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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Max 31, 1006. 



NDRSERY NEWS. 



AMCMCAN ASSOOATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



Prea., B. Albertson, BrldKeport, Ind.; Vlce- 

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

 O. 8ea«er, Rochester; Treas., C. L. Yates, Roches- 

 !?';, '^^® '^^^^ annual convention will be held at 

 DallM, Texas, June 13-1&, 1906. 



The invoice value of the trees and 

 shrubs passing through the New York 

 customs house last week was $10,594. 



The Jewell Nursery Co., Lake City, 

 Minn., has increased its authorized cap- 

 ital stock from $100,000 to $500,000. 



The May frost at Chicago, which made 

 ice at Peterson's Nursery, did no injury 

 to the peony fields, either at Peterson's, 

 Klehm 's Nursery or A. Kennicott 's. 



Some nurserymen note an increased 

 call for a smaller, lighter grade of fruit 

 trees, but others aver that the demand 

 instead should be stated as for cheaper 

 stock. 



The Chicago Commercial Club wants 

 the nurserymen's convention for Chicago 

 in 1907. It offers a free meeting place, 

 assures low railroad fares and hotel ac- 

 commodations at moderate prices. 



Florida nurserymen are making a 

 practice of setting out pecan orchards 

 under a guarantee if located where they 

 can exercise supervision over them dur- 

 ing the period covered by the guarantee. 



It is reported from Painesville, O., that 

 the expectations of the Storrs & Harri- 

 son Co. were more than realized in the 

 spring business. The shipments totaled 

 231 carsj seventy-nine cars more than 

 last year. 



The season thus far has been unusu- 

 ally dry in many growing centers and the 

 young stock, especially cuttings, is suf- 

 fering. Unless rain comes soon the sum- 

 mer's growth of older stock is likely to 

 to be much lighter than normal. 



CONFERENCE ON HARDINESS. 



Under date of May 23, Leonard Bar- 

 ron, secretary of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York, 1269 Broadway, New 

 York City, sends out the following cir- 

 cular letter: 



The Horticultural Society of New York pro- 

 poses to hold In the early fall of 1907 an Inter- 

 national conference on hardiness and acclimatiza- 

 tion. If there is sufficient Interest evinced to 

 warrant organizing such a gathering. 



I am Instructed by the president and council 

 to ascertain whether your Institution would be 

 Inclined to support such a conference, and 

 whether you would be able to talie part In the 

 deliberations. 



I need hardly remind you that the questions 

 proposed are of supreme importance to horti- 

 culturists, and there Is very little. If any, codi- 

 fied matter available In this country. The pro- 

 ceedings of the conference would form the sub- 

 stance of a volume of memoirs of this society, 

 to be a companion to the proceedings of the In- 

 ternational conference on plant breeding held In 

 1902. 



Any assistance that you can give me at this 

 time, suggesting lines for discussion, together 

 with names of those whom you think might be 

 Interested, and whom I could approach, would 

 be greatly appreciated. 



CONVENTION PLANS. 



A meeting of the executive committee 

 of the Texas Nurserymen's Association 

 was held at Dallas May 23 to make ar- 

 rangements for the meeting June 13, 14 

 and 15 of the National Nurserymen's 

 Association. The following were present : 

 E. W. Kirkpatrick, of McKinney, presi- 



dent of the state association; Edward 

 W. Knox, of San Antonio, president of 

 the State Horticultural Society; John 

 S. Kerr, of Sherman, chairman of the 

 program committee of the national as- 

 sociation; C. C. Mayhew, of Sherman, 

 chairman of the finance committee of 

 the state association; Stanley H. Wat- 

 son, of Houston, chairman of the enter- 

 tainment committee; F. W. Mally, of 

 Garrison, chairman of the committee on 

 exhibits. 



On the afternoon of June 13 a trolley 

 ride will be given to Fort "Worth, where 

 some entertainment will be provided by 

 the board of trade of that city. On the 

 return an entertainment will be given 

 at Lake Erie, where light refreshments 

 will be served. On the afternoon of the 

 following day the visitors will be given 

 a trolley ride over the city, and in the 

 evening will partake of a fruit banquet. 

 The following night a lawn party will 

 be given at Lake CUff. 



Since the meeting will be the first of 

 its kind held in the south, it is desired 

 especially to impress the visitors with 

 the size and resources of Texas, and to 

 this end an excursion will be run at the 

 conclusion of the convention to Hous- 

 ton, San Antonio and Galveston. 



ing the day arrangements will be made 

 for their admission. So that the day 

 will be made as pleasant as possible in 

 St. Louis." 



ST. LOUIS HEADQUARTERS. 



Emery Albertson, president of the 

 American Association of Nurserymen, 

 writes : 



"Am glad to report that arrange- 

 ments have been made with the Terminal 

 hotel in the Union Station in St. Louis 

 for our headquarters Monday, June 11, 

 for members of our association going 

 through St. Louis. F. A. Weber, of St. 

 Louis, will be on hand there early Mon- 

 day morning to welcome and entertain 

 members who may arrive during the fore- 

 noon and to give them any assistance or 

 instruction necessary, and for those who 

 may wish to visit Shaw's Gardens dur- 



AN ENGLISH VIEV. 



The Horticultural Advertiser clips the 



following paragraph in relation to the 



prosperity in the nursery trade in 



America : 



Very few nurserymen have any reason to com- 

 plain about the demand for nursery stock or the 

 prices stock commands. A larger market for 

 ornamental stock prevails than ever before, and 

 In some lines of fruits the supply Is altogether 

 Inadequate. Nurserymen have been able to sell 

 at money-making prices. Business has been 

 thriving In the south, and is In a healthy con- 

 dition In the north. Taking everything Into 

 consideration, the outlook Is pleasanter for the 

 nurserymen than It has been for some years. 



Our British friends remark that "We 

 insert the above as it seems to be the 

 general feeling of the nursery trade in 

 the United States. We hear so much in 

 England of the dangers of Protection, 

 and we know so much about the low 

 prices brought about by competition, that 

 it is perhaps as well to study the result 

 of these matters in a protected country. 

 We see by other papers that money is so 

 plentiful in the States that everyone is 

 beautifying his surroundings, and orna- 

 mental shrubs, plants, etc., are so much 

 in demand that the cultivation of com- 

 mercial things, like fruit trees, is being 

 given up in favor of these luxuries, which 

 can be sold at more profit." 



In considering our tariff system the 

 students ^ ' on the other side ' ' should not 

 pause until they have had a glimpse of 

 some of our beautiful trusts, which are 

 in many cases the outcome of our cus- 

 toms laws. 



Here is a dollar for a year of the 

 Review. I have access to it through 

 the courtesy of our firm, but as there are 

 so many valuable articles in it I wish 

 to keep it on file for future reference. — 

 D. W. Babcock, foreman for J. G. Har- 

 rison & Sons, Berlin, Md. 



35,000 DWARF BOX TOR EDGING 



2 to 4 in., $15.00 per 1000. 3 to 5 in., $25.00 perlOOO. 4 to 6 in., $35.00 per 1000. 



Buxus Arborescens ils^w pefm Evergreens for Tubs 



HIRAM T. JONES, Union County Nurseries, ELIZABETH, N. J. 



