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The Wc;ckly Florists^ Review* 



December 14, 1905. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOQATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



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

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

 0. Seagrer, Rochester; Treas., C. L. Yates, Roches- 

 ter. The 3l8t annual convention will be held a. 

 Dallas, Texas, June, 1906. 



Charles Premd, the veteran nursery- 

 man of Rye, X. Y., is dead. 



Surpluses of natural peach pits are 

 being offered, although sales have been 

 large. 



The western nurserymen would like to 

 be shown just one good apple crop in 

 Missouri. 



The demand for burlap is very heavy 

 and not only are prices high but sup- 

 plies are difficult to procure. 



Those growers of apple seedlings who 

 complain at the price of their product 

 will again increase their plant. 



The Northwestern railroad is plant- 

 ing hardy shrubs to replace the tender 

 stock used on station grounds along its 

 line in Illinois. 



H. A. Terry, Crescent, la., well known 

 as a peony and plum raiser, has sold out 

 and retired at an age well beyond the 

 allotted three score years and ten. 



Work is progressing on Prof. Bailey 's 

 Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, the 

 first volume being nearly ready for the 

 press. 



Ornamental stock in medium and 

 larger sizes promises to be unusually 

 good property next spring. The supply 

 is not increasing as fast as the demand. 



The committee of the American Asso- 

 ciation of Nurserymen is to be congratu- 

 lated on its success with the several class- 

 ification committees in securing a 16,000 

 pounds minimum car on fruit trees. 



It is no exceptional experience to have 

 stocks of cherry under the demand, but 

 next spring is likely to see a very stiff 

 market on good, salable trees, due to the 

 wet season at many growing centers. 



The Harrison Nursery Co., York, 

 Neb., has recently built a new frost- 

 proof storage cellar. The firm is com- 

 posed of sons of C. S. Harrison and the 

 business now amounts to over $40,000 a 

 year and is steadily increasing. 



Sickness prevented Clarence Wedge, 

 president of the Minnesota State Horti- 

 cultural Society, from attending the 

 thirty-ninth annual meeting, held at Min- 

 neapolis December 5 to 7, but he sent 

 an address urging that greater attention 

 be paid to seedling apples. M. R. Cash- 

 man deplored the lack of interest in the 

 strawberry on the part of Minnesota 

 growers. 



NOT FOREMOST. 



In an article on Burbank, W. Van Fleet 

 calls the attention of the Rural New 

 Yorkers to the sensational stories of Bur- 

 bank 's accomplishments which have ap- 

 peared in the magazines, the daily papers 

 and even some trade publications and 

 says: 



"How far Mr. Burbank is responsi- 

 ble for such bosh is not known. If he 

 does not enjoy this booming no public 

 disclaimer has yet been made. We have 

 appreciatively followed Burbank 's work 

 for many years, and have figured and 



described the majority of his produc- 

 tions. Nearly everything that he has 

 given to the public has been grown on 

 our trial grounds. We believe him to be 

 an enthusiastic and energetic originator, 

 but we do not consider him the foremost 

 plant breeder in the world, if measured 

 by the general success of his introduc- 

 tions to date. He may be the most ex- 

 tensive breeder in regard to the variety 

 of plants he is working on, and in the 

 number of seedlings grown. He has ex- 

 clusively engaged in this work for the last 

 twelve years, while other highly success- 

 ful plant-breeders have kept within the 

 bounds of business caution, and devoted 

 their energies to the perfection of special 

 products. Thus, without touching on the 

 invaluable services of such originators, 

 now dead, as Ephraim W. Bull, raiser of 

 the Concord grape, or Peter M. Gideon, 

 who gave the Wealthy apple to the north- 

 west, we may mention the grand and lit- 

 tle rewarded work of Jacob Moore, New 

 York, producer of Brighton, Moore's 

 Early and Diamond grapes, as well as 

 splendid currants; T. v. Munson, Texas, 

 who has rehabilitated the grape industry 

 of the old world through breeding re- 

 sistant stocks, and has originated scores 

 of new varieties of the greatest value, 

 and the venerable H. A. Terry, Iowa, for 

 thirty-six years a patient and success- 

 ful breeder of valuable peonies and native 

 plums. It is no kindness to mention the 

 name of the California grower, now 

 heading towards the poorhouse, after giv- 

 ing the state two of the most profitable 

 stone fruits ever grown. These men are 

 all great in their specialties, and have 

 given horticulture enduring and valuable 

 novelties without receiving a fraction of 

 the praise landed by Burbank." 



