. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 544 The American Florist. May 2, The I^ursery Tr^se. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. CHAe. A. Ilobkpbitz, Prea.; D. S. Lake, Vioe- Pres.; Gbobsb C. Seaoer, Rochester, N. Y., Seo'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mich., June 10-12,1903. George E. Kesslee, chief of the Land- scape Department of the St. Louis World's Fair, is in the east buying nur- sery stock. It is stated that many carloads of rhododendrons have been shipped from Monroe county, Pennsylvania, to eastern points this year, most of them being
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 544 The American Florist. May 2, The I^ursery Tr^se. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. CHAe. A. Ilobkpbitz, Prea.; D. S. Lake, Vioe- Pres.; Gbobsb C. Seaoer, Rochester, N. Y., Seo'y. Twenty-eighth annual convention, Detroit, Mich., June 10-12,1903. George E. Kesslee, chief of the Land- scape Department of the St. Louis World's Fair, is in the east buying nur- sery stock. It is stated that many carloads of rhododendrons have been shipped from Monroe county, Pennsylvania, to eastern points this year, most of them being put on the railroad at Cresco. In the State of Washington nursery- men are novir compelled to pay a license and file a bond obliging them to pay the cost oi inspection. It is said that the commissioner is disappointed because of the few applications for licenses. Duty on Evergreen Seedlings. Ed. Am. Florist:—The letter of Irving Rouse in your issue of April 25 is inter- esting reading. Perhaps Mr. Rouse will explain to your readers likewise what stock the committee intended to cover, when in the same paragraph, No. 252, after fixing a specific duty on evergreen seedlings, it says: "Stock, cuttings and seedlings of all fruit and ornamental trees, deciduous and evergreen," etc., etc., "twenty-five per cent ad ; Does Mr. Rouse agree with Mr. De Vries that an evergreen tree filty years old raised from a seedling, whether transplanted or not, is still properly called a seedling, and whether the trade classifies it thus? August Rolker & Sons. DO Copper Spikes Kill Trees? Ed. Am. Florist:—I have recently been told that copper spikes driven into trees will cause their death in a short time. I desire accurate knowledge on this point. Can any of my brother florists or gar- deners confirm that report. W. S. B. I can not recall having seen copper spikes driven into trees, but I have fre- quently seen copper label wire encircling trees deeply embedded in
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