.. 74 The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBEB 10, 1916. 



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 Tiiunbergii in quantity. 



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



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NURSERY HEWS. 



IICEXIOAH A8800IATZ0H OF HTB8ERTXEH. 



PrwMrat, J«ha Watam. Newark, N. T.; Tlce- 

 ptMddent. U97* 0. Stark, Leuljlama, Mo.; Sewj- 

 terr and Oeaeral Manacer, Onrtla Nre Smith, 

 Beaten, Maaa.; Treaanrar, Peter Toonfera, 

 Genera, Neb. 



The Winfield Nursery Co., Winfield, 

 Kan., is preparing to add a mail order 

 seed department. 



A CAPITAL reduction from $25,000 to 

 $10,000 has been made by the Le Clare 

 Nursery Co., of Rochester, N. Y. 



This -week's obituary contains a brief 

 sketch of the life of Samuel F. Kerns, 

 veteran nurseryman of Eugene, Ore., who 

 died October 8, at the age of 83. 



C. S. Harrison has sold his interest in 

 Harrison's Select Nursery Co., York, 

 Neb., of which he has been president, to 

 H. S. King, who has been secretary and 

 treasurer. Mr. Harrison will continue 

 to make his home in York. 



The Brand Nursery Co., Faribault, 

 Minn., has raised a set of new peonies 

 which in the course of time will make 

 the name much more widely known than 

 it is today. The reds are particularly 

 fine, at least on the home grounds. 



One of the peonies in strong demand 

 this year is Therese, a Dessert variety of 

 1904. It was offered as low as $3 per 

 plant a year or two ago, with so many 

 takers that today sales are being made 

 at retail at $7 per plant. It is a late 

 variety of largest size. 



PEOPAGATION OF BOXWOOD. 



I have some old boxwoods to take up 

 this fall and I would like to know if 

 cuttings can be taken from these and 

 rooted. How are the cuttings prepared, 

 and what is the best way to root themt 

 Any information on this subject will 

 be appreciated. P. M. — N. Y. 



I presume you refer to boxwoods 

 used for hedges. Make cuttings four 

 to six inches long and plant them in a 

 coldframe, or, better still, in a cold 

 greenhouse. They can be set quite 

 thickly. In the spring, when they are 

 calloused, plant them out in nursery 



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rows, setting the plants thickly and 

 firming them thoroughly. If the soil is 

 not damp it is best to soak the cuttings 

 well when setting them out. If you 

 take your hedges up in the spring, di- 

 vided portions can be deeply planted 

 and, if well watered, practically all 

 will root. Unrooted cuttings taken in 

 the spring will root fairly well when 

 tamped in well and kept moist for a 

 few weeks. C. W. 



PABK MEN CONVENE. 



The Officers Chosen. 



Seventy-five park superintendents, 

 presidents or other officers of park com- 

 missions forgathered at New Orleans 

 October 11 and 12 for the eighteenth 

 annual convention of the American As- 

 sociation of Park Superintendents. The 

 balloting for new officers on the second 

 day of the meeting resulted in the elec- 

 tion of the following: 



President — John J. Walsh, of Bronx 

 park. New York. 



Vice-presidents — ^Henry W. Busch, of 

 Detroit; H. W. Merkel, of New York; 

 Ernest Strehle, of St. Louis; A. Stuart, 

 of Ottawa, Can.; C. S. Brock, of Hou- 

 ston, Tex.; C. W. Davis, of Memphis, 

 Tenn. 



Secretary-treasurer — Roland Cotterill, 

 of Seattle. 



As usual, the conventionists devoted 

 a larger part of the meeting to interest- 

 ing inspection and pleasure trips, and 

 held business sessions in the morning 

 and evening. 



Playgrounds New Factor. 



This year the park men gave particu- 

 lar attention to consideration of the 

 relationship of playgrounds and parks. 



HYDRANGEAS* 



Vigorously rooted and sturdily 

 grown. Send for complete prices. 



THE CONBAD & JONES CO. 



West Grove, Pa. 



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"City Planning in Belation to Park 

 Properties," "Playgrounds in Parks 

 from a Designer's Standpoint" and 

 "The Trend of Playground Movement 

 as it Affects Parks," papers in which 

 the authors promulgated constructive 

 advice, covered the subject most thor- 

 oughly. 



The association went on record as fa- 

 voring the elimination of the abbrevi- 

 ated "Annette Kellerman" bathing 

 suits at park beaches. 



Lively voting featured the selection 

 of the next meeting place. St. (Louis 

 was heavily backed and an eloquent 

 plea for Louisville went for naught. 

 The vote stood: St. Louis 30, Louis- 

 ville 14, Hartford, Conn., 3. St. Louis, 

 therefore, won, but only after a bitter 

 fight. 



Theodore Wirth, of Minneapolis, and 

 a number of delegates remained in the 

 city after the convention to see more 

 of the historical places at old New 

 Orleans. 



PALSE ECONOMY. 



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seem to imagine that their present 

 building operations are to be their last. 

 Steam mains are installed to take care 

 of the glass now put up and no more. 

 No thought is given to possible future 

 needs, which might be taken care of by 

 slightly larger mains, or by a tee or 



