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The Florists' Review 



Adodst 8. 1910. 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET 



Over two million plants of superior quality. 



All sizes — from one foot to four feet. 



Very low prices in carload lots. / , ' 



Also Polish Privet, Amoor Privet and Berberis Thunbergii in quantity. 



J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J. 



Mention The Eertow when yoa write. 



WPRSERYWEWS. 



AMEIUCAN ASSOCIATION OF OTTSSESYICEN. 

 President, John Wateon, Newark, N. T.; Vice- 

 president, Lloyd O. Stark, Loalslana, Mo.; Secre- 

 tarr and General Manager, Curtis Nye Smith, 

 Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, Peter Tounsers, 

 Genera, Neb. 



The prices of practically all imported 

 nursery stock are to be lower than usual 

 this autumn. 



The nurseries that have landscape de- 

 partments are busy figuring on jobs that 

 seem to assure good fall and spring sea- 

 sons. 



More evergreens will be sold and 

 planted this summer than in any previous 

 August and September; also, the prices 

 will be better than usual. 



W. A. Peterson, proprietor of Peter- 

 son Nursery, Chicago, is spending much 

 of his time this summer at Winona Lake, 

 Ind., where Mrs. Peterson is interested 

 in the camp of the Bethany Girls. 



President John Watson has not yet 

 completed his committees for the Amer- 

 ican Association of Nurserymen. He is 

 making up his lists with great care, ap- 

 preciating that this is the most impor- 

 tant year in the association's history. 



Many nursery firms, say McHutchison 

 & Co., especially those doing a retail 

 trade, overlook the advantages of carry- 

 ing a full line of hardy herbaceous peren- 

 nials. In many instances the revenue 

 from the cut flowers alone pays the first 

 cost of the plant* — and the plants are 

 still ready for sale when dormant. Orders 

 can be constantly filled from them — and 

 the stock plants are still there. 



WANTS TO TSILL WEED SEEDS. 



What is the proper treatment of soil 

 in seed beds to eliminate the growth 

 of weeds? Can the soil be inoculated 

 by something that will destroy weed 

 seeds and not injure tree seeds? Is 

 there any spraying mixture that will 

 kill the weeds and not harm the little 

 seedlings f Any information you can 

 give me will be appreciated. 



D. H. N. C— 111. 



HILL'S CHOICE LANDSCAPE, DECORATIVE 

 and FORCINC STOCK for FLORISTS' TRADE 



BOXWIHFDS— Pyramids, Standards, Globes, Bnsh, Dwarf— one of oar leading spe- 

 cialties. Stocked in enormous quantities. 



BAY TREES— Standards, Half-standards, Pyramids. We can save you money and 

 grlye better quality. Let us prove it. 



HARDY TUBBED EVERGREENS— CUpped specimens in Taxus, Thuyas, Junl- 

 pems, Abies varieties. In Pyramids, Globes and natural shaped in large assortment. 



ABAUCARIAS— Best sorts, best values, in both small and large sizes, for immediate 

 effects and growing on. 



LANDSCAPE EVERGREENS AND CONIFERS— New, rare and standard 

 varieties. Small, medium and large sizes supplied in perfect specimens, with ball 

 and burlap. Largest and most extensive collection in America. 



FORCING STOCK— Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Aucubas, Sbimmla Japonlca. Hy- 

 drangeas, Lilacs, Spiraeas, Magnolias, Japanese Maples, Wistaria Chlnnnsig, Japanese 

 Flowering Cherry, Peonies, Koses, In large assortment, choicest quality, best com- 

 mercial sorts. 



WINDOW-BOX PLANTS— Hardy Coniferous Evergreens for winter use. All hardy 

 and desirable sorts, best selection, lowest prices. Also Bush Box and Dwarf Edging. 

 This line offers wide-awake florists grand opportunity to increase their sales and 

 profits. 



DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS— Oar leaders-Norway Maple, American 

 White Elm and Japanese Barberry. 



YOUNG STOCK FOR LINING OUT— Ornamental Evergreens and Deciduous 

 Trees and Shrub Seedlings, rooted cuttings, grafts, etc., in large assortment, at 

 very low prices. Annual output, 10,000,000 plants. 



Wholesale price list will be 

 mailed promptly on request. 



Write for information 

 and prices today. 



THE D. HILL NURSERY COMPANY, Inc. 



EVERGREEN SPECIALISTS n yi/\0 I\TIlurkCI? If ff 



LARGEST GROWERS IN AMERICA "OX tVO, UUrtUCjIL, IJLLi. 



WHOLESALE GROWERS AND IMPORTERS 



MentloB The Review when yea write. 



I do not know of any formula that 

 will lull weed seeds and not injure 



tree seeds. If the soil can be sterilized 

 by steam, or even by water as near 

 the boiling point as possible, and then 

 allowed to dry out before sowing, you 

 will have little trouble from weed seeds. 

 If you will bake the soil with which 

 you cover the tree seeds, the weed evil 

 will be reduced materially. It will not 

 take long to bake a good-sized pile of 

 fine loam suitable for seed covering and 

 I would suggest that you do tlus or 

 else sterilize it wlt)i fit|^or steam or 

 boiling water before using. One or 

 two formulas are used for destroying 

 fungoid growths, but these do not kill 

 weed seeds. Perhaps Review readers 

 may have some better formula for get- 

 ting rid of weeds. C. W. 



TESTS OF INSECTICIDES. 



A number of tests to determine the 

 effect of different arsenicals on the 

 foliage of peach trees and of arsen- 



icals combined with lime-sulphur solu- 

 tion on peach and bean foliage have 

 recently been conducted by the ento- 

 mologists of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. The arsenate of 

 lead was used one to fifty and two to 

 fifty and the arsenate of calcium was 

 used one to fifty. A number of poisons 

 were combined with lime two to fifty 

 and with lime-sulphur one and one-half 

 to fifty. 



Following are the conclusions of the 

 entomologists as published in Depart- 

 ment Bulletin 278, "Miscellaneous In- 

 secticide Investigations ' ' : 



"Of the arsenates of lead, the di- 

 plumbic form had no burning effect on 

 bean foliage and burned peach foliage 

 only slightly. Arsenate of lead, con- 

 sisting of a mixture of the diplumbic 

 and triplumbic forms, burned peach 

 foliage slightly, but no injury resulted 

 on bean foliage. The commercial No. 1, 

 consisting of the triplumbic form of ar- 



