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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 7, 1908. 



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be obtainetl was bushy stock. That be- 

 ing the case, it would seem that he made 

 a mistake in planting them so deep that 

 a considerable portion of the branches 

 was buried. It would, I think, have 

 been much more satisfactory had he 

 planted them only two inches lower than 

 they were formerly. Had the plants 

 been bare and lanky, there might be 

 some excuse for planting them so deep, 

 but putting nice, bushy plants under- 

 ground api)ears a needless sacrifice. 



Privet, without question, likes rich 

 and somewhat moist soil; but other con- 

 siderations compel us to treat the plants 

 somewhat stingily, the principal reason 

 being that when they make growth of 

 moderate size it is likely to ripen or 

 mature earlier and more thoroughly than 

 growth that is rank, which is usually 

 the result of planting in rich and heavily 

 manured soils, and it goes without say- 

 ing that matured wood is less liable to 

 winter killing than soft, half ripened 

 wood. 



Privet planted in a single row, with 

 a space of ten inches to fourteen inches 

 between the plants, makes a nice hedge; 

 but if it seems desirable to have some- 

 thing more in the nature of a fence, with 

 corresponding power of resistance, a 

 double row will perhaps fill the bill more 

 fully. When planting the privet in a 

 double row, it should be done so that 

 the plants in one row are, though run- 

 ning parallel, planted opposite the va- 

 cant spaces of the other row. If the 

 soil is poor, some manure should, of 

 course, be added, but not to the extent 

 practiced by the correspondent. 



Even if the roots of the privet ap- 

 peared dry at the time they were re- 

 ceived, if they were kept covered, there 

 does not appear to be any reason why 

 their vitality should be impaired in so 

 short a time at that season. 



The proper time to cut back the hard 

 wood of privet, as of almost everything 

 else, is when that wood is as nearly 

 dormant as it ever is. Then, in case 

 the plants are lanky and there is a desire 

 to cause them to break out from the 

 bottom, they should be cut back before 

 they break out in leaf early in spring, 

 or late in fall or in winter. A growing 

 hedge should be clipped at least twice 



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a year — in the latter part of June and 

 again in August or September. 



All that is needed in evening a newiy 

 j;lanted hedge is to take the shears and 

 dip off as much as is necessary to make 

 it so. A garden line fixed to sticks 

 stuck in the ground may be of assistance 

 in the work, but a competent man would 

 uot be seen having recourse to such help. 



A mulch of loose manure is undoubt- 

 edly of benefit to privet in the winter, 

 both in the nutriment it furnishes and 

 the protection it affords from severe 

 freezing and thawing. 



David McIntosh. 



PROGRESS AT AURORA. 



A deal was consummated at Aurora, 

 III., May 1, by which the Aurora Nur- 



sery Co. purchased the twenty-one acres 

 of land at the corner of Montgomery 

 and Garfield avenues, now occupied by 

 it, from H. H. Evans. The considera- 

 tion is given as $10,000. In addition 

 to the purchase of the twenty-one acres, 

 the company has leased seventeen acres 

 adjoining the property on the east. 



Plans are now in hand for rearranging 

 the grounds and the erection of a num- 

 ber of buildings. An office building 

 and tool sheds have already been com- 

 pleted, and work will start soon on a 

 packing shed 60x100 feet, two large 

 greenhouses and three storage cellars. 

 Men are now at work installing a sew- 

 erage system. The capital stock of the 

 company was recently increased, and 

 this year has proven to be a most pros- 

 perous one. 



