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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Sepxembeb 10, 1908. 



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NURSERY NEWS. 



AMEBICAN A880CIATI0N Of NDB8EBTIEN. 



Officers for I5b8- 9: Pres., Charles J. Brown, Ro- 

 chester, N. Y^; Vice-PreB.,C M. Uobbs. BridRe- 

 port. bad.; Sec'y, Oeo. 0. :ieaKer, Kocbester 

 N. T.; Treas., 0. L. Tates, Kocbester, N. T 

 The S4th annual Ronvention will oe held at Ro- 

 chester, June, 1909. 



Walter Scott, landscape architect at 

 La Grange, 111., is reported to have a 

 number of good jobs in progress of 

 execution. 



The meetings of the Southern Nur- 

 serymen's Association are characterized 

 by heart-to-heart talks, the breaking 

 away from set papers and program ana 

 the giving of personal experiences. Three 

 sessions were held each day during the 

 recent convention at Atlanta and every 

 session was well attended. ±*erhap8 the 

 fact that no stenographer is employed, 

 and that the proceedings are not print- 

 ed, lends to that air of freedom so dis- 

 tinctly a part of these meetings. 



THE PECAN IN THE NURSERY. 



[A paper by R, C. Simpson, of Montlcello, 

 Fla., read before the Southern Nurserymen's 

 Association, in convention at Atlanta. G'a., 

 August 19 and 20, 1908.] 



The pecan nursery business, as it is 

 carried on today, is a comparatively new 

 branch of the nurseryman's work. Seed- 

 ling trees have been grown and sold for 

 many years, but it is only within the 

 last ten years — I might almost say with- 

 in the last five years — that the grafted 

 trees of superior varieties have been 

 put on the market in any considerable 

 quantity. For a long time grafting or 

 budding was considered so uncertain and 

 expensive that most nurserymen could 

 not afford to bother with it to any ex- 

 tent. In late years, however, great 

 strides have been made in this direction 

 and we are now able to graft and bud 

 the pecan with a considerable degree of 

 success, often getting as high as fifty 

 to sixty per cent stand for an entire 

 season 's work, when conditions have been 

 favoraole. It will be my endeavor in 

 this short paper to make a few remarks 

 on seed planting, methods of propaga- 

 tion, and the subsequent care and hand- 

 ling of this most important nut tree. 



Planting the Seed. 

 The pecan nurseryman starts at the 

 beginning, i. e., the seed. These are 

 planted in rows in about the samfe man- 

 ner as peach pits, except that they are 

 placed farther apart — usually four to 

 six inches. Some nurserymen plant the 

 nuts dry, in December or early in Janu- 

 ary; some stratify them in the fall and 

 plant in February; still others let the 

 pecans remain dry all winter, soak them 

 in water about three days before plant- 

 ing and put them in the ground about 

 the same time stratified nuts are 

 dropped. Personally, I prefer the first 

 method, and have always had the best 

 success with pecans planted in this man- 

 ner. "When the time for starting growth 

 commences, the seeds are lying in their 

 places, snugly surrounded by damp soil 

 and ready to start to work. No trans- 

 fer, by which the seed may become dried 

 out or mechanically injured, is necessary. 

 The nuts should be covered with a large 

 ridge of earth thrown over the drill, to 

 keep them from becoming water-soaked. 

 In the spring, if this is dragged down 

 just as the seeds are sprouting, the young 

 seedlings will find themselves growing 



PEONIES FOR FALL PLANTING 



FESTIVA MAXIMA, earfy white, $1.75 per i^t $15.00 per 100. 



W^HITLEYI (Queen Victoria), mid-aeason white, $1.25 per 10} $8.00 per. 100. 



ANDRE LAURIES, late rose» 65c per 10; $5.00 per 100. 



These are standard cut flower varieties, much ufed for storase. Many other varieties for al) 

 purposes at attractive prices. Write for list^ We also grow Evergreens, Shade Trees, Shrubs. 



WILD BROS. NIKSERY CO^ (E.tabii.he<i ists) 5ARC0XIE, MO. 



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LARGE TREES 



OAKS AND MAPLES. PINXS 

 BKMLOCKS. 



ANDORRA NURSERIES, 



Wm. Warner Harper, Prop. 

