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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
F. & F. iNurserics, Springlield, New Jersey,. 250.00 
Farr, B. 11., Wyoiiiissiiig, Peiiiia.,. 25.00 
Fraiiiingliaiii Nurseries, Framiiigliaiii, Mass., .... 500.00 
Harrison 6: Sons, J. G., Berlin, Maryland,. 500.00 
Harrison Nursery Co., York, Nebraska,. 50.00 
Heurlin, Julius, So. Braintree, Mass., . 50.00 
Hicks 6c Son, Isaac, Westbury, New York,. 250.00 
Hobbs 6c Sons, C. M., Bridgeport, Indiana,. 100.00 
Holsinger Bros., Bosedale, Kansas,. 50.00 
lloopes, Bro. 6; Thomas Co., West Chester, Penna., 250.00 
llgenlritz 6: Sons Co., 1. E., Monroe, Michigan, .. 250.00 
Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, New York,. 250.00 
Kelsey, Harlan P,, Salem, Mass,,. 100.00 
Keystone State Nursery Co., Pittsburgh, Penna., . .25.00 
Littlelield & Wyman, No, Abington, Mass.,. 20.00 
Lovett, J. T., Little Silver, New Jersey,. 100.00 
Marshall Brothers Co., Arlington, Nebraska, .... 50.00 
McColgan Nurseries, Bed Bank, New Jersey, .... 10.00 
McCormack, J. J., Lowell Mass.,. 25.00 
McFarland Co., J. Horace, Harrisburg, Penna., .. 250.00 
Meehan Co., Thomas B., Dresher, Penna.,. 250.00 
Moon Co., Win, H., Morrisville, Penna.,. 250.00 
Mount Arbor Nurseres, Shenandoah, Iowa, .... 250.00 
Mount Hope Nurseries, Lawrence, Kansas,. 50.00 
Muller, Adoll, Norristown, Penna.,. 50.00 
Massachusetts Nurserymen’s Association,. 100.00 
Momm’s Sons, Co., Irvington, New Jersey, .... 10.00 
National Nurseryman, Hatboro, Penna.,. 50.00 
New England Nursery Co., Bedford, Mass.,. 25.00 
Princeton Nurseries, Princeton, New Jersey, .... 250.00 
Beed, W. C., Vincennes, Indiana,. 50.00 
Boehrs Co., Julius, Rutherford, New Jersey, .... 100.00 
Boot, J. W., Manheim, Penna.,. 10.00 
Shenandoah Nurseries, Shenandoah, Iowa, .... 250.00 
Sherman Nursery Co., Charles City, Iowa,. 100.00 
Smith Co., W. & T., Geneva, New York,. 250.00 
Storrs K Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio,. 150.00 
Sonderegger Nurseries, Beatrice, Nebraska,. 50.00 
Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Missouri,. 250.00 
Stein, Geo. E., Wrightsville, Penna.,. 5.00 
Thurlow’s Sons, T. C., West Newbury, Mass., .... 100.00 
Texas Nursery Co., Sherman, Texas,. 250.00 
Thomas 6: Son, Jos. W., King-of-Prussia, Penna., 25.00 
Vanicek, Y. A., Newport, Rhode Island,. 100.00 
Welch, E. S., Shenandoah, Iowa,. 250.00 
Weber K Sons Nursery Co., H. J., Nursery, Mo., . . 50.00 
Westover Nursery Co., Clayton, Miss.,. 100.00 
Westover Nursery Co., Clayton, Missouri,. 50.00 
Wohlert, A. E., Narberth, Penna.,. 25.00 
Wright, George B., Chelmsford, Mass.,. 25.00 
PUOPAGATING HERBACEOUS PLANTS FROM ROOT 
CUTTINGS 
Quite a number of herbaceous plants can be propagated 
by root cuttings and when they will propagate this way, 
it is the best method. It is quicker and better in every 
way than by top cuttings. 
Japanese Anemones, Phlox decussata and paniculata 
varieties, Slatice, Anchusa, Centaurea montana, Clematis 
Davidiana, Papaver Orientale varieties, Passiflora incar- 
nata. Plumbago Larpentae and Senecio pulcher. 
Dig the plants up and bring them indoors and when 
they are dry enough to handle, cut the roots up into inch 
lengths. It is just as well to keep them all one way so 
that they may be put in the sand the right end up, while 
this ma}'^ not be essential with all kinds some of them, 
such as the Anemones, persist in making root fibers from 
the lower end of the roots and shoots, from the upper 
end and a more uniform lot of plants can be secured by 
following this practice. 
These small pieces of root will often grow when 
planted right in the soil in small pots or flats, but a better 
result will be gotten by putting them in the cutting bench 
in sand to start them. Put them in rows in the sand 
just as you would top cuttings only of course completely 
burying them, the top of the cutting should be just under 
the sand. There will be little danger of their not grow¬ 
ing, the main object is to get a good even stand so they 
can be handled quickly and economically. 
MASSACHUSETTS NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
West Newbury, Mass., January 16, 1918. 
The Massachusetts Nurserymen’s Association held their 
annual meeting in Boston on Tuesday, January 8th, 1918, 
and the following olhcers were elected for the ensuing 
year : 
President, John Kirkegaard. 
Vice President, George C. Thurlow. 
Secretary-Treasurer, Winthrop H. Thurlow. 
Executive Committee—Julius Heurlin, Richard Wy¬ 
man, Walter Adams, and E. W. Breed. 
W. H. T HURLOW;, Secretary.. 
SEQUOIAS GIGANTEA 
The famous Redwood and Bigwood trees of California 
are well known by reputation. So much has been writ¬ 
ten about them by visitors to the land of their birth, but 
horticultural information about them, outside of their 
own country, is not so general. 
The nurseryman is often likely to be asked if it is not 
possible to grow them in the east or other parts of the 
United States. Many hundreds have been planted in 
different parts of the country east of the Rockies but it 
is doubtful if there is a single notable specimen, at least 
the writer has neither seen nor heard of one. 
A number of specimens of the Sequoia gigantea mider 
observation for the last 20 years would lead one to think 
they are practically a failure. One died several years 
ago of general debility, after attaining a height of about 
forty feet. Another one still alive about 25 feet high 
and a trunk 14 inches in diameter and about thirty years 
old with everything in its favor struggles along from 
year to year. Every summer it puts on new growth 
and looks well towards the fall but the winters are evi¬ 
dently almost too much for it. It turns brown and 
seems barely able to hold its own. 
A great contrast to the vigor and rapid growth of this 
tree in England. It seems the extremes of heat and 
cold are too much for it in the Eastern states. Yet it is 
a tree ol wonderlul vitality which perhaps accounts in 
part for its existing through the ages in its native habitat. 
