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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOV£MBBR 9, 1905. 



NDRSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



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

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

 C. Seag er, Rochester; Treas., C. L. Yates, Roches- 

 ter. The Slat annual convention will l>e held a. 

 Dallas, Texas, June, 1906. 



The business in hardy perennials has 

 been very good this fall. 



The grafting machine is making very 

 slow work of displacing the old-fashioned 

 method. 



There is complaint of poor packing 

 on consignments of peou^es from Hol- 

 land growers. 



In the southeast, Kief^er pear or- 

 chards gave good_and profitable crops 

 the past seaionrlfnd^quickraed the sale of 

 trees. 



Landscape architects operating in the 

 middle west, report considerable work for 

 fall and very much more in sight for 

 spring. The orders in most cases are 

 small but numerous. 



The high price of apples confirms *the 

 report that there is a shortage in the 

 crop. Even the Ben Davis is selling at 

 50 cents a peck — to unsuspecting cus- 

 tomers. — Chicago Tribune. 



English apple growers, alarmed at 

 the rapidly increasing importations of 

 American fruit, are organizing marketing 

 associations for the purpose of putting 

 the home product on the market in the 

 most attractive form. 



A NURSERYMAN has been operating in 

 the vicinity of Scranton, Iowa, with a 

 contract which provides for cancellation 

 only on the payment of a large percent- 

 age of the gross amount of the order. 

 The buyers have found their orders 

 swelled, and the cancellation clause has 

 secured a number of settlements. Oth- 

 ers have combined to resist collection. 



The nurserymen are all pretty well 

 pleased with the fall season. On ac- 

 count of the warm weather in early 

 autumn it was late before digging could 

 be begun on many items, but large de- 

 liveries have been made, particularly by 

 wholesale growers, who find that each 



year more and more of their customers 

 a^e equipped with storage facilities and 

 Iflce to get their stock in the fall instead 

 of in the spring. A number of the 

 wholesalers say that there is now little 

 difference between the volume of in- 

 voices for spring and fall deliveries. If 

 freezing weather will hold off a little 

 longer digging operations will be well 

 out of the way, with good supplies un- 

 der cover. It was a good growing season 

 everywhere. 



NURSERY EXPORTS. 



The Bureau of Statistics, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, has just pub- 

 lished the following table showing the 

 value of nursery stock exported, and the 

 countries to which consigned in the 

 years mentioned : 



Country. 1902. 1903, 1904. 



United Kingdom $ 21,745 % 28,372 $120,730 



Canada 52,921 51,890 71,062 



Cuba 20,099 24,651 86.653 



Mexico 12,702 8,960 15,673 



Netherlands 6,653 19,812 12,676 



Germany 8,766 14,074 9,060 



British South Africa.. 41 126 3,713 



Belgium 868 1,777 3,398 



Japan 399 1,291 2,190 



British Australasia . . . 1,207 607 1,912 



Denmark 1,074 529 1,409 



Bermuda 1,561 963 1,380 



British East Indies 145 715 1,197 



Dutch Guiana 11 1,109 



Other countries 3,757 5,182 5,918 



Totals $132,027 $158,959 $287,880 



NAME OF TREE. 

 I enclose sample leaves taken from 

 a small tree. Will you kindly tell me 

 through the Review the name of the 

 tree? J. W. S. 



The leaves enclosed are of Ginkgo 

 biloba, also called Salisburia adiantifo- 

 lia and maidenhair tree. This is of 

 considerable value as a lawn specimen 

 and is also being increasingly used for 

 street planting, more especially in 

 "Washington, D. C. It is hardy as far 

 north as Canada, W. N. C. 



THE HYDRANGEA. 



For beauty and attractiveness as an 

 ornamental shrub but few hardy plants 

 equal and none excels Hydrangea panicu- 

 lata grandiflora when well cultivated, 

 closely trimmed and properly cared for, 

 especially as regards an ample supply of 



Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora where it is at Home. 



water. While the hydrangea will suc- 

 cessfully withstand the severest winters,, 

 it appears it cannot be grown to it» 

 greatest perfection in many of the north- 

 ern states. In the central west it sel- 

 dom exceeds in size the lower classes of 

 shrubs. A success in certain parts of 

 New York, in other sections not far 

 distant it is apparently a failure. In- 

 Jamestown the hydrangea grows to per- 

 fection. In Buffalo it is not a great suc- 

 cess. 



One of its favorite habitats is north- 

 ern New Jersey, the environments ap- 

 pearing to be particularly adapted to its 

 growth and development. There it is 

 quite common, growing luxuriantly, not 

 only in the rich soil of well kept orna- 

 mental grounds but in a majority of 

 the dooryards whose owners have a love 

 of flowers. We illustrate herewith a 

 hydrangea grown at Brookside, on a 

 small country place near Little Falls, N. 

 J., which is thought to be as large and 

 attractive as any to be seen in the vi- 

 cinity of New York. It is probably 

 twenty-five years old and, before the 

 blooms reach their maturity and become 

 so weighty, the tree stands over sixteen 



Maaetti Stocks 



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

 Also a large stock of Roses, all leading kinds, 

 per 1000 strong plants. Quantities stiipped an- 

 nually to leading American firms. Reference: 

 Bassett & Washburn, Chicago. © 



W. C. SLOCOCK, Woking, Surrey, England. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



XiABOZST STOCK OF AI^L 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asaleas, Araucarias, Sweet Bays, 

 Palms, Begonias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Belirium. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PETER LAMBERT 



TRIER, GERMANY 



RnCAC Strong:, field-grown beddlne and forc- 

 ""'*'^ ing varieties. BMt JTOVXIiTISB. 



Fr»B K. Dmscbki, (the best white hybrid), 2yrB., 

 extra large plants, 40,009, for fall, $80.00 per 1000. 

 Soleil d' Or, $10.00 per lOO: Teplits, $8.00; Etoile 

 de France, 925.00 per 100. Citiwiut oa appllcitloi. 

 Mention Tlie Review when yon write. 



PEONIES .„,„ 



Queen Victoria (or Whitleyi), the best keeper$9.00 



Festiva Maxima 30.00 



Fragrans (the tall grower and bloom 



producer) 5.00 



Lncretla Dewberry and Miller red raspberry, 



$5.00 per 1000. 

 For other varieties or 1000 rate, write 



Gilbert H. Wild, Sarcozie, Mo. 



HYDRANGEAS 



Strong plants from outdoor beds. 



OTASBA, TH08. HOOO. BBD BSAVOH- 



ZNO. with 7 to 10 flowerlDK crowns, $12 per 100 



Witb 5 to 6 flowerlDK crowns 9 per 100 



With 4 flowering crowns 7 per 100 



JAFOaiCA BOSBA (new and fln«), one- 



balf additional to above prices. 



ASPARAGUS Si^Vrt """• 



From 2^-iDch pots, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000. 

 Fine stock and guaranteed to pleaae. 



JACKSON A PERKINS CO. 



Newark, New York. 



