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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
ordinary sub-surface fire and that placing the dynamite 
would not take more than twenty minutes to half an hour. 
Without the use of some explosive it might take several men 
several days to check the fire by the construction of such a 
ditch. 
The Jewell Nursery Company, Lake City, Minn., has 
issued a booklet of 32 pages entitled “Practical Hints and 
Helps for Salesmen.” It is evidently intended to distribute 
among their many agents. 
As it says in the introduction “the book is presented for 
the sole object in view to be of some service to some poor 
benighted salesman who may have fallen into the slough 
of despond or who may have become discouraged and can 
find no way out.” 
In addition to the strong advice and the knowledge given 
it also very tersely outlines their business ideals and policy 
and appears to be a splendid method for developing the 
necessary esprit de corps. 
Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass., has issued 
their wholesale price list on evergreens. By the looks of 
the list they must have a big stock of fine trees. The list 
is very complete, carrying many choice lands in good sizes. 
The list of Pines is especially strong and evidently in big 
quantity. 
A distinct looking catalogue devoted exclusively to nuts 
has come to hand from Vincennes Nurseries, Vincennes, Ind. 
W. C. Reed the proprietor is evidently specializing upon 
hardy northern pecan nuts. 
The catalogue is liberally illustrated with new, attractive 
cuts, and ought to be a business getter. 
Mr. M. B. Farquharson, of the Elm City Nursery Com¬ 
pany, New Haven, Conn., is spending his vacation traveling 
and visiting nurseries. He says he is thoroughly enjoying 
his trip and gaining much valuable information. 
The Elm City Nursery Company, New Haven, Conn., 
is sending out an attractive pamphlet-circular advocating 
fall planting. It gives lists of evergreens, fruits, deciduous 
trees, flowering shrubs,- vines and herbaceous plants they 
recommend for faU planting. The spring planting season 
is entirely too short and all retail niuserymen should do 
their utmost to extend the planting season. Nearly any 
season is better than eleventh hour spring planting and it 
is up to the nurseryman to make the fact known and en¬ 
deavor to overcome the inertia so prevalent among planters 
as this time of the year. 
Professor L. H. Bailey’s connection with Cornell Univer¬ 
sity terminated July 31, 1913. For the next year or so he 
will be busily engaged on the new Cyclopedia of Horti¬ 
culture, doing the work at his residence at Ithaca, N. Y. 
G. M. Bentley, State Entomologist and Plant Patholo¬ 
gist, Knoxville, Tenn., writes: 
The nursery inspection work in this State is about one- 
third finished, there being in aU 381 nurseries in the state. 
The conditions in the nurseries thus far have been exeed- 
ingly good both from the standpoint of growth and the 
absence of injurious insect pests and plant diseases. Thus 
far there has been added some 10 new nurseries to the list 
and many of the old firms have increased their acreage. 
The State Nurserymen’s Association has meant much to the 
nursery interests in this state. Annually the nuseryrmen 
and fruit growers hold a two days’ convention in Nashville. 
Already about two-thirds of the nurserymen of the state 
are members of the association. The chief object of the 
association is to get the nurseymen acquainted among 
themselves and to bring about cooperation between the 
orchardists and nurserymen and in every way elevate the 
nursery and orchard business. 
Wick Hathaway, Madison, Ohio, writes: I have the 
finest stock of thrifty plants I ever grew my Everbearing 
Red Raspberry, producing ripe fruit from June to November. 
It is bound to become the most popular and profitable variety 
of the futime. 
Willis Nurseries, Ottawa, Kansas, report that on account 
of the hot dry weather their apples will not make up so they 
will have little in apples to offer but will have a nice lot 
of stock ofj[the following: Peach, Cherry, Plum, Shade 
Trees, Forest Seedlings and Apple Seedlings. 
Franklin Davis Nursery Co., Baltimore, Md., writes: 
“The growing season has been all that we could expect. 
In the early part of the season we had considerable drouth, 
but with thorough cultivation stock seems to be growing 
well, and after the recent rains of a few weeks back stock 
is looking fine, especially Apple, Peach, Kieffer Pear, Aspara¬ 
gus, etc. 
“Referring to your inquiry about priees, from present 
indications, and some few trade lists and circulars which 
we see there seems to be a desire or inclination to make 
prices very low, and this we are indeed very^orry to see. 
We think it is much better to sell half of yoirr produetions 
at a good, fair price, and put your sirrplus on the brush 
pile rather than sell at less than cost of production. There 
is no reason for such cut-throat and bargain prices, and we 
sincerely hope that the better class of nurserymen will 
continue to keep prices as high as possible.” 
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEMETERY 
SUPERINTENDENTS 
Twenty-seventh annual convention will be held at 
Buffalo, N. Y.. September 17-19, 1913. H. M Turner, 
St. Paul. Minn., president; Bellett Lawson, Jr., River 
Grove, Ill., secretary-treasurer. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 
SUPERINTENDENTS 
The annual meeting was held at Denver, Colo., August 
25-27, 1913. James B. Shea, Boston, Mass, president; 
J. J. Levison, Brooklyn, N. Y., Secretary-treasurer. 
