September 5, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



45 



Lead! no 



400 



Varieties 



ROSES 



H. P., H.T.H R.H N..B.. 

 01. M.. N.Pol.. R.,Tr., etc. 

 Own root; Summer grown; 

 2>i aud 4-lnch. 



<!fif I r r n I F / i^ral company*^ 



^^<I H-I- LULL *>SI>RIWGnELDOHtO J 



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DFONirS CHOICE ASSORTBIIKNT 



Vloleta.open fleld-growD, Prln<-eB8,t^.00perlOO. 



8trHwb«' ry, Dun'ap's, for sprlnsr fruiting. Trom 

 pots, $2.00 per 100. 



Panales, Btruugr plants from field In a couple of 

 weeks, >>f such leading- klnos as Gassier, 

 Odler. Mme. Perreit, Ifrtucy Pa Islan, Olant 

 Scarlet. White, B ack Blue, Purple and Var- 

 iegated, 50c per 100. $3.00 per lUOO. 



F. A. BALLKR, Bloommgton, 111. 



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this particular, how many really know 

 whether or not they have got what they 

 ordered? As a rule they have to rely on 

 others and they in turn on some reliable 

 nurseryman. 



What is a Good Tree. 



Is a good tree the one that has made 

 the most vigorous growth and stands con- 

 spicuously among its fellows, or, on the 

 other hand, is it the tree that has had 

 a hard struggle to grow and has been 

 hardened and perhaps dwarfed by rea- 

 son of its poor cultivation and care and 

 adverse environment? I hold that it is 

 neither of these types which is best, but 

 the happy medium; the one which de- 

 velops a tree which does not rush too 

 much to wood, but as it grows has 

 time to harden and mature its structure 

 in its gradual development of leaf and 

 bud. 



To raise a superior tree it must be 

 nursed from the start to the finish. You 

 must see to it that your seedling stock 

 is clean and vigorous, one-year-old pref- 

 erable, being free from all diseases. 

 After it has been lined out in the nurs- 

 ery row and your ground kept clean of 

 weeds and cultivated regularly, it is time 

 to bud and graft. The selection of your 

 buds and scions is a most important mat- 

 ter, if you would be sure that the variety 

 is true to name. 



I will not bring in here the question 

 of pedigree stock, although I believe 

 there is a great deal in it. Vigilance 

 must attend it all along the line of its 

 growth, as disease may attack it any 

 time. A first-class tree is the one that 

 is budded or grafted on such stock, and 

 any other, to my mind, such as home 

 grafts and cut backs, is inferior and 

 ought to be classed with inferior stock 

 and belong to the category of diseased, 

 crooked, forked, too low crowned, roots 

 cut too short, not true to name trees, as 

 against clean, straight, well-rooted, 

 healthy trees. 



I come to superior and inferior nurs- 

 ery stock as regards its name and va- 

 riety. We know that there are many vari- 

 eties that are really worthless; there are 

 also some varieties that do well in some 

 localities and will not do well in another. 

 There are also some new sorts that are 

 advertised and many flattering things 

 said about them. These may be worth- 

 less and many of them are. 



Duties of Ntirserymen. 



We, as nurserymen, ought to post 

 ourselves and know the best in every 

 class, the most suitable and best adapt- 

 ed to our own locality, and other locali- 

 ties as well. Propagate the best and 

 recommend them to the planters. In 

 selling trees by agents, the agent has in 



PEONIES 



For Farly Fall 

 Planting 



We are booking orders NOW from a large and well aBsorted stock, carefully 

 selected out of hundreds of varieties tested. All have b ot med with us and 

 we Buarant«e them true to name and free from mixtures. Send for 

 special.list with prices. 



We are headQuarters also for R08K8, CLEM A,TIS, AM PELOP8I8. 

 HYDRANGEAS and PBRBNNIAL8. 



(Use printed stationery; we sell at wholesale only.) 



JACKSON & PERKINS CO., 



Vursarymen 

 and Fiona .a 



NEWARK, NEW YORK 



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California Privet 



For Fall and Spring Delivery 



Four-foot bushy stock. Three times transplanted. 

 This is ideal stock for making immediate hedges. 

 Price in carload lots (about 5000 to a car) $40 ro 



per 1000; smaller quanilties SSOOOper lObO. 



No charge made for packing. 



COTTAGE GARDENS CO., Inc., Qiliili.lEjifmK 



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many instances the opportunity to se- 

 lect the varieties, and can recommend 

 pretty nearly the whole selection, so that 

 it is an important matter to have your 

 salesman well posted about the varieties. 

 There is quite a temptation to some 

 to get a new variety on the market and 

 advertise it and sell it at an exorbitant 

 price before it has been thoroughly test- 

 ed. I believe that our experiment sta- 

 tions ought to do this work of testing 

 new varieties. Let us work together for 

 each other's good. If you have really 

 a good thing in some new variety, you 

 ought certainly to be compensated for it, 

 and others should be allowed the benefit 

 of it too. The worst feature under this 

 head is the untrue-to-name variety. In 

 our business there is a wide scope for dis- 

 honesty and rascality. Some have no 

 regard for thair reputation in mixing 

 stock and substituting promiscuously 



PEONIES, Etc. 



FE8TIVA ALBA, best for cutting. $25.00 per 

 100: $226 00 per IOt.O. 



THORBBCBII, very fragrant, pink, $I5.C0 per 

 100; $126.00 per 1000. 



RDBaA, good cut flower $15 00 per 



100: $126.00 per 10< 



These Peonies are NO diyisinns, grown 2 years 

 and extra strong c umps guaranteed 



100.000 JA.PAN IRId, finest collection in 

 this c untry. 



AUOnSTA OLADIOLD8 and White and 

 Lignt, the beet only. 



TRITOMA PPITZBRI for fall deUrery. 

 These goods are sold 30 days, net cash. 

 Unknown buyers, cash with order. 



RowshI & Granz, Hic^sviHe.L. i.,n.y. 



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PEONIES 



Vastiva Maxima $20.(0 per 100 



Quaen Victoria (WhltleyJ) 9 00 per 100 



Pragrana (late rose) 600perl00 



For 1000 rate and other varieties write 



GILBERT H. WILD. Sarcoxie, Mo. 



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QLOIRE LYONAISE 



Own ro"t. d'.imant, fleifl-Krown planta. 



We are now booking orders for this ttupurb. 

 rich, creamy white forcing ros- for fall delivery, 

 just as soon as ihey can be safely lifted from 

 Jhe field. This is A I stock. We h tve several 

 thousand. Not enough t- . meet the great demand 

 for it. Orders will bu filled In rotnilon. Let us 

 have your order today. »riof.. $ is.ini per 100. 

 THE DMGCE & CONARU CO , Weat Grave, Pa. 

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other varieties. A person who does this 

 sort of business certainly has no con- 

 science and he ought to be ostracized 

 from the business. It is one of the worst 

 crimes laid to the unreliable nurseryman. 

 I hope they are dying out and that there 

 will be no more such distinctions as talk- 

 ing about reliable and unreliable nursery- 

 men. Let our motto be, "Hew to the 

 line and let the chips fall where they 

 may. ' ' 



