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The Wccldy Rorists' Review. 



JULT 7, 1004. 



WlttSm HEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCMTIONjOr NURSERYMEN. 



Tr. ^^"- ^- ^- Klrkpatrlck, McKlnney, Tex.; 

 Vice-Prea., C. L. Watrous. Des MolneB; Sec'y, 

 Geo. C. Seager, Rochester; Treas., C. L. Yates, 

 Kochester. The 29ih annual convention will be 

 held at West Baden, Ind., June, 1U06. 



The fall business of the dealers in 

 ornamental nursery stock promises to be 

 exceptionally good this season, partly 

 due to losses last winter. 



If the national government is to con- 

 tinue the inspection of meats there is 

 no reason why it should not provide for 

 the inspection of nursery stock, since its 

 failure to do so inflicts a loss both on 

 dealer and planter. 



This is proving a bad season in many 

 sections for nurserymen whose practice 

 it is to guarantee their , plantings for 

 one, two or more years. The hard win- 

 ter, the late spring and the lack of rain 

 are causing more than the usual per- 

 centage of loss. 



Articles of incorporation of the 

 American Peony Society were filed at 

 Albany, N, Y., July 2. The directors 

 named are J. H. Humphreys, of Phila- 

 delphia; E. A. Reeves, Cleveland; C. S 

 Harrison, York, Neb.; W. A. Peterson, 

 Chicago, and G. A. Bryant, Princeton, 



"Where a man has a local market," 

 a^73 an eastern nurseryman, "he can 

 make something of Christmas trees, 

 but if he has to ship them to the lar^^'o 

 cities to be sold on commission he had 

 better go to work for 50 cents a day. We 

 have been growing them for severnl 

 years. ' ' 



Prof. L. C. Corbett, horticulturist in 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, is the author 

 "of a 24-page monograph on the straw- 

 berry, just issued as Farmers' Bulletin 

 No. 198. The subject is treated fully 

 and the bulletin will be of value to every 

 grower of the fruit, including the nur- 

 serymen who are producing the plants 

 by the hundreds of thousands each year. 



As a rule, says Charles Black, a tree 

 should never be planted any deejier thau 

 it has stood in the nursery, and a great 

 many trees are ruined by 'planting them 

 too deep. But there are some trees liky 

 the quince that it would not injure, if 

 you have an apple or a standard pear 

 tree planted a little deep on ordinary 

 soils there would be no injury. But if 

 you plant a peach tree on any soil three, 

 four or five inches deeper than it stood 

 in the nursery, it will very often not 

 be successful. 



NAME OF TREE. 



We enclose a few sprays of a very 

 pretty tree, of which we would like to 

 know the name. It grows of a conical 

 shape, without trimming. 



J. H. D. & Sox. 



The name of the tree is the American 

 white basswood, Tilia heterophylla. It io 

 also called the variable-leaved linden. 

 The conspicuous veining on the under side 

 of the leaves is one of its distinguish- 

 ing characteristics. This makes a very 

 • pretty tree, attaining a height of from 

 thirty to fifty feet. W. N. Craig. 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHIL 



Will some one kindly state the cause 

 of a sort of blight on Ampelopsis 

 Veitchii? In this locality there are sev- 

 eral vines partially wilted, as though 

 something were at the roots, but it 

 only affects perhaps one branch. The 

 only thing we discover is a worm simi- 

 lar to the caterpillar, only smaller, but 

 they work in the leaves. Can anyone 

 suggest a remedy? S. F. C. 



The trouble with Ampelopsis Veitchii 

 seems to be very general this year, but 

 it has been more or less prevalent for a 

 number of years. We are unable to tell 

 the cause of whole branches dying, al- 

 though we have been troubled with it 

 for years, nor have we found anyone who 

 can find a proper cause for the same. 

 To some extent the wholesale dying no- 

 ticed this year may justly be attributed 

 to the late severe winter. Many plants 

 leaved out and then withered away, hav- 

 ing little vitality left. 



