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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febbuabt 21, 1907. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMIBIGAN A8S0CIATI0N OF NUBSEBTHEN. 



Pres., Orlando Harrison, Berlin, lid.; Vice- 

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

 Sncsr, Bochester; Treas. C. L. Yates. Rochester. 

 The 83d annual convention will be neld at De- 

 troit, Mich., June, 1007. 



There is hardly a planting of ever- 

 greens which does not include one or 

 more of Koster's variety of the blue 

 spruce. 



W. C. Griffing, a Florida nurseryman, 

 has purchased the Gulf Coast Nurseries, 

 Belleville, Tex., founded by Harvey C. 

 Stiles. 



The Perkins Nursery Co., McKiniey, 

 Tex., has been incorporated, by W. H. 

 Perkins, F. D. Perkins and J. L. White, 

 with $25,000 authorized capital stock. 



The . nursery department of the 

 €harles H. Lilly Co., Seattle, Wash., is 

 sending out a new red raspDerry named 

 Superlative at the modest price of $1 

 per root. 



The Maryland Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station has . issued two new bulle- 

 tins of interest to the trade: No. Ill, 

 "The Oyster Shell Scale," and No. 112, 

 "Treating San Jose Scale." 



John T. Withers has placed L. H. 

 Wise in charge of the execution of his 

 landscaping contracts on the grounds of 

 the Jamestown exposition. It is spring 

 on the exposition grounds and every- 

 thing is advancing rapidly. 



C. M. Olston, president of the Sioux 

 Valley Nursery Co., Brookings, S. D., 

 was taken sick February 8 with a mild 

 form of smallpox. He was removed to 

 the isolation hospital, where there al- 

 ready were two other cases. 



The advertising of fruits trade- 

 marked upon the package is becoming 

 a quite common practice on the part of 

 large producers or associations of grow- 

 ers. It is usually profitable, for the 

 public recognize that fruit so marked 

 and advertised must be good or the 

 publicity will be a positive detriment 

 to the growers. The latest of such 

 advertising is by a firm of Florida 

 growers of grape-fruit. 



PLANTING HOME GROUNDS. 



In ornamental planting, advises the 

 National Council of Horticulture, it is 

 important that great care be taken in 

 grouping plants, making sure they fit in 

 with the neighboring architecture and 

 •seeking to bring out some desired effect. 

 The texture of the foliage, the color of 

 the flowers, the season of the bloom and 

 rapidity of growth should all be con- 

 sidered. 



It is the object of the landscape gar- 

 dener to create charming affects of sun- 

 light and shadow and examples in minia- 

 ture of nature's handiwork as seen in 

 landscapes. All of a space should not 

 be filled with plants, but there should be 

 broad stretches of grass bordered with 

 shrubbery, so arranged as to produce 

 vistas. The habit of scattering plants 

 all over a yard or of planting them in 

 rows in several given directions is not 

 ornamental planting. While the plants 

 individually may be beautiful, their ar- 

 rangement gives the idea of a wilderness 

 and as a whole is unsightly. It spoils , 

 the individual beauty of the plants in- 

 stead of bringing it out. 



AMERICAN BEAITY ROSES ^ImM 



Two yeaxtf htld-gcown, btidded on Manetti; all tA our own growing t 

 strong, sttirdy, well ripened, hard-wooded, American-grown stock* 



Price $16.00 per 100 ; write for prices on larg^e lots 



Send for our Springy Price List, now readv ; 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, ''""CTe" ".^K""*' Newark, New York 



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The border lines of a lot and the in- 

 side curves of a drive or walk usually 

 require groups of shrubbery, also the 

 corner of a building needs a mass of 

 green to "tie the • building to the 

 ground." Unsightly objects should be 

 completely covered by a screen of trees 

 and shrubbery. Barns, outbuildings and 

 fences usually do not have much archi- 

 tectural beauty and can easily be hidden 

 from view by proper planting. There 

 is an endless amount of material with 

 which one may work. First of all the 

 foundation of all landscape work is trees. 

 These and the shrubs will form a frame- 

 work for the flowers. 



JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. 



Recently the grounds of the James- 

 town exhibition of 1907, on the shore 

 of the Hampton Boads, between Norfolk 

 and Fort Monroe, were enclosed by a 

 wire fence stretched on decorative posts. 

 This fence will be covered with flowers 

 and verdure. Twenty thousand rose 

 bushes have been placed along the line 

 of wire, and trumpet-vine and 125,000 

 honeysuckles have been planted. Before 

 the gates of the exposition open, a thick 

 mass of green commingling with honey- 

 suckle flowers and roses will obscure all 

 outside view. 



