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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
& Co., of New York City, is the best thing to use as a general 
reference. Another book, under the title of “Plant Culture’ 
by Goff, published by the University Press of Madison, 
Wisconsin, treats this subject more generally and deals with 
the broad principles. “The Nursery Book,’’ however, gives 
you the details of the various methods of propagating fruits 
and ornamentals. 
We would suggest in addition that it might be well for 
you to attend a winter course in Agriculture at one of the 
western colleges of Agriculture, perhaps in Idaho or Wash¬ 
ington.— Ed. 
A QUESTION OF GEOGRAPHY 
Ed. National Nurseryman, 
Dear Sir: 
Will you please give me your opinion as to where, every¬ 
thing considered and other things being equal, is the best 
locality to secure nursery stock for this territory from? 
That is, would you recommend New York, Michigan, Mis¬ 
souri or homegrown stock, or has it been well established 
that stock from one locality is superior to or thrives better 
than that from another locality? 
Who will answer ? 
Illinois. f. f. f. 
Societies 
The eight annual convention of the National Nut Grow¬ 
er’s Association will be held at Albany, Ga., October 12-14, 
1909. All interested in nut culture are invited to attend. 
At the second weekly flower show held in Boston, Aug. 
21, 22, T. C. Thurlow & Co., had a large collection of peren¬ 
nial phlox. The Old Town Nurseries and the Bellevue 
Nurseries had splendid collections of herbaceous plants. 
The third annual convention of the American Associa¬ 
tion of Railroad Gardeners opened on Tuesday morning, 
August 24, at Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia. All of the 
delegates present were men engaged in the improvement of 
stations and terminals by the application of systematic 
gardening and landscape work. 
Mr. J. S. Butterfield, landscape gardener of the Missouri- 
Pacific Iron Mountain system, presided, and the visitors 
were formally welcomed by Mr. John Wescott of the Phila¬ 
delphia Florists’ Club. The officers for next year are: 
President, Geo. B. Moulder, chief gardener for the 
Illinois Central Railroad: vice-president, Patrick Foy, 
chief gardener of the Norfolk & Western Railway; secretary 
and treasurer, J. S. Butterfield of the Missouri-Pacific sys¬ 
tem; executive committee: chairman, John Gipner of the 
Michigan Central; M. R. Smith of the Pennsylvania Rail¬ 
road; Chas. H. Fritschler of the Nashville, Chattanooga & 
St. Louis Railway. 
H. R. McNAIR, Dansville, N. Y. 
WHOLESALE NURSERIES 
_ Pear, Plum, Quince and Cherry Trees 
ROTAN’S EAST TEXAS NURSERY COMPANY 
Wholesale Growers of 
FIGS, STRAWBERRIES, PLUMS, etc,; MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA. 
WILD PEACH, (Both Trees and Seeds) and other Southern 
Tree Plants and Shrubs. No agents—we sell direct. 
Box 225, Wood' ille, Texas, 
SITUATION Opening in a nursery office 
WANTED b y young man with six 
1 = 1 years’ experience. Can fur¬ 
nish best of references as to character and ability 
ADDRESS BOX 8, THIS OFFICE 
Strawberry and Raspberry Plants 
FOR THE WHOLESALE TRADE 
The same careful attention and No. i Stock 
for the Nursery trade that we give to our 
retail. Write varieties wanted, stating about 
how many. Will quote prices that are right. 
The E. Maudlin Nursery, BRID mcHiGA\ 
THE 
Cherry Hill Nurseries 
offer a full line of 
PEONIES AND GERMAN IRIS 
Also many New Varieties of Phlox 
SUGAR and NORWAY MAPLES by the carload 
CONCOLOR FIR, 2-3 feet, 3-4 feet. 
T. C. THURLOW & CO. 
West Newbury, Mass. 
PEACH SEED 
Now is the time to contract for your supply of Peach 
Seed We are the largest dealers in the South. 
We can ship 1908 Crop at once, and 1909 Crop be¬ 
tween now and November 1st. 
The crop in this section is light, and we can only con¬ 
tract for a limited quantity, so let us have your orders at 
once. 
HAVE 3,000 BUSHELS 1908 CROP 
Terms are Sight Draft, Bill of Lading Attached. 
Morrison Produce & Provision Co. 
STATESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 
