Mabch 19, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



49 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AHEBICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSEBIHEN. 



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

 C. M. HobbB, Bridgeport, Ind.; Sec'y, Geo. O. 

 Seager. Rochester. N. T.; Treas., 0. L. Yates, 

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

 be held at Milwaukee, June, 1908. 



The nursery catalogues were out, as a 

 rule, earlier than usual this year and 

 a good run of orders is reported. 



B, F. Vandebvoort, an old nursery- 

 man, has bought six acres of land at 

 Normal, 111., and is building packing 

 sheds preparatory to starting a nursery. 



The nursery business is as good as 

 ever it was, what little falling off is 

 noted in certain localities being fully 

 made up for by gains in the farming 

 communities and in landscaping. 



The Elm City Nursery Co., New 

 Haven, Conn., mailed its 1908 catalogue 

 only to customers who have been heard 

 from in the last three years, and the gen- 

 eral custom is to distribute the books 

 lass promiscuously than heretofore. 



W. W, Hunt & Co., proprietors of the 

 Blue Hills Nurseries, Hartford, Conn., 

 have issued an enlarged catalogue this 

 season, thirty-two pages being given to 

 hardy perennial, bulbous and other plants 

 not included under fruits or ornamentals. 



The Virginia State Crop Pest Com- 

 mission has recently issued bulletins on 

 the lime-sulphur wash for San Jose 

 scale and on yellows and other important 

 diseases of the peach, which will be of 

 interest to nurserymen, particularly those 

 in the south. 



PAPER BIRCH. 



Although paper birch is one of the few 

 North American trees with a transconti- 

 nental range, being found from New- 

 foundland and Labrador on the east to 

 Alaska on the west, it occurs in the 

 United States only along the northern 

 border, and is most abundant and most 

 accessible in the extreme northeast. 

 Maine, in particular, is the great paper 

 birch state, and here large tracts of it 

 in almost pure stands are found. This is 

 due to the fact that the birch readily 

 takes possession of land that has been 

 burnt over, and the great Miramichi fire 

 in 1825, together with other similar fires 

 of about the same period, gave it a 

 chance to obtain quite a foothold there. 



Unfortunately the paper birch is a 

 short-lived tree and becomes red-hearted 

 quite early in life, so that many of these 

 stands are now overmature and ought to 

 be cut at once. The red heart is inferior 

 wood and can not be used except for the 

 cheapest grade of spools and novelties, 

 so that these old stands are constantly 

 ( ecreasing in value. The spool-makers 

 depend almost wholly on paper birch- 

 shoe pegs and toothpicks and dowels are 

 also made of it, and it is in request for 

 making birch bark canoes, baskets and 

 other similar useful and ornamental ar- 

 ticles. 



AUSTRIANS AS LABORERS. 



The immigrant colony at the P. J. 

 Berckmans Co. nurseries, near Augusta, 

 has been increased to nineteen, and Mr. 

 Berckmans says they are giving him such 

 intelligent and faithful service that he 

 would not part with them under any 

 consideration. 



When twelve Austrians, comprising 



40.00 



40.00 



30.00 

 60.00 



15.00 



12.00 



10.00 



300,000 



CALIFORNIA 



PRIVET 



Per 1000 



1-year-old, 18-24 Inches, 2-4 branches $ 15.00 



$145.00 per 10,000: $640.00 per 50,000 



2-year-old, 2-8-ft.( 6, 8 and 10 branches 35.00 



Per 100 

 6-year-old, standard, 5-6-ft., heads 2>2-3'a- 



ft. diameter... 75.00 



6-year-old, standard, 4-5-ft., heads 2-2Hj- 



ft. diameter 50.00 



2-year-old, standard, 4-5-ft., beads 18-24-in. 



diameter 40.00 



6-year-old, pyramidal, well sheared, 4-5-ft. 



high.3-4-ft. diameter 75.00 



6-year-old, 3-4-ft. high, pyramidal 2>2-3-ft. 



diameter 50.00 



2-year-old, 2'a-3-ft. high, pyramidal 18-24-in. 



diameter " • ■ • 



Elms, Am., fine trees, 11-12-ft. high, 134-2-in. 



f»a1 ,,,...*••• ■■•>•(.*■.• 



Elms, Am.', ' fine trees, 9-ii-ftVhigh, IVIV 



in. cal $250.00 per 1000, 



European Linden, 12-15-ft. high, 2-3-in. cal.. 

