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The Florists' Review 



Mabch 31, 1921. 



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NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE 



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Tkn.nksskk imrscrynion report that tlic 

 sciisoii this vciir is fully four wcc^ks oarlier 

 tliiiii last year. I'lantiiifi' is now coiii- 

 pk'tcil. 



A I'OOU stand of dormant pcacli huds 

 is ii']>ort('d at Winclicsti'r^ Ti'un., caused 

 by too much rain when the seeillinj^s were 

 budding. 



TiiK Aberdeen Floral Co., Aberdeen, 

 Miss'., is i(re])aiin<i; to go into the nnrsery 

 l)usiness, in connection with the lines al- 

 i-eady handled. 



TiiK Southei'n Nuisery Co., Winchester, 

 Tenn., has ailded a range of greenhouses 

 to its establishment and will also enter 

 the seed business in the near future. 



Plans are already being laid by nurs- 

 erymen of Seattle, Wash., for the en- 

 tertainment of those visitors who will at- 

 tend the anniuil convention of the Pacific 

 Coast Nurserymen's Association, the week 

 of July 1:2, at Seattle. 



TiiK i)urchase of forty acres of land 

 near Minneapolis, Minn., and the pur- 

 chase of over $7,0(10 worth of nursery 

 stock constitute the preparations made l>y 

 T. J. Bigelow, of Minnea])olis, for enter- 

 i!ig the nursery business. 



A NUKSEKY will be established by G. 

 V. Hetzer, of Baltimore, Md., and asso- 

 ciates, at Martinsburg, W. Va. Mr. Het- 

 zer jmrchased 114 acres of land, March 

 1), for a sum in the lu'ighborhood of $2'>,- 

 OOO. Fifty acres will be used as an or- 

 chard and the remainder as a nursery. 



The Poughkeepsie Nursery Co., of 



Poughkee]>sie, N. Y., has orders for thou- 

 sands of evergreen and fruit stocks. 

 Among the orders are tho.se of the Fin- 

 ley J. Shepard estate, at Tarrytown, N. 

 Y., and the Roxbury estate, in the Cat- 

 skills. The management now consists of 

 William J. Godding and P. J. Melle. 



Xi;itsKi!YM?:N at Kochester, N. Y., are 

 expecting to do considerable work in a 

 short time. Some of the men temporarily 

 employed in Rochester tirms will be hired 

 for nursery work and the public schools 

 \\U\ l)t> closed a week in April to give the 

 nurserymen the help of the boys. This 

 is called nnrsery week and is in lieu of 

 Faster holidays. 



TiiK Brainard Nursery & Seed Co., 

 Thonipsonville, Conn., has received the 

 resignation of I'eter Zuger, foreman of 

 the greenhouse department for the last 

 three years. W. C. Savage is succeeding 

 liim. Mr. Zuger lias entered the service 

 of the city of New Haven, Conn., in the 

 ].ark depa"rtment. Business for this sea- 

 son of the year, according to C. V. Brain- 

 ard, was licver better and bookings for 

 spring business are most satisfactory. 



CASH AND CARRY. 



"Cash and carry" is good for the 

 grocer, and whv not for the nursery- 

 man ? AVilliam A. Peterson, j.roprietor 

 of Peterson Nursery, Chicago, says it 

 is the best kind of business. Saturday. 

 March 19, was unusually heavy in cash 

 orders at the nnrsery. Thirteen auto- 

 mobiles were c(MUited at one time. Al- 



most .$400 in cash sales for the one day 

 leads Mr. Peterson to believe that this 

 business is worth going after. 



"We can afford to let buyers who get 

 the stock at the nursery purchase at 

 half-price,'" he said. "It helps us in 

 every way. \Ve let them pick their 

 own stock and do Jiot even have to 

 guarantee it true to type. This spring 

 we have been doing more business than 

 ever before. The few days of cold 

 weather recently were just what we 

 wanted to retard growth a little." 



