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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



January 14, 1904. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCUTION OF NURSERYMEN. 



Pres., N. W. Hale. Knoxville. Tenn. : Vlee-Pres. 

 P. A. Weber, St. Louis; Sec'y, Geo. C. Seager, 

 Rochester, N. Y.; Tress., C. L. Yates, Rochester, 

 N. Y. The twenty-eighth annual convention 

 will be held at Atlanta. Ga., June. 1904. 



L. E. Brtakt, the nurseryman of 

 Princeton, has been re-elected secretary 

 of the Illinois State Horticultural Society. 



E. EUNYON, president of the Eliza- 

 beth Nursery Co.. Elizabeth, N. J., left 

 January 8 for Cuba on business con- 

 nected with the Cuba and United States 

 Fruit, Nursery and Mercantile Co. 



INCORPORATIONS. 



The following incorporations are re- 

 ported: William C. Moore & Co., New- 

 ark, N. Y., general nursery business, 

 capital $5,000, incorporators W. M. 

 Could, Chas. W. Stuart, Chas. H. Stuart, 

 all of Newark, N. Y. 



Emmons & Co., Newark, N. Y., gen- 

 eral nursery business, capital $5,000, in- 

 corporators F. M. Phelps, Chas. W. Stu- 

 art and Chas. H. Stuart, all of NewarS, 

 N. Y. 



Knight & Bostwick, Newark N. Y.. 

 general nursery business, capital 5,000, 

 incorporators, C. W. Stuart & Co., Jas. 

 W. Pitkin, Jr., and C. U. Stuart, all 

 of Newark, N. Y. 



Cuba & United States Nursery & Mer- 

 cantile Company, Elizabeth, N. J., to 

 deal in trees, shrubs, etc.; capital $100,- 

 000, incorporators, Elmer Eunyon, A. 

 F. Meisky, M. E. Shaw, George Eeeg, 

 Lawrence Corbett, Elizabeth, N. J.; 

 Charles McEae, Arnold D. Epagnier, 

 Far Hills. N. J. ; John B. Taylor, West- 

 field, N. J. ; A. N. Antiga, H. S. Antiga, 

 New York City. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — The American 

 Plant Co. has been incorporated here to 

 engage in the nursery and florist busi- 

 ness; capitalization, $50,000; incorpora- 

 tors, A. E. Wagner, E. H. Thompson, 

 Charles I. Mosteller, C. S. DeLano and 

 James W. Mays. 



PLANT NOTES. 



Romneya Coulteri. 



Eomneya Coulteri must be conceded 

 by everyone to be the queen of our Pa- 

 cific coast wild flowers. It was discov- 

 ered first in the Ventura mountains, 

 where it grows naturally in great abund- 

 ance, and from that neighborhood it 

 has been disseminated until it is known 

 in all parts of the state. It is liable to 

 be cut down by our severe frosts, al- 

 though in the vicinity of San Francisco, 

 where we have many grand specimens 

 planted, it has survived the cold weather 

 thus far. The roots, of course, do not 

 die, and the branches come up very early 

 in the spring. The stems are heavy and 

 numerous and grow from four to fifteen 

 feet high and are covered with long, 

 narrow, segmented glaucous, smooth 

 leaves three to five inches long. The 

 massive, pure white, fragrant flowers are 

 borne on solitary stems from six to 

 nine inches across and consisted of six 

 white petals with very numerous yeUow 

 stamens. It is not a plant suited to 

 small gardens, owing to its massive pro- 

 portions, but makes a grand adornment 

 for a large place or public park, where 

 its great, showy blooms can be seen 

 from a long distance. It is regarded by 

 English gardeners as a wonderful treas- 

 ure and although it has to be carefully 

 handled in a colder country it well repays 

 the trouble it causes. 



Fii-'ji*. F»Tns. Ho 



THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., 



etc., have been the Blandard ot ezcelJence lor halt a 

 ceDtury. The best alwaj'B cheapest. Have hundreds 

 of carloadBof 



Fruits and Ornamentals. 



40 acres of Hardy RoFies incIudinK 45.(100 ot the 



fatuous Crimson Kambler. 44 Kr^-enhoaseeof PalniB, 



Correspondence solicited. Catalogue free. &_ith year. 1000 acre-^. 



Box 259, Painesville, Ohio. 



The Commonwealth. 



This new STBAWBEBRT is as laree as 

 the lareest. as productive as any large sort, as 

 fine flavored, as healthy and also later than 

 any other sort. Plants for sale at $«.oo per 

 hundred. Stock limited ; better write at once, 



GEO. E. WARD, Beverly, Mas.s. 



llentloD the Berlew when yon writ*. 



