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The Florists' Review 



Adgust 13, 1914. 



Notice has been filed of the dissolu- 

 tion of the Indianapolis Forest & Nur- 

 sery Co., of Indianapolis. 



F. W. Kelsey, head of the F. W. Kel- 

 sey Nursery Co., New York city, and 

 his wife are among the Americans 

 stranded in Europe. 



At the annual meeting of the Texas 

 State Horticultural Society, at College 

 Station, Tex., J. H. Arbenz, of Sarita, 

 was reelected president. 



TpE Phoenix Nursery Co., at Delavan, 

 Wis., has been purchased by W. J. 

 Moxley. William Moore, for years the 

 foreman at the nurseries, will retain his 

 position under the new ownership. A 

 large greenhouse will probably be built 

 soon and some other improvements made. 



The nurserymen's representative oh 

 the committee which is to memorialize 

 the Texas state legislature for the pur 

 pose of obtaining a state arboretum and 

 botanical garden is F. T. Eamsey, of 

 Austin. The other members of the com- 

 mittee, which was chosen at the confer- 

 ence at College Station, Tex., July 28, 

 are the state commissioner of agricul- 

 ture; I. M. Lewis, of the University of 

 Texas; E. J. Kyle, of the Agricultural 

 and Mechanical College, and B. Young- 

 blood, director of experiment stations. 



Lloyd C. Stark, vice-president and gen- 

 eral manager of the Stark Bros. Nurser- 

 ies & Orchards Co., of Louisiana, Mo., 

 is being championed in the House of 

 Eepresentatives by Speaker Clark in his 

 efforts to reenter the navy with the rank 

 of lieutenant of junior grade. When 

 Mr. Stark left the navy several years ago 

 on account of the ill health of his father 

 and the death of his uncle. State Senator 

 Eugene Stark, to taka charge of the 

 business, he had attained the rank of 

 ensign. His record in the service and at 

 Annapolis was an excellent one; and the 

 only bar to his reentrance to the navy 

 as lieutenant is the objection of Repre- 

 sentative Mann, the minority leader, who 

 believes a law should cover all such cases. 



ORNAMENTAL QSOWEBS MEET. 



The Ornamental Growers' Association 

 held its annual meeting at Boston, Au- 

 gust 4 to 6, with headquarters at the 

 Hotel Bellevue. About forty members 

 of the association were in attendance. 

 The greater part of the time was given 

 over to tours of inspection of the nurser- 

 ies in the neighborhood of Boston. On 

 the first day the Bay State. Nurseries, 

 at North Abington, waa^ among others, 

 visited. The following day an auto- 

 mobile trip through Lexington, Concord 

 and Framingham was made. The 

 grounds of the Breck-Eobinson Nursery 

 Co., at Lexington; the New England 

 Nurseries, at Bedford, and the Framing- 

 ham Nurseries, at South Framingham, 

 were inspected, and the party dined at 

 the Russell House, in Lexington, as the 

 guests of the Breek-Eobinson Nursery 

 Co. 



The officers of the association are: 

 President, R. C. Berckmans, of Augusta, 

 Ga.; vice-president, William Pitkin, of 



You may discontinu* our adver- 

 tisement, at we are through with our 

 spring shipments, but we will give 

 you another order for fall, as THE 

 RESULTS from the one for spring 

 HAVE BEEN VERY SATISFAC- 

 TORY.— Franklin Davis Nursery Co., 

 Baltimore, Md., May 19. 1914. 



Rochester, N. Y., and secretary-treas- 

 urer, C. J. Maloy, of Rochester, N. Y. 

 Among the local members of the asso- 

 ciation who were responsible for the 

 enjoyable entertainment provided were: 

 W. H. Wyman, of the Bay State Nurs- 

 eries; A. E. Robinson, of the Breck- 

 Robinson Nursery Co.; Harlan P. Kel- 

 sey, of the Highlands Nursery, and 

 John Kirkegaard, of the New England 

 Nurseries. The next meeting place will 

 be New York city. 



JONES TO MEET OBLIGATIONS. 



Owing to the complete breakdown of 

 Hiram T. Jones, proprietor of the Union 

 County Nurseries, at Elizabeth, N. J,, 

 following nearly a year of ill health, 

 his wife, Mrs. Rachel R. W. Jones, is 

 taking charge, in the expectation of 

 straightening out his affairs and, after 

 the obligations have been met, of clos- 

 ing out the business, as Mr. Jones is 

 not likely to be able to conduct it 

 again himself. Creditors are, there- 

 fore, being asked for two years' time; 

 notes are to be given for fifty per cent 

 of the indebtedness for one year with 

 interest, and for the remainder notes 

 for two years with interest will be 

 given. By this means time will be 

 given to sell the nursery stock of the 

 concern at normal prices through the 

 regular market. This will be sufficient 

 to meet all the obligations, as the debts 

 amount to about $28,000, while the 

 stock is appraised at about $34,000. 

 Equity in the real estate amounts to 



approximately $13,500, and personal 

 property raises the total of Mr. Jones' 

 assets to $51,000. By caring for the 

 nursery stock for the next two years 

 and disposing of it in the regular chan- 

 nels and by providirfg for carrying on 

 the business from her own resources, 

 Mrs. Jones expects, with the agreement 

 of the creditors to her plan, to satisfy 

 them all d!nd close out the business. 

 Elmer Runyan, president of the Eliza- 

 beth Nursery Co., of the same city, is 

 assisting Mrs. Jones in her endeavor. 



WOOLLY APHIS ON MAPLES. 



I have a double row of fairly large 

 maples that are in the condition of the 

 specimen sent under separate cover. 

 Can you tell me how to clean them up? 



The stems and foliage are covered 

 with woolly aphis. To destroy this, 

 spray thoroughly with kerosene emul- 

 sion, whale oil soap, nicotine, or any 

 one of the various soap, oil or other 

 sprays advertised. Use at advertised 

 strength, but it would do no harm to 

 make the mixture thirty-three to fifty 

 per cent stronger at this time, when foli- 

 age is well ripened. Use a fine, misty 

 spray nozzle and wet every portion of 

 wood and foliage. Choose a clear, warm 

 day for the operation. C. W. 



PERMANENT PROFITS. 



The nurseryman who is looking to- 

 wards building up a business that is 

 solid financially is concerned today not 

 so much with the question of produc- 

 tion as with that of marketing. An 

 irresponsible class that is present in 

 every line of business has made the 

 ears of the public familiar with such 

 phrases as "cut prices" and "bar- 

 gains," and the din of these words has 

 to a large extent drowned out those nurs- 

 erymen whose first consideration has 



I solicit an opportunity to figure on contracts for 



CAUFORNU PRIVET HEDGING 



For the coming Autumn and next Spring's sales 



I have to ofifer over a half million California Privet, consisting of two 

 years old in 1^2 to 2 feet, 2 to 3 feet and 3 to 4 feet; three years in 3 

 to 4 feet, and one year in 12 to 18 inches and iHj to 2 feet grades. The 

 two and three year grades were carefully cut back the past Spring, are 

 well branched and strictly flrst-class. 



I am prepared to ofifer exceedingly attractive prices, especially in car- 

 load lots. 



Being the introducer of the California Privet as a hedge plant away 

 back in the early seventies, it is perhaps not claiming too much to say I 

 am headquarters for it. 



J. T. LOVETT, 



Monmouth 

 Nursery 



little Sflver, N. J. 



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