The Rorists* Review 



NOVBMBIB 27. 1919. 



The high prices received for fruit have 

 'greatly stimulated the demand for fruit 

 trees this fall. Many nurserymen are 

 sold out. 



The greenhouses of the Plender Nurs- 

 eries, Philadelphia, Pa., for the last half 

 century on Twenty-sixth street, near 

 Girard avenue, are being torn down to 

 make way for a garage building. 



OAUFOBNIANS ELECT. 



Annual Meeting at Ohlco. 



At the convention of the California 

 Association of Nurserymen at Chieo No- 

 vember 13 to 15 J. E. Bergtholdt, of 

 New Castle, was elected president; H. 

 A. Hyde, of Watsonville, vice-president; 

 W. R. Wood, of San Dimas, second vice- 

 president; L. H. Elmer, of San Jose, 

 third vice-president; James Mills, Jr., 

 of Hamilton City, fourth vice-president; 

 George C. Roeding, of Fresno, fifth vice- 

 president, and Henry W. Kruckeberg, 

 of Los Angeles, secretary-treasurer. 



The directors for the coming year are 

 J. E. Merriweather, of Ontario, chair- 

 man; B. M. Teague, of San Dimas; Leon- 

 ard Coates, of Morganhill; W. T. Kirk- 

 man, Jr., of Fresno, and H. J. Shearer. 



The next convention will be held at 

 Fresno. 



The most important action taken by 

 the nurserymen was the organization of 

 a $100,000 corporation to raise select 

 nursery stock. A committee composed 

 of George C. Roeding, of Fresno; M. J. 

 Crow, of Gilroy; William T. Kirkman, 

 J. E. Bergtholdt and H. A. Hyde was 

 named to meet in San Francisco next 

 month and perfect the organization. 

 The corporation was the suggestion of 

 William T. Kirkman, Jr., the retiring 

 president. 



The Japanese question came in for 

 discussion in connection with a tele- 

 gram from Senator Phelan, and a resolu- 

 tion was passed urging the calling of a 

 special session of the legislature to con- 

 sider the Japanese question. It was 

 pointed out that Japanese nurserymen 

 are competing with members of the as- 

 sociation. It was proposed by Senator 

 Phelan that a boycott against the prod- 

 ucts of Japanese labor be established, 

 but this suggestion was not acted upon. 



MAHONIA AND THE QUARANTINE. 



In The Review of October 30, under 

 the head of Usinger's Utterances, men- 

 tion is made of Mahonia Aquifolium as 

 a dangerous barberry. As the natural 



habitat of this shrub is the Pacific coast, 

 where it is highly priced in landscape 

 plantings, the writer would like to 

 knots- wherein it is dangerous. Maybe 

 your correspondent has confounded it 

 with Berberis vulgaris, the host of the 

 wheat rust, I believe. D. M. — Ore. 



The item was as follows: 



L. R. Taft, of the Michigan Agricultural Col- 

 lege, is looking up stray plants of the dangerous 

 barberry, Mahonia Aquifolium, In Bay City and 

 Saginaw, Mich. He found a few In both cities. 

 Professor Taft says, "The state of Michigan Is 

 quickly getting rid of this dangerous shrub. The 

 state department has the hearty co-operation of 

 the people In this work, and except In Isolated 

 districts the work Is almost over." 



While mahonias are not so subject to 

 the attack of the black stem rust as 

 are some other species of barberries, 

 they are a host of this disease, the flow- 

 ers and fruits in particular being subject 

 to attack. It is true that the disease 

 is seldom if ever serious enough to cause 

 any great injury to the mahonia itself, 

 but even though the rusted spots are 

 no larger than the head of a pin, the 

 cluster cups may contain thousands of 

 spores which will spread the disease to 

 the grains and grasses. 



The persons who assert that the com- 

 mon barberry only is covered by the 

 prohibitions are mistaken. Last spring 

 the Federal Horticultural Board had a 

 hearing, at which it was established 

 that certain species of mahonia, as well 

 as about thirty species of barberry 

 proper, are attacked by this disease, and 

 at the recommendation of the board 

 Secretary of Agriculture Houston gave 

 notice of a quarantine (Quarantine No. 

 38, dated April 15, 1919) against the 

 movement of such barberries and ma- 



honias from the eastern and southern 

 states into the north central states, in 

 which an attempt is being made to erad- 

 icate the barberries and mahonias. 

 The preamble of the quarantine notice 

 reads as follows: "The fact haa been 

 determined by the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture and notice is hereby given that the 

 common barberry, Berberis vulgaris, 

 and its horticultural varieties, as well 

 as other species of berberis and ma- 

 honia, are capable of harboring the 

 black stem rust of wheat, oats, barley, 

 rye and many wild and cultivated 

 species of grasses." The quarantine 

 notice specifically mentions the follow- 

 ing species of mahonia as included 

 among those which are subject to at- 

 tack: Mahonia Aquifolium, M. diversi- 

 folia, M. glauca and M. repens. This 

 shows the opinion of the experts of 

 the Department of Agriculture, who 

 have made a special study of the mat- 

 ter. 



In Michigan the law provides for the 

 destruction of Mahonia Aquifolium 

 and such other species as are subject to 

 the attack of the black stem rust. Sev- 

 eral of the other states also have quar- 

 antines against barberries and ma- 

 honias. In Illinois, the eradication no- 

 tice which covers the common barberry 

 excludes the Japanese barberry and 

 mahonias, unless actually infected with 

 the rust. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Market. 



The greater part of the chrysanthe- 

 mums are gone, leaving the market in a 

 rather depleted condition. Some late 



Nataral Habit 



IBOLIUM 



The New UiDnV DDI\ICT (L. IbotaX 

 Hybrid nAnUl rnlfCl Ovallfolium) 



Now seat out for the first time. Inquire for further information. 

 One-year field-grrown plants, $6.00 each. Sumpier rooted frame- 

 grown, $3.00 each. 



htredaccr* a< BOX BARBERRY. Well rooted frame cuttings, 

 $65.00 per 1000. 



THE ELM CnY NURSERY CO. urXU UAVCM mMM 

 WOODMONT NURSERIES, Inc. WtW HAYbn, LUWW. 



WkcaTtnusad 



FARMERS NURSERY CO, 



Troy, O. 



FRUIT TREES, 

 ORNAMENTALS, 

 SHRUBS, PERENNIALS 



GET OUR 

 PRICES 



NURSERY STOCK for Florists' Trade 



Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Small Fruits, Roses, Oematis, Phlox, Peonies, Herbaceous Perennials 



Writ* for our wholooalo trado list. 



73 v»R. W. & T. SM IT H CO M P A N Y too. acm 



GENEVA, N. Y. 



