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60 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 20, 1909. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AHEBICAN ASSOCIATION OF NDBSEBYHEN. 



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

 cbester, N. Y.; Vice-Pres.. C. M. Hobbs. Brldge- 



Sort, Ind.; Sec'y. Geo. C. 8eaeer, Rochester, 

 f. Y.; Treas.. C. L. Yates. Rochester. N. Y. The 

 34th aDDual coDventlon will be held at Roches- 

 ter, JuQe9 to 11, 1909. 



There has been an unusually strong 

 demand for strawberry plants in the east 

 this season, due to short supply. 



J. L. Hawkins, the St. Paul nursery- 

 man, has sold eight acres of his property 

 for $4,000, to be used as a factory site. 



Wm. H. Drake, formerly a florist at 

 Kenosha, Wis., has Jjecome a foreman 

 for Klehm's Nursery, Arlington Heights, 

 HI. 



Peterson Nursery, Chicago, reports 

 much the best season in its history, 

 largely due to the more extended opera- 

 tions of the landscape department. 



Gilbert H. Wild, Sarcoxie, Mo., says 

 that, while he has had little personal ex- 

 perience with Peony M. Jules Elie, he is 

 of the opinion that it is a little large for 

 cut flower purposes; that is, for shipping 

 and as a keeper. 



J. W. Hill, of Des Moines, ex-presi- 

 dent of the American Association of 

 Nurserymen, has sent word that owing 

 to the death of his brother he will be 

 unable to take a place on the program 

 for the Eochester convention. 



C. T. Shepherd, manager of the Jo- 

 liet Nurseries, Joliet, 111., recently re- 

 ceived a paralytic stroke affecting his 

 right side, and was thus unable to speak 

 or to walk. His family were quite hope- 

 ful of his recovery. Mr. Shepherd is 

 now 69 years of age. For some years he 

 has been troubled with rheumatism, and 

 lately he had a severe case of grip. 



HoRNE & Armstrong, Phoenix, Ariz., 

 have purchased a forty-acre tract on the 

 Arizona canal, near the northern end of 

 Center street, and will establish a nur- 

 sery, rive acres of the tract will be 

 entitled to water when the reservoir is 

 completed, but the other must be irri- 

 gated by pumping. The nurserymen are 

 now making preparations to install a 

 modern pumping plant. The business 

 which they established about a year ago 

 on North Center street has proven an im- 

 mense success. Their town office and 

 greenhouse Avill still be maintained at 

 that place. 



Since the publication of the program 

 for the nurserymen's Rochester conven- 

 tion in last week's Eeview, one or two 

 slight changes in the order of exercises 

 have been made. The address of T. B. 

 Wilson is now scheduled for the opening 

 day and that of Dr. W. H. Jordan for 

 the second day, instead of vice versa as 

 originally announced. The roll call of 

 state vice-presidents also is carried over 

 from Wednesday to Thursday. The mem- 

 bers from each state are requested to 

 get together Wednesday and select their 

 new vice-president, who will attend a 

 meeting at 8 p. m. Wednesday, which 

 will consider the question of nominations 

 and selection of place for next meeting, 

 in order to report on Thursday morning. 

 In case but one representative from a 

 state is in attendance, he is to consider 

 himself that state's vice-president and 

 attend the meeting. 



A. N. PIERSON, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. 



WHITE KILLARNEY (Waban strain) 



Grafted Stock, doz..$6: 100. $86; 260, $82.50; 500, $150; 1000, $300; 2500, $687.50; 5000, $1260 



MY MARYLAND 



Grafted $8.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100; $150 00 per 1000 



Own Boot 2.00 " 10.00 " 90.00 



STANDARD VARIETIES 



Betty, Bon Silene, Bride, Bridesmaid, Cardinal, Enchanter. Etolle de France, Etoile de 

 Lyon, Franz Deegan, Hermosa, Ivory, Kalserin Auirusta Victoria, Kate Moulton, Kil- 

 larney, Maman Cochet, Marechal Niel. Mme. Hoste, Mrs. Paul Niehofl. Mrs. Pierpont 

 Morgan, Mrs. Potrer Palmer, Papa Uontler, Queen Beatrice. Rhea Reid, Richmond, Rosaline 

 Orr EnRlish, Souv. de Pres. Gamot, Souv. de Wootton, White Cochet. The above 

 grafted (selected plants). 20c each, $2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100. $120.00 per 1000. 



OWN ROOT ROSES 



Queen Beatrice, Rhea Reid, Mrs. Jardine, Mrs. Potter Palmer, from 2"3 inch pots, $8.00 

 per 100, $70.00 per 1000. 



BEDDING PLANTS 



Coleus. Verschafleltii, Golden Queen, Queen Victoria, Beckwith Gem, Firebrand, Lord 

 Palmerston. Rooted cuttings, by express, 60c per 100, $5.00 per 1000. Out of 2'4-inch pots in 

 May, $2.00 per 100, $15.00 per 1000. 



