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The Florists^ Review 



jANUAKt 21, 1915. 



Feank Johnson, of Normal, 111., for 



twenty-five years with the Phoenix Nur- 



- sery Co., of Bloomington, 111., now in the 



hands of a receiver, is contemplating 



starting a nursery at Heyworth, IlL 



John Hall, secretary of, among other 

 things, the A. A. N., is busy just now 

 preparing for the sixtieth annual meet- 

 ing of the "Western New York Horti- 

 eultural Society, to be held in his home 

 town, Bochester, January 27 to 29. This 

 is one of the other things he is secre- 

 tary of. 



The Hereford Nursery, at Hereford, 



,!r«x., reports the largest year 's business 



^^:,'ybi. the last six years for 1914. L. P. 



" K..^.^^f/artHrfim^ general manager, says the 



'^' Atirsery will be enlarged this coming 



year. It now covers about forty acres. 



Joseph Landrum is his father's assistant 



in running the business. 



James Vick's Sons, of Bochester, 

 N. Y., have, they say, decided not to do 

 things ty halves, and so have established 

 a separate department to handle orders 

 for nursery stock. To this end, their 

 "Tree Book" makes its first appear- 

 ance, a booklet of thirty-two pages and 

 cover, devoted wholly to nursery stock. ^ 



Nurserymen, and those in many other 

 lines of business, for that matter, would 

 like to see Uncle Sam arrange for de- 

 livery, postage C. O. D., by parcel post. 

 It should be possible for a reputable 

 concern to obtain such delivery by a 

 pledge to pay the double postage, to ad- 

 dressee and back, on packages returned. 



At the annual meeting of the Durant 

 Nursery Co., Durant, Okla., the directors 

 chose W. A. Wagner manager, to succeed 

 J. T. Foote, who has resigned and moved 

 to Sherman, Tex. Mr. Wagner has been 

 with the company for a number of years, 

 in different capacities. C. C. Mayhew, 

 of Sherman, Tex., is president of the 

 company. 



In addition to the information on ship- 

 ment by parcel post which is contained 

 in most of the other nurserymen's cata- 

 logues, J. T. Lovett, of Little Silver, 

 N. J., gives, in his thirty-seventh annual 

 catalogue, a list of the average weights 

 of one dozen or 100 berry plants, roots, 

 shrubs, perennials, and the like, when 

 properly packed for mailing. 



The zinc reproduction of an outline 

 map showing the parcel post zones, with 

 the concern 's postoflFice as the center, is 

 a not expensive and exceedingly conve- 

 nient addition to the catalogues of nur- 

 serymen who look forward to receiving 

 many remittances for postage on pack- 

 ages to be sent by mail. It is surpris- 

 ing in how few catalogues it appears. 



On the program of the annual meeting 

 of the Peninsula Horticultural Society, 

 held at Wilmington, Del., January 12 

 and 13, were J. W. Killen, of Feltou, 

 Del., who spoke on "Nut Culture;" Or- 

 lando Harrison, of Berlin, Md., on 

 ' ' Peach Culture on the Peninsula ; ' ' Les- 

 ter Lovett, of Milford, Del., on "Grape 

 Growing;" W. F. Allen, of Salisbury, 

 Md., on "Small Fruits," and F. C. 

 Stokes, of Moorestown, N. J., on "Good 

 Seeds." 



Please cut out of my ad for Privet 

 the 18 to 24-Utch, as I am all sold 

 out of that size. The Reriew cer- 

 tainly does briD£ the answers. 

 Charles L. SMrrn, 

 Oct. 13, 1914. Pennsgrove, N. J. 



THE PHOENIX NTJBSEBY SAUL 



The real estate of the Phoenix Nurs- 

 ery Co., Bloomington, 11^ was sold at 

 the court house in that city January 16, 

 to B. S. Green, of Bloomington, for the 

 sum of $28,000. The purchase price is 

 considered low by local people, but 

 owing to the terms of the sale, which 

 were cash, and the present stringency 

 of the money market, the bidding was 

 not as lively as it might have been. 

 The purchaser has not stated what he 

 intends to do with the property, nor 

 will he do so until the court confirms 

 the sale when it convenes for the Feb- 

 ruary term. 



By the dissolution of this corporation 

 there passes out of existence one of the 

 oldest and most reliable nurseries of 

 the country, whose patronage extended 

 into every state of the Union and many 

 foreign countries. John Y. Chisholm 

 as receiver has conducted the business 

 for more than a year. The nursery was 

 established in 1852 and the company 

 ir.corporated in 1890. 



THE EUBOPEAN OUTLOOK. 



Even those who, at the outbreak of 

 hostilities in Europe, prophesied a 

 shortage of supplies in the lines of 

 nursery stock imported from abroad, 

 have since been convinced of their er- 

 roi by the arrival of consignments al- 

 most, if not fully, equal to the receipts 

 of former years. The difficulty of 

 transportation has delayed French nur- 



sery stocks and probably prevented a 

 surplus in those lines such as developed 

 for the seedsmen in Holland bulbs. The 

 advices from France are to the effect 

 that exports to the countries arrayed 

 against her were, of course, nil, and to 

 the allied nations, much less than usual, 

 but to the United States, close to nor- 

 mal. 



What will next season bringf is now 

 the question. Obviously, much depends 

 upon how long the war lasts. But there 

 are certain, factors which bear upon 

 next season's imports that can be reck- 

 oned on with certainty at the present 

 time. Though an attempt has been 

 made by European nurserymen in 

 nearly all places outside the scene of 

 actual conflict to carry on business as 

 usual, affairs have been dull, money is 

 scarce, many have left for the front, 

 and a large number of those who are 

 at home are inclined to be discour- 

 aged. It is not to be wondered at if 

 some, under the business burdens, per- 

 sonal privations and general uncer- 

 tainty which is their lot, become dis- 

 pirited. Strenuous efforts are being 

 made by the trade organs that con- 

 tinue publication, to encourage those 

 who are at home to carry on work as 

 usual, so as to be ready for normal 

 business when peace is made. But 

 those in this country, where we have 

 had only a faint echo of the business 

 depression that has obtained abroad, 

 can appreciate, by fancying condi- 

 tions here several times worse, what 

 these hopeful ones have to contend 

 with. How far they can spur on the 

 rest to work, under difficulties and dis- 

 couragements, as in other years, and 

 make up, as well, the lack of those who 

 arc at the front, cannot be guessed at. 

 That affairs will not be normal next 

 season, will not be disputed. The ques- 

 tion is, how far from normal will our 

 imports be? Although we can arrive 



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