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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
GOOD BUSINESS 
We have the pleasure to report that practically all of 
our fall orders for perennials have gone out now. 
Our fall business was fine, in a way far beyond our 
expectations. An extra heavy demand is prevailing this 
season for hardy plants for forcing, such as Delphiniums, 
Canterberry Bells, Bleeding Hearts, Chelone (Penste- 
mon), Myosotis, etc. 
We are now shipping our Gladioli for forcing, the 
orders for the same coming in fast. 
The demand and orders for Perennials and Gladioli 
for Spring plantings indicate that we may look for a 
wonderful spring trade in these lines. 
Yours very truly, 
WELLER NURSERIES COMPANY. 
N. I. W. Kriek, Sales Manager. 
W. N. Adair, has sold his one-half interest of the Wa- 
thena Nurseries to his brother, Robert Adair. 
He is starting in the nursery business at Troy, Kan¬ 
sas, under the name of Troy Nurseries and will grow a 
general line of nursery stock. 
Mr. W. N. Adair will be at Wathena till early spring 
NURSERY SALESMEN 
Two most enterprising nursery salesmen came thru 
the mail the past week, the first one bore the title. “Home 
Landscapes” (Commuter’s Edition) and came from 
Hicks’ Nurseries, Westbury, Long Island. 
Original ideas are to be expected from a salesman 
from Hicks Nurseries. Evidently the author had in mind 
the commuter who takes his daily ride between the city 
and his country home. Incidentally it would not be a 
bad idea for that same salesman to call on the unfortun¬ 
ate who lived in the city and who does not have a 
country home. It might make him wish he had. This 
particular catalog differs radically from any we have 
seen recently in that practically all the illustrations are 
reproductions from pastels and paintings of gardens in 
the vicinity of New York. It is a far cry from the old 
highly-colored lithograph of ancient days where the in¬ 
dividual flower or fruit was pictured as a desirable mon¬ 
strosity, to the reproduction of a painting suggesting 
fairy land and the delights of a garden, without actually 
supplying detail enough to enable one to recognize for 
sure either flower or fruit. 
Both summer and winter scenes are depicted. The 
type and paper are not rich enough for the colored illus¬ 
trations. It would be interesting to see the effect of those 
illustrations on cream tinted paper and printed in sepia. 
It is a courageous effort, Mr. Hicks, and we trust your 
salesman will be the means of making desirable connec¬ 
tions for your house. 
The other visiting salesman comes from the Western 
Coast. The cover is a conventionalized view from a ter¬ 
raced porch overlooking the orchards in California with 
snow-clad mountains in the distance and is from Fancher 
Greek Nurseries, Fresno, California. To the Easterner 
with his gloomy skies the effect of the cover is perhaps 
a little loud, but then those who have not lived in the 
golden west cannot judge. 
Even if the imagination has been actively used in the 
production of the cover, the contents of the book breathes 
practical sincerity. 
The illustrations are from actual photographs and the 
descriptions and instructions are written by a man who 
evidently is a practical man and a plant lover all through. 
One can almost visualize the man at work, when read¬ 
ing about “laying out a vineyard” or “planting figs.” 
Mr. George C. Roeding, president of the Fancher Creek 
Nurseries, need not fear but his salesman will be well 
received, while its clothes may be a little loud he is so 
interesting that he almost persuaded the writer to sell 
out and come west. 
PRINCETON NURSERIES 
In spite of the light covering of snow and gooey con¬ 
dition of the soil, pulling over-size rubbers off your 
feet, a visit to the Princeton Nurseries was thoroughly 
enjoyed. 
Every nursery has distinctions of its own and it is a 
very unobserving nurseryman that comes away without 
absorbing information that is interesting if not useful. 
Princeton Nurseries differs from many in that it 
came into existence along well-thought out lines. 
It is about eight years old now and going strong. Mr. 
William Flemmer, who is in charge, reports a^very suc¬ 
cessful business the past several years and his faith in 
the future is proven by the large propagation plans being 
carried out and the amount of young stock in the nursery 
rows. 
One could hardly mention any particular class of 
plants being better than another, or being grown in 
larger quantities. The policy of the firm seems to be a 
well-balanced nursery to supply the trade rather than to 
make a killing in one or two things. 
It is hardly possible in any nursery growing ornamen¬ 
tal stock to avoid half-filled and overgrown blocks, but 
one cannot help but see the Princeton Nurseries is mak¬ 
ing a point of avoiding this waste. 
Fine blocks of clean, young thrifty stock characterize 
the whole nursery. Perhaps due to their youth there 
was an entire lack of large stock as compared with old 
establised nurseries, but this lack is evidently being pro¬ 
vided by boundry plantings to be allowed to grow into 
well-matured specimens for show, seed and propagating 
purposes. 
JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE 
The Federal Horticultural Board reports an increasing 
spread of the Japanese beetle which has established 
itself along the ground adjacent to the Delaware River 
in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The total area is in¬ 
creased from ninety to two hundred and seventy-five 
square miles, which is placed under Federal quarantine, 
forbidding interstate movement of nursery stock, etc., 
without strictest possible inspection. The Department 
of Agriculture is taking every measure possible to pre¬ 
vent its spread and is bringing all the science and knowl¬ 
edge available to fight this pest. 
