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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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Febrdabt 17, IdlO. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMISICAI ABSOGIATIOir OF NUBSKBTMSN. 



Offleera for 1009-10: Pre%, F. H. Stannard, 

 Ottawa, Kan.; Vlce-Prea., W. P. Stark, Lionlai- 

 ana. Mo.; Sec'y, John Hall, Bochaater, N. Y.; 

 Tr«aa., 0. L. Tatea, Bocheater, N. Y. Thirtj- 

 fifth annual meeting, DeoTer, June, 1010. 



Did you ever order Amurense privet 

 from half a dozen different places and 

 compare what you gott 



"Wm. a. Peterson, proprietor of Peter- 

 son Nursery, Chicago, has just returned 

 from a two weeks' trip to New York 

 and other eastern cities on a tour of in- 

 spection of the Presbyterian churches, 

 their organization, equipment and work. 

 Mr. Peterson devotes a considerable por- 

 tion of his time to religious work. Feb- 

 ruary 15 he delivered an address on the 

 subject at Vincennes, Ind., and February 

 20 he will speak on "Hopeful Signs in 

 Business Life," as the regular Sunday 

 evening service at the Sixth Presbyterian 

 church, Chicago. 



SHORTENING THE DAHLIA LIST 



Now that the season is at hand when 

 dahlia growers are beginning the work 

 of propagating green stock for the spring 

 trade and for field planting next year, 

 it seems to me that this is an opportune 

 time to consider the question of short- 

 ening the list of varieties to be grown 

 in the future. That there are too many 

 varieties grown is painfully evident. 



There are too many varieties even if 

 all were first-class, but, unfortunately, 

 this is not the case. Many are not even 

 second-class. From now on there should 

 be a rigid selection of varieties and 

 only those of the highest merit should 

 be retained. New varieties, also, should 

 measure up well before being admitted. 



A grower once said to me, "You are 

 advocating a short list, but back with ua 

 we consider the longer the list the better 

 chance we have." I answered, "Yes, 

 you have a better advertisement, but the 

 usefulness ends there." A man with a 

 moderate list of meritorious varieties will 

 win in the long run, and the run will 

 not be very long, either. 



To illustrate: A and B are growers. 

 A has a list of 100 strictly first-class va- 

 rieties — and I really believe that 100 

 win take in about all the first-class 

 dahlias. B has these same 100 varieties, 

 but he has 200 more. So their lists stand 

 — ^A, 100; B, 300. A customer orders 

 one dozen tubers from each of these 

 growers. A sends him twelve first-class 

 dahlias. B sends him four first-class and 

 eight second-class dahlias. This would 

 be the relative proportion. Which grower 

 will get this customer's orders in the 

 future! 



In opposition to this fair proposition 

 it may be argued that different people 

 have different tastes, and that what 

 pleases one may not please another. 

 Granted; this fact I have proven over 

 and over again in the many years that I 

 have dealt directly with the consumer. 

 But these years have proven another fact, 

 of far more importance to me, and that 

 is that about ninety per cent of the peo- 

 ple like what other people like, and I 

 do not care to shape my business to suit 

 the ten per cent. 



The present popularity of the dahlia 

 has been a fruitful source of trouble to 

 the grower, as it has afforded an oppor- 

 tunity to flood the markets with a lot of 



ings 



We have Bome aarplns, both AMERICAN and FRENCH grown. 

 All grades for grafting and badding. 



Imported Fruit Tree Stocks 



Now arriying— Cherry, Pear and Plum Btocka. 

 ALL GRADES. 



A ppi p Q RAFTS ^^^^^ ^^^ WHOLE ROOT 



=^^=^^^==^=^== ORDER QUICKLY 



Also a complete line of Geaeral Narsery Stock; mostly in aiorage. 



Send List for Prices. 



WANTED — APPLE SCIONS 



Shenandoah Nurseries 



D. S. LAKE, Prop. SHENANDOAH, IOWA 



Mention The Review when you write. 



BOBBINK & ATKINS 



Nurserymen and Florists, RUTHERFORD, N. J. 



Choice Evergreens and Conifera. Shade and 

 Ornamental Trees, Herbaceous Plants, 



LABflS COLLECTION OF DICOBATITE PLANTS. SUCH AS 



Palms, Ferns, Bay Trees, Etc. 



Ask for Wholesale Catalogue. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



EVERGREENS 



Large atock, both Beedlings and transplants, of Spmce, Pinee, Fin, 

 Cedars, Arbor- Vitses, Hemlocks, Janipers, Yews. Millions of seed- 

 lings, also fine stock of specimens in larger sizes. 



FOREST TREE SEEDLINGS 



Immense stock of Catalpa Speciosa, Black Locust, Maples, Oaks, 

 Lindens, Beech, Chestnut, Ash, Walnut, Elm, Box Elder, Birch, 

 European Larch. 



Spring 1910 Catalogue now ready ; send for copy 



D* HILL9 Evergreen Specialist, Dundee, III. 



MenMon The Review when vou write. 



varieties of questionable merit — many of 

 them only trash. The dahlia is well able 

 to hold its own from now on, if good 

 varieties and fair dealing are combined. 



W. W. WiLMORE. 



RiDOEFiELD, Conn. — William Pinchbeck 

 is building a store in connection with his 

 greenhouses. 



PLANTING BEGONIA TUBERS. 



Should the crown of a tuberous rooted 

 begonia be buried under the soil? 



G. W. S. J. 



Yes, it should be covered lightly from 

 half an inch to an inch. Leave the soil 

 rather loose above the tuber. C. 



