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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



May 14, ^908. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMKBICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUBSEBTMEN. 



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

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

 Seager, Rochester, n! Y.; Treas., 0. L. Yates, 

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

 be held at Milwaukee. June 10 to 12. 1908. 



D. G. W. Bruss, of Vander Weijden 

 & Co., Boskoop, is at Chicago on his an- 

 nual visit to the United States. 



The annual meeting of the American 

 Association of Park Superintendents will 

 be held at Minneapolis, August 11 to 14, 

 with Messrs. Wirth and Nussbaumer a 

 committee on arrangements. 



Nurserymen at Des Moines differ as 

 to the amount of damage to fruit in- 

 terests in Iowa by the heavy frost April 

 30. Some have reports of heavy losses, 

 while others say the damage was slight. 



John C. Olmsted, of Brookline, 

 Mass., has been at Frankfort, Ky., upon 

 invitation of the State Capitol Commis- 

 sion, to consult with them concerning the 

 beautifying of the grounds of the new 

 capitol. 



The summer meeting of the Gulf coast 

 nut growers will be held at Monticello, 

 Fla., May 19 and 20, It will be attended 

 largely by growers from Alabama, Flor- 

 ida and Georgia, with representatives 

 from other sections. 



May 2, 1908, 900 acres of rich table 

 land at 2,000 feet elevation on the Queen 

 & Crescent railroad at Anadel, Morgan 

 county, Tennessee, was deeded to Joshua 

 Jenkins, proprietor of Jenkins' Nur- 

 series, Winona, O. This land is finely 

 adapted for the raising of nursery stock 

 and fruits, and a branch will be estab- 

 lished there at an early date, more espe- 

 cially for the southern trade. 



Those who have been watching the 

 fruit situation predict the biggest crop 

 of peaches in the history of Georgia. 

 While the weather has hurt the fruit 

 slightly in some sections, large numbers 

 of new trees have come into bearing this 

 year to add to the crop. Commission 

 men say that Georgia should easily ship 

 6,000 carloads, an amount of fruit which 

 will be worth approximately $2,000,000. 

 Last year the total shipments were but 

 little over 1,000 carloads. If Georgia 

 ships 6,000 carloads of peaches this year 

 it will be a record breaking crop. The 

 record heretofore is but little more than 

 5,000 cars. 



John M. Bell, of Glencoe, 111., has 

 secured the contract for the beautifying 

 of the grounds of the Glencoe station, on 

 tBe Chicago & Northwestern railroad. 

 The space to be improved includes nearly 

 four blocks, with the station in the cen- 

 ter. In preparation for this piece of 

 landscape work, the railroad company 

 has moved the freight house to a more 

 suitable part of the grounds and has de- 

 livered several carloads of soil, to be 

 used in carrying out Mr. Bell's plan. 

 Mr. Bell has a tract of four acres, on 

 which he grows and displays his stock 

 of plants, mostly hardy perennials. His 

 business is of such a nature that he 

 places little dependence on greenhouses, 

 but makes large use of the hotbed and 

 the coldframe. He expresses a high 

 opinion of the King Humbert canna as 

 a bedding plant. 



American Everblooming Hydrangea 



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

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

 season. Price $8.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000. 



V THE E. Y. teas CO.. CENTERVILLE, INPJ 



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Berberis Thoobergii 



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

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

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

 12 to 18-in. 



OAK HILL NURSERIES, Roslindalejass. 



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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 



UaiM Couaty Nurseries KTJZABg'l'H, N. J. 



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REAPPRAISEMENTS. 



The following reappraisements have 

 been announced by customs officers: 



NURSERY STOCK.— From Schaum & Van 

 Tol, Boskoop, exported March 4. 1908; entered 

 at New York. File No. 48472. Invoice No. 

 18169. Findings of Hay, G. A.: Phya occl- 

 dentalis; entered at $8 per 100. Add cases. 

 Discount, 5 per cent. No advance. 



