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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mat 7, 1908. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMEBIGAN ASSOCIATION OF NUBSEBTHEN. 



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

 0. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind.; Sec'y. Geo. 0. 

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

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

 be beld at Milwaukee, June 10 to 12, 1908. 



The season in Minnesota and the Da- 

 kotas is fully a month earlier than last 

 year. 



W. Van Kleef, Jr., of W. Van Kleef 

 & Sons, nurserymen at Boskoop, Hol- 

 land, visited Chicago this week. 



The nurserymen of the north are be- 

 ing favored by an unusually long season, 

 where the trade in the south was cut off 

 by early summer. 



C. R. Burr & Co., Manchester, Conn., 

 who recently leased the Pickles farm 

 at Buckland, are rapidly developing the 

 farm into an up-to-date nursery. 



This has been one of the largest sea- 

 sons with the nurseries at West Chester, 

 Pa. Labor, also, has been more abun- 

 dant than usual in the spring rush. 



A. L. EosE, landscape architect, who 

 has had ten years' experience in that 

 profession in and about Boston, has re- 

 cently removed to Minneapolis, being 

 identified with the landscape department 

 of the Hoyt Nursery Co. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has issued a bulletin entitled "Self- 

 Boiled Lime-Sulphur Mixture as a 

 Promising Fungicide, ' ' which will be of 

 interest to nurserymen, especially those 

 whose interests are with the fruit grow- 

 ers. 



SHRUB JOTTINGS. 



Rhododendron Dahuricum is the 

 earliest blooming of this attractive fam- 

 ily, coming into flower in the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Boston, this year, the first 

 week in April. The violet purplish flow- 

 ers may be less showy than those of 

 many other shrubs, but anything bloom- 

 ing so early is welcome. The foliage 

 is (iteciduous and by many people this 

 is mistaken for an azalea. In fact, 

 it was formerly classed as such. K. 

 mucronulatum is a form of R. Dahuri- 

 cum, Its foliage takes on a brilliant 

 hue in the fall. These rhododendrons 

 are natives of Siberia, Kamchatka and 

 northern China. 



Magnolia stellata has never flowered 

 better than this season. It was at its 

 best in the vicinity of Boston about 

 April 28. All the magnolias in replant- 

 ing need lifting with good balls and 

 spring is the best season for this opera- 

 tion. Four years ago several plants 

 of M. stellata were moved in October, 

 and all did well; however, with some 

 winter protection. 



Spiraea Thunbergii is the earliest of 

 the family to bloom, being in full flow- 

 er in eastern Massachusetts April 30, 

 this year. It is a low-growing shrub, 

 rarely exceeding four feet in height. Its 

 delicate, drooping, yellowish-green foli- 

 age takes on beautiful autumnal tints. 

 This is one of the easiest of all shrubs 

 to grow and a well-rounded specimen in 

 flower is a beautiful object. 



Cerasus Japonica rosea pendula, the 

 lovely Japanese pink weeping cherry, 

 is a striking picture in southern New 

 England at present. During severe win- 



American Everblooming Hydrangea 



(H. Arboresoens Sterilis), strong plants from pots, for planting in nursery during May 

 and June. Tliese plants with us make 2 to 4-ft. growth, with abundant bloom the first 

 season. Prk-e $«.00 per 100; $76.00 per 1000. 



VTHEE. 



Y. TEAS CO.. CENTERVILLE, INDj 



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TEN THOUSAND 



VERONICA 



LonBrUoUa subsessUlB 



(BLUE JAY FLOWER) 



Pine field-grown j>lants at $5 00 per 100; 

 $10.00 per 1000. Prom 2'a-ineh pots, well 

 rooted, with solid balls, at $3.50 per 100; 

 $30.00 per 1000. It is the best Hardy Peren- 

 nial producing blue flowers. One of the 

 very best of all hardy plants for commer- 

 cial cut flowers. Large, dense spikes on 

 long stems in great profusion all summer. 

