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The Florists^ Review 



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TAKING ORDERS FOR TREES 



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S TIIK scasdii tdr outiloor 

 phiiitiii}^ draws lu-ar, cou- 

 sidcrabhi ii ii in b o r s of 

 t'lorists havo opportunities 

 to fake orders for shrubs 

 and trees as wcdl as for 

 heddinj; j)lants and other 

 herbaceous stock. Many 

 llorists, of course, are so 

 situated tliat tliey would 

 . ,.t tiiiii it either convenient or ])rofit- 

 ,1,1, til iMi.-h tlu> sale of hard-wooded 

 - :n<k. Others, however, are favorably 

 ;,,.;ite(i for the successful handliiij^ of 

 >, J, Ii a line of trade. Certainly few 

 lii.rists can afford to disapi)oint and ])or- 

 i,;i|is (ifl'end a customer by rejecting such 

 ■\lr;i spriiiir business when it is freely 

 olT, red to tlieni. 



Ill accept ini^ excn a stray, senii-occa- 

 ■^ioiiai order for a few trees or shrubs, 

 till- il(u-ist may who knows? -be con- 

 ( rriiit; an ultiinatt! benefit on a wide 

 Hide of [)('opl(>, InchKliiiij; hirnsidf, the 

 .•ii'<t(>iiier, the eonununity at lar<^e, the 

 iiiirservmaii from whom flie stock is pro- 

 < iireil iinJ tlie whole nursery traile. Not 

 a few homeowners have just enou<jh 

 .■itiiliition for homeiinjirovement so that 

 llu'V will take the slight trouble, on 

 liirir way to or from business, to stop 

 at the store of the neighborhood jjorist 

 and give an order for trees or shrubs — 

 It" tin- tlorist can tell tliein exactly what 

 .'ire the best \arieties foi- their iiurjiosi-. 



What to Sell aiid What to Tell. 



It' these halfhearted would be pur 

 I iiascrs find that tiie transaction re- 

 '(iiircs any greater effort flian '"diopping 

 ill" lasually at the Ibuist 's store, they 

 ■"iniily will not purchase; th(<y will limit 

 tlieir lawn operations to the growing of 

 ;;ia.--.. Hut if thi< florist sidls them the 

 n;;ht trees :iui{ shriilis, accomjia iiinl 

 «ith a judicious amount of the right 

 ^ort of .advice, the results may be so 

 satisf;ictory as to encourage the piir 

 chasi'is to greater endeavor in lawi. 

 I'eaiitification. Their neighbors al.-o, 



walidiing de\ idojuiieiit s, luay be >purreil 

 to the sami' sort ol' enilea\or and so the 

 wlioiesome contagion will spread, ad in 

 finitum. On the other hand, if the 

 florist jiroffers thi> wrong sto(d\ or the 

 wrong ad\ice, the conseipu-nces may be 

 only disaster and disaj»pointment. How 

 important it is, then, that the tlorist 

 should know what to sell and what to 

 ttdl when the anuiteur planter wishes to 

 buy! 



Some licdjd'iil snggestiiuis on the selec- 

 tion of ornatiiental ;ind shade trees are 

 given in a luilletin recently issued by 

 the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, at Wooster, (). Of ctuirse the bul- 

 letin's statements, as far as they are 

 based on experiences at or near Wooster, 

 are not intended to lie piccist ly applica 

 ble elsewhere, e\eii in similar latitudes. 



Latitude and Local Conditions. 



Wooster is in the same latitudt^ us 

 north-centr.al Illinois and the southern 

 extremity of New York state. Hut local 

 <'ondit i(Uis, ;is W(dl as latitude, must be 

 considered. Sonu' species of trees wliich 

 .are apjiroved in the iiulU'tin, and which 

 jiresumably tliri\e in the vi(dnity of 

 Wooster, O., would not f.are so well in 

 or ne.ar ('iiicago. Tli.at .assertion aiiplies 

 especially to some of the llowering trees 

 and other more showy \arieties nn'u 

 tioiied in the bulletin, such as the liquid 

 aiiibar, the nowciine ilo^wnod, the jiolas 

 tree .-ind most of the magnolias. Con 

 ser\ati\c' nurserymen in northern illi 

 nois Would hesitate to recommend these 

 to loeal p.atrons. I'lven the birches, 

 tliougii unipiesf ionabl\' liar ly, .are dif 

 ficult to establish near ('hieago and in 

 some I't her localities. 



.Among the le<s famili.ar, less common 

 place trees tluit .are faxorably referred 

 to in the ;igriciilt iir.al bulletin, ]ierliajis 

 the most desirable is the ginkgo or 

 nia ideiilia li tree, i-alleij lietanieaMv 

 (JiiikL;!! Iiiliiha or Sa I islin lia adiaii;i 

 I'olia. 11 is lit' <liinese origin and is 

 iiiiiipie and piet iiresi| 10' ill appeara nee. 



lis leaves, which are fan shaped or 

 maideniiair-Iike, withstand city coudi 

 lii.uis. If is h.ardy aiul seems to be uii 

 molested by pests, e\ en when surrounil 

 ing trees are a prey to many sorts of in 

 sects. It nmy be obtained either in de 

 cidedly jiyramid.al shape or with more 

 wide sj)re;iding branches. The pyra- 

 midal form is the more striking and is 

 suitable for comjiarat i vtdy small -areas, 

 su(di as city Lawns, tluuigh the tree 

 finally attains a good size. 



Oaks would not usually l)e considertMl 

 good sub,je(ds for a b(!ginner to experi- 

 ment with, but the agricultural bulletin 

 rigiitly gives them high rank ;is orna- 

 nu'Utal trees. "Well sidected hardwood 

 trees," says the bulletin, "although in 

 some instances of slow growth for a 

 few years after planting, have a jut 

 manence worthy of serious consideration 

 when the choice of planting materials 

 is being made. When they are once 

 thoroughly establishe I, the rate of even 

 the slowest spe(des becomes .acciderated 

 .and it is safe to assert that ;it the age 

 of l'." years the oaks will approximate in 

 si/e most other s|>ecies that were 

 jdanted at the samtf time. On the 

 grounds of the experiment station the 

 i:aks are becoming the leading trees in 

 a planting sidieine desij^ned prim.arily 

 to illustrate the' value ot' native planting 

 niuterials. 



Choice Species of Oak. 



' ■ Our o.aks are tices of much dignity, 

 .lie extremely long lived and are en- 

 doweil with a landscape \aliu' such as 

 Ii w trees possess. For stri-ets ami ave 

 lines oaks c'ompare farorably with the 

 elm ;ini| can be grown on a gri'ater va 

 lie* V of soils. Otie of the fuiesf is the 

 lid oak, whiili has been mi-o;^ wiibdy 

 |ilaiited in Kurojie than any other of our 

 oaks ;ind is probably the most rapid of 

 all the oaks in its rate ol' growth. The 

 pin oak is an extremely gra<-eful tree; 

 it is n;iti\e til moist lands, but grows 



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