THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
(incorporated) 
305 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
PRESIDENT .... THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
VICE-PRESIDENT AND EDI LOR - - RALPH T. OLCOTT 
SECRETARY AND TREASURER - - C. L. YATES 
BUSINESS MANAGER - - - C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stock of 
all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada. 
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
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Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date 
of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts 
on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
AflERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, Charles A. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, Mich.; vice-president, D. S. 
Lake, Shenandoah, la.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; N. W. Hale, Knox¬ 
ville, Tenn.; Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb. 
Committee on Transportation—President Ilgenfritz, ex-officio; A. L. Brooke, 
N. Topeka, Kan.; Henry Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; E. Albertson, Bridgeport, 
Ind.; Howard Davis, Baltimore, Md. 
Committee on Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, 
Germantown, Pa.; J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O. 
Committee on Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; Silas Wilson, At¬ 
lantic, la.; Charles J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; George A. Sweet, Dans- 
ville, N. Y.; Robert C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Committee on Programme—George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.; Wilson J. 
Peters, Troy, Ohio; J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Committee on Publicity—C. M. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Ralph T. Olcott, 
Rochester, N. Y.; F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan. 
Annual convention for 1903—At Detroit, Mich., June 10-12. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., September, 1902. 
STORAGE HOUSES. 
The rapid growth of the storage house idea has led to a 
demand for information as to the best methods of construction 
and the dissemination of views from widely separated sections. 
From all parts of the country come reports of the erection of 
packing and storage houses for this fall’s business and plans 
for such houses for another year. 
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Reference to recent works on nursery practice shows con¬ 
clusively that the storage house is of very recent date for 
there is little or no reference to it in modern works. While 
some of the largest nursery concerns of the country have been 
using storage houses for some time, it has only been within the 
last year or two that the nurserymen generally have been 
building such houses. 
The subject of the effect of cold upon nursery stock and 
methods of prevention was discussed by N. II. Albaugh, at the 
convention of the American Nurserymen, in Chicago, in July, 
1899. Some of his suggestions made then are reproduced in 
another column of this issue of the National Nurseryman. 
Mr. Albaugh said at that time : “ No nurseryman who raises a 
considerable amount of stock in the central states ought to 
think of continuing in the nursery business without some kind 
of a protection house.” 
James B. Wild & Brothers, Sarcoxie, Mo., were the first to 
put into practical operation the storing of trees without the 
use of moss, sand or soil. They have gone so far as to keep 
catalpa and apple seedlings two seasons in their storage 
building. A description of their building is given in another 
column. 
In a number of cases buildings on nursery grounds that 
were used for other purposes have been altered to serve as 
storage and packing houses and have been added to as neces¬ 
sity required, so that they answer the purpose very well. 
We shall be pleased to publish any suggestions that may be 
offered regarding improved methods of storage and packing 
house construction. In nearly every case that has come to 
our attention, the nurseryman has noted improvements that he 
would introduce if he were to build again. 
OUTDOOR ART ASSOCIATION. 
Quite a number of nurserymen attended the meeting of the 
Park and Outdoor Art Association in Boston early last month. 
Among them were Charles J. Maloy, of Elhvanger & Barry, 
Rochester, N. Y.; W. W. Harper, Andorra Nurseries, Chestnut 
Hill, Philadelphia; Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa.; 
W. H. Wyman, North Abington, Mass.; Jacob W. Manning, 
Reading, Mass.; Harlan P. Kelsey, Highland Nurseries, Ka- 
wana, N. C.; W. S. Peterson, Rose Hill Nurseries, Chicago. 
There was a large attendance and the Association was gener¬ 
ously entertained by the people of Boston. President E. J 
Parker, Quincy, Ills., referred with approbation to the public 
awakening on the subject of forest and park reservation and 
gave interesting statistics on the growth of park systems within 
recent years and the improved systems of horticulture now 
practiced. He advocated a federation of allied interests 
under the general direction of the Park and Outdoor Art 
Association. The next meeting will be held in Buffalo. 
SOUTHERN NATURAL PEACH PITS. 
The crop of Southern natural peach pits will not prove 
anywhere near as large as was at first anticipated. The early 
prospects were for a large upply, but many of the larger 
collectors are now turning down orders, as the crop is very 
much shorter than expected. 
