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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



May 18, 1905. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERIUN ASSOa^TIDN OF KURSf RVMEN. 



Pres., E W Klrkpatrlek, McKlnney, Tex.; 

 Vlce-Pi-es., C. L. Watrous, Des Moines: Sec'y, 

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

 Rochester. The 29th annual convention will be 

 held at West Baden Springs, Ind.. June 14-17, 1905. 



It is stated that in the south the 

 sales of ornamental stock showed a 

 very pronounced increase this season. 



Ellwangee & Barry say that noth- 

 ing which has been introduced recently 

 is likely to prove so popular as the new 

 lilacs. 



European nursery stock is reported as 

 being sacrificed in the New York auc- 

 tion rooms. Earlier in the season good 

 prices were realized. 



The Pacific Coast Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation will meet at Portland, Ore., in 

 July. At the West Baden meeting of 

 the American Association an invitation 

 to attend will be extended. 



D. G. WiEGAND Bruss, who has been 

 visiting the nurseries as far west as 

 Chicago in the interests of Van der 

 Wei j den & Co., Boskoop, Holland, 

 sailed from New York for home on 

 May 16. 



E. W. Kirkpatrick says that the 

 nursery industry is developing in the 

 southwest at a very rapid pace and that 

 he is pleased to see that the aim almost 

 everywhere is to produce as good stock 

 as is possible. 



This has been an usually long plant- 

 ing season for the nurserymen, but the 

 day will probably come when each big 

 nursery will have its own artificial cold 

 storage plant and can hold stock dor- 

 mant late in the spring. 



While it is possibly true that nursery 

 advertising in mediums which reach the 

 small planter are strongest without price 

 quotations, still an advertisement which 

 did not quote a price never yet brought 

 an order without correspondence. Ad- 

 vertising to trade buyers should by all 

 means quote prices. 



At Fairmont, Minn., B. E. St. John, 

 Sr., and D, G. McKisson have been do- 

 ing business as the Fairmont Nursery 

 Co., but disagreed. Mr. St. John took 

 steps to incorporate under the name of 

 the Fairmont Nursery Co., and Mr. Mc- 

 Kisson secured a temporary injunction 

 to protect his right to use that title. 



Taking effect today, the new nursery 

 law of West Virginia requires that 

 every nurseryman who employes an 

 agent in that state to take out a li- 

 cense and file a list of his agents, each 

 of whom must carry a certificate from 

 the employer showing his authority to 

 do business for him. Penalties for 

 false labeling and substitution are also 

 provided. 



THE SEASON'S BUSINESS. 



The following summaries of the sea- 

 son's nursery trade have been received 

 from well known firms: 



W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y.— 

 In regard to this spring's business, we 

 Mould say that we feel very well sat- 

 isfied with the outcome, as we have 

 cleaned up in nearly all lines. The 



weather has been particularly favorable 

 for nurserymen, both during the shipping 

 season and the planting. There seems to 

 l)e no very large supply in sight for the 

 coming season, and, if the present de- 

 mand keeps up, we see no reason why 

 thefe should not be another successful 

 year. 



Albertson & HoBBS, Bridgeport, Ind. 

 — ^The nursery business the past season, 

 as we look at it, has been very satisfac- 

 tory, we think more so than it has been 

 for a number of years. The supply of 

 stock was not as large as at some other 

 times, and has been cleaned up more 

 closely, the surplus consisting principally 

 of odd grades and odd varieties. Many 

 items were exceedingly scarce and hard 

 to find late in the season, and we think 

 the nurserymen generally are in pretty 

 good shape and looking forward to good 

 summer sales for fall delivery. Planting 

 has been very successful, so far as our 

 observations go, and stock is starting ofi 

 nicely. Do not know of any unusual fea- 

 tures. Demand seems to have be«n good 

 for almost all kinds of stock and es- 

 pecially heavy for ornamental stock. 



D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la. — The 

 spring trade in this section was very 

 good. The shipping season opened up 

 early and continued late. I think 

 salable stock was pretty well cleaned up 

 here in the west. Cherries especially 

 were in great demand. Nursery stock 

 at this point came through the winter in 

 prime condition, and spring plantings are 

 starting off nicely. We are having favor- 

 able rains and as far as I can see the 

 outlook for future business is very en- 

 couraging. 



