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The Rorists' Review 



Sbptkmbbr 29, 1921 



Opportunities are especially good for 

 those who can i)rodiice ijerennials of best 

 jjrade. Tlie demand is climbing year by 

 year. General shortage prevails again this 

 season. 



Nurserymen of the state of California 

 are being warned to register with the 

 state department of agriculture, at Sac- 

 ramento, before the planting season be- 

 gins and the moving of nursery stock 

 starts. 



The latest publication of the American 

 Iris Society, dated June, 1921, is devoted 

 to Sir Michael Foster and his work. Sev- 

 eral articles on other subjects are also of 

 much interest, particularly President 

 John 0. Wistcr's recollections of his 

 visits to American iris nurseries and gar- 

 dens. 



The nursery stock in central Tennessee 

 is looking much better than seemed possi- 

 ble a few weeks ago. Everything now 

 indicates that stock will be good this 

 year and that there will be a larger siij)- 

 ply of it than there was last year. Ad- 

 vance sales, while not so heavy as two 

 or three years ago, are better than was 

 expected. The ornamental growers will 

 not be anywhere near able to supply the 

 demand unless conditions change decided- 

 ly. There is more building going on 

 throughout that i)art of the soutli at ])res- 

 ent than for years in the past, and al- 

 ready enough inquiries are coming in to 

 make it sure that the majority of the 

 builders plan to do considerable planting 

 this fall. 



MISSOURI-GROWN BOXWOOD. 



Tlu' prohil)ition by Quarantine 37 of 

 the entry of boxwood has caused much 

 discussion of its production in this coun- 

 try. It has been propagated for a num- 

 ber of years at Sarcoxie, Mo., by Wild 

 Bros. Nursery Co., more widely known 

 as peony growers. Concerning its meth- 

 ods of growing Ijoxwood the company 

 states: "Most of our supjdy has been 

 sold as young stock for growing on, but 

 we have grown some to bush form. The 

 ])lants require lots of moisture and are 

 best with a mulch covering about two 

 to four inches deep. In some sections a 

 winter jirotection from flic sun will be 

 necessary, and where not essential, it is 

 often advisable to bring them through 

 with better color. We build a brush 

 shed over them during winter, the ob- 

 ject of which is to prevent rajiid thaw- 

 ing by the sun's rays after a severe 

 freeze. " 



NODE DISEASE OF PEONIES. 



I am mailing under sej)arate cover a 

 peony j)lant, tlie l)uds of which ap])car 

 to be diseased. All the stem and the 

 leaves above ground seem perfectly 

 healthy. Any information as to tln^ 

 nature of the disease .-ind iis to a remedy 

 will be greatlv ai)preciate(l. 



B. C. A.— Mo. 



horse manure so that it touches the roots. 

 These plants may have had the disease 

 before they were planted in their pres- 

 ent location. It would be advisable to 

 take them up and destroy them. 



W. A, Peterson. 



ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS. 



Convention Program. 



The annual meeting of the National 

 Association of Gardeners will lie held 

 at the Park Avenue hotel. Park avenue 

 and Thirty-second street. New York, 

 October 11 to 14. The program is as 

 follows: 



TUESDAY. OCTOBER 11. 

 11 A. M. Executive? moL'tiiiK of trustees and di- 



rectors. 

 1! I'. M. Opi'iiiuK of couveution, by T. A, Iliive- 

 me.ver, pn'sidont of tlie Horticultural 

 Sociotj- of .New York, chairman. 



Address of welcome, li.v Mrs, .Samuel 

 Sloan, president of the Garden Club 

 of .America. 



Hesponse. 



President's address, by W. N. Craig, 

 Ilrookline, .Mass. 



"Quarantine No. :^7," by A, 0, Bur- 

 rage, jiresident of the Massachusetts 

 IIorti<'ultnral Society. 



