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The Florists^ Review 



August 11, 1921 



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NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE 



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Grow slirubs. It seems unlikely tliat 

 tliere ever will be overproduction of good 

 stock. 



The Pasco County Grove & Nursery 

 Co., of Tampa, Fla., has been incorporat- 

 ed. The capitalization of the company 

 is $250,000. 



The official roster of the Elizabeth 

 Nursery Co., Elizabeth, N. J., is: Presi- 

 dent, E, Runyon; vice-])resident, Foster 

 M. Voorhees; secretary, W. W. Delap. 



During the hot s[)ell in the middle west, 

 ended by rains last week, Hydrangea 

 jjaniculata grandiflora and weigelias suf- 

 fered from the drought most of all, be- 

 ing burned badly in s'ome Illinois nurser- 

 ies. 



As a rule, nurserymen suffered less from 

 the drought this summwr than they did a 

 year ago. Care to conserve what moisture 

 there was by keeping the soil covered 

 with a heavy dust mulch was responsible 

 for the better fortune in some cases. 



"William Pitkix, president of the 

 Chase Bros. Co., Rochester, N. Y., re- 

 ports tliat stock there has not suffered 

 seriously from the heat or drought. A 

 few perennials that were i>lanted during 

 the dry spell were lost, but otherwise no 

 .-serious trouble occurred. 



E. E. May, vice-president of the Mount 

 Arbor Nurseries, Shenandoah, la., reports 

 that the dry weather early in A])ril af- 

 fected the stands, but since that time 

 there has l)een plenty of rainfall, and 

 growth has been good. Tlie dry spring 

 affected the smaller stock particularly. 



In no jirofession is customers' confi- 

 dence of so great importance as in the 

 iiurs'erynien 's. The fact that months and 

 even years must i)ass Iwfore satisfaction, 

 or the reverse, is to be liad by the cus- 

 tomer makes the desire to deal only with 

 the most reliable nurserymen the more f re- 

 (juentl)' observed. 



Stock at tli<' D. Hill Nursery Co., Dun- 

 dee, III., is in excellent condition, con- 

 sidering the season. All of the smaller 

 trees' are under water and the larger 

 3j)eciinen evergreens do not suffer from 

 the dry weather. On the whole, the con- 

 dition of the stock is better this year than 

 in jirevious seasons, savs President D. 

 Hill. 



TiiK late freeze last s])ring proves to 

 have done considerable (lain;i<;e in a num- 

 ber of nnrsciies. One Illinois' growei 

 rejiorts th;it one I>lock containing 20,000 

 Spira-a Anthony Waterer was entirely 

 wiped out after the ))lants had made con- 

 siderable growth. A block of Philadel- 

 l)hus aurea and one of Spiravi Thunbergii 

 were also badly damaged. 



Thk recent rains have l)een a boon to 

 nurseries in which stock had l)een previ- 

 ously retarded by the heat and drought. 

 The Onarga Nursery Co., Oiiarga, III., 

 for instance, reports th:it the lilocks of 

 jirivet, spira'a :nid Ikhk vsuckle there have 

 grown more in the last week or ten days 

 than in a month befoie. Stock in gei;- 

 eral looks well at this time. 



Twisting a piece of burlap around the 

 roots of a tree does not entitle it to the 

 classification, "balled." One may sell 

 a first order and get away with it, but 

 not a second. 



Report from the Harrison Nursery Co., 

 York, Neb., is that nursery stock is mak- 

 ing up in fine shape. At no time has it 

 suffered from heat or drought, and a 

 bumper crop is predicted. 



As is his usual custom, William A. 

 Peterson, head of Peterson Nursery, 

 Chicago, is spending the summer at 

 Winona lake, Ind., with an occasional 

 dash to Chicago. The force at the nurs- 

 ery is busy, as the time for shipping iris 

 roots is now on. 



NURSERYMEN GO VISITING, 



A number of members of the Massa- 

 chusetts Nurserymen's Association and 

 their friends met at Horticultural hall, 

 Boston, early August 2 for a tour of in- 

 spection of various nurseries. The day 

 proved to be overcast and cool, but rain 

 fortunately held off. 



The Eastern Nurseries, Holliston, 

 were first visited. This excellent place 

 is in the hands of the family of the late 

 Jackson Dawson, of the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum. Splendid blocks of large, 

 handsome evergreens were noted here 

 and in the nurseries were seen many 

 rare and unusual plants, of which a 

 good numl)er were of Chinese introduc- 

 tion. Herbaceous perennials, rock 

 plants, low-growing evergreens for 

 ground covers, Scotch heather and roses 

 were all represented here. 



Leaving Holliston, the visitors next 



NURSERY STOCK 



for 



FLORISTS' TRADE 



Field Grown Roies our Specialty 

 Budded and Own Root 



Write for our Wholesale Trade List 



W. & T. SMITH CO. 



Geneva, N. Y. 



headed for Framingham and the exteii- 

 sive nurseries of Richard M. Wymau 

 were gone over. Both evergreen and 

 deciduous trees and shrubs were well 

 done here and the general cleanliness 

 after a month of hot, moist weather 

 was surprising. Many new and inter- 

 esting subjects were noted here. 



After an excellent lunch had been 

 served by Mr. Wyman, the Little Tre^ 

 Farms, of the American Forestry Co.. 

 covering several hundred acres, were in- 

 spected. Here are to be seen millions 

 of Pinus Strobus and other popular 

 evergreens and great numbers of de- 

 ciduous trees. Theodore F. Borst, the 

 manager, had the nurseries in fine con- 

 dition and the visitors greatly enjoyed 

 the visit here and to the other nurs- 

 eries. The day proved interesting and 

 instructive. W. N. C. 



MOON BACK FROM GERMANY. 



.1. Edward Moon, past president ot 

 the A. A. N. and member of the William 

 H. Moon Co., Morrisville, Pa., returned 

 last week from Germany, where he and 

 Mrs. Moon have been for the last year 

 helping to feed the starving orphans in 

 the Essen district, acting for the Amer 

 ican Friends' service committee. The 

 Essen district, of which Mr. Moon was 

 manager, had nearly 300,000 orphans 

 and adults to feed daily and to supph' 

 with clothes. 



"Since last Februarv the German 



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., Manager* 

 ONARGA, • ILLINOIS 



WANTED 



We are in the market for Evergreens in small 

 quantities and carload lots in lining out to 8-ft. sizes. 

 Lining out Shrubs, only in the better varieties. 

 Viburnum Carlesii, all sizes; also Phlox and Peonies. 

 Give prices, varieties and sizes. 



ROCK'S FLOWER GARDENS, 

 Independence, Mo. 



