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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The unanimous verdict is that they have a better root of the largest nurserymen’s conventions ever held in the 
system. It is also claimed that they make smoother and United States at this meeting. Do everything you can to 
better bodied trees and that there is less likelihood of their secure a large delegation from the east. Where possible they 
being affected with root gall. Some eastern nurseries now should try to arrive on Saturday the 14th, so as to take in the 
bud both apple and pear exclusively; others in the West think closing day of the Rose Festival, which is well worth any 
there is little advantage in budding and only bud such trees one’s time, the electric parade on that evening being especially 
as for one reason or another cannot be grafted or where the fine.” 
scions die. 
NURSERYMEN’S CONVENTION 
June 18-20, 1913, Portland, Ore. 
Have you seen the “Tentative Itinerary” covering the 
going journey to Portland, issued by M. B. Fox, Nurserymen’s 
Special “Passenger Agent” of Rochester? If not, drop him a 
postal card at once asking for a copy. 
The eastern nurserymen will get together at Rochester, 
June 12th, arriving in Chicago in Special Pullmans on the 
morning of June 13th. It is hoped that all nurserymen from 
the middle west and south and southwest will plan to catch 
the same train out of Chicago that carries these eastern Pull¬ 
mans and so make up a big happy party, leaving Chicago at 
9130 A. M., June 13th, via the C. B. & Q. and Northern Pacific 
all traveling together on the same train thru to Portland. 
If you have not yet decided to make the trip to Portland, 
think it over and decide to go, and as early as you can, advise 
Mr. Fox. It is hoped that the party will be large enough to 
obtain a special train from Chicago or St. Paul (this train 
leaves St. Paul at 10:30 p. m., June 13th, via the Northern 
Pacific Ry.) 
It will help Mr. Fox in making his arrangements if he 
knows as early as possible how many to figure on. 
Address for full particulars, 
M. B. Fox, 
Care of Rochester Lithographing Co., Rochester, N. Y. 
Frank W. Power, Chairman Exhibits Committee, writes: 
“All arrangements have been made for securing the Mult¬ 
nomah Hotel for holding the convention. This hotel covers 
an entire block, and the entire mezzanine floor, if necessary, 
will be turned over to the nurserymen. This contains two 
large convention rooms and three connecting promenade 
rooms, rest room for the ladies, etc. We expect to use one of 
the convention rooms for making a floral exhibit by the 
florists of Portland. The three connecting rooms between 
that and the convention hall we expect to devote to general 
exhibits. We are receiving much encouragement from the 
florists of Portland and the nurserymen of California and the 
Northwest in regard to exhibits, and expect to make this one 
of the features of the meeting. 
The Portland Floral Society will take charge of the 
decorations. 
J. B. Pilkington and the Committee of Arrangements are 
making ample provision for the entertainment of the visitors. 
A fine program is being prepared by Mr. S. A. Miller, Milton, 
Ore., and M. McDonald, Orenco, Ore. The Pacific Coast 
Association will turn out enmasse, and we expect to have one 
National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
Rochester,^N. Y. 
Gentlemen: 
■ “We are advised that The Ward Dickey Steel Company 
of Indiana Harbor, Indiana, have discontinued the manufac¬ 
ture of Box Straps.” Nurserymen who have been dealing 
with them will have to look up another source of supply. 
The Burbank Seed Book for 1913 issued by The Luther 
Burbank Company is somewhat disappointing to the well 
posted Horticulturist. It features such plants as Gladiolus, 
Amaryllis, Poppies, Cosmos, etc., races of plants upon which 
hybridists have been working in different countries for many 
years. Considering the tremendous amount of credit that 
has been given to Mr. Burbank, it would seem as though we 
should expect something really new and of plants that had 
been improved without question, by Mr. Burbank. Those 
who know of the years of work that has been put upon 
Gladiolus by noted Horticulturists such as Veitch, Lemoine, 
Dean Herbert, Childs, Kelway and others, can hardly credit 
Mr. Burbank with the “creation” of these plants, or even 
improvement. 
The same may be said of Amaryllis. Those who are 
familiar with the work of the old country hybridists and saw 
the exhibition at the International Show last year can hardly 
help but think that the Burbank Company is exploiting the 
works of others under Mr. Burbanlc’s name. 
Bobbink & Atkins have issued a retail catalogue of about 
150 pages, very complete in all details. It is splendidly 
illustrated, largely with photographs taken from their own 
nursery. This firm is particularly strong in choice ornamen¬ 
tal stock, such as bay trees, box wood in various shapes and 
choice evergreens. The list of evergreens especially, shows 
many sorts, rare and uncommon. It is a splendid handbook 
and is the w'ork of the Horaee MeFarland Company. 
Bureau of Plant Industry, Circular No. 116 gives an 
account of the Himalya Blackberry by H. P. Gould. It is 
certainly a very poor report of this much advertised berry. 
Reports were received from Texas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, 
North Carolina, New York and Michigan, and the only one 
favorable was from Georgia, and this indifferently so, as no 
details were given. 
