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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
did not' contain the limitation 'found in the corresponding 
paragraph of the law of iQog, (par. 264), namely, that to be 
classified under the specific designation of briar rose as a 
plant must be ‘three years old or less.’ However, protest- 
ants in this case have not claimed that these goods should be 
classified under the briar-rose provi.sion, but, admitting that 
they are over three years old, and contending that they are 
not" ‘rose plants, budded, grafted, or grown on their own roots, ’ 
they make the claim that they should be relegated to the 
nursery-stock class provided for in the last clause of para¬ 
graph 264 at 2 c; per cent ad valorem. 
“It was held in G. A. 4635, Supra, that commercially the 
term ‘grown on their own roots,’ found in the paragraph of 
the tariff act under consideration, applies only to rose plants 
propagated from slips or cuttings. Such holding is amply 
supported by the testimony in the case now before us. It 
would therefore follow that a Rosa rugosa seedling, the 
merchandise at bar, would not be within the part of the para¬ 
graph providing for ‘rose plants, budded, grafted, or grown 
on their own roots.’ We think the testimony clearly shows 
that these goods are known in the trade as nursery stock. 
The case is distinguished, we think, from that recently 
decided by the Court of Custom Appeals (Maltus v. United 
States, T. D. 32909) for reason that very little, if any, testi¬ 
mony was given in the Maltus case which would warrant 
placing this class of importation within the category of 
nursery stock, the only question that seems to have been 
dwelt upon being that of the age of the plants. 
“We, therefore, find the merchandise in question is 
excluded from the briar-rose provision by being over three 
years old; that it is also excluded from the rose-plant provi¬ 
sion by reason of the definition above cited, and that it is 
therefore properly dutiable at 25 per cent, ad valorem under 
the provision for nursery stock in the same paragraph. The 
protest is sustained.’’ 
A COURSE IN CITY FORESTRY OFFERED BY THE 
NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY AT 
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 
So many villages and cities in New York are interested in 
the right development of street and park planting and so 
much work is being done by men not really fitted to carry on 
such work, that the New York State College of Forestry has 
developed a four-year course for training of City Foresters. 
This course will open in September, 1913, and it is expected 
will attract many young men through this State and New 
England. The course for a year and a half will consist of 
foundation work in Botany, Chemistry, Geology and Soils, 
Mathematics and Surveying. Beginning with the Sopho¬ 
more year, courses will be given in Forestry, Arboriculture, 
and Trees and Shrubs. Especially thorough courses will be 
given in Forest Entomology and Pathology, and Spraying 
and Spraying materials. The students will be given an 
unusual amount of practical work in Plane and Topographical, 
Sum^eying so that they may lay out streets, public and private 
grounds and parks for planting. 
Many of our larger cities are now employing trained 
Foresters for the care of street and park trees and there is 
every indication that villages and cities throughout the East 
will take on such men within a very short time. An interest¬ 
ing example of the attitude of the people in this matter is 
shown in Bulletin No. 100 of the Massachusetts Forestry 
Association, which is entitled “150 Trained Foresters Wanted 
in Massachusetts.” This circular goes on to say that this 
may not be the exact number needed but that the cities are 
considering the taking on of trained men and that all of the 
cities of Massachusetts and fully twenty-five per cent, of the 
towns are capable of supporting Foresters. This same might 
be said of the future in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania 
and other eastern states. Many of the cities are purchasing 
considerable areas of wild land to be used eventually for parks 
and some of this wild land is forested and should be given 
proper silvicultural treatment both for future park effects and 
to give a reasonable income from cord wood and other sup¬ 
plies from the forest. There are numerous examples of cities 
in Europe which own sufficient forest land to provide an 
income which supports the entire administration, doing away 
with all taxes. It may be some time before such conditions 
arise in this country and yet the fact remains that there is 
now a strong demand for men thoroughly trained as City 
Foresters. 
SPRAYING TREES WITH LIME WASH 
We recommended spraying the trees with lime white wash 
before the lime sulphur wash was known. We have since 
tried spraying the trees with the home boiled lime sulphur 
and find that, all things considered, it is quite as effective in 
holding the fruit buds dormant and making them resistant to 
cold as is the lime white wash itself. There is this difference 
between them. The lime white wash reflects all the heat of 
the sun during the winter maintaining them a little'below 
atmospheric temperature. The sulphur of the boiled lime 
sulphur wash adds enough color that not quite all this heat is 
reflected and yet the lime sulphur wash reflects enough heat 
that no serious warming up occurs. 
We have never been able to fix a pure lime wash so as to 
make it stick very well. It shells off more or less unless fre¬ 
quently applied. The lime sulphur wash sticks beautifully 
and persistently so the trees remain better covered with it. 
The lime sulphur in addition to reflecting the heat and 
holding the buds dormant will kill all San Jos6 scale and some 
other winter insects and eggs which in parts of the State may 
be troublesome. I would suggest the home boiled lime 
sulphur wash then for this winter spray, certainly in all dis¬ 
tricts where there is San Jose scale or eggs of plant lice winter¬ 
ing on the trees or where leaf curl is bad. Even where there 
are no insects to need the lime sulphur spray, I think it will 
answer as well for the average grower as the pure lime because 
it sticks so much better. 
I have not tried the commercially prepared lime sulphur 
and do not know how it would stick. I can see no reason, 
however, for the lime sulphur injuring the lime wash in any 
way in case one wanted to use the ready prepared mixture 
in the lime white wash. Personally, however, I should prefer 
to risk the home boiled lime sulphur in cases where the grow¬ 
ers are willing to make it because I know it will stick and is 
efficient. 
J. C. Whitten. 
The National Nurseryman: 
Enclosed find $1.00 for renewal of National Nurseryman for 
next year. Yes, we fully appreciate the value of your paper and the 
value of it to the nursery trade. 
Yours very truly, 
Marble City Nursery Co. 
