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The Florists' Review 



DacauBiB 29, 1921 



L. C. Stark, of Stark Bros. Nursery 

 & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo., was in 

 Chicago for Christmas. 



Although the price of Manetti stocks 

 still is nearly three times what they 

 cost in the old days, the demand has been 

 sufficient to cause prompt clearances of 

 this season's arrivals from England and 

 France. 



The program has just been issued 

 for the thirty-second annual meeting of 

 the Western Association of Nurserymen, 

 which will be held at the Hotel Balti- 

 more, Kansas City, Mo., January 25 and 

 26. A meeting of retail nurserymen will 

 be held at 2 p. m. January 24. 



The official roster of the Weller Nurs- 

 eries Co., Holland, Mich, is: President 

 and nursery manager, B. H. Weller; sec- 

 retary and general manager, P. Weller; 

 assistant secretary, A. Weller; sales man- 

 ager, N. I. W. Kriek; manager shipping 

 department, J. J. WeEer; propagator. 

 Jacob Weller. 



SMALL STORM LOSS IN EAST. 



The "ice storm," as it is called, 

 which raged in Massachusetts at the 

 opening of December, did not do great 

 damage to the nurseries there, although 

 a number of large ones were in its 

 course. The heaviest damage was done 

 to the old trees, on private estates, in 

 parks and along highways, whose stiff 

 branches would not bend beneath the 

 load of ice, which measured three inches 

 on some. Those on high ground suf- 

 fered most. Many large deciduous and 

 fruit trees were ruined. The evergreens 

 soon became a mass of ice, the branches 

 supporting one another, and did not suf- 

 fer so badly. The young stock in the 

 nurseries fared better than the older, 

 because their pliable branches bent be- 

 neath the weight, and were able to be 

 straightened later. 



The Framingham Nurseries, at Fram- 

 ingham, Mass., were in the midst of the 

 storm and probably suffered as much as 

 any other nursery. But Kichard M. 

 Wyman, the proprietor, states that 

 "losses from the recent ice storm will 

 be comparatively slight. Few sorts of 

 trees in nursery sizes were damaged. 

 The deciduous shade trees caught it 

 hardest of all, but, with the exception 

 of lindens, the damage was slight. 



"Elms, maples and oaks were hardly 

 damaged," he reports, "and then only 

 in the larger trees, generally trees three 

 inches in caliper or more. Lindens of 

 all sizes were considerably broken, 

 branches and leaders being torn off. 

 Lombardy poplars above sixteen feet 

 in height were considerably damaged, 

 but the sizes below that height were 

 scarcely damaged at all, although they 

 were bowed right down to the ground 

 for two days or so. Only a few birches 

 were damaged. 



"Shrubs, of course, were practically 

 unhurt. Evergreens, such as red cedars, 

 American arborvitse and pyramidal ar- 

 borvitte, were bent to the ground. Since 

 the ice left they have, to a great extent, 

 recovered their position. Most of them 



will undoubtedly be practically straight 

 by spring. We cannot, however, fully 

 determine the damage done to these 

 evergreens. Undoubtedly some of them 

 have had the fibers of the trunk suffi- 

 ciently shattered to hurt them, but I am 

 inclined to think that the percentage 

 will be comparatively small. 



"I believe we have the largest nurs- 

 ery within the limits of the storm and, 

 moreover, we were in the heart of the 

 storm area. Therefore, I feel sure this 

 report of damage can be taken to be a 

 fair sample of general conditions within 

 the limits of the storm area. 



"Concerning the damage done to ma- 

 tured street trees, it has surprised me to 

 see the amount of damage done to the 

 American elm. I have always consid- 

 ered it as among the toughest of them 

 all, but, as far as I have^een able to 

 observe, it has suffered the greatest 

 damage. Ash trees were surprisingly 

 smashed, sugar maples considerably so. 

 Matured Lombardy poplars have in 

 many cases practically nothing but the 

 main trunk, all the branches having 

 been stripped off." 



The J. W. Adams Nursery Co., at 

 Springfield, Mass., was not at all af- 

 fected by the storm, but states that 

 nurseries about Worcester suffered some 

 losses. 



According to W. H. Wyman, proprie- 

 tor of the Bay State Nurseries, at Nqrth 

 Abington, Mass., no injury was done 

 there, since the storm was not so severe 

 as elsewhere. The young stock in the 

 nursery bent and did not break, being 

 straightened up later. 



It is reported that considerable dam- 

 age was done at the Breck-Robinson 

 Nursery Co. grounds, at Lexington, 

 Mass., but the extent is not certain. 



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 tne surplus is all taken. 



Onarga Nursery Company 



CULTRA BROS^ Manaccra 

 ONARGA, - ILLINOIS 



OSAFE VINES IN CALIFOENIA. 



The department of agriculture of the 

 state of California has issued the fol- 

 lowing order, having to do with pre- 

 venting the further spread of grape 

 phylloxera in inter-county shipments, 

 which is an excerpt of the pest control 

 regulation No. 1: In order to ship grape 

 vines or rooted cuttings into phylloxera- 

 free counties, you must have the state- 



ment of your county horticultural com- 

 missioner that they are grown in a local- 

 ity at least six miles from a known phyl- 

 loxera infestation and a representative 

 of his office must be present at the time 

 of digging to seal the vines with a wire 

 and lead seal. Therefore, it will be nec- 

 essary for you to get in touch with your 

 county horticultural commissioner be- 

 forehand, so that he can send an inspec- 

 tor to your nursery at digging time. The 

 vines must be treated by the hot-water 

 method before being shipped. Prepara- 

 tions should be made as well in advance 

 of the shipping season as possible and 

 the apparatus for treating the vines 

 must have the approval of your county 

 horticultural commissioner. 



All expense in connection with the 

 preparation of vines for shipment un- 

 der this regulation, with the exception 

 of the sealing device and the salary of 

 the inspector, must be borne by the 

 owner of the vines. 



The following counties, according to 

 the best available information, are free 

 from phylloxera: Alpine, Amador, Del 

 Norte, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, 

 Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, 

 Marin, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Mono, 

 Nevada, Orange, Plumas, Biverside, San 

 Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San 

 Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Shasta, 

 Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Tehama, 

 Trinity and Ventura. 



Shipments to any of these counties 

 must meet the requirements of pest con- 

 trol regulation No. 1, states Harry S. 

 Smith, chief of the bureau of pest con- 

 trol. 



HEARmO ON BLISTER RUST. 



To protect the white pine forests of 

 the west against the blister rust, a de- 

 structive disease of these trees, the Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Board of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture will 

 hold a public hearing at Washington 

 January 23, 1922, to consider the advisa- 

 bility of extending the present federal 

 quarantine to include the state of Wash- 



American Grown 



Fruit Tree Stocks 



AppU'SatdUngs, Straight or Branchad. 

 Alio Pear Stocks from Pranch and Japan 

 S««d, Amarlcana Plum .Mahalab Cherry 

 and Peach Seadlings la all Gradaa. Car 

 Lots to Central Points. 



Foreign Grown Stocks 



Apple, Pear, Mahalab, Myrobalan, Quince, 

 Manetti and Multiflora. All Grades. In 

 Prime Condition. Can quote in France or 

 out of Customs in New Yorlc 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 



