THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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line Iree, all too largo lor commercial use, although they 
could ho transplanted lor anyone willing to pay the price. 
Then there is an Engleinann's Spruce (/'irra Eriglc- 
inannii) whose parents were found by Thomas Meehan 
and .losiah lloopes when in tlie Rocky Mountains years 
ago, they discovered a hitherto unexplored canyon. The 
needles of the parent plant, which Mr. Meehan named 
for his botanical friend, l)r. Englemann, were used for 
pillows by the campers, and twigs from the offspring 
tree, w hich now must go, were affectionately placed as a 
pillow for Thomas Meehan’s eternal sleep. 
Rut let us again assure the trade that this announce- 
menl does not record Ihe passing of the name of Meehan 
from horticulture, ffefore the death of Thomas Meehan 
lie was ably assisted by three sons, whom he look into 
partnership and who are now active and well known in 
Ibis profession. The oldest, Thomas R., under whom the 
writer had the pleasure of making his debut into the nur¬ 
sery business, some 20 years ago, is engaged with his 
son, Albert F., under the name of Thomas R. Meehan Co., 
conducting a strictly wholesale business at Dresher, Pa., 
w here they have over 200 acres of hardy trees and plants. 
The service of Ibis lirm is in no way curtailed by the 
sale of the original nursery site. 
Another son, .1. Franklin, will continue to conduct a 
landscape department, in which he has specialized for 
many years, at Mount Airy. S. Mcndclson Meehan, 
who has retained the old firm name of Thomas Meehan & 
Sons, and who succeeded his father as editor of Meehan’s 
Monthly, will continue to serve the retail trade, drawing 
on the stock of his brother at Dresher, Pa., and from 
other sourses lo be announced later. 
And so, while the passing of the old Meehan’s nursery 
will result in the attracting of up-to-date home seekers, 
it cannot erase from the memory of those who served on 
the Meehan staff the rare trees of the old stock ground; 
the seed beds; the packing shed, with its “puddle box” 
of clay; the seed spread out on trays to dry, after it had 
been washed from the pulp; the old Kudzu vine (I)oli- 
elms japonicus) which seemed to grow faster than the 
men could peg it down in “layers” to form new plants. 
Nor will there be forgotten the ollice beneath the old Sil¬ 
ver Maples, beyond the large Weeping films, at the en¬ 
trance, where Ihe volume of business done seemed al¬ 
most insurmountable during the Spring rushes, and 
whore the weekly evening sessions of the Thomas 
Meehan Horticultural Society, composed of employees, 
was tin; scene of many a healed discussion of the whys 
and wherefores of horticultural practice. 
Samuel Newman Raxter 
In !h<‘ “Florists’ Exchange!' 
Editor National Nurseryman, 
11 at boro, Pa. 
Dear Sir: 
My attention has been called to a misleading state¬ 
ment from the United States Department of Agriculture 
regarding the growing of tulips in America. I quote the 
lirsl paragraph of the press service circular from that 
department dated November 14, 1922: 
“Most of the tulip bulbs used in this country are im¬ 
ported, but good tulips can be grown here at a profit. 
Tulip bulbs are already being raised in commercial 
quantities by three or four companies in southern Michi¬ 
gan, by an association in the Willamette Valley of Ore¬ 
gon, by a company in northwestern California, another 
in the Norfolk region of Virginia and in a smaller way 
in a score of localities. The Department of Agriculture 
has been growing them successfully on Puget Sound in 
the Slate of Washington.” 
I wish to challenge the above statement, believing that 
the entire importing and wholesale trade of this country 
will bear me out in saying that no commercial quantities 
of merchantably graded tulip bulbs have yet been pro¬ 
duced in America, and the very few little crops which 
have boon grown are not sufficient to supply the autumn 
requirements of even one of the smallest jobbing bulb 
dealers in this country. The question at once arises, 
“Why are such misleading and untrue statements dis¬ 
seminated in the public press all over the country at tax¬ 
payers’ expense?” 
Yours truly, 
J. C. Vaughan. 
Concord, (la., Nov. 2b, 1922. 
National Nurseryman, 
Flourtown, Pa. 
< lent lemon : 
Something new in Woman’s Club work. A new 
precedent set for Woman’s Club activities. Wonderful 
possibilities may come of the work just accomplished by 
the Women’s Club of Concord, (la. They decided the 
world would be better as well as more beautiful and 
fruitful, il we had more trees, so following some corres¬ 
pondence with Mr. J. A. Young in regard to his campaign 
to “Plan to Plant Another Tree,” the ladies here made up 
their minds that more trees should be planted around 
every home in the town. And you know when the ladies 
make up their minds to do a thing, you may be sure they 
are going to succeed. 
W<41 they succeeded and Arbor Day was celebrated in 
Concord, as never before. Much enthusiasm was mani¬ 
fested. The nurseries put on bargain sales for the occa¬ 
sion. Liberal bearded men offered to give trees to any one 
who fell unable to buy and pay for them. Land owners 
and house owners gave trees to tenants to plant, so that 
no one need he left out. 
The results were wonderful. Trees were planted, as 
never before. Not only the homes have new trees plant¬ 
ed around them and the streets more trees, but the 
church people and Ihe school people decided that these 
public buildings also needed more trees, ft is wonderful 
how unanimous it is and the ladies say there is not a 
home in Concord that has not had more trees planted as 
a result of this campaign. 
There are thousands of Woman’s Clubs in this country. 
Many of them can be interested in this new movement 
and what Inis been started in Concord, (la., it is believed 
will spread from Capo Cod to the (lolden (late. It is a 
movement that will have the support of thinking men, 
everywhere. 
Yours truly, 
C. T. Smith. 
