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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Our Booh "Cable 
The Conservation of Natural Resources in the United 
States, by Charles R. Van Hise. SX x 8. 400 pages. Illus¬ 
trated. Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1910. 
Price $2.00. 
This is a general handbook for convenient reference, and not a 
volume specializing in any one field. It deals with the several 
subjects which the title indicates, as minerals, water, forests, and 
soils and in so doing, cannot amplify any one of them. The book 
has grown up out of a real need; for it is the first book which brings 
together all these subjects and treats them in their relation one to 
another. Previous reports and magazine articles, practically the 
only publications on the subject, have dealt only with special phases 
of it. 
A volume treating of so important a question, which, strangely 
enough, has been very slow in receiving due consideration, must be 
of great interest and importance the country over; and undoubtedly 
it will be appreciated, coming, as it does, to supply such a need, and 
from an author eminent in the field of Geology, now president of the 
State University of Wisconsin. 
Insects and Disease, R. W. Doane. 5 x 8. 227 pages, including 
bibliography and index. Illustrated. Published by Henry Holt 
& Co., New York. Price $1.62 postpaid. 
Perhaps the chief value of this volume lies in the fact that it is 
non-technical; for hundreds of books or articles have been written 
on the same subject which are freely consulted by entomologists and 
physicians, but which do not come to the notice of the general 
reader. This book is very moderate in price, compared to the value 
it may have for people who have not stopped to realize how many 
kinds of insects there are round about which are dangerous as car¬ 
riers of disease or otherwise. One chapter is entitled “How Insects 
Cause or Carry Disease.’’ Several chapters are devoted to a con¬ 
sideration of mosquitoes and of the house-fly, which some think 
ought to be called the typhoid-fly, to remind people that it is not so 
innocent as was formerly thought. The book contains practically 
the latest information on the questions treated, having been 
published in August, 1910, and it would be well worth one’s time to 
spend a few hours in a perusal of it. 
The Small Country Place, Samuel T. Maynard. 317 pages. 
5X x8X in. Illustrated. Published by J. B. Lippincott Co., 
Philadelphia and London, 1908. Price, $1.50. 
You can feel assured, by glancing at the cover and the natural¬ 
looking apple blossoms just inside, that this is going to be an attrac¬ 
tive book. Turning to the title page, you learn that there are one 
hundred illustrations within, and this adds to your interest in the 
work; for you like to see, and not merely imagine, some of the 
scenes described. The author takes you from the time of choosing 
the location for a country home through the different methods of 
beautifying this place, and many of the phases of farm activity, and 
closes the book with an extensive monthly calendar. 
The chapter of twenty-five pages on fruit growing is devoted to 
the apple, as being the most important fruit tree of the temperate 
zone. After giving instructions regarding equipment, this chapter 
deals with soil, selection and arrangement of trees, cultivation, 
grafting, pruning, and other matters, and includes a detailed estimate 
of the cost of an apple orchard per acre, which may be summarized 
as follows: year previous to planting, for plowing and seeding, 
$11.50; y^ear of planting, trees, seeding, etc., $24.90; next year, 
cultivation, cover crop, pruning, and spra 5 dng, $12.00; succeeding 
years, the same, $15.00. With garden crops in the orchard, the 
estimated cost is: fir.?t year, fitting land, $11.50; second year, cost 
of trees, plowing, and planting, $15.90; succeeding years, spraying 
and pruning, $5.00. 
W. G. der Nederlanden, representing M. J. Guldemond, 
“Gusta Nurs.” Lisse Holland, called on Nurserymen in 
Rochester, about the middle of March. 
PEACH SEED 
We now have in stock VIRGINIA NATURAL PEACH SEED 
crop 1910, can fill any size order. 
VIRGINIA NATURAL PEACH SEED CO., 
4 th Ave. A Clinton St., BALTIMORE, MD 
25,000 Cumberland Raspberry 
Fair stcok oi all kinds of small fruits. 
W. B. COLE, Painesville, O. 
OUR NEW SCION LIST JUST OUT. 
APPLE SCIONS OUR SPECIALTY. 
We have our usual supply of Nursery Stock. Apple, Cherry 
and Peach in good supply. Write us. 
JOHN A. CANNEDY NURSERY AND ORCHARD CO. 
CARROLLTON, ILL. 
Quick: Budding and 
Stiff Stems 
Get into the market with better blooms—Sheep’s 
Head Brand of Pulverized Sheep Manure will prove a 
money maker for you. Unsurpassed as an extra stim¬ 
ulant to plants, pots or beds. Will not cause black spot 
like stable manure. Free from weedseeds—always ready. 
Carnations, roses, chrysanthemums and violets are particularly 
benefited. Send for booklet, “Fertile Facts.” It shows you 
the dollars and cents view and points out the actual profits from 
using Sheep’s Head Brand, and shows you how 
to prepare soils so that they will retain solu- 
bie plant foods near the surface of the ground 
within reach of the rootlets of growing veg¬ 
etation. We will send you a copy of this 
interesting and instructive book free. 
Write to-day. 
INA.TL.TRA.U OUAINO CO. 
Oept. 23 Aurofa, III 
CATALPA speciosa 
Several thousand extra fine trees, 2-inch caliper. 
W. B. COLE. Painesville, O, 
TREE LABELS 
Plain or Printed. Iron or Copper Wire. 
ALLEN-RAILEY COMPANY 
DANSVI L L E , N . Y. 
Write for Prices. 
SURPLUS STOCK 
500,000 California Privet, from 2 to 4 feet tall, one and 
two years old. Two-year old plants were cut to the ground 
last spring and are good, clean stock. Send for wholesale 
list. We also offer at low prices, Japan and German Iris, 
Hardy Phlox and Robusta Cannas. 
WOOD HARMON & CO. 
NURSERY DEPARTMENT 
Kingshighway and E. 15 th St. BROOKLYN, N. Y- 
