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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The Grandview Nursery of East Des Moines, Iowa, is contemplat¬ 
ing extensive improvements this spring at its packing grounds on 
Hull and Delaware avenue. 
West Chester's nurseries have grown to such an extent that they 
now surround the town on all sides. 
A large number of the leading nurserymen in Holland, members 
of the Dutch Nurserymen’s Association, have, at solicitation of the 
similar British body, signed the following: “The members bind 
themselves not to send any trees, shrubs, plants, roses, etc., to 
Great Britain, Ireland or Scotland, for the purpose of public sale by 
auction, under a penalty of 500 guilders, to be paid to the cashier 
of the society.” 
The Elk City Nurseries, F. W. Budurtha, manager, Elk City, 
Okla., has reported that the spring business was not only better 
than expectations, but shows a large increase over last year. 
There were 262 cases of nursery stock on a recent boat from Rot¬ 
terdam to New York. 
The George Wittbold Co., Chicago, says the sale of shrubs is- be¬ 
yond its rather sanguine expectations at the time the nursery at 
Edgebrook was started a couple of years ago. 
The Devils Lake Nursery Co. has been incorporated, with John 
W. Maher, Henry Hale, J. E. Maher and William Schwartz as mem¬ 
bers. The nursery, will be situated on the Maher farm one-half mile 
east of Devils Lake and will comprise about eighty acres of the finest 
land in the whole state of North Dakota. It is the intention to 
handle every kind of tree suitable to the climate and they will plant 
500,000 poplar and shade willows, also 100,000 ash, elm, soft maple, 
mountain ash, linden, birch and box elders. Already three acres of 
ash and box elders have been planted. 
A crew of men is at work clearing a piece of ground where the 
evergreen arbor will be stationed and every suitable commercial 
variety of evergreen will be planted. Mr. Maher states that there is 
now on the way to the nursery a carload of seedlings from L. L. 
May & Co., and also a carload from the Jewell Nursery Co., of Lake 
City, Minn. 
William Schwartz, of Charles City, la., who has been seventeen 
years in the nursery business, is one of the members of the company 
and will have charge of the nursery.— Florist's Review. 
REMEDY FOR SAN JOSE SCALE. 
Mr. C. D. Jarvis of the Storrs Experiment Station* 
Connecticut, has published in a bulletin a new remedy for 
San Jose scale. The lime-sulphur wash has so many un¬ 
desirable qualities that an improvement has been wanted 
for some time. The formula which is in two parts, is given 
here : 
The Emulsifier. 
Carbolic acid (crude liquid 100 per cent). 2 quarts 
Fish oil (pure Menhaden or whale oil) . 2 quarts 
Caustic potash (granulated) . 1 pound 
“Heat to 300 degrees F., remove from the fire and immediately 
add 
Kerosene. 3 quarts 
Water . 5 X quarts 
“Very serious difficulty has been experienced in getting materials 
of the proper grade. This is especially true with regard to the local 
dealers who are not familiar with the requirements and who are 
likely to substitute ‘something just as good.’ 
“The emulsifier may be made up in any quantity and kept 
indefinitely. The cooking is best done in an iron kettle equipped 
with a cover and so arranged that it can be readily removed from the 
fire. The mixture being inflammable, it is unsafe to do the cooking 
near a building. 
The Complete Soluble Oil. 
“Water, 1 part; emulsifier, 8 parts; crude petroleum, 18 parts; 
rosin oil, 4 parts. 
“This part of the formula may be made up at any time without 
heat. The materials should be added separately in the order 
named. 
“By securing the materials in large quantities the complete 
‘soluble oil’ may be made up for 16 to 18 cents per gallon. If 
diluted with 15 parts water, as is recommended, the spray mixture 
costs slightly over one cent per gallon. The lime-sulphur wash 
costs, including labor and fuel, at least one and one-half cents per 
gallon, and the commercial soluble oils cost, depending upon the 
amount of dilution, from two and one-half to three and one-half 
cents per gallon. 
Directions for Use. 
“After a thorough stirring, take one part of the. ‘soluble oil’ to 
fifteen parts of water. Before mixing up large quantities, pour a 
few drops in a glass of water to see if it mixes. If it has been properly 
made the mixture will form a milky emulsion without any free oil on 
the surface. When satisfied that it will readily mix or ‘emulsify,’ 
a convenient way is to pour three gallons of the soluble oil solution 
into a fifty-gallon spray barrel and fill the barrel with water. 
“Thoroughness of application is of utmost importance. Badly 
infested orchards should receive two applications, one in the fall and 
the other in the early spring. As a regular practice, however, one 
application, just after the leaves drop in the fall, should keep the 
insect in check. 
“Where the leaf curl is prevalent in peach orchards the oil spray 
in the fall may be supplemented by a spring application of lime and 
sulphur. A finer nozzle should be used for the oil than for the lime- 
sulphur wash. In this way more thorough and more economical 
work may be done. Because of its greater spreading action and of 
its adaptability to a finer nozzle, one gallon of oil emulsion will go as 
far as one and one-half gallons of the lime-sulphur wash. 
“Complete information is given in the bulletin regarding the 
source and cost of materials, the preparation of the ‘soluble oil,’ the 
necessary precautions and the time and method of application. 
“The bulletin will be sent free upon request by addressing the 
Storrs Experiment Station, Storrs, Connecticut.” 
SOCIETIES. 
The regular monthly meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticultural 
Society was held on Tuesday evening in Horticultural Hall. Henry 
F. Michell occupied the chair. 
An interesting address on the subject of “Dahlias” was delivered 
to the membfers of the Rhode Island Horticultural Society, April 15 
at Providence, by Alexander McLellan of Newport. Resolutions 
on the death of Edward I. Nickerson were passed. 
The American Rose Society has accepted the invitation of the 
Horticultural Society of New York to hold its summer meeting and 
exhibition of garden roses in connection with the June meeting. 
The exact date cannot now be announced’. Anyone, not a member 
of either society, will be notified, if an application is sent to Leonard 
Barron, secretary, at 55 Liberty street, New York. 
The Canadian Horticultural Association has accepted the invita¬ 
tion extended by the Buffalo Florists’ Club to all delegates attending 
the C. H. A. convention at Niagara Falls next August to take part 
along with the S. A. F. O. H. delegates, in the trip to Buffalo, in the 
sports and entertainments which will be given at that time. 
The New Orleans Horticultural Society held its monthly meeting 
for April on the sixteenth of that month. 
At a recent meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, London, 
England, Prof. G. Henslow, V. M. H., gave an interesting lecture on 
the origin of the cultivated cabbage. He traced the history of the 
cabbage from the time of Cato, 200 B. C., to the present day. 
