CIbe national nurseryman 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated. 
VoL XXL ROCHESTER, N. Y., FEBRUARY, 1913 No. 2 
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS FROM SOME OF 
THE LEADING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS 
Gentlemen: 
For the purpose of publication in the NATIONAI. 
NURSERYMAN will you kindly answer the following 
questions? 
Are you always able to procure the proper kind of nursery 
stock to carry out your plans? 
What kind of nursery stock do you have the most difficulty 
in procuring? 
Do you prefer thick, bushy sheared evergreens or those 
grown more open and natural? 
Are there any native plants that should receive more atten¬ 
tion from the nurserymen? 
What sizes of trees, shrubs or evergreens do you prefer? 
You will readily see the object of the questions, and we 
should appreciate it if you would make any suggestions that 
would have a tendency to guide the nurserymen in the produc¬ 
tion of stock best suited to the needs of the landscape gardener. 
Yours truly, 
EDITOR. 
Answering your inquiries in your letter of January gth, 
we beg to state as follows: Regarding the question, if we 
are always able to seeure the proper kind of nursery stock 
to carry out our plans, we wish to say that while we arc 
able to secure the general classified varieties, we have a 
great difficulty in securing a good many of the native varie¬ 
ties for treating certain grounds where the native varieties 
would be most desirable to give the desired character to a 
certain treatment, especially wooded lands. It seems that 
while the nurseries throughout the country devote their 
time and energy to grow the generally cultivated stock 
among a good many imported varieties, they do not culti¬ 
vate a sufficient number of native varieties, especially among 
the native shrubs and wild flowers. 
Regarding the question what kind of nursery stock we 
have the most difficulty in procuring, we wish to state that 
the greatest difficulty we have is procuring native Cedars 
among the evergreen trees, native roses, Canadian June- 
berry. Wild Cherry, Buffalo Berry among the shrubs and 
various native wild flowers. 
Regarding the question if we prefer thick bushy sheared 
overgreens or those grown more open, we wish to state 
that we prefer those more open, as they give the desired 
natural effect. 
Regarding the question if there are any native plants 
that should receive more attention from the nurserymen, 
we wish to state that there are numerous native plants 
throughout the country which would be planted largely 
if they were on the market, especially throughout the north¬ 
western part of the country and Western Canada, where 
owing to hardy climatic conditions the native plants are 
more desired. 
Regarding the question of the size of trees, shrubs or 
evergreens we prefer, we wish to state that while in many 
cases medium sizes are most favorable, in a number of 
cases larger sizes among the trees, shrubs and especially 
evergreens are, desired, such as large sized Cedars, Pyramidal 
Arborvitae, Globe Arborvitae, White Spruce, Concolor Fir, 
Balsam Fir and White Pine. 
The National Nurseryman will surely render a great 
service to the profession of landscape architecture, to the 
nurserymen themselves and the country at large by guiding 
the nurserymen in the growing of stock best suited to the 
various parts of the country, by growing the stock well and 
packing same well so that after its arrival, especially after 
being on the road for a long time, it would give the best 
satisfaction. It is recognized by the landscape profession 
that well grown stock should command good prices and as 
the demand for well grown stock is larger every year, the 
nurserymen should recognize this new demand and bend 
their energy to furnish the country with the best product 
of their labor. It will also be well to enlighten the nursery¬ 
men that it will be to their advantage if they would grow 
less varieties but larger quantities of those varieties which 
are hardy in the larger part of the country, and for which 
variety there is a large demand. 
Trusting that this may be of some assistance in your 
good work, we beg to remain. 
Yours very truly, 
Morell & Nichols. 
We beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 
January gth with list of questions which we answer here¬ 
with. 
I. We are not always able to procure the proper kind 
of nursery stock for carrying out our plans but this occurs 
only when we are anxious to use some particular kind of 
plant in a certain size. 