HOW KALI.AY CLIMBED. 



Few nurseries in that district famed 

 for its nurseries, near Painesville, 0., 

 have made more rapid strides in such 

 a short time than have Kallay Bros. 

 Bela Kallay, head of the concern, was 

 employed by Storrs & Harrison Co. for 

 thirteen years in the capacity of propa- 

 gator ami general plantsman. His 

 foresight and ingenuity enabled him to 

 look into the future and see the i)ros- 

 jiects of owning his own business. He 

 launched out with little or no capital, 

 but with a firm determination to make 

 good. He liegan with two acres of land, 

 growing shrubs, i)erennials and ever- 

 greens. This was in 1907 and every 

 year since then the firm has added 

 to its acreage and today has eighty- 

 four acres fully stocked \vith trees, 

 slirubs and perennials. 



Kallay Bros, are making a specialty 

 of evergreens, especially the newer 



Forcing Roses 



We have the largest stock of heavy forcing 

 grade of Climbing Roses left in the Unite? 

 States. Send for lisi of varieties and spe- 

 cial prices. 



We can furnish all grades, also, of 



Ampelopsis Veitchii, 2 or 3-year. 

 Clematis, assorted. 



Spiraea Anthony Waterer. 

 Hydrangeas. 

 Roses. 

 Shade Trees and Ornamentals. 



Write for Price LUt 



Onarga Nursery Company 



CULTRA BROS., Managers 

 ONARGA, . . ILLINOIS 



varieties, and have sonic 60,000 young 

 stocks to plant this season. In addi- 

 tion to their nursery, they have a large 

 seed house and in this line are also 

 building up a fine trade. T. J. M. 



FIGURING RETAIL PRICES. 



Finding a Basis. 



Retail prices for nursery stock should 

 be figured upon a basis that will pro- 

 vide a reasonable percentage of profit 

 upon the entire investment. The con- 

 ditions affecting different nursery com- 

 panies, scattered as they are over this 

 entire country, are so varying that it 

 would hardly be safe for one company 

 to follow closely the plans which 

 have brought success to others, unless 

 a careful analysis had been made of 

 the conditions under which the others 

 have operated. 



Some estimates must be carefully 

 figured before one is reasonably safe 



An address delivered by Karl Needhum, of 

 Des Moines, la., at the tliirt.v-flrst annual con- 

 vention of tlie Western Association of Nursery- 

 men, at Kansas City, Mo. 



i-vr. Iboliutn 

 Privet 



IBOLIUM 

 PRIVET 



THE NEW 



HARDY 

 HEDGE 



Resembles California 

 Har 'y as Ibota 



Dormant Summer Cuttings, 

 $15.00 per 100 



All larger grades sold. 



Box Barberry 



Hai-d-woodciittlnjTB for Kreenhouse bench propa- 

 Bation, $7.60 per lOOO. Ready Now. 



Summer Frame Cuttings, 



$25.00 per 1000. For lining out. 



10 Samples, postpaid, for 50c 



SURPLUS - American Hemlock, Pin 



Oak, Ginkgo, Red Maple, Japan Iris. 



The Elm City Nursery Co. 



WOODMONT NURSERIES, Inc. 

 NEW HAVEN, CONN. 



Buy Box Barberry and Ibolium Privet 

 of the introducers. 



Barberry, Spiraea van Houttei, and Privet 



IN CAR LOTS 

 JAPANESE BARBERRY, 2 to 3 ft., very bushy, $200.00 per 1000. 

 SPIRAEA VAN HOUTTEI, 6 ft. clumps, $65.00 per 100; $625.00 

 per lOOO. This is extra bushy stock for immediate effect. 



PRIVET AMOOR NORTH, 5 to 6 ft. heavy hedging, $50.00 per 100; 

 $450.00 per 1000. This stock cannot be beat for quick effect. 



ROHLFS' NURSERIES, DAVENPORT, IOWA 



