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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 

 Pres. N. W. Hale Knoj Ilia i.Tenn.: Vice-Pres., 



' a uvbit S' I. ■ .. -. -• ■ iiw. c. Seaser, 



Tiikkk i- a ~linrl;i;,' of help on the 

 nurseries in centra] Illinois. 



After having mrl in convention cities 

 three times in the pasl ten years, the 

 nurserymen turned their backs on St. 

 Louis for L904. 



I >t EU KG i he nursery if- convent ion 



at Detroii peonies to'the value of from 



ami Outdoor Art A— oeiat ion. to he lie 

 al Buffalo, July 7 to 9. \ feature 

 the convention will be a trip to Niaga 

 Falls, where an excellent entertainme 

 has been planned. Chas. M. Robinsi 

 Rochester, is sei retary. 



PEONY SOCIETY. 

 The American Peonv Societv 



Hum 



It Was Noted to lueorporate under tlie 



laws of New York, to make the life 

 membership, $50, to hold an annual 

 meeting in peony time and to divide the 

 United States into six districts, each 

 to be represented by a vice-president. 



( iommittees wet e appi inted a- fid- 

 low-: Exei m ive committee, il fficei - 



and C. S. Harrison, York. Neb.; E. A. 

 Reeves, ( leveland, Ohio, and William A. 

 Peterson. < hicago. Nomenclature com- 

 mittee, William A. Peterson, ( . J. \lal- 

 lov. Rochester, \. Y. ; John \. I larl 

 ton. Rochester, X. Y.: J. F. Rosenfield, 

 West Point, Neb.; A. II. Fewkes. Ex- 

 hibition committee, Guj \. Bryant, E. 

 A. Reeves, Ja - Wl ler, Brookline, 



MaSS. Pie-- i illee. t '. I'.el-iliel'. 



i anal Dover, ( >hio; ( . S. Harrison, J. 

 11. Humphreys. 



NURSERYMEN'S CONVENTION. 



lite twenty-eighth annual meeting of 

 the American Association of Nursery- 

 men, at Detroit, dune 10 and 11, was one 

 of the best in history. Nearlj 300 were 

 present and there was a lively interest 

 in the program, while the usual amount 

 of business was transacted between the 

 membei -. President I Igenft it z n anted 

 against over-production and brought up 

 the matter of mutual insurance. A 

 committee was appointed to prepare a 

 plan and report ]*<■■. I year. Pi of. Bailey 

 made his annual address and II. \Y. ( oj- 

 1 in v. wood held up the nurseryman so 

 that he inie.ht -in- him-elf a- some others 

 J. II. Hale discussed the rela- 

 tion of the nurseryman to hi- customers 

 and Frank 1'.. While pre-om, d . . i 

 the best of theme* ad\ rtisine F. W. 

 Taylot told what the St. la iris World's 

 Fair will do for nurseiTmen. \\ m, Pit- 

 kin discu 1 insurance and E. W. Kirk 



l atrick told of nursen affairs in Texas. 

 W. i . Barry was down for a paper on 

 the importance of ornamental -lo.-k. 



vjs. 



nine and Geo. A. Sweet for a 



of tin St of a tree. The re- 



inniittee- were of the usual or- 

 irea-uiv was found to contain 

 ■ receipts for the year being 



$1,495. 



The election oi officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, N. W. Hale: vice- 

 president, F. A. Weber, St. Louis; secre- 

 tary, i leo. ( . Seagei . Ri chestei - I reas 

 uier. C. I.. Yates, Rochester. Atlanta. 

 Ga., was selected as the next meeting 

 place. On Wednesdaj afternoon the 

 party visited the estate of Joseph II. 

 Berry, at Grosse Pointe Farm-, and on 

 Thursday went to Belle Isle Park. 

 During the convention the Nursery- 



nil Pn tect h e A hit ion and 



lerican Nurserymen's Protective 

 ion met, listened to reports 

 ■lected officers, a- ha- been tiieir 

 for years. Rag 



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PACIFIC COAST NURSERYMEN. 



•h state. The 

 American As- 



MOLES AND MICE. 



T am moved to reply to the not 



headed "Mole- and Slice" in the last it 



-ue of the Review, although to attema 



up" by W. s. i- perhaps presumptuous, 

 particularly on the part of one of the 

 sex for the professional or business abil- 

 ities of which I ften betrays a whole- 



- e i - i contempt. 



I have never had an\ experience with 

 the ground mire mentioned, but have had 

 altogether too much with the moles. 

 Having a large yard which we are very 

 proud of. we were in de-pair for a cou- 

 ple of year- when the moles so under- 

 mined it that it was almost impossible 

 to mow it with a lawn mower. Some- 

 where we saw ricinus seed suggested as 

 a remedy for the torments, lake the 

 butter on the sick baby's elbow, we 

 thought it "eouhl do no harm" and tried 

 it. Since then, some three or four vears, 

 we an- careful to keep a half pound or 

 -o of the castor oil bean- on hand and 

 whenever one of the unsightly mounds 

 appears wo simply plant some of the 

 beans by thrusting them down into the 

 runway at several points, and in a 

 -hurt time the loosened earth settles 

 back and we know- the unwelcome in- 

 vader has dug hi- own grave. Not in- 

 frequently we find the carcass above 



I know nothing of what effect the ri- 

 cinus would have on the mice but it 



around handy for them. Hoping to es- 

 cape being withered by W. S. for an "old 

 maid'- notion." I am respectfully, 



F.' E. C. 



ton-. Mich.— Geo. Bridson i< doing 



Lao. Wis. -E. Haentze has 



...PEONIES... 



IfffjIE HAVE BEEN GROWING PEONIES EXTENSIVELY FOR 

 lUJl MANY YEARS ANO HAVE PROBABLY THE LARGEST LIST 

 OF TESTED VARIETIES TO BE FOUND IN THE UNITED 

 STATES. ALL THE BEST CUT FLOWER SORTS. ALL STOCK 

 TRUE TO NAME. IF YOU WILL PLANT PEONIES THIS FALL, 

 WRITE TO-DAY FOR OUR NEW 



SURPLUS LIST NOW READY. 



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