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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Janvabx 9, 1908. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AHBBICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUBSEBYHBN. 



Pree., J. W. Hill, Des Molnee, la.; Vice pres., 

 C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind.; Sec'y, Geo. C. 

 Seager, liochester, N. Y.; Treaa., C. L. Yatea, 

 Rocheaier, N. Y. The 33d annual convention will 

 be held at MUwaub.ee, Jnne, 1UU8 



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A BULLETIN on the mulberry, by Geo. 

 W. Oliver, plant propagator in the Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry, Washington, 

 D. C, will be of interest to nursery- 

 men. 



The forty-first annual meeting of the 

 Kansas State Horticultural Society was 

 held at Topeka, December 26 to 28. Many 

 nurserymen were present and several had 

 places on the program. 



A. B. Butler, 1226 Shapline street. 

 Wheeling, W. Va., is one of the many 

 florists who are making provision to meet 

 the demand for nursery stock, especially 

 for shrubs and fruit trees. 



And now comes report from Spokane, 

 Wash., that Albert I. Mason, an orchard- 

 ist operating southwest of that city, has 

 discovered a coreless pear and gathered 

 300 pounds of fruit from the tree last 

 season. 



The Texas Horticultural Society and 

 the Texas Nut Growers* Association will 

 hold their annual meetings at Abilene 

 January 16. There will be a large exhi- 

 bition of nuts, principally pecans, and 

 also an exhibition of vegetables and 

 fruits. The nurserymen are largely in- 

 terested in these two societies. 



W. Harbison, of Harrison & Cragg, 

 the English nurseryman, who recently 

 paid a visit to the United States and 

 Canada, was evidently impressed by the 

 comparative prosperity of the nursery 

 trade in America ami in England, for 

 he is telling the nurserymen of Eng- 

 land about us in most optimistic lan- 

 guage. 



The loganberry^ made a hit in Europe, 

 but an English nurseryman writing in 

 the Horticultural Advertiser now says 

 "there is going to be a lot of trouble 

 over these in the near future. He has 

 fruited some, seedlings, which have been 

 absolutely worthless; fruit so bad that 

 not one in thirty was edible in any way. 

 The big demand for stock has caused 

 quantities of seedlings to be raised and 

 distributed, which will give the plant and 

 those who sell them a bad name. Buyers 

 should insist on guaranteed stock." 



WINTERING EVERGREENS. 



There is not the slightest doubt but 

 there are many valuable evergreens 

 killed every winter because of lack of 

 moisture in the soil in which their roots 

 are embedded, and this result could 

 surely have been averted by a little labor 

 in the early part of the winter. 



Winters when but little snow falls 

 are the winters most fatal to evergreens 

 not otherwise provided with matter help- 

 ful for the retention of moisture in the 

 soil. This winter so far, at least in many 

 sections of the country, there has been 

 but little snow, but it may not even now 

 be too late to make provision for the 

 protection of evergreens. Forest leaves 

 are of great value for this purpose, but 



if, previous to their application, a light 

 coat of manury substance is applied, so 

 much the better. Even an inch or two 

 in depth of soil will be found beneficial, 

 with the coat of leaves placed on top. 

 There is yet a good part of the winter, 

 with hard freezing weather, to come, and 

 it will without doubt be labor well used 

 to do something along the lines indi- 

 cated. M. 



NEBRASKANS PROTEST. 



Three prominent nurserymen of Ne- 

 braska, Peter Youngers of Geneva, W. 

 A. Harrison of York and Harvey Mar- 

 shall of Arlington, January 3 obtained 

 a hearing from the state railway com- 

 mission on a protest involving the fol- 

 lowing points: 



First — We respectfully request that a twenty 

 per cent reduction be made in Joint rates where 

 goods are shipped over two or more lines, the 

 same as now In effect In the state of Iowa. 



Second — We request that the following items 

 on page 118 of the classification, at No. 56, 

 osage orange seed, worth about $3.50 per bushel, 

 now reading first class, should be placed In 

 third class, along with alfalfa and seeds not 

 otherwise specified. 



Third — On page 96 of the classification, Nos. 

 49, 50 and 51, places buckeyes and butternuts, 

 worth about $1 per 100 pounds, and walnuts, 

 worth about 60 cents per 100 pounds, as second 

 class, which should read fourth class, the same 

 as peach stones. 



