The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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January 23, 1008. 



MRSERY NEWS. 



AHEBICAX ASSOCIATION OF N«IVSEB¥MEM . 



Pres.. J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la.; Vice-Pres., 

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

 Seager, Rochester. N. Y.; Treas., C. L. Yates, 

 Rochester, N. Y. The 33d aunual couventiou will 

 be held at Milwaukee, Juue, 1908. 



Visited New Yoek: W. J. Ruys, 

 representing B. Buys, Dedemsvaart, Hol- 

 land. 



The man who wanted to plant a big 

 orchard of Jonathan apples would have 

 no easy time finding good two-year stock. 



The Wisconsin State Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold its annual meeting at 

 Madison February 4 to 6. . 



Akebia quinata is a handsome Japa- 

 nese climber, quite hardy, with handsome 

 foliage, fragrant flowers and ornamental 

 fruit. 



H. J. CoEFiELD, who for nearly three 

 years has been designing and construct- 

 ing an estate of nearly 300 acres near 

 Detroit, has resigned and returned east. 



At Castle Haynes, near Wilmington, 

 Del., A. Van Leeuwen and H. H. De 

 Wildt, formerly of Worcester, Mass., are 

 establishing a nursery on the land of the 

 Carolina Trucking Development Co. 



Abistolochia' siPHO, the Dutchman's 

 pipe, is a desirable vine for piazza cov- 

 ering when a dense shade is required. 

 The foliage of this vine develops to 

 immense proportions and is tropically ef- 

 fective. 



The Oregon State Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its annual meeting at Port- 

 land January 14 and 15. There was a 

 splendid display of apples, and most of, 

 the discussion related to apples, for ap- 

 ple growing is becoming a large and 

 profitable industry in Oregon. 



The English ivy is undoubtedly the 

 most satisfying of all vines for cover- 

 ing brick or stone buildings in locations 

 where it is able to survive without ma- 

 terial injury from year to year. The 

 older and more established the English 

 ivy becomes, the less danger there is of 

 it being damaged in winter or early 

 spring. 



Wm. a, Peterson, proprietor of the 

 Peterson Nursery, Chicago, was re- 

 elected a director of the State Bank of 

 Chicago, with deposits of $17,000,000, at 

 its annual meeting this y^eek. Mr. Peter- 

 son takes nearly as much pleasure in 

 watching the bank grow as he does in 

 seeing his peonies bloom. The trust funds 

 are his special care. 



BOX FOR EDGING. 



In some European countries box was 

 at one time, and may be still, much used 

 for edging gravel paths and for defining 

 all sorts of formal beds. When used for 

 path edging the custom was to keep the 

 box clipped so that it seldom attained 

 six inches in height. When used, as it 

 was in many instances, for keeping the 

 soil in place in beds, just as much as 

 for its ornamental value of itself, it was 

 of necessity allowed to grow much taller 

 and thicker. There is a great deal of 

 box used in this country, mainly because 

 of the assistance it gives in the forma- 

 tion of so-called Italian gardens, and 

 when 80 used it is always called for at 

 least six inches in height, and often 

 double that. Box is also used along the 



edges of walks, but it is used not in 

 small, insignificant plants, but in plants 

 of such generous proportions as will give 

 immediate and somewhat massive effect. 

 Large box plants ,are also used in great 

 numbers for planting in closely formed 

 groups to be subjected subsequently Jo 

 severe clipping to bring the whole, into 

 the desired form aj?d thereby bring about 

 the much coveted formal effect, now in 

 vogue. M. 



OHIO NURSERYMEN ORGANIZE. 



The nurserymen of Ohio effected a 

 state organization at Columbus January 

 15 with the following officers: President, 

 J. W. McNary, of Dayton; vice-presi- 

 dent, Bobert George, of Painesville; sec- 

 retary, W. B. Cole, pt Painesville ; treas- 

 urer, W. N. Scarff, of New Carlisle; ex- 

 ecutive comniittee, Robert George, of 

 Painesville; Fred D. Green, of Perry; 

 G. 8. Pickett, of Clyde; John Sieben- 

 thaler, of Dayton, and E. G. Cox, of 

 Proctorville. 



BEDS OF EVERGREENS. 



Nurserymen, landscape gardeners and 

 others are frequently called upon to em- 

 bellish public and private grounds with 

 evergreens and to plant or direct their 

 planting in groups, borders or beds in 

 such a manner that the effect will be im- 

 mediate. Although to some minds the 

 close planting of evergreens in formal 

 beds may seem unnatural, yet such ar- 

 rangement in planting only comes to ap- 



^ar ' emphatically unnatural after some ^ 

 tinte has passed, and after Hh^ Qnce ', , 

 shapely* little trees have grown to such 

 an extent- that all individuality and • 

 shapeliness are gonev And that fault 

 cannot- b?, attributed to the system of 

 planting as. at first accomplished) "but 

 rather to neglect to adopt certain m^s- '> 

 ures Which, if attended to at the prop^ 

 time, would be effectual. 



When the planting was done it is rea->'. 

 sonably certa;in that whoever ha3' it in 

 charge expect&d that some one would • 

 see to it that just as the trees showed 

 evidence of crowding there would be a 

 systematic thinning out ai^d the plants 

 removed would be used in an "Extension 

 of the planting of the grounds. This 

 would not only prevent the utter deform- 

 ity of the trees in the beds, but would 

 also prevent the impression sometimes 

 produced that such planting as at first 

 done is practiced for the financial ad- 

 vantage it affords by the use of large 

 numbers of plants. 



When further thinning out for the 

 preservation of the individuality of 

 plants in beds becomes impractical^ a 

 judicious use of the knife or shears will 

 do much to keep them well furnished 

 with foliage and prevent them from un- 

 duly crowding each other to the injury 

 of all. M. 



TENNESSEE NURSERYMEN. 



The annual meeting of the Tennessee 

 State Nurserymen 's Asociation will be 

 held at the Tulane hotel, in Nashville, 



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HYDRANGEA American Everblooming 

 H. Arborescens Sterilis. i^^^TJ^^ & rifdXe^//. 



GIiADIOU, 40,000 fine named varieties at lowest prices. 



20,000 Gladiolus Childsii $3.00 to $9.00 per 1000 



30,000 Groff's Hybrid 2.00 to 8.00 " 



40,000 Mixed varieties, fine 1.00 to 4.50 " 



20 bushels Bulblets, cheap 



Deseriptive lists free. 



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WCTAD Af^F R««^y for ■•ni""- 

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KnKllBh ManettI, pencil thickness $10.00 



Cal. Privet, 2-y«*r. 2 to 3-ft., ; 40.00 



" ** 2-Vear, 3 to 4-ft 65.00 



Also a general assortment of Sbrnbt, Fruit Tries, etc. 



HIRAM T. JONES 



Uaiaa CMMty NwMries ICT.TZABKTH, N. J. 



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The True Amoor River PriTet 



Ligustrum Amurense 



and CALIFORNIA PRIVET, 



2>i to 8 feet strong;, field-g:rown plants, 

 any quantity, $25.00 per 1000. 



Peter's Nursery Co., Knoxville.Tenn. 



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PEONIES A SPECIALTT. 



PETERSON NURSERY 

 lOS LA SALLE ST. GHICXASO 



rVERGREEN 



^L^ An Immenae Stock of both larre ani 

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 Sliruba, Hedse Plants, Vines, 

 Peonies, Roses 



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