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The Florists' Review 



Jolt 81, 1913. 



B. E. Gage, of Peterson Nursery, Chi- 

 cago, having returned from a vacation in 

 New England, has been at Duluth this 

 v»eek on a business trip. 



Leaders in the discussions at the July 

 meeting of the Douglas County Horticul- 

 tural Society, which was held at the resi- 

 dence of the president, B. F. Smith, Law- 

 rence, Kan., were A. H. Griesa, A. Whit- 

 comb and C. W. Murphy. 



Clarence M. Stark, president of the 

 Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co., at 

 Louisiana, Mo., who was adjudged insane 

 by the Probate Court of Pike county 

 recently, has asked for a trial by jury, so 

 that he can be restored to his property 

 rights under the law. Mr. Stark 's wealth 

 is estimated at $300,000. 



The state entomologist of Indiana is 

 investigating a complaint against a man 

 and a woman who are alleged to have 

 defrauded people of Boonville, Ind., out 

 of several hundred dollars by selling 

 them nursery stock other than as repre- 

 sented. Stock represented as Japanese 

 hydrangeas turned out, it is said, to be 

 common maple trees dug out of the woods 

 near the town, and fancy rose stock was 

 found to be wild rose bushes. The same 

 agents are said to have worked this 

 scheme in Owensboro, Ky. 



The Jewell nursery, at Lake City, 

 Minn., was established in 1868, by Dr. 

 P. A. Jewell and J. M. Underwood. The 

 Jewell Nursery Co., which now operates 

 1,500 acres, was incorporated in 1884. 

 The management now is as follows : Pres- 

 ident, J. M. Underwood; vice-president, 



E. A. Smith; treasurer, A. B. Under- 

 wood; secretary, R. D. Underwood; su- 

 perintendent of propagation, John Nor- 

 dine; superintendent of employment, H. 

 U. Beebe; manager of greenhouses, C. G. 

 Nordine; sales auditor, A. H. Wagner; 

 accountant, E. G. Fladwed; wholesale, 



F. A. Hagen; printer, Albert Hoberson. 



PROTECTIVE AS8OC3IATI0N. 



Officers of the American Nursery- 

 men 's Protective Association elected for 

 this year are as follows: 



President — Henry B. Chase, Hunts- 

 ville, Ala. 



Vice-president — Irving Rouse, Roch- 

 ester, N. Y. 



Secretary — Thomas B. Meehan, Dresh- 

 er, Pa. 



Treasurer — Peter Youngers, Geneva, 

 Neb. 



THE KANEBE BED BASPBERBT. 



"A new and distinct variety" is the 

 description given by Hugo Kind, of the 

 Shady Lawn Nursery, Hammonton, N. 

 J., of the Ranere ever-bearing rasp- 

 berry, in a leaflet recently issued by 

 him. It is, says Mr. Kind, of true 

 American origin and, after being grown 

 in New Jersey for the last five or six 

 years, is superseding the other varieties. 

 The hardiness of the plants, their abil- 

 ity to bear a large first crop on any 

 kind of soil and the good quality of the 

 fruit are all features of recommenda- 

 tion. A sworn statement of George W. 

 Swank, of Atlantic county, N. J,, shows 



net receipts of $526.69 on a crop of 

 which 15,502 pints of berries were sold 

 in 1912, from one and one-quarter acres 

 of plants set in 1909 and 1910. 



ILLINOIS SOCIETY MEETS. 



The Illinois State Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its summer meeting at 

 Anna, 111., July 30 and 31. Important 

 discussions occupied the mornings and 

 afternoons, and the evenings were 

 given over to entertainment, provided 

 by the Commercial Club of Anna. W. 

 S. Perrine, Centralia; J. W. Lloyd, 

 Champaign; J. C. B. Heaton, New 

 Burnside, and R. A. Simpson, Vin- 

 cennes, Ind., were leaders of discus- 

 sions on important subjects. 



The officers of the society are: Presi- 

 dent, J. Mack Tanner, Springfield; 

 vice-president, E. J. Baxter, Nauvoo; 

 secretary, A. M. Augustine, Normal, 

 and treasurer, J. W. Staunton, Rich- 

 view. 



IDAHO NUBSEEYMEN MEET. 



