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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
205 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President, .THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor, .JOHN CRAIG 
Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager, . C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stock 
of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen. 
A WARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION . 1900. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advance.$1.00 
Six months,. .75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance,.1.50 
Six Months,. .1 00 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date 
of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts 
on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Address Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., December, 1905. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, E. Albertson, Bridgeport, Ind.: vice-president, Orlando 
Harrison, Berlin, Md.: secretary, Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.: 
treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa.; Theo. Smith, 
Geneva, N. Y.; J. H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio. 
Transportation—W. C. Reed, Vincennes. Ind.; J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la.: A; L. 
Wood, Rochester, N. Y.; C. T. Smith, Concord, Ga. 
Tariff—Irving Rou«e, Rochester, N. Y.; H. T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J.; H. P. 
Kehey, Boston, Mass. 
Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; W. T. Hood, Richmond, Va.; N. W. 
Hale, Knoxville, Tenn.; R. C. Berclcmans, Augusta, Ga.; William Pitkin 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Programme—John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex.; H. S. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; C. J. 
Brown, Rochester, N. Y. 
Publicity—Ralph T. Olcott, Rochester, N. Y.; John C. Chase, Derry*, N. H.; 
Stanley H. Watson, Houston, Tex. 
Exhibits—J. H. Skinner, Topeka, Kas., J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn.; C. C. 
Mayhew, Sherman, Tex. 
Editing Report—.1. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa.; C. J. Maloy, Rochester, 
N. Y.; George C. Seager Rochester, N. Y. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association —President, R. C. Berckmans, 
Augusta, Ga.; vice-president, A. L. Brooke, secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, 
Dreshertown, Pa.; treasurer, Peter Youngers. Meets annually in June. 
Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association —President, N. H. Albaugh, 
Phoneton, O.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.; Meets annually 
in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association —President, Charles 
J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton. Ill. Meets 
annually in June. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen —President, W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; Meets annually in Jan¬ 
uary. 
Western Association of Wholesale Nurserymen —President, Peter Youngers, 
Geneva, Nebraska; vice-president, A. Willis, Ottawa, Kansas; secretary, D. J. 
Holman, Leavenworth, Kansas. • 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association —President, Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 
vice-president, John A. Young, Greensboro, N. C.; secretary-treasurer, Chas. T. 
Smith, Concord, Ga. Meets at Chattanooga, Tenn., third Wednesday in Aug¬ 
ust, 1906. 
Southwestern Nurserymen’s Association —President, J. W. Preston, King¬ 
fisher, Okl. Terr.; secretary, J. A. Taylor, Wynnewood, Ind. Terr. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association —President, E. W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, 
1 exas; vice-president, B. L. Adams, Bonham, Texas; secretary-treasurer, John 
S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurseryman —President. S. A. Miller, Milton, 
Ore.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association —President, W. H. Moon. Morrisville, 
Pa.; secretary, Earl Peters, Mt. Holly Springs. Pa. Next annual meeting at 
Harrisburg, in January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen —President. William Pitkin 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, John B. Kiley, Rochester, N. Y 
Speaking in terms of broad averages, the year about to close 
has been a very satisfactory one for the importers. It was a 
little sluggish in midsummer, and buyers seemed over-con¬ 
servative at times, but the closing weeks 
the year were characterized by brisk buying, especi- 
among the ally in the line of bulbs, florists’ forcii g 
importers. material, and ornamental shrubs. The im¬ 
porter and jobber found themselves pretty 
well cleaned up by the middle of November. This is indicative 
of increased interest in the aesthetics of home-making, aug¬ 
mented work in park improvement, and-the betterment of city 
conditions. The millemium has not yet come, but a marked 
advance is realized each year. Should not every nurseryman 
be an enthusiastic promoter of civic improvement organiza¬ 
tions? 
This continues to be one of the star problems of the experi¬ 
ment station entomologist. Nearly every bug man in the peach 
growing states, has taken a crack at the 'pernicious scale. Th<. 
result has been quite a variety of recom- 
san jose mendations. During the past two or three 
SC4 le years there has been a greater unanimity of 
opinion as to the kind of remedy to apply 
than formerly. Just now we have before us a circular from 
the Connecticut Experiment Station, at NewHaven, giving the 
results of experiments carried on in 1905 with various “dopes” 
used against this arch enemy of the orchard interests. Six 
mixtures were tried. These included five combinations of 
lime and sulphur, and one mixture of lime and kerosene. The 
lime and sulphur seems to have done a little the best work. A 
mixture of 20 pounds of lime, 10 pounds of sulphur, 10 pound 
sodium sulphide, and 40 gallons of water seems to have been 
the most efficient. This mixture costs 78 cents for each 4 * 1 
gallons, or nearly two cents a gallon. The mixture was made 
by using the best quality of stone lime, which was slaked wit’, 
hot water and into which the sulphur and caustic soda we" 
added as soon as the slaking process had generated conside 
able heat. The boiling was all done by the heat developed j”. 
the slaking of the lime. This mixture killed about 95% of the 
scales. 
An important item in this connection is the statement made 
by the entomologist that the scale continues to breed in Con¬ 
necticut, until December first. The recommendation is there¬ 
fore made that fall spraying as soon as the leaves drop be 
practiced, and that this be supplemented by an additional ap¬ 
plication of lime and sulphur in early spring. 
The development of the pedagogic side of agriculture is 
moving along at a rapid pace. The agricultural colleges have 
opened their autumn terms with uniformly increased attend¬ 
ance. Normal schools have established 
agricultural courses. High schools with 
definite four year courses in agriculture 
have been founded in Kansas, in Missouri, 
and Wisconsin. - Other states are feeling 
their way in the field of the secondary school. 
Going abroad we see similar progress. In India an agri¬ 
cultural college has been recently equipped, and has for a be¬ 
ginning class, seventy-seven students. Of course agricultural 
experiment stations have been in vogue in India for a number 
THE progress 
OF AGRICUL¬ 
TURAL EDUCA. 
TION. 
