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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NURSERY NEWS. 



[AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



Pres.,N. W. 

 F. A. Weber, 

 Rochester, N. 

 N. Y. The 

 will be held a 



The tree dealers are now at the nur- 

 series of the middle states in full force. 



The Storrs & Harrison Co. employs a 

 steam tree digger in getting out nursery 

 stock. 



Mrs. C. E. Tilton, of Tilton, N. H., is 

 lo .\|rnil $6,000 in the improvement of 

 Park Cemetery. 



A plan and planting list for a new 

 park at San Diego, Cal., has been pre- 

 pared by Samuel Parsons, Jr., New 

 York. It calls for large quantities of 

 native stock. 



John F. Guenther, of Eochester, died 

 October 12, aged 76 years. He came 

 from Germany while yet a young man 

 and started in the nursery business. 

 His son, F. Guenther. is now in the 

 nurserv and florist business at Brighton, 

 N.Y. ' 



Within the city of New York'there are 

 over eighty distinct parks, ranging in 

 size from one acre to over 1,700 acres, 

 the largest being Pelham Bay park, near 



bv" Van CourUandi park, with 1,132 



Brooklyn, 516 acres, and so on to the 

 smaller breathing spots of the metropo- 

 lis, making a total altogether of nearly 

 7,000 acres. 



PREPARING FOR PLANTING. 



J. A. Pettigrew says that the prepara- 

 tion of the ground for the planting of 

 trees or shrubbery is as much a matter 

 for consideration as the question of 

 when to plant or what to plant. Due 

 importance is frequently not given to 

 this fact. Trees and shrubs often are 

 crowded into holes that are not large 

 enough to permit eveu their roots being 

 extended. Such planting generally is 

 accompanied by a lack of subsequent 

 cultivation; and the result is failure. 



For single specimen trees, or for 

 widely spaced trees, holes for planting 

 should be prepared of not less than 

 fifteen feet square, and three and a half 

 feet deep. If the subsoil is good a sim- 

 ple loosening up, with an admixture of 

 stable manure or peat, will be sufficient ; 

 if of sand or sterile gravel, and the best 

 results are desired, it would be better 

 to excavate the whole and 



A proper preparation of the ground 

 when intended for mass planting entails 

 plowing and subsoil plowing, continued 

 in cross directions until the ground is 

 thoroughly broken up and reduced t.i :i 

 mellow condition. Should humus, or 

 organic matter, be deficient in the soil, 

 this should be corrected by a dressing of 

 stable manure, peat, or other organic 

 matter. This treatment will insure a 

 condition of the soil which will make 

 it hold moisture and assimilate fer- 

 tilizers. In dry, sandy, or gravelly soils 

 too much importance cannot be given to 

 the value of surface mulching, or con- 

 stant cultivation, after planting. 



80,000 



TW H% PRIVET 



Well branched, will sell in row or 

 block. Plants are very fine. 



WANTED. 



C.Ribsam&Son 



McCOLGAN BROS. 



Red Bank, N.J. 



Successors to JAMES McCOLGAN & CO. 



Offer to the trade a large stock of 



California Privet 



IN SEVERAL GRADES. 



100,000 Ampelopsis Veitchii, 



1, 2 AND 3 YEARS. 

 PRICES ON APPLICATION. 



Mention Review whet) you writ* 1 



Peterson Nursery, 



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gjEOINIES 



And HARDY ORNAVUNIAL SFOCK. 



Review when yoo write. 



VREDENBURG & CO. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Lithographing, Printing, Engraving, 



Binding exclusively for FLORISTS. 



SEEDSMEN and NURSERYMEN 



Sample Colored Plates free— Send for Catalogue 

 tW UNEQUALLED FACILITIES 

 Mention the Review when you write. 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, 



GENEVA, N. Y. 



.., L . ■ BsSlKlfAMEKTAL TREES, 

 Wholesale \fm\ -limbs, Roses. Clema- 

 Growers of I ■ i tis, Fruit Trees and 



mSA\ Small Fruits in great variety 

 Send for our Wholesale Price List. 



THE MOON 



Company 



For ("Trees, Shrubs, Vines, 

 Your | and 5mall Fruits. 



Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free. 



THE WM. H. MOON CO., 



Morrisville, Pa. 



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Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED IRADE ASSOCIATION. 



The Mann Seed Co. has been incorpo- 

 rated at Portland, Ore. 



The Ford Seed Co., of Eavenna, Ohio, 

 has filed an involuntary petition in bank- 

 ruptcy. 



California crops are being shipped, 

 and the invoices show a full delivery in 

 most cases. 



The many changes in postoffice ad- 

 dresses- occasioned by rural free deliv- 

 ery require that mail lists be corrected 

 with great care to avoid duplication. 



The government has taken voluminous 

 testimony in the matter of the claim of 

 the New York Market Gardeners ' Asso- 

 ciation. A decision is expected shortly. 



As predicted in this column at the 

 time, the September frost in the Kocky 

 Ford, Colo., district, while it cut off the 

 melon crop, increased seed production to 

 a considerable extent. 



The small onion set growers have 

 come to terms with the buyers, and the 

 scattered lots which they have held and 

 which have had a depressing effect on 

 the market are now out of the way. 



SEED CROP SUMMARY. 



Onion Sets. 



White sets are spoiling considerably 

 owing to a dry rot that seems to get 

 worse the longer they are stored. This 

 is likely to cause high prices for whites 

 when spring demand starts in. Yellows 

 and reds are keeping better, but the 

 quantity of them in storage is not up 

 to the average of ordinary years. Good 

 prices will rule before planting begins. 



Beans. 



The threshing of the garden varieties 

 is on at most of the growing stations. 

 Valentines are the sort that promise to 

 be the shortest. Michigan will produce 

 about the average quantity from a given 

 area this year, but in New York and 

 other eastern sections a considerable fall 

 down is indicated. The color of the 

 eastern product will be poor. 



Peas. 



In most cases the deliveries from the 

 growers have been made and the situa- 

 tion appears to be about what has been 

 expected. The hand picking is well undei 

 way and the percentages that are to be 

 delivered on contract orders should be 

 known shortly. 



Cucumber. 



There is still much speculation as to 

 what the final outcome will be. It is 

 generally conceded that the crop will 

 be far short of what it should be, and 

 that last year's values for the seed will 

 hold good this year. 



Sweet Corn. 



Notwithstanding the very favorable 

 fall weather, the growers fear that most 

 of the late varieties will fail to mature 



