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HORTICULTURE 



December 23, 1920 



Quality and Service are the Founda- 

 tion Stones on which the House of 

 Penn has been constructed. 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association 



land, for they grow in such abund- 

 ance that they only need help to pick 

 them. They are put in big hampers 

 and sent to the market at so much a 

 hamper. 



"Summing up the entire conditions 

 in Europe. I would say that although 

 the floral business originated in 

 Europe, today the United States are 

 far superior in this trade." 



GROWING MATERIAL FOR THE 

 FLORIST TRADE 



How the Nurseryman and the Florist 

 May Work Together 

 The editor of the American Nursery- 

 man thinks that the proper co-opera- 

 tion between the nursery and florists' 

 trades has never been developed to 

 the extent that would seem called tor 

 by their close connection, but says the 

 fault seems to be rather on the side 



of the nurserymen, as they are to a 

 great extent the growers of the raw 

 materials which the florist works up 

 into a condition for the consuming 

 public. He continues; 



"There are many florists who also 

 do a nursery business — in fact, try to 

 cover the whole scope of Horticultural 

 Art from making a funeral design or 

 decorating for a society function, to 

 laying out an estate, and perhaps in 

 fewer instances the same may be said 

 about the nurserymen. 



"There is no reason why they 

 should not if their organization is big 

 enough to carry experts to compete 

 with specialists in the various lines. 



"But this is an age of specialists, 

 and usually all the concentration and 

 skill available is necessary to carry 

 on one branch of the business suc- 

 cessfully. 



"With the shutting off of the foreign 



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Our Bulletin Frequently Throughout the Season Offering: 



APPLES. Good list of varieties. 

 PEARS. General assortment, 

 strong on Bartlett. 



CHERRIES, Early Richmond and 

 Montmorency. 



PEACHES. Surplus of Carman, 

 Champion, Early Elberta, El- 

 berta, J. H. Hale. 



H. P. ROSES and CLIMBERS. 



ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



General assortment: some scarce 

 varieties like Hydrangeas and 

 Weigelas. 

 AMPELOPSIS VeitchiL 1-year. 



AMPELOPSIS Veitchii. Heavy 



2-year. 

 BARBERRY Thunbergii. Seedlings. 



Largest stock in the world. 

 BARBERRY Thunbergii. 3-year, 



2-3 feet and 18-24 inches. 

 CALIFORNIA PRIVET, 2 years, 



well branched, 2-3 feet and 18-24 



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 IMPORTED FRUIT and ROSE 



STOCK. Quoted f.o.b. Man- 

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 FRENCH APPLES, 7-12 grade. 

 ENGLISH MANETTI, 5-8 and 4-5. 

 FRENCH MANETTI, 5-9. 



Write for Bulletin, giving quantities and prices. 



C.R.BURR & COMPANY, Manchester, Conn. 



supply of what might be termed the 

 raw material in the way of plants for 

 forcing, it opens up a big field that is 

 in the province of the nursery grower. 

 It remains to be seen if the nursery- 

 men proper will force the florists' 

 trade to grow its own material. While 

 it is foolish to attempt to draw an ar- 

 bitrary line between the florist and 

 nurseryman, the fact remains there 

 is a recognized province tor each, due 

 to the fact that the florist trade is 

 largely one of greenhouses and stores, 

 while the nursery trade is growing 

 upon acreage. 



"The nursery trade should plan to 

 propagate all the plants the florists 

 need, and bring them to the stage- de- 

 sired, which is usually 'ready to be 

 forced.' It is only necessary to recall 

 the large quantity of Rhododendrons, 

 Azaleas, Deutzias, Roses and other 

 hard wooded plants, that used to he 

 imported to realize the immense de- 

 mand for early spring blooming sub- 

 jects the florist needs in his business. 

 Unless it is available the florist trade 

 will either grow them itself, or sub- 

 stitute bulbs, herbaceous and what is 

 generally known as greenhouse plants 

 for the winter demand for plants for 

 interior decoration. 



"There is no doubt the florist trade 

 will develop its own growers of green- 

 house plants, that were formerly im- 

 ported. Its equipment is along the 

 line necessary for the production of 

 this class of plants, but for the propa- 

 gation and material of woody plants 

 the nurseryman is in the best position 

 to sive the florist what he needs. 



"There are endless ways in which 

 the florist trade could be catered to 

 to the advantage of both trades. Ever- 

 greens for winter is one of them. Few 

 nurseries make any special effort to 

 give the florist trade all it needs in 

 tubbed evergreens for porch decora- 

 tion or small evergreens for window 

 boxes, or cut evergreens for interior 

 decoration, yet there are many beauti- 

 ful subjects practically unknown to 



