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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 8, 1917. 



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.NEWYORKCITY 



THE LIRBEST HORTICULTURAL AUCTION ROOMS IR THE WORLD 



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NIIRSERY NEWS. 



AMEBIOAN A8S00XAIX0N OF mrKSE&TXZV. 

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

 president. Iil07d O SUrk, Louisiana, Ho.j Secre- 

 Ury and Counsel, Curtis Nye Smith, 19 Congress 

 St.. Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, Peter YounKers, 

 Geneva, Neb. 



Between the decrease of saloons and 

 the increase of munitions factories, the 

 daj laborer for nursery work is rapidly 

 becoming extinct. 



C. A. Simpson is head of a nursery 

 business recently incorporated at Mon- 

 ticello, Fla., under the name of United 

 Nurseries Co. The authorized capital is 

 $12,000. 



Many a nurseryman is on the anxious 

 seat over his spring imports. The Ger- 

 man U-boat blockade, if it has not de- 

 stroyed the chance of receiving the stock, 

 has made prompt arrival doubtful and 

 has raised the question of the probable 

 condition of the stock and its accept- 

 ance. 



The salesmen for the Holland export- 

 ers_ of nursery stock at present in the 

 United States are having a hard time of 

 it. The spring shipments have been so 

 delayed and there is such great uncer- 

 tainty as to their coming forward that 

 the travelers are reluctant to meet their 

 customers. 



UME-STJLPHTJR WASH. 



A good lime-sulphur wash may be 

 made for immediate use by the follow- 

 ing formula: 



stone lime 20 pounds 



Snlpluir (flour or flowers) 15 pounds 



Water to make 50 gallons 



Heat in a cooking barrel or vessel 

 about one-third" of the total quantity of 

 water required. When the water is hot 

 add all the lime and at once add all the 

 sulphur, which previously should have 

 been made into a thick paste with water. 

 After the lime has slaked, about another 

 third of the water should be added, pref- 

 erably hot, and the cooking should be 

 continued for one hour, when the final 

 dilution may be made, using either hot 

 or cold water, as is most convenient. 

 The boiling due to the slaking of the 

 lime thoroughly mixes the ingredients 

 at the start, but subsequent stirring is 

 necessary if the wash is cooked bv 

 direct heat in kettles. If cooked by 

 steam, no stirring will be necessary. 

 After the wash has been prepared it 

 must be well strained as it is being run 

 into the spray tank. It may be cooked 

 in large kettles, or preferably by steam 

 in barrels or tanks. This wash should 

 be applied promptly after preparation, 

 since, as made by this formula, there is 

 crystallization of the sulphur and hard- 

 ening of the sediment upon cooling. 



ORIGINATING NEW PEONIES. 



In propagating peonies, you can de- 

 pend but little on the plants' promises. 

 Some of them are the greatest liars in 

 the vegetable kingdom. On one occa- 

 sion a member of the staff of a leading 



HILL'S CHOICE LANDSCAPE, DECORATIVE 

 and FORCING STOCK for ELORISTS' TRADE 



BOXWOODS— Pyramids, Standards, Globes, Bosh, Dwarf— one of oar leadlnff spe- 

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 gire better quality. Let us prore it. 



HAKDT TCBBBD BVKBOKBICNS— OUpped specimens In Tazas, Thuyas, Junl- 

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ABAUCABIAS— Best sorts, best values, in both small and lar^ sises, for Immediate 

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landscape: BTBBOBEENS and CONIFEBS-Now, rare and standard 

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

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FOBCINO STOCK— Azaleas, Khododendrons, Aucnbas, Sklmmla Japonica, Hy- 

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

 Flowering Cherry, Peonies, Kosest in large assortment, choicest quaUty, best com- 

 mercial sorts. 



WINDOW-BOX PLANTS— Hardy Coniferous Evergreens for winter use. Ail 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 TKEES AND SHBUBS— Our leaders-Norway Maple, American 

 White Elm and Japanese Barberry. 



TOUN6 STOCK FOB LINING OUT— Ornamental Evergreens and Deciduous 

 Trees and Shmb 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. 



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 and prices today. 



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Iteferences: The Mercantile Agencies. Price list ready. 



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Mention The Review when yon write. 



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Boskoop, Holland 



Your correspondence and orders for 

 Holland-grown nursery stock may 

 be sent to our American branch. 



Room 1101 10 Broadway 

 NEW YORK CITY 



ROGHELLE 



Paper Pots and Dirt Band<«. See page 120. 



newspaper visited me and we found 

 among my seedlings a glorious, large, 

 double, variegated flower. Said he, "Let 

 me name that." "All right," said I, 

 and he called it Exquisite. The next year 

 that fraudulent plant had an insignifi- 

 cant single flower and ever afterward it 

 persisted in its meanness. Another one, 

 Sunbeam, was beautifully silvered, 

 sparkling in the sun, but the effort was 

 too much for it and it never came out 

 in that dress again. Golden Wedding 

 w^s a beautiful golden flower and I 

 said, "Just what I have been looking 

 fori" But the gold seemed too costly 

 and bceame a muddv vellow. 



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 trees, etc., well grown and well graded, such as 

 will satisfy your customers and build up your 



trade. 



We solicit a trial order, believing that our 

 stock, service and reasonable prices will make 

 you our regular customer. 



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SHENANDOAH NURSERIES 



D. S. LAKE, Pres. 



SHENANDOAH. IOWA 



Out of the thousands of peonies I 

 have raised, I have about ten now on 

 probation and I doubt whether I shall 

 get more than two that I shall wish to 

 bear my name. 



Many think that if their children be- 

 have well at home they will be good 

 anywhere. But I have known of peonies 

 that did well where they originated and 

 yet got the sulks when moved. 



Yet some of our growers are meeting 

 with splendid success. Eosenfield gave 

 us Golden Harvest, Richardson left ua 



