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The Florists' Review 



January 18, 1917. 



California Privet 



Over two millions California Privet of finest 

 quality; in all sizes, from one to four feet. Send 

 for our new spring Trade List giving revised and 

 reduced prices. Eispecially attractive prices in 

 carload lots. The illustration shows the make-up 

 of our best grade of 2 to 3-foot size. We have 

 the largest and best stock of Cahfornia Privet of 

 any nursery upon this planet. 



Polish or Iron Clad Privet. We of- 

 fer a nice lot of this in sizes from 6 inches up to 

 3 feet. 



J. T. LOVETT, Inc. 



Little Silver, New Jersey 



;OUR TWO TO THREE FOOT PRIVET; 



Mention The Bevlew when yon •write. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AHEBICAN ASSOCIATION OF NXJBSEBYMEN. 

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

 president, Lloyd 0. Stark, Louisiana, Mo. ; Secre- 

 tary and General Manager, Curtis Nye Smitli, 

 Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, Peter Youngers, 

 Geneva, Neb. 



There will be a big gathering of nur- 

 serymen at Kansas City next week. The 

 Western Association of Nurserymen runs 

 the A. A. N. a close second in the matter 

 of general interest for the trade. 



One of tlie things the nursery trade 

 most fears for 1917 is the shortage of 

 labor. It will be bad enough in the west, 

 where agricultural operations will be on 

 a more extensive scale than usual, but it 

 will be worse in the east, where muni- 

 tions factories are paying unheard-of 

 wages to unskilled labor. 



The sixty-second annual meeting of the 

 Western New York Horticultural Society 

 will occupy the attention of Rochester 

 and other nearby nurserymen January 24 

 to 26. This is the organization of which 

 William C. Barry was president at the 

 time of his death and for twenty-seven 

 years preceding. The organization has 

 nearly 1,500 members. John Hall, for- 

 merly secretary of the A. A. N., is secre- 

 tary-treasurer. 



THE ORNAMENTAL GROWERS. 



It is probable that none of the special 

 trade organizations is doing more good 

 work for the general interest of the 

 trade than is the one known as the 

 Ornamental Growers' Association. These 

 are nurserymen who specialize in orna- 

 mentals and the reason for their organi- 

 zation was that their interests are some- 



NURSERY STOCK 



AT WHOLESALE 



A complete assortment of general nursery 

 stock- shrubs, roses, vines, shade trees, fruit 

 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. 



Our Wholesale Trade List free upon request. 



SHENANDOAH NURSERIES 



D. S. LAKE, Pres. 



SHENANDOAH. IOWA 



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HILL'S EVERGREENS 



Best for Orer Half a Oentarr. Firs, Spruce, 

 Pines, Jnnipers, Arborvltaee.Tews, In smw 

 and large sizes. Price List Now Keady. 



THK D. HILL NURSKRY CO. 



Evergreen Specialists. Largrest Growers in America 

 Box 403. DundM, IIL 



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what different from the interests of 

 those who devote most of their energies 

 to the production of fruit trees. The 

 present officers of the Ornamental Grow- 

 ers' Association are: President, William 

 Flemer, Springfield, N. J.; vice-presi- 

 dent, Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa.; 

 secretary and treasurer, C. J. Maloy, 

 Eochcster, N. Y. The executive com- 

 mittee is composed of three members in 

 addition to the president and setfretary, 

 the term of one member expiring each 

 year. The present members are Harlan 

 P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass., one year, chair- 

 man; Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa., 

 two years; Eobert Pyle, West Grove, 

 Pa., three years. 



Roses for Forcing 



Use Grootendorst's Baby Rambler 

 Roses for forcing. We ship in the 

 fall, and they bloom by Blaster or 

 Decoration Day, at a time when they 

 bring high prices. Our leading 

 varieties are Baby Rambler, Baby 

 Tausendschon, Erna Teschendorff, 

 Ellen Poulsen and Orleans. 



Place your order now for ship- 

 ment next fall. Our American 

 office will give your letters prompt 

 attention. 



F.J.Grootendorst&Sons 



Room 1101, 10 Broadway 

 New York City 



l^fentlon The Review when you write. 



PEONIES 



and General Nursery Stock 



Send for Catalogue. 



PETERSON NURSERY 



so N. LaSalle Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The BeTlew when yoti write. 



* 

 The efforts of the organization stead- 

 ily are directed toward elevating the 

 standards of business practice in the 

 trade; the effort is to improve qualities 

 and standardize practices to the end 

 that more profitable prices may be ob- 

 tained. A committee is at present at 

 work preparing a list of standard trade 



