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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JVhX 29, 1909. 



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NURSERY NEWS. 



AHBICAM A8B0CIATI0N OF NUB8KBTHSN. 



Officers 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., C. L. Tates, Rochester, N. Y. 



Thj? drought in the east has been 

 broken, but the rainfall was not as 

 copious as many would like. 



Dk. E. W. Grove, who bought the 

 Drake property at Asheville, N. C, has 

 acquired thirteen lots adjoining and has 

 commissioned the Biltmore Nursery Co. 

 to convert the entire property into a resi- 

 dence park. 



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PACIFIC COAST NURSERYMEN. 



The Pacific Coast Association of Nur- 

 serymen held its annual meeting at Seat- 

 tle, Wash., July 15. The following officers 

 were elected: 



President, S. A. Miller, Milton, Ore.; 

 secretary and treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, 

 Tacoma; vice-presidents, P. H. Stanton, 

 Hood River, Ore; 0. P. Smith, Black- 

 foot, Idaho; J. Maxwell, California; W. 

 M. Grisinger, Salt Lake, Utah; Richard 

 Layritz, Victoria, B. C. ; P. A. Wiggins, 

 Toppenish, Wash.; A. McGill, Hillsboro, 

 Ore.; A. Lingham and J. A. Stewart, 

 Christopher, Ore. 



Before electing officers there was a 

 program of addresses. "Nursery and 

 Fruit Conditions for the Respective 

 States and Provinces" was discussed by 

 H. A. Lewis, Russellville, Ore.; J. A. 

 Stewart, Christopher, Wash.; O. P. 

 Smith, Blackfoot, Idaho; T. E. Mabee, 

 Fresno, Cal., and Richard Layritz, Vic- 

 toria, B. C. A. Brownell, of Portland, 

 read a paper on "Nursery Conditions in 

 the Northwest." "Ginger and Entomol- 

 ogy from a Nurseryman's Standpoint" 

 was discussed by Charles A. Chambers, 

 of Fresno, Cal. 



President-elect S. A. Miller, among 

 other things, said: 



' ' The matter of by far most im- 

 portance today seems to be for nursery- 

 men to come into closer touch with the 

 orchardists. The majority of the public 

 seems to be under a wrong impression 

 as to the motives of the nurserymen. I 

 believe that this has been the cause of 

 radical legislation in some of the states 

 against the nurserymen. The nurseryman 

 is held responsible for insect pests, 

 blights and diseases. Fruit growers often 

 look on him as the propagator and dis- 

 tributor of the obnoxious scale and aphis, 

 little considering that the nurseryman, 

 for his own interest, can not tolerate such 

 things in his nursery, as young trees can 

 not be raised successfully in a nursery 

 infested with insects and disease, any 

 more than healthy children can be raised 

 in an insanitary home. The nurserymen 

 are not only working with the orchardists 

 for clean and healthy orchards, but are 

 taking the lead in demanding the enact- 

 ment of efficient agricultural laws and 



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systematic examination by competent in- 

 spectors. ' ' 



The association voted to hold its next 

 annual convention at Walla Walla on the 

 second Wednesday in July, 1910. 



GREEN-STRIPED MAPLE WORM. 



One of the most troublesome pests 

 known to nurserymen is the green-striped 

 maple worm, which eats the leaves, often 

 defoliating the tree entirely. This, ac- 

 cording to the description given by the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, is a 

 naked caterpillar, yellowish green, nearly 

 two inches long. The moth of this cater- 

 pillar is of a beautiful pale yellow, 

 shaded with delicate pink. The spread 

 of wing is about two inches. 



The insect abounds especially in Kan- 

 sas, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois and 

 Iowa, but is found also in the Gulf 

 states and in the north and east. In 

 Missouri there are two broods in a year 

 and each female moth lays at least 150 

 eggs- 

 Some birds eat the green-striped 

 maple worm, such as the robin, bluebird, 

 tufted titmouse, red-headed woodpecker 

 and others. These should be protected. 

 Paris green sprayed on the trees will 

 kill the young caterpillars; one pound to 

 fifty gallons of water may be used, but 

 one-half pound will probably be suffi- 

 cient. Arsenate of lead may be used as 

 strong as two to four pounds for fifty 

 gallons of water. 



A trench dug about the tree a foot 

 deep, with sides sloping under, will trap 

 large numbers of caterpillars as they 

 leave the tree in search of a place to 

 bore into the ground and enter the pupa 

 stage of their life. In the trench they 

 can be easily killed. 



SOME USEFUL VIBURNUMS. 



Viburnum Rufidulum. 



Viburnum rufidulum is also known as 

 V. prunifolium ferrugineum. Some 

 doubts have been expressed as to its 

 hardiness in the northern states, but it 

 has come through recent winters with us 

 unscathed. It grows into quite a large 

 shrub, sometimes twenty or more feet in 

 height. The leaves, which are three to 

 four inches long, are dark green and 



Grafted Roses 



strong, tbilfty plants, in 3^-ln. pots. 



Bride, Bridesmaid, Kalaerin, Rlolimond, 

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Rhea Reld and Bfra. Jardlne 



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Viburnum Pllcatum 



Spiraea Prunilolia, Deutsia Le- 

 moinei, Berberis Thunbergii, Al- 

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shiny on the upper surface. The showy 

 flowers are pure white and produced in 

 cymes four to five inches across, these 

 being followed by the dark blue, oval- 

 shaped fruits, which are decidedly deco- 

 rative, and worthy of a place in every 

 collection. 



Viburnum 'Wrightii. 



Viburnum Wrightii, similar to V. moUe, 

 but looser in habit, makes an upright 

 shrub eight to twelve feet high. The 

 broad cymes of flowers, white in color 

 and three to four inches in diameter, are 

 produced in early June, and are followed 

 by^the globose-shaped fruit, which is red 

 in color. This shrub is a native of China 

 and Japan, but is quite hardy. 



Viburnum Dilatatum. 



Viburnum dilatatum is less common 

 than V. Lantana, dentatum, Lentago and 

 other varieties, a«d is not seen to any con- 

 siderable extent in our public parks. It 

 is a Japanese shrub, with a low, spread- 

 ing form. The leaves are attractive, as 

 are the white flowers, but the vivid scar- 

 let fruit, which appears in fall, is the 

 greatest charm. This is a perfectly hardy 

 variety, worthy a place in every collec- 

 tion. 



Viburnum Sieboldi. 



Among the noticeable characteristiiis 

 of Viburnum Sieboldi are its long, thick, 

 glossy green leaves. It is quite a tail 

 grower, sometimes attaining a height of 

 fifteen to twenty feet. The panicles "f 

 white flowers, three to four inches n 

 diameter, were fully open near Boston 

 this season May 29. The oblong fruits 

 turn first pink and later bluish black, bit 

 fall soon after ripening. When in flower, 

 this is one of the most beautiful of the 

 genus. It is a native of Japan, and n"t 

 common in gardens. 



Viburnum Dentatum. 



Of the various viburnums used f'"' 

 landscape effects, there is none more sat- 

 isfactory than the arrow-wood, Vibvirnufn 

 dentatum. It is of the easiest possible 

 culture, will grow in practically any loca- 

 tion, and succeeds well either in sunshine 



