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The Florists^ Review 



June 8. 192:' 



On the agricultiniil committee of the 

 Chicago" Association of ("(immerce are Wil- 

 liam A. I'etersoii, liead of the ['eteisoii 

 Nursery, and Leonard H. Vaughan. The 

 cliairman is Frank B. White, who performs 

 advertising service for some in the trade. 



WlNTKR and spring scouting by the 

 bureau of entomology of tlie United States 

 Department of Agriculture and state en 

 tomological forces shows that the gypsy 

 moth is established over the entire central 

 part of Connecticut. The new territory 

 is as large as all the known infested area 

 ill the state up to this time. The area 

 affected is that through which the main 

 railroad lines run from New Kngland 

 into New York city, and the S])read of the 

 ])est toward the great port is closely 

 watched. It has now reached the New 

 York state line in northwestern Con- 

 • lU'cticut. 



MILDEW ON RAMBLERS. 



What is good to keep mildew oft' ram- 

 bler roses? C. E. H.— III. 



Spray your roses with a good fungi- 

 cide or blow sulphur on them with ;i 

 jiowder bellows in the morning while 

 the plants are damji with dew. Continue 

 this treatment to kee]i the mildew in 

 check. C. W. 



PEONIES ROTTING. 



I have mailed you a ]ieoiiy root which 

 is infected with a disease. Will you 

 kindly examine the root and determine 

 if jiossible what tlie disease is and how- 

 to combat itf The jilants started well 

 in the spring, but later the sprouts 

 rotted Ijeiu'ath the surface of the earth. 

 Will the discMse spread? 



P. v.— N. I). 



]f the jii.-iiits were set oiit last fall 

 they were probably set too deej) and in 

 soil which was too wet. The rot should 

 also li:ive been removed before j)laiit- 

 ing. 



If the jdaiits are old stock, they 

 should be dug up and divided in Sej) 

 teniber. Tlie disease is not contagious, 

 but it is unwise to rejilant under exist- 

 ing conditions. W. A. I'eterson. 



NURSERY STOCK AT QUEENS. 



''The key to success is often uncon- 

 sciously handed to the successful oper- 

 ator," observed Manager R. T. Brown, 

 of the Cottage (iiirdens Co., (Queens, 

 .N. Y ., referriiiK to the recent meeting 

 at Washington, l>. ('., where (|uarantiiie 

 M received the closest attention from 

 its friends .-ind foes. Here it has acted 

 as a stimulus to ]irodiice what w.as 

 hitherto considered ini]i(issible, or, to 

 say the least. ini]irol);ible and uii|)rotit- 

 iiblc. With ii;itural conditions aided 

 liy careful pl:iiiiiiiig to ninke the ele- 

 ments as near perfection as jiossible, tin- 

 result is seen in the wonderful (pian- 

 tity, (piality and variety of ericaceous 

 ]ilants, while conifers, witli but one ex- 

 cejdion, the blue spruce, challenge the 

 cream of Kurope.'ingrown stock in ra- 

 pidity of growth. A grand crop of rho- 



dodendrons, growing on hillsides and 

 fully exposed, explodes the theory that 

 ])rotection and shade are necessary to 

 the successful propagation of these 

 jilants. Some 50,000 futures are ready 

 to plant out, togetlier with tlie same 

 number of Azalea Kurunie and Androm- 

 eda floribunda. Among the gems in 

 conifers are seen Biota aurea nana, Ju- 

 iiiferus stricta and Taxus cuspidata. 



The trade is largely catering to the 

 rapidly changing conditions, brought 

 about by intelligent publicity obtained 

 in magazines and the leading dailies. 

 The embellishment of the small coun- 

 try home is a big feature and really the 

 salvation of the nursery business at a 

 time when the planting on large estates 

 has been curtailed. 



Of the original fine range of glass 

 only one house is now devoted to 

 Matchless carnations. .The remaining 

 space, some 25,000 scjuare feet of glass, 

 is used entirely for propagating and 



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SATISFACTION 



TREES 

 SHRUBS 

 PERENNIALS 

 * GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



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Whatever you buy of u«. Its 

 •atisfactlon we sell 



fuUur t^ehry Co 



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I B«x 24 R«tk*rf>r<l N.J. 



BOXWOODS 



Choice American gr wn Pjrainid-, Balls 

 and Standiiras. Good color, well formed 

 spe iniens that will please your customers. 

 This stock IS supul.ed ball d and burlapped, 

 carefully packed. 



BOXWOOD Each 



Ball Shaped. 14x14 inches, B&B $8.60 



BallSbaped, 16x16 inches. H&B 4.2'> 



Ball Shaped, 18x18 inches, B<&B 6.50 



Pyramid Shaped. 2»s feet. B&B 4.60 



Pyramid Shaped Sfeei, BAB 6.60 



Standards— Stem, 14-inch; Crown. 16- 



incb.B&B 6.50 



B&B signifies balled and burlapped. 



The D. Hill NarseryC*., Inc., ^83 Duidee.IU. 



Evergreen Specialists — Laitrest Growers in America 



preparing nursery stock for the adjoin- 

 ing frames and beds, where, by the aid 

 of the movable Skinner irrigation sprin- 

 kling system, ideal conditions exist. 

 Manager R. T. Brown is especially 

 proud of a group of Picca albertiana 

 conica from originals obtained from the' 

 Arnold Arboretum, stating that dur- 

 ing his visit of observation to Holland 

 and Belgium he saw nothing to compare 

 with it in distinctness of character and 

 elegance. W. M. 



POISON SPEAY ON FRUITS. 



from time to time the question recurs 

 whether the amount of arsenic, lead or 

 copper remaining on fruits and vege- 

 tables treated with poisonous sprays is 



Thank You 



for the business you gave 

 us this spring and we ex- 

 tend you an invitation to 

 call at the Nursery this 

 summer and see our 

 growing stock. 



Onarga Nursery Company 



CULTRA BROS^ Nutagon 

 ONARGA, ■ ILLINOIS 



McntiDii Tlic Roview wlii-ii yim write.. 



ndcrjul ^^^1^^\) si cii\ 



Weller Nurseries Co., 



INC. 



Ask for Catalogue 

 HOLLAND MICHIGAN 



Nursery Stock for Florists' Trade 



Field-Grown Roses Our Specialty 



FOR FORCING 



M*gna Charta, American Beauty, Baby Rambler, Ulrich Brunner, 

 Paul Neyron, Gen'l Jacqueminot, M. P. Wilder, Tausendtchoen, 

 Ciimaon RamblT, Dorotky Perkins, Clg. American Beauty, 

 ExceUa, Orleans, Anny Mailer. 



ALL GROWN AT GENEVA, NEW YORK 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, New York 



