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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
“EVERY ORCHARDIST HIS OWN NURSERYMAN” 
TRANSPLANTING 
It is not uncommon for an enthusiastic, and we might 
add. youthful county agent or self-appointed reformer 
to advocate and urge the farmer and orchardist to grow 
his own trees. 
There is no need for alarm by nurserymen with this 
kind of propaganda It is of sporadic occurrence in so 
many lines of industry. In fact we see advertised cor¬ 
respondence courses that will guarantee you can be your 
own physician and your own lawyer within a given time 
and convincing statements are made to prove their 
claims. 
There is not the slightest doubt that an orchardist can 
grow his own trees if he will lay himself out to do so. 
He can also make his own clothes and raise bis own meat. 
In fact the world is full of “Bowsers.” Any one can grow 
trees providing they have the requisite ground, stock and 
equipment to accomplish it Of course they have to take 
the risks. well known to nurserymen that are liable to 
interfere with the final results, namely, weather condi¬ 
tions. disease and other many and varied influences that 
have a bearing on the final results. 
To those who are disposed to think they can grow their 
own trees cheaper and better than they could purchase 
from a responsible nursery, there would be no more fit¬ 
ting punishment than they should be obligated to do so. 
In most lines of industry the would-be “jack of all 
trades” can make bis trial and prove bis failure or suc¬ 
cess within a comparatively short time and without using 
up too much of bis alloted span of life in making the ex¬ 
periment. The time consumed in growing trees, how¬ 
ever, is not measured by weeks or months, but years and 
add to this the period that has to elapse before they come 
into bearing, few level beaded planters are likely to be 
carried away by the doctrine of “Every Orchardist His 
Own Nurseryman.” 
NEW HYBRID SPIRAEA 
An interesting hybrid spiraea between Spiraea saliei- 
folia and S. Douqlasn has recently appeared in the Mis¬ 
souri Botanical Garden, where large masses of the par¬ 
ent plants are grown The new hybrid is a shrub 3 y 2 to 
4 feet high, with yellowish brown stem. The leaves are 
oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, smooth on both sides, 
green above, paler on the under side, deeply and sharply 
serrate. The stamens are twice as long as the petals. 
The sepals are upright in fruit. The flowers are light 
rose-pink upon spreading racemes. 
This new plant resembles S. salinifolia in the spread¬ 
ing inflorescence, upright growth, and the light green 
color of the under side of the leaves The serrations 
along the margins are more intensified, however, extend¬ 
ing almost to the petiole. The color of the flowers is in¬ 
termediate between that of the two parents. Spiraea Bil- 
larrli of the trade is derived from the same parents as the 
garden hybrid but in general characters, such as color of 
flowers, shape of inflorescence or flower spike, and leaves, 
resembles S. Douq/asii . Its habit of growth, however, is 
not pendent as in mature plants of N. Douglasii, but up¬ 
right as in S. Salirifolia. 
Mr. Richard M. Wyman of the Framingham Nurseries 
was present this week at the nursery practice school at 
the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, and 
gave a very interesting talk on transplanting. 
The first transplantings in the nursery are made from 
seed beds or flats into flats or cold-frames. This applies 
to only a few r lines of stock which are grown from small 
seed. The more important transplanting is practiced on 
material 1-3 years old which is taken from the seed beds 
and planted in the growing-on fields*. The majority of 
this stock is raised from cuttings in propagating fields 
or beds. Such cuttings are rather closely root framed 
at the time of transplanting. This helps them to form 
better roots and also reduces the cost of the operation. 
The condition of the material at the time of transplant¬ 
ing is of great importance. It must be fresh and dor¬ 
mant. The best time for transplanting most trees is just 
at the time when the new growth is started. This ap¬ 
plies both to evergreen and deciduous material. Al¬ 
though the planting season may be lengthened the best 
time for transplanting is very short. In many nurseries 
this work interferes with shipping, but it is poor bus¬ 
iness to make transplanting wait until the end of the 
shipping season. Transplanting should start in this lat¬ 
itude April 5-10 with deciduous species, and April 
12-25 with evergreens. Hemlocks should be trans¬ 
planted especially early before any growth starts. 
Spruce, Juniper and Arborvitae will stand later trans¬ 
planting. 
In order to get this work properly done in the nursery 
it is necessary to make a detailed program for trans¬ 
planting and to follow one species with another until 
the work is done. Frequent transplanting is desirable 
with some species, especially evergreens. Most of these 
should be transplanted at least every two years, though 
much depends on the character of the soil and the 
amount of growth made. Care must be taken to keep 
the roots from drying during transplanting. Puddling 
the roots is recommended. 
When deciduous shade trees are transplanted from 
these beds into nursery rows they are set very close to¬ 
gether. After two years they are cut back to the ground 
and trimmed to one stem which shoots up four or five 
feet making straight stems to form the future trunks. 
These trees are then transplanted the next year into 
permanent nursery rows. 
PLAN TO PLANT ANOTHER TREE 
“If we don’t look a little out” the Illinois State Nur¬ 
serymen’s Association will quite put the American Asso¬ 
ciation of Nurserymen in the shade with its efforts 
towards Market Development. Their slogan, “Plan to 
Plant Another Tree,” and propaganda under the able 
management of its secretary. J. A. Young, is being vig¬ 
orously pushed and advertised. Judging from the leaflets 
and matter coming to this office, they are carrying on a 
very efficient campaign that is sure to have quite an ef¬ 
fect on planting in tin 1 State of Illinois. 
