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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Dbcembek '21, 1905. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOaATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



Pres., E. AlbertBon, Brldg-eport, Ind.; Vlce- 

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

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

 ter. The 31st annual convention will be held a. 

 Dallas, Texas, June, 1906. 



H. J. Weber, St. Louis, is visiting east- 

 ern nursery centers. 



"\V. T. McMuRRAY has bought the L. 

 A. Southern nursery and greenhouse 

 plant near Wa.shington Bottom, W. Va. 



Mrs. C. J. Parks, ^vi(h)w of tlie former 

 nurseryman at Lansing, Mich., is tload, 

 aged 71 years. 



Con. Plant, Le Grande, Ore., has sold 

 his nursery property to be platted for 

 city lots. He contemplates going into 

 business in Cuba. 



The New York Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation meets at Lockport January 3 and 

 4. Half a dozen nurserymen are on the 

 jirogram and half a hundred will be pres- 

 ent. 



A Bi(i wind storm did considerable 

 damage in southern California Decem- 

 ber 9, but M. A. Chase, of the Chase 

 Xurserj' Co., Riverside, thinks crops of 

 citrus fruits were not injured more than 

 five per cent. 



The Oregon Nursery Co., Salem, Ore., 

 has announced its intention of removing 

 from the city. It has the second largest 

 pay roll in town and the Commercial 

 Club is trying to find a way of keeping 

 the firm from removing. 



PAHK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The executive committee of the Amer- 

 ican Association of Park Superintendents 

 held a meeting at the Quiucy house, Bos- 

 ton, on Dee. 14. The selection of the next 

 meeting place of the association result- 

 ed in the choice of Washington, D. C, 

 aJtiiough Toronto and Harrisburg, Pa., 

 wore in favor with some, the date being 

 .lur.e 12 to 14, 1906. Those attending 

 were W. J. Zartman, Brooklyn; Theo- 

 dore Wirth, president of the association, 

 Hartford, Conn.; C. E. Keith, Bridge- 

 port, Conn.; J. O. Fitts, Providence, E. 

 I.; Byron Worthen, Manchester, N. H. ; 

 J. A. Pettigrew, J. B. Shea, Jackson 

 Dawson, W. J. Stewart and J. W. Dun- 

 can, Boston. 



DEATH OF D. H. PATTY. 



David H. Patty, who died December 11, 

 Avas one of the most ]>rominent business 

 men at Geneva, X. Y. Mr. Patty 's death 

 was entirely unexpected. Sunday he was 

 about as usual and attended church ser- 

 vice both in the morning and evening. 

 He expired about S o'clock Monday 

 morning. Physicians stated that his death 

 was due to angina pectoris. Coroner 

 H. D. Weyburu granted a certificate of 

 death due to that cause. 



The deceased was born in Auburn, X. 

 Y., February 6, 185]. He removed tcT Ge- 

 neva in 1869 to become a bookkeeper with 

 the nursery firm of Graves, Selover & 

 Willard. Ten years later h^ commenced 

 business for himself, doing both a whole- 

 sale and retail business. Mr. Patty was 

 a prominent member of the First Pres- 

 byterian Church, having been a trustee 

 of the church for the past fifteen years. 



and an elder for ten years. He held both 

 offices at the time of his death. He was 

 also secretary of the Sunday school for 

 nearly twenty years. He was also 

 a member of the Kanadasaga Club, 

 and was an exempt fireman, having served 

 with the Charles .T. Folger Hook and Lad- 

 der Company. In 1883 he married Miss 

 Helen A. Scoon, a daughter of the late 

 William Scoon of this city. Besides his 

 wife, he is survived by one daughter. Miss 

 Laura H. Patty, of this city, and one sis- 

 ter, ^frs. Frank Bassett of Bridgeport, 

 Conn. 



RAILROAD FORESTRY. 



A writer in a recent number of Arbori- 

 culture, takes exception to a paper read 

 by L. E. Johnson, president of the Nor- 

 folk & Western, before the American 

 Forest Congress, on the grounds that the 

 arguments advanced by Mr. Johnson 

 against the planting of catalpa trees by 

 railways are based on erroneous infor- 

 mation. The writer refutes the assump- 

 tion that the life of a catalpa crosstie 

 is but fifteen years, by pointing to the 

 evidence presented at the St. Louis 

 World 's Fair, where manj- ties were 

 shown which had remained perfectly 

 sound after Ihirty-two years in the road- 

 way of the Southern Railway, Louisville 

 & Nashville, Illinois Central and other 

 roads. He goes on to state that Mr. 

