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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 31, 1905. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCUTION OF MJRSfJlYMEN. 



• Pres., E. Albertson, Bridgeport, Ind.; Vlce- 

 Pres., Orlando Harrison, Berlin. Md. ; Sec'y, Geo. 

 C. Seager, Rochester; Treas., C. L. Yates, Roches- 

 ter. The 31st annual convention will be held at 

 Dallas, Texas, June, ivm. 



The business done with hardy phloxes 

 increases every year. 



The peony business is on the boom 

 again now that planting time is here. 



The white ash, owing to its thrifty and 

 symmetrical growth, has become a very 

 popular tree for street planting. 



There was a time when nurseries west 

 of the Mississippi had no use for orna- 

 mentals, but that time has passed. 



The nurseries which have stocks of 

 hardy perennials report that the summer 

 show is bearing fruit in many orders for 

 stock. 



The western growers of apple seed- 

 lings have largely employed new land 

 this season and report stock very free 

 from disease. 



Eastern nurserymen report increased 

 call for evergreens for fall planting. 

 Many small evergreens are being used 

 for bedding purposes. 



Bochester, N. Y.— Among the visitors 

 here are Irving C. Spaulding and George 

 Keilly, of the Spaulding Nursery and Or- 

 chard Co., Spaulding, 111. 



Mason City, Ia., is rejoicing that the 

 St. Ansgar Nursery, St. Ansgar, la., has 

 bought a 200-acre tract on the edge of 

 Mason City and vnll shortly remove there. 



M. J. Henry, Vancouver, B. C, has 

 finished budding nursery stock and says 

 the supply in his territory is steadily 

 increasing, but not faster than the de- 

 mand. 



The Hyde Park nursery, Chicago, has 

 been incorporated, capital, $10,000, to 

 raise trees, plants and flowers; incorpo- 

 rators, George W. Eoss, David H. Stapp 

 and Prank M. Burwash. 



A PEONY which will be heard from in 

 time is Mme. Porel, but import orders for 

 it bring all sorts of light pinks. One 

 importer of Mme. Bollet received part 

 true Mme. Porel. It is not unlike Lou- 

 ise d'Estrees but larger and opens more 

 like a rose. 



THE WEEPING LILAC 



That small weeping trees are very 

 popular may be judged from the fact 

 of the numbers of such sold each season. 

 Among the most popular are the weep- 

 ing flowering cherries, weeping dog- 

 wood, weeping mulberry and weeping 

 willows. The weeping lilac deserves as 

 much, or more, recognition as any of 

 the preceding. It is a native of China, 

 growing around Pekin, from which its 

 name, Pekinensis pendula, is obtained. 



When first exhibited at the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society's exhibition, 

 Samuel Parsons, a great authority on 

 such matters, said it was "the most 

 beautiful of all our small weeping 

 trees." Jackson Dawson, a name as fa- 

 miliar as "household words" to the 

 gardening world of the United States, 

 wrote: "I consider the new weeping 

 lilac a very valuable addition to our 

 ornamental trees, unique in its appear- 



Syringa Pekinensis Pendula. 



ance, perfectly hardy and most desir- 

 able." 



There are places on a lawn, or large 

 place, at the junction of walks, etc., 

 where no other one plant or shrub would 

 be so appropriate and in keeping with 

 the place as a fine, desirable weeping 

 variety, especially if the weeper pro- 

 duces flowers also, as does the weeping 

 lilac, which, when planted in the right 

 spot, is charming in the extreme. Its 

 light, pendulous branches are grace- 

 fully attractive and it is most beauti- 

 ful, having a style all its own, and when 

 in flower its intense honeyed sweetness 

 is felt for quite a distance. When first 

 introduced the price of plants was $5.00 

 each, a price none too high for so valua- 

 ble a variety. Its propagation is some- 

 what slow, as it takes from four and 

 five years to produce good plants fit for 

 the market. The photograph reproduced 

 was taken from a specimen on our 

 grounds, and it shows what an elegant 

 weeping flowering plant we have in this 

 variety. John Charlton. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Blatchford's Calf Meal Factory, Wau- 

 kegan. 111., price list and descriptive 

 circular of Blatchford 's plant grower 

 and land renovator, also price list of 

 Blatchford's specially imported English 

 lawn grass seed. E. Y. Teas, Centerville, 

 Ind., fall of 1905 price list of peonies. 

 Crenshaw Bros., Tampa, Fla., summer 

 and fall catalogue of seeds, bulbs, fer- 

 tilizers, etc. Wm. Bull & Sons, Chelsea, 

 London, Eng., catalogue of bulbs. E. E. 

 Wheeler, Bridgeport, Conn., catalogue of 

 bulbs and seeds for autumn planting. 



The Tottenham Nurseries Ltd. 



(Bsteblisli«d in 1878.) 

 Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DER ELST. 



Dedemsvaart, Holland. 



Headquarters for Hardy Perannlals, amonR 

 wtalcb are the latest and cboicest. 18 acres 

 devoted for KrowinR this line. incladiDgr Anemo- 

 ne. Aster. Campanala. Delpbinhun. Fonklas, 

 HemerocalUs. Uepatica. iDcarrillea. Iris, 

 Peonies, Pbloz decussata and suffratlcosa. 

 Prlmola Pyretbrum, Tritoma, Hardy Heatb, 

 Hardy Fema. Also 5 acres of Daffodils, 12 acres 

 of CoDlfers, epecially younR eboice varieties to 

 be Krowa on; 8 acres Rbododendrons, inclading 

 tbe best American and Alpine varieties : 2 acres 

 HydraoKeas. We make it a point to arrow all 

 tbe latest novelties in tbese lines. Ask for catalog. 



Mention The Reylew when yon write. 



California 

 Privet 



In any Quantity Desired 



One, two and three years old; all sizes 

 up to 4 feet. Stock of very finest quality. 

 Write for prices, especially in car-load lots 

 — they are too low to publish. 



J. T. LOVEH, Little Silver, N. J. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Queen Beatrice 



