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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Quiz Column 
PROPAGATING WEEPING BIRCH, MULBERRY AND 
CATALPA BUNGEII 
Can you give me some information on budding the 
following stock? What month is the best for the work? 
1. Cut-leaved Weeping Birch. 
2. Catalpa Bungeii. 
3. Teas Weeping Mulberry. 
Will be greatly thankful for the information. 
Wm. Moeller. 
ANSWER ■ 
The season of budding either in spring or autumn will 
naturally vary with the locality, and again within certain 
limits as affected by seasonal peculiarities. Cut leaved 
weeping birch throughout the northeast, including New 
England and New York, may usually be budded during 
the month of August, but the budding season may be 
shortened or lengthened by irrigation and tillage, which 
would tend to continue the growing period. 
Catalpa Bungeii and Teas weeping mulberry are, we be¬ 
lieve, more generally propagated by top grafting than by 
budding. The season for inserting the scions would be 
before growth began in spring, although if absolutely 
dormant scions were used, the operation could be success¬ 
fully performed as late as the opening of the leaf. If 
autumn budding is practiced, the operator must determine 
as in the case of cut leaved weeping birch, by examination 
of the stocks from time to time just when the conditions are 
right. The buds should be inserted when the beginnings 
of the maturing process are apparent, that is to say, when 
the bark shows signs of completing the summer’s growth 
by ripening up, and tightening down, in other words, by 
becoming adherent to the wood. This is the nurseryman’s 
test for the period of budding. Ed. 
W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, GENEVA, N. Y. 
We believe it is necessary to have actual practice in 
growing these trees in order to be successful. 
Some years we had almost a total loss on budding 
birch. They require the very best -of budders and very 
careful handling. The cut leaf variety is usually budded 
on the European White Birch, at the proper time in August. 
Catalpa Bungei is top grafted during May on the Catalpa 
speciosa, and the Tea’s Weeping Mulberry is top grafted 
'at the same time, on the Russian Mulberry stems. 
Our suggestion would be • that your correspondent 
would save money by buying his trees of men who make a 
specialty of growing them. 
ELIZABETH NURSERY CO., ELIZABETH, N. J. 
Cut Leaf Weeping Birch is raised mostly by budding in 
August or September. 
Catalpa we bud in the spring as soon as the sap begins 
to flow. Some people top graft them early in spring. 
Weeping Mulberry are best raised by top grafting early in 
spring. Wh F^Nillsky, Supt. 
BUSINESS DISCONTINUED 
The following nurserymen are reported by the Post 
office authorities as having discontinued business at the 
address given in the last Florists’ Directory of Nurserymen, 
Seedsmen, and Florists: 
ARKANSAS 
E. G. Butler, Paris; J. D. Fisher, Clarksville. 
IOWA 
Paul Bernard, Clemons; Charles Felkins, Brooklyn; Martin 
Herman, Mount Ayr; James McSweeney, Carson; Maple Leaf 
Nursery, New Market; Mt. Vernon Floral & Nursery Co., Mt. 
Vernon; Jos. A. Paul, Onslow; L. F. Pierce, Mediapolis; Platte 
Cedar Nursery, Kent; Rakestraw-Pyle Co., Des Moines; Waterloo 
Nursery Co., Waterloo; J. Wells, Steamboat Rock. 
KANSAS 
Moses Bradford, Lyndon; J. G. McNeill & Sons, Scranton; 
James A. Yearout, Lyndon. 
MISSOURI 
M. S. Good, Hitt; J. H. Moseley Nursery, Campbell; Rosedale 
Nurseries, Victoria; Spencer Seedless Apple Co., Lees Summit, 
T. H. Thorwegen, St. Louis. 
NEBRASKA 
E. R. Gibson, Wayne; Lynch Nursery Co., Lynch; H. Thomas, 
St. Paul. 
The following have retired from business; 
ARKANSAS 
A. J. Holland, Abbott. 
IOWA 
A. B. Elliott, Red Oak; E. B. Gay, Griswold; Gurney Seed & 
Nursery Co., Monticello; Nelson Hansen, Clear Lake, D. A. Hart, 
Delmar; S. M. Heck, Marengo; I. R. Hoyer, Boone; Geo. R. 
Lochrie, Lorimor; C. L. Meek,'Mt. Vernon; R. E. Overman, 
Garrison; F. S. Phoenix, Eavenport; F. C. Reese, Coming, 
A. P. Root, Murray; A. G. Samuelson, Lockridge; Sioux City 
Seed & Nursery Co., Sioux City; Julius Weber, Malcolm; Zimmer & 
Son, Woodbine. 
KANSAS 
Wm. Brown, Sharon; Hill Brothers, Emporia; S. H. Mitchell, 
Longton; B. F. Oxley, Owinter. 
MISSOURI 
L. Mohler & Bros., Warrensburg; Chas. Purzner, Jefferson City. 
NEBRASKA 
W. H. Bruning, Cedar Bluffs; W. R. Harris, Tecumseh; O. D. 
Howe, Table Rock; Joseph Marian, Hastings; G. A. Strand, 
Min den._ 
“The Inspection,Certification and Transportation of Nursery 
Stock,” Bulletin 20, State of New York Department of Agriculture. 
The Department of Agriculture at Albany, New York, has 
recently issued this bulletin, which covers the laws not only of New 
York State, but of the other .states and Canada. This bulletin can 
be obtained upon application to the Department of Agriculture, 
Raymond A. Pearson, Commissioner, Albany, New York. 
FRUIT OUTLOOK IN NEBRASKA 
Our apricots have set fruit, apparently have suffered no harm. 
Plum and cherry are in excellent condition. Black raspberries, 
blackberries, strawberries and grapes are in excellent condition. 
The apple buds up to this time have suffered no. harm. At this 
moment the indications are very encouraging for a crop of fruit. 
During our dry springs where the country is dry over a wide area, 
there seems to be less liability to severely dangerous cold waves. 
Crete, Nebr. E. F. Stephens. 
