THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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CEMENT: PRODUCTION, IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 
Cement of domestic production is supplying a rapidly increasing 
share of the growing consumption of that article in the United States 
and is, at the same time, becoming an important feature of the export 
trade. Figures compiled by the Bureau of Statistics, Department of 
Commerce and Labor, show that the production of cement, as reported 
by the Geological Survey, has increased from 760,000,000 pounds in 
1880 to 3,040,000,000 in 1890, 6,555,000,000 in 1900, and 24,827,000,000 
in 1909. 
This increased production of cement in the United States has been 
accompanied by decreasing imports of that article from foreign coun¬ 
tries. In the calendar year 1895, the imports of Roman, Portland, and 
hydraulic cement exceeded i ,000,000,000 pounds, the figures for that 
year being 1,199,000,000 pounds. By 1900, the total importation had 
fallen to 955,000,000 pounds; by 1905, it had further declined to 
339,000,000 pounds, and in 1910, was but 117,000,000. Meantime 
exports of domestic cement were increasing, the total having advanced 
from 32,000,000 pounds in 1895 to 38,000,000 in 1900; 390,000,000 in 
1905, and 941,000,000 in 1910. Thus, imports in 1910 were but one- 
tenth as much as in 1895, while exports of domestic cement in 1910 
were thirty times as much as in 1895. The official figures of imports 
and exports for the first four months of the calendar year, 1911, reveal a 
continuation and, indeed, an acceleration of the tendencies above noted 
with respect to earlier years. Imports of cement during the four 
months, January to April, inclusive, decreased from 52,000,000 pounds 
in 1910, to 15,000,000 in 1911, and the value of the same, from $182,000 
to $59,000. Exports of domestic cement, on the other hand, increased in 
the four months named from 254,000,000 pounds in 1910 to 394,000,000 
in 1911, and the value from $891,000 to $1,482,000, or about ten times 
the quantity and six times the value of the exports in the full calendar 
year, 1900. 
Germany is the chief source of cement imported into the United 
States. Of the 163,000,000 pounds of Roman, Portland, and other 
hydraulic cement imported in the fiscal year 1910, a total of 75,000,000 
pounds was credited to Germany, compared with 48,000,000 pounds 
imported from Belgium, 16,000,000 pounds from Canada, 12,000,000 
pounds from England, and 11,000,000 pounds from France; while small 
quantities were reported from Scotland, Japan, Austria-Hungary, Italy, 
and Netherlands. The other classes of cement have not yet become 
important factors in the import trade, their total value never having 
reached as much as $200,000 in a single year. 
Practically all the exported cement of domestic production goes to 
American countries and to the Philippine Islands. Of the 1,715,169 
barrels exported in the last fiscal year, all Europe took less than 2,000 
barrels, Asia but 120 barrels, Africa 95 barrels, the Philippines, 69,946 
barrels, and Oceanica exclusive of the Philippines, 916 barrels, the 
remainder having gone to various countries of North, Central and South 
America. 'Phe largest shipment was to Panama, presumably for use in 
the construction of the canal, 938,341 barrels. The next largest ship¬ 
ment was to Cuba, 335,695 barrels, against 86,338 barrels to Mexico, 
65,142 to Chile, 53,253 barrels to Canada, and 35,251 barrels to New¬ 
foundland and Labrador. The remaining countries to which exports in 
excess of 10,000 barrels each were sent during the year included Peru, 
23,270 barrels; the British West Indies, 21,278 barrels; Haiti, 16,426 
barrels; Santo Domingo, 13,159 barrels; Colombia, 16,228 barrels; 
Venezuela, 11,820 barrels; and Costa Rica, 11,058 barrels. 
Catalogues Received 
Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo. The Stark 
Orchard Planting Book. 
Knight & Bostwick, Newark, N. Y. Sheet descriptive of K-B 
nursery stock. 
Sutton & Sons, Reading, England. Sutton’s Amateur’s Guide in 
Horticulture for 1912. 
Elmer D. Smith & Company, Adrian, Mich. Chrysanthemums and 
Asters, 1912. 
De Graaff Brothers, Ltd., Leiden, Holland. Wholesale catalogue 
of bulbs and plants, 1912. 
Huntsville Wholesale Nurseries, Huntsville, Ala. Price list, Janu¬ 
ary, 1912. . 
August Rolker & Sons, New York. Price list of Holland grown 
stocks, August, 1911. 
Royal Palm Nurseries, Oneco, Fla. Twenty-ninth annual cata¬ 
logue, 1912. 
R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass. Farquhar’s Garden Annual, 
1912. 
The English Walnut Farm, Lockport, N. Y. “The Pomeroy 
English Walnut,’’ with price list. 