CUTTING THE APPLE. 



A leading European firm recently 

 came into possession of two speci- 

 mens of the Spencer seedless 



apple, which is also now talked of as 

 coreless. After showing these to a large 

 number of interested people, some of 

 whom expressed incredulity and thought 

 that the apples were no different from 

 others, it was resolved to cut the apples 

 and the affair resolved itself into some- 

 thing of a "function," with the atten- 

 dance of a large number of nurserymen, 

 fruit growers and representatives of the 

 press. The cutting took place in London 

 on the afternoon of May 2. There was 

 a moment of breathless silence as the 

 two specimens were quartered, then an 

 exclamation and a laugh, for the apples 

 had both cores and seeds. There is no 

 information as to the source from which 

 these specimens came, but no one' fa- 

 miliar with all the circumstances is ready 

 to believe that the seedless apple, to say 

 nothing of the coreless one, is anything 

 more than a fake. 



THE BROWN-TAIL MOTH. 



Trees from which the winter nests of 

 the brown-tail moth have been removed 

 will need no further protection against 

 this pest during the spring or early 

 summer. The remedy of cutting and 

 burning the winter nests, if thoroughly 

 carried out, is suflBcient. 



Where this has not been done it is 

 still not too late to combat the pest. 

 Arsenical poisons, such as Paris green 

 or arsenate of lead will kill the cater- 

 pillars feeding upon sprayed leaves. 

 Arsenate of lead is much to be preferred 

 because the most delicate foliage is 

 not injured by its presence and also 

 because it remains longer upon the 

 leaves, lessening the need of frequent 

 spraying. Wherever the winter remedy 

 has been neglected, it is urged that a 

 constant watch be kept this spring for 

 the caterpillars in order that they may 

 still be killed by spraying. 



DWARF BOX! 



8 to 6 iDche*. Ufi.OO per 1000. 2 to 4 Incbes. t20 00 per 1000. 

 8PB0Z1KBV BVBXOBIBVS In auortment. Price* npon application. 



HIRAM T. JONES, Union County Nursorios, ELIZABETH, N. J. 



Mention Th)> Rerlew when you write. 



M.GIELEN,Oudenbosch, Holland 



IakXg9Bt growx of n«ld-Orown 

 Xoa«a oa th* oontlnant. 



MANETTI STOCKS ;?'e,l*»oS"£.e 



■took 7—10 mm.. SS.OO per ICOO; 

 1400.00 per 100,000. Uorreapondeoce lollclted. 

 4^ New Catalogue Now Ready. Ask for same. 



VAN DER WEIJDEN & CO. 



THE NURSERIES, BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. 



Wholesale Growers and Exporters of aM kinds 

 of Nursery and Florists' Stock. Hai-d.v plants and 

 shrubs for outdoor plantlnp. Fine ornamental 

 stock for landscape work. H. P. Roses. Crimson 

 Ramblers. CUmblni? Plants, etc. First-class 

 stock onl.v. Reasonable prices. Ask for cata- 

 logue and prices. 



HO AOBHTB. FOB THE TBADE OVIiT. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



ZiABOZBT STOCK OF AZi& 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asaleas, Araucarias, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Beeponias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Belcrium. 



I^se Novelties ! 



'•'"^ RED HYBRID TEAS. 



Oood forolngr Tarlatlaa and for liedding' 

 pnrposea a&d all leadlncr varieties. 



GRUSS AN SANGERHAUSEN, 4s each. 



nOILE DE FRANCE, 2s each; per 100, £8. 



A. SINGER, • - Is 6d " •• £6. 



W. GORDES, 4s each; 10 plants, £1 lOs. 



FRITZ HOCHBERG, 4s " 10 " £l lOs. 



Peter Lamliert, Trier, Germany. 



Myntlop TTie Rerlew when yon write. 



BOBBINK & ATKINS 



Decorative Piants. 



Rutherford, N. J. 



Ilentlon The BeWew when 70a write. 



