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The Weekly Florists' Review. 





JONi 24, 1909. 



NURSERf NEWS. 



AHBBIGAII ASSOCIATION OF NDB8BBYMEN. 



OfQcen for 1909-10: Pres.. F H. Stannard, 

 Ottawa, Kan.; Vlce-Pres., W. P. Stark, Louisiana, 

 Mo.; Sec'y.. Geo. C. Seager, Rochester. N. Y.; 

 Treas., 0. L. Yates, Rocbester, N. Y. 



Eugene W. Stark, of Stark Bros. 

 Nursery & Orchard Co., Louisiana, Mo., 

 died June 15. A brief sketch of his life 

 appears on page 13. 



THE PEONY PRESIDENT. 



Bertrand H. Farr is one of the large 

 number of those who have come into the 

 trade as recruits from the ranks of the 

 amateurs. It often is said that music 

 and flowers form a happy combination, 

 and Mr. Farr was originally a music 

 dealer. He now is proprietor of the 

 "Wyomissing Nursery, at Reading, Pa,, 

 and makes a specialty of such hardy 

 plants as peonies, phloxes and irises. He 

 has been one of the indefatigable work- 

 ers of the Peony Society and was a log- 

 ical choice for president to succeed C. "W. 

 Ward. The accompanying portrait is not 

 as modern as most of Mr. Farr's meth- 



Kerr, Sherman. These Texans have live 

 sessions. They have a unique way of 

 assigning a topic to two men and getting 

 both to respond, possibly for fear that 

 failure to toe the mark will be mis- 

 understood. On the program prepared 

 for this year 's meeting are the following : 



"The Growing of Cltras Trees In Coastwise 

 Texas," by Mr. Hudson, Edna, Tex., and W. A. 

 Stockwell, AlTln, Tex. 



, "Is the Nurseryman In Texas Receiving Just 

 (^Compensation for His Labor? If Not, Why 

 \Not7" by J. R. Mayhew, Waxahachle, and 

 J. T. Foote, Durant, Okla. 



"Ornamentals for the Coast Country" (con- 

 sidering species and varieties), by H. C. Styles, 

 Kaymondville, and S. Aria, Houston. 



"The Growing of Healthy Apple and Peach 

 Trees," by E. T. Ramsey, Austin, and P. W. 

 Malley, Garrison. 



"Shade Trees— What Kind and How to Han- 

 dle for the Best Results," by C. C. Mayhew, 

 Sherman, and W. A. Yates, Brenham. 



"Landscape Improvement — The Part of the 

 Nurseryman," by W. B. Munson, Denlson, and 

 John F. Sneed, Tyler. 



"Since the Nurseryman Sets the Pace In 

 Horticulture, Then Show Some Gaits," by E. W. 

 Knox, San Antonio, and other nurserymen fol- 

 lowing In flve-minute stunts. 



"The New Inspection Law — How to be Oper- 

 ated," by Judge E. R. Kone, Austin, and 

 Sam H. Dixon, Austin; free discussion. 



INSPECTING IMPORTED STOCK. 



A Bill Drafted by Ntirserymen. 



The bill introduced in the last congress 

 provided for the inspection of all foreign 



Bertrand H. Farr. 



(President American Peony Society.) 



ods and appurtenances are; the fact is, 

 he has been too busy to have his picture 

 taken in recent years. 



THE TEXAS CONVENTION. 



The Texas Nurserymen's Association 

 will hold its annual convention at Ck)llege 

 Station, Tex., July 28 and 29, in con- 

 junction with the meetings of the Texas 

 State Horticultural Society and the Texas 

 Nut Growers' Association. 



The oflBcers of the Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation are: I*resident, J. B. Baker, 

 Fort Worth; vice-president, B. W. Hol- 

 bert, Arcadia; secretary-treasurer, J. S. 



nursery stock at ports of entry, and for 

 the inspection of growing nursery stock 

 in the United States which might be 

 infested or be under suspicion of being 

 infested by insects or diseases new to 

 the United States, and provided for the 

 issuance of certificates on such nursery 

 stock after it had been inspected or 

 treated if infestation was found to exist. 

 This bill was killed through the efforts 

 of the A. A. N. legislative committee 

 and other nurserymen, but not until 

 after it had passed in the lower house. 

 The substitute bill, drafted by the 

 A. A. N. committee and now in the I 



Special Low Prices 



Purple 

 Japan Maples 



Home Grown Plants 

 Superior to imported 



From pots and tube, about 2 

 feet high, with ball, enauring per- 

 fect Buccees in transplanting. Can 

 be shipped now at any time. 



Price, $1.00 each 

 10 lor « 7.60 

 86 lor 16.00 

 100 lor 60.00 



as long as stock lasts. 



Eilwanger& Barry 



Mount Hope Nuraeriea 



ROCHESTER, 



N. Y. 



Mention The Review •when you write. 



Grafted Roses 



strong, thiifty plants, In 3^-!n. pots. 



Bride. Bridesmaid, Kalaerin, Rleliinond, 

 Ctaatenay 



S12.00 per 100. 



Rhea Held and Mm. Jardlne 



120.00 perlOO. 



Jackson & Perkins Co., 

 Newark, New Y ork 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Peonies a Specialty 



Write us for latest price list 

 PETERSON NURSERY, 



stock Xxotaanse BuUdlnc, CHICAGO. 

 Fifteen Acres Devoted Kxolualvely to 



PEONIES 



Our 16th Year Prices Right 



Write for List Today 



GILBERT H. WILD, Sarcoxic, Mo. 



hands of Dr. L. O. Howard, the govern- 

 ment entomologist, for consideration, 

 provides for the inspection of all for- 

 eign nursery stock at destination, on the 

 premises of the consignee or owner, and 

 for the inspection and treatment of 

 growing nursery stock if it is found to 

 be infested or suspected of being in- 

 fested by diseases new to the United 

 States, but the new bill does not provide 

 for any federal certificates to be at- 

 tached to shipments, as it is not pro- 

 posed by federal Ijill to inspect all 

 nursery stock, but simply such as might 

 be infested with new diseases or insects, 

 and consequently the committee could not 

 see where it would be possible to ar- 

 range the matter of certificates to cover 



