THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
IRecent (publications. 
In “A Primer of Forestry,” Gifford Pinchot, U. 8. forester, 
presents in popular form valuable information. 
Country Life in America for August contains articles on pro¬ 
tecting shade trees, the growing of water lilies, apricot culture, etc. 
The World’s Work has a number of articles of interest to lovers of 
nature. 
One of the most valuable and convenient publications of the 
Department of Agriculture is the “ Directory for Farmers,” a reprint 
from the Yearbook of the Department, corrected to April 1, 1903. It 
is replete with useful information. 
A valuable book of reference is the Yearbook of the U. S. Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture for 1902. It is a volume of about 900 pages, of 
which 124 pages are devoted to the annual report of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, 534 to miscellaneous articles, 200 to the appendix, and 
about 30 to the index. It is illustrated with a frontispiece, 71 half¬ 
tone and 16 colored plates, and 62 text figures. 
Those who heard William C. Barry’s interesting address at the 
Detroit convention, on “The Importance of Ornamental Stock to the 
Nurseryman ” will be entertained and instructed further by a perusal 
of the article by L. C. Corbett, horticulturist of the Bureau of Plant 
Industry at Washington, on “Plants as a Factor in Home Adornment” 
in the U. S. Department of Agriculture Yearbook for 1902. 
Parts 1 and 2 of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Trans¬ 
actions contain much valuable matter, including a discussion of 
Systematic Pomology by Prof. F. A. Waugh; a lecture on “The 
Apple as a Money Crop for New England,” by F. C. Richards, 
Williamsburg, Mass.; information regarding home and school gardens, 
and portraits of Robert Manning and Horatio II. Hunnewell. 
The President of the United States, the secretary of a great lumber 
company, R. L. McCormick, and the Chief of the U. S. Bureau of 
Forestry, have contributed papers to a bulletin showing that forestry 
is necessary for the perpetuation of the lumber industry in this 
country. Never before has this statement been given such authority, 
nor has the urgent need of foresty on lumber tracts been so emphati¬ 
cally set forth. 
“Practical Farm Drainage ” is the title of a book by C. G. Elliott, 
Drainage Engineer, Tonica, Ill. It describes conditions requiring 
drainage and the effect of tile drains upon the soil. The manner of 
constructing drains, the cost and the profits are detailed. The use of 
ditching machines and the improvement of roads are also discussed. 
12 mo. viii—92 p 25 figures. Cloth $1. New York : John Wiley 
& Sons. London : Chapman & Hall. 
Many nurserymen will be interested in a bulletin, No. 71, of the 
Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, on the subject 
of cider making in France, Germany and England, with comments 
and comparisons on American work, by William B. Alwood, special 
agent of this government. The bulletin gives detailed information 
regarding the classification of ciders and the processes of manufacture. 
The bulletin is the result of a strong interest in the possibilities of 
making a pure sound cider from our apples which may serve as a 
light American wine so cheap and wholesome as to be usable by 
everybody, and as a secondary product a fine apple vinegar. Nursery¬ 
men who are orchardists especially would do well to study this 
bulletin. 
We have received a copy of the new catalogue of greenhouse heating 
and ventilating apparatus issued by Lord & Burnham Co., Irvington- 
on-the-Hudson, N. Y. It is a publication appropriate to the high- 
grade productions of this well known establishment. It contains 
suggestions on greenhouse heating, an open tank system of hot water 
heating, and estimates and descriptions of apparatus, fully illustrated, 
which it is believed is the most complete ever put upon the market 
and the nearest to meeting every want. The catalogue contains 
several new pages, showing additional patterns added to the former 
list of cast iron fittings for caulked joints for 2 in., 3£ in. and other 
sizes of pipe ; a full line of pipe chairs and hangers for all kinds of 
greenhouses; new patterns for ventilating apparatus ; the latest 
patterns for “Burnham” sectional steam and water boilers; also a 
complete line of “Burnham” boilers, etc. The catalogue will be 
mailed to any inquirer upon receipt of five cents to cover postage. 
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One of the most valuable publications for the business man, and 
especially for the shipper and traveling man, is the “ Official Railway 
Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United 
States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba.” The Official Guide 
is the largest periodical in the world, as it publishes each month over 
1,200 pages. Its time tables are always up to date, and it gives the 
latest information in regard to changes in officers, runs of through 
cars, etc. Its Index of Stations includes the names of over 60,000 
points in the United Slates, Canada and Mexico, giving the road upon 
which each is located. It is used by nearly every large shipper in the 
country, for the routing of freight, as well as by railway ticket agents, 
hotels, tourist agencies, etc., for the routing of passengers. The 
Guide serves as a handy gazetteer showing every place in the countries 
named that is reached by a transportation company. Published 
monthly. 75 cents. New York : National Railway Publication Co. 
Xong anb Sbovt. 
Russian Apricot seedlings may be obtained of J. A. Gage, Beatrice, 
Neb. 
Apple trees, complete list, can be had of South St. Louis Nurseries, 
St. Louis, Mo. 
George Achelis, West Chester, Pa., has a fine line of fruit and 
ornamental stock. 
Grape vines and Currant plants are specialties with Wheelock & 
Clark, Fredonia, N. Y. 
75,000 pot-grown Strawberry plants is the offer of T. J. Dwyer A 
Son, Cornwall, N. Y. 
B. Muellerklein, Karlstadt, Bavaria, Germany, offers Currants and 
Gooseberries at attractive prices. 
Fall bulbs and plants ; 50,000 Shasta Daisy plants may be had of 
James Vick’s Sons, Rochester, N. Y. 
Apple, Pear, Plum and Peach, by the carload, are offered by the 
Pioneer Nursery Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. 
Fruit and ornamental stock in standard varieties, forest tree seed 
lings and tree seeds at Donaldson & Gibson’s, Warsaw, Ivy. 
August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., New York, are importers of 
high grade stock grown by Elmire Sebire, Ussy, Calvados, France. 
James M. Kennedy, Dansville, N. Y. offers a general line of nur. 
sery stock. He makes a specialty of Cherry and Plum, one and two 
years. 
4,000,000 Peach, the largest stock of peach grown by one man in 
the United States, is the announcement of J. C. Hale, Winchester, 
Tenn. 
Peach and Apple, California Privet, Grape vines, Asparagus roots 
and Strawberry plants are specialties with W. M. Peters’ Sons, Snow 
Hill, Md. 
Manetti and Mariana stocks, one year Cherry, one and two-year 
Standard Pear and ornamental stock are offered by the Fraser Nursery, 
Huntsville, Ala. 
One million June-bud Peach, large stock of 2-year Apple, one year 
Pear and Cherry, and western-grown Apple seedlings are offered by 
Chattanooga Nurseries, Chattanooga, Tenn. 
W. T. Hood & Co., Richmond, Va., have a fine line of fruit and 
ornamental stock. They would like quotations on Apple, Standard 
Pear and small-sized Peach for Fall delivery. 
Carload lots of Apple, Peach, Plum, Cherry, Pear, Grape, etc., may 
be had of Stark Bros. Nurseries and Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo. 
Also Apple seedlings, small fruit plants, etc. 
George Dyer in his comment in the July issue of Mahin’s Magazine 
remarks that an old volume of Harper’s Magazine shows an adver¬ 
tisement of Maher & Grosh, pocket knives, with an excellent specimen 
of mail order advertising. _ 
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