Peterson Nursery, 



164 La Salle St., CHICAGO. 



NIES 



And HARDY ORNAMENTAL STOCK. 



Write for lUuBtrated price Hat. 

 Mpntlon thp RpvIpw whpn yoti vnit*. 



W. &. T. SMITH COMPANY. 



GENEVA, N. Y. 



Wholesale 

 Growers of 



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BKAMEITTAI. TBEES, 



Shrubs, Koses, Clema- 

 tis, Frnit Trees and 

 Small Prnits In great narletj 



Send for oar Wholesale Price List. 

 Mention the Review when 70a write. 



Peacock's 



••••Dahlias 



For plants or bulbs address 



W. P. PEACOCK, 



Dahlia Specialist. ATCO, N. J. 



MeptioD Review when yog write. 



ITn^ioTHEMOON 



Company 



For f Trees, Shrubs, Vines, 

 Your I and Small Fruits. 



Descriptive Illastrated Catalogue Free. 

 THE WM. H. MOON CO., 

 ^„, Morrisvllle, Pa. 



Mention the Review when yon write. 



VREDENBURG & CO. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Lithographing, Printing, Engraving, 



Binding exclusively for FLORISTS, 



SEEDSMISN and NURSERYMEN 



Sample Colored Plates free — Send for Catalogue 

 tr CNEQCALLED FACILITIES 

 HentloD the Berlew when yon write. 



As a florist's flower it is all to be de- 

 sired. The flowers when cut should be 

 only half-blown, and it keeps well for 

 a week in water. I have found the 

 plants very difficult of propagation from 

 cuttings, but by root division early in the 

 spring they can be multiplied easily. 

 The flowers seed very freely, but ther 

 are extremely slow iu germination. I 

 planted about half an ounce of fresb 

 seed that I gathered fully a year ago, 

 and up to date I have seen only about 

 twenty-five show themselves, and these 

 within the past four weeks. They grow 

 very quickly when transplanted in the 

 open ground and bloom freely the first 

 season. G. 



PORTLAND. ORE. 



The Holiday Trade. 



The holiday trade was the best ever! 

 Nothing like it in the history of the 

 trade here. When discussing the vol- 

 ume of business done Christmas week 

 two of our leading firms pronounced it 

 their banner week. Active buying be- 

 gan as early as Monday and continued 

 most satisfactorily until New Year 's 

 night. Everything favored us this year. 

 The weather, usually so disagreeable at 

 this season, was clear and cool, but not 

 frosty, which made the delivery of 

 plants comparatively easy. Local grow- 

 ers fared well and supplied us with a 

 fine lot of cut flowers. Stock imported 

 from California also arrived in excellent 

 condition, probably due to a few vigor- 

 ous kicks by the florists to the express 

 company for their carelessness a year 

 ago through which all lost so heavily. 

 The supply was equal to the demand and 

 prices averaged as high as last year. 

 Carnations in leading varieties retailed 

 at $2 per dozen, with beautiful En- 

 chantress, monarch of all, commanding 

 $4. Koses sold readily at $2 and $3 per 

 dozen. We had a few hundred choice 

 chrysanthemums, the best blooms retail- 

 ing at $8 per dozen. In flowering plants 

 the cyclamen and azalea headed the pro- 

 cession, and, when displayed in the cus- 

 tomary Christmas trimmings, were speed- 

 ily moved. 



The florists ' windows were decidedly 

 attractive and appropriate to Christmas, 

 the greatest hit being a striking com- 

 bination of Oregon holly and red bells. 

 We wired New York a duplicate order 

 for bells and received reply that all 

 were disposed of. The sale on green 

 goods equaled that of a year ago. Ore- 

 gon grown holly and mistletoe is un- 

 surpassed and there was a sufficient 

 quantity to supply the local demand. 

 Holly is sold here by the pound weight 

 and the disposal of same is now more 

 widely distributed than heretofore, the 

 street venders having a small corner on 

 the market. Special orders for holly 

 wreaths at $2 each were shipped as far 

 east as New York and Maine. Mail 

 orders for loose holly could not be filled 

 and it is to be regretted that more at- 

 tention was not given to the cultivation 

 of same ten years ago, as we would now 

 be supplying all the northwest and Cali- 

 fornia. Holly grows luxuriantly in our 

 climate and one of our florists recently 

 imported 5,000 plants from France, and, 

 as he practically put it, they will prove 

 the best life insurance policy he can 

 carry. H. J. M. 



The Eeview is all right.— Vice & 

 Hill Co.. Rochester, N. Y. 



