SSPTBUBBS 12, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



45 



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

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

 Own root; Sammer kfowd; 

 Hi and 4-lncb. 



fading 4QO ^£L!s!!£2 



R OSES 



<$f L F F n I F f LfiP*'- COMPANY.^ 

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PEONIES CHOXCK AMORTMKIIT 



Vloleti, op«n fleld-«rrown, Princess, fS.OO per 100. 



BtTKwberry, Dunlap's, for sprlngr frultlngr, from 

 pots, Ci.00 per 100. 



PAnslea, strong plants from field in a couple of 

 weeks, of such leadlujr kinds as Gassier, 

 Odier, Mme. Perrett, Fancy Parisian, Giant 

 Scarlet, White, Black. Blue, Purple and Var- 

 iegated, 60o per 100; $3.00 per 1000. 



F. A. BALLER, Bloominston, 111. 



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at regular prices, and they will form the 

 habit of waiting until these surplus lists 

 appear before placing their orders. So 

 I say that overplanting creates a surplus 

 which, if disposed of at the usual low 

 prices of surplus lists, is a great detri- 

 ment to the following year's business. It 

 is a hard thing to do, but in the long 

 run, would it not be more profitable to 

 bum i/he stock left overf Would it not 

 have a tendency to stop the evil of over- 

 planting, which is really one of the prin- 

 cipal causes of low prices? 



I think it is also a mistake for nur- 

 serymen to sell roses and shrubs to de- 

 partment stores, which retail them in 

 most cases at below cost merely to bring 

 trade for other things to the store. It 

 cannot help but have a depressing effect 

 upon this branch of the business, be- 

 cause if you ask a fair price for a rose 

 plant, people who have no idea of the 

 real cost of such things wiU tell yon 

 that they can be bought at much less at 

 department stores. 



In marketing nursery stock, too, it 

 must be borne in mind that one of the 

 principal essentials is to know that the 

 stock you are selling is genuine; that is, 

 true to name. This is an important thing 

 to consider, because it really means the 

 foundation of your business, your repu- 

 tation. If yon are not careful to pre- 

 serve that, your business is bound to 

 suffer; in fact, it cannot exist for any 

 great length of time. 



The grading of nursery stock is an- 

 other important item, and to which more 

 attention should be given. There should 

 be a uniform grade established which 

 will apply to all sections of the country. 

 For example, a silver maple or American 

 elm eight feet ten inches in height 

 should have a given caliper or diameter 

 at say six inches above the ground. 



There may be other things to consider 

 in the marketing of nursery stock, but 

 I have tried to touch on some of the 

 -principal ones. 



EVERGREENS. 



The demand for fairly large specimens 

 -of Colorado blue spruce is constantly in- 

 creasing — increasing to such an extent, 

 in fact, that specimen plants from five 

 feet up are hard to obtain in some parts 

 of the country. 



"When the necessity arises for the mov- 

 ing of large evergreens, trees twenty 

 feet high and over, it will be well to 

 have arrangements made for the work 

 to be done in winter, when frost will 

 permit a solid ball of earth of generous 

 dimensions to be taken with every tree. 

 It is extremely hazardous work, the mov- 

 ing of evergreens of such dimensions at 

 any other time of the year, because there 



PEONIES 



For Early Fall 

 Planting 



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

 selected out of buodreds of varieties tested. All tiave bloomed with us and 

 we Buaimnt** them tru« to name and fr«e from mixtures. Bend for 

 special list wltb prices. 



We are headquarters also for ROBES, CLKMATXS. AMPELOPBIB. 

 HTDRANGKA8 and PKBKNNIALS. 



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



JACKSON & PERKINS CO., 



Vnrscrymen 

 and Florists 



NEWARK, NEW YORK 



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mm 



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). 140 00 



per 1000; smaller quamities $60 00 per 1000. 



No charge made for packing. 



COTTAGE GARDENS CO., Inc., oueeiis.iiewyobk 



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C&M.WILD 



SPECIALISTS 



SARCOXlE-7 

 MO. 



NA/RIIE FOR 

 DESC 



may occur mishaps which would cause 

 the balls to get broken, with the almost 

 inevitable result of dead trees in spring. 



There is no denying the fact that for 

 serviceable qualities, when planted in 

 the northern states, there are few if any 

 evergreens, capable of attaining a large 

 size, that equal the white spruce. This 

 tree will live and thrive in almost every 

 kind of soil and location. It will grow 

 up into a beautiful and shapely specimen 

 when planted singly in a somewhat shel- 

 tered situation inland. When planted in 

 large or small groups near the seashore, 

 •ley do remarkably well. They take so 

 kindly to crowding that by the time they 

 show signs of being individually disfig- 

 ured, in consequence of being too closely 

 planted, they will be so hardened that 

 judicious thinning will work no injury 

 to their future success. 



Picea excelsa, or Norway spruce, is 



PEONIES 



PestlT* Maxima sao.OOperloo 



Queen Victoria ( Whitleyi ) 9.00 per 100 



Vracrans (late rose) 6.00 per 100 



For 1000 rate and other varieties write 



GILBERT H. WILD, Sarcozie, Mo. 



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QLOIRE LYONAISE 



Own root, dormant, field-grown plants. 



We are now booking- orders for this superb, 

 rich, creamy white forcing rose for fall delivery, 

 Just as soon as they can be safely lifted from 

 the field. This is A-1 stock. We have several 

 thousand. Not enougrh to meet the great demand 

 for It. Orders will be filled In rotation. Let us 

 have your order today. Price, $ tS.OO per 100. 

 THE DINGEL & CONARD CO., West Grove, Ps. 

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yr RAMBLER ROSEtz 



— NEWPORT FAIRY...— 



To be disseminated Spring 1908. 

 Ask for illustrated pamphlet and prices. 



JULIUS ROEHRS CO., 



BUTKBBFOBD. V. J. 



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NURSERYMEN 



Wanted prices on 25,000 

 Catalpa Speciosa. 18 to 24 

 in., delivered at Lamar. 

 Mo.. In March. 1908. Address W. G. »EW«LL, 

 1086 Nortb Cedar Street, Galesburc, III. 



also a useful, handsome and accommo- 

 dating tree. This variety is perhaps the 

 most rapid grower of all the spruces and, 

 notwithstanding that fact, it may be 

 used as a wind-break and be kept pruned 

 or cut back as hard as the necessities of 

 the situation demand. R. R. 



No. TONAWANDA, N. Y.— R. O. King is 

 spending a brief vacation in Europe. 



BoNHAM, Tex.— A. D. Hammock, Jr., 

 has been ill, but is now able to attend to 

 business. He has 2,400 feet of glass and 

 a nice local trade. 



