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The Florists^ Review 



AuGDST 12, 1916. 



Mail Burned 



In mail car burned August 4, at Yorba, Cal., 

 we lost tnany Price Lists just posted to our cus- 

 tomers. Every eifort to replace has been made, 

 but we are uncertain just which were in the fire. 

 Kindly advise us if you did not receive a copy. 



Howard Rote Co., Hemet, Cal. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AKEBIOAN ASSOCIATION OF ITITBSEBTXEN. 



President, B. S. Welch, Shenandoah. la.; Vice- 

 preiment. John Watson, Newark, N. Y.; Secre- 

 tary, John Hall. Rochester, N. Y.; Treaanrer, 

 Peter YoungerB, Oenera, Neb. 



Forty-first annnal meeting, llilwankee, Wii., 

 Jnne 22 to 24, 1916. 



The Howard Rose Co., Hemet, Cal., 

 reports that a large part of its mailing 

 of price lists to eastern customers was 

 aboard the mail car destrojed by fire at 

 Yorba, Cal., August 4. 



The Southern Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion will meet in annual session at Hen- 

 dersonville, N. C, August 25 to 27. The 

 St. John hotel will be headquarters. A 

 full and interesting program is being 

 arranged. 



In spite of the fact that the nursery 

 has been practically on the firing line 

 throughout the last year, V. Lemoine & 

 Son, Nancy, France, issued their peony 

 list as usual in July and it brings word 

 that the annual autumn catalogue will be 

 issued in September. 



TEXANS HOLD SUMMER MEETINa. 



The Texas State Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation held its midsummer meeting at 

 College Station August 4 and 5, dur- 

 ing farmers' week, when the conven- 

 tions of several state agricultural and 

 allied organizations drew a large at- 

 tendance to the home of the state agri- 

 cultural college and experiment sta- 

 tion. 



W. B. Munson, of Denison, president 

 of the association, occupied the chair 

 at the sessions. Prof. H. Ness, of the 

 experiment station, made the opening 

 address. F. B. Paddock, assistant state 

 entomologist, spoke in place of Prof. 

 Wilmon Newell, on "Some Common 

 Insect Pests of the Hackberry and 

 Their Control." Other papers on the 

 program were: 



"The Pecan," by Herman Locke, New Brann- 

 fels. 



"Breeding the Tree to Points," by Charles L. 

 Edwards, of Dallas. 



"Relation of the Orchard and Nnrsery Inspec- 

 tion to the Nurserymen of Texas and the Policies 

 of the Present Administration," by Prof. Edward 

 Ayres, of the state nursery inspection depart- 

 ment. 



"Lessons to Be Learned from Our Past Sea- 

 son's Trade," by J. R. Mayhew, of Waxahachle. 



At the banquet August 3, at which 

 nurserymen, florists and horticultur- 

 ists of other kinds gathered, John S. 

 Kerr, of Sherman, acted as toastmas- 

 ter. Murray Eamsey, of Austin, dis- 

 cussed the benefits of a botanical gar- 

 den to the nurserymen of the state. 

 "Our Wealth of Native Southwestern 

 Trees" was the subject of Will B. 

 Munson. Short talks were given by 

 Eltweed Pomeroy, of Donna, and E. W. 

 Kirkpatrick, of Sherman. 



LOW SHBUBS FOB TEBRAOE. 



Can you advise me what shrubs to 

 plant on a terrace f I want something 

 hardy, which grows about two feet 

 high and has berries. The terrace is 

 under some maple trees, the roots of 



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which are quite thick on the surface 

 of the ground, and the soil is not extra 

 good. The trees cast a great deal of 

 shade. I wish to plant something on 

 the terrace to cover the ground. 



F. W.— Ore. 



Only a few low-growing shrubs can 

 be had which will make a suitable 

 ground cover under the conditions de- 

 scribed. I would suggest Euonymus 



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radicans as probably the best ground 

 cover for such a location; that is, if 

 you prefer an evergreen. It has dark, 



