Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT OF
NURSERY STOCK.

Tho most attractive exhibit of
nursery stock at the Worlds Fair at
Chicngo, was TINT of tho livcrgroon
Nurseries. of Evergreen, this county.
Their exhibit was wholly of over
greens, of which they exhibited about
three hundred varieties (ncnrly every
variety known to tho botnnis) There
IL not another nursery iii Americ' :,
and wo understand there nre only
two or three known in tho world,
that cnn show 80 lurgo collection
growing on thoir grounds.
At their exhibit could bo seon ali
shades of green, blue, golden, vnrio-
gated, golden and silver spnnglrd.
They exhibited young specimens of
trees that attain NIL sizes, when ma
tnre, from the ginnts of California
aud South Americn, to tho pigmiea Of
desert regions, which attain height
of only few inches. There ono
could SEQ all forms of growth and
shapes, and forms of spray and foli
nge. Not only did they exhibit
Young specimens of tho trees of suit
able size for transplanting, but they
exhibited large number Just start
ing from tho seeds, showing their
manner of starting the young plants
i'll tho nursery; also largo numbers of
grnfts, just starting into growth of
those varieties that can bo propa.
gated only by grating. They also
had on exhibition about ono hundred
ond fifty varieties of Evergreen tree
seeds, such NJ they plant in their
nurseries. Some aro 80 minute Tint
n pound contains several hundred
thousand seeds. Ono curious fen
turo of their seed exhibit wns the
very small seed of the ginnt tree of
California, requiring three hundred
md twenty thousand $500, ,00O) seeds
to weigh II pound, while The Torreyn
California. II small troo seldom grow.
ing more than twenty-five feet high,
have seeds as largo ns nutmcgs, TO
quiring twenty five TO thirty of them
TO weigh pound. Tho visitors ut
their exhibit was far in excess of any
other nursery exhibit. About 25 900
nnmes were entered on their register.
probably more tlinn registered ut all
other nursery exhibits at tho Fair.
While only IL suinll portion of those
visiting tho exhibit entered their
names on the register, their pnths
and walks were usually crowded with
intelligent and Interested visitors in.
specting their beauties and curiosi
ties. Tho register shows names of
people from every civilized nntion Of
the world, written in every known
language Tic names of several of
the principal men Of this country and
Europe appear upon it's pages.
While their nurseries haxe some
the most common, hardy varieties f
fruits, and stock Of ordinary deci :.
nous ornamental trees and shrubs
second 10 none in this country, they
confined their exhibit wholly 10 ever
greens, OF these they nave far the
largest atock in this country and
probably equal to that OF any nursery
in the world. They grow several Of
the standard sorts by the millions,
supplying them in large quantities to
nursery men and planters in the
country. and sending many ship
ments to planters in other lands.
OF course their exhibit was award.
ed the highest price, n medal and
diploma, as it richly merited. Well
may Door county be proud of having
withiug her borders the most exten
sive evergreen nurseries in America.
Door Co. Democrat, Sturgeon Bay,
Wis.
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