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The Florists' Review 



Sbptembbb 8, 1921 



NuRSEKYMEN will find a valuable dis- 

 cussion of the law as iiffccting a phase 

 of their business in the iirticle, "Gcttinji 

 Pay for Plnnting, " on a forward page 

 of this issue. 



E. S. Welch, president of the Mount 

 Arbor Nurseries, at Shenandoah, la., vis- 

 ited Boise, Idaho, recently with his 

 friends, E. W. Paulson and family. Mr. 

 Welch spent a great part of his time at 

 Boise in an automobile, viewing the trees 

 and shrubbery of the vicinity. 



The exhibition to be held under the 

 auspices of the California Association 

 of Nurserymen at Los Angeles October 

 20 to 23 is drawing much attention to 

 nurserymen in that localitv. The noted 

 Armstrong Nurseries, at Ontario, Cal., 

 are described in this connection on page 

 23 of this issue. 



The annual meeting of the National 

 Association of Gardeners will be held at 

 the Park Avenue hotel, New York, Octo- 

 ber 11 to 14. The officers of the organiza- 

 tion are : President, William N. Craig, 

 Brookline, Mass.; vice-president George 

 H. Pring, St. Louis; treasurer, Pfeter 

 Duff, Orange, N. J., secretary, Martin 

 C. Ebel, 286 Fifth avenue. New York. 



The heat and drought in some parts 

 of the state, coupled with the lower prices 

 obtained for farm products, will decrease 

 the farmers' purchases of nursery stock, 

 in the estimation of L. J. Tucker, secre- 

 tary and treasurer of the McKay Nursery 

 Co., Madison, Wis. Favorable rains have 

 produced a splendid stand in the nurseries 

 of the company, which are at Waterloo, 

 Wis. 



The summer meeting of the New York 

 State Nurserymen's Association will be 

 held Saturday, September 10, at the Rod 

 & Gun Club on Seneca lake, Geneva, N. 

 Y. Prominent speakers are on the pro- 

 gram. Light lunch at noon and dinner at 

 6 p. m. will be served. Tickets for the 

 "Jay, $2.50, are procurable from Secre- 

 tarv C. J. Maloy, 209 Linden street, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



PACKING PERENNIALS. 



Many times nurserymen send orders 

 for perennials, requesting that they be 

 sent by freight, not thinking of the 

 ])ossibility of loss from receiving the 

 shipment in bad condition. Of course, 

 express rates are much higher than 

 freight rates, but, even so, com]iara- 

 tively they are cheap, for the order of 

 perennials will arriv? in first-class con- 

 dition when shipjied by express. 



]\Iost perennials should not be shipped 

 by freight, especially those varieties 

 with green, fleshy foliage, which will 

 lieat if kept packed too long a time. 

 Some varieties, such as herbaceous 

 peonies, German and .Tapanese irises, 

 etc.. may be ship,)ed by freight and 

 will arrive all right, but the safest and 

 surest way is to ship them by express. 



Packing perennials for shipment is 

 .iust as important and essential as grow- 

 ing stock of high quality. The pains- 

 t-'>i'ing grower will always make it a 



point to see that all shipments are 

 securely and properly packed. Peren- 

 nials, after l)eing dug, should not be 

 allowed to stand too long, for these 

 plants are susceptible to dryness and 

 soon become shriveled. Plenty of ex- 

 celsior, placed between the layers, and 

 damp sphagnum moss, not too wet, will 

 go a long way toward getting the stock 

 to the customer in good condition. 



T. J. M. 



NUBSESIES AT FBAMINGHAM. 



Eichard M. Wyman, proprietor of the 

 Framingham Nurseries, and Edmund 

 W. Borst, of the American Forestry Co., 

 Framingham, Mass., were hosts to a 

 party of fifty, September 3, when the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 

 spent a day of inspection at these two 

 places. The visitors saw two spendidly 

 kept places that well repaid their tour. 



