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NOTBMBER 9, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



J 445 



feet high, with a diameter of from seven- 

 teen to eighteen feet. The upper and 

 outer blooms, in their highest perfection, 

 measure ten to twelve inches in length 

 and seven to eight inches in diameter. 

 It is diflBeult to fully appreciate 

 and impossible to describe in words, 

 the charm and beauty of the tree 

 when at its best, in August and 

 September, carrying several hundred 

 pure white graceful blooms. Stand- 

 ing, as it does, but a short distance 

 from one of the magnificent highways, 

 so common in New Jersey, largely trav- 

 eled by automobilists, it attracts great 

 attention. Recently when the tree was 

 trimmed, the blooms after removal, were 

 counted and tallied 363. W. A. S. 



RAILROAD TIES. 



In order not to be dependent upon 

 lumber shipped from territories far from 

 the line, the Pennsylvania railroad is 

 planting 600,000 locust seedlings on the 

 company's properties, at a number of 

 places along the Susquehanna and 

 Juniata rivers. In the last two years 

 the road has set up about 800,000, and 

 the next year propose to plant about 

 300,000. 



Owing to the increase of vast railroad 

 operations the forests near the railroads 

 have been stripped so that ties for the 

 most part have to be brought from a 

 distance and every year the distance 

 grows greater, for it requires about 620,- 

 000,000 cross ties to furnish the railroads 

 of the United States annually, and to fill 

 this demand about 200,000 acres of wood- 

 laud are yearly wiped out. 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET. 



Could you give me some information 

 as to the time for trimming California 

 privet f One of my customers has a 

 hedge of this kind and wants it pruned 

 this fall. It is six or seven feet in 

 height now. It was cut back a few years 

 ago to the height of four feet and has 

 had no other attention since. Will it 

 hurt it if it is cut back to three feet? 

 D. C. N. 



We cannot recommend pruning Cali- 

 fornia privet hedges at this season. Wait 

 until the plants have started to grow in 

 t^Q spring, say about the end of May, 

 and uien cut them down to the desired 

 height. To keep the hedges in good con- 

 dition they should not be allowed to g^row 

 so long untrimmed. It will pay to give 

 the hedge another trimming about the 

 end of July. This will keep it in nice 

 shape. W. N. Craig. 



CLEANLINESS. 



The following was written for English 

 nurserymen but the advice is so good, 

 and so applicable to many American nur- 

 series and greenhouse establishments that 

 it is recommended for an especially care- 

 ful reading: 



"A writer in a contemporary wonders 

 why nurserymen do not as a rule take 

 njore pride in the appearance of their 

 ground. He thinks they would have 

 more pleasure in life, and also find it 

 more profitable. 



"As we read these lines, we recalled, 

 with a pang, two or three places we have 

 lately visited, which we left with a sickly 

 feeling. Now, where is the common-sense 

 of itt Those men hoeing in a bed of 

 twitch-grass up to their knees — we are 

 well within the mark in saying that they 

 would have gone over the ground thor- 

 oughly, four times with the same time 



Queen Victoria. Photo, taken after cutting 30,000 blooms for cold Storage. 



PEONIES 



WHITE, generally called Queen Victoria has been known 

 to keep 6 weeks in cold storage, $9.oo per 100; $80.00 per 1000. 



FRAGRANS, the tall grower and bloom-producer, $5.00 

 per 100; W5.00 per 1' 00. For prices on other varieties, in- 

 cluding Festiva Maxima, write — 



Large size IRISH JUNIPERS, Wood- 

 ward's and Hovey's GOLDEN 

 ARBOR- VITAE, cheap. 



GILBERT H. WILD, Sarcoxie, Mo. 



Mention The Eeyiew when you write. 



