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The Florists^ Review 



April 15, 1920 



. tion of the trees until at length they 

 come into bearing. His investment, dur- 

 ! ing those years, becomes many times 

 iithe original cost of the trees. 



Therefore, in buying trees and plants, 

 their nature makes it necessary for the 

 ! buyer to place great confidence in the 

 ; grower. So I say our responsibility is 

 ■ greater because the degree of confidence 

 ■must be greater. In some cases that 

 I confidence is misplaced and they are the 

 : cases that find ready space for publie- 

 i ity while the many thousands of prop- 

 :erly and satisfactorily filled orders are 

 inot advertised in the same way. It 

 • is not surprising that in an industry rep- 

 1 resenting an annual turnover of $30,- 

 ' 000 000 and in which hundreds of thou- 

 sands of orders are filled in the short 

 space of the fall and spring seasons 

 some errors should occur. Nor is it 

 : etrange that actual imposition is not 

 unknown in the nursery business. And 

 that is what we purpose to try to elim- 

 inate. 



Telling the Public. 



Now, taking that stand and making 

 the association the partner of those who 

 buy goods of any of our members, we 

 feel that they and we are both entitled 

 to have that fact known. And so we 

 have just placed contracts for a series 

 of advertisements to tell the public 

 what the American Association of Nurs- 

 erymen stands for; how our members 

 are held to the observance of rules of 

 fair dealing and how we have provided 

 for the public to get what we promise 

 them. We assume no "holier than 

 thou" attitude. We realize that there 

 are firms outside our ranks that are of 

 unquestioned standing and responsibil- 

 ity. We take our stand for fair dealing 

 and ask others to stand with us. 



That, to my mind, is the most out- 

 standing fact in American horticulture 

 today. We want it to benefit the buyers 

 of trees and plants; we know it will. 

 We are human enough to want it to ben- 

 efit us, too. We think the public de- 

 mands what we are doing; and we are 

 doing it as careful, thoughtful business 

 men, meeting a situation that we have 

 no wish to evade. Every business trans- 

 action affects two parties, those imme- 

 diately at interest and also the general 

 public. The business of every nursery- 

 man affects the association and all its 

 members. We simply take note of that 

 and do the obvious thing. That is all. 

 And yet it means a great change. It is 

 not revolutionary. To some, all change 

 is revolution; this is merely the evolu- 

 tion of business standards following the 

 lead of other lines. 



SEATTLE NOTES. 



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advanced season for these flowers, did 

 not sell as freely as hyacinths. 



Some roses and plenty of asparagus 

 ferns are arriving from California, but 

 otherwise local growers are supply- 

 ing the greater share of the orders. 

 Local violets are a little light on 

 quantity yet, but make a splendid show- 

 ing as to quality. Columbia and Ophelia 

 roses still lead the local cut, with Pre- 

 mier plentiful and Ward a little scarcer. 

 All of these have shown improvement in 

 the keeping quality. There has been 

 a notable improvement in the quality 

 of the ordinary varieties of carnations, 

 especially Enchantress. The red vari- 

 eties are showing more color and Laddie 

 is selling well. Gardenias and lilies of 



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I For Fall 1 920 



I ORDER NOW and BE SURE 



I Florists' XXX Forcing Grade, 2-yr. Field-Growri Roses. 



We will be in position to supply more and better roses for 

 Florists' Ppt Plant Forcing than ever before. Top-notch stock- 

 can be expected from our blocks this year. 



Baby Rambler Class — Erna Teschendorff, Orleans, Jessie and 

 Crimson Baby, $45.00 per 100, $400.00 per 1000. 



Hybrid Perpetuals — Magna Charta, Ulrich Brunner, Frau Karl 

 Druschki, Mme. Gabriel Luizet and Capt. Hayward, $45.00 per 

 100, $400.00 per 1000. 



Rambler or Climbing Roses — Crimson Rambler, Dorothy Perkins, 

 Excelsa and White Dorothy, $35.00 per 100, $300.00 per 1000. 

 For staked and ripened plants. 



Owing to the unusual demand for Baby Ramblers, we are 

 forced to ask that each order of roses shall include at least 50 

 per cent Hybrid Perpetuals or Climbing Roses, where 250 or more 

 are taken. 



Storrs & Harrison Co. 



Painesville, Ohio. 



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TAUSENDSCHOEN 



One of the very best climbing Roses. 

 Put in a supply now for growing over 

 summer in pots to force for next Easter. 



Strong plants. No. 1 grade, $30.00 per 100 



Strong plants. Medium grade, $20.00 per 100 



JACKSON & PERKINS CO., Newark, New York 



IBOLI UM 



The New UADnV DDIUCT <■- IbotaX 

 Hybrid nAnUT rnlf CI Ovalifolium) 



Now lent oat for the flrat time. Inquire for farther information. 

 One-year fleld-irrown plants, $6.00 each. Summer rooted frame- 

 grown, $3.00 each. Plants in storage for immediate shipment. 



latrodacen o< BOX BARBERRY. Well rooted frame cuttings. 

 $65.00 per 1000. 



IBULIUM PRIVET THE ELM CITY NURSERY CO. ijFnr ii * VCM TAMIJ 

 Natural Habit WOODMONT NURSERIES, Uc. NtW HAVfcN, tUNN. 



IBOLIUM PRIVET 

 When Trimmed 



RASPBERRY PLANTS 



By Prepaid Mail or Prepaid Express 



Per 25 Per 25 



Cnmbcrlsad. black. $1.25 Kaasa*. black. . .$1 25 

 Grefg. black .. 1.25 Cathbert. red ... 1.25 



Coinmbiaa, purple St. Regis, e V e r - 



red 2.00 bearing red.. 2.00 



25 of each variety for $6.00, postpaid. 



CHARLES NASH NURSERY - Tbree RWen, Mich. 



the valley are holding up, while orchids 

 have registered a small decline. Potted 



Hardy Old-fashioned Plants 



Oar Spaeialty 



Speoially grown for Florists, Norsery- 

 men and Landscape Arohiteots. Prices 

 an request. 



WILLIAM TOOLE & SON ^ 



a arty Pint aU ftrnti Finn BARABOO, WTJ' 



cinerarias and primroses have sold free- 

 ly, especially the brighter hues of tne 



