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The Florists^ Review 



July 24. 1913. 



C. D. Otis, of Lake Charles, La., has 

 sold a $1,000 order for trees and shrubs 

 to residents of Beaumont, Tex., for orna- 

 mental purposes. 



Pollard Bros., of South Pasadena, 

 Cal., have purchased twenty acres of land 

 near Whittier and planted nursery stock 

 between rows of orange trees. 



Th£ nurserymen are feeling the sting 

 of government competition: they object 

 to the Forest Bureau distribution of 

 seeds and seedlings either free or at cost. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has issued a pamphlet, under date of 

 July 12, containing the notice of the ex- 

 tended New England quarantine and the 

 regulations that will go into effect Au- 

 gust 1. 



Eight years ago J. A. Young started a 

 nursery, about two acres in size, just west 

 of Aurora, 111. The Aurora Nursery Co., 

 of which he is the president, now con- 

 tains over thirty acres and is still grow- 

 ing. 



The Bureau of Entomology of the U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture has estab- 

 lished a branch at 43 Tremont street, 

 Boston, for the purpose of enforcing the 

 gypsy moth and brown-tail moth regula- 

 tions. 



C. M. Geiffing, of the Griffing Bros. 

 Co., the southern nursery firm, recently 

 delivered an interesting and instructive 

 address on "The Physical Development 

 of Cities," at a meeting held in Port 

 Arthur, Tex., under the auspices of the 

 Men's Civic League. Mr. GriflSng's head- 

 quarters are at Jacksonville, Fla., and his 

 company has branch nurseries and offices 

 at Port Arthur and other places. 



Articles of incorporation have been 

 filed by the Bechtel-Swartwout Horticul- 

 tural Co., at Mobile, Ala. The company 

 proposes to conduct a general merchan- 

 dise, horticultural nursery, live stock and 

 realty business, with headquarters at 

 Fowl River, Ala., and has a capitalization 

 of $25,000, of which $17,100 is paid in. 

 The incorporators are Theodore Bechtel, 

 proprietor of the Bechtel Pecan Nurs- 

 eries, at Ocean Springs, Miss.; Leslie G. 

 Swartwout, of Fowl River, Ala., and 

 C. C. Mechem, Jr., of Mobile, Ala. 



MAINE LAW IS CHANGED. 



State Horticulturist Gardner calls at- 

 tention to the change of the law rela- 

 tive to carrying on the business of 

 selling or dealing in nursery stock. The 

 law reads: "No person, firm or cor- 

 poration, excepting growers, shall en- 

 gage in, continue in, or carry on the 

 business of selling or dealing in nur- 

 sery stock, or solicit purchases of nur- 

 sery stock within this state, either as 

 owner thereof, or as agent of such 

 owner, without first obtaining a license 

 to carry on and conduct such business 

 in this state." 



This new law is different from the 

 old law, in that dealers as well as agents 

 or solicitors are liable to the license fee, 

 so that any firms, such as some of the 

 5 and 10-cent stores, which in the past 

 have been selling rose bushes and some 



of the other hardy shrubs, will be re- 

 quired to pay the regular fee. 



The form of license is prescribed by 

 the state horticulturist, and the license 

 will be issued by him upon proper ap- 

 plication. The fee is $5 per annum for 

 agents, dealers, salesmen or solicitors. 



Fees obtained from such licenses will 

 be paid into the state treasury and 

 added to the appropriation of the bu- 

 reau of horticulture, and will be used 

 exclusively for the inspection of nur- 

 sery stock in the state of Maine. 



TEXAS SOCIETY TO MEET. 



The twenty-seventh annual meeting 

 of the Texas State Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held in connection with the 

 annual gathering of the Texas Farmers ' 

 congress, at College Station, July 28 

 to 30. The officers of the society are: 

 President, M. Falkner, Waco; vice-pres- 

 idents, W. C. Griffing, Port Arthur, and 

 J. H. Arbenz, Sarita, and secretary- 

 treasurer, E. J. Kyle, College Station. 



A paper on the life and work of 

 T. V. Munson, the nurseryman and 

 grape-hybridist of Denison, who died 

 last January, will be presented by J. S. 

 Kerr, of the Texas Nursery Co., at Sher- 

 man. Other papers will be given by 

 Sam H. Dixon, Houston; H. R. Wallace, 

 Sherman; J. H. Arbenz, Sarita; Fritz 

 Engelhardt, Eagle Lake; Chas. L. Ed- 

 wards, Dallas, and W. A. Nabors. The 

 meeting will be of especial interest to 

 nurserymen and fruit growers. 



STORAGE OF NURSERY STOCK. 



I wish to build a cold storage shed 

 in which to place shrubs, trees, etc., 

 shipped to me late in the fall or early 

 in the spring. Will you kindly inform 

 me how such a shed should be con- 

 structed in this Ohio climate f The 

 nursery stock received in the fall 

 would have to be stored in the same 

 way as at the nurseries where stock is 

 handled in such a manner. Should the 

 building be frost-proof, and would the 

 stock keep better if heeled in rather 

 than stacked up in such a building, in 

 the way the large nurseries pack it? 

 When the stock is piled up with roots 

 exposed, are the latter filled in with 

 sphagnum, damp straw or similar mate- 

 rial? Kindly describe the whole pro- 



For Sale -My Entire Stock off 



HARDY PHLOX 



The largest collection in one lot: all the good 

 things, both from home and abroad, also many 

 new seedlings crossed by me; nearly 300 varie- 

 ties. Will sell the whole lot to one buyer. 



W. F. SCHMEI8KE 

 Box 400 BbiKhamtoii. N. Y. 



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Especially Fine Stock. 

 Send for prices. 



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cess of handling the stock so as to 

 insure its being in good condition till 

 late in the spring. H. H. G. 



The letter does not state what kind 

 of trees and shrubs are to be stored 

 or the uses to which they are to be put. 

 If they are hardy trees which are to 

 be stored during the winter and which 

 will not be needed until spring, the best 

 way will be to construct a single-wall 

 house in which to trench the trees. lu 

 such a house they will freeze up when 

 severe weather comes and will remain 

 frozen until the arrival of warm 

 weather in the spring. The principal 

 objection to trenching the trees is that 

 they start growth quite early in the 

 spring. This can be delayed to some 

 extent if the house is opened at night, 

 so that it will cool down, and is kept 

 closed during the day. 



On the other hand, if the trees are to 

 be used during the winter, a frost-proof 

 house is desirable. Nurserymen find 

 such a house quite helpful, as it en- 

 ables them to put up their orders dur- 

 ing the winter. In these houses it is 

 possible to rick up the trees, with the 

 roots outwai'd, covered with sphagnum, 

 excelsior packing, etc. If the air be- 

 comes too dry, care must be taken to 



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