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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Sgi'XEMbkk 28, 1005. 



NDRSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



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

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

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

 ter. The 3lBt annual convention will be held at 

 D&Uas, Texas, June, 1»06. 



H. C. BooERS, Mechauicsburg, O., has 

 started a catalpa nijrsery. 



The Horticultural Society of Northern 

 Illinois will hold its thirty-ninth annual 

 meeting at Harvard December 7 and 8. 



The European nurserymen, especially 

 in France and Holland, are finding the 

 American market a most satisfactory 

 outlet for their product. 



Western New York nurserymen all 

 report this as having been the best grow- 

 ing season they have had in years. Good 

 stock is plentiful in most lines. 



Importations of French crab seed now 

 amount to many tons a year and nearly 

 all of it finds its way into the ground 

 in the vicinity of Topeka, Kan. 



Wholesale nurseries are holding 

 jirices stiflfer than 9 year ago, due more 

 to a belief in the general prosperity of 

 the country than to any apparent short- 

 age in stock. 



A SCHOOL ot forestry is conducted at 

 Biltmore, N. >D,, C. A. Schenck, director, 

 who advertises as one of the advantages 

 "object letesons within the estate of 

 George W. Vanderbilt." 



F. GOMER Wateeier, of John Waterer 

 & Sons, the American Nursery, Bagshot, 

 Surrey, England, will visit eastern nur- 

 series during October, making his head- 

 quarters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New 

 York. 



Does your catalogue show that it was 

 turned out of the same mold as were 

 those of a half dozen of your competi- 

 tors? 



There is some complaint that cherry 

 trees have not done so well as most nur- 

 sery stock this season, due to too much 

 rain in the early stages, which is said to 

 have caused too early falling of the leaves 

 and growth below the normal. 



A GOOD lawn shrub which is not used as 

 much as it deserves is, the high-bush cran- 

 berry, Viburnum opulus. It flowers at- 

 tractively in the latter part of May or 

 June and in the fall is full of bright red 

 berries, which hang on for a long time. 



There are those who say they believe 

 the nursery trade is on the way to the 

 "demnition bow-wows" because of the 

 nature of modern competition. It is un- 

 doubtedly true that "times do change" 

 and that those venerable firms which for 

 business depend on the prestige of by- 

 gone days may be suffering from the 

 inroads of younger and more enterpris- 

 ing men. It is so in every line. The 

 ability to meet changing conditions is as 

 essential to retaining the fruits of suc- 

 cess as sound business methods were to 

 its attainment. 



WIRTH LEAVES HARTFORD. 



Theodore Wirth, for eleven years 

 superintendent of the parks of Hartford, 

 Conn., has resigned to accept the super- 

 intendency of the park system of Minne- 

 apolis. By his skill and labor Mr. Wirth 

 has given the Hartford park system 

 a national fame, and it was with the 

 keenest regret that the park commis- 

 sioners accepted his resignation. Aside 

 from planning the entire park system 

 of Hartford and bringing it to the 

 highest stage of landscape beauty, Mr. 



Theodore Virth. 



The Tottenham Nurseries Ltd. 



(Batalallshed in 1879.) 

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



Dedemsvaart, Holland. 



BeadQuarters for Hardy Ferennlals, among 

 which are the latest and choicest. 18 acres 

 devoted for fcrowiuK this line indudingr Anemo- 

 ne. Aster, Campanula. Delphinium. Funkias. 

 Hemerocallis. Uepatica. IncarviUea. Irla, 

 Peonies, Phiox decussata and suffruticosa. 

 Primula Pyrethrum, Trltoma. Hardy Heath, 

 Hardy Ferns. AIno 5 acres of Daffodils, 12 acres 

 of Oonlfers,^peclaIly younic choice varieties to 

 be grown on; 8 acres Rhododendrons, including 

 the best American and Alpine varieties : 2 acres 

 Hydrangeas. We make it a point to grow all 

 the latest novelties in these lines. Ask for catalog. 



Maoetti Stocks 



One million fine, one-year, English-grown. 

 Also a large stock of Roses, all leading kinds, 

 per 1000 strong plants. Quantities shipped an- 

 nually tn leading American firms. Reference: 

 Bassett & Washburn, Chicago. 



W. C. SLOCOCK. WofclBg. Surrey. Fngland. 



M. GIELEN, 



Oudenbosch, Holland 



Largest grower of field-grown Boae Stocks on 

 the continent. Maaettl Stocks lor fall deliv- 

 ery. Well rooted, Une stock, 6-12 mm., $5.00 per 

 1000; $400.00 per 100,000. Large quantities of gen- 

 eral numery »toPk. Correspondence solicited. 



ZiABOZST STOCK OT AImJ, 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Azaleas, Araucarias, S'weet Bays, 

 Palms, Begfonias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Belgium. 



Wirth has established rose gardens which 

 are the pride of the town. 



Mr. Wirth is a native of Switzer- 

 land and is 42 years of age. He is a 

 graduate of a school of landscape ar- 

 chitecture in his native land. He worked 

 three years in the parks of Paris and sev- 

 eral years in the public gardens in Lon- 

 don before coming to America. In New 

 York he obtained an appointment in the 

 city's park system. With J. F. Huss 

 he platted the famous Morningside park 

 and later had charge of similar work 

 on the state reservation at Niagara 

 Falls, with Samuel Parsons, Jr. 



For a time he was engaged in private 

 business at Glen Cove, Lo^g Island, but 

 retired in 1895 to accept the position 

 of park superintendent at Hartford. He 

 is the president of the American As- 

 sociation of Park Superintendents and is 

 recognized by authorities as one of the 

 ablest and most progressive park men 

 in the country. He is a director of the 

 S. A. F. 



POMOLCXJICAL SOCIETY. 



There was an attendance of over 200 

 members at the twenty-ninth biennial 

 convention of the American Pomological 

 Society, held at the Coates House, 

 Kansas City, September 19 to 21. A 

 large portion of those present were con- 

 nected with horticultural schools, etc., 

 but there were also many fruit growers 

 and a number of nurserymen. C. L. 

 Watrous, Des Moines, la., presided in 

 the absence of President J. H. Hale, of 

 South Glastonbury, Conn. There was a 

 lengthy program of papers on scientific 

 pomology and many debates on more 



