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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Septembbb 24, 1008. 



scape work, or in small lots for planting 

 on home grounds. Festiva maxima has 

 begun to sell; it appeared at first as 

 though everyone was stocked up with this 

 variety to the point where there would 

 be no call from other dealers. It also is 

 noticeable that growers from whom Pe- 

 terson bought stock of other varieties a 

 year or two ago are now coming to him 

 for the same varieties, indicating that 

 they have been having good business. 



The landscape department of the Pe- 

 terson Nursery has developed rapidly in 

 the last few years. On a recent trip to 

 Duluth and Minneapolis, B. E. Gage se- 

 cured several large orders. Work is now 

 being started on plans for a 40-aere park 

 at Pana, 111., and on the execution of 

 plans made some time ago for a large 

 private job at Ottawa, 111. So much 

 city business is in sight that a sixty 

 horse-power automobile has been pur- 

 chased for the use of the landscape de- 

 partment. The office space of this de- 

 partment will be increased during the 

 winter. 



Movers of large trees will be interested 

 that Peterson's recently took an order 

 for the moving of a single tree from 

 the nursery to some city grounds ten 

 miles distant. It is a hackberry of fifty- 

 one feet spread and fifty feet high, 

 branches coming to within four or five 

 feet of the ground. The price for the 

 one tree is $400. 



HARDINESS OF EUCALYPTUS. 



Could you let me know whether red 

 gum. Eucalyptus rostrata, is hardy in 

 New Jersey? The seeds were brought 

 from California. C. H. W. 



Neither Eucalyptus rostrata, red gum 

 tree, nor any other eucalyptus is hardy 

 in New Jersey. All will withstand sev- 

 eral degrees of frost, but they will only 

 winter outdoors in a few of our warmest 

 states. C. W. 



PINE SEED. 



The Vermont State Nursery at Bur- 

 lington used last year for its own plant- 

 ing and for distribution in the state the 

 seeds from nearly 100 bushels of white 

 pine cones. These were collected near 

 Burlington, where the pines fruited 

 abundantly last autumn. This tree ma- 

 tures a good seed crop only once in three 

 to five years, however, and but few seeds 

 will be found there this autumn. 



A good crop is reported from various 

 other sections of the state and wherever 

 cones are abundant it will pay to collect 

 them. This must be done in September, 

 at which time the mature cones are from 

 three to five inches long, green and with 

 scales still closed. In October the scales 

 open while the cones are yet hanging 

 on the tree and the seeds then scatter. 

 Where pine trees are cut in September 

 it is easy to pick the cones, which may 

 in some eases have a value equal to that 

 of the lumber from the tree. Usually, 

 however, the cones must be harvested by 

 climbing the trees and raking them from 

 the branches. In this way from a peck 

 to three bushels may be had from a sin- 

 gle good tree. The green cones are 

 then to be dried under cover, when the 

 scales open and most of the seed will 

 fall out. When fully dried the balance 

 may be threshed out with a flail. A 

 bushel of cones would yield about a 

 pound of seed. The seeds are of about 

 the size and color of buckwheat. The 



BOXWOOD 

 BAY TREES 



In all sizes, shapes 

 and forms. 



Pyramids and 

 Standards. 



Extra fine stock for immediate delivery. 

 Prices low, need room. 



F. W. O. SCHNITZ, Prince Bay, N. Y. 



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Carlman Ribsam 



Nurseryman of Trenton, N. J. 



will have for Fall and Spring: delivery a 

 large and fine lot of 



California Privet 



by the 100. 1000, 10,000 or 100,000. 2 to 4 ft. 

 high, 5 to 12 branches, and fine rootB. 



Standards, 5 to 6 ft. high, fine heads. Bush 

 Pyramidals, 3 to 5 ft. high. Specimens, fine 

 plants for lawns, parks or cemeteries. 



Kims Sugar and Norway Maples. 



Shrubbery in variety. 



Rosea — Clothilde Soupert, Francisca 

 Kruger, etc. 



Vinca variegata, field-grown. 



Send your 'wants and I vrill 

 send you price. 



CARLMAN RIBSAM 



Trenton, N. J 



California Privet 



AND 



Asparagus Roots 



I have 1,300,000 California Privet 

 and 400,000 Asparag:us Roots to offer 

 for fall and spring delivery, also 

 Sugar Maple, Cut Leaf Birch and 

 Hydrangea P. Q. This stock is 

 grown right and will be graded right. 

 Let me quote you before you order. 



C. A. Bennett 



Robbinsville, N. J. 



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PEONIESfffifS 



Festiva Maxima, white $15.00 



Wliltleyl 'Queen Victoria) 800 



Andre Laurles (late rose) 5.00 



00 other varieties listed in our trade price list. 

 Also EverirteRS, Skrubs. Vmes, Strawbeny Plinis. 



WILD SROS. NURSERY CO.. Sarcoxie. Mo. 



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management of the State Nursery at the 

 Experiment Station, Burlington, will 

 either buy or advise as to prices and 

 purchasers. 



EUWANGER& BARRY'S 



Shrubs, Roses 



and 



Hardy Plants 



^re Famous 

 The World Over. 



Illustrated descriptive catalogue. 

 Free UF>on request. » 



Mount Hope Nurseries 



Established 1840. Roctaester, N. Y. 



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HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 



Ovei -stock that we wish to dispose of. All field- 

 grown plants, and very heavy clumps. 



Per 100 



AcblUea Ptarmica (The Pearl) $ 5.00 



Aerostemina coronarta 5.00 



Arabls alplna 4.50 



Bocconla cordata 4.00 



Cliry santhemuni maximum . 6.00 



Sbasta daisy 6.00 



Coreopsis lanceolata. 4.50 



Dlanthus barbattjs . 5.00 



Heddewld 4.00 



DiBltaUs alba 600 



** Bloxlolaetlora 6.00 



Funkla coerulea 6.00 



Liatris pycnostacbya 4.50 



Lycbnls cbaloedonloa 4 50 



Peonies, assorted colors, heavy clumps.. 12.00 



Platycodon, blue 5 50 



white 5.50 



Rudbeckla laoiniata 3.00 



Spiraea palmata. 5.00 



*' Japonlca 4.60 



Veronica splcata 500 



Yucca filamentosa 6.50 



Send for our comDlete trade price list. 350 

 acres in growing nursery stock. Address 



STEPHEN HOYT'S SONS CO., 



NEW CANAAN, CONN. 



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Clay Center, Kan. — C. Humfeld, the 

 verbena and smilax specialist, ia also 

 a sweet potato specialist, as he has 

 twenty-three acres planted to this crop. 



