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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mabch 14, 1907. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMBBICAN ASSOCIATION OF NVBSEBYHBN. 



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

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

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

 The 83d annual convention will be held at De- 

 troit, Mich., June, 1007. 



The sin Jose scale is reported at 

 Grand Eapids, Mich. 



C. S. Harrison has issued a second 

 edition of his Peony Manual. 



There -was a meeting of New Eng- 

 land nurserymen at New Haven, Conn., 

 March 4. 



Baudry's Nursery Co., Chicago, has 

 been incorporated, with $5,000 capital 

 stock, by Peter C. King, Frank M. Bur- 

 wash and John T. Booz. 



A BILL has been introduced in the Min- 

 nesota legislature providing for inspec- 

 tion of nurseries at least twice a year 

 and making it a misdemeanor to misrep- 

 resent in making a sale. 



The New England Nurseries, Bostouj 

 has been incorporated with dn author- 

 ized capital stock of $30,000. The pres- 

 ident is W. M. Richardson, Cambridge, 

 and the treasurer A. E. Eobinson, North 

 Abington. 



The Bed Bank Nursery Co., Bed 

 Bank, N. J., has been incorporated with 

 $100,000 authorized capital. The inter- 

 ested parties are J. McColgan, of Eed 

 Bank, and E. Runyan, president of the 

 Elizabeth Nursery Co., Elizabeth, N. J. 



A HORTICULTURAL inspector makes the 

 suggestion that the way to secure the 

 spraying of trees in infected localities is 

 to levy a tax of so much per tree on 

 property owners, the taxing body then to 

 see that the spraying is done and done 

 properly. 



Wm. a. Peterson, Chicago, says he 

 feels that there has been no overdoing of 

 the peony, as many have predicted; in- 

 deed, he thinks it quite the opposite and 

 looks for a much wider demand in fu- 

 ture. As a result he has just about 

 twice as many plants in the ground as a 

 year ago. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 through the forest service, gives prac- 

 tical assistance to land owners in estab- 

 lishing commercial forest plantations, 

 shelter belts, windbreaks and snowbreaks, 

 and in reclaiming shifting sands and 

 other waste lands by forest planting. In 

 connection with this work, information 

 will be given, when possible, to inter- 

 ested communities by public meetings. 

 The department furnishes blanks on 

 which application is to be made for its 

 assistance. 



A. J. Perkins, of Jackson & Perkins 

 Co., Newark, N. Y., after a winter in 

 California, at the branch nursery of the 

 Jackson & Perkins Co., has been for 

 several weeks in the Sandwich Islands, 

 and expects to sail March 15 from Hono- 

 lulu for Yokohama. He will remain in 

 Japan several months and will visit the 

 leading nurseries and places of horticul- 

 tural interest. Mr. Perkins is a well- 

 informed botanist, which, along with his 

 knowledge of commercial horticulture, 

 should enable him to make the trip a 

 particularly interesting and profitable 

 one. 



Yucca filamentosa, Adam 's needle, is 

 evergreen and quite hardy almost every- 



where. When planted in a group or bed 

 it forms a unique contrast to most other 

 things around. The foliage, although 

 green, is decorative. It is also appro- 

 priate for use in borders and in corners 

 or other parts of extensive shrubberies. 

 In midsummer Yucca filamentosa pushes 

 up long, straight stalks, covered at the 

 top with handsome ivory-white flowers. 



HARDY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



One of the most satisfactory of large 

 shrubs is the grand old snowball. There 

 are several varieties of viburnum. The 

 Japanese snowball is smaller than the 

 common American variety, but is a fine 

 bloomer. The highbush cranberry closely 

 resembles the snowball in its foliage, 

 and has an additional attraction in its 

 brilliant clusters of red berries which 

 sometimes remain through the winter. In 

 the autumn its foliage turns to bright 

 colors, which remain until freezing 

 weather. 



Philadelphus, also known as syringa 

 and mock orange, has flowers which some 

 think resemble orange blossoms. The 

 foliage comes out rather late, but it is 

 an extremely valuable shrub to have in a 

 collection, especially where one has con- 

 siderable room. It is as hardy as the 

 oak and does well in the shade. The best 

 varieties are grandiflora, which has large 

 white flowers; flore-pleno, with double 

 flowers, and Pekinensis, with fragrant 

 white flowers.. 



The barberry is a pretty shrub for 

 groups. Its red varieties are ornamental 

 in autumn and winter. The purple- 

 leaved variety makes a fine contrast with 

 the green. Canadensis is the species na- 

 tive to America. Berberis Ilicifolia has 

 leaves like the holly and Berberis pur- 

 purea has foliage of purple. The Na- 

 tional Council of Horticulture recom- 

 mends these shrubs in one of its press 

 bulletins. 



