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The Florists' Review 



June 14, 1917. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



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AMEKIOAN ASSOCIATION OF NUE8EEYMEN. 



President, John Watson, Newark, N. Y. ; Vice- 

 president, Lloyd O. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Seere- 

 tery and Counsel, Curtis Nye Smith, 19 Congress 

 St., Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, Peter Youngers, 

 Geneva, Neb. 



Forty-second anneal convention, Phlladelpma, 

 Pa., June 27 to 29, 1917. 



riuciNG the peony lists is somotliing 

 of a problem this season. The uncer- 

 tainty as to importations has much to do 

 with the case. 



The Aurora Nursery Co., Aurora, 111., 

 dealing almost exclusively in ornamentals, 

 reports the season now closed to have been 

 one of the best. 



This year C. A. Pfeiffer, nurseryman 

 of Winona, Minn., tried out advertising 

 of a new kind. Instead of buying news- 

 paper space, Mr. Pfeiffer picked up a 

 large quantity of tulip bulbs last fall and 

 set them out in a bed of eighteen rows, 

 each row 200 feet in length. Last month 

 ])eople from several counties came to see 

 the gorgeous sight and, incidentally, to 

 receive the Pfeiffer catalogue. 



THE WINTER IN NEBRASKA. 



The winter of 191(5-17, without an 

 excei)tion, stamped its mark of se- 

 verity deeper on the trees, shrubs and 

 plants in Nebraska than any other for 

 the last twenty or more years. This 

 was not due so much to the extremely 

 cold weatlier tliat prevailed in the 

 eastern portion of tlie state, but to 

 the prolongell fall and winter drought. 

 Records of the weather bureau show- 

 that Nebraska has not experienced 

 such a 

 vears. 



Just 

 shown 

 During 



drv fall and winter in twentv 



how dry the weather was is 

 by tlie following experience: 

 the middle of February we 

 undertook to move several trees of 

 such si/e as to require the retention of 

 a frozen ball of earth. All those trees 

 that were dug in the nursery at the 

 University of Nebraska, which is lo- 

 cated in a valley, were moved with a 

 good ball of earth, as the soil was 

 frozen to a depth of more than thirty 

 inches. It hajipened, however, that we 

 had several Id-inch elms that we pro- 

 ])ose(l moving. These trees were lo- 

 cated on the cam])us proper. I would 

 judge that the campus is not more 

 than fifteen feet higher than the 

 nursery. 



The' soil was l)rok('u around these 

 trees in the manner c-ustomary when 

 big trees are to be transplanted. The 

 first six inches of soil proved to be 

 fairly well frozen, but that below was 

 not. It was so dry that there was not 

 enough moisture to freeze the soil 

 solid. The soil was very easily moved 

 with a shovel and it crumbled into 

 pieces about the size of small marbles. 



Under such conditions many of the 

 big trees have suffered. Old white 

 spruce, together with young specimens, 

 and the silver, or Pfitzeriana, and the 

 Japanese goMen junipers, all have 

 1)een killed. Practically all the arbor- 

 vita- are in the sanu> shape. With this 

 loss the evergreen collection in our 

 arboretum looks sick, indeed. Many 

 of the deci(hu)us shrubs that w^ere un- 

 protected were severely damaged. Our 

 i-ollection of siiira'as, which comprises 

 s(uiie f(uirteeu species, showed that 



Nursery Stock for Florists' Trade 



Fruit Trees. Ornamental Trees. Shrubs, 

 Small Fruits, Roses, Clematis, Phlox, 

 Peonies, Herbaceous Perennials. 



Write for our Wh oleaale trade list. 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, 

 71 Years Geneva, N. Y. 1000 Acres 



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New England-grown Nursery Stock 



ABINGTON QUALITY 



Submit your wants for estimate. 



Littlefield-Wyman Nurseries 



North Abington, Mass. 



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HILL'S EVERGREENS 



Best for Over Half a Oentary. Firs, Spmce, 

 Pines, Junipers, Arborvltaes, Tews, in suudl 

 and large sizes. Price List Now Beady. 



THK D. HILL NURSERY CO. 



EvergrecD Specialists. Largest Growers in America 

 Box 403. DundM. IIL 



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Late 



Spring 



Bargains 



ROSES 



2ji and 



4-inch 



pots 



See our Classified ad of roses. 



