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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
JOINT EXUUr.SION AHHANOEI) FOI{ MSITINO 
NUIISEKYMEN 
Th(' S('al)i'()()k Farms Uompaiiy, Kostor Uompany, at 
llii(l»'('t()n, N. J., and tin' Jackson k P(M'kins Uompany, 
Shiloh, JK'ar Bridgeton. hav(' jointly arranga'd an excur¬ 
sion for nnrscryiiH'n attcMuling the conv(‘idion to visit 
lh('ir plaids. 
A most urgent and cordial invitation is extended to all 
nunnhi'i'S of the association. 
The excursion will lie on Tuesday, Jum' 24th, the day 
ju'(H*('ding th(' opening of the eonvi'ution. 
A sjx'cial tiain will be ])rovided and there will be din- 
(U's attached to take care of the crowd for luncheon (or 
it might be breakfast for some of them') and every 
possibh' effort will be made to give the crowd a vciy in¬ 
terest ing and enjoyable time. 
The schedule as now jilanned is as follows; 
Leave Atlantic City at 10.30 Standard Time. 
Arrive at Seabrook Farms 12 o’clock. 
Uio over Koster & Comjiany and Sealuook’s establisb- 
ments from 12 to 2.30 P. M. 
Visit Jackson k Perkins establishment at Shiloh (near 
Bridgeton') from 2.30 to 5 P. M. 
Have dinner at the New Cumberland Motel, Bi idgeton, 
from 5 to 6.30. 
Leave Bridgeton at 6.30. 
Arrive back at Atlaidic City 8 P. M. 
This scIumIuIc is all given in standard time, but both 
Atlantic City and Bridgeton are on daylight saving time, 
which of course ])uts this schedule just one hour later. 
Mich.\el R. Cashm.\n, Owatonna, Minnesota 
Member of the Executive Committee 
NUBSFBV NEWS FROM NORTH CAROLINA 
By W. C. D.aniels 
Umh'r the direction of Mr. A. Chandler Manning, 
Landscapi' Architi'ct, for J. ^ an Lindley Nursery Com¬ 
pany, the North Caiolina Colh'gi' for Women, (Ireens- 
boro, N. C., is decorating the grounds for commencement 
time. There are 1800 girls attending this college this 
year. Plans are also under way to do considerable land- 
scajie \\ork on tbe grounds this yi'ar, the college girls 
doing the planning under the direction of Mr. Manning. 
Mr. Bobert C. Young, of Greensboro, is installing a 
Skinner water system ovei‘ a large poi'tioii of his nur¬ 
sery. Mr. Young's specialty is propagating coniferus 
Evergreens. 
Jackson & Perkins Co., distributed a car of young 
Evergreens in North Carolina from Greensboro this 
month. 
Fruit growers in the Sand Hill section of North Caro¬ 
lina are planning for the biggest fruit crop in the history 
of that section. 
Lindley Nursery Company has a contract with the 
Vick Chemical Co., Greensboro, N. C., for growing Men¬ 
thol jilants by the 100,000. These plants are used in the 
])roduction of Vick’s Vaporub Salve. There were 12,000 
])lants shipped last week to Indiana. 
Mr. W. E. Campbell, of Greensboro, expects to attend 
the Kiwanis Convention in Denver, Colorado, in June. 
The Red Path Chautamiua circuit this year has for 
one of its attractions a lectuie by some w('ll known 
siieaker on Landscajie Gardening. 
Robert C. Young, Greensboro, North Carolina, reports 
having sold out conijiletely all of the imjiortant items. 
He found hig demand this sjiring from the southern nur¬ 
serymen and tlorists, for young evergreens and received 
more orders from Texas that any other southern state, 
(ieorgia and South Carolina being next in line. From 
North Carolina not so many orders, but they were much 
larger. 
He re])orts having made very heavy propagation the 
past w iiUer and sjiring, putting out over onc-half million 
Boxwood cuttings and having sow n sulficient evergreen 
seed to grow over live million seedlings. He has also put 
out over one-half million Regal lily seed, which look 
very juomising, the seed coming up in tine shape. 
He h as added to his overhead irrigation system ovi'r 
1000 new jiijie lines and an additional pump with a ca- 
jiacity of seventy-tw o thousands gallons jier day. 
MID-WESTEBN PEONY AND IRIS SOCIETY 
On March 3th w as formed the Mid-Western Peony and 
Iris Sociidy at Hotel Savery, Des Moines, Iowa. 
At the tinu' of the Annual Peony Show w ill occur the 
annual meeting, hegiiming the fiscal year and the charier 
mcmbershi|) w ill he Indd open uidil tliat timi'. 
The dues will be tt?2.00 jier year, which pays until 
June, 1923. 
The following officers wau’e elected to serve until June, 
1924: President, Mr. Charles D. O’Donnell, Des Moines; 
vice president, Mr. Ward W. Cook, Clinton, Iowa; sec¬ 
retary-treasurer, Mrs. W. G. DuMont, Des Moines; cor¬ 
responding secretary, Mrs. Ralph Orwig, Des Moines. 
