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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
COURTESY OF MONTANA FLORISTS AND 
NURSERYMEN 
The editor of The National Nurseryman acknowledges 
with thanks honorary membership in the Florists’ and 
Nurserymen’s Association of Montana. He appreciates 
this recognition, and wishes the newly organized associa¬ 
tion a long and successful career. The businesslike man¬ 
ner in which the association starts operation augurs well 
for a life of progress and service in behalf of the nursery 
and floricultural interests of Montana. The officers of the 
association are T. E. Mills, Helena, president; D. J. Tighe, 
Billings, vice-president; W. J. Hugo, Helena, secretary- 
treasurer. 
NATIONAL NUT GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION, 
MONTICELLO, FLA., NOV. 1-3. 
At the meeting of this Association, which, although only 
nine years old, has made a notable record in that time, 
representatives of fifteen states and the District of Colum¬ 
bia were in attendance. The following states were repre¬ 
sented: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, 
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Maryland, Nebraska, 
North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and West 
Virginia. The attendance approximated 150 persons. 
Among the important papers presented was one by M. B. 
Waite, of the United States Department of Agriculture, on 
diseases affecting the pecan. The two diseases of any im¬ 
portance which Mr. Waite discussed were the scab and 
rosette. The former, he declared, was a relative of the 
better known form affecting apples and pears, and was 
amenable to the same system of treatment, namely, spray¬ 
ing with the standard fungicides, while the latter seemed to 
be a result of peculiar conditions. No specific organism 
had been associated with the rosette thus far, and owing to 
its appearance and disappearance under varying conditions, 
the presumptive evidence was strong that to some extent 
it was the creature of circumstances. A thorough study of 
the subject is being made by the United States Department 
of Agriculture agents, and it is hoped that definite informa¬ 
tion will be obtained before very long. 
Among other important papers was one on legislation 
affecting the horticulturist, by Prof. W. N. Hutt of Raleigh, 
N. C. This was a resume of recent legislative action affect¬ 
ing the control of injurious parasites of orchard and garden, 
and the handling of the products of nut and fruit trees. 
Valuable papers were contributed by Messers. H. A. Gossard 
of Ohio on nut growing in that state; J. C. Cooper of Oregon 
on the Persian walnut in the Northwest; and the nutritive 
and economical value of nuts, by Professor Jaffa of Cali¬ 
fornia. These, with the reports of committees, completed 
the main portion of the sessions. 
Considerable time was given to the visiting of orchards 
and nurseries in the vicinity. 
Officers elected—President, H. IC. Miller, Monticello, 
Fla.; first vice-president, J. B. Curtis, Orange Heights, Fla.; 
second vice-president, H. C. White, DeWitt, Ga.; secretary, 
J. F. Wilson, Poulan, Ga.; treasurer N. B. McNeilly, Rich¬ 
mond, Va. 
Business (Movements 
BIG FIVE NURSERY 
R. E. Smith, R. W. Ward and S. S. Rogers of Blythe 
City; T. F. Flint of Berkeley, and N. D. Ingham of Santa 
Monica, are directors of the Big Five Nursery, recently in¬ 
corporated, with headquarters at Blythe City, Cal. The 
capital stock is $25,000. 
HORTICULTURAL CHEMICAL COMPANY EXPANDS 
The Horticultural Chemical Company, 1210 Common¬ 
wealth Bldg., 12th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, has 
purchased the business of the Target Brand Company of 
Martinsburg, W. Va., and the Chester County Chemical 
Company of West Chester, Pa. The factory will be re¬ 
moved to the vicinity of Philadelphia. Target Brand Scale 
Destroyer and Scalime, a lime-sulphur solution, are among 
the products of this company. 
THE NUT NURSERY COMPANY, MONTICELLO, FLA. 
“We have recently taken up the growing of Satsuma 
orange trees, and for this reason have decided to change the 
name of our firm from The Nut Nursery Company to Simp¬ 
son Nursery Company, says Manager R. C. Simpson. 
There has been no change, however, in the personel of 
the firm, or management of the nursery. 
We have found that our soil and climate are peculiarly 
adapted to the raising of the Satsuma orange as well as the 
pecan and for this reason find it desirable to give a share of 
our time to citrus fruit. In the future we will grow nothing 
in large quantities except the pecan and the Satsuma, and 
those wishing the best that can be produced in these two 
lines will find what they want at our nursery. 
We wish to thank our many customers and friends for 
their liberal support during the past few years, which has 
enabled us to build up a very successful nursery business. 
We are sold out completely for this season, but solicit 
your future patronage.’’ 
MR. COE FOR THE ORIENT 
Mr. Ernest F. Coe, president of the Elm City Nursery 
Co., New Haven, Conn., sails from San Francisco, Dec. 13th, 
for Japan. The winter will be spent in travel and study of 
Japanese gardens. 
VALDESIAN NURSERIES, BOSTIC, NORTH CAROLINA 
Business is good and everybody here is working on the 
“fly’’ these days with prospects for a big winter and spring 
business. 
SHENANDOAH, IA. 
“E. S. Welch, of Shenandoah, Iowa, and G. L. Welch, 
of Fremont, Nebraska, have purchased an interest in the 
Kelsey Nurseries, of St. Joseph, Missouri, with Mr. C. G. 
Ferguson. The business will be incorporated, and con¬ 
tinued on a larger scale, under Mr. Ferguson’s manage¬ 
ment.’’ 
