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The Weekly Florists' Revie>y» 



Jdlt 20, 1911. 



New Hydrangea Avalanche 



We offer for the first time plants of this new Hydrangea, which is a decided acquU 

 sition. Flower trusses larger than Otaksa and pure white (not green), held on strong 

 stems. Every florist should have it. 



Price, 2 5^ -inch pots, each, 50c; per dozen, $3.50; per 100, $25.00. 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geneva, N. Y. 



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NURSERY NEWS. 



AHIRICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUBSEBTHEM. 



OlficerB for 1911-12: Pres., J. H. Dayton. Palnes- 

 vlUe, O.; Vlce-pres., W. H.Wyman, North Ablngton, 

 Mass.: Sec'y. John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; Treas., 

 O. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. Thirty-seventh annual 

 meeting, Boston, June, 19r2. 



NuBSERYMEN are not especially 

 alarmed at the drought — almost every 

 year brings its dry time, and in the end 

 a normal growth is made. 



John L. Hewitt, formerly in the land- 

 scape department of Peterson Nursery, 

 Chicago, has gone into the landscape con- 

 tracting business on his own account, at 

 Evanston, 111. 



The Durant Nursery Co., of Durant, 

 Okla., recently tendered an elaborate and 

 most enjoyable banquet to its agents and 

 employees and their families. J. T. 

 Foots, the company's general manager, 

 acted as toastmaster. 



The report of Referee Nevin in the 

 long contested case of the Fourth Na- 

 tional Bank of Dayton, O., against the 

 Albaugh Nursery Co., has been approved. 

 The stockholders will be compelled to pay 

 various sums in accordance with the law. 

 The total indebtedness, according to the 

 referee's report, was $33,933.25, includ- 

 ing the $1,000 fee paid to Mr. Nevin. 



Asking that a receiver be appointed 

 for the Pittsburg Nursery Co., a bill in 

 equity was filed in common pleas court 

 No. 4 July 10 by Joseph M. Jones 

 against his partner, EoUand H. Smith. 

 The plaintiff states that he and Smith 

 are equal partners and that the defend- 

 ant has had charge of the books and the 

 bank accounts of the business. The 

 plaintiff alleges that Smith refused to 

 give him a statement of the business when 

 he made a demand for an accounting. 



STANDARDIZATION OF GRADES. 



[A paper by E. P. Bemardln, of Parsons, Kan., 

 read at the convention of the American Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen In St. Louis, June 14 to 16, 

 1911.1 



The question of uniform grades is 

 one that has been before this associa- 

 tion many times, but as yet nothing 

 has been done in the way of even an 

 expression on the subject. That some 

 action should be taken by this asso- 

 ciation along this line, there is no 

 question, and there is no better time 

 to do so than at this meeting. 



The Western Association of Nur- 

 serymen was the pioneer in this line 

 and in December, 1906, adopted the 

 following grades: 



Alt grades of trees shall be of fair shape, 

 brancbed, well rooted. Caliper to goyem and 



Baytrees;.Boxwood/.Rhododendrons 



Orders booked now for immediate or later 



delivery. 



Special low prices quoted by mail. 



r. W. O. SCHMITZ, Importer and Ezpwter, Prince Bay, N.Y. 



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Peonies, German Iris 



A CHOICE COLLEaiON Or COMMERCIAL VARIETIES 



WILD BROS. NURSERY CO., Sarcoxle, Mo. 



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The Storrs & Harrison Co. 



PAINESVILLE NURSERIES 

 Catalocu* and Piioe List 



FREE ON APPLICATION 



PAINESVILLE, OHIO 



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CPIIIT APPLE and PEACH. Large Btock. 



■^ ■^ *-" • Fine Trees, commercial varletlea. 



^SMitchell Nursery.'^ 



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measurements taken two Inches from the crown 

 or bud, of the following grades: 



Apple — 



% inch and up 6 ft. and up. 



%-% inch 4 ft. and up. 



%-% inch ,3 ft. and up. 



%-\i Inch 3-1 ft., whips included. 



Cherry — 



1-1% Inch 5-7 ft. 



%-l Inch 4>4 ft. and up. 



%-% Inch 4 ft. and up. 



V4-% inch 3 ft. and up. 



%-V§ inch 2Vi f t. and up. 



Plum — 



1-1% inches 5-7 ft. 



%-l inch 5 ft. and up. 



~I-% inch 4 ft. and up. 



i-% inch 3 ft. and up. 



%-% inch 3 ft. and up. 



Peach — 



%-l inch 5-7 ft. 



%-% Inch 5 ft. and up. 



%-% inch 4 ft. and up. 



%-% inch 3 ft. and up. 



Under % Inch 2 ft. and up. 



Standard Pear — 



1-1% inches 5-7 ft. 



%-l inch 5 ft. and up. 



%-% inch 4 ft. and up. 



%-% inch 3% ft. and np. 



%-H Inch 3 ft. and np. 



Dwarf Pear — 



%-l Inch 3% ft. and up. 



%-% inch 3 ft. and np. 



\(,~% Inch 2% ft. and up. 



%-\t, inch 2% ft. and np. 



Some exceptions to the abore may be made on 

 such varieties as are known to the trade to be 

 light growers. 



HARDY CHOICE 



ORNAMENTALS 



Aik for prices. 



Hiram T. Jones 



Uoioo CoMty Nurseries, Dinbelh, N. J. 



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LARGE TREES 



OAKS AMD MAPLKS. PINBB 

 AND HIMLOCKS 



ANDORRA NURSERIES 



Wm. Warner Harper. Prop. 

 OhMtniit HUl, PhUadelphte. P». 



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Both Caliper and Height. 



These grades were not adopted with- 

 out some opposition on the part of the 

 peach growers, as the "sixteenth 

 men" were in evidence. I think you 

 will find, however, that these grades 

 have been lived up to by them closely 

 since that time, with the exception of 

 peach trees, and these have been 

 graded mostly to comply with the east- 

 ern and southern custom. Once or 

 twice when two-year apple were scarce 

 and quite high in price, they have 

 fudged a little and cut the first 

 grade a sixteenth. The eastern fel- 

 lows have been equally guilty in cut- 

 ting a sixteenth once or twice on plum 

 and pear, under similar conditions. 



These little differences, once in a 

 while, cut no figure, especially when 

 specified in the trade lists, but the aim 

 of uniform grades is to get every one 

 to grade by both caliper and height, 

 so that when one sees apple "5-6 ft." 

 priced, or even number one, he knows 



