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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
and manufacture horticultural machinery. The Goulds 
Manufacturing Company of New York has a good display 
of pumps and spraying appliances, as has also the Niagara 
Gas Spraying Company of Middleport. Part of the space 
in this wing has been occupied by the New York gladiolus 
grower, Harry Co we of Berlin. 
Landscaping: The striking feature of the landscape 
immediately surrounding the horticultural and agricultural 
building, during the forepart of October was the oanna. It 
was in its glory up to the 15th of October and will probably 
continue blooming until the end, if not shut off by the 
frost. Next to the canna, we could not help-but admiring 
the cosmos. In the East our summer is hardly long 
enough to bring the cosmos to perfection but in southern 
Missouri, it is perfectly at home and is a charming banking 
plant for side walls, or for screening foundations. 
The water garden which was largely stocked by 
Dreer of Philadelphia is also a feature well worth study¬ 
ing. The bedding plants about the Agricultural Build¬ 
ing are in a fine condition and show the handiwork 
of the Superintendent and the generosity of the 
various florists who have supplied the material. The 
nursery plantings are not inconsiderable but hardly imp¬ 
ressive. Still they are worth studying. 
Another type of nursery: Far away from the hall of 
agriculture and horticulture, there is another nursery, 
which the grower of trees will want to visit. This is a 
nursery where the tenderest kind of creations are cultured. 
We refer to the Baby Incubator, situated on the “pike,” 
where tiny specimens of humanity, who have for various 
reasons found a premature existence on the earth, are cared 
for in dainty little glass houses, supplied with filtered 
air, and regulated temperatures an are fed homeopathic 
doses of prepared food. This nursery exhibit is one which 
is well worth visiting. 
The nurseryman who visits the fair need not hope to do 
very much serious work or learn a great deal about var¬ 
ieties of fruits unless he sits down and makes a systematic 
study of two or three of the leading exhibits in the hor¬ 
ticultural hall. A glance here and there will enable him 
to get a general impression but will hardly supply him 
with definite information. Whether one should visit a 
small section thoroughly or get a bird’s-eye view of the 
whole, is a question that each one must settle for himself. 
The atmosphere of the exhibition is not favorable for 
serious study and most people are satisfied with a bird’s- 
eye view. 
Horticultural Visitor. 
WINNERS AT SYRACUSE. 
ELLWANGER AND BARRY NURSERIES TAKE NO LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED 
AND TWO FIRST PRIZES. 
The fame of the Ellwanger & Barry nurseries of this city and vicinity 
cannot but be heightened by the fact that their fruit products cap¬ 
tured no less than 102 first prizes at the state fair in Syracuse. The 
Ellwanger & Barry exhibit was pronounced by the judges and visit¬ 
ing experts to be the most perfect ever placed on exhibition, showing 
that trees propagated in the soil of Monroe county are capable of pro¬ 
ducing finer and better fruit than those grown elsewhere. The Wes¬ 
tern New York Horticultural Society of which William C. Barrry is 
president, won the first prize, $300, for the best display.— From Roches¬ 
ter Union and Advertiser, September 9th, 1904. 
PERSONALS AND GENERAL. 
The Division of Entomology of the North Carolina Department of 
Agriculture has issued a circular on the San Jose scale, which may be 
had by addressing this division at Raleigh, N. C. 
Stark Bros., of Louisiana, Mo., were instrumental in securing from 
growers in Washington and Colorado an attractive display of Black Ben 
Davis apples which were on exhibition at the World’s Fair, St. Louis, 
during the month of October and will be continued till the close of the 
Fair. 
NOVELTIES FOR NOVEMBER. 
Benjamin Chase, Derry N. H., makes nurserymen’s labels. 
The Ellisville Nursery, Ellisville, Mo., wholesale apple trees. 
Maher & Grosh, Toledo, Ohio, offer a popular article in their grafting 
knife No. 2. 
South Floral Nursery Co., Fruitville, Ala., specialize in Stokesia, 
Cyanea and Liatus Gracilis. 
For apples and a general nursery stock buyers should consult Stephen 
Hoyt’s Sons catalogue, New Canaan, Conn. 
A fine line of Autumn Japanese specialties is offered by importers, 
Suzuki & Iida of New York and Yokohama. 
Brown Brothers Company of Rochester have propagated a large 
supply of Baby Rambler Rose, anticipating a brisk demand next 
spring. 
Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., are pushing that finest of all 
ornamental willows—the laurel leaved. Pin Oak and Oriental Palm 
are also among their specialties. 
McHutchison & Co., 218 Fulton Street, New York, are American 
agents for three leading nursery houses in France and Holland. They 
offer a special line of Norway Maples this month. 
J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md., offer the buyar a selection of no 
less than one hundred and sixty -five kinds of apple trees. They also 
offer a large stock of Keiffer pears grafted on French stocks. 
COMING HORTICULTURAL MEETINGS. 
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. 
Chrysanthemum Society, Boston, November 3. 
Apple Growers, St. Louis, November 9, 11. 
Pennsylvania Society, Philadelphia, November 8,12. 
Ontario Fruit Growers, Toronto, Novembers, 12. 
Massachusetts, Boston, November, 19. 
Michigan, Benton Harbor, December 6, 8. 
Minnesota, Minneapolis, December 6, 9. 
Iowa, Des Moines, December 6, 9. 
Indiana, Indianapolis, December 7, 8. 
Connecticut, Hartford, December 14. 
Illinois, Bloomington, December 14, 16. 
Missouri Valley, Kansas City, Mo., December 17. 
Ohio Horticultural, Chillicothe, December 20, 22. 
Western Nurserymen, Kansas City, Mo., December 22, 23. 
Kansas, Topeka, December, 27, 29. 
Maryland, College Park, December 28, 29. 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
Gentlemen: —Enclosed find one dollar to pay for my subscription to 
your valuable paper. I like the Nurseryman, and desire to keep it 
on my list of first-class papers. Wishing you success, 
Yours truly, H. W. Henry, LaPorte, Ind. 
Enclosed find my check for one dollar for your paper for another 
year. It is all we can expect. I have just returned from Europe and 
found our Boskoop Nursery in fine shape. The stock is well grown 
and plentiful on account of the splendid weather we had during the 
summer. 
Will you kindly notice the change of my address to 216 Jane Street, 
Hoboken, (Weehawken Heights), N. J. 
Yours respectfully, A. P. Ouwerkerk. 