PRIVET FOR SALE 



Two hnndred thonsaod (200,000) plants, all sizes growii at Blooms- 

 dale, and 3 and 4 years old. All oat back and now forked with three or 

 tour stems. Suitable for quickly makincr a thick hedffe. We offer in fonr 

 sizes, 3, 3, 4 and 6 feet hi^h. Prices cat in half. F. O B. Bristol Pa. 

 Terms, 30 days from date of shipment. Bo yoa want any— what size and 

 how many ? Orders now booked for shipment in October or November, or 

 during Karch or April. 



LANDRETH'S SEEDS 



Before placing your order elsewhere, write for our wholesale prices. 



Seed business founded 1784. -,, ^-»,..-,^« , — »>«.«.....-.. ». 



Incorporated 1904. BLOOMSDALE, BRISTOL PA. 



Mention Tte Bevlew when yon write. 



800,000 CALIFORNIA PRIVET 



Branches Per 100 1000 



3 years. 18 to 24 In &to8 11.60 112.00 



8 years, 2 to 2H ft 6tol0 2.00 18.00 



3 years, 2« to 3 ft 5 to 10 2.60 22.00 



4 years, very heavy. ^ 00 62.00 



Branches Per 100 



2 years. 18 to 24 In 3to6 tl 26 



2yearB, 2 to2X ft 6to8 1.75 



2 years, 2^ to 3 ft 6 to 8 2.00 



2 years, 3 to SH ft 6 to 8 3.00 



All the above have been cut back 1 to 3 times and transplanted; are bushy and fine. 



1000 



110.01 



16.00 



18.00 



22.60 



700,000 ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



Per 100 



Palmetto, 2 years, very strong 10.40 



.30 

 .80 

 .30 

 .30 

 .40 



1 year, stronr. 

 Bur's Mammoth . 1 year, strong. 



Oonover's OolowMl. strong 



Donald's Klmlra, strong 



Columbia White, strong 



STRAWBERRY LAYER PLANTS 



1000 Per 100 1000 



tS.OO Oandy, Bubaeh and New Home ... .10.40 n 00 



2.60 Olen Mary, Clyde and Michel's 



250 Early 30 260 



2 50 Fairfield, Haverland and Exoel- 



2.60 alor 30 2 60 



2 76 Brandy wine and Tenn. Prolific 30 2.60 



These prices are subject to change without notice. 



RIVER VIEW NURSERIES,' H.o'HAGAN LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



and Evergreens for vases and window boxes 

 also for lawns; spring delivery. Also Kentia 

 and Phoenix Palms and other greenhouse and 

 ornamental plants. For list and prices, address 

 AUGUST BOIKEB ft SOVB, P. O. Box 752, 31 BABCI.AT ST., ifBW TOXUC. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



BOX TREES 



and labor, if they had only been started 

 at the proper time. This is tantamount 

 to saying that this particular ground 

 might have been pulled over eight or 

 twelve times during the summer, instead 

 of two or three at the same cost. 



"We do not like to think of the pro- 

 prietor 's feelings, when he escorts a visi- 

 tor round a wilderness of this sort; 

 but what about the foreman and the 

 men under him? Are they not liable 

 to lose their self-respect and energy, 

 and sink to lifeless drudges? Then as 

 to the stock — it seems a waste of time to 

 remind practical men of the difference 

 in growth and appearance between trees 

 grown in a well-cultivated nursery, and 



those found at lifting time in a fox-cov- 

 ert. All the same, the necessity for din- 

 ning it in strikes us in far too large a 

 proportion of the places we visit. 



"We have expressed the opinion be- 

 fore and endorse it afresh, that many of 

 our nurserymen would be better off, if 

 they laid half their land down to grass, 

 and put their labor and manure on the 

 rest. We might add a word as to the 

 effect of appearances on the buyer. More 

 than half those who call to look at trees, 

 know very little about them, and are as 

 much impressed by the general look of 

 the establishment as by the stock they 

 wish to purchase. Clean land, neatly 

 trimmed fences, and grass roads regular- 



