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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVBMBEB 8, 1906. 



NCRSERY NEWS. 



AMBBICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUB8BBIHEN. 



Pree., Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.: Vlce- 

 Pres.. J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la. ; Sec'y, Geo. O. 

 Sealer. Rochester; Treas. C. L. Yates, Rochester. 

 The 83d annual convention will be held at De- 

 troit, Mich., June, 1907. 



The bushel box as a package for fan- 

 cy apples steadily is growing in favor. 



The Santa Fe railroad will plant 700,- 

 000 eucalyptus near San Diego, Cal., for 

 tie timber. 



The Estella Nursery Co., Wood River, 

 Neb., established last spring, reports a 

 good fall season. 



W. L. Hart, secretary of the T. S. 

 Hubbard Co., Fredonia, N. Y., has gone 

 to Phoenix, Ariz., to spend the winter. 



City Engineer French, of Salem, O., 

 condemns the poplar, as he is having 

 trouble with the roots getting into his 

 sewers. 



The Le Clare Nurseries Co., Rochester, 

 N. Y., has been incorporated with 

 $25,000 authorized capital by J., C. A. 

 and F. Le Clare. 



The government irrigation projects 

 in the southwest are expected to lead to 

 the establishment of several nurseries in 

 the new semi-arid region. 



The Northwestern railroad is this fall 

 planting a great deal of shrubbery at 

 the station grounds along its line in Hli- 

 nois and Iowa, beds of soft-wooded stock 

 having been virtually abandoned. 



As a result of a recent court decision 

 the nursery property of Pierson Broa., 

 Waterloo, N. Y., will be sold under fore- 

 closure of a trust deed securing about 

 forty creditors to the amount of about 

 $36,000. 



Roland J. Morrill, of Benton Har- 

 bor, Mich., states that the recent cold 

 snap killed all the peach trees in his 

 140-acre orchard, and that such is the 

 general condition of orchards in the 

 southwestern part of the state. 



The Western Nursery Co., Delta, Colo., 

 is prospering. Elmer E. Young is pres- 

 ident and A. J. Vorse manager. Capi- 

 tal is made that it is a home institu- 

 tion, the airectors including H. E. Per- 

 kins, D. P. Cook and J. 8. Charlton, all 

 well known locally. 



Prof. Lowell B. Judson, of Ithaca, 

 N. Y., assistant professor of horticulture 

 in Cornell University, sent out by that 

 institution to investigate the citrus in- 

 dustry of California, Texas and Florida, 

 visited Corpus Christi and Alvin, Tex., 

 en route east from the coast and now is 

 in Florida. 



Orlando Harrison, president of the 

 American Association of Nurserymen, is 

 quoted as saying: "I have little faith 

 in fumigation, and I know of instances 

 where it has injured the trees. We pre- 

 fer most decidedly to dip the trees just 

 before planting in the mixture of salt, 

 lime and sulphur, the same as the spray 

 mixture, then take the trees by the roots 

 and dip the tops. Then every fruit 

 grower will plant his trees with a 

 greater degree of certainty and faith, 

 and have more confidence that his trees 

 are free from insects and diseases for a 

 short time at least." 



RAMSEY ON PECANS. 



F. T. Ramsey is enthusiastic over the 

 possibilities of pecan culture and made 

 a statement of general interest and ap- 

 plication over Texas, though he specifi- 

 cally referred to the magnificent pecan 

 bottoms on the Llano and San Saba 

 rivers and their larger creek tributaries. 

 There are immerse groves of pecan trees 

 in the west bottoms skirting those 

 streams. Mr. Ramsey says: 



* ' I think it proper to call attention of 

 persons owning pecan trees to the fact 

 that they ought to pay more attention to 

 the extra fancy pecans that are to be 

 found here and there up and down the 

 streams mentioned. Many extra fancy 

 pecans sell for 50 cents a pound, but the 

 greatest value of these trees is in the 

 buds and grafts that may be secured 

 from them. Owners of them ought to 

 give persons who are paying attention to 

 pecans an opportunity to inspect them, 

 and they ought to top all their trees that 

 bear inferior nuts and in June begin 

 budding the trees with the fine varieties. 

 In the big rise last summer some old 

 pecan shells came down with the drift 

 that were possibly the finest and largest 

 nuts to be found anywhere. The owner 

 of the trees doubtless does not realize 

 what he possesses." 



THE RUSSIAN POPLAR. 



Jens Jensen, general superintendent of 

 the west side parks at Chicago, has given 

 a boost to tree-planting by issuing the 

 following interview: 



"I am convinced," said Mr. Jensen, 



"that the Russian poplar is the only 

 tree that will survive Chicago conditions. 

 The insects shun it like poison. The 

 leaves have a peculiar bitter taste that 

 even the oyster shell bark louse doesn't 

 like. If this bug had to live on Rus- 

 sian poplar, he would die. His gorge 

 rises every time he thinks of it. 



* ' Our parks are paradises for tree lice. 

 The larvee have been feeding on our 

 trees, boring their way in and eating the 

 heart out of the tree. Then a windstorm 

 comes along and the tree breaks. 



"At the government experiment sta- 

 tion in Minnesota they have been culti- 

 vating Russian poplars extensively. The 

 tree has many points of superiority. In 

 the first place it keeps its shape. The 

 branches do not struggle or sag. This 

 poplar could be planted even in the 

 downtown streets. 



"There is no reason why every resi- 

 dence street in the city shouldn't be 

 lined with Russian poplars. If every 

 citizen would plant one of these trees, 

 you hardly would recognize the city next 

 spring. People would come miles to see 

 the sight, and Chicago again would as- 

 sume the title ' Urbs in Horto. ' ' ' 



EMBELLISHMENT OF VAYSIDES. 



[A paper by J. A. Pettlgrew, read before the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, April 

 17, 1906, continued from The Review of Sep- 

 tember 27 and October 4 and 11.] 



The white willow (Salix alba var. 

 coerulea), introduced from Europe, was,' 

 undoubtedly, a favorite with the early 

 settlers, as fine trees are to be found 

 throughout the coast of New England. 



BOXWOOD, By The Carload 



2}^'tt. Bnahes, 76c each; 6}i-H, Pyramids, $6.00 eaoh. ~ 

 Every plant a apeciineii. Other ■ises at proportionate prices. 



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



Mentltm The RctIcw when yon write. 



PEONIES W.&T.SJHITBCO.rJ 



^ GENEVA, 

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Ornamental Trees, Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Clematis. 

 60 Tears. Bend for our Wholesale Prloe Ust. 800 Acres. 



