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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



SEPTEJiaEn 6, 1906. 



sery trees the grower must consider first 

 whether or not the land which he expects 

 to use is capable of producing under 

 favorable conditions a first-class product 

 of that particular kind of tree. 



The Best SoiL 



The best land for general nursery pur- 

 poses is one which contains a good per- 

 centage of clay, lying as nearly level as 

 possible. However, when we say level we 

 do not mean flat prairie land, as that 

 class of land is generally underlaid with 

 hardpan or a stratum of uncongenial, 

 stiff clay, which is inclined to hold too 

 much surface water, and therefore is not 

 adapted to horticultural purposes. 



Nursery trees constitute a crop which 

 occupies the land for a number of years, 

 and unless the land is in good condition 

 when the trees are planted, there will be 

 little opportunity to raise a good product. 

 With fruit trees, the age of the tree 

 determines its salableness, hence it is 

 important that the growth within the 

 given time be rapid and strong. "With 

 ornamentals, however, the value is de- 

 termined by the size of the specimen, 

 with little regard to its age. It there- 

 fore follows that lands which are not 

 suflBciently strong to allow of the profit- 

 able growing of fruit trees may still be 

 used for growing ornamentals. 



Nurseries Not Hard on Land. 



Any soil that will produce a good crop 

 of wheat or corn should easily furnish 

 in three years ten times the plant foOd 

 used by the trees. All experience proves 

 that a crop of nursery trees does not ex- 

 haust the land of its fertility. In fact, 

 it is generally considered that land from 

 which trees have been removed is in the 

 very best condition for a crop of wheat 

 or potatoes. Yet, despite this fact, it is 

 also generally considered that land can 

 seldom raise two good crops of nursery 

 trees in succession. The reason- for this 

 condition of the tree lands is that the 

 soil is injured in its physical texture by 

 the methods of cultivation and treatment. 



The best nursery lands are those which 

 contain a basis of clay, and they are the 

 ones which soonest suffer under unwise 

 treatment. The land is kept under high 

 culture, and is therefore deeply pulver- 

 ized. There is practically no herbage on 

 the soil to protect it during the winter. 

 The soil, deeply broken and robbed of its 

 humus, runs together and cements itself 

 and it then requires rest in clover or 

 other herbage crop to bring it back into 

 its right condition. This resting period 

 allows Nature to replace the fiber in the 

 soil and make it once more so porous 

 and mellow that plants can find a con> 

 genial foothold in it. 



Methods of Propagating. 



Having considered briefly the soil and 

 its treatment, we pass to the methods of 

 propagation commonly used in growing 

 the b^t nursery trees. There has been 

 a most varied discussion of the relative 

 merits of root-grafted and budded fruit 

 trees for many years. For the most part, 

 this discussion has been unprofitable, 

 for there has~ been little earnest effort 

 to arrive at exact methods of comparison. 

 The disputants have too often dealt in 

 generalized statements, and it must be 

 said that prejudice, and the desire to 

 . advocate the particular stock which one 

 is growing, are not unknown to these 

 discussions. 



Some experiments have been made for 

 the purpose of determining the relative 

 merits of the two methods of propaga- 



55u°.!;l' ROSE PLANTS 



Kalswin. S^incb.. $5.00perl00: ItO.OOperlooo 



Oamot, 2H-iDCb 5.00perl00; 40.00perlooo 



Rlolunond. 2>^-incb 4.00perl00: 85.00perl000 



Extra large plants, very choice; ready to bencb. 



BASSETT & WASHBURN 



store Li. D. Phone, Central 1457 Greenbouses 



76 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO HINSDALE, ILL. 



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To Close Out Wiir Sell Cheap 



500 Dorsett, 200 Princess of Wales, 

 500 Campbell Violet Plants. These are 

 strong, large, healthy, field-grown plants. 



ARTHUR COOMBS, West Hartford, Conn. 



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well-branched Stock, 

 on New Ground. 



