. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 798 The American Florist. Jan. I2y The i^uRSERY T^asE. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Theo. J. Smith. Pr«8.; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres.; Gbobqe C. Seageb, Rochester, W. Y., Sec'y. The Eastern Nurserymen's Association will meet at Rochester, N. Y., January 16. There is a very strong demand for ornamental nursery stock in the east, which is a factor in raising prices. Peof. F. a. Waugh recommends that nurserymen give careful trial to Ameri- cana stocks in the propagation of plums. Alexander Pullen, Milford, Del., has fa
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 798 The American Florist. Jan. I2y The i^uRSERY T^asE. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Theo. J. Smith. Pr«8.; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres.; Gbobqe C. Seageb, Rochester, W. Y., Sec'y. The Eastern Nurserymen's Association will meet at Rochester, N. Y., January 16. There is a very strong demand for ornamental nursery stock in the east, which is a factor in raising prices. Peof. F. a. Waugh recommends that nurserymen give careful trial to Ameri- cana stocks in the propagation of plums. Alexander Pullen, Milford, Del., has failed. His assets are estimated at $8,000, which will not cover the liabili- ties by considerable. The forty-sixth annual meeting of the Western New York Horticultural Society will be held at Rochester, January 23 and 24. William C. Barry is president. The firm of F. H. Hunt & Co., the jun- ior partner being John V. Sprague, has been formed to deal in nursery stock at Hammondsport, N. Y. The State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania will hold its forty-second annual meeting at Harrisburg, January 21 and 22. Prominent nurserymen and fruit growers will participate in the pro- gramme. The Storrs & Harrison Company pre- dicts a general advance in prices on nur- sery stock for spring and fall delivery but states that the rise will be not at all sharp except upon such items of general scarcity as cherry and perhaps apple trees. Brewer & Stannabd, Ottawa, Kans., dissolved partnership January 2, Eugene Brewer selling his interest in the nursery business to F. H. Stannard Mr. Brewer will, however, retain his interest in the real estate and large orchards owned by the firm. Covering Wounds in Trees. An Antipodean authority says that the wounds made in the stems of trees by pruning or otherwise should have the wood preserved to keep it from decay till the new bark and wood extends over it, but he thinks gum shellac dissolved in alcohol far better than paint He advises to
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