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he Florists^ Review 



Ddcbmbbb 8, 1921 



Items affecting nurserymen in the 1923 

 budget of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture are noted in the article on a for- 

 ward page headed "Government Makes 

 Budget." 



This week the Senate finance committee 

 resumed hearings on the Fordney tariff 

 bill, which it is hoped to conclude in two 

 weeks. Whether representatives of the 

 nursery trade will appear is not evident. 



Definite statement from the commis- 

 sioner of internal revenue that nursery- 

 men do not need to file an inventory with 

 their tax returns and if now doing so, 

 may discontinue the practice, is contained 

 in the article headed ' ' Growers ' Income 

 Taxes," on a forward page of this issue. 



The Canterbury Nurseries Co., of 

 Easton, Md., has just been incorporated 

 by Elliott Wheeler. This company will 

 ojjerate a nursery on the grounds of Mr. 

 Wheeler's country jtlace, at Canterbury 

 Manor. Associated with Mr. Wheeler in 

 this enterprise is Ernest Hemming, of 

 Philadcl])hia, and Graham Brush, of 

 Easton, Md. 



HUNT FOR AMERICAN STOCKS. 



Progress of Work for Nurserymen. 



With the passage of Quarantine 37, 

 a few leading nurserymen in the coun- 

 try began to see that in addition to an 

 agency which was serving as the regu- 

 latory arm of the Department of Agri- 

 culture in preventing nurserymen from 

 introducing dangerous diseases and in- 

 sect pests, there should be another 

 agency working in close cooperation 

 with the nurserymen in attempting to 

 develop methods of growing even a bet- 

 ter grade or better quality of stock than 

 we had been in the habit of importing. 

 And so, largely as a result of this feel- 

 ing, a special item of $20,000 was se- 

 cured last year for nursery stock inves- 

 tigations. The same sum is carried in 

 the agricultural bill for the present 

 year. The item reads as follows: 



For InvesttEnting, In oooperntion -witli gtntes or 

 privately owned niirserios, methods of propa- 

 gating fruit trees, ornamental and other plants, 

 the study of stocks used in propagating such 

 plants and methods of growing stocks, for the 

 purpose of providing American sources of stocks, 

 cuttings or other propngating materials, $20,000. 



A large order to be covered with a 

 small appropriation. Nevertheless it 

 represents a beginning. With such a 

 limited appropriation, we of course will 

 not begin to cover the entire field of 

 nursery stock investigations. 



A survey of European nursery condi- 

 tions was made by Dr. L. C. Corbett, 

 who is in ch.nrge of the office of hor- 

 ticultural and pomological investiga- 

 tions, during the summer and fall of 

 1920, and during the last spring the 

 speaker made a rather extensive sur- 

 vey of nursery practices in this country. 

 As a result of these trips, we decided 

 that our best plan would be to concen- 

 trate on a few sub-projects, concerning 



The paper, entitled "Nursery Stock Investiga- 

 tions." h.v L. B. Scott, In charge of the nursery 

 stock investigations of tlio United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, presented at the annual 

 meeting of the Southern Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion at Chattanooga, Tenn., 



which we already had some preliminary 

 information. 



All of our nursery investigations this 

 year are conducted at Bell, Md., 

 adjoining the tract where Dr. Walter 

 Van rieet conducts his rose-breeding 

 work. In fact, Dr. Van Fleet's salary 

 is carried for a part of the year on our 

 nursery stock pay roll and we feel we 

 are especially fortunate in being able 

 to utilize Dr. Van Fleet's great fund of 

 information regarding rose species and 

 varieties. It is doubtful whether we 

 could have attempted our rose stock 

 sub-project if it had not been for the 

 hearty cooperation we have received 

 from Dr. Van Fleet, and the assistance, 

 both in the form of cooperation which 

 he has given us and permission to utilize 

 many of hjs specimen plants and hy- 

 brids in our work. 



Associated with me in a full time ca- 

 pacity ia O. E. Yerkes, a graduate of 

 the Kansas Agricultural College and the 

 Yale Forestry School, who has had con- 

 siderable experience both as a nursery- 

 man and florist. In addition, we have 

 one clerk and one unskilled laborer, who 

 devote their entire time to work in con- 



Just a Few Left 



THEY ARE GETTING -SCARCE 



Berberis Thunberg-ii 

 Hardy Privet 

 Hydrangea P. G. 

 Climbing- Roses 

 Boston Ivy 

 Clematis 



Write for trade list on trees, shrubs and 

 peiennials before the surplus is all taken. 



Onarga Nursery Company 



CULTRA BROS^ Managers 

 ONARGA, - ILLINOIS 



nection with the nursery stock project, 

 as well as a propagator who gives part 

 time to this work. We hope before the 

 year is over to add a scientific assistant 

 to our staff. 



One thing that may be said to be possi- 

 bly a favorable condition in having a 

 small appropriation is that we are 

 forced to work with limited equipment 

 and, to a certain extent, we can get the 

 viewpoint of the small nurseryman. It 

 is true that we hope for increased ap- 

 propriation so that we can add green- 

 house facilities to our present equip- 

 ment, and also carry on some physiolog- 

 ical and histological investigations 

 which should go hand in hand with our 

 propagation studies. 



Projects Undertaken. 



Our important sub-projects may be 

 grouped under the following headings: 



(1) Comparison of growth of apple 

 seedlings from different sources. 



American Grown 



Fruit Tree Stocks 



Apple Stedlltiffs, Straisht or Branched. 

 Also Pear Stocks from French and Japan 

 Seed, Americana Plum Mahaleb Cherry 

 and Peach Seedlinss is all Grades. Car 

 Lots to Central Points. 



Foreign Grown Stocks 



Apple, Pear, Mahaleb, My robalan, Quince, 

 Manetti and Multiflora. All Grades. In 

 Prime Condition. Can quote in Prance or 

 out of Customs in New York or at Shenan- 

 doah, Iowa. Prices reasonable 



Remember our Complete Line of General 

 Nursery Stock for Fall and Spring Trade. 

 We are now ready to do Business. Submit 

 List of Wants for Prices to 



Shenandoah Nurseries 



D. S. LAKE, President 

 SHENANDOAH, IOWA 



ENGUSH NANETTI STOCKS 



Selected for greenhouse grafting, 

 1 yr., 5-8 mm., $30.00 per 1000. 

 Packed and F. 0. B. New York. 



Delivery from shipments now arriving. 



McHUTCHISON & CO. 



95 Chambers St., NEW YORK 



