968 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fbbbuabt 14, 1907. 



NURSERT NEWS. 



AHEBICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUBSEBTHEN. 



Pres., Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; Vlce- 

 Prea., J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la.; Sec'y, Geo. C. 

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

 The 82d annual convention will be held at De- 

 troit, Mich., June, 1907. 



E. J. CoE, the Fort Atkinson nursery- 

 man, has been elected president of the 

 Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. 



It is reported from Painesville, O., 

 that the Storrs & Harrison Co. began 

 mailing its catalogue January 14 and the 

 postage will run in the neighborhood of 

 $6,000. 



The post-office at Newark, N, Y., de- 

 rives most of its revenue from the nurs- 

 ery trade and a nurseryman is now post- 

 master there, J. M. Pitkin, of C. W. 

 Stuart & Co. 



The firm of Hacker & Norman, Paines- 

 vill, O., composed of Rudolph Hacker 

 and Ralph Norman, has been growing 

 nursery and herbaceous stock the last 

 three years. They recently purchased a 

 farm from B. Park to increase their 

 plantings. 



A. J. Young, Aurora, 111., says that 

 his firm, the Aurora Nursery Co., has a 

 big season in sight, the orders for spring 

 delivery being far more numerous and 

 heavier than at this date last year. A 

 specialty is made of ornamental stock, 

 principally shrubbery. 



The Board of General Appraisers at 

 the New York custom house February 9 

 advanced the valuation of two ship- 

 ments of 3-foot box trees from Schaum 

 & Van Tol, Boskoop, Holland, from $27 

 to $28 per hundred, adding packing 

 and cases; discount five per cent. 



In the reorganization of the Conard & 

 Jones Co., West Grove, Pa., following 

 the death of its- president, A. F. Conard, 

 Mark Hughes, who' for many years was 

 associated with the Dingee & Conard Co., 

 was elected a member of the board of 

 directors. The following officers were 

 elected: President, Robert Pyle; vice- 

 president, Antoine Wintzer; treasurer, 

 S. Morris Jones; secretary, Roland T. 

 Satterthwait. 



PLANTING EVERGREENS. 



' Evergreens are excellent subjects for 

 the decoration of home grounds. In 

 suburban grounds they do well as screens 

 for unsightly objects. In planting them 

 it must be remembered to carefully take 

 into consideration the ultimate size and 

 spread to which the trees will attain. Do 

 not plant too thickly, as a cluttered lawn 

 is unwholesome and unsightly and few 

 persons have the courage to take out a 

 tree which they have grown for several 

 years. 



For low hedges, the arbor-vitse is ex- 

 cellent, the American variety taking the 

 lead. The white and blue spruces, the 

 red cedars, Austrian pine, cluster pine 

 and balsam fir are also excellent. For 

 its compact growth, beautiful color and 

 symmetrical shape, the blue spruce is 

 best for single specimens in lawn plant- 

 ing. For grouping in large grounds, the 

 pines and Norway spruces are excellent. 

 Single specimens have to be planted in 

 sod, and it should be remembered that 

 it is a waste of time to put any tree 

 into a tough sod where a hole barely 



f 



20,€00 PEONIES 



FOR EARLY 

 SPRING 



PLANTING 



This list comDrlses a great many choice and rare varieties, some of which have 

 never be lore been offered to the trade in quantities. The stock is now in our 

 storage sheds and can he shipped as soon as the weather wilJ permit. Notiiing but 

 selected three to six eye divisions will be seat out. 



