THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
parts. One part consists of a series of paintings—-beautiful 
reproductions in color—by Beatrice Parsons. The other 
part—the text—is attractively written by E. T. Cook. 
In the opening chapter on Thoughts on Cottage Gardens, 
Mr. Cook sounds the keynote lying at the root of the success 
of English gardens when he says, “There is a love of 
flowers fast knit into the very fibre of our British nature 
which probably lies at the root of the national reputation 
for gardening with which we are accredited.” This love 
of flowers has not been a plant of rapid growth, but rather 
one of slow development. It had its beginning back in 
the Saxon days when a man’s home was his castle, and 
his castle must in effect be a military fort. Within the 
walls of his castle were the things which he desired to 
protect. Herein lay his vegetable garden, his fruit orchard, 
and herein was included the flower garden of the housewife. 
Such close intimacy made for the development of a sym¬ 
pathetic relation between the gardener and the plants 
cultivated. This relation has strengthened as the years 
have gone by, and today no English home is complete 
without its garden, either small or large, modest or pre¬ 
tentious. Mr. Cook well says, “It is in fact the love of 
flowers pure and simple, not landscape or schemes of color, 
nor display of art, still less commercial value, that permeates 
the typical English garden and forms one strong connective 
link between all ranks of English people.” 
This attractive volume contains chapters on Lavender 
and Rosemary, The Herb Garden, The Rose Garden, The 
Heath Garden, and a garden for each of the four seasons 
of the year. There are some twenty beautifully colored 
plates illustrating garden features and handsome garden 
plates. No book which has come to our table in recent 
times makes such a strong appeal to the aesthetic and 
sentimental sides of gardening. The closing chapter on 
Winter in the Garden brings to view many unthought of 
beauties associated with .this period of the year, which it 
would be well not only for the heedless plantsman to read, 
but for the person who already believes that he possesses 
a sufficient appreciation of the garden in all her seasonable 
moods. 
A nurseryman sends us the following as 
THE FAKER having been received by him from a 
AT WORK correspondent: “Some nurseries are 
offering pecans inches long’. They 
‘claim’ this size is produced by crown 
grafting on Siberian stock, thus getting a flat (spreading) 
root instead of the long old tap root. Now this looks 
pretty fishy to us, and we know if there is anything in this 
claim that you will have the goods for sale.” 
This appears to be the same old story but in anew guise. 
Siberia has had to bear the burden and stigma of many 
real wrongs and tragedies, but in nursery exploitation has 
been made the scapegoat of the unscrupulous. It is cer¬ 
tainly curious how the name Siberia, suggesting as it does 
trial and tribulation by reason of its political associations 
and its climatic vicissitudes, should be masqueraded for 
one purpose or another, usually, however, in an endeavor 
to mislead the public. 
729 
We have had the name Siberian connected with nearly 
all kinds of fruit stocks, for everything from apples to 
gooseberries have at one time or another been presented 
to the public firmly established on a frost proof Siberian 
stock. In the cause of hardiness and adaptation even 
thorns and oaks have been invoked, and now we have 
Siberian stock for pecans! It is not even necessary to 
consider the fact that the pecan is exclusively an American 
tree, and that its nearest European relative upon which it 
possibly might be grafted is the walnut, which is not a 
native of Siberia. The modified tap root is another 
creature of the imagination, but these songs, like “bush” 
strawberries, “tree” gooseberries, “frost proof” peaches, 
“curculio proof” plums, are all to be regarded as specialties 
of that useful and versatile individual known as the “tree 
missionary.” 
Look out for pecans on Siberian roots! If you can corral 
one send it to the office of the editor of the National 
Nurseryman so that it may be carefully inspected and 
duly admired. 
CHERRIES HEALTHY AT WINCHESTER, TENN. 
Editor National Nurseryman: 
Recently we have noticed comment to the effect that 
some of the large growers of cherry (nursery trees) are 
having trouble with sour cherries shedding their foliage 
early in the season and stopping growth. Lest buyers of 
cherry trees should get the impression that this is generally 
true, we desire to say through your paper that cherry 
trees in our section have done remarkably well this 
year, and are still holding their foliage and making nice 
growth. 
Our trees are doing so well that other nurserymen visit¬ 
ing this section speak of them as looking like the “old time 
cherry,” or in other words, like cherry trees grown some 
years ago when cherry trees were as easily grown as other 
stock. Our stands are good this year, and as stated above, 
the trees are exceptionally fine. The demand for cherries 
has also been far better than we expected, and we now 
anticipate a good demand for them. 
Peach trees this season are extremely scarce throughout 
the whole country. Dormant peach particularly has not 
given good stands, as a rule. Our trees have done unusually 
well, however, and are really finer than any we have seen 
elsewhere. 
The demand for peach this season has been heavier 
than we have known it for many years, and already we 
have sold a good portion of our peach. These are going 
at much better prices than heretofore, and prospects look 
bright as regards peach sales. 
In fact all nursery stock with us has done exceptionally 
well this year. The seasons have been favorable, for the 
most part, and the trade seems to be good. W e anticipate 
a business several times as large as last season. 
Very truly yours, 
Tennessee Wholesale Nurseries, Inc., 
Aubrey Frink, Manager. 
