. 
The Prudential Orchard Co., Shermansville, Pa., want gooseberry 
stools and blackberry root cuttings. General nursery stock offered. 
Opportunities are offered in another column for the purchase of one- 
half interest in a well established nursery, for a purchase of a nursery 
in the West, and an experienced foreman. 
Eugene Covey, Penfield, N. Y., has a few thousand peach trees to 
sell. 
Grape cuttings can be had of Lewis Roesch, Fredonia, N. Y. 
C. B. Gray, Albion, N. Y., has a few peach trees left. 
The Alpha Nursery Co., Alpha, Ill., offers a general line of nursery 
stock. 
For rhododendrons apply to the specialist, Harlan P. Kelsey, Tre- 
mont building, Boston, Mass. 
High grade ornamentals are a specialty with HoopesBros. & Thomas, 
West Chester, Pa. 
The best spraying pumps are made by the Deming Co., Salem, O. 
John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex., Feb. 9,1903.—“I find the National 
Nurseryman valuable for association among leading men and thought 
of the nursery fraternity. I enclose $1.00‘for renewal.” 
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FIRST TO PLANT KIEFFER PEAR. 
William Parry, Riverton, N. J., was the first to plant the 
Kieffer pear, says J. Meehan in the Practical Farmer. He 
says : “ The pear was raised and exhibited by Peter Kieffer, 
of Roxborough, Philadelphia, at the Centennial Exposition, at 
Philadelphia, in 1876 . I believe that I am right in saying that 
the names of the judges of the fruit display of the agricultural 
department were Josiah Hoopes, Thomas Meehan and William 
Parry. The committee gave the fruit a first-class recommend¬ 
ation. Subsequently William Parry secured the rights to the 
grafts of the original tree from Peter Kieffer, and he it was 
who first advertised and sold the trees. Whether or not he 
led off in the planting of an orchard, I cannot say. j. S. Col¬ 
lins may have done that, but I believe the first to advertise it 
was Mr. Parry. 
PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURISTS 
At the recent meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticultural 
Society Howard A. Chase, of Philadelphia, was unanimously 
re-elected president, as were all the other officers. 
Calvin Cooper, Bird-in-Hand, read a paper on “ Is the 
Custom of Many Nursery Men in Cutting Buds and Scions 
Continually from Nursery Rows to be Commended?” He 
said fifteen years’ experience had convinced him that the prac¬ 
tice was bad. The way to get good stock was to take the buds 
and grafts from vigorous bearing trees and then you know what 
you are getting. 
This evoked a general discussion in which the universal 
sentiment was against the practice for the reasons given by’ 
Mr. Cooper. 
“Beautifying Waste Places” was the subject of S. Mendel- 
son Meehan’s paper. “.By waste places,” he said, “I mean 
the places around the farm houses. All life should not be 
prosaic, but the beautiful should have a part. There should 
be a lawn with shrubbery and trees that would not only be a 
delight to the eyes of the family, but to the passers-by and 
the neighbors. Then there should be a flower garden which 
will be full of opportunities. Such beautification will make 
homes brighter and better, and the boys and girls will not be 
so anxious to leave the farm. There is nothing of more per¬ 
manent interest than a flower garden, after one gets ac¬ 
quainted with its possibilities.” 
A MODEL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The old Western New York Horticultural Society held its 
annual meeting at Rochester in January as usual, and as usual 
it was business from the time the presiding officer’s gavel 
called the meeting to order until the adjournment, says Farm 
and Fireside. No time is ever wasted during its meetings. 
Even the election of officers consumes but a very few minutes, 
and requires only the adoption of a committee’s report. W- 
C. Barry has sometimes been accused of holding a dictatorship 
for life rather than an elective chairmanship, but the society 
is evidently flourishing under his masterful guidance, and with 
the help of a most efficient secretary, Mr. Hall, the Western 
New York Horticultural Society, in short, has become a model 
as a business society among similar bodies which are organized 
chiefly for educational aims and objects. The attendance 
