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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



Koch. .Me 

 N. Y. T 

 will bo he 



ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



e Tenn Vice- Pres. 



Wm. T. Tk.i;i:ki.i.. Bloomfield, Intl., 

 died September 22, of typhoid fever. He 

 was 5] years of age, a nati\, nt' Virginia 

 and bad built 1 1 ; • a large uurseij busi- 

 ness. He leaves a wife and eight ••liil- 

 dron. 



NURSERY STOCK AT ST. LOUIS. 

 A large area is sel aside at the ot. 

 i ioui£ exposition Eoi I be reception of the 

 distinctly American trees, shrubs and 

 evergreens Information as to new or 



lesirable things which ought to be in- 

 clnded in sueli a collection will be cor- 

 • liall\ appreciated, and growers are re- 

 quested t" participate, in order that a 

 complete showing may be brought out. 

 i aed that lull credit will be 

 given all who join in this exhibit. A 

 general acceptance of this invitation will 

 ■ -■•it a ml v limit; out an astonishing num- 

 ber of little-known things, having dec- 

 palue and possessing merits of 

 hardim-s an. I adaptability fitting them 



Plan- have been arranged lor an ex- 

 iul.it ..f all classes of fruit trees and 

 plants that are offered for sale by nur- 

 serymen in all parts of the world. A 

 sufficient area of desirable land compris- 

 ing about ten acres has been assigned to 

 the department of horticulture for this 

 purpose. It is believed that these ex- 

 hibits «ill be of interest to fruit grow- 

 ers, nurserymen and all interested in hor- 

 ticulture, for they will be made of nur- 

 sery st,»k that is grown under unlike 

 conditions in widely separated localities. 



Tlir li-ndiiig nurserymen have general- 

 ■■ - . - '■ i ti'-'l tln-ir willingness to co-operate 

 in making this exhibit an interesting as 

 i list] ' ii... The different 



methods employed in propagating fruit 

 trees will be shown, including a ctfmpar- 

 isi.n of grafting and budding apple trees. 

 spring and fall budding of the peai I. i. p 

 working the apple, etc. A collective ex- 

 hibit of the nursery stoek of all differ- 

 ent fruits of the sizes usually offered for 

 sale in the nurseries would afford a 

 splendid opportunity to study the char- 

 acteristics of the different varieties and 

 types. 



The outside strawberry plant exhibit 

 is an interesting feature' of the outdoor 

 planting. A number of the exhibits are 

 on the ground now. This exhibit will 

 not only eontain the standard varieties, 

 but also new varieties that have been 

 produced during recent years by plant 

 breeding. 



litioii in the department of horti- 

 ire. Every care "ill be taken to so 

 ■ and cultivate it as to bring about 



i or implied. Expi ■ i" I garden- 



« furnished, plentj of water pipes 



within reach of every tree, shrub 

 plant, and every known precaution 

 i to secure the best conditions in 



iiidhidiinl .-a- 



My New 

 Catalogue 



has again been published and 

 is to be obtained on applica- 

 tion. Those who wish to have 

 first-class plants at moderate 

 prices should not fail to ask 

 for it. 



B. W. DIRKEIM, 



Nurseryman, 



OUDENBOSCH, HOLLAND. 



Mention the Review when you write. 



American WHITE ELM 



Nursery Grown Transplanted Trees. 



Best Trees for Park and Boulevard. Each 



Ji.otKi White Elm 2 to Sin. diam., $1.00 



. one White Elm :ito4 " 1.50 



1. dm White Elm 4 to 5 " 2.50 



l.dim llaekl.eny 2 to 3 " 1.25 



250 American Linden 2 to 3 " 1.25 



50 European lit. Ash ... 2 to 3 1.50 



1.000 Hardv ''utiilpa S|.eriosu 4 tod it. high, 10c 



l.diO Russian Mulberry 5to" " 10c 



500 Russian Mulberry S to 10 " 25c 



Thirtv-one vears' experience growing Nursery 

 Stock in Minnesota. Send for Price List. 



Address CHAS. HAWKINSON, 



EXCELSIOR, MINN. 



Mention the Review when you write. 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, 



GENEVA, N. Y. 



