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The Florists' Review 



Mat 6, 1020 



The Clearwater Ornamental Nursery 

 Co. was recently incorporated at Clear- 

 water, Fla., with a camtal o^ $50,000. 

 The officers are: Presiofent^^/ B. Ken- 

 nicott; vice-president, J. W. McNeely, 

 and secretary-treiasurer, Angus Kenni- 

 cott. 



NtJBSERYM?fcN in the middle west are 

 execrating the weather. The cold April 

 would not have been bad except for the 

 continuous rains, which made planting 

 almost impossible. And now we are on 

 the eve of summer. It will be a short 

 planting season. 



A FOLDER, "Looking Both Ways Be- 

 fore You Buy Nursery Stock," has been 

 prepared by the A. A. N. to be sent out 

 to buyers of nursery stock. It explains 

 the standards of the associationV mem- 

 bership and solicits the buyer's coopera- 

 tion in enforcing those standards. 



RAIDS BY RODENTS. 



Considerable damage was done last 

 winter to trees, shrubs, hardy flowers 

 and bulbs by rats and mice. In some 

 sections whole beds of tulips were eaten 

 away, while trees, even such robust 

 kinds as poplars and maples, were en- 

 tirely destroyed by these troublesome 

 pests, which ate around the stems, in 

 some cases to a great height. Owing 

 to the snow hiding the depredations, the 

 damage was mostly done before any- 

 thing was noticed. Often the trees so 

 damaged were hid from view by sur- 

 rounding shrubs. 



A good preventive method is to paint 

 around the stems with whatever would 

 be objectionable to these destroyers, 

 such as creosote, lime, sulphur or kero- 

 sene. E. E. R. 



DYNAMITE FOB PLANTING. 



So numerous are the prevalent mis- 

 conceptions regarding the effect of 

 dynamite on the soil that a plain state- 

 ment of what is the actual result of 

 the explosion in the soil will set many 

 persons right. It must be understood 

 that the plan reoommended by the dy- 

 namite propaganda is to bore a hole 

 down to the substratum or subsoil, put 

 in a half stick to a stick of dynamite 

 and explode it. There are no noticeable 

 upheavals at the time of the explosion, 

 and no visible after-effects. The dyna- 

 mite demonstrators say, "Just wait and 

 see the results." 



What does dynamite accomplish? If 

 the substratum is stony, it pulverizes 

 it locally; if shaly, sandy or gravelly. 



it raises and loosens it slightly for per- 

 haps a foot and a half in each direc- 

 tion (three feet in diameter, at most) ; 

 if clay or hard pan, it batters it into 

 an impervious pot, but does not break 

 or loosen it, any more than it would 

 "break" the same kind of clay to 

 pound it with a hammer. It is thus 

 seen that the direct effects of dynamite 

 upon the soil are decidedly variable, 

 and the final biologic effects on the tree 

 are fully as variable. 



It is stated by competent authorities 

 that a good soil cannot be improved by 



dynamite, and that nothing can so im- 

 prove a soil that is not adapted to the 

 desired purpose that it will pay to 

 plant trees upon it. The growth of 

 a tree is so rapid that after a year or 

 two its roots reach beyond the area 

 in the ground of any possible effects 

 from dynamiting. Consequently, if 

 any beneficial results are obtained, they 

 are only for the first year or two, and 

 deep hand cultivation, combined with 

 manure mulch, would do as much and 

 do it cheaper. 



For the removal of stumps and stones 



Have you seen a garden bordered with 



Box-Barberry 



this spring? Every plant bright and 

 green— not a dead one. A strong con- 

 trast to the northern Buxus bordered 

 garden, now either dead or sadly wiuter 

 injured, brown and dejected looking. 



Mr. Siebrecht, the veteran plantsman, 

 on seeing the garden the other day shown 

 in accompanying illusiration. exclaimed 

 with his characteristic enthusiasm: "Mag- 

 nificent! There is a fortune in it for the 

 nurserymen." 



We offer you well rooted dormant summer frame cuttings ready to set out direct into 

 the nursery without-further expense to you at 



$65.00 per lOOO 



All sold out of larger sizes 



Many of the lea<ling catalogue firms have already contracted with us for their supply 

 for the ensuing season, and others are buyln? these frame grown plants for their own plant- 

 in-?, preparing for the enormous demand which is sure to follow. 



It is a safe statement that BOX-BARBERRY will soon be the plantsman's best seller. 



The Elm City Nursery Co. Woodmont Nurseries, Inc. 



New Haven, Conn. Introducers 



Send for Trade Bulletin 



GARDEN BORDERED WITH BOX -BARBERRY 



RIectros of this illustration free with each order 

 for 1000 or more if requested. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



HARDY PLANTS 



THE WAYSIDE GARDENS CO. 



Mentor, Ohio 



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NURSERY STOCK for FLORISTS' TRADE 



Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Small Fruits, 

 Roses/ Clematis, Phlox, Peonies, Herbaceous Perennials 



"■'■"^Tl^M^'t W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N.Y. 



74 Years 



lOOO Acres 



