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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Business fll>o\>ements 
I. N. Frantz Moves to Texas. 
I. N. Frantz of the Tecumseh Nurseries, Cedarville, Ohio, 
has decided to locate in the Red River Valley of Texas. His 
address will be Vernon, Texas, after the first of the year. The 
change is made partly on account of health, and partly owing 
to the difficulty of meeting the public demand for what is 
called cheap stock. 
Mr. Perkins Goes to the Pacific Coast. 
Charles H. Perkins, president of the Jackson & Perkins Co., 
of Newark, and vice-president of Chase Brothers Company, 
Rochester, left Monday evening for a trip to the Coast. His 
itinerary was planned as follows: Chicago, Omaha, Grand 
Junction, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, 
Orange, San Diegc and home about March first via the Santa 
Fe. Mr. Perkins will visit many nurserymen while away and 
look after his extensive interests on the Pacific Coast. He 
will meet his son, Albert, at Orange.—From the Newark Union, 
Dec. 21, 1907. 
An English Visitor. 
The business office of the “ National Nurseryman ” recently 
had the pleasure of a call from Mr. F. Gomer Waterer, of Bag- 
shot, Surrey, England. Mr. Waterer has been making his an¬ 
nual tour of New England, New York and Pennsylvania. He 
spent about two months in this country and sailed for England 
on November 5th. 
The German Nurseries, Beatrice, Nebraska, offer a large 
stock of tree seeds, including the leading deciduous and conifer¬ 
ous species, and a full collection of tree seedlings, in wholesale 
quantities and at unusually low figures. 
Ward-Dickey Steel Company. 
The Ward-Dickey Steel Company, Indiana Harbor, Indiana, 
is making a specialty of planished sheet steel for strapping ship¬ 
ping boxes. This steel is strong, pliable, and is soft enough so 
that nails can be driven into it without difficulty. It 'seems to 
furnish an ideal binding material for boxes. 
Howard A. Chase, of Philadelphia, in Difficulties. 
A late issue of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin is respon¬ 
sible for a statement to the effect that Howard A. Chase, for¬ 
merly manager of the Philadelphia branch of the R. G. Chase 
Co. Nurseries, secured about $80,000 from various banks in 
Pennsylvania and other states, by false representations, and that 
he is liable to arrest on a criminal charge within a few days. 
The basis of the charge is that Mr. Chase while treasurer of the 
R. G. Chase Company, raised this money by misrepresenting 
the amount of capital owned by the company. Subsequently 
Mr. Chase organized a company under the laws of Delaware. 
He was then deposed as treasurer of the R. G. Chase Company, 
and the branch office in Philadelphia closed. The R. G. Chase 
Company denies that it is in any way responsible for the money 
secured by Howard A. Chase on the notes negotiated by him. 
Air. Chase is one of the city commissioners of Philadelphia, and 
has been long and favorably connected with the fruit growing 
and 'the horticultural societies of Pennsylvania. 
Failure of Mergenthaler-Horton Basket Machine Co. 
This company, organized under the New Jersey laws, and 
maintaining an office in Jersey City, noted for its extensive ad¬ 
vertising of fruit baskets, has recently failed. It was a stock 
company, and is reported to have sold $1,500,000 worth of stock. 
I he treasurer of the company has disappeared, while the presi¬ 
dent is mined. The assets of the company have been seized by 
the creditors, but they are likely to find very little of value. 
Fellouris a Bankrupt. 
Anthony J. Fellouris, wholesale dealer in evergreens, 52 West 
Twenty-eighth street, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, with 
liabilities $11,892 and nominal assets $2,218, consisting of cash, 
$50; accounts, $543; fixtures, $125, and contingent half interest 
in damages for termination of a lease. Of his liabilities, $8,750 
are contingent for rent of No. 52 West Twenty-eighth street. 
He owes $402 for wages to two employees and $2,325 to twelve 
men in various parts of North Carolina for evergreens.—Florists’ 
Review. 
Glen Saint Mary Nurseries. 
The last catalogue of the Glen Saint Mary Nurseries gives 
the names of the members of the reorganized company: G. L. 
Taber, president and treasurer; H. Harold Hume, vice-president 
and secretary; Warren S. Askew, assistant secretary; W. P. 
Jernigan, assistant treasurer; M. M. Bass, field manager. The 
catalogue also draws attention to the establishment of a branch 
nursery at Winterhaven, Florida. This branch is to meet the 
demands of the patrons of the nursery who are in the strictly 
tropical regions, 
♦ 
LEGISLATION. 
MODIFICATION OF VARIOUS STATE NURSERY LAWS. 
Editor National Nurseryman, 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
Dear Sir:— 
Since the publications of the Summary of Laws, cov¬ 
ering' inspection, certification and shipment of nursery 
stock in the October number of “The National Nursery¬ 
man/' the following information should be added: 
TEXAS. 
Texas requires under rule of October 10, that each 
package must be accompanied by a certificate of inspection 
showing first that the “stock to be shipped into Texas has 
been examined by the proper officer or employe and is ap¬ 
parently free from all dangerous insect pests and danger¬ 
ously contagious diseases, second, that where fumigation is 
required it must show that the stock has been fumigated. 
On filing such certificate a fee of $1.00 is charged upon 
the payment of which a certificate will be issued by the 
State Inspector of 'Orchards and Nurseries of the State of 
Texas, approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture au¬ 
thorizing the shipment into Texas of such nursery stock.” 
Samuel H. Dixon, State Inspector of Orchards and Nurs¬ 
eries, Hon. R. T. Milner, Commissioner of Agriculture, 
Houston, Texas. 
The State of Utah requires a certified certificate of fum¬ 
igation of all stock shipped into the state. J. E. Taylor, 
Secretary, State Board of Horticulture, Salt Lake City, 
Utah. 
All shipments of nursery stock into the late Indian 
Territory must conform to the laws and also to the regu¬ 
lations of the State Board of Agriculture of Oklahoma. B. 
J. Waugh, Secretary, Guthrie, Oklahoma. 
Yours respectfully, 
G. L. Flanders. 
Albany, N. Y. Assistant Commissioner. 
Goodwillie Brothers, of Chicago, Ill., whose specialty is re¬ 
sawed box lumber, box shooks, and crating, have recently 
started a new plant at Manistique, Michigan, and will operate 
same January 1st. 