The Framingham Nurseries were first 

 inspected. Here over 200 acres are 

 planted, chiefly with evergreens. Over 

 200 acres additional land is owned, 

 which may eventually be turned into 

 nursery land. Evergreens are the great 

 specialty and are grown in immense 

 numbers, a great many being of large 

 specimen size. Grand blocks of blue 

 spruce, concolor, and Engelmannia 

 were noteworthy. Taxus cuspidata, 

 brevifolia and canadensis were to be 

 seen by the acre in all sizes; so were 

 the juniperus family, in many varieties, 

 retinisporas and arbor-vita^s. 



Quarantine 37, which debars so many 

 desirable plants formerly imported from 

 Europe, is stirring nurserymen here and 

 Richard M. Wyman, the proprietor of 

 these well kept nurseries, is propagat- 

 ing azaleas and rhododendrons from 

 seed by the tens of thousands in green- 

 houses and frames. Grafting of rho- 

 dodendrons is being tried on a variety 

 of stocks, so far with rather indiffer- 

 ent success. Mr. Wyman says he lacks 

 the European climate for this work, but 

 intends to persevere with it. For some 

 time ahead he thinks seedlings of certain 

 colors of rhododendrons will have to 

 be sold in place of named hybrids such 

 as were formerly imported. He and 

 other nurserymen had made consider- 

 able investments in efforts to produce 

 debarred stock at home. The expense, 

 he ho]ied, might be justified. 



After a long walk and car ride over 



NURSERY STOCK 



for 



FLORISTS' TRADE 



Field Grown Roses oar Specialty 

 Budded and Own Root 



Write for our Wholesale Trade List 



W. & T. SMITH CO. 



Geneva, N. Y. 



the Framingham Nurseries, a collation 

 was served at Mr. Wyman 's home, 

 which was greatly appreciated. William 

 H. Judd voiced the thanks of all present 

 for courtesies extended and wished Mr. 

 Wyman success in his big enterprise. 

 Mr. Wyman suitably responded. 



Leaving Framingham Nurseries, cars 

 were next run to nursery No. 2 of the 

 American Forestry Co., better known 

 as Little Tree Farms. The latter title 

 is something of a misnomer. Some 

 years ago small pine and other seedlings 

 were handled exclusively, but now big 

 blocks of quite large-sized evergreens, 

 all raised from seeds, are to be found. 

 Evergreens are the great specialty, but 

 a lot of maples, oaks and other decidu- 

 ous trees are also grown. Deciduous 

 shrubs are not yet grown, but these and 

 perennials will later be added. Nursery 

 No. 2 contains splendid soil, with 

 scarcely a stone in it, ideal for nursery 

 stock, and the great blocks of pines, 

 spruces, junipers, etc., were all in splen- 

 did shape. 



There is an attractive roadside stand 

 here, where a heavy automobile traffic 

 passes and many evergreens in tubs and 

 boxes are sold. A space, 50x200, 

 will another season be devoted to a 

 garden with appropriate plantings of 

 evergreens and deciduous trees and 

 shrubs, herbaceous perennials, lilies, 

 rock plants, etc. This should prove a 

 great drawing card and a splendid ad- 

 vertisement for selling stock. Edmund 

 W. Borst supplied everyone with deli- 

 cious cold drinks here before a start 

 was made for nursery No. 1, where great 

 stocks of evergreens were also seen. 

 About 225 acres at Little Tree Farms 

 are devoted to nursery stock, and mil- 

 lions of pines and other seedlings are 

 raised annuallv. W. N. C. 



DISEASED PEONY ROOTS. 



We are sending you a root of peony. 

 Will you tell us what the trouble is 

 with it and suggest a remedy? The 

 specimen was grown on sandy soil. 



H. O. M. & Sl— Mich. 



The difficulty with the peony plant 

 is the node disease of the roots, which 



Yes, We Have Them 



Berberis Thunbergii 

 Hardy Privet 

 Hydrangea P. G. 

 Climbing Roses 

 Boston Ivy 

 Clematis 



Thousands of other plants. Write 

 for our new fall trade list. 



Onarga Nursery Company 



CULTRA BROS., Managers 

 ONARGA, - ILLINOIS 



