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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 11, 1920 



gestion has often obstructed all business 

 in this line, especially for plants with 

 balls of soil." 



PRODUCmON AND PRICES. 



In his address at Boston, C. E. Burr, 

 retiring president of the New England 

 Nurserymen 's Association, emphasized 

 the necessity of maintaining the present 

 prosperity of the trade by attention to 

 the matters of production and prices. 

 He stated: 



"Production is a matter that we, as 

 nurserymen, ought not to lose sight of. 

 Eight now we are in a prosperous way, 

 more so than we have been in the last 

 five years. We ought now to be where 

 we can pay our bills promptly when 

 they are due. In spite of the high cost 

 of labor, we are doing a good business 

 and we are getting a fair price for our 

 stock — perhaps not as much as items 

 in other lines, for the reason we haven 't 

 had nerve enough to ask it, but I be- 

 lieve that now is the time we ought to 

 get out our pencil and go to figuring, 

 rigure on a basis of profit. Figure on 

 a basis where we can pay our employees 

 decent wages. Figure that you are go- 

 ing to continue to work on a business 

 basis, and do not go into the wholesale 

 business of overplanting in the next two 

 or three years. 



"Berberis Thunbergii is in good de- 

 mand today. It probably will bring 

 $120 to $150 per thousand for 18-inch 

 to 24-inch at wholesale and on that 

 price there is a little margin. Now, if 

 we, in the next year or two, bring it 

 back to 5 or 6 cents, who under the 

 heavens can get a living on it at that 

 price f There are many other items that 

 are bringing a fair price today and we 

 should not go ahead and overplant. 

 Let's make this business a mercantile 

 business. Give the customer a fair 

 deal, grow good stock, grade it right 

 and work along on mercantile prin- 

 ciples. 



"At the ornamental growers' meet- 

 ing in New York the standardization of 

 prices came up, and they are going to 

 do something in order to have a basic 

 price. There is no reason why Tom 

 Jones, in Manchester, N. H., can't get 

 as much for his stock as Tom Smith, in 

 Providence, E. I. We all handle more 

 or less the same stock. The agency man, 

 as a rule, sells throughout the country, 

 with few exceptions, at the same prices, 

 and the agent has no competition. Then 

 why can't the catalogue men, landscape 

 men and dealers in nursery stock get 

 together and have a like price! We 

 shall then have a better standing with 

 the buyers and shall work more harmo- 

 niously with one another." 



ASPARAGUS 



SPRENGERI, 2-in.. 3c: 3-in., 7c. 



Daisies. Marguerites, 2k-in., 4c. 

 Meaembryanthemunu, large pink. 2ia in., 



S5.00 per 100. 

 Dracaena Indlvlsa, 4-in., 26c. 

 Piimola Obconlca, 6-in., S4.00 per doz. 

 Anthericnm Mandalaniun, 3-in., 8c; 4-in., 



16c. 

 Cleveland Cherry Seedlings. May del., 



11.60 per 100. prepaid; tl2.00 per 1000. 

 Cleveland Cherry Seed, SOc tr. pkt. 

 Orange Queen Cherry Seed, eoc tr. pkt. 

 Tobacco Stems, per bale of about 176 lbs., 



$3.60; per ton, S28.00. 



Abby Ave. Greenhouses 



DAYTON, OHIO 



IffenHon The Reriew when you write. 



Bedding Plants 



For Immediate Shipment 



ACHYBANTHGBS. 



Booted Cattlngfl, fl.50 per 100, $12.00 per 

 1000. 



BU:MUELT..I:BI. Light red, shading 

 darker red at edge of the foliage; me- 

 dium height. 



BBIIXIANTISSIMA. Light red; very 

 brilliant; dwarf, compact grower. 



PANACHE UE BAILEY. A new and de- 

 sirable variety of compact growth; foli- 

 age green and yellow, crimson veinlngs. 

 Predominating color, yellow. A worthy 

 companion to Brilliantlssima. 



FORMOSA. Yellow on light green back- 

 ground; vigorous growth. 



AGEBATUM, Floas Flower. 



Booted Cuttings, $1.S0 per 100, $12.00 per 

 1000. 



FBASEBI. A splendid new variety which 

 flowers freely under conditions that 

 merely produce foliage in older vari- 

 eties. Color, bright blue; semi-dwarf 

 habit similar to Princess Pauline. Un- 

 doubtedly the best variety for bedding. 



PEBFECTION. A more moderate-grow- 

 ing variety, the deepest blue In color. 



FBINCESS PAUUNE. A combination of 

 blue and white in the same flower. 



STELLA GUBNEY. Bright blue; vigor- 

 ous growth. 



ALTEBNANTHEBA. 



214-Inch pots, 7Se dosen, $5.00 per 100, 



$40.00 per 1000. 

 AUBEA NANA. Bright yellow foliace; 



the most compact and the best variety 



in its color. 

 BBIIXLANTISSDfA. A valuable new 



Alternanthera. red and yellow In color, 



with broad leaf. 

 PABONYCHIOIDES. A most desirable 



kind, of dwarf habit; orange red and 



crimson, shaded green. 



COLBUS, Fancy Yarieties. 



Booted Cuttings, $1.S0 per 100, $14.00 per 

 1000. 



AMEBICAN. BEAUTY. Red, green and 

 yellow. 



