. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. no The Florists^ Review DUCElfBBB 30. 1920 fi ac 3C ac ac ac ac NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE ac ac ac ac ac ac Under the name of the Keystone Farms, a new nursery establishment has been opened at Arlington, Tex., by Dr. T. H. P. Duncan. Nurserymen will note with interest the gift of the American Forestry As- sociation to France and Belgium of 12,- 000,000 tree seeds of Douglas fir. Imports of nursery stock during the first thirteen months of enforcement of Quarantine 37 are given on another page of this issue, under the heading, "One Year of Quar


. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. no The Florists^ Review DUCElfBBB 30. 1920 fi ac 3C ac ac ac ac NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE ac ac ac ac ac ac Under the name of the Keystone Farms, a new nursery establishment has been opened at Arlington, Tex., by Dr. T. H. P. Duncan. Nurserymen will note with interest the gift of the American Forestry As- sociation to France and Belgium of 12,- 000,000 tree seeds of Douglas fir. Imports of nursery stock during the first thirteen months of enforcement of Quarantine 37 are given on another page of this issue, under the heading, "One Year of ; The death of Joseph Meehan, of Phila- delphia, well known to all the trade as a writer on horticultural and landscape subjects, occurred Deqember 23. His death is reported in the obituary column of this issue. Development of the 30-acre tract of land purchased by the state of Califor- nia near Sacramento to be used as a nursery is imder way. The first steps in- clude the boring of a well, building of fences, and leveling of grounds. Build- ings will be constructed later. The tract cost $15,000. The Massachusetts Nurserymen's As- sociation will hold its annual meeting at Boston, February 8. The officers, as elected last January, are: President, Walton G. Wyman, North Abington; vice-president, Julius Heurlin, South Braintree; secretary and treasurer, Win- throp Thurlow, West Newbury. Claiming that fruit trees he had pur- tohased from the Brown Bros. Co., Bochester, N. Y., were not true to name, Edgar Morey, a farmer of the town of Shelby, Orleans county, N. Y^ brought an action against the nursery nrm to re- cover the purchase price. A verdict for $1,200 was rendered against the Brown Bros. Co. at the trial before the Supreme court, held at Albion, N. Y., the week of December 13. After working for eight years as em- ployees of the Oregon Nursery Co., Oren- co. Ore., Carl Peterson and Eldor Henschke are starting a small nursery at Orenco. They are purchasing a con- s


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