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The Florists^ Review 



December 15, 1921 



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NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE 



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John Belliardo, of Berkeley, Cal., is 

 conducting a business under the name of 

 the American Nursery. 



The Ingleside Nurseries, Macon, Ga., 

 of which R. P. Klose was the proprietor, 

 has gone out of business. 



Five greenhouses were completed last 

 week for the D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee, 

 111. The A. Dietsch Co., Chicago, erected 

 them. 



A PETITION in bankruptcy has been 

 filed by the Narrows Nursery Co., Marine 

 avenue and Orchard street, Brooklyn, N. 

 Y. The liabilities of the firm totaled 

 $8,715 and the assets amounted to $2,- 

 700. 



Frank Peterson, a life member of 

 the Nebraska State Horticultural Society, 

 who conducted a nursery for eighteen 

 years at Bancroft, Neb., is now under- 

 taking the conduct of a hardy perennial 

 garden and a small fruit farm at Irma, 

 Alberta. Mr. Peterson expects to be in 

 the market with his stock in the spring. 

 He sold his nursery business in Nebraska 

 three years ago. 



Stating that practically all fall or- 

 ders for perennials have gone out, the 

 Weller Nurseries Co., Holland, Mich., re- 

 ports, "Our fall business was fine, in a 

 way far beyond our expectations. An 

 extra heavy demand is prevailing this 

 season for hardy plants for forcing, such 

 as delphiniums, Canterbury bells, bleeding 

 hearts, chelone (pentstemon), myosotis, 

 etc. The demand for perennials and 

 gladioli for spring plantings indicates a 

 wonderful .spring trade in these lines. 



NURSERY STOCKS COMING. 



Heavy shipments of Manetti and fruit 

 tree stocks arrived last week. On the 

 steamer Rotterdam, which arrived at 

 New York from the Dutch port Decem- 

 ber 5, were the following consignments: 



ConsiRnpf Cases 



Maltns & Wiire 37 



F. R. Pierson 5 



C. H. Tottv & Co C, 



C. B. Rklinnls & Co 12 



W. Van Doom 2,S 



Total 8,S 



ILUNOIS NURSERYMEN. 



Executive Committee Meets. 



The executive committee of the Illi- 

 nois State Nurserymen's Association 

 held an important meeting in Chicago 

 December 10. The convention of this 

 association will be held in Chicago, 

 January 19 and 20. The hotel will be 

 decided upon a little later. The execu- 

 tive committee is increasing the effort 

 to put into effect a "standard prac- 

 tice service," as outlined at the last 

 convention. Any nurseryman outside of 

 the Illinois association who is interested 

 or who desires to cooperate can obtain 

 full information by writing the secre- 

 tary, J. A. Young, Aurora, 111. 



The executive committee formulated 

 a plan of cooperation with the planting 

 service bureau, now being conducted by 

 F. F. Rockwell. The secretary was di- 

 rected to secure from members of the 



Hlinois State Nurserymen's Association 

 the names of the newspapers and for- 

 ward them to Mr. Rockwell; also, Mr, 

 Rockwell is to forward to the associa- 

 tion advance copies of the articles and 

 the members of the association will un- 

 dertake to see that the articles are pub- 

 lished in the various papers. 



J. A. Young, Sec 'y. 



DAMPINa-OFF OF CONIFERS. 



Loss of Seedlings in Nurseries. 



Most nurserymen who propagate their 

 own stock have had occasional unpleas- 

 ant experiences with the damping-off of 

 seedlings. This is especially true of 

 nurserymen who grow large quantities 

 of conifers; the loss from the disease in 

 the growing of deciduous stock is rela- 

 tively small. The trouble is not con- 

 fined to any one or two narrow regions. 

 Reports received from widely separated 

 states, even from districts which might 

 be expected to be exempt on account of 

 the comparative dryness of their soil and 

 climate, indicate the wide scope of the 

 operations of the damping-off fungi. 



Moreover, a considerable proportion oi" 

 the supposedly poor germination of seed, 

 is now believed to be due to the depreda 

 tions of these same fungi. In other 

 words, the fungi sometimes begin thei 

 destructive work when germination i 

 only in its first stages. 



A bulletin entitled "Damping-off ii; 

 Forest Nurseries," recently issued by 

 the United States Department of Agri 

 culture, is valuable for its scientific con 

 firmation of some commonly accepter 

 ideas on the subject, rather than for thr 

 disclosure of many facts hitherto ue 

 known. 



Four Types of Damping-off. 



The bulletin, which was written b; 

 Carl Hartley, a noted plant pathologist, 

 enumerates four types or phases of 

 damping-off: First, germination loss, 

 when the radicles are killed soon afttr 

 the seeds sprout and before the seedling 

 can appear above ground; second, "nor- 



Just a Few Left 



THEY ARE GETTING SCARCE 



Berberis Thunbergii 

 Hardy Privet 

 Hydrangea P. G. 

 Climbing- Roses 

 Boston Ivy 

 Clematis 



Write for trade list on trees, shrubs and 

 perennials before the surplus is all taken. 



Onarga Nursery Company 



CULTRA BROS., Managers 

 ONARGA, - ILLINOIS 



American Grown 



Fruit Tree Stocks 



Appla SeedlinKs, Straight or Branchad. 

 Also Pear Stocks from French and Japan 

 S««d. Americana Plum Mahaleb Cherry 

 and Peach Seedlings ia all Grade*. Car 

 Lots to Central Points. 



Foreign Grown Stocks 



Apple, Pear, Mahaleb, Mjrrobalan, Quince, 

 Manetti and Multiflora. All Grades. In 

 Prime Condition. Can quote in France or 

 out of Customs in Nev\r 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 AVants for Prices to 



Shenandoah Nurseries 



D. S. LAKE, PTMldcnt 

 SHENANDOAH, IOWA 





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ENGLISH MANETTI 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. 



McHUTCHlSON & CO. 



95 Chambers St., NEW YORK 



