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The Florists' Review 



Decbmbek 14, 191G. 



NURSERY STOCK for Florists' Trade 



FRUIT TREES. ORNAMENTAL TREES. SHRUBS. SMALL FRUITS. ROSES. CLEMATIS. PHLOX. PEONIES. HERBACEOUS 

 PERENNIALS. AMPELQPSIS VEITCHII. CALIFORNIA PRIVET. BARBERRY THUNBERGII 



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W. & T. SMITH COMPANY 'o«»o *"es 



70 YEARS 



GKNXVA. NBW TORK 



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NURSERY NEWS. 



IHBSIOAH ABSOOXATIOV Or WBSEKYXEH. 

 Prwldent, Jobs Wation, Newark, N. T.; Vice- 

 prasldent, Uoyd 0. Stark. lioaiilau. Mo.; Secre- 

 tary and General Manager, Onrtfa Nre Smith, 

 Boaton, Maaa.; Treaanrer, Peter Tonnkera, 

 GeneTa, Meb. 



One of the miiseiyiiioii 's bijjf problems 

 last season was that of lalior and it ]ironi- 

 ises to lie worse when the sprinj:; season 

 of 1917 ojjeus. 



TiiK French nurserymen will devote 

 more attention than usual to solicitiuy; 

 American trade this year, as the United 

 states is about tiie only 0]>en market of 

 consequence. The production of stock 

 has iK'en kept up despite the shortajje of 

 labor, to a ])oint where the quantity buyer 

 can drive a siooil Itartiain. 



NEW NATIVE JUNIPERS. 



Oeorge B. Sudworth, dendrologist of 

 V. S. Department of Agriculture Forest 

 Service, lias su^'j^ested tlie foilowin<r 

 names for four new types of the juniper 

 family: .Iuni|)erus Virginiana pyra- 

 midiformis Ilillii, .Juniperus sc()])ulorum 

 ar^entea Ilillii, .luniperns scopuloriini 



Selected 

 Varieties 



PEONIES 



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PETERSON NURSERY 



stock Exchange BIdg.. CHICAGO. ILL 



flFor Fall 1916 we offer a com- 

 plete list of Shade Trees, Shrubs 

 and Evergreens. Will be pleased 

 to submit prices. 



AUDUBON NURSERY 



F. O. Box 781, WllmlnKton. H. C. 



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HILL'S EVERGREENS 



Best for Over Half a Centnry. Firs, Spmce, 

 Pines, Junipers, Arborrltaes.Tews, In small 

 and large sizes. Price lAst Now Keady. 



THK D. HILL NURSKRY CO. 



Evergreen Specialists. Largest Growers in America 

 Box 403, Dundee, IIL 



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jiyramidalis viridifolia Ilillii, Juniperus 

 sco)>ulorum horizontalis Hillii. 



These junii)ers are ilistinct in form 



IMPORTS OF PLANTS AND BULBS FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR. 



'file Ke\i(>w of Auyust L'4, pai^c 7d, contained 

 and vabies of ail kinds of jdaiits and liulbs iinportei 

 of the fiscal year l)ejfinninj^ .Inly 1, Wl'>, with tlie 

 of November 9, page 76, continued the statistics to 

 records for each quarter were given sejiarately, as 

 Department of Commerce. In the following table 

 rejiorts aie combined, so as to jiresi iit a statement o 

 of ]>laiit and bull) for the entire fiscal year, .Inly J, 1 



Kntos 



Articles. of Duty. 



Pliints. l)ull)s. trees, shrubs aiij vinos: 



liulbs, mature inothcr tlnwcrinjr, iniportrd ex- 

 clusively for iiropngatiufr purposes (thou- 

 sands) Free 



I'ruit iilants, trnjiicnl and seniitrdpicnl, for the 



purjKise (if iiropnsation <ir lullivation . . . . Free 



Hep roots for cultivat ion Free 



Hyacinth tiullis. astiltie. <lielyfr:i and lily of 



the valley clumps (thousands) '. . . . .«J..")0 M 



l.ily bulbs and calla bulbs or cornis (thou- 

 sands ) S.") .\1 



7.il,\' iif the valley jiips, tulijis, narcissus, becc- 



ni.'i and (.'loxinia bulbs i thiiiisan<ls i .$1 M 



<lr(lii(ls, jialius and Azalea Indicii '2'>'/, 



I»o. (reci|irocity treaty with Cuba) 25';; — 20',;, 



Do. (from I*hiiip]iine Islands) Free 



I'eo!iy, herbaceous. Iris Kivinpferi or Ceruian- 

 ica. canna. dahlia and auiaryllis liulbs 

 ( tliousauds) ' $10 M 



Plants, trees, shrubs, roots, seed cane and 

 seeds imported by the Department of Agri- 

 culture of the Tnited States P.otanic (Jar- 

 den Free 



Rose plants, lnulded. (rrafted or prown on thi-ir 



own roots (number) 4c ciK h 



Slocks, cuttinjrs and seedlings: 



