I am pleased to advise that the hardy soft shell pecan trees I have planted in Virginia, and the hardy English walnut trees are all growing finely. I find it just as easy to get a budded pecan tree to grow as it is to get an apple tree to grow. I am telling my friends about this all over Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee as well as Virginia. They have planted a good many trees and all report favorably. My advice is to plant pecan and English walnut trees as they are just as beautiful and useful for shade as any other kind, and in addition to this they will produce a large amount of the healthiest and most nutritious of food for the human family. I am very much indebted to the Northern Nut Growers Association for the knowledge obtained along this line. You can rest assured that I will try and pass it along as I go. JOHN S. PARRISH. ATTENDANCE R. T. Olcott, Rochester N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Reed, Washington, D. C. Irwin R. Waite, Stamford, Ct. Prof. W. O. Filley, State Forester, Connecticut. Prof. Record, State College of Forestry. A. C. Pomeroy, Lockport, N. Y. S. M. McMurran, Washington, D. C. Harry E. Weber, Cincinnati, Ohio. Fitch A. Hoyt, Stamford, Conn. Wm. H. Bump, Stamford, Ct. Wilber F. Stocking, Stratford, Ct. J. A. Seitz, Greenwich, Ct. L. C. Root, Stamford, Ct. John Rick, Redding, Pa. F. A. Bartlett, Stamford, Ct. J. F. Jones, Lancaster, Pa. R. H. G. Cunningham, Stamford, Ct. Col. C. A. Van Duzee, Cairo, Ga. John H. Hohener, Rochester, N. Y. C. L. Cleaver, Hingham, Mass. Fred A. Smith, Hathorne, Mass. Dr. Lewis H. Taylor, Washington, D. C. W. H. Druckemiller, Sunbury, Pa. W. G. Bixby, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Ridgway, Lumberton, N. J. Miss Marie Brial, Stamford, Ct. J. E. Brown, Elmer, N. J. A. M. Heritage, Elmer, N. J. Dr. R. T. Morris, N. Y. City. T. P. Littlepage, Washington, D. C. Gray Staunton, Stamford, Ct. J. L. Glover, Shelton, Ct. Dr. E. F. Bigelow, Stamford, Ct. Prof. W. N. Hutt, Raleigh, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Lewis, Stratford, Ct. H. W. Collingwood, New York City. Dr. J. H. Kellogg, Battle Creek, Mich. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Deming, Georgetown, Ct. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Mikkelsen, Georgetown, Ct. Paul M. Barrows, Stamford, Ct. G. W. Donning, North Stamford. Mrs. Payson Irwin, Stamford, Ct. Noble P. Randel, Stamford, Ct. * * * * * ~Vincennes Nurseries~ W. C. REED, Proprietor. VINCENNES, INDIANA, U. S. A. PROPAGATORS AND INTRODUCERS _Budded and Grafted Pecans, Hardy Northern Varieties_ _English (Persian) Walnut Grafted on Black Walnut_ _Best Northern and French Varieties_ _Grafted Thomas Black Walnut_ _Grafted Persimmons, best sorts_ _Hardy Almonds_ _Filberts and Hazelnuts_ _Also General Line Nursery Stock_ SPECIAL NUT CATALOGUE ON REQUEST * * * * * ~STABLER~