E. O. Painter Fertilizer Co., Jacksonville, Fla. Painter’s Florida 
Almanac, 1912. 
W. W. Thomas, Anna, Ill. “Pure Bred Strawberry Plants.’’ 
Season, 1911-1912. 
Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. Dreer’s Garden Book, 1912. 
J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York City. Thorburn’s High Class 
Seeds, 1912. 
Wm. Pfaender, Jr., (Pioneer Nursery), New Ulm, Minn. “Hardy 
Grapes for the Northwest.” 
The Winfield Nursery Companv, Winfield, Kansas. “Pedigreed 
Trees.” 
John M. King & Sons, Coggeshall, Essex, England. Manual of 
Gardening, 1912. 
The Griffing Brothers Company, Jacksonville, Fla. Price list of 
fruit trees. 
Herbert Chase, Delta, Col. Price list of Chase trees for spring, 1912. 
Vaughan’s Seed Store, Chicago, Ill. Vaughan’s Book for Florists, 
Spring, 1912. 
The Whiting Nursery Company, Yankton, So. Dakota. Twenty- 
eighth Annual Catalog. 
William Tricker, Arlington, N. J. Water Lilies. 
L. J. Farmer, Pulaski, N. Y. Fall Bearing Strawberries, 1912. 
Anthony Waterer, Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Surrey. Catalogue 
of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, Conifers, etc. 
Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, N. C. Wholesale Trade List, 1912. 
Appalachian Nursery, Spear, N. C. Price list. 
W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia. New edition for 1912 of 
Burpee’s 35th Anniversary Supplement. 
Lewis Roesch & Son, Fredonia, N. Y. Descriptive catalogue of 
grape vines, fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, etc. 
The Greening Nursery Company, Monroe, Mich. Catalogue for 
1912, illustrated by a large number of colored plates. 
The Leedle Floral Company, Springfield, O. “Roses and Roses,” 
Spring, 1912. 
Harrison’s Nurseries, Berlin, Md. Mailing Card announcing 
“How to Grow and Market Fruit.” 
Blackmore & Langdon, Twerton Hill Nursery, Bath, England. 
Special Trade Offer of Begonia, Tubers and Seeds. 
Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset, England. Wholesale seed list. 
Laxton Bros., Bedford, England. Special Offer of Fruit Trees. 
Howden’s Inverness, England. Special Wholesale Offer. 
Willett & Wheelock, N. Collins, N. Y. Wholesale Price List. 
Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y. Wholesale Price List. 
Bulletin No. i. 
The Denver Nursery Co., Denver, Colo. Catalogue and Price List 
for Spring and Fall of 1912. 
Olympic Nature Nursery, Joel Shomaker, Nellita, Wash. List of 
Wild Fruits, Flowers and Evergreens. 
Arthur Bryant & Son, Nurserymen, Princeton, Ills. Surplus and 
Trade List. 
The Northern Colorado Nursery Co., Loveland, Colo. Wholesale 
and Retail. 
Yager Nursery Co., Fremont, Nebr. Spring 1912 Surplus List. 
Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass. Catalogue of Rhododendrons, 
Azaleas, and other Hardy Native American Plants. 
Peter Henderson & Co., Cortlandt St., N. Y. Garden Guide and 
Record. 
The Globe Nurseries, Bristol, Tenn. Surplus List. 
Kelly Bros., DansviUe, N. Y. List of high class fruit trees. 
D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee, Ills. Wholesale Catalogue. 
Richland Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. Catalogue for Spring. 
Goode & Reese Company, Springfield, Ohio. Spring Trade List. 
Orchardists Supply Co., Newhouse Bldg., Salt Lake City, Utah. 
Wholesale Trade List. 
Jewell Nursery Co., Lake City, Minn. Surplus list and Want List. 
Harvard Evergreen Nurseries, Harvard, Ills. Wholesale trade list 
of Evergreens, Deciduous trees, etc. 
Chase Bros. Co., Rochester, N. Y. Bulletin No. 2 Wholesale price 
list for Spring, 1912. 
Evergreen Nursery Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Catalogue and price 
list, wholesale and retail. 
J. Jenkins & Son, Winona, Ohio. Wholesale price list of surplus 
stock 
Texas Nursery Co., Sherman, Texas. Wholesale Price List. 
Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y. Surplus list, Feb. ist. 
Bay State Nurseries, N. Abington, Mass. Wholesale price list of 
Trees, Shrubs, Evergreen, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials. 
Griesa Nurseries, T. E. Griesa, Lawrence, Kans. Spring Trade List. 
Southwestern Nursery Co., Okemah, Okla. Bulletin No. i for 
Spring, 1912. 
F. H. Stannard & Co., Ottawa, Kans. Wholesale Trade List. 
