THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Answers to Correspondents 
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As I am about to build a cellar for nursery' stock I know that you 
have some reader of your paper that has some experience in building 
such a cellar, and perhaps at some time or other have written you their 
experience in building such. j. j. mcm. 
If you will refer to the February, 1912 National Nur¬ 
seryman you will find an artiele dealing with the subjeet. 
I am interested in propagating the fancy varieties of Evergreens as 
Juniperus Virginia glauca, elegantissima, tamaricifolia, argentea, 
variegated, sabina variegated. Thuya Tom Thumb, Warreana, Colum¬ 
bia, globosa, lutea aurea, Vervaeneana and others. Will you kindly tell 
me if it is possible to propagate said kinds by cuttings in cold frames 
with good success and which would be the best time spring or fall? I 
believe that for propagating evergreens a propagating house is nec¬ 
essary. Can you tell me what is the reason that evergreen cuttings 
grow often a too large callus without producing any roots, while others 
root immediately without making hardly any callus. 
Which book is the best for the nurseryman on Fungus, Plant-Disease, 
Borers, Worms and etc. m. g. f. 
All the evergreens named above may be propagated by 
cuttings and we see no reason why it should not be done in 
cold frames, if properly handled. When a cool greenhouse 
is used, the cuttings are put in the sand during January, 
Februar}^ and March, usually at a time when little work can 
be done out-of-doors. For this reason it is considered best 
to use a greenhouse. It provides work at a slack time and 
gets the work out of the way by the time the spring rush 
comes and the time can be used to better advantage at other 
work. 
Although not being able to speak from actual experience, 
we should say that early spring should be the better time to 
put in the cuttings when cold frames are used, as they would 
not strike until growth became active whatever time they 
were put in after about November. 
Evergreens of the Arbor Vitae type strike very readily as do 
also most of the Retinosporas, but the Junipers are rather 
slow to root requiring to be left in the sand until the second 
spring before being potted off or planted out. 
While we cannot give the scientific reason why many 
evergreen cuttings form a large callus instead of rooting it 
does seem as if the resinous sap peculiar to these plants had 
something to do with it. It is a good plan to take up those 
cuttings that have formed a large callus, cut the callus and 
put back in the sand when they will begin to make root. 
Duggars Fungous Diseases of Plants you will find is a 
very good work on the subject. Price, $2.40, and can be 
supplied by The* National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
218 Livingston Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
What is the best way of applying fertilizers between trees in order 
to do it in the most economical manner? What is the best chemical 
fertilizer to use for shade trees, such as. Elms, Maples, Mt. Ash, etc.? 
What is the best way to apply it and how much do you recommend using 
per acre? j. v. 
Will some of our readers who have had experience along 
this line.answer this ? 
I should also like to learn with what success hardwood cuttings made 
from the following varieties of shrubs can be expected, providing that 
they be given care and planted in good soil. About what per cent of 
them will grow? Any information on this matter will be thankfully 
received. 
Rerberis Thunbergi, Berbcris Vulgaris Purpurea, Spiraea Bumalda, 
Spiraea Anthony Waterer, Weigelas, assorted. j. v. 
Neither Berberis Thunbergi, B. Vulgaris, Spiraea Bumaldi 
or Anthony Waterer strike very readily from hard wood cut¬ 
tings. They are best propagated from cuttings made from the 
young growth in the spring or half ripened wood in early fall. 
Weigelas strike very well from hard wood cuttings. It 
is possible to get 100 per cent. 
ORANGE GROVES AT THE PANAMA-CALIFORNIA 
EXPOSITION 
G. Harold Powell, manager of the California Fruit Growers’ Ex¬ 
change, which will .ship about 50,000 car loads of oranges this year, paid 
a visit recently to the site of the San Diego Exposition and inspected the 
model orange grove which will be the main exhibit of the Southern 
Counties of California. Mr. Powell, who has a record of fifteen years in 
the Government service in Washington, said: 
“Without any doubt, the site you have chosen for your San Diego 
Exposition is the finest in every way of any exposition site in the last 
twenty years. That is the limit of my experience with world’s exposi¬ 
tions, but I ’ve seen them all in that period and I doubt if there was ever 
a site before that combined such a wonderful view, such magnificent 
climate and every possible advantage that nature has to offer. 
“The orchard which the Southern counties has set out as part of 
their exhibit is in splendid condition,’’ continued Mr. Powell. “Your 
people here certainly know how to handle growing things. They have 
the ‘touch’, as we say. By 1915 the 800 trees in that orchard will be 
fine, lusty young .specimens with plenty of fruit and blossoms to show 
the Eastern visitor how they grow citrus fruits in California. It is a 
mighty fine thing and should be a big feature in later years in your park. 
“In fact, the whole planting and permanent building scheme of your 
exposition will be a mighty big thing for your city in future years, for it 
will give you a splendidly developed park of great size.’’ 
The business office of The National Nurseryman is in receipt of 
a beautiful calendar for 1913 entitled “A Grecian Idyll,’’ after the paint¬ 
ing by Henry Ryland, R. I. from George E. Dickinson, i Broadway, New 
York. United States Representatives of Edward T. Dickinson, Nur¬ 
sery and Fruit tree stocks, ornamentals, etc. Chatenay. Seine, France. 
The calendar is a production of Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., and bears 
the following verse by Byron: “O’er roses may your footsteps move. 
Your smiles be ever smiles of Love. Your tears be tears of joy.’’ 
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BUSINESS MOVEMENTS 
Berlin, Worcester Co., Maryland—The Atlantic Nursery 
Company has been organized and incorporated. They have pur¬ 
chased the business and stock of the Peninsula Nurseries, D. W. 
Babcock, proprietor, also 165 acres of fine land for nursery products 
in addition to what they are now carrying on. They will grow a 
full line oi nursery products. Erect propagating houses for bedding 
stock, etc. Their great specialty will be the production of first-class 
material for Forestry and Ornamental planting, seedlings of all kinds 
for transplanting and lining out. D. W. Babcock, a life-long nursery¬ 
man and propagator, becomes manager and secretary of the Company; 
Robert J. Showed, president and treasurer. 
THE CUNNINGHAM NURSERY COMPANY 
Within the next few days our headquarters will be removed from 
Rising Sun to Seymour, Ind., and we request that you note this change 
in our address. 
Our Fall business is now over and practically all stock has been 
disposed of at this place. We are greatly pleased with our new location, 
where we have made rather extensive plantings of young stock the past 
two years. 
