THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Another state which handles shipments in an exceedingly 
arbitrary and sometimes apparently unfair manner is Cali¬ 
fornia. An instance is given by a western nurseryman 
where a carload of peaches was shipped into the San Joaquin 
Valley, C. O. D. The buyer accepted the consignment as 
satisfactory, but soon afterwards telegraphed that the trees 
were ordered destroyed by the inspector. The shipper 
happened to be in the state, and was able to reach the car 
before the order was executed, and with one of the head 
inspectors went over the whole stock. He discovered less 
than half a dozen trees which would not pass inspection. 
The car lot was not destroyed. It afterwards transpired that 
this destructive inspector was in collusion with a local nur¬ 
seryman,, whose interests he evidently had very much at 
heart. 
Another case which happened only last spring is indeed 
curious. A carload shipped by one of the leading firms of the 
Middle West was promptly destroyed by the inspector. His 
explanation was that “he was afraid of yellows, rosette, and 
brown tail moth.” More than that, he claimed the trees 
were dead, being frosted in transit, and so he “put them out 
of the way.” 
A subsequent report by the foreman of the company to 
whom they were shipped stated that he could see nothing 
wrong with them, and furthermore that of a few of the apple 
trees which he surreptitiously took from the car and planted 
“everyone grew. ’ ’ These instances seem to express wholesale 
disregard for the rights of the shipper and a type of brigandish 
action which no state or country should for a moment permit. 
Cases of this kind should be given wide publicity, and followed 
up very closely. 
ACRES OF FLOWERS 
California has always been known as the land of sunshine, 
fruit, and flowers. At the Panama-California International 
Exposition to be held in 1915, at San Diego, the claim of the 
State to preeminence in these lines will be demonstrated. 
The directors of the Exposition have determined on a vast 
scale of floral and horticultural decoration which will be a 
surprise and a delight to the average visitor. It was found 
that to secure the plants required for this scheme would 
require a canvas of the entire country and even then that it 
would hardly be possible to secure the quantity needed by the 
plans as formulated. Director-General D. C. Collier, was 
not willing to abandon the plans which had fascinated the 
board of directors and he thought out a way to meet the 
difficulty. • It was to use as much of Balboa Park, where the 
Exposition is to be held, as might be needed—all of its 1,400 
acres if they should be required—for a city farm and nursery, 
wherein the Exposition could propagate the plants it would 
require. The city officials adopted the idea enthusiastically, 
and 30 acres were at once prepared for a nursery, and two 
commercial nurseries were bought outright as a starter. 
Citizens donated cuttings, and for weeks 100 men were kept 
busy carrying these to the park and setting them out. 
Geraniums, roses and poppies have been planted by the 
million, and all kinds of trees and ornamental shrubs have 
been set out in large numbers. The Exposition is four years 
away, but the floral display is to be on a grand scale and the 
preparations were begun none too soon to make it a success. 
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DAHLIAS AT WHITE MARSH, MARYLAND 
The annual dahlia show held by the Richard Vincent, Jr., 
& Sons Company at White Marsh, Maryland, is coming to be 
looked forward to each year as a great opportunity to feast 
the eye on dahlia blooms of every color and variety in all their 
loveliness. Just at the height of the dahlia season, this firm 
for five years has thrown its houses and its fields open to all 
who wished to visit them. While there were this year 
exhibitions of garden and farm products, and fifteen acres of 
cannas could be seen, these seemed unimportant in compari¬ 
son; for the dahlia fields cover forty acres, a larger space than 
is given up to the cultivation of this flower anywhere else in 
the vicinity. Many blooms had been cut and arranged in the 
buildings with an eye to color effect. As was predicted by 
Mr. Vincent, the dahlias were better this year than ever 
before, although weather conditions early in the season did 
not seem entirely favorable. Mr. Richard Vincent, Jr., has 
recently been elected president of the Society of American 
Florists. 
COST OF THE SPOKANE APPLE SHOWS 
The progressiveness and advertising activity of the people 
of Spokane is well demonstrated by the figures recently 
published, giving the cost of the apple shows which have been 
held in Spokane since 1908 to the people of that city: 
The first show in 1908 cost the people of Spokane about 
$40,000, the organizers facing a deficit of $3,500 after the last 
prize had been paid. This was met by 100 business men, each 
contributing $35. The second show, in 1909, cost more than 
$45,000, and the two expositions in 1910, one in Spokane and 
the other in Chicago, cost in the neighborhood of $88,000. 
The show next November, with its accompanying carnival 
and festivals, means an expenditure of more than $60,000, 
every penny of which will be provided in contributions from 
the people of Spokane. 
The fourth national apple show will be held in Spokane, 
November 23-30, inclusive. An interesting feature of the 
fourth show will be a competition between manufacturers of 
spray machinery. This competition is designed to bring out 
the most efficient apparatus for distributing insecticides and 
fungicides that there is on the market at the present time. 
AMERICAN APPLE EXPOSITION 
Denver will be the great center of interest to growers of 
apples during the week of November 12-18. The American 
Apple Exposition and Carnival is the designation by which 
the show to be held at that time is known. This may in a 
way be said to be an outgrowth both of the Colorado National 
Apple Exposition early in 1910, and of the Spokane National 
Apple Shows. The exposition at Denver this year does not 
take the place of the Spokane National Apple Show, for that 
is held also; but the three shows already held in Spokane 
must necessarily have helped foster enthusiasm for the event 
at Denver. 
Here it is particularly desired to attract exhibits from all 
parts of the country, and partly to assist in carrying out this 
idea, the car lot exhibit has been done away with, it being 
