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The Florists' Review 



July 13, 1922 



A JOINT iiieotiiifj of tlio Miirylaiid State 

 Horticultural Society and the Peninsula 

 Horticultural Society is to be held at 

 Berlin, Md., Friday, July 14, when the 

 Harrison Nurseries will act as host at 

 their orchards. 



Announcement has been made thiit a 

 nursery, to be known as the Taylor Nurs- 

 ery, is to be ojiened near Greer, S. C, 

 this fall. \i. B. Taylor, the nianajior-to- 

 be, i)l!ins to devote fifteen or twenty 

 acres to his nursery. 



AcC0KniN(; to Secretary F. Cranefield, 

 of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society, 

 the dates of the annual summer meetinjj 

 have been changed from August 9 and 

 10 to August 1« and 17. The meeting 

 this veai' is to he held at Sturgeon Bav, 

 Wis." 



F.XPOKT.s of luirsery stock from Holland 

 to the I'nited States fell off nearly one- 

 (juarter last year, as compared with the 

 year previous. In 1920 they were valued 

 at .•f;ll;!,707 an.l last year at $H7,4()8, 

 according to the statistics of the United 

 States Department of Commerce. 



At the fourth annual meeting of the 

 Retail Nurserymen's Association of the 

 Ignited States, held in Detroit, Mich., 

 June 29, all the directors of last year 

 were rei'lected, as follows: (Jeorge Mar- 

 shall and L. J. Tucker, Madison, Wis.; 

 E. M. Sherman and J. W. Pitkin, Roches- 

 ter, X. v., and Karl Xeec|li:iiii, Higlilan<l, 

 Mich. F. M. Sherman was rei'lected 

 president ; Karl Needham, vice-president, 

 and L. .1. Tuckci-, secretary-treasurer. 



PlVl-; were elect('<l to niend><>rslii|i when 

 the Hahy Ramblers' Club of the Amer- 

 ican Association of Nurs«'rvnien met 

 dune 27 at Detroit, Mich. 'They arc 

 J(isei)li Ilgenfritz, Monroe, Mich.; T. II. 

 Cobb, Chasi', Ala.; R. Perkins, Newark, 

 N. J.; Frank R. Raijon, (leneva, N. Y. 

 and Donald Wyman, North .Miington, 

 Mass. Oflicers were elected as follows: 

 President, ( ". 11. Mastin, Xewbiirgh, 

 N. Y. ; \ ice president , Robert Kssig, De 

 troit, .Mich., and secretary treasurer, K. 

 H. Bowilen, (ieneva, N. V. 



Mrcil of the success of the "Plan to 

 Plant Another Tree'' campaign of the 

 Illinois luirserymcn is ilue to the ability 

 of Secretary .1. .\. Young, in his (dip 

 sh(>et material, to hitch botanical informa- 

 tion to items of current |ioi)ular interest. 

 For inst.ance, he says in the latest sheet 

 that ]irii\vinkle, "the coloi- our girls ;ire 

 wearing," is taken from the taniari.x, and 

 lie proceeds to recommend Tam;irix his 

 pi<la aestivalis, also cilled T. pent.'uidra, 

 for ])l;inting in Illinois, describing i;s 

 habits and pleasing ch.aracteristics. 



JAPAN QUINCE. 



Will you kindly identify the slirub 

 of w hi( h I am entdosing leaf and fruit .' 



C. D. S.— Wis. 



The specimen sent is Chapnomeles 

 .iaponica, also called Pvrus .ia])onica. 

 its common title is Japan, or flowering, 

 quince. This is a li.-irdy shrub, grow- 

 ing to a height of three to ti\e feet. It 



has red flowers, which come before the 

 leaves appear. The fruit ia similar to 

 our quinces and is suitable for use with 

 a])j)les and other fruits in jellies. 



J. A. Young. 



STOCK INVESTIGATIONS. 



Scott Tells Government's Work. 



Two years ago an appropriation of 

 $20,000 for nursery stock investigations 

 was secured for the United States De- 

 ])artnient of Agriculture. The project 

 is administered by the bureau of plant 

 industry through the offices of horti- 

 cultural and poniological investigations. 



