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The Ronsts' Review 



Jandabt 19. 1922 



News of the death of William H. Cass, 

 of Cass Bros. Nursery Co., Geneva, N. Y., 

 appears in the obituary column this week. 



The nursery branch of the Glendale 

 Plant & Floral Co., Glendale, Cal., has 

 been sold to the Downing & Cox Nursery 

 Co., of the same city. 



A NEW nursery business has been 

 started at 572 Third street, Milwaukee, 

 Wis., by Robert Treml. Mr. Treml will 

 deal in trees, shrubs, plants, bulbs and 

 seeds. 



The official roster of the United States 

 Nursery Co., Boseacres, Miss., is: Presi- 

 dent, B. ij. Murphy; vice-president, 

 Frank E. Good; secretary and treasurer, 

 Edwin S. Houck, 



John H. Mattingly, at one time in 

 the nursery business at Hyattsville, Md., 

 died at his home, at East Riverdale, Md., 

 January 9, at the age of 65. Mr. Mat- 

 tingly had been an invalid for a number 

 of years. 



PlCEio acid, a surplus war explosive, is 

 being distributed by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, chiefly to 

 farmers, to blast stumps out of the soil. 

 Twelve million pounds were available for 

 distribution. Beports of results are uni- 

 formly favorable. 



The wholesale lists that nurserymen 

 send out cost far more than it would to 

 present the same offers in the columns of 

 the trade press. Firms wholesaling stock 

 to florists have mostly ceased issuing 

 such lists. That nurserymen continue 

 them is evidence of the force of long- 

 standing habit. 



When item No. 270, covering nursery 

 stock, was called at 1:50 p. m. January 

 13 at the hearing of the oflficial classi- 

 fication committee of the interstate com- 

 merce commission, at Chicago, no re- 

 sponse was heard. If no one appears at 

 the eastern hearing, the changes applied 

 for by the railroad companies will prob- 

 ably be made. 



The Valdesian Nursery, Bostic, N. C, 

 reports that business constantly continues 

 on the increase and that orders are ar- 

 riving multitudinously for this time of 

 the year. 



An addition to the ranks of growers of 

 hardy perennials is George L. Ehrle, Rich- 

 field, N. J. A specialty is double gypso- 

 phila. Mr. Ehrle was for several years 

 grower for Bobbink & Atkins, Buther- 

 ford, N. J. 



Perennials will be the specialty of 

 the Van Laar Co., Hartford, Conn., which 

 has moved from the old location, near 

 Scott's Nurseries, to a new one, on Blue 

 Hills avenue, where a greenhouse, 25x75, 

 has just been completed by Hitchings 

 & Co. Mr. Van Laar was formerly in 

 charge of the perennial department of 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. 

 With him is W. N. Bester. 



Few nurserymen protect their mailing 

 lists from the entrance of persons not en- 

 titled to wholesale prices as zealously as 

 does the subscription department of The 

 Beview. No subscription is received 

 unless it is accompanied by evidence of 

 the remitter's connection with the flo- 

 rist 's, nursery or seed trade. Though this 

 course necessitates the return of from 

 half a dozen to a dozen checks or money 

 orders daily, it makes possible the publi- 

 cation of wholesale prices without danger 

 of their being seen by persons not entitled 

 to them. 



ILLINOISANS AT CHICAGO. 



The program issued by the Illinois 

 State Nurserymen's Association, cover- 

 ing the schedule of events and speeches 

 at the meeting, January 19 and 20, at 

 the Congress hotel, Chicago, includes a 

 talk set for 10 a. m., January 19, on 

 "Tell It to the City Folk," by W. F. 

 Therkildson, Chicago, not mentioned in 

 the report in The Beview for Januarys. 



The printed program suggests as 

 topics for a question box: "Damage 

 to the Nursery Business by the Hard 



Bules and High Rates of Freight;" 

 "How Much Business Has Been Lost 

 Through the Excessively High Express 

 Bates?" and "Shall Nurserymen Con- 

 tinue to Permit Their Trees to Be Half 

 Killed by Fumigation!" 



TO GEOW OALTFOKNIA PRIVET. 



Will you inform me as to how to 

 propagate a stock of about 5,000 Cal- 

 ifornia privet? I have the hedge from 

 which I can get the cuttings in from 

 1-foot to 1%-foot lengths, quite sturdy 

 stock. I should appreciate any advice 

 on the subject. C. T. M.— Pa. 



Cut off the shoots and make an aver- 

 age length of from eight to ten inches. 

 Strip off any leaves, tie in bundles and 

 bury them to two-thirds their depth 

 on a cellar floor, where there is no fire 

 heat. As soon as the weather will per- 

 mit in spring, plow, harrow and pre- 

 pare land for them. Set out the cut- 

 tings in rows thirty to thirty-six inches 

 apart, placing the cuttings four to six 

 inches apart in the rows. Leave one- 

 third only of the shoots above ground 

 and firm them thoroughly. Keep the 

 rows well cultivated all through the 

 growing season. It would have been 

 better to take these cuttings three weeks 

 ago, but there should still be time for 

 them to callus before spring planting 

 time comes around again. C. W. 