Quail. Variety Oolor Price, per 100 



lOOO Achillea Blush white % 8.00 



000 Alice' de Jnlvecuurt .Salmon pink HOO 



800 Beaate Fraucaiae Flesh pink spotted carmine IS.Ot 



J800 Beraiiger Mauve pink with bright Center 80.00 



200 Charlemagne Creamy white, center, lilac flesh 26.00 



600 Charles Verdier Oarmine 8.00 



800 < zarlna Deep rose pink 80.00 



OOO Duke of WelliuKton Sulphur white 20.00 



60O Festlva White 20.00 



1000 Festiva Maxima White 80.00 



aOO Golden Hnrvest Tri color 26.00 



1000 Hnmel Carnea Cherry pink 8.00 



100 Jeanne d'Arc Sulphur white, pink center 30.00 



600 Jenny LInd Bright pink, silvery reflex 25.00 



600 Lady Bramwell Silvery pink 12.00 



60 I^aKoslere Straw yellow 30.00 



100 L.onis Van Uontte Violaceous red 20.U0 



600 Mme. Breon Flesh, center creamy white 10.00 



260 Mme. CuHte Rose ^ 2u.00 



60 Mme. Rosa Kendatler. . .Glossy pink, lilac reflex 30.00 



850 Mme. Paillet Violaceous pink, shaded lilac 10.00 



lOOO Mount Blanc Lemon yellow 20.00 



»60 Ne Plus Ultra Krlght rose 12.00 



360 Paganini Rose, center white and yellow 16.00 



6000 t»f t. Rubra Deep crimson 8.00 



600 Queen Victoria White 8.00 



860 Triomphe du Nord Violaceous pink 12.00 



1000 Double Pinks 7.00 



600 Double Whites 10.00 



860 Double rrlmaons 8.00 



600 Double Mixed 6.00 



800 Bell Donaisienne Flesh, fading to wtiite 20.00 



COTTAGE GARDENS CO., Queens, N. Y. 



Mention Tne Review when you write. 



AMERICAN BEAITY ROSES ^""ei^ot 



Two years, field-grown, budded on Manetti; all of our own srowing; 

 strong:, sturdy, well ripened, hard-wooded, American sfrown stock. 



Price $15.00 per 100 ; write for prices on large lots 



Send for our Springy Price List, now^ ready ; largest stock and com- 

 pletest assortment of Roses in the country; leading kinds, either budded or 

 on own roots. List showing varieties, quantities available, and prices 

 sent on request to those in the trade* 



JACKSON & PERKINS CO. ^"'VhXa'iVoJir'*" Newark, New York 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



large enough to receive the roots has been 

 dug. The right way is to cut out a circle 

 at least four feet across, peel off the 

 sod, and spade up the soil thoroughly 

 and deeply. The surface of the ground 

 in this circle should be kept well culti- 

 vated for three years before grass is 

 again allowed to grow over it. 



For screening outbuildings in su- 

 burban grounds, spruces are excellent. 

 They should be planted equal distances 

 apart, and suflSciently distant to allow 

 perfect specimens to develop without 

 crowding. The National Council of Hor- 

 ticulture indicates that the point to be 

 sought in growing evergreens is to plant 

 sparingly and seek to develop perfect 

 specimens. 



PREMIUM BERRIES. 



For a number of years it has been the 

 practice of the M. Crawford Co. to 

 offer small premiums on orders; a few 

 choice bulbs or a strawberry plant of 

 some new variety, for each dollar re- 

 ceived before a given time. The Kittie 

 Rice, which has become so popular, was 

 first given out by Mr. Crawford in this 

 way, as No. 1,000. The Mrs. Miller was 

 his premium two years ago, and it has 

 already won a place. Last year it was 

 Nehring's Gem. This spring they offer 

 one first mentioned in their July report 

 for 1904, as Peck 's 99. Up to the present 

 time it has been designated by number, 

 but when they decided to let it go out 



PRIVET 



60,000 larre Privet, 8 to 4, 4 to 6 and 5 to 6 ft. 

 Creeping Roses, own roots. See wholesale list. 



The Elizabeth Nursery Co., Elizabeth, N. J. 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



they gave it the name of Helen Gould. 

 It was originated by one of the veteran 

 strawberry growers of Missouri, J. B. 

 Peck, about ten years ago. In 1901 he 

 sent it to Mr. Crawford on trial, and he 

 was so well pleased with it the first time 

 it fruited that he bought the entire 

 stock. 



TEXANS UNITE FORCES. 



The Texas State Nut Growers' Asso- 

 ciation and committees of the Texas 

 Nurserymen's Association and tho State 

 Horticultural Society held a joint meet- 

 ing at Austin, Tex., February 7. The 

 members went before the agricultural 

 committee for the state legislature and 

 presented the demands of the nut grow- 

 ers, the nurserymen and horticulturists 

 and the south Texas truck growers for 

 a better enforcement of protection to 

 insectivorous birds. They asked a larger 

 appropriation for nursery inspection. 



The associations adjourned to meet 

 again in July at College Station, with 

 the farmers' convention. 