Golden Bedder, Messy. Fancy varieties, 12 kinds not listed above, 75c per 100, $6.00 per 1000. 



Ageratam, Stella Gurney, Princess Pauline. Salvia, Splendens. Bonfire and Zurich. 

 HeliotrQpe, dark blue bedding varieties. German Ivy, 75c per 100. $i5.00 per 1000. 



CbrysantbemamB in quantity. 



CATAL06UK ON APPLICATION 



Mention The Keview when you write. 



The Pennsylvania State College Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station has issued 

 a pamphlet known as Bulletin No. 91, 

 which should be of interest to nursery- 

 men. It is descriptive of experiments in 

 orchard fertilization. 



The Valdesian Nurseries, at Bostic, 

 N. C, report that there have lately 

 been some fine showers in that locality. 

 All nursery stock is looking well. Orders 

 for next fall delivery are already begin- 

 ning to come in, and the indications are 

 that the demand for stock will be greater 

 than ever before. All two-year stock is 

 putting on fine growth, and they will 

 have over twice the quantity of stock 

 they have had in any previous season. 



Should the party of the second part within 

 one year from date order an additional one 

 hundred and seventy (170) feet of privet (same 

 height and quality) to be placed within adja- 

 cent six lots, the party of the first part agrees 

 to furnish and plant same at a cost not to 

 exceed 15 cents (Hfteen) per lineal foot. Also 

 to remove forty (40) feet of hedge from front 

 of lot line of plot No. 62, care for removal 

 hedge, and plant same at time of execution of 

 order, without extra cost. 



CONTRACT FOR PRIVET. 



I enclose herewith copy of an agree- 

 ,ment that a party who recently moved 

 from New Y'ork city had drawn up by an 

 attorney, for the supplying of $16.80 

 worth of privet, and it took five days to 

 complete the arrangements with one of 

 our salesmen. The accompanying agree- 

 ment was first submitted for approbation 

 to the prospective buyer's father and 

 mother and, it being pronounced O. K., 

 the order was then handed to our sales- 

 man, who was requested to give it his 

 immediate and personal attention. Nurs- 

 erymen and landscape gardeners doing 

 business within a radius of thirty miles 

 of New York city have a lot of customers 

 of this kind to contend with, but I think 

 this one beats the limit. 



D. D. HOVFELLS. 



REAPPRAISEMENTS. 



The following reappraisements of nurs- 

 ery stock have been announced by the 

 customs oflScers: 



From Louis Van Houtte Pere, Ghent, exported 

 ^?J^}^ ^' ^^^; entered at New York. File No. 

 51365. Invoice No. 22911. Findings of Walte, 

 G. A. : Standard bay trees, 15-in. diam. ; entered 

 at $1.50, advanced to $2.25 per pair. Ditto, 

 19-ln. ; entered at $1.75. advanced to $2.50 per 

 P* «•„ "'**"• 20-ln.; entered at $2.20, advanced 

 to $3.40 per pair. Add packing. 



From H. M. Hardyzer, Boskoop, exported April 

 8, 1909; entered at New York. File No. 51370. 

 Invoice No. 23.S39. Findings of Walte, G. A.: 

 Box pyramids. 2 ft.; entered at .50 florin each. 

 Cydonla Japonica; entered at .15 florin each. 

 And similar goods. Add packing. Freight to 

 Rotterdam and shipping included. No advance. 



The contract was in the following 

 words : 

 Agreement by and between 



as party of the first part, and , 



as party of the second part. 



The party of the first part, for the sum of 

 money hereinafter stated, agrees to Install 

 complete, along front lot line, one first-class 

 privet hedge (not exceeding 112 feet in length). 

 All plants in same to range between two feet 

 nnd two feet six Inches In height. 



The party of the second part agrees to pay 

 unto the party of the first part the sum of 

 JIfi.SO (sixteen dollars and eighty cents) when 

 above work is completed as mentioned above. 



RAILROAD TREE PLANTING. 



The Pennsylvania Bailroad is planning 

 to set out this spring more than 1,000,000 

 trees. This will make a total of 3,430,- 

 000 trees which have been planted in the 

 last three years to provide for some of 

 the company's future requirements in 

 timber and cross ties. This constitutes 

 the largest forestry plan yet undertaken 

 by any private corporation. 



Heretofore the company's forestry op- 

 erations have been confined to a limited 

 area between Philadelphia and Altoona. 

 This year, however, 65,000 trees are be- 

 ing set out on tracts of land near Me- 

 tuchen and New Brunswick, N. J. In 

 addition there are to be planted 207,000 

 trees near Conewago, Pa.; 186,000 in 

 the vicinity of Van Dyke; 334,000 at 

 Lewiston Junction; 7,000 at Pomeroy, 

 and 205,000 at Denholm. 



The policy of encouraging reforesta- 

 tion on the part of the public has been 

 actively pursued this spring. Some 151,- 

 000 trees have been furnished practically 

 at cost to private corporations and indi- 



