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sharp practice, and in justice to the Hollanders, it is only fair 
to say that none of the older or more responsible firms would 
stoop to it. And, like all such methods, it cannot in the end 
prosper. The people who buy and plant will finally awake; 
the department stores will find their sales are falling off; 
or the business confined to undesirable patrons; and the 
over-zealous Hollander will realize that the honesty of his 
forbears is preferable to Yankee sharpness. 
The present conditions in the nursery business, unless com¬ 
bined action is taken by the leading firms, to stop quoting 
“Trade prices” to those not entitled to them; refusing to 
meet any but honest and responsible competition, and to 
keep separate and distinct, wholesale and retail business, 
will prevail, until the purchaser himself, who, in almost every 
business, sets the price by his insistence on high quality, or 
his indifference to it, realizes that at present prices, he cannot 
be sure of getting the best, and becomes more careful of the 
firm from whom he buys. Until then, the man who desires 
to make money in the nursery business must necessarily 
“go slow.” Refuse to sell for less than for what he can 
afford, and be careful to sell only the best and at a fair price, 
and wait until time shall prove that in the nursery business, 
as in everything else, it is always a case of “the survival of 
the fittest.” 
New York. • Frederick W. Kelsey. 
A GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION 
MERGER. 
An important consolidation of greenhouse construction 
firms occurred quite recently. Formerly we had the Lord & 
Burnham Company, Hitchings & Co., and the Pierson-Scfton 
Company. Instead of these three separate firms we now have 
the Burnham-Hitchings-Pierson Co. The new firm will 
finish all uncompleted contracts made by the individual co- 
cerns and the active workers in each will remain in the new 
company. This consolidation will make a remarkably 
strong business enterprise. Its splendid manufacturing 
facilities cover iron, wood work, and all the parts which enter 
into the construction of greenhouses. Each company in 
the past had its specialties. These specialities will be con- 
tinued in the future. We wish the new management every 
success. 
THE BEAN PLANT IN NEW YORK. 
The bean planting in New York has been quite heavy but the ex¬ 
cessive rainfall of the early summer has checked growth and brought 
on rust and blight to such an extent that in some sections the crop 
has been ploughed under and the place given to buckwheat or millet. 
On high ground, beans are doing well, and there is no cause for 
complaint. Some farmers are spraying their beans for the prevention 
of rust anthracnose. 
The area devoted to onions is also large, but blight has appeared in 
many sections and is likely to reduce the yield. 
EDITOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 
The editor of The National Nurseryman has pleasure in acknowl¬ 
edging the receipt of a beautiful crate of Belle of Georgia peaches, 
thoughtfully forwarded by the Ohio Fruit Land & Orchard Co., Fort 
Valley, Ga. This peach impresses us as being one of the best of the 
white free-stone varieties. The fruit came through in excellent order 
and kept for several days after its arrival. 
T. C. Thurlow & Co., West Newbury, Mass. Enclosed please find 
$1.00 for The National Nurseryman for one year. That is the 
paper above all others that I cannot do without. 
Doings of Societies. 
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 
PAR Iv SUPERINTENI )ENTS 
This association held its annual convention in Buffalo June 28 to 
30. The executive committee made the following recommendations 
which were adopted: 
1. To raise the annual dues from $2 to $5. 
2. The office of secretary and treasurer be' combined. 
3. The secretary to receive an annual salary of $100. 
4. The annual banquet to be dispensed with. 
5. Members one year in arrears be suspended. 
6. That an editing committee be appointed to revise all papers 
and bulletins. 
The convention consisted of a minimum of program and a maximum 
of entertainment. On behalf of the American Civil Association, Mr. 
.1. Horace McFarland, who is president, addressed the convention. 
The entertainment consisted of lunches, drives, and a visit to the 
Botanical Garden of Buffalo. 
The following officers were elected: President, Theodore Wirth, 
Hartford, Conn.; Secretary and Treasurer, J. W. Duncan, Jamaica 
Plains, Mass.: Vice-Presidents, Byron Worthen, Manchester, N. H., 
John Chambers, Toronto, Can.; W. J. Zartman, Brooklyn, N. Y.; 
Edward Baker, New Orleans, La.; W. R. Adams, Omaha, Neb.; 
R. W. Warder, Chicago, Ill. 
A CANADIAN NURSERYMAN’S ASSOCIATION. 
A number of nurserymen of Ontario got together at 
Niagara Falls on June 26 and organized an association of Canadian 
Nurserymen for the protection and advancement of the nursery 
business in Canada. The next meeting was called in Hamilton 
on July 17, but was postponed. The organization includes mostly 
nurserymen of Ontario, but, as I understand it, it is to take nurJ 
serymen from other provinces if they arc disposed to join. The follow¬ 
ing officers were elected: E. D. Smith ol Winona, president; E. Hirsec, 
of Woodstock, and W. G. Reid of Belleville, vice-presidents; C. C. R. 
Morden of Niagara Falls, secretary; L. W. Carpenter of Winona, 
treasurer. A. W. 
Toronto. 
AMERICAN SOCIETY" OF LANDSCAPE GARDENERS. 
The second annual meeting of this society occurred in Boston about 
the middle of July. This society has a small membership made up of 
influencial men. It is comparatively young but is making vigorous 
growth. The President is Professor John F. Olmstead, Brookline, 
Mass.; vice-president, Mr. Samuel Parsons, secretary, Mr. Downing 
Vaux; treasurer, Charles N. Lowrie. The meeting resolved itself 
largely in the examination of striking samples of landscape art in the 
vicinity of Boston. When we realize that Boston’s park system cost 
her about $16,000,000, and is at the present time in the course of con¬ 
struction, one can realize that there is something to see. 
THE SOCIETY OF 
AMJLKRAiN JbsLUitlHTS AINU UlvAAiVLtjiNTAL 
HORTICULTURISTS. 
This society meets in Washington this year, on August 12 to 13. 
One of the features of the program is a series of prizes offered by treas¬ 
urer Beatty for the best essay on “The Ideal Employer.” The prizes 
are 25, L5 and 10 dollars for first, second and third respectively. 
TRANSPORTATION EXPERIMENTS' BY THE GOVERNMENT. 
The Division of Pomology at Washington, through its agent, G. 
Harold Powell, and his assistant, L. S. Tenny, is undertaking an ex¬ 
periment in connection with the shipment of citrous fruits in California. 
Says the Pacific Fruit World: 
“The main object of these studies is to lessen the loss commonly 
occurring in the shipments of fruits to the eastern markets. This 
loss is largely due to the premature ripening of the fruit, either before 
consignment or in transit. Experiments are now being made, designed 
to make a rapid and thorough cooling of the fruit before placing it 
in the cars. At Newcastle careful experiment is going on under the 
direction of Mr. Powell. The temperature of the fruit is reduced to 
forty degrees before loading it and it is then placed in the cam having 
an equally low temperature. Mr. Powell’s investigations are attract¬ 
ing the attention of fruit growers and fruit shippers to the serious 
factor of loss in the handling of fruits.” 