I was brought back into the depart- 

 ment the fore part of February, 1921, 

 after a year's absence in commercial 

 work, and jilaced in charge of the nurs- 

 ery stock investigations. Associated 

 with me in the nursery stock work is 

 (i. K. Yerkes, a graduate of the Kansas 

 Agricultural College, who has had a 

 number of years' nursery experience in 

 Kansas and Oklahoma and who is in 

 direct charge of all our jiropagation. 

 Charles Swingle, who is also a graduate 

 of the Kansas Agricultural College and 

 has h.'id several years' nursery exjieri- 

 ence in California, is another member 

 of our staff, an<l with us this year, in a 

 temporary cai)acity, is M. L. Hancock, 

 who has ;ilso h;id several years' nurs- 

 ery ex[)erience and, when he leaves us, 

 expects to take charge of the ])ropaga- 



rapcr (111 the "ProKrcss (if Nursery Stuck Tnvps- 

 tJi: iticins (if tlic I'liitcd Sliitcs I)i>|iiii-liiiciil (if 

 Atrririiltiii'c," i-ciKl hy h. It Scutt. (if the rnitcd 

 Slates I)i'|iMrtineiit (if AKriciiltiire, WasliiinitdU. 

 II. I'., ill llie iiiiivenliiiu of the .\iiieri(iin .Vssiici- 

 atidii (if Niirseryineii at Detmit. Midi., .T\ine ."!(). 



PEONIES 



and IRIS 



IN MANY CHOICE VARIETIES 

 LARGE STOCK :: LOW PRICES 



S. G. HARRIS 



T^rrytown, N. Y. 



tion work for the college of agriculture 

 of the University of Nanking, Nanking, 

 China. Stanley Johnston, a graduate of 

 the Michigan Agricultural College, who 

 is superintendent of the branch station 

 of the Michigan agricultural experi- 

 ment station, at South Haven, has 

 charge of the nursery stock work at 

 that place. 



The apjiropriation of $20,000 secured 

 two years ago was repeated in the bill 

 for the present fiscal year and also for 

 the fiscal year beginning July 1. 



Where Work Is in Progress. 



Our experimental work this year has 

 been carried on at three places: Bell, 

 Md.; South Haven, Mich., and Diamond 

 Springs, Va. At Bell, where this year 

 the bulk of our work has been de- 

 veloj)ed, we have six and one-half acres 

 leased for nursery stock work. About 

 four acres this year are actually 

 ])lanted. At South Haven, our work is 

 carried on cooperatively with the Mich- 

 igan agricultural experiment station. 

 We are only using a half -acre of ground 

 at South Haven this year, but hope 

 another season to extend our work 

 there. At Diamond Springs, our work 

 is carried on on land belonging to the 

 Virginia truck experiment station. 



Witli work being carried on in at least 

 three locations where soil conditions and 

 climatic conditions are different, we are 

 able to secure a good check on our work 

 and also to fuul out whether methods 



On Assorted Carloads 



of ornamentals we can save 

 you money. Let us talk it 

 over. Also a few surplus 

 carloads of Amoor River and 

 California Privet. It will 

 pay you to get our prices on 

 assorted carloads. 



Onarga Nursery Company 



CULTRA BKOS^ Nanagera 

 ONARGA, • ILLINOIS 



READY TO DO BUSINESS 



FALL 1922 -SPRING 1923 



Roses, fine assortment, forcinB grades. Privet, California and Amoor River. 

 Barberry Thuabergii, _' and 3-year. Shrubs, full line. 



Climbing Vines, Fruit and Oroamental Trees, Small Fruits, Ever- 

 greens. 



Imported French-grown Rose and Fruit Tree Stocks, cjuoted. graded 

 and shipoed from Manchester. 



Multiflora Japonica Rose Seedlings, very scarce. 



Barberry Tbunbergii Seedlings, lower than pre-war prices. 



Kansas-ftrown Apple Seedlings, shipped from Topeka. Produced by one of the oldest 

 and best growers in Raw Valley. 



Write for prices. We give you service and our grades are right. 



C R. BURR & CO., Manchester, Conn. 