RAILROAD TIES. 



Referring to the recent note, published 

 in the Review, in regard to the Pennsyl- 

 vania railroad having planted 477,295 

 yellow locust trees for tie timber, Joseph 

 T. Richards, chief engineer of mainte- 

 nance of way, under whose direction the 

 work has been done, states that while it 

 is not likely that the company will at 

 any time plant a sufficient number of 

 trees from which to secure its entire sup- 

 ply of cross ties, it is felt that the experi- 

 ment will have a tendency to stimulate 

 outside parties to cultivate this class of 

 timber and in this way assist the com- 

 pany to secure ties at some future time. 



Figuring on the basis of 3,000,000 ties 

 for repairs and 500,000 for new work an- 

 nually for the Pennsylvania, and that it 

 will require thirty years for a yellow lo- 

 cust to mature, it would require the con- 

 tinual use of 97,500 acres, or 152 square 

 miles, to supply the Pennsylvania rail- 

 road. As to the locust, Mr. Richards be- 

 lieves it is superior to oak on account of 

 its resistance to rail cutting, and a life 

 in excess of ten years is expected. 



A FAIR DAY. 



Your answer to my enquiries in the 

 Review of December 7 mentions "fair 

 days, ' ' and I would like to ask what is 

 a fine day? Is it a bright, clear, sunny 

 day, or generally speaking a day without 

 I'ain, or stormy weather? In this part of 

 the country (western New York) we get 

 only one clear day a month, on the aver- 

 age, from December to March; the rest 

 cloudy days. H. B. S. 



The statement was made a few days 

 ago by a representative fruit grower 

 of Jacksonville, Tex., that in a certain 

 shipment of peaches made last season, 

 peaches finally sold in New York for $1 

 per crate. Of this sum 7 cents went to 

 the commission people, 70 cents to the 

 railroads and the remaining 23 cents 

 went to the man who raised the peaches. 



BABV RAMBLER 



Iir BUD AND BLOOM 



Just the thing for Christmas. Per doz. Per 100 



5-inch, just potted from bench $3.50 $25.00 



4-inch, just potted from bench 2.75 20.00 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Fiersoai Fern, fine. 2j^-in $4.00 $35.00 



Boston Fern, fine, 2>^-in 3.00 25.t0 



Asparacrns PlumoRnB. 2>^-in.... 3.00 25.00 

 Sprencreri, 2>^-in.... 2.50 20.00 

 XOSBS, strong, 2>^-in., 150 varieties, some as 

 low as $20.00 per 1000. WRITE FOR LIST. Also 

 4-in. roses at interesting prices. We have a fine 

 Une of miscellaneous plants, such as Geraniums, 

 Coleus, Ageratums, Alternantheras, HeUotropes, 

 Salvias, etc. 



THE BPBZSrOFIBXiD FXiOBAIi CO. 

 SPBUrOFIEI.D, OHIO. 



30 ACRES HARDY 



Herbaceous Plants 



Peonies, Iris, Phlox and Hollyhocks 

 specialties. Descriptive Catalogue 

 and trade price list free. 



J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J. 



20,000 Crimson Rambler 



OWH BOOTS 



Heavily Braaclied 



3to4ft...$10.00perl00 

 2 to 3 ft... 7.00 per 100 

 l>^to2ft. 5.00 per 100 



6,000 A1CPB&OPSI8 BBOB^XAHHI, extra heavy, $8.00 per 100. 



a,000 DBVTSIA IiBMOIHBZ, 3}4 ft., very bushy, $8.00 per 100. This is a better plant for forcing 

 than the Deutzia Gracilis. Over 400 other valuable hardy shrubs. Ask for catalogue. 



HIRAM T. JONES, ''"'°"^°~"*^ """'*" 



49 Bortli Avenne, 

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ELIZABETH, N. J. 



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2-in. pots, 

 $6 00 

 per 100. 



ABY RAMBLERS 



300,000 Hybrid Ferpetnal Roses, 2-ln. pots, $30.00 per 1000. H. P. Roses, field- 

 grown. No. 1, $10.00 per 100. Crimson Ramblers, 3-4 feet, 110.00 per 100. 

 Manetti Stocks, $9.00 per 1000. Privet in large auantities. 



ELIZABETH NURSERY CO., Elizabeth, N. J. 



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and Evergreens for vases and window boxes, 

 also for lawns: spring delivery. Also Kentia 



and Fboenlx Palms and other greenhouse and 



~ ~ ornamental plants. For list and prices, address 



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