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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
218 Livingston Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President,.THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor,.JOHN CRAIG 
Sercetary-Treasurer and Business Manager, ... C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery 
Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States, 
Canada and Europe. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE .AT PARIS EXPOSITION, igoo 
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this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts on New York 
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N. Y. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nurserymen and horti¬ 
culturists are cordially solicited. 
Address, Editor, Ithaca. N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, N. Y., as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., December, 1911. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President —J. H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio; vice-president, W. H. Wyman, North 
Abington, Mass.; secretary, John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee —E. M. Sherman, Charles City, la.; H. B. Chase, Hunts¬ 
ville, Ala.; J. M. Pitkin, Newark, N. Y.; J. H. Dayton, Ex-Officio, Painesville 
Ohio; John Hall, Ex-Officio, Sec’y, Rochester, N. Y. 
Chairmen of Committees. 
Transportation —D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la,; Chas. M. Sizemore, Louisiana, Mo. 
Tariff —Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation East of Mississippi River— Wm. Pitkin, Rochester. N. Y. 
Legislation West of Mississippi River —Peter Youngers. Geneva, Nebr. 
Co-Operation with Entomologists —L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Program —C. J. Maloy, Rochester, N. Y. 
Exhibits —A.^fe. Robinson, Bedford, Mass. 
Arrangements —^John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; W-. H. Wyman, North Abington, Mass.; 
H. P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass. 
Entertainment —J.Woodward Manning, North Wilmington, Mass. 
Publicity and Trade Opportunities —W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Jefferson 
Thomas, Harrisburg, Pa.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; C. M. Griffing, Jackson¬ 
ville, Fla.; G. C. Roeding, Fresno, Cal.; H. D. Simpson, Vincennes, Ind. 
Root-Gall —E. A. Smith, Lake City, Minn. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la, i 
secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. Meets annually in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, Charles J. Brown, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. Meets annually in 
June. 
Association of Oklahoma Nurserymen—President, J. A. Lopeman, Enid, Oklahoma; 
secretary, C. E. Garee, Noble, Oklahoma. 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen—President, E. D. Smith, Winona; secretary, 
C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Palls, Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association—President, Paul M. Hubbard. Bristol, Conn.; 
Secretary, C. H. Sierman, Hartford, Conn. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen—President, Wm. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretar5’'-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen—President, E. S. Osborne, Rochester, 
N. Y.; secretary, F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
National Nurserymen’s Association of Ohio.—President, J. W. McNary. Dayton O.; 
secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen —President, P. A. Di.x, Roy, Utah; secretary- 
treasurer, C. F. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, Samuel C. Moon, Pa.; secretary, 
Earl Peters, Mt. Holy Springs, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President. W. A. Easterly, Cleveland, Tenn.; 
secretary-treasurer, A. 1 . Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—President A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.; 
secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President, J. R. Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas; secre¬ 
tary-treasurer. John S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—President, Geo. A. Marshall, Arlington, Nebr.; 
secretary-treasurer, E. J. Jlolman, Leavepv/orth, Kan, Meets annually second 
Wednesday in December, 
Plantsmen will long remember the year just 
THE YEAR passing out as one characterized by re- 
1911 markable climatic extremes and exception¬ 
ally high temperatures, especially through¬ 
out the northeastern and central states. There are few 
misfortunes without their accompanying compensating 
factors. In this case, the unusual heat gave us exception¬ 
ally high colored fruit. Of course, this also means that it 
gave us fruit with reduced keeping quality. The droughts of 
early summer checked the growth of nursery stock, while 
emphasizing the benefits of thorough tillage. No season in 
recent years has brought out the value of the soil mulch in the 
nursery row more emphatically than that of 1911. Notwith¬ 
standing excellent care in most places, the outlook about 
midsummer was very unpromising in many parts of the 
country. With the return of precipitation in late summer, 
came renewed growth and a marked change on the face of 
nature. Stock made up rapidly, and by the end of the season 
a great deal of the injury and promised shortage of the fore¬ 
part of the season had been repaired. Now, at the close of 
the year, we may say it was a prosperous one for the nursery¬ 
men of the country. Industry and intelligence have been 
rewarded in the main. Let us then approach the new year 
with courage and strong resolution to improve our condition, 
and a keen ambition to profit by past experience. 
It is well known among the better infonned 
IMPORTA- plantsrgen that we owe a great deal to 
TIONS FROM Oriental countries for providing us with 
CHINA many attractive ornamentals and many 
desirable fruit producing plants. It is not 
generally known that it has been the custom for many years 
of some of the older and better established plant firms in 
Britain and Europe to send explorers regularly into foreign 
countries, for the purpose of seeking out the desirable and 
promising among the denizens of the field and forest. 
Our information and knowledge on this subject has been 
very much enlarged recently by an address before the Horti¬ 
cultural Club of Boston by the noted Chinese explorer, E. H. 
Wilson, who has recently returned from an extended trip to 
China on behalf of the Arnold Arboretum. Mr. Wilson first 
became prominent as a plant explorer when representing the 
noted nursery firm of James Veitch & Sons, London, England. 
He traveled extensively in China and Japan for this firm and 
brought over many valuable and attractive plants. As 
proof of this, the Royal Horticultural Society has given 
plants which have come to the Occident through its agency 
more than sixty awards of merit, including six gold medals. 
This is indicative of the quality of the material collected. 
It is worthy in this connection to note that the Arnold 
Arboretum was instrumental in introducing that most popular 
of hedge plants at the present time, Berberis Thunbergii. It 
also introduced Azalea Kacmpferi. The introduction of 
these two plants alone is enough to justify the existence of an 
institution of that kind. 
Among the herbaceous plants Mr. Wilson specially 
recommends are: 
“Astilbe grandis (5 to 6 ft. tall, flowers pure white), 
Senecio clivorum (4 to 6 ft. tall, rich golden-yellow flowers), 
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