THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
369 
Our Booh Uable 
Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Proper¬ 
ties, by Charles Henry Snow, C.E., Sc.D. 10 ! 4 x 7m, 212 pp., 
37 half tone plates, and numerous smaller illustrations. 2d 
ed. Pub. by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1908. Price$2.5o. 
The second edition of this valuable work on dendrology has been 
issued by the publishers. The main purpose of the work is to present 
a statement of the characteristics, external and physical, of the prin¬ 
cipal trees which produce wood of any note or economic value. 
One of the leading features of the work is the excellent type of illus¬ 
tration employed. There is includek in a single plate a view of 
the general form and striking characteristics of the mature tree, a 
sample showing the typical appearance of bark on mature specimens, 
twigs and fruit, together with a longitudinal section and in some 
cases cross-sections of the finished wood. The plates are not uni¬ 
form in this respect as some of them contain illustrations of different 
parts of allied species, as in the case of the plate showing birch trees 
we have the yellow and white birch with the sample of birch wood 
in the same group. 
Data on each species follows after a uniform method of treat¬ 
ment, beginning with the nomenclature and including in regular 
order, locality, physical features of tree, characteristics of wood, 
structural qualities, uses of wood and strength of wood. The volume 
then is sure to be of great service to the engineer and the person 
interested in woods from the industrial .standpoint, as well as the 
naturalist. 
NUT NOTES 
One of the most certain things in nut culture is the assurance of 
a regular market at remunerative price for all the choice nuts that 
can be grown. 
The eighth annual convention of the National Nut Growers’ 
Association will be held at Albany, Ga., October 12 , 13 and 14 , 1909 
Mr. J. B. Wight’s Frotscher tree was planted at Cairo, Ga., in 
1892 ; four years later it bore a single nut. Since then it has made 
the following record: 1897 , 7 lbs; 1898 , 10>2 lbs; 1899 , 13 1 2; 
1900 , 28 lbs; 1901 , 16 lbs; 1902 , 45 lbs; 1903 , 80 lbs; 1904 , 121 lbs; 
1905 , 131 lbs, 1906 , 96 lbs; 1907 , 30 lbs; 1908 , 166 lbs. 
A few days ago the Georgia-Florida Nut Growers’ Association 
held its annual meeting at Cairo, Ga. Last year it met at Monti- 
cello, Fla., and among other things, they took stock of the acreage 
planted in budded and grafted pecan trees in Western Florida and 
Southwest Georgia and found it to aggregated over 6000 acres. At 
the Cairo meeting these statistics were brought up to date and 
showed a total above 10000 acres or an increase of 4000 acres in one 
vear, or 65 per cent. The reports from nurserymen indicate a still 
larger increase for next season, as fully twice as many orders are 
booked than was the case a year ago. As far as popular data is 
obtainable, this section of country leads the world in this popular 
industry. 
Catalogues Received 
Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1909. 
Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y.—Trade Price List for Fall, 
1909. 
W. N. Scarff, New CarlisL. Ohio— Semi-Annual Surplus List of 
New and Standard Bush Fruits 
John L. Childs, Floral Park, X Y.—Fall Catalogue of Bulbs and 
Plants that Bloom. 
Rockmont Nursery, D. M. Andrews, Prop., Boulder, Col.— 
Autumn Catalogue for 1909. 
W. C. Slocock, Goldsworth Nursery, Woking, Surrey, Eng.— 
Preliminary Wholesale List for American Trade. 
Ward-Dickey Steel Co., Indiana Harbor, Ind.—Price List Box 
Straps. 
Morey & Son, Wholesale Nurseries, Dansville, N. Y.—Price List 
for Fall, 1909. 
W. A. Manda, Inc., South Orange, N. J.—Wholesale Catalogue 
for 1909. 
Chase Nursery Company, Huntsville, Ala.—Wholesale Price List 
Fall, 1909. 
Tennessee Wholesale Nurseries, Inc., Winchester, Tenn.— 
Wholesale Prices on Tennessee Trees. 
