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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Program— 
The Executive Committee will act in this capacity. 
Standardization— 
E. S. Welch, chairman, Shenandoah, la. 
John Fraser, Jr., Huntsville, Ala. 
Richard M. Wyman, Framingham, Mass. 
Storage Investigation— 
F. A. Wiggins, chairman, Toppenish, Wash. 
Clarence O. Siebenthaler, Dayton, O. 
Wm. Flemer, Jr., Princeton, N. J. 
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la. 
George Verhalen, Scottsville, Tex. 
Ollie W. Fraser, Birmingham, Ala. 
Summer Planting— 
Paul C. Bindley, chairman, Pomona, N. C. 
C. C. Mayhew, Sherman, Tex. 
Walter Hillenmeyer, Lexington, Ky. 
Geo. C. Reading, Fresno, Cal. 
Trade Relations— 
Walter E. Campbell, chairman, Pomona, N. C. 
Lester C. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J. 
Clarence O. Siebenthaler, Dayton, O. 
Donald D. Wyman, North Abington, Mass. 
Transportation (and Traffic Manager) — 
Charles Sizemore, chairman, Louisiana, Mo. 
Vigilance— 
Charles Sizemore, chairman, Louisiana, Mo. 
Walter W. Hillenmeyer, Lexington, Ky. 
E. C. Hilborn, Valley City, N. D. 
NOK WAY MAPLK SEED 
Q. “Will you kindly advise us as to the treatment of 
Norway Maple seed, whether it should he sowed this fall 
or next spring and treatment of same. F. & W.” 
A. Norway Maple seed may he sown as soon as ripe 
in the fall or stratified and sown in the spring. It de¬ 
pends a little on the locality and nature of soil as to 
which would he the better time. 
Everything considered the safest way would he to 
stratify the seed and sow^ in the spring. The way to 
stratify is to mix the seed with sand, place in a hox and 
hury in some well-drained position, then take out and 
SOW' as early as the ground is in condition in the spring. 
Treated in this manner the seeds germinate very readily 
and evenly and all danger of damage, from vermin, 
w ashing by heavy rains and such like, is avoided. 
Cover w ith from one to tw o inches of fine soil. When 
sowing, if soil is light and friable the greater dejith will 
he the best. 
1. Aronia, Callicarpa purpurea, Desmodium. How 
are these shrubs projiagated? 
2. Do you think that evergreens will he w orlli more 
money next year than they will he this year? 
3. How long do you think it will be before Norway 
Maples and evergreens w ill drop in price? 
4. Should nursery soil he limed for evergreens and 
if so how much should a j)ersoii use per acre? 
3. We have some evergreen beds with 8-ineh hoards 
on the sides and ends with laths over the top spaced three 
inches apart and how' should these beds he protected dur¬ 
ing the winter? Should these beds he mulched with dry 
sheep manure or j)iue saw dust? 
E. W. J. 
For convenience in answering your inquiries we have 
numbered them; 
1. Aronia may be grown from seed sown in the fall 
or stratified and sowm in the spring. Callicarpa purpurea 
comes readily from seed; it may also be propogated from 
hardwood cuttings the same as privet. Desmodium (Les- 
jiedeza) pendulaflorum This plant is best propagated by 
division of the clumps, but if you have greenhouse facili¬ 
ties it can be propagated by jiutting in cuttings of half 
lipened wood taken from the plant about the time they 
are flowering. The ])lant is practically herbaceous, so 
the wood is very pithy. When the cuttings root, pot them 
up in 2-inch pits, carrying them over winter in a coal 
greenhouse or frame. The young plants to all appear¬ 
ances will die, but will thrown up new shoots from the 
base in spring. 
2. This is a question every nurseryman would like 
answered. Unfortunately no one can answ er it w ith cer¬ 
tainty. There is still a shortage of evergreens, especially 
in larger sizes of common kinds and all grades of choice 
kinds; add to this the fact that there is no halt in home 
building and such like improvements, and you have con¬ 
ditions that point to rising prices rather than falling ones. 
3. It is also impossible to answer this question with 
any degree of certainty. It takes from five to eight years 
to raise marketable sizes of evergreens and Norway 
Maples for the retail trade. There was little propagation 
going on from 1914 to 1918 or even until 1920, due to 
shortage of labor, so at a guess we should say it wdll be 
at least 1928 before there begins to be a surplus that will 
affect prices. 
4. Many evergreens in their native state grow^ in acid 
soils, so there is some doubt as to the advisability of 
liming for them in the nursery. Certainly not for rho¬ 
dodendrons, azaleas, hemlocks, hollies and yews. A light 
application might be beneficial for some of the pines and 
spruces but it is a subject that has not been investigated 
to the wT’iter’s knowledge. 
5. You do not state the kind of evergreens. The 
hardier kinds of evergreens such as Pines, Arbor Vitaes 
and Spruces should come through the winter all right 
w ith boards around them and lath over the top. Neither 
sheep manure nor sawdust suggest themselves as a good 
mulch; in fact, they are likely to injure the plants. Bet¬ 
ter use marsh grass, leaves, wdieat straw' or chopped corn 
stalks. 
GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Peters, Fairfield Nurseries, 
Salisbury, Maryland, celebrated their golden wedding 
anniversary—fifty years, 1874-1924—on October 21st. 
Mr. Peters has been in the nursery business for quite 
a w bile and specializes in grape grow ing. He is the Mary¬ 
land vice president of the A. A. N. 
We and many other friends in the nursery trade would 
like to congratulate them and give them our best wishes 
on the occasion of such a noteworthy event. We trust 
we will be able to express our congratulations to Mr. 
and Mrs. Peters at the convention at Rochester next .Tune. 
SPOS’EN SHE DON’T WEAR ’EM 
A lady phoned the water office relative to hours for 
watering the lawn. 
“What is the proper time to put on my hose?” she 
asked. 
“Really, madam, I believe immediately after your B. 
V. D.’s,” came the ready response. —American Florist. ’ ' 