The annual convention of the Idaho 

 State Nursery Association was held 

 at Payette, July 22, convening at 10 

 a. m. The program for the meeting 

 included the discussion of some im- 

 portant matters and was as follows: 



Annual Report of the President, Charles T. 

 Hawkes, Caldwell. 



Report of the Convention of the National 

 Association of Nurserymen, E. F. Stevens, 

 Nampa. 



"Survey of the Nursery Conditions of the 

 Northwest," Albert Brownell, Portland, Ore. 



"Nursery Inspection," J. U. McPherson, 

 state horticultural Inspector, Boise. 



"Orchard Planting not Overdone, or Good 

 (Quality Orchards vs. Poor Orchards," J. F. 

 Littooy, Boise. 



"Need of a National and State Law to 

 Regulate Quality and Grading of Nursery 

 Stock," J. A. Waters, Twin Falls. 



"Problems in the Nursery Business," H. G. 

 Monce, Nampa. 



"Causes for Loss in the Nursery Business 

 In 1912," George Fenton, Emmett. 



"Efllclency Methods In the Nursery Busi- 

 ness," Carl E. Wright, Kimberly. 



"Growing Ornamental Nursery Stock in 

 Idaho," Anton Diedrichsen, Payette. 



"Nursery Stock Should Not be Replaced to 

 the Planter," George W. Fonner, Payette. 



THESE ABE EXCLUDED. 



C. L. Marlatt, chairman of the Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Board, has issued a 

 circular in which "you are respectfully 

 advised that the following list enumer- 

 ates the five-leaved pines included in 

 Notice of Quarantine No. 7, effective 

 May 21, 1913. None of the species list- 

 ed nor any horticultural varieties of the 

 same may be imported." Pinus: 



albicauUs 



arlstata 



ayacahulte 



balfouriana 



bonapartea 



cembra 



excelsa 



flexilis 



koraiensis 



lambertiana 



maDdsctaurica 



montlcola 



parviflora 



pentaphylla 



peuce 



pygmaea 



strobiformis 



strobus 



ALABAMA INSPECTION BEGUN. 



Prof. James C. C. Price, of Auburn, 

 who has recently been appointed act- 

 ing state horticulturist, with G. V. 

 Stelzenmuller and B, E. Evans, deputy 

 nursery inspectors, is beginning the an- 

 nual tour of the state for the inspec- 

 tion of nurseries. 



Prof. Price and his assistants will 



go. first to Huntsville for the inspec- 

 tion of eight nurseries in that vicinity, 

 two of which include more than 1,000 

 acres in nursery stock each. The Bir- 

 mingham district will be covered, and 

 from there they will work Fayette, 

 Cullman, Steretts, Vandiver and other 

 points in the northern part of the state 

 where there are nursery plants. 



SHBUB CUTTINGS. 



In answer to B. T. W. about propa- 

 gating shrubs you do not say whether 

 the leaves should be removed from the 

 cuttings or not. Please tell us. 



V. R. F. 



In propagating such deciduous shrubs 

 as lilacs, viburnums, hydrangeas and 

 others with large leaves, a large part 

 of, but not all the leaf, should be cut 

 away. In the case of deutzias, spi- 

 raeas, loniceras, philadelphus and other 

 small-foliaged sorts this is not neces- 

 sary. C. W. 



PBOPAGATION OF SHBUBBEBT. 



Will you please tell me what hardy 

 shrubs are considered easy to root 

 from soft or partly ripened cuttings? 

 We are growing a number at present 

 that we have never propagated in this 

 manner and we wish to root all the 

 varieties at once that can be readily 

 handled. F. B. 



Use partly ripened wood; soft wood 

 will usually rot. A close frame with a 

 gentle bottom heat is suitable for prop- 

 agating purposes. The sashes must be 

 shaded and the cuttings sprayed lightly 

 but frequently for some weeks. Some 

 of the lilacs are more difficult to root 

 than others. 



The following deciduous shrubs will 

 root from partly ripened wood: Vibur- 

 num moUe, V. Opulus, V. dentatum, V. 

 plicatum, V. tomentosum, V. Lentago, 

 V. cassinoides; weigelas, all varieties; 

 Symphoricarpos racemosus; privets, all 

 varieties; Lonicera Morrowi, L. Bu- 

 prechtiana, L. Tatarica; sambucus, all 

 varieties; Spiraea Thunbergii, S. ai^ta, 

 S. Van Houttei, S. prunifolia, S. 



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