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The Florists^ Review 



Pdcvmbbb 6, 1918. 



NURSERY STOCK for Florists' Trade 



Fruit Trees, Ornamentat Trees, Shrubs, Small Fruits, Roses, Ckmatis, Phlox, Peonies, Herbaceous Perennials 



Writ* for our whol«Ml« trad* list. 



72 Y».. W. & T. SMITH COMPANY 



GENEVA. N. Y. 



1000 ACRES 



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RURSERY NEWS. 



AXZBIOAN ASSOOIATIOM OF NimSEXTXEN. 



President, J. B. Mayhew, Waxahactale, Tex.; 

 Tlce-presldent, J. Edward Moon, MorriaTllle, Pa.; 

 •ecretary, Ohariea SUemore, Loulalana, Mo.; coun- 

 ael, Ourtla Nye Smith, 19 ConsreBS St,, Boston, 

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



It is the general opinion among nurs- 

 erymen that there is to be at once the 

 greatest demand ever known for orna- 

 mentals. 



OsBORN G. Austin, proprietor of the 

 Beacon Hill Nursery, San Diego, Cal., 

 has bought the nursery department of the 

 Harris Seed Co., of that city, of which 

 he has been manager for the last five 

 years. He has enlarged the business of 

 this department considerably and is grow- 

 ing much of his stock at Encanto, where 

 he has extensive grounds. He handles 

 the bulk of the fruit tree business of that 

 section, as well as the landscape work. 

 He has a large shipping trade as well. 



SHORTAGE OF NURSERY STOCK. 



Demand Exceeds Supply. 



"We can not remember in the his- 

 tory of our concern any year when we 

 have experienced so general a shortage 

 of nursery stock as this year," writes 

 B. Loss, sales manager of the Jewell 

 Nursery Co., Lake City, Minn. "One 

 can hardly point to a single item in 

 the fruit line which is not unusually 

 scarce. When such is the case here in 

 the central west, where the fruit plant- 

 ing does not measure up to that of the 

 east or west, we can imagine that condi- 

 tions are even worse in those sections. 

 Apples, which for several years have 

 been a drug on the market, at present 

 are more than treble the normal price. 

 We do not consider that this shortage 

 is due to any extent to increased con- 

 sumption. We think it is caused rather 

 by under-propagation. 



An Optimistic Outlook. 



"When the war commenced, we an- 

 ticipated a shortage of labor and con- 

 ditions similar to such as those expe- 

 rienced in Europe and we laid our plans 

 accordingly. We presume that every 

 other nurseryman in America did the 

 same thing and some of them went 

 further than we, and this, we think, ac- 

 counts for some of the shortages. Last 

 spring we were certain that at the end 

 of this business year we would find our- 

 selves with an immense surplus of orna- 

 mentals in all varieties, but, exclusive 

 of shade trees, we are stripped this year 

 even of shrubs and perennials more 

 completely than we have been for a long 

 time. We have a few shade trees left, 

 but we commence to think that they 

 may be good property yet and we are 

 not at all anxious to clean up these. 



"Looking forward, we have overy rea- 



A Word From Holland 



To American Importers 



Recent cabled advices from our home office at Boskoop inform us that 

 the folks at home are ready to accept orders for Holland-grown 

 nursery stock, and anticipate no difficulty in shipping during the 

 coming spring. 



We can furnish reasonable quantities of Rhododendrons, Buxus, Ret- 

 inospora, Juniperus, Thuya, Spruces, Japanese Maples, Clematis and 

 Dutchman's Pipe; in fact, we will be able to supply nearly all of Hol- 

 land's specialties. 



We have not lacked for labor in our nurseries, therefore the stock has 

 been properly cultivated and kept in the very best condition and your 

 orders will be filled from this superb stock. Send us your want-list 

 for quotations. 



Our wholesale catalogue is now in progress; a copy will be mailed on 

 request. 



All communications should be addresed to our New York office. 



F. J. Grootendorst & Sons 



(OF BOSKOOP, HOLLAND) 



10 BROADWAY 



ROOM 1101 



NEW YORK CITY 



Mi 



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PRIVET 



Over 200,000 strictly hardy Amoor River Privet North 

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

 or 2 to 3- foot in 5,000, 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. 



LA SALLE COUNTY NURSERY 



Geo. Winter, Prop. 



La Salle, 



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HILL'S EVERGREENS 



Beet 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, Dundee, IIL 



son to believe that 1919 is going to be 

 a splendid year for the nursery busi- 

 ness, not particularly in sales, because 

 1917 sales were a record, but because 

 expenses will be less. There is every 

 reason to believe that the sales will 

 measure up to those of 1917, taking it 

 all in all, and we feel optimistic over 

 the prospects for the coming season 

 and immensely thankful that we have 

 been able to go through the war sea- 

 sons, not as we expected, but infinitely 

 better. ' ' 



THE NXTBSERYMAN'S CHANCE. 



End of War to Bring Prosperity. 



With the return of peace, and the re- 

 lease of experienced nursery labor from 

 military service and the factories doing 



Headquarters for 

 CALIFORNIA PRIVET AND 

 BERBERIS THUNBERGII 



Nearly two million plants of highest grades 



We are now booking orders for 



Fall delivery. 



J. T. LOVETT. Inc. Uttle Silver, N. J. 



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SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS 



Of Forest and Ornamental Trees. Buy now and 



store for early spring planting. 

 Write usforpHcesand Mention The Review 



American Forestry iCo., Pembine, Wis. 



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war work, a period of exceptional pros- 

 perity is in prospect for the nursery 

 trade of the United States. Such is the 

 belief of Alfred E. Kobinson, vice- 

 president and general manager of the 

 Breck-Robinson Nursery Co., Lexington, 

 Mass. 



"There is a general feeling in the 

 nursery trade that the demand for high- 

 grade ornamentals will exceed the sup- 

 ply the coming season," says Mr. Kobin- 

 son. "Roses for outdoor planting are 

 practically all in the hands of the larger 



