THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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WANTED 
W anted. 
A young man for agency, correspondence with a future. 
A fine opportunity. Address 
LOCK BOX 76, 
MONROE - - MICH. 
WANTED; Nursery .Foreman. 
A large ornamental nursery wants a good live nurseryman, 
capable of handling men. Knowledge of propagation not re¬ 
quired. 
Good salary and opportunity for advancement will be given 
to the man who can fill these requirements. 
Let your application contain full information as to exper¬ 
ience, age, reference, and how long employed in present posi¬ 
tion, also salary expected. 
Position must be filled before March 1st. Address 
New Jersey 
CARE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
FOR SALE 
FOR SALE—Whole or part interest in Established 
Nursery within easy hauling distance of Chicago’s finest 
suburbs. Ample acreage, up-to-date buildings, large var¬ 
iety developed immediate effect stock, exceptional oppor¬ 
tunity for party with moderate capital. Address 
“INTEREST,” Care of National Nurseryman. 
FOR SALE 
We offer for sale a large block of the capita! stock in a 
large Wholesale and Retail Nursery. The buyer must be 
thoroughly acquainted with the nursery business, and 
would be expected to assist in the management and serve 
as a director. 
Address “S,” Care of National Nurseryman. 
FOR SALE; Retail Nursery Rusiness 
Located within 50 miles of St. Paul and Minneapolis (the 
garden spot of the northwest). A growing mail order 
trade, (17 years established) with an enviable reputation. 
Exceptional opportunity for live man with some exper¬ 
ience and capital. Will sell whole or part interest to 
right party; with, or without land; modern buildings and 
good general stock. 
“NURSERY,” Care National Nurseryman. 
Hardy Native Plants and Trees 
For Immediate Effect 
RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM A SPECIALTY 
Nursery Grown Hemlocks 
THE CHARLES G. CURTIS COMPANY, 
Write for Price List CALLICOON, N. Y. 
BLACKBERRY ROOT CUTTINGS 
BERRY PLANTS of all kinds and PEACH TREES. A 
million surplus. Ask for samples. HALF PRICE to close 
out. 
Get our Price List before you buy. 
GRAY’S WHOLESALE NURSERIES, 
Salem, Ind. 
NO QUARANTINE OF CHESTNUT NURSERY STOCK 
Following a public hearing on the subject, the Federal 
Horticultural Board has determined not to quarantine 
chestnut nursery stock for the purpose of preventing the 
distribution of the chestnut hark disease. The board 
announced that the disease spreads slowly and oppor¬ 
tunity had already existed for several years for the dis¬ 
tribution of this disease in small quantities to areas 
where extensive new plantings of chestnut are being 
inaugurated. Recommendation is made that plantings 
of chestnut stock he carefully inspected for the presence 
of the disease. 
RAFFIA 
What it is—Its Uses 
James McIIutchison & Co., 17 Murray street, New 
York, received by one steamer 659 hales of raffia. Some 
of these shipments had been in transit from Madagascar 
for more than six months. 
It is of interest to know that raffia is the understrip- 
pings of the leaves of the palm Raffia Arabica which 
grows wild in Madagascar and parts of East Africa. 
After being bleached and dried it is put in plaited or 
twisted hanks, packed in tightly compressed hales of 
about 225 pounds and shipped to foreign ports. 
Europe takes by far the greatest share, though the 
thrifty Japanese arid Hungarians quickly recognized its 
adaptability and its cheapness. As a tying material it 
has no equal, it is strong and pliable, heat or cold does 
not affect it, and water will not damage it. Nursery¬ 
men were the first to recognize its value in the United 
States and its cheapness is proven by the fact that a 
single pound is expected to hud or graft 4000 trees. 
Twelve years ago McHutehison & Co. began to import 
raffia in a wholesale way, less than 300 bales a year were 
then reaching America. Now this one house imports 
over 1400 hales per year. 
A CORRECTION 
Tn our last issue in the letter from John P. Vikla on the 
subject of Inspection Laws a typographical error occurs 
in the last paragraph hut one. it should read “intrastate” 
instead of “interstate.” 
A. Willis £? Co. 
Ottawa , Kansas. 
Offer for Spring 1916 
A general assortment of stock in all grades including 
Apples, Pears, Cherries, Plums, Peaches, Grapes, Blackber¬ 
ries, Strawberries, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Roses. 
Kansas grown Apple seedlings. Prices reasonable. Your or¬ 
ders solicited. 