ANNA FFISTEB. Bright yellow, marked 

 crimson. Neat and compact in growth; 

 very desirable for dwarf edging or car- 

 pet-bedding. 



BLIZZABD. Deep maroon, edged with 

 green. 



HUBBICANE. Light reddish center, 

 mottled with maroon. Edge of leaf 

 green. 



JOWS PFISTEB. Bright crimson, edged 

 with gold. Compact In growth. Com- 

 panion variety to Anna Pflater. 



NEPTUNE. Green with mottling of red. 



PBINCE EDWABD. Reddish center, 

 shading deep crimson. Edge of leaf 

 green. 



SABONI. Red with faint edging of yel- 

 low. 



COLEUS. Two Good Fancies. 



Booted Cuttings, $2.50 per 100, $20.00 per 



1000. 214-inch pots, $6.00 per 100, $50.00 



per 1000. 

 BBILLIANCY. A combination of red and 



gold. 

 SALVADOB. Deep, velvety crimson with 



prominent vermilion center, effectively 



bordered with light green. 



COLEUS, Best Bedders. 



Booted Cuttings, $1.60 per 100. $12.00 per 

 1000. 214 -inch pots, $SJM> per 100, 

 $80.00 per 1000. 



BECKWITH'S GEM. Center velvety 

 maroon, bordered with red; the edge is 

 green changing to creamy yellow at the 

 point of the leaf. 



DUNEIBA. A magnificent Coleus. A 

 flne, showy bedder standing the sun as 

 well as Verschaffeltii. In color It Is. a 

 combination of various shades of crim- 

 son. 



FIBEBBAND. Bright maroon. 



GOLDEN BEDDEB. Golden yellow; ths 

 old original, true to name. 



LOBD ALVEB8TONE. Velvety plum 

 with yellow, green and pink markings. 

 A handsome combination. Has a con- 

 stitution that will resist sunscald and 

 drought. 



LOBD PALMEBSTON. A beautiful vari- 

 ety that Immediately commands ad- 

 miration. Deep maroon center with 

 dark crimson venation. 



QUEEN VICTOBIA. Cardinal rea with 

 distinct golden border. 



YBBSCHAFFELTn. The standard crim- 

 son. 



ENGLISH IVY. 



Invaluable evergreen variety, used for 



covering graves where other plants will 



not thrive because of shade. BzcsUsnt 



for covering walls, etc. 



2^-inch pots, OOo dos., $6.00 per 100, 

 isO.OO per 1000; 8-inch pots, $1.50 doc 

 $10.00 per 100, $90.00 per 1000; 4-lneh 

 pots, $2.00 dox., $15.00 per 100; 4-lnflh 

 selected, $2.50 to $8.00 dox., $20.00 to 

 $25.00 per 100. 



PABLOB lYY, German Ivy. 

 A trailing vine; not hardy; valuable 



for vase work and for window boxes. 



Booted Cuttings, $1.50 per 100, $i;S.00 per 

 1000. 



MABGUEBITE, Paris Daisy. 

 For outdoor bedding, grown as pot 



plants or for cutting. Marguerites are 



among the most useful flowering plants. 



Booted Cvttinss, $2.50 per 100, $20.00 per 

 1000; 2^-inch. 75e dos., $5.00 per 100, 

 $40.00 per 1000. 



SINGLE WHITE. Similar In growth to 

 Mrs. F. Sander, but with single row of 

 petals. 



PETUNIA. Assorted Doable. 



Booted Cuttings. $2.50 per 100, $20.00 per 

 1000; 2% -inch pots, 75c dos., $5.00 p«r 

 100, $45.00 per 1000. 



SALVIA. 



Booted Cuttings, $1.50 per 100, $12.00 per 

 1000. 



AMEBICA. New. A dwarf variety that 

 will supersede Zurich and others of that 

 type. Dwarf, compact habit; very tree 

 and early in bloom. Ws consider this 

 th e bes t for bedding. 



BONFIRE. A compact variety growing 

 to a height of about two feet. Heavy 

 flower-spikes of brightest scarlet. 



SPLENDBN8. A tall-growlng variety; 

 immense flower-spikes of daszllng scar- 

 let. 



ZUBICH. An extremely free-flowering, 

 dwarf variety. The plants commence 

 to bloom early and contlnae until 

 checked by frost. Very bright scariet. 



VINCA VABIEGATA, TraiUng TarleClss. 



Very valuable for window boxes, etc. 



This is the most popular climbing plant 



with variegated foliage. 



Booted Cuttings, $1.50 per 100. 912.00 p«v 

 1000; 2^-inch pots, 75« dos.. $6.00 par 

 100, $50.00 per 1000; S-lneh pets, fCOO 

 dos.; $8.00 per 100; $75.00 per lOOit 4- 

 inch pots, ^.00 dos.; $15.00 per lOOj 4> 

 inch selected, $2.50 dos., $20.00 per 100. 



SEYEBAL THOUSAND PLANTS. 



GENISTA CANABIENSIS. Bright. Clear 

 yellow flowers, S-inoh pots, $15.00 per 

 100. 



ACACIA PABADOXA. 2%-ineh pots, 

 $8.00 per 100. 



A. N. riERSON, Inc. - - Cromwell, Conn. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Ampelopsis Veitchii 



From 214-inch pots - - - $8.00 per 100; $75.0O per 1000 



JACKSON & PERKINS COMPANY 



NEWARK, NEW YORK 



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