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 i 

 July 7, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



47 



a block which is worth some hundreds 

 of dollars more per acre. A great deal 

 of profit is lost by planting on unsuit- 

 able land. But you can not afford to 

 heavily fertilize a rented field and leave 

 most of the lime, phosphate and other 

 elements in the ground for the next 

 renter. Neither is it highly practicable 

 to lease land several years ahead and 

 grow clover, cow peas or other green 

 manures, although many heavy fertil- 

 izer bills can be saved in this way. 

 While not wishing to be too personal, 

 I have in mind an illustration, a model 

 plant of its kind for permanency, where 

 there is concentration and where money 

 is invested generously in tiling and fer- 

 tilizing, namely, our modest friends, the 

 Storrs & Harrison Co., of Painesville, O. 

 You should own the land in order to 

 keep it in a high state of fertility, 

 which will grow the old-time virgin 

 crops and make the heavy cost of prop- 

 agation a profitable investment. The 

 production of any crop which calls for 

 intensive methods is not profitable ex- 

 cept where all conditions are most fa- 

 vorable. It might be quite profitable 

 to raise sheep on $10-an-acre land, for 

 they do most of the work themselves, 

 but it would be a losing proposition if 

 you tried to grow corn. 



Scattered Blocks of Trees. 



The rapidly changing conditions, the 

 building up of cities, the subdividing 

 of farms, the rise in value of farm 

 crops, all make it more necessary each 

 season for the nurseryman to own his 

 land. It is expensive trying to work 

 several blocks of trees scattered over 

 half a dozi^n counties. For example: 

 Say the cosjk of hauling men to a field 

 three miles'^distant is 10 cents for each 

 man per day. His time, allowing one 

 hour for the six miles going and com- 

 ing, is worth at least 15 cents. This 

 mankes a cost of 25 cents per day for 

 each man necessary to work a field 

 three miles distant, which will amount 

 to $15 or $20 in a season. For each 

 man necessary to do the season's work 

 it would be cheaper to pay $15 more for 

 a piece of land close at hand, but no 

 better in any other respect. This does 

 not take into account other savings, 

 such as hauling stock to the packing 

 house, nor losses due to poor stands be- 

 cause of inefficiency of working at long 

 range. You will all agree that long ex- 

 perience has proven it very expensive 

 to work scattered blocks of trees. To 

 centralize a plant, it is necessary either 

 to buy a large tract outright or gradu- 

 ally accumulate it, picking it up a field 

 at a time.. 



Neither is it profitable to grow trees 

 when prices are up and then drop out 

 entirely when prices are low. Going 

 from one place to another, with no per- 

 manent headquarters, is not as profit- 

 able as it was in the days of tree deal- 

 ers. It costs more in time and money 

 to establish a trade. The markets are 

 stable, the demand surer. With the 

 improved knowledge and better judg- 

 ment of buyers, the nurseryman has a 

 wider range in which to sell his stock. 

 He can aflford to make more advertising 

 investments for future business, and in 

 building up an established trade. But 

 to give a trade its full value the busi- 

 ness must have something substantial 

 to rest upon, and this want is supplied 

 by investments in land and permanent 

 improvements, sa that all of the finer 

 details can be- perfected and methods 

 improved each season. 



[Concluded next week.] 



A BLUE ROSE 



The Greatest 



Rose Novelty 



of the Century 



It flowered with us this sea- 

 son and was greatly admired. 



The New Kambler (Violet Blae), hailed 

 by the Oerman rose growers as the 

 forernnoer of a genuinely cornflower 

 bine rose, is a seedling of Crimson 

 Rambler, very vigorous and hardy, and 

 free blooming. 



Send for description and price 



ELLWANGER & BARRY 



Mount Hope Nurseries ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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FLORISTS' MUMS 



For further particulars see classified ad under Chrysanthemums 



ELMER D. SMITH & CO., Adrian, Michigan 



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WANTED — Rose Glons for Outdoor Budding 



We want to buy good, plump, sound wood of the following roses — either 



outdoor or greenhouse grown. 



5000 lyes Maian Cocket. 5000 eyas Whita Cochet. 5000 ayes Moia. Caroline Testeut. 



Quote lowest price, state quantity offered and say when 

 wood will be in proper condition forighipping. ; 



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Peonies 



FROM THE COHAGE GARDENS 

 FAMOUS COLLEQION 



■•nd tor dosorlptlTO oatalosu* and 

 wholOMdo Ust. 



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Nurseries 



Queens. L. I., N. Y. 



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Mum Surplus 



160 Dr. Ensruehard-t 

 260 Glory Pacific ' 



60 Robinson 

 ISO Golden Gate 

 126 Mary Mann 

 160 Appleton 

 450 Maj . Bonnaffon'2Vi-ln^ 



60 Appleton 2^-ln. 



260 BnEoehard 2>ti-tn. 



7S Enaruehard 3-in. I 



60 Golden Gate 3-ln. J 



The wiiole lot for $30.00. Cash with order. 



GRASER & HUMPHREYS 



MT. STKRLIW6. KT. 



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ROSES 



PerlOO 

 >- rooted cuttlnijrs $1.00 



> from soil opped- 



1.50 



3.00 



A SPECIALTY 



West Grove 

 PA. 



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APPLE ^i PEACH TREES 



Large stock. Prices reasonable. 

 Standard Varieties. Fall Catalogue. 



W. T. MITCHELL & SON., Beverly, Ohio 



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Chrysanthemum Plants 



aifl.lnota-tS.OO per 100; $18. 00 1.000. 



Col. Appleton. A. J. Balfour. Willowbrook. C. 

 Toiiset, Dr. Enguehard, Lynnwood Hall. Pre«. 

 Roosevelt, Mile. Douillett, Yellow Chadwlck. 

 Robinson, Mary Mann, White Bonnaflon, Maj. 

 Bonnafton, Jerome Jones, Yellow Jones. 



if 

 White Killarney, fine, 3-in., $10.00 per 



100. 

 Sprengeri, 3-in., $4.00 per 100. 



CASH OR C. O. D. 



W. J. & M. S. VESEY 



FORT WAYNE, IND. 



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 SPECIAL JULY PRICE 



White Helen Frick 



The best and only late White Mum, 

 fine stock from 2J4-in. pots, $6.00 per 

 100; $50.00 per 1000; 250 at 1000 rate. 



HENRY EICHHOLZ, Waynesboro, Pa. 



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KILLARNEY 



Out of 3-lnch pots 

 $5.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000 



GEORGE REINBERG, 



51 WalMMh Av«nn«, CMXCAGO 



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Pink Killarney 



3-in., 16.00 per 100; $55.00 per 1000. 

 Amartean Beauty, 3-in.. $8.00 per 100; $ 



per 1000. 

 Amartoan Baauty, 3^-in., 19.00 per 100. 

 Brldasmald, 3-in.. ^.00 per 100: $:». •< per 1000. 

 All fine stock. Cash with order, unle s known. 



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