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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



September 17, 1908. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



4HBBICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUB8EBTHEN. 



Officers for 1908- 9: Pres., Charles J. Brown, Ro- 

 chester, N. Y.; Vice-Pre8.,C. M. Hobbs, Bridge- 

 port, Iiid.; Sec'y, Geo. C. Seager, Kocbester 

 N. Y.; Treas., C. L. Yates, Kocbester, N. Y 

 Tbe 84tb annual convention will be held at Ro- 

 chester, June, 1909. 



The nurserymen are beginning to get 

 busy with fall deliveries. 



Th£ Kansas State Horticultural So- 

 ciety reports apples as forty-one per 

 cent of a full crop. 



Dealers in hardy plants will be inter- 

 ested in the notes on phloxes in the Phila- 

 delphia letter this week. 



Digging and shipping peonies is well 

 under way. There is a good volume of 

 business in the better sorts, but not 

 much doing in the cheaper varieties. 



The Schroeder-Son Nursery Co., La- 

 fayette, Colo., writes: "Our engine 

 house burned down Tuesday afternoon, 

 September 8, and is a total loss. Our 

 well is also burned out eighty-two feet 

 in length, leaving thirty-six feet which 

 are not damaged, three of our largest 

 pumps going down in the well. The 

 engine and boilers were pretty well dam- 

 aged. The loss was fully covered by in- 

 surance and we started the next day to 

 build again." 



THE PECAN IN THE NURSERY. 



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

 Fla., begun in the Review of September 10, 

 1908.] 



Propagatms. 



Perhaps the easiest and most certain 

 method of propagating the pecan is by 

 budding. The ordinary shield bud, which 

 is commonly used in working most fruit 

 stocks, is not successful on the pecan. 

 The annular bud, or some of its modifi- 

 cations, seems to be the most efficient 

 method. This ring bud usually entirely 

 encircles the stock, but if the tree is 

 large it may go only part-way around 

 and do just as well. The buds are tied 

 with waxed cloth and usually by the bud- 

 der himself, as he wishes to leave the 

 bud exposed to the air as short a time as 

 possible. The wraps should come off 

 in fourteen to eighteen days. 



If the budding has been done early in 

 the season the buds should be forced out; 

 if done late in the summer they should 

 be left dormant. We find one of the 

 best Mays to start the bud is by cutting 

 the top about half off or brea"king it 

 over; then, as soon as the bud breaks, 

 make the second cut just over the bulge 

 above the top ring. If the stock is cut 

 off at the bud at first, it is apt to bleed 

 considerablj'. 



At Montirello the budding season lasts 

 from June until September and occa- 

 sionally into October. Grafting can be 

 successfully done from the first part of 

 December until the first part of March. 

 As spring budding is also practiced to 

 some extent in April and chip budding 

 in March and April, it is seen that propa- 

 gation may go on almost throughout the 

 entire year. 



Diggine the Trees. 



By no means the least of the pecan 

 nurseryman's problems is that of dig- 

 ging. The pecan, as you all know, has 

 a tap-root which is often longer than the 

 top, and to get this root, or enough of 



PEONIES FOR FALL PLANTING 



FESTIVA MAXIMA, early white, $1.75 per IP: $15.00 per 100. 



VHITLEYI (Queeo Victoria), mid-season white, $1.25 per 10; $8.00 per 100. 



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



These are standard cut tlow%r varieties, much ured for storage. Many other varieties for all 

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



WILD BROS. NURSERY CO. (Established 1875) SARCOXIE, MO. 



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Nursery Stock for Fall Planting 



Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Hedges 

 Hardy American Grown Roses. :: :: :: :: 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY 



62 TEARS 



GENEVA, N. Y. 



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700 ACRES 



LARGE TREES 



OAKS AND UAPLXS. PINES AMD 

 BEMIXXSS. 



ANDORRA NURSERIES, 



Wm. Warner Harper, Prop. 

 Chestnut Hlll» Philadelphia, Pa. 



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Viburnum Plicatum 



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

 at a bargain. Write for prices. 



THE CONARD & JONES CO., 



WEST QROVE, PA. 



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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. 



Aqntlesia caernlea albiflora, white flow- 

 ered form of R. M. Columbine. Lovely. $1.50 

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



Hardy Large-flowering Pentstemons. 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 for one. Low Prices 

 Fine Stock 



PETERSON NURSERY 



Lincoln and Peterson Aves., CHICAGO 



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it to satisfy our customers, it is neces- 

 sary to dig the trees by hand. If the 

 weather happens to be very dry, as is 

 often the case in the fall of the year, a 

 pickaxe is sometimes a necessary ad- 

 junct to the spade. It costs us about 3 

 cents each to dig an average-sized pecan 

 tree with the labor at our command. 



The cost, however, is not the chief 

 difficulty; it is the time required that 

 gives us the most trouble. As the aver- 

 age negro will not dig over twenty-five 

 3-foot to 4-foot trees in a day, if one 

 had to ship, say, 2,000 trees on a day's 



New Forcing and Garden 

 Hydrangea. 



HYDRANGEA 



(Arborescens) 

 GRAJND. ALBA, a ta- 

 king novelty for FORC- 

 ING. Strong, field- 

 grown, 15-in. and up, 

 $15.00 per 100: $140.00 per 

 1000. 10 to 15-in., $10.00 

 per 100; $90.00 per 1000. 



TNE ELM CUT NURSERY CO. 

 Nnr HavcR, Cm*. ■ 



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I OFFER FOR FALL OF 1908 



10,000 Ampelopils VeitohU, S-yesr. 

 S50,000 Privet. 75,000 Sverereens in 



65 varieties. Besides a very complete assort- 

 ment of Shrubs and Shade Trees. 



HIRAM T. JONES, 



Uaiaa Ctnty Narsiriis. ELIZABETH, N. J. 



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rVERGREEN 



B An Immense Stock of both large and 



^^^ small size KVEKGKEEJT TREES In 

 great variety; also EVERGREEN 

 SHRUBS. Correspondence solicited. 



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



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AMERICAN PLANTS AND SHRUBS 



Many of tbe best plants in cultivation for land- 

 scape planting are native in New Jersey. 



SEKD rOR UST 



J. MURRAY BASSETT 



Packard St., HAMMONTON, N. J. 



DAHLIA8-TRKE8-SHRUB8- PLANTS 



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Rose Plants 



On own roots. Send for list 



C. M. NIUFFER 



Springfield, Ohio 



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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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notice, it would require just eighty men 

 to dig them. Therefore you see that to 

 fill such an order "would be impossible 



