The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-02-22

nurseries bofh Ea>t snd West. W.
h<y~ -<er those East where rbe elsbors.
lion NJ landscape gardening 90 made
10 >di elect 70 and 80 OF sbe nursery
sfo<k grown. We have s<en We>s hun.
df~.i- ~ acres coversd uifh stock IL I
single rnr<~rv. Yef ne have never -eer
st< Perfection Of details coupled risi
strict acccrsrs - - nsme IN fhe varieties
" stock groxn. united q ev<nnes> aDf
vigor n growth nor stric1er mefhod
displayed In sdapssticn of var;eiies tuis
/. "a 70 tke climate or he West. sdd<d Il
. fhe most perieet cn.sivsties sDd hand
} ling 81 stock. Than q me premium nurs
e,ies of Sp.uIding 4 Co, near Spring
field. m
Ih<>e nurseries. covering SIS acre,
/. originally Or Gr<f-c;a<s Isrd. we're Thor
.ouxhiy uie-frsined. at heavy expensl
t<;ofe anything was planted ihereos
she lard having b<en frsf cleaned end
<fump<d of IL timber. Thus. The ground
work having bern laid for : great and
model nors<ry. under the maDagemeDl
ef Nr. ,. B. SpsrIdinR. : weII-kno ~
Inur>erynan q many years' sfanding u
Illinois And Uho-e practical experiences
from : critical standpoint Il perhaps
broader than that o. any nan il the
West II . not srrsoge thai ubeneveT
entered for premium before she State
Board of Agriculture. soch should have
BEEN unsnimo0siy awarded by the con-
inirfee q exauinstion- Ihis- however,
'the records Of the board viii show.
n speaking Of The artistic sdomneni
'of scne old and extensive nurseries East,
I've 5nd tbis difI<reDce: u The nurper-
|,e> - Mr. }. b. SpanIdiDg The useful 4
never losf sight ~ Mere ornameDf Il
'uot What strikes tie visitor. and yet the
nnrs<ry u one beautiful picture II m
varied and blending eoIors of lruit
eow<rs. sDd foliage: for the orchard and
garden ure by no meaue neEiected- tbe
v;siror csn 6nd the fruits themselves. III
crucial tesL Il = worth the ]. urney %
se>-
1 TIE immense stock. he ample build.
ling. he spleDdid drives, tbe ol6ce eon-
'uerted xith The Wes<ern Enion IcIe-
graph lines b. leIephoDe. snd everything
pertaining . The great n1vsery, . kept
u che u.o<t perfect coodition- Blight
aud oorers ere srrnngorD . their 1000
orchard trces q peer. peech- chestnut
IsDd apples. III of varieties uDexoeIIed
'ssd adspted % fbe coil snd climate q
f. fbe West The real Rist % the whole,
|however, LEE i the record % eaies 81
|ohis nurseEy for the fall delivery ju>,
|cIcecd. which sDoonrs . neaSjg $4,000
The nos< gratifying success be- o.
tended tbo efforts oi this Grm in growing
,ssc<k Of 10000 bods set the pat -
|son. couprieinr cherries, pears. plume,
and DeacbcG. almost no reooddinE boe
been required. ard their etsnd u u.ex-
'smpiet. II i nor strange thai the frn
have ne srprovsl % tbe State Board 81
'Aericulture and nnrperymen of expert
'enco Enst nd West, especially from sbs
large norserics proprie1ors - Western
'Neu York All mite in saying SpauId-
ling & %. = grounds. comprisin9 upward
~ s75 acres. shorccehly fils-drsiDed, for
.tbe growing u nursery stock, are un<ur-
|psssed. The 10000 one, tuc. and
'fhrss-year old sPpIe trees, Ard 175.0uU
'cne- TOO. as6 three-year old cherry
Ifrees -tke latter bodded on Nahsleb
'roofs. imported fro0 FrsDce-toEetber
win their enorDous stock Of everkreens.
|p<arr. rose>- shrubs. ETC.. are nslchIess
~ their perfecti0o>of gro 9TH, whether a.
|be from - Eastern o. Western stand
point
II driving through. tho nursery ve
were shown large block or American
'<he<rnufz. from I've % eight feet high.
|and thence were driven . TIE chestnut
orchard nearly all in bearing. The
|che<rnut here seems fully - much q
|hcme - oar other plant cultivated.
FOR she protection of their patrons
s<ainsr outside imposition. esch of their;
nearly one hundred selected ealesUeo,
|sre accredited with : certificate of
ne long experience o. this frn. being
nearly thirty years iD the bu~iness q
III. the repntstion lhey Cd
|joy the approval and eDdoroenDt they
receive from The State all commend
|this nusery % she favorable attention Of
those Who have ground upon which @
plant shrubbery o. treee -