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The Florists^ Review 



November 28, 1918. 



NURSERY STOCK for Florists' Trade 



fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Small Fruits, Roses, Clematis, Phlox, Peonies, Herbaceous Perennials 



Writ* for our wholosalo trado list. 



72 YEARS Wo & T. SMITH COMPANY lOOO acres 



GENEVA. N. Y. 



Mention The ReTlew when you writo. 



RURSERY NEWS. 



AMXMIOAS A8SOOIATZ0N OF KTrBSEBTHXlT. 

 Preildent, J. B. Mayhew, Waxahacble, Tex.; 

 Tlce-preaident, J. Bdward Moon. MorrliTllle, Pa.; 

 ■ecretarjr, Charles Slaemore, Louisiana, Mo.; coun- 

 sel, Curtis Nye Smith, 10 Congress St., Boston, 

 Mass.; treasurer, J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la. 



The real estate columns of the Chi- 

 cago daily papers record a loan to "Wil- 

 liam A. Peterson, proprietor of Peterson 

 Nursery, of $80,000, payable in five 

 years, with interest at five per cent, se- 

 cured on seventy-four acres adjoining the 

 nursery. This is to enable Mr. Peterson 

 to complete a subdivision development 

 started just before the war, when Mr. 

 Peterson sold the acreage to a firm of 

 subdividers, who soon found themselves 

 in deep water. The nurseryman took 

 over the project to save anybody a loss. 



NUBSERY STOCK PRICES. 



E. B. Drake Discusses Them. 



That the law of supply and demand 

 should not operate in fixing the prices 

 of nursery stock, but that nurserymen 

 instead should base them on the cost of 

 production, is the contention of E, B. 

 Drake, proprietor of the Cumberland 

 Nurseries, Winchester, Tenn. Mr. Drake, 

 says that "nurserymen should establish! 

 a schedule of prices that are uniform 

 and then stick to them." 



"It is my conclusion that in this era 

 of better prices some business methods 

 should be devised which would lift the 

 nurseryman's price schedule above the 

 fluctuations of supply and demand, thus 

 stabilizing the business," says Mr. 

 Drake. "It seems to me that the law 

 of supply and demand is not a natural 

 law like the law of gravitation, but 

 rather a matter of business practice. 

 The price derived from supply and de- 

 mand does not represent the value, or 

 cost of production, but is a matter of 

 expediency. I believe that Adam Smith, 

 when he enunciated his law of supply 

 and demand, simply interpreted busi- 

 ness conditions and practices as he 

 found them at the time he published 

 his 'Wealth of Nations,' which was in 

 1776, before the da"ys of railroads, 

 steamships, telegraph and swift postal 

 service. I believe that it is a rule of 

 thumb that will hamper any enterprise 

 that does not realize that the whole 

 tendency of modern business is towards 

 the amalgamation of interests. 



The Law of Supply and Demand. 



"Adam Smith took land and labor as 

 the sources of all wealth. All tillers 

 of the soil, as I understand it, are ex- 

 empted from the penalties of the Anti- 

 Trust laws; they have the privilege of 

 organizing and fixing prices without 

 fear of hindrance. I believe that farm- 

 ers will take advantage of this priv- 

 ilege and you will witness the main- 



SHADE TREES, SHRUBBERY, ETC 



All kinds of hardy plants; also fruit trees of every description. 