Many of the streets in Boston have 

 the fronts of nearly all the houses cov- 

 ered with Amepelopsis Veitchii, and this 

 dying out tendency seems to- be on the 

 increase yearly. In Newport, E. I,, we 

 noticed many similar cases a few days 

 ago. The (Usease acts similarly to the 

 fire blight on pear trees, and we hope 

 bacteriologists may be able to suggest 

 some remedy for it. 



The spotting of the leaves is quite com- 

 mon. Spraying with Bordeaux mixture 

 before this blight shows itself will keep 

 it in check. If worms are troublesome 

 a dose of Paris green will clean them 

 out. Disparene or arsenate of lead is 

 equally efficacious but whitens the leaves 

 so much that they are rather unsightly. 



The late severe winter killed many 

 Ampelopsis Veitchii in this section to the 

 ground. It is unfortunate that these dis- 

 eases are likewise affecting this best of 

 all climbers. W. N. Craig. 



GREENHOUSE BUILDING. 



It is the general report among green- 

 house material firms that the season 

 started very inauspiciously. The big or- 

 ders which may ordinarily be looked for 

 in January were very few in number 

 and were so sharply competed for that 

 prices were very close. There was the 

 .usual volume of inquiries for estimates 

 and the draughtsmen put in the custom- 

 ary amount of overtime, but it was slow 

 work closing up contracts, with the re- 

 sult that the material men had fallen 

 considerably below last season's record 

 at the time frost was out of the ground. 

 Since then the demand has been steadily 

 gaining impetus and the late business 

 has in many instances more than made 

 up previous losses. It is notable that 

 this season's building is by the hundreds 

 of scattered florists who retail their own 

 product rather than by the big growers 

 for the cut flower markets, who have 

 built so extensivelv in recent vears. 



Baltimore, Md. — Fred G. Burger is 

 adding one house to his establishment this 

 season. 



Detroit, Mich. — The Michigan Cut 

 Flower Exchange is building a fine four- 

 story brick building close to its pres- 

 ent location wnich will soon be ready 

 for occupancy. The basement will be 

 used for cut flowers and the second floor 

 for supplies, of which a large line will 

 be carried. 



PEONIES 



PRIVET. 



£ztra stroDR, busby, 2% to S% ft., $25.00 per 1000. 

 Strong. 2 to 2>i ft 20.00 



1000 CoreopslB, strong clumps 4.00 per 100. 



▲chillea The Pearl, strong clumps. 6.00 



OaiUardia Grandiflora, clumps 6.00 " 



Golden Glow, strong clumps 2.50 



Heliantbus Maximilian! 2.S0 " 



Roseum 3.00 " 



CASH wrra obdkbs. 



W. G. EISELE, West End, N. J. 



Box 100. 



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PETERSON NURSERY, 



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and Hardy 

 Ornamental Stock 



Send for our Handy Reference Book, con- 



lalning: Botanical and English names of varieties 

 hardy and of merit; also Planting Instructions 

 and General Information, 



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VAN DER WEIJDEN & CO. 



ne Ngrsiries. BOSXOOP, HOLUNO. 



WSSEBY STOCK. FI^OBIST STOCK. 



Such as Rhododendrons, Azaleas. Boxwood, 

 Blue Spruce (Eoster), Magnolia, Taxus and Coni- 

 fers In variety. Clematis, H. P. Dwarf and Tree 

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H. P. and otlier Roses from 4 and 6-ln. pots, fine 

 plants. Crimson and Yellow Rambler, Clothllde 

 Soupert. Coquette des Blanches, La France, Gen. 

 Jacq. etc., 12c. Large- flowere'l Clematis, finest 

 purple, white, lavender and pink sorts. 4 and 5- in., 

 at 180.; one-year, from 3-in.. »c. Clematis Panl- 

 culata, from 4 and 6-ln. pots, 12c. Ampelopsis 

 Vettehll, 4 and 6-in.. lOo. Perennial Phlox, fine 

 named sorts, 4-ln., 10c. Golden Glow, 4- In., 10c. 



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An Immeiuw Stock of both large and 

 small sized EVEROREKN TREKS in 

 great variety; also EVERGREEN 

 SHRUBd. Correspondence solicited. 



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