NURSERY STOCK.— From Vincent Lebreton. 

 Trelaze, exported Feb. 11. 1908; entered at 

 New York. File No. 48290. Invoice No. 950. 

 Findings of Hay, G. A.: Pommiers franes, 1 

 yr., 7 to 12m-m; entered at 21, advanced to 

 23 francs per 1000. Add cases and packing. 

 Discount, 5 per cent. 



NURSERY STOCK.— From H. M. Hardyzer, 

 Boskoop, exported March 5, 1908; entered at 

 New York. File No. 48500. Invoice No. 19503. 

 Findings of Board No. 1: Advanced by dis- 

 allowance of deduction of freight charges ftom 

 Boskoop to Rotterdam. 



SHRUB JOTTINGS. 



Amelanchier Canadensis, better known 

 as the shad-bush, while a common, native 

 small tree from New England to the 

 Gulf states, is well worthy of the at- 

 tention of planters. May 4, in New Eng- 

 land, its small, spreading and slender 

 branches were smothered with the little 

 nodding racemes of white flowers. On 

 the shores of lakes and waterways they 

 are beautiful and they should be more 

 planted in such locations. While not at 

 all particular as to soil, sometimes grow- 

 ing in mere beds of gravel, they appreci- 

 ate good treatment and in moist land are 

 especially fine. 



Prunus triloba was this season in good 

 bloom May 6 in Massachusetts. PJveryone 

 admires the beautiful, double pink blos- 

 soms of the flowering plum and, either 

 as a single plant or in a mass, the latter 

 preferably, it is very desirable. The 

 flowers resemble small roses and the 

 plants rarely grow over six feet in height. 



Cornus Mas, or C. mascula, commonly 

 called the Cornelian cherry, is the earliest 

 of the dogwood family to bloom. It 

 makes quite a handsome shrub, of dense 

 growth, with glossy leaves. The showy 

 yellow flowers, which appear before the 

 foliage, were fully open, in the vicinity 

 of Boston, this year April 26. The large, 

 brilliant scarlet berries, which follow the 

 fruit, are also attractive. 



Cydonia Japonica pygmsea is a low 

 growing form of the well-known fire bush 

 or Japanese quince. The height never 

 exceeds three feet, the plant having a 



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PECIMEN 

 EYERQREENS 



Azaleas 



Rhododendrons 



Roses 



Herbaceous Perennials 



In fact everything in hardy 

 stock for 



6ar(len,LawnlLan(lsGape Planting 



General Catalogue and Trade Lists 

 on application. 



TliellewEnglanilNur$eries,i»!. 



BEDFORD, MASS. 



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LARGE TREES 



OAKS AND MAPLKS. PINKS AND 

 BSMLOCKS. 



ANDORRA NURSERIES, 



Wm. Warner Harper. Prop. 

 Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 



An Immenae Stock of both large and 

 small size KVEKGKEEN TBEKS in 

 great variety: also EVERGREEN 

 SHRITBS. Correspondence solicited. 



THE WM. H. MOON CO., MORRISViLLE, PA. 



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NEW SURPLUS SHIPPING UST 



NOW OUT 



Send for one. Low Prices 

 Fine Stock 



PETERSON NURSERY 



Unooln and Peterson Aves., CHICAGO 



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prostrate habit. The flowers are deep 

 scarlet and as large as in the type, and 

 fruit is each season produced in great 

 abundance, it any San Jose scale is to 

 be found, it will probably be on this 

 shrub. The cydonias seem to be special 

 marks for this destructive pest. 



VINES ON TREES. 



Will some reader of the Review please 

 tell me if vines growing on trees were 

 ever known to kill or injure the trees? 

 In this part of Florida we have large 

 pine trees covered with wistarias and 

 bignonias. During last year's drought, 

 pine trees that are probably seventy-five 

 to 100 years old died here by the hun- 

 dred, but the vine-clad trees escaped. 

 None of these seemed to suffer at all, 

 thougli the vines encircled them like a 



