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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
will not get wann in wood packing. We buy our moss in 
carlots from the Wisconsin swamps. We cut the bales open 
and pile them, letting them remain over one winter. We 
have a large amount of snow, which melts on the moss and 
soaks it, so that it is in good shape for the spring packing. 
We find where goods are properly packed whh shingletoe, 
they will carry six or eight weeks without losing any notice¬ 
able moisture. I think the reason why the foreign shippers 
don’t use so much of it is that it is not readily available there. 
In piling the wood material or moss during the summer, we 
find that during a spell of dry weather of two weeks the moss 
will dry out in the pile to the depth of six or eight inches, while 
shingletoe does not become dry for more than one-half inch. 
Mr. Weeks: I’d like to ask if you don’t think the dry 
moss will have moisture enough without wetting to keep 
the trees in good shape. In foreign ship¬ 
ments you always receive dry moss. 
Mr. Cashman: What I meant by dry 
moss was moss that had been dried for 
baling. There is no moisture in that at 
all. I wouldn’t consider that very good 
packing. 
A Member: Is it the rule for Mr. 
Kelsey to pack foreign shipments in dry 
moss? 
Mr. Kelsey: We sometimes dry it 
almost completely. We have dry moss 
for that purpose. We would lose the 
shipments otherwise. 
EXHIBITS 
Report Prepared by National 
Nurseryman 
Rochester Lithographing Co., Roch¬ 
ester, N. Y., represented by Mr. Fox. An 
extensive exhibit of colored plates and 
plate books. 
A. B. Morse Co., St. Joseph, Mo. A line of nursery 
catalogues and a general line of nursery printing. Locally, 
this finn has been printing nursery cataloghes for twenty 
years. Now their territory extends from Maine to Cali¬ 
fornia, and from Minnesota to Texas. 
Alien-Bailey Tag Co., Dansville, N. Y. An exhibit of 
plant and tree labels and stakes. The firm is introducing to 
the trade a two-sided printed tree label, having the variety 
name printed on both sides at no additional cost. They are 
also putting out this year a new form of blank tree label, 
pierced, with the wire twisted through the hole. The 
exhibit included tapering plant supports and labels with 
either iron or copper wire. 
Baker Brothers Co., Fort Worth, Tex., showed a plant of 
Salvia Greggii, a hardy, everblooming, red-flowering shrub. 
Clinton Falls Nursery Co., Owatonna, Minn. A machin¬ 
ery exhibit; firmer, soil pulverizer, the Cashman trencher, 
box clamp, etc. 
J. K. Morrison Grocery & Produce Co., Statesville, N. C. 
Exhibit of North Carolina peach pits. 
United Lithograph and Printing Co., Rochester, N. Y. 
Exhibit of nursery catalogues, flower plates, cards, and post 
cards. The Company has the exclusive use and sale in this 
country of German process plates. 
Stecher Lithographing Co., Rochester, N. Y. A display 
of lithograph plates and de luxe plate book, which is becoming 
very popular now with the nurserymen. Prominent among 
their exhibits was the largest apple in the world, measuring 
about three feet across! 
Thomas Meehan & Sons, Inc., Dresher, Pa. Exhibit of 
Red Star raffia, and the “Handy” caliper, made of aluminum, 
in sizes from ijJ to 3F2". Also the “Handy Junior” for 
calipering small sizes. 
The Benjamin Chase Co., Derry, N. H. Wood labels 
in various sizes and large assortment. 
McHutchison & Co., New York. Primarily an exhibit 
of Red Star raffia, from which this company has made an 
enviable reputation. 
Dayton Fruit Tree Label Co., Dayton, 
Ohio. An exhibit of labels exclusively, 
tree labels, wired and unwired, printed 
and unprinted; pot labels; garden stakes. 
P. J. Berckmans Co., Augusta, Ga. 
Exhibit of Biotas in considerable variety. 
Fine individual specimens, including B. 
aurea nana, the special development of 
this company. 
E. J. Shaylor, Wellesley Farms, Mass. 
Collection of peony blooms. 
W. N. Scarff, New Carlisle, Ohio. 
Small fruit specialist. Exhibit of plants 
of black raspberries, red raspberries, 
blackberries, and dewberries. 
Sherman Nursery Co., Charles City, 
Iowa. Collection of coniferous seedlings 
in large variety, exhibiting nurserymen’s 
grades of this stock. 
Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, 
Mass. Exhibits in pots. An extensive 
collection of conifers, kalmias, and other broadleaved ever¬ 
greens. Attractively arranged, illustrating well grown plants. 
Also a collection of ornamental trees, including lilacs, maples, 
and oaks. 
Cherry Hill Nurseries, West Newbury, Mass. An attrac¬ 
tive collection of peonies and German iris. These nurseries 
have long been noted as a center for not only standard varie¬ 
ties of peonies, but seedlings of their own origination. 
Little Tree Farms, South Framingham, Mass. Collection 
of conifers in pots, including a few of the important deciduous 
shade and ornamental trees. A striking feature was a 
photographic panorama of the Little Tree Farm Nur¬ 
series. 
W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J. An exhibit of Manda’s 
golden privet in different sizes, showing the attractive features 
of this desirable ornamental plant. 
J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md. Potted evergreens 
and specimens of nursery stock. 
Breck-Robinson Co., Boston, Mass. Exhibit of trellises 
and Colonial tubs for reception of ornamental plants. 
J. Horace McFarland Co., Harrisburg, Pa., extensive 
collection of catalogs and advertising matter. 
