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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Business JYIovements 
UNIQUE ADVERTISING 
The following is the legend which decorates the left hand 
corner of the envelope containing the catalogue of the Chase 
Nursery Company, Huntsville, Ala. : 
“I am from the Chase Nursery Co., Huntsville, Ala., and 
so hot inside I might strike fire in the waste basket.” 
Our friend, Herbert Chase, of tree gauge and mule skin 
mitten fame, knows how to produce catching head lines. 
A note from J. C. Chase of Derry Village, N. IT, states 
that he is just leaving for a several weeks’ cruise in the West 
Indies. 
The E. Gill Nursery Company, of West Berkeley, Cal., 
have just purchased 85 acres of land at Eden Vale, six miles 
south of San Jose, which they are now planting to nursery 
stock. This new place will be carried on in connection with 
their home place where field grown roses for the wholesale 
trade are made a specialty of. 
R. F. Spurlin, Amity, Ark., Proprietor of the Amity 
Nursery, reports that there is no nursery at Ussery, Ark. 
The Home Nursery which formerly was located there has 
been moved to Amity where it is known as The Amity 
Nursery. Mr. Spurlin is the proprietor. Nurserymen will 
do well to strike the Home Nursery from their mailing 
list and save much postage and literature. 
Hmong Gxpenment Station 
CQorhcrs 
Apple Growing in New England. Storrs Agrl. Exper. Sta. 
Storrs, Conn. Bulletin 61 . 
This is the title of an exceedingly useful bulletin on the subject 
of the present status of apple orcharding in New England, with 
special reference to the possibility of renovating many of the deca¬ 
dent and neglected orchards of Connecticut. The author is the 
horticulturist of the Conn. Agrl. College Experiment Station at 
Storrs. 
In this bulletin we find that J. H. Hale of South Glastonbury 
estimates that he has spent as much as $ 250.00 an acre on clearing, 
planting and maintaining apple orchards on rough hilly lands bor¬ 
dering the Connecticut Valley. He says, “Do not give out the idea 
that it is an easy or cheap thing to develop a rough land apple 
orchard. It takes a lot of capital, as well as grit and energy, and 
good orchards will never be found on Easy Street.” 
Barnes Bros., Yalesville, Conn., make the following comment on 
the same subject. 
“Yours at hand in regard to the cost of fitting rough land for 
orchard planting. The degree of roughness, as to rocks, brush or 
timber, and also the lay of the land varies so much that a general 
statement might be very misleading. 
“Our Durham orchard was mostly land that had been plowed at 
some time. Much of this land was ready for the plow. Much more 
of it was made ready by simply going over it with a mowing machine 
preceded by one or two men with brush axes to cut out large growth, 
and followed by the hay rake to gather up the brush in shape for 
burning. Fifteen dollars per acre would probably cover the cost of 
fitting such land for orcharding. 
“On our summit orchard, subdued about twenty years ago, we 
no doubt spent fifty or more dollars per acre, on quite a large tract 
in cutting brush and wood and removing stones and stumps.” 
Clematis Paniculata Eoweft pfees. m Quantlty 
F. A. BALLER, Bloomington, 111. 
PEONIES. 
The world’s greatest collection. Over 
1200 sorts. 
An exceptional list of Iris, Hardy Pinks, Hemereocallis, 
Phlox, Gladioli, Cannas, Dahlias, Cinnamon and Mederia 
Vines, Oxalis. An especially extra stock for fall and spring 
next. 
C. BETSCHER, Canal Dover, Ohio, E. S. A. 
ESTABLISHED IN 1897 EM. Van ESPEN, President 
CENTRAL PHOSPHATE COMPANY 
Miners of High Grade Florida, Tennessee and South Caro¬ 
lina Phosphate; TENNESSEE RAW GROUND 
PHOSPHATE ROCK, all grades 
Address 
MX. PLEASANT, TENNESSEE and 18 CHAUSSEE D’ANTIN, PARIS, FRANCE 
1840 1910 
OLD COLONY NURSERIES 
HARDY SHRUBS TREES, VINES 
EVERGREENS AND PERENNIALS 
A large and fine stock of well-rooted plants grown in sandy loam. Good 
plants; best s : zes for planting very cheap. Priced catalog free on application. 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
T. R. WATSON, Plymouth, Mass. 
TTTj'Txp'C' 300,000 CALIFORNIA PRIVET 300,000 TT'C'TAf' Tj' 
S2j 250,000 AMOOR RIVER PRIVET 250,000 TULJJVjHy 
We also have 150,000 each in California and Amoor River in 6 to 15 inch 
for.lining out. These are well rooted plants and will make fine stock for 
delivery next fall. 
VALDESIAN NURSERIES 
Bostic Department BOSTIC, NORTH CAROLINA 
KILL BUGS IN GROUND 
APTERITE will do this—it’s cheap—easy to use—kills 
Aphids, Maggots, Cutworms, Wireworms, etc. Write for 
our 32 -page Booklet “N”—contains numerous letters Ameri¬ 
can users—it’s free. A post card brings it. 
WILLM. COOPER & NEPHEWS, 64 W. Illinois St., Chicago 
ROSES TO LINE OUT 
200 Standard and New Sorts 
in 2 1-2 and 4-inch Pots. 
—<tHfi rrm r jloralcompany^_ 
^•^ LLuLULL ^pRiNqriCLD-QHioJ 
FOR SPRING OF 1910 
We have our usual supply of NURSERY STOCK 
We still have a few hundred thousand Scions to offer 
John A. Cannedy Nursery and Orchard Co. 
Carrollton, Ill. 
Strawberry Plants 
in large quantities 
J.S.LINTHICUM,WeIIhams,A.A.Co.,Md. 
