THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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W. L. McKAY. 
W. L. McKay, Geneva, N. Y., died suddenly May 25lh, 
at his farm west of the city. Mr. McKay was apparently 
in his usual health until the time he was stricken. 
thorough, practical manner, and in confining himself to 
just those things the student and workman wants to 
know. 
Either for reference or study it is a splendid work, 
up-to-date in practice with no waste verbiage. 
The price of the book is $1.50 net. 
TREE ANI) S1IKUR SEEDS 
GEORGE II. MOODY. 
George II. Moody, Niagara Nurseries, Lockport, N. Y., 
died in his late home, No. 555 Pine street, April 25lh. 
He was horn in Penfield, Monroe county, March 15, 
1858, and was educated in the Lockport schools and Nia¬ 
gara Academy, Niagara Falls. He began business with 
his father and continued it until the latter’s death in 
1891. After this business was retained under the name 
of E. Moody & Sons, the other member of the firm being 
a brother, Edward M. Moody. 
He was a member of the Masons, a trustee of the 
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Savings Bank, of Lockport, and 
a member of the Western New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety. 
Resides his wife and brother, he leaves one sister, Mrs. 
Edward M. Seott, of New Rochelle, N. Y. 
ALFRFD MITTING. 
The death of Alfred Mitting occurred on Sunday, May 
7th, at San Jose, California. 
Mr. Mitting was well known to the trade as the founder 
of the Rerrydale Experimental Gardens, Holland, Mich. 
He was born in England in 1858 and came to America in 
1877. He w r as the founder of the great calla lily bulb 
industry that developed into a business of immense pro¬ 
portions in this state, the plant being situate near Santa 
Cruz, at Seabrigbt. Mr. Mitting was the author of a 
number of works on the planting, growing, cultivating 
and development of berries. 
He is survived by his widow, Helen J. Mitting, and two 
children, Ernest De Roo and Flora R. Mitting. 
Mr. E. De Roo Mitting, his son, will take charge of the 
Rerrydale Gardens as business manager. 
SOOK 
The Orange Judd Co., 315 Fourth avenue, New York, 
have published a book by M. G. Kains, Prof, of Horticul¬ 
ture, Pennsylvania Slate College, under the title of “Plant 
Propagation, Greenhouse and Nursery Practice.” It is 
a book of 308 pages and 213 illustrations. Prof. Kains 
is to be congratulated in covering the field in such a 
The falling of the Silver Maple seeds reminds us of a 
job that is very likely to be overlooked until it is too late, 
namely the collecting of tree and shrub seeds. The 
nurseryman who raises a portion of his stock from seed 
will find there will be a shortage the coming season, due 
largely to a shortage in the European supply, and lie \v ill 
be wise who collects all that is possible. None of the 
better class of seeds should be allowed to go to waste, 
even if they are not wanted for home sowing there will 
more than likely be a demand which will permit of their 
being disposed of profitably. 
Many kinds ripen so quickly they have to be watched 
very closely, a day too long and the entire crop will be 
gone, in fact the birds are always on the watch and w ill 
clean them up in a short time. I recall an instance 
where the foreman was out in the nursery and saw a 
fine crop of Pyrus aucuparia berries in the morning, in 
the afternoon he sent a boy to gather them but the birds 
had cleaned them up, and so it is with quite a number of 
things. The birds are so fond of the White Fringe 
berries they will hardly allow them to get ripe. 
Many of the very early ripening seeds such as I he Sil¬ 
ver Maple, Elms and Birches may be sown as soon as 
gathered and will make nice plants by I In 1 autumn. 
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OCCURRENCE AND CONTROL OF ROSE-CHAFER 
A Beetle that Damages Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers 
The rose-chafer or “rose bug,” as it is often called, one 
of the most widely distributed and troublesome insects 
with which the florist or gardener has to contend, is the 
subject of a new Farmers’ Bulletin (No 721) ol the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture, by F. II. Chittenden and A. L. 
Quaintance. The insects appear as long-legged beetles 
of a yellowish brown color, usually in the month ot 
June. They strip all kinds of vegetables, fruits, and 
flowers of blossoms and foliage, and where especially 
plentiful do great damage. In from lour to six weeks 
after their first appearance they leave as suddenly as 
they came. Rose and grape vines especially suffer from 
attacks of the insects, but the beetles are almost equally 
destructive to fruit, shade and other trees and shrubs. 
