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H ORTI CULTU RE 



March 24. 1906 



A MODEL NURSERY 



The F. R. Pierson Com- 

 pany's nurseries at Scar- 

 borough. N. Y.. views of 

 which a herewith 



and on the first page of 

 this issue, are among the 

 most interesting in the 

 country not alone because 

 of the material grown 

 there, but on account of 

 the layout and arrange- 

 ment of the planting. The 

 busy head of this estab- 

 lishment, whose portrait 

 appears herewith, has an 

 appreciation of the beauti- 

 ful in his work which the 

 commercial spirit can nev- 

 er smother: hence a large 

 area of nursery space is 

 reserved for ornamental 

 arrangement along the 

 roadside and skirting the 

 many driveways which 

 wind through the p';. 

 The effectiveness of this 

 method is enhanced by 

 the splendid view of the 

 Hudson river which the 

 nursery overlooks and the 

 mountains beyond, all com 

 bining in a picture which. 

 once seen, will never be 

 forgotten. 



The planting plan allud- 

 ed to is not. however, 

 without its utility. C&i 

 taken in the groupings to 

 show each species and va- 

 riety in its best aspect, 

 and each is given as com- 

 panions those contrasting 

 or harmonizing sorts that 

 would be selected by an 

 expert planter for such a 

 use if the plantations were 

 Intended to be permanent. 

 Hence the entire outlook. 

 whether from the road- 

 way o r the drives, is an 

 object-lesson not alone in 

 plants but in planting. 



F. R. Pierson. 



The prospective purchaser 

 may. if he or she so de- 

 sires, sit in a carriage and 

 in a drive about the nur- 

 sery insnect and select the 

 stock wanted and at the 

 same time absorb valuable 

 informal ion as to its best 

 use. This is a cardinal 

 principle of the plantings; 

 practically everything of- 

 fered in the collection is 

 brought forward in speci- 

 mens and groups of the 

 various sizes in stock 

 where it may be seeu in 

 the manner described, and 

 as a proposition for the 

 nurseryman who is look- 

 ing for retail trade it has 

 the old-fashioned "nursery 

 row" system distanced be- 

 yond recovery. 



Much more could be 

 said about this interesting 

 placf The greenhouses and 

 their contents — the Pier- 

 soni fern, Winsor, White 

 Enchantress. and other 

 carnations which are a 

 specialty here — have been 

 alluded to in former issues 

 of HORTICULTURE, and 

 we expect to touch fre- 

 quently in a more detailed 

 way in the future on top- 

 ics connected with the out- 

 door nursery department. 

 Plans are now being made 

 for a large addition to the 

 greenhouses and the nur- 

 sery grounds are being 

 steadily extended. It cer- 

 tainly is a most interest- 

 ing and inspiring place to 

 visit, for everything seems 

 to be done just right, and 

 the stock, from the largest 

 specimen down to the 

 rooted cutting, is as good 

 as intelligent care can 

 produce. 



Entrance to f. r. Pierson Co. Nurseries, L cing In. Entrance to F. R. Pierson Co. Nurseries, Looking Oi r. 



