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The Florists' Review 



Jdnb 16, 1921 



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NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE 



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With a capitalization of $200,000, the 

 Park Place Nurseries Co. has been 

 granted a charter to carry on a general 

 nursery business. The company is located 

 at Wilmington, Del. 



Not in many years, if ever, have nurs- 

 erymen cleaned up so well as this sea- 

 son. Many warehouses were swept with 

 a broom in every nook and cranny, and 

 brush piles are a rarity. 



Alvin E. Nelson, of Swain Nelson 

 & Sons Co., Chicago, is on a trip through 

 the east. He will be back in Chicago 

 the latter part of this week, in plenty 

 of time to attend the coming conven- 

 tion. 



The convention of the A. *A. N., at 

 Chicago next week, promises to be one of 

 the best attended for several years. By 

 long odds it will be the most important, 

 several matters of policy, each highly im- 

 portant, coming up for decision. 



The only nurserymen who have sur- 

 pluses on their hands, in the majority 

 of instances, are those who held for still 

 higher prices when quotations were soar- 

 ing. Next time, perhaps, they will be 

 satisfied with a handsome profit, with- 

 out seeking to squeeze the last drop 



Nurserymen report an excellent busi- 

 ness for the season just past and say 

 that they have prospects for a better 

 one to start in the fall. This is particu- 

 larly true in the more northerly states, 

 where the stock was not far enough ad- 

 vanced to be damaged by the late frosts, 

 which were so severe this spring. 



FIGURES ON TRACTOR COSTS. 



Nurserymen who are contompl.'iting 

 the use of tractors in their fields will 

 find many interesting figures in the re- 

 port on ' ' Tractors and Horses on Corn 

 Belt Farms," just issued by the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



The survey shows that the cost of 

 drawbar work is higher for horses than 

 for tractor plowing, being $2.20 per acre 

 for plowing with the 3-plow tractor and 

 $2.90 per acre for plowing with horse- 

 power. The cost of disking with tract- 

 ors was $0.67; with horses, $0.64; for 

 cutting graim with tractors, $0.67; with 

 horses, $0.59. These figures represent 

 the cost of power only and do not in- 

 clude either the cost of man labor or 

 that of the implements used. 



Before the purchase of tractors there 

 was an average of one horse for each 

 27.6 acres; after the purchase of tract- 

 ors there was one for each 37.9 acres. 



The old idea that a tractor user must 

 have work stock to meet emergencies 

 when the tractor is out of repair is re- 

 futed by figures which show that the an- 

 nual cost of repairs, including the value 

 of the owner's time spent in repairing 

 the tractors, was $39 for both the 

 2-plow and the 3-plow sizes. All the 

 tractors considered in the survey had 

 been out of commission when needed an 

 average of only two days during the 

 year; fifty per cent of them had not 

 been out of commission at all when 

 needed. 



This report was compiled during Oc- 



tober and November, 1920, by represent- 

 atives who visited 286 tractor owners 

 in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. A com- 

 plete report of all the work done during 

 the year, both with the tractor and the 

 horse, was obtained from each farmer. 

 Information from which the cost of 

 using the tractor and the cost of main- 

 taining the work stock could be deter- 

 mined was also obtained. 



INSECTS ON BOXWOODS. 



I am sending you a spray of boxwood, 

 badly affected. Will you tell me what 

 the trouble is and suggest a way to 

 treat it by spraying? What kind of 

 spraying material would be best to use? 



J. W. C— Pa. 



The foliage shows signs of having 

 been attacked by an insect that punc- 

 tures the lower tissues. The name of 

 the insect I am not sure of from the 

 sample received, but a thorough spray- 

 ing with a good soap spray to which has 

 been added a good nicotine solution 

 should prove effective. A pound of soap 

 sliced finely and dissolved in boiling 

 water will make five gallons of liquid. 

 To this add a wine glass of nicotine 

 solution. Use a spray nozzle and direct 

 the spray upwards, so as to wet the 

 lower parts of the leaves thoroughly. 

 If you have not a suitable nozzle, you 

 can easily purchase one to throw an up- 

 ward spray. I would repeat this spray 

 two or three times. There will be little 



We Thank You 



For your spring trade and 

 will be pleased to serve 

 you for fall 1921 and 

 spring 1922. 



Call and see our growing 

 stock. Visitors always 

 welcome. 



Onarga Nursery Company 



CULTRA BROS., Managers 

 ONARGA, - ILLINOIS 



YOUR CATALOGUE 



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 witk raar aatac aad tiinn oa tkc Iroat carer. Baaa- 

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 Wa keep tkca ia tteck far pranpt tkipmeBt. A«k far 

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CAMPBELL PRINTING COMPANY 

 917 Walnut St. Das Meinaa. Iowa 



HILL'S EVER6REENS 



Beat for over half a century. Firs, 

 Spruce. Pines, Junipers. Arbor Viiaes, 

 Yews, in small and large sizes. Send for 

 price list. 



THE D. HILL NURSERY COMPANY 



Evartiaaa Spadalnti — Laifait Grawan ia Aaarica 

 Box. 403 Oundoo. Ulinala 



danger of burning if the spray is ap- 

 plied before young growths appear. It 

 is best to apply the spray toward 

 evening. C. W. 



BBOAD-LEAVED EVEBGBEENS. 



Why They Are Preferable. 



No wonder the multitudes of Ameri- 

 cans who visit European countries every 

 year come home intoxicated with tlie 

 beauty of broad-leaved evergreens, and 

 it is not surprising that we annually 

 spend thousands of dollars vainly trying 

 to produce such wonderful effects. Here 

 the landscape is practically leafless for 

 five months in the year, entirely too 

 bleak to have much poetic charm, and 

 those who view the matchless color and 

 foliage of European forests should not 

 be censured for hurrying home to start 

 planting broad-leaved evergreens. Those 

 who are familiar with broad-leaved ever- 

 greens in all their glory and know their 

 wondrous possibilities are unanimous in 

 pronouncing them the most sumptuous 

 plants in cultivation. 



I have here nothing to say against 

 pines, cedars and other narrow-leaved 

 evergreens. They have a most important 

 place in our landscape. They are at- 

 tractive the year around and assume far 



The address of George B. Moulder, landscape 

 architect, of Nashville. Tenn., before the Ten 

 nessee State Nurserymen's Association, on 

 "Broad-Leaved Evergreens." 



The Elm City Nursery Company 

 Ibolium Privet 



Tha Naw Hardy Hadga 



to be introduced to the pub- 

 lic this fall for the first 

 time. 



Box -Barberry 



2-raar-aU °°^ ^° ^®^' kuown tO 



ikaUaa Prirei ^^^^ further description. 



We are now ready to quote trade prices to houiea 



who wish to catalogrne these novelties in their 



forthcoming iisues, 



INTRODUCERS: 



The Elm City Nursery Company 



Woodmont Nnrseriaa, Inc. 

 NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT 



PEONIES 



Send for our Spedal Prlca Liat ahowing 



best sorts, with each color in the 



order of bloominK. 



PETERSON NURSERY 



SO N. La SaUa Strcat, CHICAGO, ILL. 



EyergreenSy Peonies and Iris 



If foa are interested in theae roa are inter- 

 eated Id as, aa we hare a nice lot tor prompt 

 dellTery. We alao rrow a full line of frnlt and 

 ornamental atock. WRITE FOR PRICES. 



FARMERS NURSERY CO., 

 TROY, omo 



