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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
sociation of Nurserymen and at the time of his death 
filled a similar position for the Protective Association. 
He occupied for many years positions of honor and 
trust in the officiary of the state government of Nebraska, 
of which State he was a pioneer citizen. 
Truly a “Prince has fallen” and the sympathy of his 
legion of friends among the nurserymen, goes out to the 
bereaved companion and family. “Peace to his Ashes.” 
Des Moines, Iowa. 
Sept. 9th, 1921. 
J. W. H. 
The Thomas B. Meehan Company, Dresher, Pa., has 
just completed a large addition to its storage cellar. 
The new addition is of hollow tile construction and 
has a capacity of 13 car loads. 
The fine collection of photographs of horticultural sub¬ 
jects for illustrating nurserymen’s catalogues and horti¬ 
cultural papers, owned by Nathan R. Graves Co. have 
been disposed of to A. B. Morse Co., St. Joseph, Mich, 
and to the A. T. Delamare Co., Inc., 438-448 West 37th 
St., New York City, each of whom will have access to 
the entire stock of negatives. , 
ANNOUNCEMENT 
Mr. Ernest F. Coe is retiring from the Elm City Nur¬ 
sery Company, and will devote his time, in the future, to 
landscape-work. His office after October 13th will be 
931 Forest Road, New Haven, Connecticut. 
The Elm City Nursery Company’s Landscape Depart¬ 
ment is in no way influenced by Mr. Coe’s retirement. 
The Summer Meeting of the New York State Nursery¬ 
men's Association, was held at Geneva, N. Y., on Sep¬ 
tember 10, 1921. About 30 bein g in attendance. 
The location selected (on the shores of Seneca Lake) 
was ideal, and the weather perfect. 
There was a ball game, after which, the members par¬ 
took of lunch. 
The business meeting was held in the open air. Prac¬ 
tical talks were given by Dr. Geo. G. Atwood, of the New 
York State Department of Agriculture; Mr. J. M. Pitkin, 
Mr. Charles 0. Warner, and Mr. John II. Dayton. 
Dinner was served at 6 P. M., in a beautiful grove on 
the shore of the lake. 
Altogether a most enjoyable and instructive occasion. 
APPLES STEADILY INCREASING IN PRICE.. 
The steady increase in the price of apples should be a 
good inducement for an increased planting of apple 
trees. 
Nursery salesmen should not fail to point out this fact 
to prospective customers and it should be advertised to 
the limit. 
All the signs point to a shortage of apples for yeas to 
come. 
Increased population, Prohibition, Foreign demand, A 
falling off in the number of trees planted during the last 
few years are all causes that will help to insure a market 
at good prices for years to come. 
The Monthly Crop Reporter shows a steady advance in 
the price of apples since 1913. 
Average Prices Received by Producers of the United 
States. 
Prices of articles quoted below as 1 st of month are 
averages of reports of county crop reporters, weighted 
according to relative importance of county and State; 
13th of month prices are averages of returns from a list 
of about 7,000 county buyers; State averages are weight¬ 
ed according to their relative importance to obtain the 
United States averages. 
Date. Apples per bushel in cents. 
1913, Sept. 1 . 73.8 
1914, Sept. 1 . 63.1 
1913, Sept. 1 . 69.9 
1916, Sept. 1 . 77.7 
1917, Sept, 1 . 107.8 
1918, Sept. 1 . 123.7 
162.0 
1919, Sept. 1 . 137.4 
1920, Sept. 1 . 132.8 
Oct. 1 . 132.8 
Nov. 1 . 130.0 
Dec. 1 . 113.1 
1921, Jan. 1. 118.6 
Feb. 1 . 128.4 
Mar. 1 . 130.3 
A Pc. 1 . 134.4 
May 1 . 142.2 
Jun e 1 . 169.2 
July 1 . 170.0 
Aug. 1 . 171.2 
Sept. 1 . 163.6 
PLANTS ON THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS 
Thirty years ago the writer recalls the lecturer on Geo¬ 
graphical Botany at Kew Gardens made the statement to 
the effect that the llora of the world was pretty well 
known. He did however make the exception of China and 
Central Asia and said “if any startling discoveries were 
made in the plant world they would be in this region.” 
Since then many new plants have been introduced 
from the Orient and we are now getting reports from 
that unexplored region of Northern India and Tibet. 
It is very evident from the reports received from the 
Mount Everest Expedition and published in the Philadel¬ 
phia Public Ledger the botanical features of the country 
are being carefully noted and recorded by capable plants- 
men. 
Ibis country lying as it does in about the same degree 
ol latitude as Tampa, Florida, with its mountain ranges 
reaching to the height of perpetual snows, must contain 
the most varied flora in the world. 
Those who are at all familiar with the wonderful Him¬ 
alayan Rhododendrons and those plants that have already 
been brought from Northern India will be looking for¬ 
ward with acute interest for further reports from this 
unknown floral treasure house. 
It will be seen by the plants mentioned in the cable 
despatches that they are of the kinds that may be expect- 