 Althaea, double white with maroon center, 



5-6-ft. high 



Althaea, double white with maroon center, 



4-5-ft. high 



Althaea, double white with maroon center, 



8-4-ft. high 



Spiraea Billardii, 4-ft. high 6.00 



Porsythia Viridissima, 3-4-ft. high 10.00 



Lilac Rubra, Dr. Marley, 3-4-ft. high 10.00 



Deutzia Crenata, 4-5-ft. high 11.00 



Deutzia Gracilis, 4-year-old plants 8.00 



Yucca Filamentosa, blooming plants 35.00 



I will have a large collection of bedding plants 

 for Spring delivery out of 25 greenhouses, such 

 as Roses, Geraniums, Coleus, Heliotrope, Salvia 

 Bonfire, or Scarlet Sage (which is the best bed- 

 ding plant today) , Lantanas, Verbenas, Begonias, 

 Vinca Rosea, Alternantheras, red, yellow and 

 pink; all kinds vase and hanging basket plants. 



Send me your \eants and I vrlll 

 sUve you price. 



CarlmanRibsam 



Omoe, 81 WaU St., TRENTON, N. J. 

 Greenbouses, EaiBt State St. 



Nursery, Hamilton Ave. 



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a part of the crowd brought to Georgia 

 by the steamer Eugenia, came to Au- 

 gusta last Christmas, they were taken at 

 the Berckmans nurseries as an experi- 

 ment; and the experiment proved alto- 

 gether satisfactory for employers and 

 employed. 



Six of the same boatload went to 

 Bainbridge, Ga., and have been at work 

 there on tobacco farms, but they were 

 not so well pleased as the party on the 

 Berckmans nurseries, and as the result of 

 an interchange of letters among them- 

 selves, the six men moved over from 

 Bainbridge and have gone to work with 

 the others. The nineteenth was a stray 

 immigrant who landed in Augusta without 

 employment, but who has proven himself 

 one of the most eflBcient and intelligent 

 men of the gang. 



MANETTI AND RUGOSA SEEDS. 



How can I procure Manetti rose seed, 

 also Eosa rugosa seed? How can I 

 cause them to germinate readily — by 

 soaking them in vinegar or in hot water? 

 Should I treat Magnolia grandiflora in 

 the same way? J). W. H. 



Seed of Manetti and Rosa rugosa can 

 be procured either from any well estab- 

 lished seed house, or, through the agency 

 of such, from some European house. Ap- 

 plication made to any large seed house 

 will lead to procuring these seeds with 

 but little delay. 



It would be much better, if possible, to 

 procure seeds of all these, including that 

 of the magnolia, stratified, so that there 

 would be no occasion for soaking be- 

 fore sowing. In case the seeds are not 



ROSES 



On Own Roots, Summer Grown, 

 Winter Rested, Strong and Healthy. 



HYBRID PERPETUALS 



2'2-in. 2'2-in. 



100 1000 



American Beauty $«>.00 



Annade Dlesbach 3.50*^0.00 



Ball of Snow 3.50 SO.OO 



Coquette desAlpes 3.50 30.00 



Dinsmore 



Francois Levet 3.50 30.00 



Frau Karl DruschJd 



General Jacqueminot 3.50 30.00 



Giant of Battles 3.50 ;».00 



Gloire Lyonnaise 3.50 .W.OO 



Hugh Dickson 8.00 75.00 



J. B. Clarke 8.00 75.00 



John Hopper 



La Reine S.-W 30.00 



Madame Masson 3..50 30.00 



Madame Plantier 3.50 30.00 



Magna Charta 



Margaret Dickson 4.00 40.00 



Mrs. John Laing 3..'j0 35.00 



PaulNeyron 3.50 ;«).00 



Prince Camille de Rohan 



Roger Lambelin S.HO 30.00 



Vick's Caprice 3.50 30.00 



POLYANTHA 



2Mn. 2'-2-in. 