50.000 Good. Clean Carnations. '^ 



LawBon, Gov. Wolcott, largest size, I6.0O per 100; $56.00 per 1000. Boston Market, White Cloud, 

 Norway. Flora Hill, Joost. Lord, K.no per 10(i; Ub.OO per 1000. Splendid stocK, full value. 

 ta^\^C^ StroDgr, clean, 8-inch, Bride, Maid, Chatenay, KalBPrin, Richmond, ti.OO per 100; 

 r1 W S> B. S> 186.00 per 1100, to close them out. 2^-lnch Bride and Maid. 12.00 per 100. 



8BIIL.AX, Bt'on? 8-ln., twice cut back, early stringB from these plants, tS.OO per 100: fine2M-lii- 

 12 00. Asparaanu PIomoBna. 2-in., 98.00; 6-in., 136.00. SprenKerl, 3 in , 16 00; t-in., 97.00. Boston 

 FeroB, 5-lnch,l26 00, fine plants. ,_, __ _ li^^a m grt ■ ■ ■ bbb 



W. H. Gullelt St Sons, Lincoln, ill. 



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SMILAX 



2-In., stronK, SI.50 per 

 100; 912.60 per 1000. 



MUliS — Tbe very 

 beat named vara., 2-in., 

 92.00 per 100; 918.00 per 

 1000. 



R08K8. BRXDKS- 



Very 8troDK.8-ln., equal 

 to 4's 94 00 per 100; 

 985.00 per 1000. 



C.HUMFELD 



CLAY CENTER, KAN. 



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CARNATIONS 



800 Boaton Market, fine plants $4.00 per 100 



200 Boaton Market. 2Dd Ktade 2.60 per 100 



3(iO Ptnk Sport, good plants 8.00 per 100 



260 Mrs. E. A. Nelson, medium 3.00 per 100 



aoOEatelle medium 3.0O per 100 



300 Asp. Sprvncert, 8-in. pota 4.00 per 100 



PARK8IDK GRXKNHOU8S8 

 70tli and Adams Ave. CHICAGO 



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tion, but none of the experiments seem 

 to have really analyzed the subject or 

 to have arrived at any definite conclusion. 



Before proceeding to a discussion of 

 the comparative effects of budding and 

 root-grafting, it is essential that certain 

 definitions be clearly fixed in the mind. 



The budding of fruit stocks in the 

 nursery is performed in the summer time 

 upon stocks which were set in the spring. 

 These stocks are trimmed, or dressed, be- 

 fore they are set in the nursery. 

 [To be continued.] 



MABELLE 



NKW FINK CARNATIOir FOR 1907 



Color— A peculiar ihade of lovely pink, with a 

 faint yellowish cast; several shades lighter than the Law- 

 son. Unlike most pinks, the brightest sun does not 

 injure the color. 8(se 3 to 4 inches in diameter when 

 established. Odor — Pleasing, but not strong. 

 8tem8 Invariably strong:, but always grraceful. rang- 

 ing from 12 to 30 inches during the season. Habit, 

 etc.— _A very quick, active grower, making specimen 

 plants in a short time, even from late cuttings. On ac- 

 count of its rapid growth, requires supporting very 

 soon after benching. Gets away rapidly, blooms early 

 and gives long stems right from the start. Prodact- 

 Iveneas- Prodigious is the best word we luiow of to 

 use here It is the most incessant bloomer, early and 

 late, we have ever grown. Stock limited. Delivery 

 January 6 to 10 and later. Price 112.00 per 100; tlOO.OO 

 per 1000. 



THE H. WEBER & SONS CO., Oakland, Ml 



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~ CARNATION 



ABUNDANCE 



Healthy, stocky, field-Krown planta, lat aize, 

 $12.00 per 100: SlOO per lOOO. 2nd size, $10.00 per 

 100; $75.00 per 1000. 250 at 1000 rate. Delivery 

 DOW. Casta with order. 



RUDOLPH FISCHER, Great Neck, L. I., N. Y. 



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