INSECTS AND PLANT DISEASES. 



[A paper by Arthur H. Rosenfeld; assistant 

 entomologist. Louisiana State Pest Commission, 

 read at the annual convention of the Society of 

 Southern Florists, at New Orleans, February 14 

 to 16, 1907, continued from the issue of 

 March 7.] 



Nature of Protection Afforded. 



The principal protection afforded by 

 any commission or board of entomology 

 is in the inspection and certification of 

 nursery stock, the best method of pre- 

 venting the spread of most insects. Were 

 it not for the inspection laws against 

 the San Jose scale alone, it is doubtful 

 if there would be a single large orchard 

 in the United States unharmed by this 

 insect. 



The different state laws for the in- 

 spection and certification of nursery 

 stock are fairly uniform. In brief, the 

 requirements are that every nursery de- 

 siring to sell stock shall be inspected 

 once each year, and in case any danger- 

 ously injurious insects or plant diseases 

 are found therein, no stock shall be al- 

 lowed to go out of this nursery, even as 

 a gift, until same has been properly 

 cleared of the pest. When the nursery 

 is apparently free of the insects or dis- 

 eases quarantined against, a certificate 

 of inspection is granted the nurseryman, 

 which entitles him to do business until 

 July 1, following. Copies of the certifi- 

 cate of inspection are printed upon or- 

 dinary shipping tags, and at least one of 

 these tags must be attached to every 

 package or bundle of nursery stock leav- 

 ing the premises. 



Rhododendron 



MJaximum -^ 

 KALMIA LATIFOLIA 



Finest stock in America, any size from one foot, 

 to 10 feet high, -well furnisbed from top to bottom. 

 Special prices will be quoted on large orders. 



Also full line of Fruit Trees, Vines and 

 Plants; large quantity of Rook or Sucar 

 Bfaple, 8 to 20 feet high. 1 to 8 inches in caliper. 



Illustrated catalogue and price list of Rhodo- 

 dendrons free for the asking. Oan furnish any^ 

 quantity of Rhododendrons wanted of any size, 

 write us. 



THE RIVERSIDE NURSERY C0» 



CONFLUBNCB. PA. 



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TREE SEEDLINGS, Etc. 



50,000 Snjcar Maple Seedlings, 6-12-in., $6.00 



per 1000. 

 20,000 Susrar Maple Seedlings, 2-3-ft., tS.OO per 



100; 65.00 per 1000. 

 5,000 Talip Poplar, 4-6-ft., 16.00 per 100; $60.00 



per 1000. 

 -5,000 Catalpa Speciosa, 4-5-ft., 13.00 per 100; 



125.00 per 1000. 

 2,000 Sweet Gnm, 6-8-ft., 110.00 per 100; $90.00 



per 1000. 

 5,000 Ilex Opaco, (American Holly), 3-«-in., $4.00 



perlOO; ^.00 per 1000. 

 10,000 Xovae-Angrliae Aster, strong, $3.00 per 



per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 

 Early shipment. Send for our Special Surplua 



List of Bargains. > 



ELLSWORTH BROWN & CO., Seabrook, N. H» 



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PEONIES 



Fine collection, leading kinds, all colors named,. 

 $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Clematis, large flowering, $2.50 per doz. 



Clematis Panlculata, $1.00 per dozf; $8.00 per 

 100. 



Smilax, fall- sown, nice plants, $3.00 per 1000, 



Pansles, fall transplanted, fine plants, leading 

 strains, $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000; young- 

 plants, $4.00 per 1000. 



F. A. BALLKB, BLOOMIN6TON, ILL» 



2-year*old 



4-lnoh pot* 



P. & W. Cochets and Crimson Rambler, 7c: La France^ 

 Meteor, Hermosa and Soupert, 8c; Diesbach, Dins- 

 more, Charta and Laing, 9c; Gen. Jacqueminot and 

 Paul Neyron, lOc; Marechal Niel, 15c; Baby Ram- 

 bler, 18c. 



101 choice sorts in S^t^-in. pots. 



<^\ Frni Ff LORAL COMPAHYA 

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Rose Plants 



on own roots. VOW BBADT. 

 Get onr list before "bnyiug. 



C. M. NIUFFER. Springndd, Ohio. 



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Manetti 



STOCKS, now ready, $8.50 per 1000. 



ELIZABETH NURSERY CO. 



Elisabeth, N. J. 



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LARGE TREES 



OAKS and MAPLK8. PINES and 

 HKMLOCKS. 



ANDORRA NURSERIES, 



Wm. Warner Harper. Prop. 



Chestnat Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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