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Spiraea sempervirens withstood the 

 coiulitious best; in fact, it appears 

 not to have suffered at all. But our 

 old staiidbys^ the Vaiihouttei and the 

 ])runifolia, or the bridal wreath, have 

 lost from one-half to throo-fourths of 

 tlu'ir wood. 



Many of our lierbacoous perennials 

 were wiped out. The white ])hlox, be- 

 lieved to be the best ])()rder jdant for 

 Nebraska, shows only a small amount 

 of life, M'ith a slioot hero and there 

 from the roots whicii last year pro- 

 duced a most wonderful sight. 



Fred (J. (Jrossart. 



LANCASTER, PA. 



Daily rains for about a fortnight 

 have done the outdoor carnations a 

 world of good. Peonies now are at 

 tlioir height, and they arc among the 

 tinest over seen hero. 



At the Ira II. Landis place, at Para- 

 dise, thousands of ])oonies are being 

 cut daily. In tlic cool rooms, with the 

 buds just liursting. tlioy look like so 

 many American Jieanty and White 

 l\illanie\' roses. 



At tlie H. F. Barr & Co. farm acres 

 of peonies are in bbioni, and at the com- 

 jiany's store a peoiiy show of finest or- 

 der is in jirogress. 



Peter Brown, the geranium and pansy 

 spccinlist, and Miss Katharine Altick 

 wore married June '). After a short 

 wedding trip they will reside on Euby 

 street. 



Tliomas li. Fries, Miss Mary Boehler 

 and Kdward Beck, our lea<ling plants- 

 men, re]K)rt a wonderful business in 

 tlicir line. 



It is interesting to note what some 

 of the florists are doing to entrench 

 themselves against the increased costs 

 and the exorbitant ]irices of coal. Two 

 men are erecting tobacco sheds and will 

 increase their acreage. A third has 



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I CALIFORNIA PRIVET I 



E Largest and finest stock of Call- S 

 S f ornia Privet of any nursery in the S 

 S world. S 



= Polish or Ironclad Privet S 



= Amoor or Russian Privet ^ 



S Berberis Thunbergii £ 



E Very attractive prices on carload lots £ 



I J.T.LOVEnjncUttie Silver, N.J. | 



S The Orlfiflnal Growers of ^ 



S California Privet as a Hedge Plant ^ 



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flFor fall, 1917, Pot-grown Hy- 

 drangea Otaksa, Thomas Hogg. 

 Souv. de Clair. 



Ask our prices before you order. 

 AUDUBON NURSERY 



Box 731, Wllinlnffton, N. C. 



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STAR BRAND ROSES 



Hardy field-grown climb- 

 ing roses. Excelsa (Red 

 Dorothy Perkins) and all 

 other popular varieties. 



Send for price list. 



THE CONARD& JONES CO. 



Box B WEST GROVK. PA. 



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PEONIES 



and General Nursery Stock 



Send for Catalogue. 



PETERSON NURSERY 



so N. LaSalle Street. CHICAGO, ILL. 



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The Storrs & Harrison Co. 



PAINCSVILLE NURSERIES 



Nttiierymen, Floritte an d Seedsmen 



PAINESVILLS, OHIO 



Bobbink & Atkins 



NURSERYMEN 

 FLORISTS and PLANTERS 



RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY 



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two acres of Trisli Cobbler ])otatoes, to 

 be follovvod by tobacco. Another lias 

 all his s])are room planted to onion 

 sets, while a lifth has two acres of Flat 

 Dutch cabbage under way. 



One of the finest decorations of the 

 season was that arranged by Mrs. 

 Moore, of the Kosery, for the Frank 

 wedding at tlie Hotel Brunswick. 



The Lancaster County Florists' Club 

 will hf)ld its annual picnic at Hershey 

 park, .Tune 2\. Special trolley cars will 

 leave Center sfjuare at 7:\') a. m. The 

 fare, round trip, for adults, is 85 cents; 

 ciiildren, 6.1 cents. Everyone should at- 

 tend and bring his friends along. Her- 

 shey park, the Hershey chocolate works 

 and the private grounds of the owner 

 are open to inspection. Florists of 

 other towns are esjiecially invited to 

 join the T^ancaster crowd. H. K. R. 