SHADi: TBE£S Each 



Elm, American, 8-10 ft $0.85 



Elm, American, 10-12 ft 60 



Elm. American, lH-2 In 76 



Elm. American, 2-2H In 1.25 



Maple. Norway, 8-10 ft 46 



Maple, Norway, 10-12 ft 60 



Maple, Schwedleii, 6-8 ft 80 



Maple, Schwedleri, 8-10 ft 1.20 



Maple. SUver, 6-8 ft 20 



Maple, Silver. 8-10 ft 80 



Maple. W. O. Ij.. 6-8 ft 86 



Maple. W. O. Lrl. 8-10 ft 60 



Poplar. Carolina. 6-8 ft 10 



Poplar, Carolina, 8-10 ft 12 



Poplar, OaroUna, 10-12 ft 20 



Poplar, Carolina, lVi-2 In 60 



Poplar, liombardy, 8-10 ft 20 



Poplar, liombardy. 10-12 ft 80 



Poplar. Xiomlmrdy, l)&-2 In 45 



Sycamore, Am. or European, 6-8 ft 80 



Sycamore, Am. or European, 8-10 ft 40 



Sycamore, Am. or Boropean, 10-12 ft. . . .60 



TINES 



Wisterias, Assorted, 2 yr 10 



Ampelopsls Engelmannll, 2 yr 12 



Ampelopsls Qolnaaefolla, 2 yr 12 



TItU Cornelia, 2 yr 12 



SHRUBS Each 



Barberry, Thunbersll, 16-18 In 10.07 



Barberry, ThonbercU, 18-24 In 09 



Dentalas, Assorted, 2-8 ft 13 



Dentslas, Assorted, 8-4 ft 14 



ForsythU, Assorted, 2-8 ft 10 



rorsythla. Assorted, 8-4 ft 18 



Uydranvea, P. O., 16-18 In .^ OT 



Hydransea, P. O., 18-24 In 10 



Hydrangea, A. O.. 16-18 In 09 



Hydrankea, A. O.. 18-24 In .1> 



Honeysaekle, Vprlcht, 2-8 ft 13 



Honeysuckle, Upright. 8-4 ft 14 



Phlladelphns. Assorted, 2-8 ft 18 



Phliadelphos. Assorted. 8-4 ft 16 



Snowberry, White. 2-8 ft 14 



Snowberry. White. 8-4 ft 16 



Snowberry, Bed, 2-8 ft 13 



Snowberry. Bed, 8-4 ft 14 



Spiroa Blllardl. Pink, 2-8 ft 10 



Spiraea Blllardl, Pink, 8-4 ft 12 



Spiraea Blllardl, White. 2-8 ft 10 



Spiraea Blllardl, White. 8-4 ft 13 



Spiraea OpnlifoUa, 8-4 ft 16 



Spiraea Opniifolla, 4-S ft 18 



Spiraea Opniifolla Anrea, 8-4 ft 16' 



Spiraea Opniifolla Aurea. 4-6 ft 18 



Spiraea Tan Honttei. 2-8 ft 08 



Spiraea Tan Honttei. 8-4 ft 10 



WrireU. Assorted. 18-24 In 10 



Wrtseia, Assorted. 2-8 ft 13 



Remember we have a full line of Peonies, Hardy Perennials, Evergreens. 

 Write for Wholesale List. Our stock will please you. Let us prove it. 



THE FARMERS NURSERY COMPANY. 



TROY. OHIO 



PRIVET 



Over 200,000 strictly hardy Amoor River Privet North 

 our specialty. Write for special prices on 18 to 24-inch, 

 or 2 to 3-foot in 6,000, 10.000 or car lots. Strong, heavily 

 branched, the bushy kind. This strain has been grown in our nurseries in central Illinois 

 for eighteen years and has not winter killed. Also have a very choice list of the lead- 

 ing varieties of fancy ornamental shrubs. Write for list. 



U SALLE COUNTY NURSERY 



GSeo. Winter. Prop. 



U Salle, III. 



HILL'S EVERGREENS 



Best for Over Half a Century. Firs. Spruce, 

 Pines, Junipers, Arborvltaes, Yews, In small 

 and large sizes. Price List Now Ready. 



THE D. HILL NURSERY CO. 



Evergreen Specialists. Largest Growers in America 

 Box 403, Dundeo, IIL 



tenance of high price levels for all farm 

 products. 



"To dveell upon the organization of 

 labor would be to carry coals to New- 

 castle. Moreover, I believe that rel- 

 atively high wages must be allowed if 

 you get that state of mind necessary to 

 efficient work, to say nothing of con- 

 tentment. V 



"It seems to me that nurserymen 

 should establish a schedule of prices 

 that are uniform, then stick to them. 

 They have a right to unite upon a fair 

 price, and if they do not go beyond a 

 fair price in their demands they will 

 not be molested. 



"All lines of nursery stock with us 

 are in short supply and active demand, 

 and prices are better this year than 

 they have been in recent years." 



Hoadquartors for 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET AND 

 BERBERI8 THUNBERGII 



Nearly two million plants of highest grades 



We are now Ixioklng orders for 



Fall delivery. 



J. T. LOVETT, Inc. Uttio Silvor. N. J. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS 



Of Forest and Ornamental Trees. Buy now and 



store for early spring planting. 

 Write us (or prices and Mention The Review 



American Forestry Co., Pembiae, Wis. 



WM. P. STABK AT EXTBEEA. 



Confirming the report published in 

 The Review for November 21 that Wil- 

 liam P. Stark, of the Wm. P. Stark Nurs- 

 eries Co,, Neosho, Mo., has joined the 

 Cottage Gardens Nurseries, Eureka, 

 Cal., comes the following announcement 

 from Charles "Willis Ward, president of 

 the Cottage Gardens Nurseries Co.: 



' ' William P. Stark, formerly of Neo- 

 sho, Mo., has associated himself with 

 the Cottage Gardens Nurseries, Eureka, 

 Cal. Mr. Stark tKkes the position of 