 100 1000 

 Anny Mueller (Pink Baby Ram- 

 bler) $5.0OW5.0O 



Clothilde Soupert 3.00 25.00 



Mme. Norbert Levavasseur, 



(Crimson Baby Rambler) 3.00 2.''..00 



Hermosa( Bourbon) 3.00 27.50 



Mrs. Degraw (Bourbon) 3.00 'SJ.fO 



Sony, de la Malmaison (Boub'n) 3.00 27.50 

 Conrad F. Meyer (Hybrid Ru- 

 gosa) 4.00 40.00 



Gruss an Teplitz(Hybrid Bengal) 3.00 V.M 



Queen's Scarlet.... 3.00 25.00 



4-in. 

 100 

 $12.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 12.00 

 10.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 9.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 



4-in. 

 100 



$8.00 



8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 



8.00 

 8.00 



HARDY CLIMBERS AND 

 RAMBLERS 



2>'.;-in. 2'12-in. 



100 1000 



Baltimore Belle $3.00 $25.00 



Climbing Clo. Soupert 3.00 25.00 



Crimson Rambler 3.00 25.00 



Debutante 3.00 25.00 



Dorothy Perkins 3.00 2.5.00 



Hiawatha 3.00 27.50 



LadyGay. 3.00 27.50 



Manda's Triumph 3.00 25.00 



Philadelphia Rambler 3.00 25.00 



Pink Rambler (Euphrosyne) 3.00 25.00 



Prairie Queen 3.00 25.00 



Russell's Cottage 3.00 25.00 



Seven Sisters (Greville) 



South Orange Perfection 3.00 2.5.00 



Sweetheart 3.00 2,'>.00 



Tennessee Belle 3.00 "i^.OO 



Universal Favorite 3.00 'i5.00 



Yellow Rambler (Aglaia) 3.00 2.5.00 



White Rambler (Thalia) 3.00 25.00 



Wichuraiana (Memorial) 3.00 25.00 



HYBRID TEAS 



2Vin. 

 100 



Auguste Guinoisseau $:^.00 



Bessie Brown 3.00 



Etoile de France 4..50 



Helen Gould (Balduin) 3.00 



Kaiserin Augiista Victoria 3.00 



KAISERIN GOLDIFOLIA 20.00 



La Detroit 3.00 



La France (Pink) 3.00 



Mme. Abel Chatenay 3.00 



Mile. Helene Gambler 3.00 



Souv. de Pres. Carnot 3.50 



Striped La France .3.00 



Welleslev 3.50 



TEAS 



2'-..-in. 

 100 



Bougere 83.00 



Duchesse de Brabant 3.00 



Mile. Francisca Kruger 3.00 



MamanCochet (Pink) 3.00 



Marie Louise 3.00 



Marie van Houtte 



Papa Gontier 3.00 



Sunrise 4.00 



Sunset 4.00 



White Bougere 3.(X) 



White Maman Cochet 3.00 



2'-2-in. 



1000 

 $27..50 



27..50 



:«.oo 



27.50 



;».oo 



175.00 

 27..50 

 27.50 

 25.00 

 27.50 

 30.00 

 27..50 

 30.00 



2Vin. 

 1000 



$•25.00 

 25.00 

 25.00 

 27.50 

 25.00 



27.,50 

 3.5.00 

 3.5.00 

 27.50 

 27.50 



4-in. 



100 



$8.00 



7.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 



8.00 

 8.00 



8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 



8.00 

 8.00 



4-in. 

 100 



$8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 



50.00 

 8.00 



8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 



4-in. 



100 

 $8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 '.l.OO 

 9.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 



CLIMBING NOISETTES 

 AND TEAS 



2'-.-in. 2Vin. 4-in. 



100 1000 100 



Climbing Devonieusis $:^.00 $25.00 



Empress of China 3.00 '2.5.00 $8.00 



Marechal Niel 3..50 30.00 12.50 



Mary Washington 3.00 25.00 8.00 



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