Delaware Nurseries, Milford, Del.—Peach and Apple Trees, 
v- Vick & Hill Co., Rochester, N. Y.—Fall Wholesale Price List of 
Bulbs, Plants, Roots, etc. 
Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.— Wholesale Price List, 
Autumn, 1909. 
Onarga Nursery Co., Onarga, Ill.—Wholesale Trade and Want 
List, Fall 1909. 
T. S. Hubbard Company, Fredonia, N. Y.—Wholesale Price List, 
Autumn, 1909. 
George S. Josselyn, Fredonia, N. Y.—Wholesale Catalogue and 
Price List of American Grape Vines and Small Fruit Plants, Fall, 
1909. 
Mount Arbor Nurseries, Shenandoah, la.—Wholesale Price List, 
Fall, 1909. 
Willowdale Nurseries, Rakestraw-Pyle Co., Kennett Square, Pa. 
Wholesale Price List, Fall, 1909. 
Vincennes Nurseries, Vincennes, Ind.—Wholesale Trade List, 
Fall, 1909. 
Forest Nursery and Seed Co.—Wholesale Trade List, Fall, 1909. 
Huntsville Wholesale Nurseries, Huntsville, Ala.—List for 
Trade only, Fall, 1909, Spring, 1910. 
Vincent Lebreton, France, McHutchison and Co., New York, 
N. Y.—Wholesale Trade List, Fall 1909, Spring 1910. 
Sievers & Heubel, Halstenbek, Germany—Price List for Fall 
1909, and Spring 1910. 
H. M. Simpson & Sons, Vincennes, Ind.—Wholesale Price List 
Fall 1909. 
L. Green & Son Company, Perry, Ohio—Wholesale Price List, 
Fall 1909. 
Wild Bros. Nursery Co.—Catalogue of Fruits, Trees and Flowers, 
Fall 1909, Spring 1910. 
Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass.—Wholesale Price List, Hardy 
American Plants, Fall 1909, Spring 1910. 
Wm. H. Moon Co., Morrisville, Pa.—Wholesale Trade List, 
Autumn 1909. 
F. E. Schifferli, Fredonia, N. Y.—Wholesale Price List Grape 
Vines and Currant Plants, Fall 1909. 
Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo.—Mail 
Order Price List, Fall 1909 and Spring 1910. 
The Conrad & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa., New Floral Guide, 
1909 . Pretty cover of different varieties of roses in color. 
Leedle Floral Co., Springfield, Ohio, Catalogue of roses. 
\Geo. S. Josslyn, Fredonia, N. Y., Condensed price list for 1909 . 
W. B. Cole,* Painesville, Ohio, Special Surplus price list to 
Nurserymen only. 
J. H. Skinner & Co., Topeka, Kans., wholesale price list for the 
Spring, 1909 . 
''-'Calif. Nursery Co., Niles, Calif. This catalogue deals with 
ornamental trees and plants alone, 8th edition catalogue. No. 2 . 
Dayton & Xenia Nurseries, J. W McNary, prop., Wholesale 
price list for Spring, 1909 . Specialty “The Hydrangea arboreseens- 
grandiflora, forma nova “Hills of Snow.’’ 
William Street Nurseries, Rice Bros. Co., Geneva, N. Y., Surplus 
List. 
Ward, Dickey Steel Co., Indiana Harbor, Ind., full information 
concerning Dickey Patent Planished Sheet Steel. 
.Stephen Hoyt’s Sons’ Co., New Canaan, Conn.—Wholesale Price 
List, Fall 1909. 
TRADE DIRECTORY 
of the UNITED STATES and CANADA 
Containing lists of Florists, Seedsmen, Nurserymen, Horticulturists, Landscape 
Architects, Parks, Cemeteries, Botanical Gardens, Horticultural Societies and 
Horticultural Supply Concerns of the Lnited States and Canada, revised 10 cate. 
Price Three Dollars, Postpaid 
AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago, Ill. U. S. A. 
