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visiting gardens almost within the environs of London, one 
is astonished to find gooseberries and bush fruits, gardens 
and cherry plantations enveloped in a great canopy of bird 
I netting, and the visitor is told that this precaution is 
absolutely necessary to the preservation of the fruit. 
Whether it is better to destroy the birds and fight the insects 
or whether it is more desirable to let the birds eat the insects 
and then for the grower to protect against the birds, is a 
question which has been before the English cultivator for a 
good many years. 
When visiting some of the nurserymen in 
THE LOGAN Surrey, England, last summer, we were 
BERRY IN very much surprised to find that one of the 
ENGLAND varieties which was high in favor at the 
time and which appeared to-have secured 
a permanent foothold in the plantings of amateurs as well 
as the commercial gardeners, was the Logan Berry of the 
Pacific Coast. It appeared to be highly appreciated and to 
have found its ideal situation. The relatively cool and 
somewhat moist atmospheric conditions seemed to suit it 
admirably, and nurserymen informed us that there was a 
keen and increasing demand for plants. It struck us as 
somewhat peculiar that the berry appeared to be popular 
with the consumer for it is generally considered that the 
English consumer is somewhat discriminating. Except on 
the North AVest Pacific Coast, we do not know of any place 
in this country where the Logan Berry seems to have made 
( good. 
As far as records show, the honor of 
MASSA- commencing fruit growing with the 
CHUSETTS nursery business as an adjunct must go 
to the Bay State. Governor John Endi- 
cott of the Massachusetts colony was perhaps one of the few 
fruit growers of his time and grew many trees. Writing in 
1644 to John Winthrop he says “My children burnt mee at 
least 500 trees this Spring by setting the ground on fire 
near them”; In 1648, he traded 500 apple trees, 3 years 
old, for 250 acres of land. Trees were evidently compara¬ 
tively more valuable and land less valuable than now. 
This trading of trees marks Governor Endicott a nursery¬ 
man in our understanding of the term. To another state, 
however, belongs the title of starting the first important 
independent nursery. Still Masschusetts may lay claim to 
the setting in motion of the influences that created a 
demand for nursery stock. 
It is a pity that this magnificent and pic- 
THE CEDAR turesque tree was not introduced into 
OF LEBANON New England and the Virginias earlier in 
the history of our country. One of the 
most striking objects in British landscapes 
at the present time, often found in the private parks sur¬ 
rounding old mansions, is the Cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus 
Libani. In the Valley of the Thames, one finds the hand¬ 
somest and oldest specimens of this historic tree. 1 he 
writer made a photograph of a fine tree near Obington 
in Surrey, some fifteen miles out of London. The specimen 
was supposed to be about two hundred years old 
and was planted by an arch-bishop of London on the ground 
of the bishopric, probably soon after the introduction of the 
tree to Briton. 
Mr. Jos. Meehan is authority for the statement that the 
Lebanon Cedar is hardy in Pennsylvania. The experience 
seems to be that after the trees become established they will 
withstand the climate of Long Island and Eastern Pennsyl¬ 
vania, but that during the early periods of their life they are 
subject to injury from winter killing and sun scorching. 
Everyone recalls the great success which 
NATIONAL attended the introduction of a new type of 
APPLE exposition at Spokane, last December. 
SHOW This was a specialized enterprise and for 
the particular purpose of emphasizing the 
standard fruit of the Northwest Pacific, the apple. Al¬ 
though the project was an ambitious one and attended with 
many difficulties, it was carried out with great success, and 
we are interested in noting that the success of last year has 
stimulated the promoters of this show to the organization of 
another one on an even larger scale, to be held in the same 
town the coming autumn. Preparations have been under¬ 
way for some time, which, it is said, will culminate in the 
greatest apple exhibition ever held. We have just returned 
from an extended trip through the Northwest Pacific, and 
are ready to believe that our friends of that region will make 
good in the carrying out of any reasonable undertaking. 
We shall, therefore, look for an exhibition instructive and 
extensive. 
It is expected that this institution will become a per¬ 
manent one and the place of meeting for the exposition of 
1910 is already being considered. Chicago has an eye on 
the project and, it is possible, may secure the exposition. 
But why should not Rochester, the center of the great apple 
industry of western New York, be equally interested? 
Rochester has all the requirements and facilities for the 
holding of a magnificent winter display of apples. In our 
judgment the time has arrived when the eastern fruit grow¬ 
ers should be up and doing. 
CITROUS FRUITS CONSUMED IN NEW ENGLAND 
To show the influence of transportation together with the 
consuming ability of the city and small town, one but needs 
to know that 2,500 cars of citrous fruits are disposed of 
annually in the New England states. The demand for 
oranges, lemons and grape fruit (Pomolos) is steadily 
increasing. 
P. R. QUINLAN’S CARNATION HOUSE 
One of the finest Carnation houses in the country has 
been recently erected by P. R. Quinlan, of Syracuse, X. A . 
This house covers an area of 200 by 100 ft., and is filled at 
the present time with the following varieties, all planted in 
solid beds: White Perfection, White Lawson, The Queen, 
Enchantress, Pink Enchantress, Mrs. T. AA . Lawson, 
Marchioness, Apple Blossom. Winsor, Mrs. Patten, Bay 
State, Harlowarden, Beacon and others. 
