THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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LARGE PECAN ORCHARD SOLD 
An interesting report comes to The National Nursery¬ 
man from Albany, Georgia, stating that the Barnwell tract 
of pecan trees at Baconton, Georgia, has recently been sold 
to a syndicate of South Carolina and Northern investors, 
who intend to retain the entire grove. The immense orchard 
consists of six hundred acres of nut trees, half of which are 
now in bearing, with an estimated crop of seventy-five 
thousand pounds ‘the present year. The syndicate is com¬ 
posed of the following men: W. C. Fripp, Columbia, S. C.; 
Dr. William Weston, Columbia, S. C.; Harry Johnson, 
New York; F. W. Royer, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Judson P. Welsh, 
New York. The consideration is $200,000. While this 
would give an average price of $333.33 per acre, Mr. Barn¬ 
well, of course, placed a much higher value on the eight year 
old bearing trees than on the rest of the orchard, which was 
composed of younger trees. 
CUSTOM HOUSE DELAYS 
There should be an immediate reform in Custom House 
regulations between the United States and Canada, as they 
apply to the interchange of perishable freight, such as nur¬ 
sery stock, etc., and the time expended in the amateur hand¬ 
ling of such fumigation requirements as the law demands. 
The fees too for the work appear to be exorbitant, and 
savor considerably of “politics” to use a “mild term.” How¬ 
ever, we are apprised of the rough handling of such stock 
during the fumigating process, and the altogether deterrent 
effects which the conditions mentioned must have on the 
probable direct purchasers of nursery stock and planting 
material, which may have to cross the border. We should 
be glad to learn of the experiences of other professional land¬ 
scape men in their use of imported material for their work, or 
where they may have to submit to the fumigating “process” 
under other supervision than their own. There is undoubt¬ 
edly still need for the introduction of current business 
methods in our Treasury Department in connection with 
custom house methods; far greater expedition should be 
exerted and a very large percentage of the “red-tape” so 
common, especially in the clearing of the smaller shipments, 
should be lopped off. Custom House delay has become too 
proverbial for an up-to-date government and progressive 
people.—Par^ and Cemetery. 
A NEW NURSERY COMPANY 
The Wills Valley Nursery Company at Fort Payne, Ala., 
with $100,000 capital has just been organized. The officers 
of the company arc: Oscar V. Case, president; Nathan W. 
Hale, vice-president; A. I. Smith, secretary and treasurer. 
The directors are: Nathan W. Hale, A. I. Smith, E. E. 
Rutherford, M. W. Howard, Oscar V. Case. 
A NEW TREE 
A' new golden leaved variety of Populus alba is being 
introduced by A. G. M. Richard, Nurseryman, Naarden, 
Holland. The wood and the underpart of the leaves arc 
silvery white, the upper part of the full grown leaves dull 
golden yellow and the young shoots white powdered, like 
Edelweiss. The color is said to be constant from spring 
until fall. It will be known as “Populus alba Richardi.” 
Our Booh Cable 
Popular Garden Flowers, l)y Walter P. Wright. Published by 
Doublcday, Page & Co. 5>^x8". Illustrated 376 pages. 
This is not a book whieh is put down after a few iKiges have been 
read—one wants to keep on, either to learn some valuable point in 
regard to the care of a favorite plant, or perhaps to note an interesting 
remark in connection with the history of the flower being discussed; 
for the author has such a hajipy way of expressing his thoughts that it 
is a great pleasure to learn from the pages of his book. More than half 
a hundred full page illustrations add to the interest of the work, six of 
which are in color. Unfortunately, some of the less well known species 
are not pictured, but the black and white illustrations that are used are 
very clear and natural. 
‘‘Popular Garden Flowers” is the third book which Mr. Wright has 
presented to the public on the care of gardens. First came ‘‘The Perfect 
Garden,” and then ‘‘The Garden Week by Week.” The latest takes all 
the most important flowers, and tells in an entertaining manner of their 
history and their position in literature, before taking up the more practi¬ 
cal questions of culture and varieties. Dealing in turn with anemones, 
begonias, carnations, crocuses, foxgloves, gladioli, roses, sweet peas, 
tulips, and more than a score of others, in thirty-six chapters, this 
attractive volume will furnish a great deal of interesting information 
which is not elsewhere readily obtainable. 
Popular Fruit Growing, by Samuel B. Green. Published by the 
Webb Publishing Co.,_ St. Paul, Minn. Illustrated. .5>^x7^". 
328 pages, including appendix and index. Price $1.00. 
That this book filled a need may be inferred from the fact that the 
fourth edition has just been published within three years of the time the 
work appeared. One of the first things noticed in glancing over the 
volume is the ease with which any special topic in a chapter can be 
located; for the important words at the beginning of a paragraph and 
in some other places are prominently printed in heavy type, thus 
readily catching the eye. 
The book is based on lectures given to the students of the University 
of Minnesota, where the author was for the last twenty years previous 
to his death, head of the Department of Horticulture, and is valuable as 
being the result of experience gained and methods used in building up 
this Department. Some re-arrangement of subject matter was made 
before the present edition went to press, thus making the text conform 
more closely to the usual plan in teaching this subject in this country. 
The book is written in an interesting, easy manner which is easily 
understood by beginners in the science of fruit growing. 
Landscape Gardening, by Edward Kemp, edited by F. A. Waugh. 
Published by John Wiley & Sons, 1911. 290 pages. 7K x 5 inches. 
The fourth edition of this well known work by F. A. Waugh comes 
to us in considerably enlarged and amplified form. It is not clear 
without a careful comparison of the original and this edition what part 
the editor has contributed aside from a number of attractive half tone 
illustrations. Inasmuch as we have mentioned this volume before in 
our review columns, w’e do not wish to more than add at this time that 
it is a book which nurserymen can well afford to keep on their shelves, 
and which will give those who are interested in landscape work the kind 
of definite information that many arc seeking. There arc few subjects 
which are more indefinitely treated even by landscape lecturers than 
outdoor art. I suppose the same remark might be made with reference 
to other fine arts, but the nurseryman who is possessed of landscape 
desires wishes concrete examples and specific directions. He will get a 
good deal of this in Kemp’s revised edition, and we have much pleasure 
in commending the volume. 
The National Nurseryman: 
Enclosed you will please find my check for one dollar ($1.00), 
for which kindly renew my subscription for the coming year. 
I appreciate your paper very much and now that I have taken it 
for two years would not want to be without it. 
Yours very truly, 
Ql^o. E. C. Morling. 
