FaBBOABT 4, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



75 



The Highway to Htrly Perennials 



Laada Straight to th* 



PALISADES NURSERIES 



•PHEKE you will find all kinds, 



and you can take your pick from 



the best that grow. Perennials 



add a feeling of permanency to your 



home surroundings. They change 



their plumage, but not their face, 



and keep reflecting the seasons all 



the year around. 



No srounds are really gardened without 

 a bis showins in perennials. We are 

 headquarters for perennials, and assure 

 the widest latitude in choice as well as 

 the most courteous promptitude in cor- 

 respondence and service. Our motto— 



"Maximum Quality at Minimum Cost." 



Writ* R. W. Clncas, Manacar 

 Palisades Nursarias 

 Sparkill, Naw York 



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HILL'S EVERGREENS 



Beet for Over Half a Oentnry. Firs, Sprace, 

 Pines, Junipers, Arborritaea, Tews, In emali 

 and large slxee. Price List Now Beady. 



THB D. HILL NURSERY CO« 



K v e i green Specialists. Largest Growers in Ameiica 

 Box 40S. Duiidao. UL 



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' ' Seeds — the Collection, Preparation 

 and Planting"; Deciduous Seeds, by 

 Daniel A. Clark, Fiskeville, E. I.; Ever- 

 greens, by F. S. Baker, Cheshire, Conn. 



"Irrigation," by George N. Barrie, 

 of the Skinner Irrigation Co., Troy, O. 



"Effects of the European War on 

 Nursery Business," by A. E. Eobinson, 

 of Lexington, Mass., and W. W. Mc- 

 Cartney, of Woodmont, Conn. 



"Standardization in Sizes of Nursery 

 Stock," by E. W. Breed, Clinton, Mass. 



"Winter Protection of Nursery 

 Stock"; Evergreens, by Harlan P. Kel- 

 sey, Salem, Mass.; Herbaceous Stock, 

 by Geo. 'C. Thurlow, West Newbury, 

 Mass. 



"Berry -Bearing Shrubs," by J. 

 Woodward Manning, North Wilmington, 

 Mass. 



PROPOSE QUAEANTINE ON PINES. 



Because of the danger to American 

 nursery stock, a public hearing was 

 held February 2 at the Department of 

 Agriculture at Washington to discuss 

 a proposed quarantine on the importa- 

 tion of all pines from Europe. During 

 the last year imported pines have been 

 found to be infested with the European 

 pine-shoot moth. In Europe this is one 

 of the principal insect enemies of pines 

 and is especially destructive in nur- 

 series, young forests and ornamental 

 plantations. It kills or injures the 

 young twig growth and deforms the 

 tree to a serious extent. 



In this country the insect seems to 

 be still confined to the European pines 

 in Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, 

 New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Ehode Island and West Virginia. 

 Strenuous efforts are already being 

 made to stamp it out, and it is be- 

 lieved that these will be successful if 

 no further importations of infested 

 stock are permitted. 



The white pine blister rust has al- 

 ready resulted in the exclusion of all 

 5-leaved pines from Europe and Asia. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



California Privet 



and other 

 Hedsre Plants 



CAUFORNIA PRIVET 



lyear 12 to 18 in.; lJflto2ft. 



2 years 12 to 18 in.; 1^ to 2 ft.; 2to3ft.; 3 to 4 ft. 



3 years 3 to 4 ft. ; 4 to 5 ft. 



All well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades have been cut back 



one or more times. Very attractive prices for car lots for prompt acceptance. 



I offer a lot of 150,000. 2 years, 12 to 18 inches, well rooted and with good tops, at a bargain. 



1 year, extra fine 12 to 18 in. 



2year8 li3to2 ft.;2to3ft. 



iNOOR RIVER PRIVET 

 BERBERIS THUNBERGII 



Transplanted stocky plants. 6 to 9 in.; 9 to 12 in.; 

 12 to 18 in.; l>s to 2 ft. sizes by the 1000. 



IT. LOVETT, n:":;;'' UttleSflver, N. J. 



