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The Rorists^ Review 



Adodst 14, 1913. 



Wisconsin has appropriated $3,000 

 with which the state nursery department 

 is to make investigations to ascertain 

 methods of eradicating the grasshopper 

 and white grub worm. 



The organization of the nurserymen of 

 the state of Illinois is being discussed. 

 One meeting has been held, but it brought 

 out an inadequate attendance, although 

 many wrote that they were in sympathy 

 with the project. 



Business has been so heavy with the 

 Gardner Nursery Co., of Osage, la., that 

 two new tracts of land have been pur- 

 chased to increase the capacity of the 

 concern. Thirty-eight acres are planted 

 solidly to the new everbearing straw- 

 berries. 



The hot weather, the hottest in 

 twenty-five years, has been damaging 

 everything outdoors in Tennessee. A cor- 

 respondent from Nashville writes: "Out- 

 door stock could not look much worse 

 and live. Many of the spring-set trees 

 and much of the shrubbery are dying, es- 

 pecially where there is no opportunity to 

 water, ' ' 



In Idaho, where several inspection 

 cases of note have originated, there are 

 now fifty-four nurserymen to 123 two 

 years ago. The state inspector, John U. 

 McPherson, who made this statement at 

 the nurserymen 's convention at Payette, 

 at the same time advocated the payment 

 of the expense of nursery inspection by 

 the state, just as in the case of orchard 

 inspection. 



The Georgia State Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold its annual meeting at 

 Clayton, August 19 and 20. The officers 

 of the organization are as follows: 

 President, E. C. Berckmans, of the Fruit- 

 land Nurseries, Augusta; vice-president, 

 B. W. Hunt, of Eatonton; secretary, 

 Dr. T. H. McHatton, professor of horti- 

 culture at the State Agricultural Col- 

 lege, and J. B. Wright, of Cairo. 



EMPHASISING QUALITY. 



A retail nurseryman who grows good 

 stock finds it unnecessary to meet price 

 competition; there are plenty of people 

 who will pay fair prices for good stock. 

 All that is necessary is to emphasize 

 quality in the advertising, and see that 

 the stock makes good on the claims. 



The following is reprinted from a card 

 that is enclosed with all mail quota- 

 tions: 



A (FEW QUESTIONS AND 'FACTS. 



How do you buy your shrubs? 



Do you think only of the height and price? 



Or do you pay more attention to the root sys- 

 tem and top development? 



Do you plant three shrubs where one would 

 produce the effect? 



If we could show you that the preliminary 

 work of planting and the maintenance after 

 planting could be cut down two-thirds, would 

 you buy of us? 



Note the following: 



Our shrubs are grown in light, rich loam. 



They are planted in rows over three feet apart, 

 and In the row are given a chance for full top 

 development. 



The shrubs have been transplanted and tbe 

 root systems pruned by hand, not machine pruned 

 a> thejr stand in the ground. 



Our shrubs require more space by two-thlrda 

 than tbe ordinary shrubs. 



Therefore, one shrub will do more good at lett' 

 cost than three ordinary shrubs. 



Our prices are not as low as the majority of 

 dealers^, but we think that the above explana- 

 tion will justify in your minds the added cost. 



Our trees are given as much care and attention 

 in growing as our shrubs. 



Give us a trial and see for yourself. 



Do you ever have occasion to consult with a 

 landscape gardener? 



If so, our landscape department Is at your 

 service. , 



Send In your list of wants. 



EEQULATINO THE SUPPLY. 



In discussing nursery conditions in 

 the northwest at the Idaho nursery- 

 men's convention recently, Albert 

 Brownell, of Portland, quoted from a 

 tabulated statement made from the re- 

 ports of ten of the leading nursery- 

 men of Oregon and Washington, who, 

 Mr. Brownell estimates, produce ninety 

 per cent of the nursery stock grown in 

 those states. The names of these firms 

 are not made public, but their sales 

 lor the last year and the amount of 

 stock growing during this season ap- 

 pear in carefully tabulated form. To 

 illustrate, of a certain variety of apple, 

 a stated number of thousands of trees 

 were sold during the year 1912, whicli 

 was the best guide to be had of the 

 wants of the public for the current 

 year. In some items the statistics show 

 a larger quantity of stock in process of 

 production than would be indicated as 

 desired by the purchasing public. 



These tables give the number of 

 grafts planted, the number of stocks 

 budded and growing, the number of 

 stocks planted to be budded, and so 

 on through the various departments of 

 stock grown. This summary, carefully 



ALTHAEAS 



EIGHT DIFFERENT VARIETIES 

 CONARD & JONES CO. 



W«st Qrov*. Pa. 



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JACKSON & PERiONS COHTANY 



Wholasal* Growars 

 for tha Trada 



Tr««s and Plants of All Kinds 



Send for List 



NEWARK, '.- '.' NEW YORK 



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For anything In Greenhouse Plants, Trees, 

 Scbrubs, Etc. Send for our Wholesale Cata- 

 loffue. Post Office Box 625 



BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS 



Mendoa Tbe B«t1vw wlieii yoa write. 



studied, enables the nurseryman at this 

 time to remodel his budding list, to 

 increase on varieties most desired, and 

 to cut out or check varieties in less de- 

 maud. These tables are prepared by 

 the secretary of the association, and 

 are then available to the firms that 

 exchange this information. This con- 

 cert of action should be -extremely help- 

 ful ifi guarding against overproduction. 



BLIOHT ON MAPLES. 



Enclosed you will find some maple 

 leaves that are blighted, and also some 

 leaves from the same tree which show 

 no sign of the disease. Will you kindly 

 give us some information about the 

 trouble? A. F. K. C. 



The blight on your maples does not 

 appear to me to be really serious. The 

 cause is probably some climatic condi- 

 tion peculiarly favorable to the devel- 

 opment of the disease, and it may. not 

 trouble you another season. Spraying 

 with Bordeaux mixture is the best pre- 

 ventive for these fungoid diseases. An 

 application should be given before any 

 of the trouble appears another year. 



C. W. 



VINCA MINOR 

 AUREA 



(Hardy Golden Myrtle) 



3-inch pot plants, 18.00 per 100; 

 full-grown clumps, $15.00 per 100. 

 25 at 100 rate. 



LYTHRUM 

 ROSEUM 



(Perry's Variety) 



A grand border plant, but espe- 

 cially adapted for wet places, mar- 

 gins of ponds, lakes, etc., $2.00 per 

 dozen. ^^^ 



Do not fail to see a bed of these 

 novelties at the Exhibition grounds, 

 Minneapolis, during Convention 

 week. 



WM. TRICKER 



ARLINGTON, N. J. 



Mention The RcTlew when you write. 



AVe are in R PoQlfmri to quote prices on specimen Bvergreeo* 

 yv C ai C 111 a fUMllOn ^uit win be decidedly attractive to anj- 

 one who is BUYING TO SELL AGAIN. If you are in the market for anything 

 from Norway Spruce to the finer varieties of Evergreens, send in your lists and we 

 will give you a figure that will make you money. 



P. H, GOOPSELLs "•'^JSXl^^S^II^SSSr^'^'' 



