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The Rorists^ Review 



Januarx 20, 1921 



The shortage of ornamentals seems 

 general and without prospect of early 

 relief. 



Trees and shrubs, as well as florists' 

 plants, were increased to first-class rates 

 by the express company last week, as told 

 on page 19 of this issue. 



MICHIGAN is t^e first state to offer a 

 reward for planting nut trees beside 

 highways. In Europe the profit from 

 roadside nut trees assists in maintain- 

 ing roads. 



A MEETING of the Wisconsin State Hor- 

 ticultural Society was held at Madison, 

 Wis., January 13. Among interesting 

 papers on the program was one by G. M. 

 Brand, of the Brand Nursery Co., Fari- 

 bault, Minn., on "The Peony." 



Once upon a time advertising orders, 

 like contributions to charity, were given 

 because someone asked for them. Now, 

 however, all but a few business men buy 

 space with as definite idea of what they 

 are to receive as when they purchase a 

 bill of goods. 



The Breck-Kobinson Co., Lexington 

 Mass., have leased ten acres from the 

 city farms of Norfolk, Va., and will ex- 

 periment with rose growing as soon as the 

 weather will permit. If experiments 

 prove successful, there are tentative plans 

 to take over a large tract of land to be 

 planted to roses. 



Property occupied by the Elm City 

 Nursery Co. at New Haven, Conn., was 

 sold for $80,000, January 10, by the own- 

 er and will be used for dwelling houses. 

 The Elm City Nursery Co. has moved its 

 entire establishment and has now united 

 the New Haven and Woodmont branches 

 at the latter place. 



The Jewett Nurseries, at Sparta, Wis., 

 have been purchased by N. W. Ellis from 

 Z. K. Jewett & Co. This business was 

 started about 1860 by Z. K. Jewett and 

 has been owned by this family until the 

 change now reported. Arthur J. .Tewett 

 had been conducting the nurseries for the 

 last few years. Manager Roberts, it has 

 been expected, will continue under the 

 new regime. 



State Forester G. M. Homans, Cali- 

 fornia, announces that work will com- 

 mence at the state nursery at Davis, Cal., 

 as soon as the winter rains subside. It 

 is planned to propagate enough deciduous 

 hardwood trees to line both sides of the 

 state highways of California, north and 

 south. The trees to be used include the 

 maple, ash, elm, Lombardy poplar, Euro- 

 pean t^ycamore and black walnut. 



The Association of Horticultural In- 

 spectors held its annual meeting at Kent 

 hall, University of Chicago, December 30. 

 C'liairnian J. G. Sanders, Harrisburg, Pa., 

 presided during the session. Prof. A. G. 

 Ruggles, of the University of Minnesota, 

 was elected chairman for 1921 and the 

 secretary, H R. Sassccr, of Washington, 

 I). C.,was reelected. An interesting pro- 

 ;iiam of short addresses and i)aper3 was 

 carried through. 



Theodore Smith, of Geneva, N. Y., 

 was elected a member of the executive 

 committee of the New York State Horti- 

 cultural Society last week. 



Nurserymen availing themselves of 

 The Eeview's Classified pages have been 

 able to secure stock they were short of 

 or sell what they were long on at a slight 

 fraction of what they would otherwise 

 have to spend in circularizing. 



HARDY PRIVET WANTED. 



Would it be advisable to plant Cali- 

 fornia privet in Wisconsin? Would the 

 plants live through a temperature of 10 

 or 20 below zero? If not, please tell 

 me whether there are other varieties of 

 privet that are hardy enough to grow 

 here, provided they are just aa orna- 

 mental as California privet. 



W. V. L.— Wis. 



As California privet is not even hardy 

 in the neighborhood of Chicago, it cer- 

 tainly would not be farther north. A 

 substitute which might be used is the 

 Amur privet, or Ligustrum amurense, 

 which is quite similar in habit to the 

 ovalifolium, which originated in Japan 

 and was then brought to California, 

 where the present name was given it. 



American Grown 

 Apple Seedlings 



Straight and Branchad — All Gradta 



Frequently Sprayed 

 Absolutely Free from Insects or Diseases 



Car Lots to Central Point* 



Will exchange for such stock as we need 



Now is the time to grow 



high-priced Apple Trees 



Also a General Assortment of 

 Foreign Fruit Tree Stocks 



Apple, Pear, Mahalcb, MuurJ, Pha, Qance, etc. 

 ALL GRADES 



We will have a complete line of Keneral 

 nursery 8to<;k in Storage for Spring Trade 



Shenandoah Nurseries 



D. S. LAKE. President 

 SHENANDOAH. IOWA 



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Amur privet has been seen growing 

 near Minneapolis and the writer has 

 been informed by the grower there that 

 it generally pulls through the winter, 

 only freezing back a little on the tips. 

 W. A. Peterson. 



ILLINOIS NURSERYMEN. 



A meeting of ^the executive commit- 

 tee of the Illinoiis State Nurserymen's 

 Association was held at the La Salle 

 hotel, Chicago, Saturday, January 15, 

 for the purpose of making arrange- 

 ments for the fourth annual convention 

 of this association. The convention 

 will be held during the second week of 

 February, exact time and place to be 

 announced later. 



Present at the executive meeting 

 were President A. M. Augustine, of 

 Normal; Vice-President George Klehm, 

 of Arlington Heights; Secretary J. A. 



IBOLIUM PRIVET 



Ovalifolium z IlM>ta 



The New HARDY HEDGE 



Resembles California 



2-yT.-old Iboliiun Privet. 



Hardy as Ibota 



PrcMiffer of Stoclc 

 for Propagating 



2yr., 18-iiich, $2.S0 

 1-yr., IMnch, 1.00 

 Tnmt 50 



In Storage 



Svplu: 

 Americti Hemlock 

 Japan Iris 

 Pin Oak 

 Japan Yew 



BOXBARBERRY 



Summer frame grown and well 

 rooted. $25.00 per 1000 



Ten samples sent postpaid at 1000 rate. Send 

 stamps or money order. 



Elm City Nursery Company 



WOODMONT NURSERIES, Inc. 



New Haven, Conn. 



iBtroJaccn oi Box-Barbcrrr u' Ibaliaa PriTcl 



Hention Tbe Berlew when you write. 



Manetti Stocks 



Two shipments just received. We quote for immediate delivery. 



ENGLISH MANETTI $40.00 per 1000 



DUTCH MANETTI 35.00 per 1000 



All splendid stock and suitable size for 

 grafting, fetter wire if interested. 



Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, New York 