 Johnson's assumption that 850 crossties 

 per acre may be obtained in twenty years 

 is an underestimate, and advances the 

 following data in regard to catalpa culti- 

 vation : 



' ' The proper distance to plant is 7x7 

 feet, or 888 trees per acre, three-fourths 

 to be removed in eight years for use as 

 fence posts, mine timbers or for similar 

 purposes. For these a conservative valu- 

 ation is 5 cents each net. This leaves 

 222 trees for permanent forest. At fif- 

 teen years these trees will make five ties 

 and several posts each, 1,110 ties being 

 secured per acre. Cutting a catalpa tree 

 does not kill it; another is quickly pro- 

 duced from the stump, which has the en- 



tire root system of the original tree to 

 push it forward rapidly. By preparing 

 a seven years' course of renewals, plant- 

 ing an equal area each year for seven 

 years, the Norfolk & Western system of 

 2,571 miles, which now has in its tracks 

 presumably 7,000,000 ties, will require 

 1,000,000 ties annually, or an average of 

 approximately 901 acres, which would 

 be 6,307 acres, or about 10 square miles. 

 After the seventh year tliere will be no 

 other renewals required for twenty-five 

 years. ' ' 



The estimated cost of the investment 

 is $194,698, allowing for cost of land and 

 trees, planting and superintendence and 

 interest for eight years at the rate of 5 

 per cent. The resultant income is fig- 

 ured at $210,023.10, a sum somewhat 

 larger than the entire cost of the invest- 

 ment, while the forest, all paid for, re- 

 mains as a permanent timber producing 

 property. 



BABY RAMBLER 



IV BUD ASD 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 i.To 20.00 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Fiersoai Fern, fine. 2}4-in S4.00 $35.00 



BoBton Pern, fine, 2>^-in 3.00 25.00 



Asparaerns Plnmoena, 2^-in 3.00 25.00 



Spren«r«rtf 2K-in.... 2.50 20.00 

 BOSBS, strong, 2J^-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 

 line of miscellaneous plants, such as Geraniums, 

 Coleus, Ageratums, Alternantheras, Heliotropes, 

 Salvias, etc. 



THB SPBXVariBIiD riiOBAX. CO. 

 SPBIBOriBLP. OHIO. 



HYDRANGEAS 



strong out-door-grown plants, potted in Sep- 

 tember and held In a cool house. 



.»-■ ^^ MM^ — — 7 to 10 flowerins- crowns, 



Inos* nogg* $12.00 per luo. 



Jackson & Perkins Go. new'york 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



OWN BOOTS 



Heavily Branched 



3to4ft...$10.00perl00 

 2 to 3 ft... 7,00 per 100 

 1^ to 2 ft. .1.00 per 100 



6,000 AMPBLOPSIB EITOEIiMAKB'I, extra heavy, $8.00 per 100. 



S.OOO DEUTZIA LBBSOXBBI, Sj^ 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. 



20,000 Crimson Rambler 



HIRAM T. JONES, 



Union Connty Hnrseries, 



481 Borth Avenue, 



ELIZABETH, N. J. 



STOCK FOR FORCING 



Price per 10 Per 100 



40O Prunus triloba, 4 to 5 ft $2.00 $15.00 



.500 Almond, white, 2 to 3 ft 1.,tO 10.00 



200 Almond, pink, 2 to 3 ft 1..tO 10.00 



Price per 10 Per 100 



.'>C0 Deutzia Lemoinei, 2 to 2}^ ft, . . ..SL.V) $10.00 

 .500 Deutzia gracilis, 1 to 1% ft.. 



bushy l.o>) 1000 



The above stock is in (lur cellars in tine condition and can be shipped at a moment's notice. 



LET US HAVE YOUB OBDBBS. 



HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS, 



MAPLE AVENUE NURSERIES, 

 Established 1853. 



West Chester, Pa. 



B 



ABY RAMBLERS 



2 -in. pots, 

 $6.00 



per 100. 



300.000 Hybrid Perpetual Roses, 2-ln. pot8,$a0.00 per 1000. H. P. Roses, field- 

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

 Manetti Storks, IH.OOper 1000. Privet in large Quantities. 



THE ELIZABETH NURSERY CO., Elizabeth, N. J. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



and Evergreens for vases and window boxes, 

 also for lawns; spring delivery. Also Xentia 

 and Phoenix Palms and other greenhouse and 

 ornamental plants. For list and prices, address 

 AUGUST B0I;KEB ft BOBS, P, O. Box 752, 31 BABCIiAT ST., NBW TOBX. 

 Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



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