It has been part of the decorative plan 

 evolved by the board of design that 

 native plans should be used as far as pos- 

 sible. Fifty thousand privet cuttings 

 will be used, as well as between 10,000 

 and 20,000 cuttings of mountain laurel, 

 and willow and miscellaneous collections 

 from old Virginia gardens. Among the 

 large shrubs will be hollies, maples, lo- 

 custs, flowering dogwood, apple and 

 cherry trees, red cedars, paper mulber- 

 ries and water oaks. It has been the 

 design to preserve the natural features 

 of the grounds wherever possible. 



The portioji of tidewater Virginia, 

 where the exhibition is to be held, is 

 known for the luxuriance with which 

 plants and flo\i'ers grow. 



POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The executive committee of the Amer- 

 ican Pomologieal Society has decided to 

 hold the thirtieth biennial meeting of 

 the society on the grounds of the 

 Jamestown Exposition September 25 and 

 26, 1907. It is a long time since the 

 society met in that region, and this 

 seems an auspicious time for returning 

 to it. The horticultural associations of 

 the immediate section promise to unite 

 in making the convention one of the 

 most memorable in its history. 



A number of important matters will 

 come before the society at this time. 

 Reports on the grading and inspection 

 of fruits for home distribution and ex- 

 port purposes are due, and the members 

 of the committee having this matter in 

 hand have been working earnestly for 

 the purpose of making a report which i 



200,000 Shrubs 



From 2 to 9 (e«t. 

 Tibnmnm Pllcatnm Hydrangea P. G. 



Viburnum Dentatum Foraythia VirldiBslma 

 Lonicera Grandiflora Judas American 



Rosea Berberls Thanbergii 

 Stephanandra Fiexaosa Uornus Stolooifera 

 Lonicera Tartarica Aialea Amoena 



SambucuB Aurea Weigelas 



Deotzla Lemolnel Creeping Boses 



Spiraeas In variety Honeysucklesinvariety 



Lilacs, white and purple Priret Kegelianum 

 600,090 Herbaeeona Plants 



The Elizabeth Nursery Co. 



ELIZABETH, N J. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



TREE SEEDLINGS, Etc. 



50,000 Snicar Maple Seedlings, 6-12 in., 16.00 



per lOOO. 

 20,000 Swear Maple Seedlings, 2 8-ft., t».00 per 



100; ^5.10 pei lOOU. 

 5.100 Tallp Foplar. 4-6-ft., t6.00 per 100; 150.00 



per 1000. 

 5,000 Catalpa Speclosa, 4 5- ft., 13.00 per IOO4 



t25.00 per 1000. 

 2,000 Hweet Onm, 6-8-ft., $10.00 per 100; I8O.0O 



per 1000. 

 5,000 Ilex Opaco, (American Holly), 3-i-in., 14.00 



per 100; ^5.00 per lUOO. 

 10,000 Novae-AnKliae Aster, strong, 13.00 per 



per 100: f 26.00 per 1000. 

 Early shipment. Send for our Special Surplus 



List of Bargains. 



ELLSWORTH BBOWN A CO., Seabrook, K. H. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



will record substantial progress. The 

 committee on judging and score cards 

 will add to the reports already presented 

 and include a number of fruits not yet 

 dealt with. 



The history of fruit growing in this, 

 one of the oldest sections of the coun- 

 try, is exceedingly interesting and car- 

 ries with it many important lessons. 

 This will be presented by competent 

 authorities as time permits. In addi- 

 tion, various matters bearing upon the 

 technical phases of fruit growing will 

 be presented and discussed. 



The exposition authorities have met us 

 fully half way in the matter, and we 

 shall have ample facilities for holding 

 our meetings and for making a credit- 

 able exhibition. The sessions will be' 

 held in the Convention hall, and the ex- 

 hibit will be staged in th§ interior court 

 of the States Exhibit building. 



The Society for Horticultural Sci- 

 ence, Dean L. H. Bailjey, of the Cornell 

 College of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y., 

 president, and Professor V. A. Clark, 

 of the Arizona Experiment Station, Tuc- 

 son, secretary, will meet in joint session 

 with the American Pomologieal Society 

 this year. This general announcement 

 is made under the authority of the ex- 

 ecutive committee, Captain C. L. Wat- 

 rous, Des MoineSj la^ chairman, L. A. 

 Rodman, * 4000 IVarwick bojilevard,' 

 Kansas City, Mo., president of the so- 

 ciety, and John Craig, Ithac'a, N. Y., 

 secretary..- ,,„,. j;.;-, ,_,..; ■. 