HSMEHTAL TREES, 

 hrubs, Roses, denia- 

 ls. Fruit Trees and 

 Small Fruits in great variety 



THE MOON 



Company 



For ("Trees, Shrubs, Vines, 

 Your | and Small Fruits. 



Descriptive Illnutratect Catalogue Free. 



THE WM. H. MOON CO., 



Morrisville, Pa. 



FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN, AND SEEDSMEN 



AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM ^ ^ ^ 

 AMERICAN GARDENING BRINGS RESULTS. 



It reaches those who spend the money; wealthy amateurs, private gardeners, and park superintendents. 



Under New Me.ne.Se.ment Improved o.r\d Up-to-dtxte. 

 Published weekly. $1.50 Per Year. Sample copies Iree. 



American Gardening Co. (Inc.), 136 Liberty St, New York. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMLRICAN SEID TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



PreB., S. P. Wlllard. Wethersfleld, Conn.: Firm 



Vir.-ITos .. .1 Chan Mel-iiiu.ii-l,. cliielnu.ili. O . 

 Sec'j anil Treas., C E_ Kendel. Cleveland, O, 

 The Till annual meeting will be held at St. Louis 

 Me , June. lyoi. 



The Western Seed & Irrigation. Co., 

 Waterloo, will bnilil a warehouse at Fre- 

 mont, Neb. 



It is reported thai the autumnal weath- 

 er has ilms far been unusually favorable 

 in the seed growing district at Erfurt, 



Germany. 



Thomas S. Prise and Edson Potter, 

 of Greensburg, 1ml.. have started in the 

 field seed business at Toledo, the firm 

 name being Prine & Potter. 



York Septembei 21, broke a shaft in mid 

 ocean and put into Halifax September 

 2s. Among other consignments were 

 time carloads of French and Dutch 

 bulbs, consigned to Chicago houses, and 

 repie-eiiting a total value of about 

 $10,000. 



Late reports from one of the principal 

 seed corn growing sections of Ohio are 

 not very assuring on the principal varie 

 ties used in the seed trade.lato Mammoth 

 and Evergreen. These are put down at 

 a possible yield of from twenty-five to 

 fifty per cent., the late sorts from forty 

 to sixty per cent., the early varieties 

 from sixty to ninety per cent, and about 

 all the varieties of fall corn at from 

 seventy-five to 100 per cent. 



The United States General Appraisers 

 lia\e sustained the protest of the John A. 

 Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., in the 

 matter of an importation of I'halaris 

 arundinacea, deciding that it should be 

 admitted duty free as a grass seed, but 

 the. act of the collector in assessing 30 

 per cent duty on Eussian winter vetch 

 and giant spurry seed is upheld. The 

 giant spurry is Spergula maxima, not S. 



arvensris. The g Is were entered al 



Newport News, V.,.. September 19, 1900, 

 ami decision reached September 18, 1903. 



A conflict has arisen over the adjust 

 ment of the loss on the seed warehouse 



of H. W. Buckl at Roekford, HI. The 



majority of the companies interested sav 

 that they should be held only for the 

 cost of the seeds rather than for the 

 market value at the time of the fire. They 

 have demanded an appraisal. Western 

 Manager Sheldon, of the American, of 

 Newark, and Security of New Haven, 

 with headquarters in Kockford, has set 

 tied the loss for those companies on the 

 basis of the market price at the time of 

 the fire. 



There »a> a session of the directors 

 of the Wholesale Seedsmen 'b League 

 at Chicago. September 'J."i, at which 

 seed crops and prices were dis- 

 cussed at length. Among those present 

 were President F. W. Bruggerhof, New 

 York; Seeretarv Burnet Landreth and 

 W. Atleo Burpee. Philadelphia; S. 1'. 

 Willard, Wethersfleld. Conn.; Albert 

 McCullough. Cincinnati; L. L. May, St. 

 Paul; F. W. Barteldes, Lawrence, Kan.: 

 J. B. Rice, Jr., Cambridge, N. Y., and 

 others. Tho Western Seedsmen 's League 

 discussed the same subjects it Chicago 

 the dav before. 



