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The Florists^ Review 



August 16, 1917. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AXEmOAN ASSOCIATION OF NITBSEBTXEN. 



President, Lloyd 0. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; 

 Vice-president, J. K. Maybew, Waxahachle, 

 Tex.; Secretary and Counsel, Curtis Nye Smith, 

 19 Congress St., Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, J. W. 

 HIU, Pes Moines, la.. 



Harry H. Youngs, aged 69 years, for- 

 merly in the nursery business at Troy and 

 in Miami county, O., died at his home in 

 l>ayton, O., August 4. 



Charles E. Greening, president of the 

 Greening Nursery Co., Monroe, Mich., is 

 the leader in a movement to improve a 

 road between Monroe and Toledo, O., 

 across the state line. 



Joseph Sexton, to whom the walnut in- 

 dustry of California largely owes its es- 

 tablishment, died recently at his home in 

 Qoleta, Cal. The Santa Barbara Soft 

 Shell walnut seedlings and the several 

 grafted varieties of this type were the 

 results of Mr. Sexton's work. Further 

 details are given under Obituary, 



STABK IN THE RESERVE. 



Lloyd C. Stark, president of the 

 American Association of Nurserymen, 

 is at the Army and Navy Club, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. He states that he has not 

 yet been commissioned, but is in the 

 officers' reserve for the new army. 



HOW WHOLESALERS COULD HELP. 



[Following are further extracts from an ad- 

 dress by M. R. Cashman, of Owatonna, Minn., 

 delivered at the Philadelphia convention o* the 

 American Association of Nurserymen. In the 

 first portion of his address Mr. Casbman buk- 

 gested that the association establish a bureau for 

 the betterment of trade conditions between 

 wliolesalers and retailers. ] 



One of the duties of the proposed 

 wholesalers' bureau would be to give 

 out information on many of the varie- 

 ties now being propagated. Many re- 

 tailers throughout the country are sell- 

 ing worthless varieties simply because 

 they do not know any better. These va- 

 rieties go to the planters and prove to 

 be a damage instead of a benefit. There 

 are hundreds of land-owners who at one 

 time have been ambitious to plant and 

 operate extensive commercial orchards, 

 but because they were sold worthless 

 varieties at the start they soon gave up 

 the idea, with a firm conviction that it 

 could not be made a success. This has 

 all been brought about through the fail- 

 ure of nurserymen to make a study of 

 conditions and to be prepared to fur- 

 nish the most valuable varieties that 

 would bring success to the planter. The 

 wholesalers' bureau in giving out in- 

 formation of this character, therefore, 

 could do a vast amount of good toward 

 the sale of nursery stock. 



The bureau could also be a bureau of 

 publicity, and I want to say here that 

 the nursery business seems to be the last 

 industry to recognize the wonderful re- 

 sults derived from advertising. The 

 only publicity we have today in our 

 business is that done by the traveling 

 salesman and the few catalogues mailed 

 out by the mail-order houses. The pub- 

 licity committee undoubtedly has 

 covered this subject thoroughly, so I 

 simply call your attention to it. 



Why Wholesale Prices to Everybody? 



The wholesalers' bureau could also be 

 used as a means to suppress the perni- 

 cious practices indulged in by both the 

 wholesaler and retailer. One of these, j 



Supply Your Trade with Hill Evergreens 

 for September and October Planting 



CHOICE SPECIMEN EVERGREENS (Partial List) 



Kach 10 Kach 10 



$2.00 $17.60 Red Cedar 3-4 ft., BAB... $2.25 $20.00 



1.50 13.60 WhlteSpruce 3-4 ft., BAB... 2.25 18.60 



Kost. Blue Spruce.... 8-4 ft., BAB... 5.00 



Norway Spruce 4-6 ft.. BAB... 8.00 



Am. Arbor Vltae...... 3-4 ft., BAB... 1.60 



Pyr. Arbor Vltae 3-4 ft., BAB... 1.75 



Balsam Fir 3-4 



Hemlock 2-3 



Concolor Fir 4-6 



Douglas Fir 3-4 



Juniper Canadensis.. 1-1 V2 ft., BAB 



Juniper Glauca .2-3 ft.. BAB 



Juniper SchottU 2-3 ft., BAB 



4.60 



ft.. BAB 



ft.. BAB 



ft.. BAB 



ft.. BAB... 1.76 

 1.60 

 1.75 

 2.00 



40.00 

 16.00 

 13.50 

 15.00 

 18.60 



Dwf. MughoPlne....l-l>a ft.. BAB... 1.00 



47.60 

 27.60 

 12.60 

 16.00 

 9.60 



We can also furnish a complete stock of Everjrleen seedllngrs. cuttinors and 

 transplants, also young stock for lining out and deciduous trees and shrubs. 



DECORATIVE STOCK 



WINDOW -BOX PL, ANTS — Hardy Coniferous Evergreeng for winter use. All hardy 

 and desirable sorts. This line offers wide-awake florists grand opportunity to Increase 

 their sales and profits. 



HARDY TDBBED EVERGRKENS— Well formed specimens — grown especially for 

 tubbing. (In anticipation of the shortage In Boxwoods and other decorative stock this 

 fall, we have provided a very large and complete stock.) 



JAPANESE POTTED EVERGREENS — In three sizes — well established In fancy 

 Japanese glazed pottery. 



Wholesale price list will be 

 mailed promptly on request. 



Write for information 

 and prices today. 



THE D. HILL NURSERY COMPANY. Inc. 



EVERGREEN SPECIALISTS Rav yl A*% ffllllUnFV? ■■ ■ 



LARGEST GROWERS IN AMERICA DOX 4U«J9 UUr^UElIIy ILLt 



Mention The Bevlew when yog write. 



PEONIES 



OUR FALL LIST IS READY-ASK FOR IT 



JACKSON & PERKINS COMPANY 



GROWERS OF "THE PREFERRED STOCK" 



NEWARK, - - NEW YORK STATE 



M»Btlon The BeTlew when ypn wrlta. 



Nursery Stock for Florists' Trade 



Fruit Trees. Ornamental Trees. Shrubs, 

 Small Fruits, Roses, Clematis. Phlox, 

 Peonies, Herbaceous Perennials. 



Write for our Wholesale trade list. 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, 

 71 Years Geneva* N. Y. 1000 Acres 



flFor fall, 1917, Pot-grown Hy- 

 drangea Otaksa, Thomas Hogg, 

 Souv. de Clair. 



Ask our prices before you order. 



B03 



AUDUBON 



731, 



NURSERY 



Wilmlnelion, N. C. 



and I believe the most damaging prac- 

 tice known to the nur.sery trade, is the 

 mailing out of wholesale lists to persons 

 and others not engaged in the selling, 

 or distribution, of nursery stock. I am 

 free to state that were it not for the 

 damaging effect of wholesale prices 

 made by many wholesalers to almost 

 anyone making application," we would 

 all be enjoying our share of the present 

 prosperity, instead of being compelled 

 to acknowledge that there is no money 

 in the nursery business. The retailer 

 does not comjilain of the quantity of 



PEONIES 



and General Nursery Stock 



Send for Catalogue. 



PETERSON NURSERY 



10 N. LaSallo Street, CHICAGO, lUL. 



The Storrs & Harrison Co. 



PAINESVILLE NURSERIES 



Nnnerymen, rioristt an d Seedsmen 



PAINESVILLE, OHIO 



stock supplied by means of these whole- 

 sale lists, but he does complain of the 

 vast amount of business actually lost 

 to the retailer, and, in fact, to the en- 

 tire nursery fraternity through this per- 



