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The Florists^ Review 



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The Massachusetts Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation held a field day at the Cherry 

 HUl Nurseries of the T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons Co., West Newbury, Mass., and the 

 Boxford Nursery of Harlan P. Kelsey, 

 August 24, leaving Horticultural hall, 

 Boston, at 8:30 a. m. A shore dinner 

 was a feature of the day's program. 



The Everbcar Nurseries Co., of Win- 

 ter Haven, Fla., has applied to the gov- 

 ernor for articles of incorporation. The 

 amount of capital stock of the corpora- 

 tion is to be $500,000. Until the first 

 meeting of stockholders in May, 1922, 

 the business of the corporation is to be 

 transacted by A. H. DeVane, president; 

 John A. Snively, vice-president, and W. 

 H. Lewis, secretary and treasurer. The 

 board of directors will consist of A. H. 

 DeVanc, John A. Snively, W. H. Lewis, 

 E. N. Morrow, J. C. Swindell and T. L. 

 Wilson. 



CONNECTICUT NURSERYMEN. 



A pleasant day, good refreshments 

 and the largest crowd that ever attend- 

 ed a summer outing of the Connecticut 

 Nurserymen's Association combined to 

 make Thursday, August 18, a memorable 

 one in the annals of that organization. 



The entertainment committee, com- 

 posed of Paul Hubbard and Walter 

 Campbell, made an effort to secure the 

 use of the new state park at Madison. 

 Lack of facilities at that place made it 

 necessary to fall back on the old reli- 

 able place. Lake Compounce, at Bristol. 



So, with few exceptions, every nurs- 

 eryman, with his family, hied himself 

 over to Compounce, where Messrs. Pierce 

 and Norton did themselves justice with 

 an old-time sheep bake. 



Of special interest on the program of 

 sports was the ball game between two 

 teams captained by President Gott- 

 schalk and Secretary Eippin. Mr. Rip- 

 pin could not get his spitball working, 

 with the result that Mr. Gottschalk's 

 team walked off with the game. 



At a short business session it was de- 

 cided to hold the annual winter meet- 

 ing at New Haven. The "pep" instilled 

 into the organization by its present 

 officers is sure to reflect itself once 

 more in a record-breaking winter at- 

 tendance. 



"TREE DENTISTS" AT WORK. 



The visitors to the convention of the 

 Society of American Florists at the 

 capital last week were much impressed 

 with the work being done for the 

 preservation of the many historic trees 

 in the park which lies between the 

 building where the lawmakers hold 

 forth and the Congressional Library. 

 The chief interest was in the Washing- 

 ton elm, which gets its name from the 

 story which is wound around it in a 

 romantic way. 



The work of preserving this and the 

 other well known trees is being done 

 by the Davey Tree Expert Co., of Kent, 

 O., under the supervision of Martin L. 

 Davey and his assistant, H. K. Perry. 

 The former recently completed a term 



Tree Surgery on Capitol Eltns. 



in Congress, where he became well 

 known because of his knowledge of 

 trees, and when it became apparent that 

 some of the beauties of the Capitol 

 grounds were being menaced by decay, 

 he was called into consultation by the 

 authorities. 



The "tree dentists," as they have 

 come to be known, started on the Wash- 

 ington elm. This tree stands about 

 seventy-five feet high. It was first 



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treated by the Davey Tree Expert Co. 

 about eleven years ago; since that time 

 it has developed only three local cav- 

 ities, located midway up the tree on the 

 main limbs. It was necessary to brace 

 some of the limbs by means of %-incb 

 galvanized double-strand cables, seven 

 being used for this purpose. 



The workers are treating an Amer- 

 ican elm, almost directly in front of the 

 center of the Capitol, which is esti- 

 mated to be about 80 years eld. They 

 have braced one limb by means of a 

 cable and filled three small cavities. 

 The vitality of this tree is reported aa 

 quite good. An English elm was found 

 to have thirteen cavities of medium 

 size. This tree is about 100 years old 

 and its weak spots required strengthen- 

 ing with eight of the galvanized cables. 

 It towers about eighty feet in height 

 and is about four feet through the 

 trunk. It is one of the largest in the 

 grounds. 



Another elm has a cavity that ia 

 twenty feet in length. This huge 

 stretch of material is laid off in blocks,, 

 giving the appearance of a human back- 

 bone, so made to permit the tree te 

 bend naturally when swayed by the 

 wind. Without such a system, a heavy 

 wind would break the tree. 



Another small elm has a cavity caused 

 by the main trunk of the tree being 

 blown out in a storm some years ago. 

 It was sawed off square and the tree 

 left exposed to the weather. A serious 

 cavity resulted. A wonderful piece of 

 work was here accomplished by the 

 "tree dentists." Under the direction 

 of Mr. Perry, the decayed wood was 

 entirely removed with mallets and 

 chisels, and the weak parts were se- 

 curely braced by bolts and lock nuts 

 inside the tree. Holes were bored 

 through the tree, bolts were inserted 

 and the lock nuts placed on the inside of 

 the tree. Cables were also placed be- 

 tween the branches two-thirds of the 

 way up to make the tree sway alto- 

 gether. Without this care, the indi- 

 vidual branches would lash around in 

 the wind and the tree would be ruined. 

 With the branches swaying in unison. 



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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. 



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 ONARGA, - ILLINOIS 



