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The Florists^ Review 



August 28, 1913. 



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NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE 



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H. 8. King, of the Harrison Nursery 

 Co., of York, Neb., \v.is a recent visitor 

 at Grand Island, Neb. 



G. F. Green is in active charge of the 

 Conkling Nursery Co., at Fellsmere, Fla., 

 while K. A. Conkling is in the New Or- 

 leans hospital. 



The account of the passage by the 

 Senate of the nursery stock schedule of 

 the tariff bill will be found in the Seed 

 Trade Department of this week's issue. 



Notice of the petition in bankruptcy 

 filed by the Sunnyfield Nursery Co., of 

 Poughkeepsie, N. Y., will be found un- 

 der the head of Business Embarrassments. 



Incorporation papers have been issued 

 to the Kimura Nursery Co., of Oakland, 

 Cal., capitalized at $25,000. The incor- 

 })orators are K. Kimura, K. Nishiyania 

 and Y. Sakada. 



Drought will not mean disaster here- 

 after at the nurseries of J. H. Skinber 

 & Co., of Topeka, Kan., as an irrigation 

 plant has been installed, which has so far 

 proven itself a success. 



After presiding at the meeting of the 

 Georgia State Horticultural Society, E. 

 C. Berckmans, of Augusta, Ga., addressed 

 the Southern Nurserymen's Association, 

 at Mount Eagle, Tenn., last week, on 

 "The Influence of the Stock on the 

 Bud." 



Efforts are being made to form an 

 organization of nurserymen of New 

 York state and a meeting is planned for 

 September 4 at the Hotel Utica, Utica, 

 N. Y. There is at present a tentative 

 organization and it is hoped to put this 

 on a firm basis at the meeting. 



At the third annual meeting of the 

 Mississippi Nurserymen's Association, at 

 Starkville, August 27 and 28, two inter- 

 esting papers were presented, one by 

 James Brodie, of Biloxi, on "Propaga- 

 tion of Nursery Stock," and one by 

 Frank Lewis, of Pascagoula, on "Com- 

 mercial Pecan Growing." 



A BILL introduced in Congress by Rep-, 

 resentative Broussard, of Louisiana, pro- 

 vides for an experiment station at or 

 near New Iberia, La., and appropriates 

 $50,000 for the station. The purpose is 

 to demonstrate the character of plants, 

 shrubs and trees best adapted to the soil 

 and climate of that section. 



GEOBGIA SOCIETY MEETS. 



The annual midsummer meeting of 

 the Georgia State Horticultural Society 

 was held at Clayton, August 19 and 20, 

 President R. C. Berckmans, owner of 

 the large nurseries at Augusta, ad- 

 dressed the society in his official capac- 

 ity and also presented a discussion of 

 "Results Obtained from Orchard Heat- 

 ing. ' ' Others who addressed the society 

 were J. B. Wright, of Cairo; A. C. Lewis, 

 of Atlanta, and J. D. Price, commis- 

 sioner of agriculture of Georgia, in ad- 

 dition to the presentation of the follow- 

 ing papers: 



"The Practical Side ot Ilortlcnlture in the 

 South," by E. J. Watson, commissioner of agri- 

 cult'ire of South Carolina. 



"Things Horticulturists Should Study," by C. 

 C. Newman, Clemson, S. C; H. P. Stuckey, Ex- 

 periment, Ga., and I. C. Wade, Cornelia. 



"How Are We to Improve Horticulture in the 

 J^outh?" by Charles T. Smith, Concord, and J. W. 

 Firor, Athens. 



"Orchard Management," by B. W. Hunter, 

 Cornelia, and T. H. McHatton, Athens. 



"Orchard Enemies and Their Prevention," by 

 E. L. Worsham, Atlanta. 



"The Ornamental as Applied to the Home," by 

 B. W. Hunt, Eatonton, and W. B. Marquis, Au- 

 gusta. 



"Marketing the Apple," H. R. Howard, Chatta- 

 nooga, Tenn. 



"North Georgia as a Future Apple Section," 

 by E. P. Cole, Washington. U. C. 



"Plorlcultiiral Possibilities of North Georgia," 

 by T. W. Flror, Athens. 



"The Best Package for Apples," by M. J. 

 Yoemans, Dawson, and Julian P. Fields, Atlanta. 



"Cherry Culture in Upper Georgia," by J. P. 

 Fort, Mt. Airy. 



"What Can We Do with Our Waste Fruits?" 

 by II. U. Staigbt, Dtmorest. 



A NEW QUARANTINE DECISION. 



A paragraph has been inserted in 

 regulation 7, headed "Foreign Certifi- 

 cate of Inspection," in the rules and 

 regulations for carrying out the plant 

 quarantine act, as published in circular 

 No. 44, issued May 26, 1913, by the fed- 

 eral horticultural board. The amend- 

 ment, which went into effect August 1 

 and is noted as "Plant Quarantine De- 

 cision No. 4," provides for the cancel- 

 lation and refusal of permits to import 

 nursery stock from foreign countries in 

 case the inspection there is not thor- 

 ough. The inserted paragraph reads as 

 follows: 



Permits may be- canceled and further permits 

 refused for tlie Iniportntlon of nursery stock from 



The above illustration Bhow8 my bed of 



Lythrnm Roseoin lls:^. Vinca Minor Aurea 



(Perry's Variaty) 



(Hardy Golden Myrtle) 



In the outdoor display at the S. A. F. Convention at Minneapolis, 

 photographed August 18. Although the rules did not permit the 

 judges to make ANY awards in the outdoor display, they could 

 not refrain from reporting to the Society that this exhibit "shows 

 evidence of considerable 



MERIT.' 



Vinca Minor Aurea 



(Hardy Golden Myrtle) 



3-inch pot plants, fs.OO per 100; full- 

 grown clumps, $15.00 per 100. 25 at 

 100 rate. 



Lythrum Roseum 



(Perry's Variety) 



A grand border plant, but especially 

 adapted for wet places, margins of 

 ponds, lakes, etc., $2.00 per doien. 



WM. TRICKER, Arlington, N. J. 



