84 



ment," says Mr. Nelson, "are the key- 

 stones of this year's convention. We 

 simply must get organized. If we don 't, 

 it means the same old drag along the 

 same old way. The nurserymen are 

 probably the least organized of the hor- 

 ticultural trades. The sooner we real- 

 ize what organization means, and then 

 act on it, the better off we shall be. 

 Going ahead and buying and selling for 

 oneself is suicide to the trade. All must 

 work together. The future of the trade 

 depends upon it. 



"We must remedy the great fluctua- 

 tion in prices. Unorganized we can do 

 nothing. Organized we are powerful, 

 and can make the nursery business not 

 only good for a few, but for many; not 

 only at times, but always. 



"I am confident that the convention 

 will be a huge success. It was a hard 

 pull at first with so little cooperation, 

 but nurserymen are convinced now that 

 organization spells success." 



PEONIES AT PETERSON NURSERY. 



The season of the peonies and irises 

 always brings many visitors to Peter- 

 son Nursery, Chicago, and this year has 

 been no exception. The nursery now is 

 on the edge of the growing city, only a 

 couple of miles from one of the best 

 boulevards and with a fine automobile 

 road to bring nature lovers to the en- 

 trance. Every day but Sunday visitors 

 are welcome and guides (with order 

 books in their pockets) are provided; 

 on the Sabbath the entrances are roped. 



The irises made a wonderful show 

 early in June; there were acres of them 

 so heavily in bloom that "sea of color" 

 is a literal description. A number of 

 years of selection has narrowed the list 

 to some forty varieties that are grown 

 in quantity, with numerous others un- 

 der trial. The leaders are in big blocks; 

 for instance, three rows of Monsignor, 

 the clerical velvet purple, each row more 

 than 100 feet long, a mass of color. With 

 so great a stock in each of many varie- 

 ties one wonders if the annual increase 

 does not pusli the sales department, al- 

 though no flowers could be finer for 

 home grounds, parks and boulevard 

 j)lantiug. 



The peony records go back thirty 



vears, the result being that out of over 



400 varieties tested only a few now are 



grown in quantity. In each color, white, 



(Concluded on pag e 86) 



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