The National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
Copyright, 1901, by the National Nurseryman Publishing Co. 
“ The nurseryman's responsibility should end when lie has delivered the stock in first-class condition ” — Prof. N. E. Hansen. 
Vol. IX. ROCHESTER, N. Y., MAY, 1901. No. 5. 
TEXAS NURSERYMEN. VICTORIA MEDAL OF HONOR. 
Programme for the Convention at College Station, Texas, in July — 
Affiliation with Texas Farmers’ Congress—Practical Topics 
to be Discussed by Men Especially Qualified—An 
Interesting Meeting for the Nurserymen of 
Texas and Adjoining States. 
On February 12 th, last, the executive committee of the 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association met in the parlors of the 
Worth Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas. The committee deemed it 
desirable for this association to affiliate with the Texas 
Farmers’ Congress, and elected E. W. Kirkpatrick as vice- 
president of the Texas Nurserymen’s Association to the Texas 
Farmers’ Congress, and member of the executive committee of 
that body. This proposition was accepted by the executive 
committee of the Texas Farmers’ Congress then in session in 
Fort Worth, all subject to the approval of both bodies at the 
coming regular meetings of the same. 
The executive committee of the Texas Nurserymen’s Asso¬ 
ciation appointed the next meeting of this association to be 
held at College Station, Texas, on July 23 to 26 inclusive, 
1901 , and adop'ed the following programme to be carried out 
in connection with any other business or exercises for the 
good of the association that may arise at this meeting: 
“Introduction of New and Improved Varieties, What and How”— 
Stanley Watson, Brenham ; and O. K. Phillips, Rockdale, Tex. 
“Propagation, the Best Methods”—John F. Sneed, Tylor, Tex. 
“Adaptation of Varieties to Locations”—B. L. Adams, Bonham,Tex. 
“The Evolution of the Plum”—F. T. Ramsey, Austin ; and J. B. 
Baker, Ft. Worth, Tex. 
“ The Best Fruits for the Coast Belt”—R. H. Bushw’ay, Alvin ; and 
R. W. Holbert, Arcadia, Tex. 
“The Transportation Problem, as Applied to Nursery Stock”— 
John Watson, Brenham, Tex ; and J. Bagby, New Haven, Mo. 
“Our Insect and Fungoid Friends and Foes, and Howto Adjust 
Them”—Prof. F. W. Mally, College Station. 
“How Best to Reach our Retail Customers”—A. K. Clingman, 
Homer, la.; and N. T. Pirtle, Tylor, Tex. 
“ Louisiana as a Fruit Country”—E. Mixer, Richards, La.; and Yar¬ 
brough Bros., Stephens, Ark. 
“Apple and Pear Trees, Best Manner of Propagation”—L. W. 
Clark, Paris ; and J. E. Harman, Brenham, Tex. 
“ The Necessity for and Best Methods of Grading Nursery Stock ”— 
W. F. Heikes, Huntsville, Ala. 
“For a Higher Standard of Agency Trade”—George P. Murrell, 
Austin, Ark.; and C. C. Mayhew, Sherman, Tex. 
“ Prices, Retail and Wholesale, and Their Proper Adjustment ”—E. 
W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Tex. 
The papers and discussions, it is expected, will be brief, 
pointed, and well boiled down; also, that each member come 
prepared to make known his surplus and wants. 1 he execu¬ 
tive committee of the association is composed of E. W. Kirk¬ 
patrick, president ; J. B. Baker; and John S. Kerr, secretary. 
At the time of the establishment of the Victoria Medal of 
Honor in Horticulture we published a list of the sixty persons 
who were deemed worthy of the medal by reason of their 
prominence in horticultural matters. “ In connection with this 
honor a new departure has now been made,’’ says the Gardeners’ 
Magazine, London. The Victoria Medal of Honor in Horti¬ 
culture was established by the Royal Horticultural Society in 
1897 , with the assent of her Most Gracious Majesty the late 
Queen Victoria in commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of 
her reign, and the limit of sixty Victoria Medallists at any one 
time was fixed to record that event. It has now seemed good 
to the president and council to issue a minute and order of 
council that the number of Victoria Medallists shall be in- 
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creased to sixty-three as a record for all years to come of the 
sixty-three years of her late Majesty’s glorious reign, and that 
such number should never hereafter be added to or decreased. 
There having been one vacancy in the original number at the 
time of her Majesty’s death, the president and council, acting 
on the above minute and order, have made the following 
appointments to the list of Victoria Medallists, viz.: Miss 
Eleanor A. Ormerod, LL. D., etc.; Sir George King, K. C. E. I., 
M. B., F. R. H. S., F. L. S., etc.; Mr. George Norman, F. R. 
H. S.; and Mr. James Sweet, F. R. H. S. Miss Ormerod’s 
life has been devoted to natural history, and it is very largely 
due to her that we now possess so wide a knowledge of those 
insects injurious to garden and farm crops, and are able to 
prevent their attacks or provide a remedy when the attack has 
been made. Sir George King is a renowned botanist, and one 
who has rendered great public service in connection with cin¬ 
chona cultivation in India. Sir George was for a long time 
director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, and only 
recently completed his term of service. Mr. George Norman, 
head gardener to the Marquis of Salisbury, Hatfield House, 
Herts, is a successful fruit grower, and has for many years had 
a seat on the R. H. S. fruit committee. Mr. James Sweet, of 
Finchley, is well known among market growers as the father 
of the grape growing industry in England. ” 
NURSERY STOCK IN MANITOBA. 
In his report to the federal department in Washington, U 
S. Consul W. H. H. Graham, at Winnipeg. Manitoba, referring 
to the open dates for admission of nursery stock to Canada^ 
says: 
There is a large and growing demand for nursery stock in Manitoba 
and the Northwest Territories, and the supply, notwithstanding the 
tariff, should come from the United States, as trees and shrubs propa¬ 
gated in the Northwestern States are better adapted to this climate than 
those produced elsewhere. 
The Storrs.and Harrison Co., Painesville, O., shipped 193 carloads 
of stock between March 1st and April 11th, 
