THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
that only earnest, business-like men were there, and that to talk 
business. 
Delegates were present from all the Pacific States and Florida, and 
27 other states. The present head of the large nursery of Vilmorin of 
France was present on Thursday, and made a short address. His 
grandfather, the originator of the nursery, was a very progressive 
man, and had both son and grandson educated in England. In addition 
to the nursery they have a farm a few miles from Paris, which three 
generations have beautified and planted. 
ENGLISH SHIPPING METHODS. 
In a communication to the Horticultural Advertiser, Eng¬ 
land, F. W. Kelsey of New York city says : 
Another great difficulty not as yet directly affected by legislation is 
the lack of care in putting up and in shipping orders, especially for the 
United States. Some of the old well established and supposedly reliable 
houses on your side are suprisingly negligent and apparently indifferent 
in this respect. One of the best known English establishments sent a 
consignment of expensive evergreens last season, the rodts cut short 
off and packed in such a wretched manner that every tree was practic¬ 
ally dead before the stock left the nursery. A consignment of extra 
standard roses was made by another old established firm, on an order 
with the most explicit specifications as to size of stem, &c., which had 
been formally accepted by the growers before shipment, yet were found 
upon arrival in New York to be so greatly under size and inferior in 
every way that the whole consignment was promptly returned, causing 
loss, delay, and great inconvenience to all parties. 
A third unfavorable experience the past season was the shipment 
from another English firm of a quantity of stock put up in the most 
unsuitable manner for export, without any order having been given, 
and the stock packed in such a manner that most of it was not only 
dead when sent, but had it been in good condition no one could have 
determined what it was, or in what packages, without going over every 
item of the stock on its receipt. Nothing whatever was shown on the 
invoice as to how the stock was put up, or what kinds were packed 
together. All were “dumped in” regardless of quantity, kind, or 
method, and with little protection to the roots, were, as a matter of 
course, practically worthless. 
These instances are happilly not the general rule, yet occur with 
sufficient frequency in shipments both from England and the Continent 
to cause much injury, and consequent detriment alike to the trade in 
both countries. 
In this connection it is only fair to state that many establishments on 
your side put up and forward their orders for this country in a thor¬ 
oughly first-class creditable manner. A consignment of specimen ever¬ 
greens from 8 to 12 feet in height was received in New York the past 
season, every tree in perfect condition, and nearly every specimen now 
growing as though it had not been moved. With the present facilities 
for transportation, there is no valid reason why all classes of hardy 
nursery stock may not be shipped to and from the United States with 
perfect safety and success. If the stock is carefully, dug and lifted, 
thoroughly well packed without exposure, and the drying of the roots 
prevented in transit, and the tops packed so as to avoid evaporation as 
far as may be, all this material should be and can be safely transported 
the entire shipping season, both spring and autumn. 
As we become better educated to appreciate that the trade interests 
in these matters are in a large degree everywhere mutual, and that 
troublesome legislation and bad methods of growing and shipping stock 
in one country are inimical to all interests both at home and in other 
countries, there must be a constant growth and improvement toward 
better things, and everyone in the trade derive corresponding benefits. 
H. B. Chase, Secretary, Alabama Nursery Company, Hunts¬ 
ville, Alabama, August 36, 1901.—“ We enclose money order to pay 
subscription to the National Nursekyman for the coming year. 
Your publication is one that we do not want to be without.” 
W. L. Killian & Son, South Fork Nursery, Startown, N. C., 
August 30, 1901.—“Enclosed find check of one dollar, for which 
please extend our subscription to the National Nurseryman for the 
Coming year. We find it of great value to us in our business,” 
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Hmonq (Browers ant> Sealers. 
P. Ouwerkerk lias gone to Europe. 
The Michigan Horticultural Society will meet at Monroe, October 8 9. 
A new packing bouse is being constructed by T. V. Munson, 
Denison, Tex. 
The officers of the American Pomologioal Society were re-elected at 
the Buffalo meeting. 
The Newport Nursery Company, Limited, Truro, Nova Scotia, has 
increased its capital stock $20,000. 
Prof. Bailey, Ithaca; John Charlton, Rochester, and Thomas B. 
Meehan were in Buffalo last month. 
L. F. Hoffman’s address is R. R. No. 1, Dayton, O., instead of Little 
York. His are the Stillwater Nurseries. 
It is suggested that French chestnuts might be grown profitably 
along the shores of Lake Erie near Cleveland. 
Storrs & Harrison Company, Painesville Ohio, have putin a complete 
drainage system on the Barto farm of 40 acres. 
Ellwanger & Barry, George S. Josselyn and the T. S. Hubbard Co. 
were awarded Wilder medals by the American Pomological Society. 
Recent visitors in Philadelphia were Charles J. Brown, Irving Rouse, 
Rochester, N. Y.; J. H. Dayton, Painesville, 0.,and Professor Massey 
Raleigh, N. C. 
The Jewell Nursery Company, Lake City, Minn., had an exhibit in 
the form of a fort with mounted guns, and constructed entirely of 
assorted fruits, at the Minnesota state fair. 
James Yick, of Rochester, N. Y., two years out of active business, 
has entered the establishment of D. Landreth & Sons, of Philadelphia, 
as manager of a department of that well-known seed firm. 
The Flemish Beauty pears have been successfully grafted upon 
Wagner apple trees. The resulting pears are larger than the original 
and have no brown specks; the fruit is also superior in flavor. 
It is reported that E. C. Barney of Monticello, Wis. will retire from 
the nursery business at the end of this season and that nurserymen are 
considering the establishment of another nursery near Chattanooga, 
Tenn. 
The fumigating station at Niagara Falls will open for the treatment 
of United States Nursery stock from October 7th to December 7th 
inclusive. The regulations in force last autumn and spring will govern 
the inspection this fall. N. B. Colcock is custom house broker at 
Niagara Falls, Ont. 
Of July 1st the Division of Forestry and three other scientific divi¬ 
sions of the United States Department of Agriculture were advanced to 
bureaus. This was provided for by the last session of Congress, 
which appropriated for the expenses of the Bureau of Forestry during 
its first year $185,440. 
Twenty-seven orchards have been established in as many counties in 
Arkansas, through the cotton-growing sections, by the state experi¬ 
ment station, for the purpose of fruit growing. The station furnishes 
the trees, while the land is furnished by the owner who is selected for 
his intelligence and promise to care for the trees as directed by the 
station. 
Prof. Bailey says: “ I must confess I was skeptical as to the exist¬ 
ence of the ‘plum-cot,’ or the cross between the plum and apricot; 
but now that I have seen many of the trees in bearing I am fully con¬ 
vinced that he has produced plum apricot hybrids. The marks of 
plums and apricots are too apparent in the fruits and trees to be 
doubted. Perhaps the plums have received a greater share of Mr. 
Burbank’s attention than any other kind of plant.” 
Investigations conducted by W. G. Yincenheller of Arkansas seemed 
to indicate that grafts made from whole or long roots and short scions 
are much more liable to injury by crown gall than those made with 
short roots and longer scions. The short root and long scion placed 
the union seven or eight inches below the surface, and at that depth 
trees are apparently less subject to attack. The results of experiments 
with grafting 30 varieties of apples, 200 grafts each, showed that most 
of the varieties were free from the diseased growth. The author 
believes that propagating trees by the method suggested, as a means 
for the prevention of crown gall, is worthy of trial. 