 Will keep a week in good condition after 

 gathered. 



J. T. LOVETT 



LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



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Berberis Thunbergii 



18 to 24-in., 12 to IH-in., all well branched and 

 good roots. 10,000 Vlnca Minor (Grave Myr- 

 tle) . 5000 Red Oak, 3 to 5 ft. Norway Spruce, 

 12 to 18-in. 



OAK HILL NURSERIES, RosliDdale, Mass. 



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WHITE PINE 



6 to 6 ft. and smaller 



Hemlock, 6 to 7 ft. and smaller 



Every plant a specimen. Will dig with balls. 

 Ask for quotations. 



HIRAM T. JONES 

 Uani CMRty Itarsirict KUZABBTH, N. J. 



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ters the flower buds are «ometimes kill- 

 ed, but at present every branch is liter- 

 ally smothered with these light rose-col- 

 ored blossoms. There could be no finer 

 low-growing tree for a lawn specimen. 

 Even when not in bloom the plants are 

 attractive, making one of the best of 

 weeping trees. 



PRIVET FOR HEDGES. 



Will you please tell me how to treat 

 California privet from the start until 

 it makes a good hedge! I have just 

 planted a half carload of them and they 

 had been on the road for some fifteen 

 to twenty days. They are 3^ -foot to 

 4-foot bushy stock, three times trans- 

 planted. 



The roots were quite dry. We at once 

 watered them and they soon looked well. 

 I made a trench twenty inches deep 

 and fourteen inches wide, I put about 

 three inches of cow manure at the bot- 

 tom, and on this about two inches of 

 soil. Then I planted the hedges, two 

 rows, one on each side of this 14-inch 

 trench. Then I threw in the best soil 

 from the top; this made the trench 

 about half full. Then I filled it with 

 water. After the water had disappeared 

 I put in half cow manure and soil. 



These hedges were planted one foot 

 apart in the row and with fourteen 

 inches between the rows. They were 

 planted eight inches deeper than they 

 were formerly. That put the main 

 branches below the ground at the joint. 

 Was this not well, so as to get them 



CPECIMEN 



EVERfiREENS 



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Azaleas 

 ' Rhododendrons 

 Roses 

 Herbaceous Perennials 



In fact everything in hardy 

 stock for 



Gar(len,LawnlLan(lscape Planting 



General Catalogue and Trade Lists 

 on application. 



TlieNewEnglan(INurs8ries,iDc. 



BEDFORD, MASS. 



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LARGE TREES 



OAKS AND MAPLES. PINES AMD 

 HEMLOCKS. 



ANDORRA NURSERIES, 



Wm. Warner Harper, Prop. 

 Cbestnut HIU, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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VERGREEN 



An Inuneni* Stoek of botk large i 

 BinaU ilse KVKBGKK KN T BE K8 te 

 rreat rariety; also KVBKOAKKM 

 BHBUBS. Correapondenoe aolloited. 



THE WM H. MOON CO.. MORRISYILLE. PA. 



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NEW SURPLUS SHIPPING UST 



NOW OUT 



Send for one. Low Prices 

 Fine Stock 



PETERSON NURSERY 



Lincoln and Petereon Aves., CHICAGO 



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to root there and grow quickly from 

 the bottom f Now, after planting them, 

 is it not best to wait until they start 

 to grow and until the ground is more 

 packed down, before 1 cut them off 

 evenly? The hedges now stand out of 

 the ground from a foot and a half to 

 two feet. How long shall I cut them, 

 and when! How can they best be cut 

 straight? Is it not wise to put on them 

 about eight inches of cow manure late 

 in the fall, so as to keep them in good 

 condition during the alternate cold and 

 sunshine in the winter time? 



How long will it take for the above 

 to start to grow? They were planted in 

 the middle of April. Weston. 



The correspondent states that the 

 privet composing the half car lot which 