 Chestnut EOU. Pblladelplila, Pa. 



Meutiuu 'lae Keview v\heu jou write. 



Viburnum Plicatum 



We have a large stock of all sizes up to 4 ft. 

 at a barcaln. Write for prices. 



THE CONARD & JONES CO^ 



WEST GROVE, PA. ' 



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NURSERY STOCK 



S.'SSSJSnt Eruit Trees, 

 Roses and Ornamentals 



W. &T. SMITH COMPANY,^^^^' 



02 Tears. 700 Acres. 



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Grape Vines 



All old and new varieties. Large stock. 



Warranted true. Can furnish a special 



heavy two-year grade with large roots 



and good tops for florists' retail trade. 



Write for catalogue and price list. 



T. S. HUBBARD CO., Fredonia. N. Y. 



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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANTS 



We have for sale seeds of trees, shrubs and 

 plants indigenous to the Rocky Mountain and 

 Great Basin regions. If interested, send for list. 



AqnileKta caernlea alblflora. white flow- 

 ered form of R. M. Columbine. Lovely. $1.60 

 per doz.; seeds. 50c per tr. pkt. 



Hardy Large-flowering Pentstemona, 7 

 choice species in mixture, $1.50 per doz.; $6.00 

 per 100. 



UTAH RARE PLANT CO. , Salt Lake, Utah 



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Peony Surplus List 



NOW OUT 



Send lor one. Low Prices 

 Fine Stock 



PETERSON NURSERY 



Lincoln and Peterson Aves., CHICAGO 



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in a perfectly clean seed-bed, which could 

 not have been possible if either of the 

 other methods had been practiced. More- 

 over, if a planter is used this plan would 

 be almost imperative, as wet or sprout- 

 ing nuts would be harder to plant and 

 more liable to injury. 



We were told when we first planned to 

 plant our seed in the fall that they 

 would be eaten up by wood rats, crows 

 and moles, and probably water-soaked 

 and rotten by spring. In two seasons' 

 planting, however, we have experienced 

 little difficulty from any of these things, 



ROSES 



Two years field-grown. Budded and on 

 own roots. Old varieties and new ones. 

 Send for list. Ornamentals of all kinds for 

 florists and nurserymen. 



JACKSON & PERKINS COMPANY, 



Dispensers of 

 "THE PREFERRED STOCK" 



Grown at 



NEWARK, in Wayne County, Mew York State 



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HYDRANGEA 



(Arborescens) 



GRAND. ALBA, a ta- 

 king novelty lor FOKC- 

 INO. Strong, iield- 

 gn.wn, 15-in. and up, 

 S15.00 per 100: $140.00 per 

 1000. 10 to 15-in., $10.00 

 per 100; $90.00 per 1000. 



THEELMCIIV NURSERY CO. 



New Na«ea, Cona. 



New Forcing and Garden 

 Hydrangrea. 



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I OFFER FOR FALL OF 1908 



10,000 Ampelopsls Veltobll, 3-year. 

 850,000 Privet. 75,000 Evergreens in 



65 varieties. Besides a very complete assort- 

 ment of Sbrubs and Sliade Trees. 



HIRAM T. JONES, 



Uiiss Cnaty Nartiries. KLIZABSTH, M. J. 



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rVERGREEN 



■ An Immenae Stock of both large and 



^^^ small -size EVEKGKEEN TKEES in 

 great variety; also EVERGKEEN 

 SHRUBS. Correspondence solicited. 



THE WM. H. MOON CO.. MORRISVILLE. PA. 



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AMERICAN PLANTS AND SHRUBS 



Many of the best plants in cultivation for land- 

 scape planting are native in New Jersey. 



SEND FOE LIST 



J. MURRAY BASSETT 



Packard St., HAMMONTON, N. J. 



DAHLIAS-TREES-SHRUBS-PLANTS 



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Rose Plants 



On own roots. Send for list 



C. M. NIUFFER 



Springfield, Oliio 



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PEONIES 



12 ACRES 



Plants for fall delivery. 

 Plant such varieties as will keep when market 

 is over-stocked. For prices, write. 



GILBERT H. WILD, - SARCOXIE, MO. 



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