PAINESVIUJB, OHIO. 



This section has been having real win- 

 ter weather, with the mercury hovering 

 around the zero mark most of the time. 

 The ground is covered with about six 

 inches of snow, which acts as a protec- 

 tion for many herbaceous plants. 



Bobert Botley, in charge of the prop- 

 agating department of Storrs & Harri- 

 son Co., has had a most successful year. 

 One hundred per cent stands of shrubs, 

 roses, etc., are not uncommon under Mr. 

 Botley 's supervision. 



J. H. Dayton, secretary of Storrs & 



For Progressive 

 Florists 



HILL'S SPECIMEN EVERGREENS 



NOTE: Many Florists are having great success selling Hill's Specimen Evergreens. On any vacant space around 

 your grounds you can heel in a good assortment and easily sell them to customers driving by. No trouble at all to handle. 

 Profits unusually good. The following selected varieties are strong, thrifty, and well formed, suitable for the very best 

 trade. Now is the time to cover your needs for Spring planting. Write for information. 



Abies (Fir) 



Size, 

 feet 



Conoolor 2 -3 



Douglaiti 2 -3 



DeuKlassi 3 -4 



Hemlocli 2 -3 



Hemlock 3 -4 



Hill Specimen Everirreens 

 are aiwaya worth the price 

 you pay for them; ana will 

 be found the moat econom- 

 ical in the long run. 



-D. Hill. 



Juniperus 

 Canadensis 

 Canadensis 

 Ffltzeriana 

 Ffltzeriana 

 Frooumbens 

 Procumbens 

 Tamarisoifolia. 



(Juniper) 

 ...1 -I'/i 

 ...iyi-2 

 . . .2 -3 

 ...3 -4 

 ...1 -1% 

 ...l%-2 



1 -ly. 



Tamariscifolia. .lVi-2 



Virglniana 2 -3 



Vir^niana .... 3 -4 

 VirKlniana ... .4 -5 



Each 

 $6,60 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



2.26 

 2.76 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 3.60 

 4.60 



10 

 160.00 

 26.00 

 36.00 

 27,60 

 36.00 



17,60 

 22.60 

 66.00 

 76.00 

 37,60 

 46.00 

 37.60 

 46.00 

 26.00 

 30.00 

 40.00 



Juniper (Continued) 

 Size, 

 feet 



Counarti 2 -3 



Counarti 3 '4 



Elegants. Lee. .2 -3 



Schotti 2 -3 



Olauca 2 -3 



Pioea (Spruce) 



Alba 2 -3 



Alba 3 -4 



Canadensis 2 -3 



Canadensis ....3 -4 



Ezcelsa 4 -6 



Pinus (Fine) 



Austrlaoa 2 -3 



Mugho Comp ... 1 •1\^ 

 Hurbo Comp...lVi-2 



Strobus 4 -6 



Strobus 6 -6 



Sylvestris 2 -3 



Each 

 *4.76 

 6.00 

 6.60 

 4.00 

 4.00 



3.60 

 6.00 

 4.60 

 6.00 

 3.60 



3.00 

 2.26 

 8.00 

 2.60 

 8.86 

 2.76 



10 

 942.60 

 66.00 

 60.00 

 36.00 

 36.00 



30,00 

 46.00 

 40.00 

 66.00 

 80.00 



86.00 

 80.00 

 86.00 

 80.00 

 26.00 

 88.60 



..1 -V/f 

 ..1 -1V4 

 i.l -Wt 



Size, 

 Tazus (Yew) feet 

 Canadensis ....1 -V/t 

 Caspidata 

 Cus. Brevifolia. 



Thuya (Arbor Vitae) 

 Ocoidentalis ...2 -3 

 Ocoidentalis ... 8 -4 



Globes l}4zlV4 



Compaota iVizlVi 



Fyramidalis ...2 -8 

 Pyramidalis ... 3 -4 



Sibirioa 2 -3 



Woodwardil ...lV4xlV4 



Each 



$3.60 



3.75 



4,26 



1.76 

 2.50 

 3.60 

 3.00 

 2.76 

 3.76 

 4.25 

 3.00 



10 



132.60 



36.00 



40.00 



16.00 

 20.00 

 30.00 

 87.60 

 26.00 

 32.60 

 37.60 

 87.60 



SHRUBS AND DECIDITOTTS T&EES 



Large assortment of choice Tarleties 



for lining out. 



5 of same variety and size at 10 rate. 

 Send for complete catalogue. 



THE D. HILL NURSERY CO., Inc. b^^^^os 



' Dundee, 111. 



-EVERGREEN SPECIALISTS - 



-LARGEST GROWERS IN AMERICA- 



