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Scott, of Bureau of Plant Industry, of Washington, D. C. He treated 
of the relations between the nurseryman and the state, as regards legis¬ 
lation. Prof. Scott has had long experience as entomological worker and 
is thoroughly conversant with the subject. He suggests more uniform 
and reasonable legislation as affecting the nursery industry. 
“ Fumigation of Nursery Stock,” by Prof. ,J.L. Phillips, State Entomol¬ 
ogist of Virginia. He has been making some exhaustive experiments 
along this line, of which he gave the nurserymen present the benefit. 
“San Jose Scale,” by Prof. R. I. Smith, State Entomologist of Geor¬ 
gia. His paper gave valuable information on the subject and advised how 
best to keep clear of it. The scale has ceased to be an object of much 
fear among nurserymen since the introduction of successful methods of 
holding it in check. 
“Transportation,” by J.C.Miller,of Rome, Ga. He told of the woes 
of the shipper and means were suggested for lessening these troubles.’ ’ 
Legislation and other subjects were touched upon. The papers were 
well prepared and gave much valuable information. Great interest 
was manifested in the proceedings and nearly every one present took an 
active part in the discussions. It was a splendid meeting. 
Officers elected for ensuing year: Mr. Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md., 
president; Mr. J. A. Young, Greensboro, N. C., vice-president; Chas. 1’. 
Smith of Concord, Ga., secretary and Treasurer. Next year the con¬ 
vention will meet in Chattanooga, Tenn. 
After' adjournment most, of the members accepted an invitation 
to visit the Harrison Nurseries of Berlin, Md., and become the guests of 
these good people for a couple of days. Transportation and every 
accommodation had been provided and it proved a most enjoyable 
trip. The immense size of this nursery came as a surprise to some of 
the visitors, but notwithstanding its great size, every part of it showed 
the most careful cultivation, spraying and attention, and finer blocks of 
Apple, Pear, Peach and other stock would be hard to find anywhere. 
The offices and packing houses were well arranged and equipped for 
handling their immense business, and the thorough organization which 
was apparent on all sides created a very favorable impression. It is a 
splendid nursery and is an object lesson to every tree grower, showing 
what can be done by earnest and zealous application. 
Not content with the handsome entertainment thus far furnished, 
they gave the party a trip to Ocean City, where all the pleasures of a 
day at the seaside were enjoyed as the guests of Messrs. Harrison and 
their charming wives. It was a great treat to the visitors who now re¬ 
gard the Harrisons not only among our greatest nurserymen, but also 
among our cleverest entertainers. 
Chas. T. Smith, Secy. 
Our Booh Cable 
How to Know Wild Fruits, Maude Gridlev Peterson. 340 pages, 
Illustrated. Published by the MacMillan Co., New York. Price, $1.50 
net. 
The purpose of this book is primarily to call attention to the attrac¬ 
tive winter features of trees and shrubs, and secondarily to afford a 
means of identifying the principal conspicuous fruited plants native 
to our highways and woodlands. The volume deals with herbaceous 
f as well as woody plants. Of course it is not complete, as for instance 
in the case of the thorns, only a half a dozen or more examples of t his 
Urge and interesting but very much confused group of trees are included. 
The treatment of each plant is orderly and simple. Fruit is first olq 
served, then leaves, and flowers. The descriptions are popular and 
thoroughly non-technical. From this standpoint it will attract the 
beginner. The plants are grouped according to the color of the fruit, 
red or reddish purple, black or dark purple, blue, yellow, green, and 
white, being the color divisions used. Of course the great mass of 
material falls under the first division. The book has special value, we 
think, in connection with herbaceous plants, for many people are at¬ 
tracted by the bright clusters of berries seen in the woodlands in su- 
mer and autumn, aften following comparatively insignificant flowers 
which have escaped the notice of the casual observer, in spring or early 
summer. The book will do much to bring about a closer acquaintance 
between the usefully ornamental plants and the woodland stroller. 
“ANOTHER PAIR OF SLEEVES.” 
Time was, not very long ago, 
^ When Mabel’s walking skirt 
Trailed half a yard behind to show 
How well she swept the dirt. 
But “short and sweet” are in again; 
No more the grievance rankles, 
For Mabel’s now curtailed her train 
And shows her dainty ankles. 
But Mabel has a thrifty mind 
To supplement her charms; 
The trills that once she wore behind 
The fastens on her arms. 
Her sleeeves are made in open bags 
Like trousers in the navy; 
No more she sweeps the streets, but drags 
Her sleeves across the gravy. 
— London Punch 
Professor S. J. Hunter of the Department of Entomology University 
ol Kansas, Lawrence has been appointed inspector of the State in charge 
ol nursery inspection and the shipment of nursery stock. 
NOTES FROM LOUISIANA 
There has been an increased interest in peach growing manifested by 
the farmers of Northern Louisiana during the winter and spring. While 
very few of them have undertaken the planting of commercial orchards 
a large number have materially increased the size of their family or¬ 
chards and have substituted proven and better varieties in place of 
the miscellaneous collections of seedling tree heretofore grown. 
The planting of family orchards, varying in size from one-half to four 
acres has been most in evidence along the line of the Queen & Crescent in 
North Louisiana and along the Kansas City Southern south of Shreveport. 
In nearly every locality which the writer visited within the past few 
weeks, many farmers can point with pride to handsome young orchards, 
This is a promising beginning and is prophetic of a prosperous de¬ 
velopment of the fruit industry here in the near future. 
One of the most interesting observations that we have been able to 
make this season in Louisana, has been upon the effect of frost, or rather 
the lack of frost. Whereas it is conceded that a large per centage of the 
peach buds in Alabama and Georgia, in the same lattitude and with 
practically the same elevation, have been killed by the early spring 
freezes, the peach crop here in apparently uninjured. In a number 
of small orchards that we have personally examined the fruit is unin¬ 
jured, and we have not heard of any reports of injury to the commercial 
orchards, although we have not had opportunity to make a careful 
examination of any of these latter. 
There has been a fairly large number of trees sold in Northern Lousi- 
ana, mostly at retail to the smaller growers. 
One or two firms are this year making their first plantings near 
Shreveport, of what are expected to fie eventually large commercial 
orchards. A number of commercial orchards have been planted out 
in the neighborhood of Calhoun also, where the example set by the 
North Louisiana Experiment Station in fruit growing has given very 
material encouragement to the industry. 
The regulations recently adopted by the State Crop Pest Commission, 
making inspection of Louisiana nurseries compulsory and requiring in¬ 
spection certificates attached to all shipments, both within the State and 
from without, have met with a most favorable reception by the more 
prominent Louisiana nurserymen. The concensus of opinion seems to 
be that this step should have been taken years ago, and nurserymen 
throughout the State are warm in their commendation of the step which 
the Commission has taken. 
W. N. 
The southern coolie is being supplanted by electric motors in the 
loading of fruit vessels with bananas in the West Indies. The United 
Fruit Company’s steamers have machines capable of loading 25,000 
bunches in eight or nine hours. This is a considerable saving over the 
hand methods formerly in vogue. 
