. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 456 The American Florist. Sept. 13, The Nursery Trade American Association of Nurserymen. J. B. Pilkington. Portland. Ore., Presi- dent-elect; John Hall, 204 Granite bldg., Koctiester, N. Sec'y. Thirty-nintii annual convention to be held at Cleveland, O., 1914. Millions of Trees Imported. Figures gathered toy the federal quarantine board of the Department of Agriculture show tliat during the past fiscal year 3,779,041 growing trees and 15,040 pounds of tree seeds were im- ported into the United States. The tre
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 456 The American Florist. Sept. 13, The Nursery Trade American Association of Nurserymen. J. B. Pilkington. Portland. Ore., Presi- dent-elect; John Hall, 204 Granite bldg., Koctiester, N. Sec'y. Thirty-nintii annual convention to be held at Cleveland, O., 1914. Millions of Trees Imported. Figures gathered toy the federal quarantine board of the Department of Agriculture show tliat during the past fiscal year 3,779,041 growing trees and 15,040 pounds of tree seeds were im- ported into the United States. The trees include, say the members of the board, valuable species that do not grow in the United States and stoch: which can at present he bought more cheaply abroad. The tree seeds im- ported are largely for the purpose of reforesting land, though in a number of cases they are used in ornamental planting on individual estates. France leads in the number of growing trees sent here, with a total of 1,782,255. Ger- many is second, with 849,245, and Hol- land third, with 690,632. Imports are made from 13 other countries, includ- ing India, Japan, and Australia. The trees and shrubs imported are chiefiy evergreens, such as pines, spruces, and firs, and broadleaf plants —oaks, maples, etc. The majority is stock of foreign origin, though in a few cases cultivators abroad, through a spe- cial selection of attractive forms of our native trees, have developed them to such an extent as to make them de- sirable to purchasers here. Besides more than seven tons of tree seeds, many thousands of pounds of seed of perennial and annual plants, bulbs, and fruit stock, as well as ornamental shrubs, are imported. The greater part of the tree seeds, or more than 7,000 pounds, come from Germany. American Cemetery Superintendents. The twenty-seventh convention of the Association of American Cemetery Superintendents will be held at Buf- falo, N. Y., September 17-19, 1913. The meeting will be called to orde
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