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IMPORTED STOCK OF QUALITY 



Fresh Importations— Just Arrived, in Fine Condition 



Boxwood, Bnsh Shap^- 



12-ln 10.80 



IS-ln 00 



24-lD 1.00 



80-ln l.BO 



Boxwood Pyramld^- 



86-ln 2.28 



42-in S.00 



48-in 8.B0 



54-ln 4.00 



Boxwood Globes— 

 18 by 18-ln 8.B0 



Rhododendrons, good forcing varieties, bright col- 

 ors, clean foliage, 8 to 12 bads, QOc each; 13 

 to 16 bnds, |1.00 each. 



Rhododendrons, hardy sorts for ontslde planting, 

 18 to 24 In., 8 to 12 bods, 76c each; 24 to 80 

 m., 12 to 16 bods, 11.00 each. 



Rhododendron Fink Pearl, one of the finest forc- 

 ing propositions, fine plsnts, beantifnl foliage 

 and nicely badded, |1.20 each. 



Asalea Mollis, 15 to 18 in., boshy, 40c each. 84.11 



per doi., 135.00 per 100. 



Asalea Hinodegiri, 15 to 18 in., very boshy, I1.0C 

 each. 



Magnolia Bonlangeana, Bpeolosa and Lennal, 4 ts 

 S ft., fall of bads, balled and borlapped. |1.N 

 each. 



Magnolia HaUeana (Stellata), 2^ to 8 ft. vwr 

 busby and full of buds, balled and borlappe^ 

 $1.50 each. 



Japanese Maples, blood leaved, beaotlfnl plants. 



8 to 8^ ft high, well branched. |1.60 each. 

 Anoaba Japonica Pnaotata. beantlfally sp«tta4 



foliage, IS to 24 in. high, boshy. 76c each. 



The Storrs & Harrison Co., 



Painesville, Ohio 



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IRIS Surplus List Ready 



Spring shipment 



PETERSON NURSERY 



30 N. La Salle St.. CHICAGO 



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The proposed quarantine will extend 

 this prohibition to all classes of pines 

 from Europe. No restriction is pro- 

 posed on the importation of pine seed. 



EEMEDIES FOR DAMPING OFF. 



Soil Disinfection Recommended. 



Commercial sulphuric acid has been 

 found by the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture to be an effective 

 remedy for the loss of pine and spruce 

 seedlings from damping off. It is quite 

 common for the soft tissues of these 

 young seedlings to decay so rapidly 

 soon after sprouting that they some- 

 times disappear before the nurseryman 

 knows that there is anything the mat- 

 ter with them. So common, indeed, is 

 loss from this source that many nurs- 

 erymen import their seedling stock from 

 Europe. This, however, is not only 

 troublesome, but dangerous. The white 

 pine blister, rust has already been in- 

 troduced into this country in this way, 

 and continued importations of seedlings 

 are certain to result in the establish- 

 ment in the United States of other 

 foreign pests. 



For this reason the department at- 

 taches much importance to the recent 



Bobbink & Atkins 



NURSKRYMKN, 

 FLOMSTS and PLANTERS 



RUTHERrORD, NEW JERSEY 



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August Rolker & Sons 



Q«n«ral Horticultural Importara 



for the trade only. Send for estimates oi 

 price lists to 



61 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK 



or P. O. Box 782 



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investigations of possible disinfecting 

 agents which will rid the soil of the 

 parasitic fungi which cause damping 

 off. Of these agents the most satisfac- 

 tory for commercial use in the major- 

 ity of cases has been found to be sul- 

 phuric acid. Treatment with this acid 

 not only reduces losses from damping 

 off but increases germination. 



The number of seedlings in treated 

 beds may be from one and one-quarter 

 to ten or even twenty times as great 

 as in untreated beds, depending on 

 how serious the disease is in the un- 

 treated beds. At most nurseries, more- 

 over, the treatment also decreases the 

 number of weeds and causes the pines 

 to make a better growth during their 

 first season. At one nursery, jack-pine 

 seedlings have grown three times as 