"Sign Hoard Nuisance Along the High- 

 ways." by .lames Boyd, president of 

 the I'enusylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



"School (iarden Movement," by Otis 

 M, Kiistman, ,supervisor of school 

 gardens, Cleveland, O. 



UiscuBsions, 



WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 12. 

 !t .\. M. S<MTetar.v's report. 



Secretar.v's linancial report. 

 Treasurer's report, 

 ('ommittee reports. 

 Resolutions. 

 New business. 



Consideration of next meeting place. 

 Adjournment for luiuheon. 

 - 1'. M. Nomination of officers. 

 I'nfinished business. 



Subjects for discussion: "Training 

 Young Men on Country Estates," 

 "Examinations for and Classilication 

 of hardeners." 

 7 r. M. .Vnnual bamiuet. 



TIIIRSD.VY, OCTOBER 13. 

 S:30 A. M. I'fdls open for election of ofllcers. 

 !»:30 A. M. I'nlinisbed business. 

 11 A. M. .\utomiibile trip to Westchester county. 

 I.,miclieon at (ireystone. Yonkers, 

 Samuel I'niermyer's estate, and visit 

 to other estates, including John I). 

 Rockefeller's estate, I'ocantlco Hills. 



FRIDAY. OCTOBER 14. 

 !• .\. M. Leave hotel in automobiles for visit 

 to lountr.v estates in N.issiui county, 

 I.,. I. I.inicheon at Engineers' Club, 

 Roslyn, I.. I. 



The oflicers of the association are: 

 President, W. N. Craig, Brookline, 

 Mass.; vice-president, (Jeorge H. Pring, 

 St. Louis, Mo.; secretary, M. C. Ehel, 



The difliciilty with the peony plant is 

 the node disease of the roots, which 

 pif.balily ((lines fidiii fertilizing witli 



NURSERY STOCK 



for 



FLORISTS' TRADE 



Field Grown Roses our Specialty 

 Budded and Own Root 



Write for our Wholesale Trade List 



W. & T. SMITH CO. 



Geneva^ N. Y. 



L'86 Fifth avenue, New York; treasurer, 

 Peter Duff, Orange, N. J. 



AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM. 



I note in The Review of September 22 

 the article on perennials, which is very 

 timely and should be a help in selling 

 more perennial plants. There seems to 

 be a somewhat peculiar condition in the 

 perennial trade just at present. Many 

 who have grown perennials in a small 

 way and have noted the heavy wholesale 

 deniaud the past two years, have gone in 

 heavily to supply the wholesale trade. 

 There are also a great many more peo- 

 ple becoming interested in planting per- 

 ennials on their home grounds than for- 

 merly. The variety of perennials is so 

 great that many hesitate to buy witliout 

 seeing the plants, as they have not imag- 

 ination to picture the plants to them- 

 selves from the catalogue descriptions. 

 In other words, there is a good supply 

 and a heavy deitiand, but a rather i)oor 

 connection between the two. Can you 

 suggest ways and means of getting the 

 supjily to the demand? 



William Toole & Son. 



As a medium between the nurseryman, 

 be he grower of perennials, shrubs or 

 trees, and the home owner, who can be 

 encouraged to plant much more than he 

 does, no one is in so good a position as 

 the florist. He is able to, and often does, 

 show the home owner with what material 

 he can beautify his grounds, by plant- 

 ings about the greenhouse and store. 

 The florists who thus adorn their own 

 places, residential and business, find 

 ))]anting orders easy to obtain, for they 

 can show customers how to get the effect 

 about which the l;itter, perhaps, have 

 only a vague idea. Of course, the re- 

 tailer whose store is on valuable prop- 

 erty in a business district cannot do this, 

 liut he is little called upon; the neighbor- 

 hood florist gets such orders, and if he 

 went after them vigorously, he could 

 get a great many more. The heavy de- 

 mand for nursery stock, particularly 

 ornamental stock of all kinds, makes it 

 jirobable that an oversupply may be 



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., Manager* 

 ONARGA, - ILLINOIS 



