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time and money. I make this statement because' my name 
is being used in a way to mislead. 
University of Illinois. Cyril G. Hopkins. 
HOW TO HANDLE BUD FAILURES 
Ed. National Nurseryman. 
vSir: 
We have on hand quite a number of peach seedlings we failed to get 
budded last fall. We are very young in the peach tree business. Could 
you advise to what advantage these could be used? Could not dormant 
buds be reserved until sap starts in spring and work on them then, to be 
cut as soon as set and buds brought to the market next fall ? 
Lone Oak, Va. J. M. Lewis <Sr Sons. 
A Reply from Virginia 
We beg to state that if your eorrespondent will cut buds 
from trees now or before putting out in the spring and bud as 
soon as they start sap enough to bud in the spring, he ought 
to make a suceess. We have not done much spring budding, 
but we think J. Van Lindley Nursery Company budded a 
large lot one spring and were very suceessful with them. We 
think it would be well to refer your correspondent to 
J. Van Lindley. 
Riehmond, Va. W. T. Hood & Co. 
Answer 2:—We would consider them of no value at all. 
Coneord, Ga. Smith Bros. 
Mr. Van Lindley’s opinion; 
When buds fail, or when we fail to get the stock budded in 
the summer or autumn, we then resort to spring budding. 
The buds should be cut during the winter when they are in a 
perfectly dormant state, and should be kept in a dormant 
state until spring. As soon as the bark can be peeled, the 
buds should be put in the same as in the summer or autumn. 
The buds ean be kept in some cool place, perhaps in an ice 
house. If the buds are pipped a little at the time of budding, 
so mueh the better. Good strong buds will start very quickly 
anyway, and the seedling can be cut back within about ten 
days. 
If the party has good buds and can keep them in good 
eondition, he will have almost as good success by spring 
budding as he would have had if he had budded in the 
summer or autumn. At least, that is our experience here, 
and I have been praetieing it for forty years. 
Pomona, N. C. J. Van Lindley. 
BOOKS ON NURSERY MANAGEMENT 
Ed. National Nurseryman. 
Sir: 
Please let me know at your early convenience the book or books you 
consider best on nursery management. Thanking you in advance and 
assuring you of our appreciation of your paper, I am. 
Yours very truly, 
Vancouver, B. C. R. C. McNaughton. 
As a matter of faet, we have no book on the growing of 
nursery stock and the management of nursery trees written 
from the standpoint of the nurseryman. We have a number 
of books on the propagation of plants whieh give in detail the 
methods of grafting and budding, growing by euttings and 
layers, and the like. But these do not cover manv of the 
problems incident to nursery work. They do not cover the 
rotation or fertilizing of the crop, the pruning of the trees, the 
handling and the marketing. The nursery business is one 
whieh has largely grown up of itself, and is as yet unrecorded 
and unwritten. 
The two books which will interest the tree grower and 
plantsman from the standpoint of the propagator are “The 
Nursery Book,” by L. H. Bailey, Macmillan Co., and “The 
Propagation of Plants,” A. S. Fuller, Orange Judd Co. These 
are both first rate works of their kind, the former being much 
more comprehensive than the latter. Another work which 
’ is of general assistance to the nurseryman is “The Farmer’s 
Rule Book,” also by Bailey and the MacMillan Co. These 
three volumes will give the plant grower a large amount of 
information, but the praetical problems of nursery manage¬ 
ment he will be forced to get from his own experience. 
MACERATING BERBERIS THUNBERGII 
Ed. National Nurseryman. 
Sir: 
What is the best method of macerating the Berberis Thunbergii 
berries? 
Lancaster, Penn. Martin H. Musser. 
Mash from a Sieve After Soaking 
1. We would recommend putting seed in a sieve, apply¬ 
ing water liberally, and rubbing it .with the hands. We, 
however, seldom go through this operation, but bury the seed 
covering and all in sand and let it take care of itself. 
Morrisville, Pa. The Wm. H. Moon Co. 
2. After gathering the Berberis Thunbergii seed, we put 
it in a water-tight box or cask, put a little water on it, and let 
it stand there until the pulp rots, then clean the pulp off by 
rubbing through a sieve. That is the only method wo know 
of eleaning the seed. 
Dresher, Pa. Thomas Meehan & Sons. 
3. The method we pursue in macerating the berries of 
Berberis Thunbergii is as follows: The berries are soaked in 
water a day or two, then the water is poured off, and they are 
plaeed in a firkin or tub and mashed thoroughly with a stick 
about two inches in diameter at the base. Place the pulp in a 
strainer and wash with water, in order to separate the seeds 
as much as possible. Pick out all the seeds possible. If 
desired, the pulp can be saved and planted with the seed that 
are not separated therefrom, and you will got some results. 
The seed is mixed with three times the quantity of sand, and 
placed in a box with a few holes in the bottom for drainage. 
Seleet a shady plaee under some trees, sink the boxes to the 
top of the ground, and cover with five or six inehes of soil. It 
is important that the boxes are placed in a shady place where 
they will not get the direct rays of the sun and will not start 
too early in the spring. 
North Abington, Mass. The Bay State Nurseries. 
The Officers of the Miami Valley Nurserymen’s Association for the 
year are: W. F. Bohlander, President; M. F. Barnes, Vice-President; 
M. A. Gaines, Secretary-Treasurer. 