Fruit and ornamental trees, decidudus and 

 evergreen shrubs and vines, and all trees, 

 shrubs, jilants and vines commonly known 

 as nursery or creenhouse stock, u. s. p. t. iri'/r 



Do. (recijirocity treaty with Cuba) 157< — 20'; 



Myrcibolan jiluni. Mahaleb or Mazzard cherry, 

 .Manetti inultiflora and brier r<ise, Kosa 

 iiiposa, .S years old or less (thousands).. SI M 

 Pear, ajijile, ipiince and the St. .liilien ]iIutu, 



.'f years old or less (thousands) .*! M 



Tea idants Fcee 



All other bulbs, roots, root stocks, corms and 

 tubers which are cultivated for tlieir flow- 

 ers or foliape (thousands) UOf -M 



Total ) Free 



I Dutiable 



a table showing the ipiantities 



I dining the lirst three (]uarters 



■ duties (-(ijlocted. The lieview 



the end of the fiscal year. The 



compiled by the T'nited States 



the amounts in the (juarterly 



f the t<ital imports of each kind 



!»l.j, to June '.W, 19 Hi: 



July 3. 1015, to .Tune m, lOlO. — - 



Qiuiutity. Value. Duty, 



2,172 !? 12,024 

 1,.320 



2.-?. TOO 



10, (Ml 



144, TO.-? 



430,107 

 2,*>,"i,005 



$ 59.407.50 

 .-).'i.20.-..00 



1,858 



1.201,4.^5 144. to:!. 00 



;{7:i.:ns 93..S20..50 



4,0H1 900,20 



2,805 



07,801 



18,580.00 



112,400.88 



120,T05.T5 

 .'{;i.T2 



18,8,-5.00 

 S.TTO.OO 



2.3,.SOO.OO 

 $654„')0a.21 



Selected Forcing-grade Roses 



Climbers, extra strong, $15.00 per 100. 

 Excelsa (Red Dorothy Perkins), Crimsoa 

 Rambler, Americiu Pillar, Dorothy Per- 

 kins, Climbing American Beauty, Lady 

 Gay. 



BABY ROSES 



$15.00 per 100, except as noted, 

 .lessie. Orleans, Baby Rambler, 

 Mrs. Cutbush, Ellen Poulsen, 



Echo (flower like Tausendschon, extra 

 fine), $1S.00 per 100. 



JACKSON & PERKINS CO., Newark. New York 



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HYDRANGEAS* 



Vigorously rooted and sturdily 

 grown. Send for complete prices. 



THE CONARD & JONES CO. 



West Qrove, Pa. 



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F. J. Grootendorst & Sons 



Boskoop, Holland 



Your correspondence and orders for 

 Hoi land -grown nursery stock may 

 be sent to our American branch. 



Room 1101 10 Broadway 

 NEW YORK CITY 



SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI 

 HYDRAN6E« P. G.. Etc. 



Iris, Ancfflones, Poppies, Hollyhocks, Etc 



Big stock, splendid plants. Wholesale list free 



LEWIS ROESCH, Box X. EREDONIA, N. Y. 



If ration Tb« ReTl«w wb«D yon writ*. 



and color. J. VirgiiHana pyraiiiidi- 

 foriiiis Hillii i.s a neat, coniiiact pyra- 

 midal typo of the IMatto river cedar. 

 The specimen was found growing in a 

 block of .Juniperus Virginiana ]iroduced 

 from seedlings from the hardy, rapid 

 growing I'latte river type of the red 

 cedar. It is somewhat similar in form 

 and habit of growth to .Junij)erus 

 Sinensis stricta and offers the lovers of 

 fine conifers a hardy, rapid growing 

 juniper which is native of soils and 

 conditions over a large jiortion of the 

 Ignited States. 



Juniperus scojniloium argentea Hillii, 

 .Tuniperus scoj>ulorum ]) y r a m i d a 1 i s 

 viridifolia Hillii and .Juniperus scopu- 

 lorum horizontalis Hillii are three 

 forms selected from i)lants grown from 

 seeds gathered by D. Hill, ])resident of 

 the D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee, 111., 

 from the beautiful silvery tinted juni- 

 per growing in the Rocky mountains, 



.Juniperus scopulorum argentea is a 

 compact, narrow, jiyramidal form, show- 

 ing a fresh silvery foliage. .Juniperus 

 sco])ulorum pyraniidalis viridifolia is 



