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THE NATIONAL NUESERYMAN 
^rowtli. Ill lact, that is what gave him llie key to the 
type of plants to use in laying out the grounds. 
The residence to he seen through the opening is com¬ 
paratively near the road. This is cunningly hid by a 
large group planting, consisting of White Pines, Rho¬ 
dodendrons and the evergreen Azaleas, necessitating 
euiTcd roadways instead of the straight lines, one road 
leading to the hack or service entrance, and the other 
to the front of the house. This, of course, is not shown 
on the photograph. 
The most noteworthy features of such a landscape 
effect is the remarkably beautiful and artistic results 
that have been produced in such a limited and unfav¬ 
orable position. 
Although it is not at all apparent from the picture, 
the jiosition is extremely shady and might be considered 
a dillicult position to treat, or to get good results from, 
hut this has all been brought about by the proper selec¬ 
tion of jilants rather than the design, and a selection of 
plants that will thrive and look well under such con¬ 
ditions. 
The writer passed this entrance daily throughout the 
year. It is always pleasing. I]ven in the winter wdien 
other places are forlorn and dreary this one ahvays 
seems bright and cheerful, due to the predominence of 
the proper selection of evergreen plants. In the spring, 
w hen the Azaleas, Ilano-de-Giri, Ledifolia and Rhodo¬ 
dendrons are in bloom, jiassing the gate one gels 
a glimpse into a real garden. 
FALL PLANTING 
Nurserymen could not do better than start an ener¬ 
getic crusade to encourage Fall planting wdierever it is 
feasible and practical. It wmuld be both an advantage 
to the customer as well as himself. September should 
really usher in a more active season in the Fall tlian 
does April in the Spring. 
Fall planting cannot be urged too strongly or too 
often. The nurseryman has such an extremely short 
period in wdiich he can dispose of his goods tliat any 
opportunity to lengthen out this period cannot be over¬ 
looked. 
For so many years planting in spring, like the house 
w ife’s spring cleaning, has become a custom of the sea¬ 
son. The unfortunate part of the custom is that it has 
given the layman the impression that it is the only 
season in which it can be successfully accomplished. 
The plantsman knows transplanting can be done almost 
at any time throughout the year, depending ujion cli- 
matii and local condition. There are really only tw o sea¬ 
sons of the year wdien jilanting is not alw ays ])ractical, 
namely July and August, due to the heat and drought 
w hich often prevails at that lime, and December, Janu¬ 
ary and February, due to the ground being frozen, mak¬ 
ing the o])eration impractical. Where these conditions 
do not exist, planting may take jilace practically at any 
time throughout the year. 
Fverything considered, the Fall season is really one 
of the best times for planting of the wdiole year. It is 
ideal for (“vmgreens that are lifted with a ball. As soon 
as the season’s grow lb is comiileted and become finn, 
they may be moved with safety, the earlier the better. 
The ground is w arm and if properly handh'd they w ill 
make root before the cold weather sets in, and so become 
established in their mwv quarters, and in condition to 
take advantage of the early grow ing weather next sea¬ 
son. You practically gain a year by planting in the 
Fall rather than in the Spring. 
If the planting is left until Spring, unless it be done 
very early, the growth is checked a great deal more 
than wdien it has been done in the Fall previous. In the 
case of Deciduous trees and shrubs, just as soon as 
growth is completed and the wood is firm, planting may 
he done. It is ahvays advisable to strip the leaves and 
sometimes prune hack a little. 
When done early, the plants will become establisbed 
before the cold weather sets in. In the case of large 
trees it is always w ell to guide them, as there is more or 
less danger from wdnds, before they are firmly estab¬ 
lished in the new^ quarters. 
NURSERY STOCK IMPORTATIONS PERMITTED 
FROM CONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES. 
Plants and Seeds Will be Received in This Country 
When Free from Disease and insect Pests. 
Washington, D. C. Importations of nursery stock, 
other plants and seeds from contiguous countries, the 
entry of which will not be attended by serious risk to the 
agriculture, horticulture, and lloriculture of the United 
States, are permitted by an amendment to the Plant 
Quarantine Act, according to an announcement just made 
by the United States Department of Agriculture. The 
amendment known as “No. 3 to Regulations Supple¬ 
mental to Quarantine No. 37,” is to be effective August 
16, 1919. Under it the Secretary of Agriculture ma}^ 
issue permits, w hen applications are made, authorizing 
the entry into the United States of such nurseiy stock, 
other plants and seeds wdien they are free from disease 
and insect pests and it is known that their entry will 
not be attended by serious risk. 
Importations under, this new regulation are limited to 
specific classes of nursery stock, plants and seeds w liicli 
can be considered as peculiar to such contiguous coun¬ 
tries, and are not mere reproductions of imjiorted stock 
from foreign countries, and which are not available in 
ssfiicient (juantities in the United Stales. It does not 
apply to plants and seeds governed by special quaran¬ 
tines and other restrictive orders other than Quarantine 
No. 37, wdiich is now in force. In addition to the cer¬ 
tificate as to freedom of pests required in connection 
w ith all plant importations the invoice covering the ma¬ 
terial offered for entry under this regulation must be 
accompanied by a certificate of a duly authorized official 
of the country of origin, stating that the material has 
been produced or grow n in the country from w hich it is 
proposed to be exported. 
Writing under date of August 4th, Mr. G. Hale Harri¬ 
son of Harrisons’ Nurseries, Rerlin, Md., says “We are 
shipping now^ daily several cars of peaches. We are 
picking to-day the variety Champion.” 
