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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
and during the last few years particular attention has been 
given to the production of the hardy varieties. To 
indicate the extent of the propagating work in these hybrids 
we may say that last spring more than 30,000 were grafted 
of the following varieties: Everestianum, Caractacus, 
H. W. Sargent, C. S. Sargent, Kettledrum, Chas. Dickens, 
Lady Armstrong, Atrosanguineum, Chas. Bagley, Alba 
elegans, and grandiflorum, Giganteum, Old Port, Fastuosum 
fl. plena, Roseum elegans, Delicatissima, Ed. S. Rand, Jas. 
Macintosh, Mrs. H. Ingersoll and many of the Parson’s 
Hybrids. 
Certain plants much in demand as Andromeda flora- 
bunda and japonica, Azalea Pontica, Mollis and Ghent; 
Kalmia latifolia, 
Gaultheria shallon 
and procumbens; 
Abies parryana 
glauca Kosteriana, 
and Orientalis; Re- 
tinospora obtusa 
compacta, pisifera 
and pisifera aurea, 
plumosa and plum- 
osa aurea, are pro¬ 
duced and grown by 
the thousand. Heavy 
stocks of these are 
held especially in 
the smaller sizes, for 
export purposes. 
Roses 
Roses as Stand¬ 
ards and Half Stand¬ 
ards, Dwarfs on 
Manetti and Seed¬ 
ling Briar, in Teas, 
Hybrid Teas, and H. 
P.’s, are grown by 
the acre. There are 
for disposal this sea¬ 
son 200,000 in all the 
leading varieties in 
strong, field-grown 
plants. Manetti Stocks, carefully graded and well 
rooted for florists use are grown by the 100,000. Large 
quantities are exported annually to U. S. A. and Canada. 
The Windlesham Nurseries are under the control and 
management of Mr. W. R. Oldham, who from the commence¬ 
ment has endeavored to form a first class nursery, stocked 
with first grade lines throughout. No old or unsalable 
stock is retained, the brush heap being thought to be the 
best form of cheap sale, the dominating idea being to have 
everything in usable and salable condition. 
W. Fromow & Sons desire personal inspection at all 
times. The nurseries are on the L. & S. W. Ry., and 
can be reached in an hour from Waterloo. We can certify 
to the hearty way in which every visitor is welcomed, 
whether a purchaser or not, and a post card or wire ensures 
a vehicle to meet travellers at either Sunningdale or Bagshot 
Stations. 
These nurserymen tell us that there is keen and constant 
demand for trees having variegated foliage and for those 
having distinctively colored leaves of any kind. For this 
reason Golden Privet, Prunus Pissardi, Copper Beach, Red¬ 
leaved Maple and the like are in much demand. 
These men are keen on extending trade connections on 
this side of the water. They are plantsmen, not mere 
commercialists. They know the needs of the crops they 
grow and are consequently successful in producing a good 
article. They claim to give special attention to the grading 
and packing of all consignments for foreign purchasers. 
We were much im¬ 
pressed with the ex¬ 
tent, health, variety 
and excellent quality 
of the nursery stock 
on the Windlesham 
place. Messrs. 
August Rolker & 
Sons, 31 Barclay St., 
New York are exclu¬ 
sive agents for the 
United States and 
Canada. 
How a peach tree is trained for a position 
Surrey, 
BARTLETT ON 
QUINCE 
A controversy is 
in progress among 
California fruit grow¬ 
er s as to the success 
of Bartlett pear on 
the quince stock. 
Some of our eastern 
growers have been 
quoted as authori¬ 
ties on one side or 
the other. Messrs. 
Ellwanger & Barry 
of Rochester are 
quoted by Mr. 
Leonard Coates as backing the statement that 
Bartlett pear has been propagated on the quince 
stock by themselves for half a century. Mr. Coates 
says himself that he has grown them quite suc¬ 
cessfully, but that he plants them deep enough so that 
the point of union is well covered. We have taken the 
trouble to write Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry for information 
on this point, and they inform us that they have given up 
the propagation of Bartlett on quince stock, for the reason 
that it has failed almost uniformly. There seems to be 
some misunderstanding here. Messrs. Storrs & Harrison 
are also authority for saying that the Bartlett does not 
succeed as a dwarf on the quince stock. 
on a wall. 
England. 
Fromow & Sons, Windlesham, 
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