We further request that your honorable body 

 eliminate the words in Item No. 55 on page 95, 

 "Invoice value, not exceeding $5 per 100 

 pounds," and Items Nos. 25 to 45, Inclusive, on 

 page 96, which are eliminated by the railroads 

 in their ofilcial classification. 



After listening to the explanations ad- 

 vanced by the nurserymen, the commis- 

 sion agreed to take up the matter with 

 the various Nebraska railroads and at- 

 tempt to secure a satisfactory settlement 

 by correspondence. 



Unless this informal means of secur- 

 ing a remedy fails no formal complaint 

 will be made and the railroads will not 

 be required to show cause why the 

 changes should not be made. 



CARE OF TREES. 



Mice in many places cause great de- 

 struction by girdling trees during heavy 

 and prolonged snowfalls. It is a mis- 

 take to pile litter of any sort around 

 trees which are heeled in; not infre- 

 quently a heavy coating for protection is 

 placed around this stock. It affords 

 suitable nesting material for the pests. 

 The ground should be firmly tramped 

 around all heeled-in stock. In addition 

 to the various phosphorous pastes, which 

 are effective in ridding grounds of rats 

 and mice, I have found tartar emetic 

 good. Take one part of the emetic to 

 five parts of oatmeal (if the latter is 

 burned a little, all the better), and add 

 sufiScient suet to make it into a paste. 

 Lay it where they are troublesome. 



A number of washes are in common 

 use as protections for trees. A good one 

 is one part Morrill's tree ink or asphal- 

 tum and ten parts Portland cement. Make 

 it of the consistency of paint. The mice 

 seem disinclined to bark any trees coat- 

 ed with this mixture. 



Moss or lichens growing abundantly 

 on trees is a sure sign of lack of vi- 

 tality. Usually such trees are unpruned 

 and full of decaying limbs. Prune care- 

 fully and scrape off all loose or decay- 

 ing bark. A wash of lye will be bene- 

 ficial and spraying with Bordeaux mix- 

 ture, standard strength, will kill the 

 moss. Cultivation of the ground around 

 mossy trees will greatly assist in restor- 

 ing them to vigor. 



Coal tar is the most useful and last- 

 ing dressing to coat tree wounds with. 

 The various grafting waxes and paints 

 will not last over a year. In pruning 



2-Yr.-ol(l Everbloomlng Roses 



OWN ROOTS 



These are stroDK, well branched pUnts. 

 Tbey have been potted for some time and are 

 well equipped with roots. Packing: can be 

 done very ligbt and the; will carry safely to 

 any part of the couniry. 



$1.00 per doi.; $8.00 per 100; 

 $76.00 per 1000: 



Baby Rambler Kalserln 



Maman Coobet White Coohet 

 Clothllde Soupert Hermosa 

 Marie Van Houtte Helen Gould 

 Etolle de Lyon Papa Gontler 

 Meteor Bridesmaid 



Bride Snoveflake 



Mme. Jules Grolez Cl'g: Blalserln 

 Mme. Abel Chatenay Queen's Scarlet 

 Climbing Meteor R. M. Henrietta 

 Beosle Brovm Strlp'd ** 



Isabella nprunt Satrano 

 Coq. de Lyon Mareclial Nlel 



Klllamey Blclimond 



Perle des Jardlns Wblte La France 

 La France Pros. Camot 



Yellow Coohet Ktolle de France 

 Sunrise 



JOHN A. DOYLK, Springfield, OhiOy 



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The True Amoor River Privet 



Ligostrom Amoreose 



2>i to 8 feet, strong, field-grown plants, 

 any quantity, $2;i.0O per 1000. 



Peter's Nursery Co., Knoxviliejenn. 



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400 Hardy Perennials 



More than 400 kinds. Ask for cataloeue. 



HIRAM T. JONES, '"5}°»?.£'5r 



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TREES and SHRUBS 



Immense quantitfea. low prices. 



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PKONIKS A SPECIALTY. 



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PVERGREEN 



^^^_ An Immenae Stock of both lar^e ant 

 small size KVKBGBE KN T RE ES !■ 



rreat Tarlety; also EVERGREEN 

 SHRUBS. Correspondence solicited. 



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