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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
IRecent publications. 
THE ORANGE OUTPUT. 
In a booklet entitled “What is a Kindergarten” George Hansen, 
landscape architect, Berkeley, Cal., enumerates the list of subjects to 
be planted in the children’s garden that will most interest the child and 
in a practical manner accompanied with various plans for lots of 
various size, tells how these plants may be treated to the best advan¬ 
tage. The kindergarten, he says, is the playground of the child, the 
home of the mother, the battlefield of the man, the anchor ground of 
patriotism. The book will be found of assistance to teachers of nature 
studies and to all who are interested in gardening. San Francisco: 
Morgan Shepard. 
The July issue of the “ Delineator” contains the finest pictures yet 
presented of the Pan-American exposition. They show the harmonious 
blending of colors which is a distinctive feature of the exposition 
buildings. These pictures of two views of the electricity building and 
one of the restaurants are really far beyond anything of the kind that 
has been attempted. They were made possible by reason of the fact 
that the publishers of the “ Delineator” had the advantage of working 
directly from the original water color sketches of C. Y. Turner, director 
of color to the Pan American exposition. All the beautiful effects of 
the originals, necessitating the most exact register of plates, have been 
obtained, though all the work was done at high speed. The July 
“ Delineator ” numbers 625,000 copies. 
Bulletin No. 30, entitled “ A Forest Working Plan for Township 40,” 
by Ralph S. Hosmer, Field Assistant, and Eugene S. Bruce, Lumber¬ 
man, of the Division of Forestry, has been issued. The working plan 
proper is preceded by a discussion of conservative lumbering and the 
water supply, by Frederick H. Newell, Hydrographer, U. S. Geo¬ 
logical Survey. This bulletin contains a working plan for conservative 
lumbering on Township 40, Totten and Crossfield Purchase. Hamilton 
County, New York State Forest Preserve, prepared by the Division of 
Forestry in cooperation with the State of New York. It deals with 
one of the most important forest problems now before any of the States, 
and marks a step in forest policy ; for this is the first instance of coop¬ 
eration in practical forest management between the Federal govern' 
ment and that of any State. 
We have received from L. R. Bryant, Princeton Ill., secretary of the 
Illinois State Horticultural Society, the transactions of that society for 
1900 being the proceedings of the 45th annual meeting at Champaign 
Dec. 11-13, 1900 and of district and county societies, edited by the 
secretary. The volume has 525 pages and is filled with valuable hor¬ 
ticultural information. Special mention is due the very able and 
scientific articles by Dr. T. J. Burrill, Prof. Goff, Prof. Forbes and 
Prof. Blair; Dunlap’s talk on “Illinois Fruits at the Paris Exposi¬ 
tion,” and the very valuable and practical papers by C. H. Williamson, 
H. A. Aldrich, E. C. Green, Prof. Keffer, Prof. Lloyd and others. 
The report is sent free to all members, to schools and other public 
libraries, in the state, on payment of postage, and 25 copies to each 
county Farmer’s Institute, on application. Half tone engravings of 
fruit of trees and of officers of the society add to the value of the book. 
The dutiable imports of plants, shrubs and vines, etc., amounted to 
$95 ,830 in January, 1901, against $47,666 in the same month of last 
year. The free imports of seeds amounted in January, 1901, to $166,- 
902. against $182,622, the value of the imports of January, 1900. 
Wild Goose Plum. —Regarding the origin of this plum, T. E. 
Shelton, of Arkansas, says in the Arkansas Fruit Grower: John S. 
Downer, Todd county, Ky., was the first to propagate and disseminate 
the “wild goose ” plum, its origin was purely accidental and somewhat 
veiled in mystery. It was in Tennessee, I believe, Montgomery county, 
a wild goose was killed as it was going South in the fall, and after 
being kept several days as a curiosity, it was thrown into a fence 
corner, where it lay and decayed. A scion sprung up there and grew 
to be a bearing tree. It was supposed a seed was in the goose’s craw. 
The fruit was a new surprise, and specimens were sent to Mr. Downer, 
and he went immediately and procured the exclusive right to propa¬ 
gate from the tree. 
F. S. Phoenix, Bloomington, III., May 11, 1901 :—“ We enclose 
herein draft for $1 in payment of subscription to the National Nur¬ 
seryman and trust your subscription list is on the increase.” 
It has been calculated that there are in Italy 5,400,000 
orange trees which yield on an average 1,600,000,000 oranges 
per year, or 300 oranges per tree. In the province of Seville, 
in Spain, where the largest quantity of oranges is grown in 
Europe, the average annual yield per tree is estimated at 600 
oranges. The island of St. Michael, in the Azores, produces 
on an area of 265 acres 350,000,000 oranges, which are almost 
entirely shipped to England. In 1899 the total export of 
oranges from Spain exceeded 1,000,000,000. Greece exported 
in 1899 some 50,000,000 oranges. 
NURSERY AT DECATUR’S BIRTHPLACE. 
The largest blocks of peach trees in the woild can probably 
be seen at the nurseries of J. G. Harrison & Sons at Berlin, Md. 
They are now ready to start June budding. Their largest 
block of peach trees, of more than one hundred acres, is on 
the farm where Commodore Decatur was born. Their blocks 
of half million apple, half million asparagus, and sixty acres 
or more in strawberry plants are very promising. 
Subscribe for the National Nurseryman. 
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exclusively to that business ? Those who have taken this journal 
regularly say they cannot. Subscribe now and reap the benefit. $1.00 
per year. 
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ences. 
ADDRESS 
FANCHER CREEK NURSERIES, Fresno, Cal. P. 0. Box 2697. 
TUn Cnnrtn Unrnn.inn have to offer their usual stock of dry baled Moss, both 
[In .Midi Id nillSKriHS burIa P and wired bales, and of the finest quality on 
IIIU UjJUIlU llUIOUlll/d the market . Aigo a full line of small f mit pipits, high 
bush Cranberry, Juneberry and Huekelberry T „ ■ r tif r-r-r o n n . .... 
included. Ask for prices and terms. 2i Ki JEWETT & COij Sparta, WiS- 
NATURAL PEACH PITS. 
CROP OF f 900, 
Our pits are gathered from the rural mountain districts and are 
all genuine naturals. They are in splendid condition, as they have 
been carefully preserved. 
Write for Sample and Delivered Price. 
ONLY A FEW HUNDRED BUSHELS LEFT. 
We will not likely have a large supply of the 1901 crop this fall 
but hope to have a fair supply. 
J. VAN LINDLEY NURSERY CO., 
POMONA, N. C* 
