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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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October 7, 1909. 



E. M. Sherman. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMKBICAH ASSOCIATION OF NUBSIBTMIir. 



Qffieen for 1909-10: Pres., P. H. Stannard, 

 Ottawa, Kan.; Vice-Pres., W. P. Stark, Louisiana, 

 Mo.; Sec'y., Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.; 

 Treai.. O.L. Yates, Rochester. N. Y. Thirty-fifth 

 annual meetins, Denver, Jane, 1910. 



E. H. Smith, formerly a railroad agent 

 at York, Neb., has taken a part of the 

 management and oflQce work of the Har- 

 rison Nursery Co. 



The New England Fruit Show, at 

 Horticultural hall, Boston, will attract a 

 large number of nurserymen to the Hub 

 October 19 to 24. 



E. M. SHERMAN. 



Though it is true that in the multitude 

 of counselors there is wisdom, it is just 

 as obviously true that the multitude of 

 counselors would not accomplish much 

 without a suitable leader. Hence the 

 success of the majority of great business 

 enterprises seems to be due principally to 

 the ability aad energy of some one man. 

 However well this one man may be sur- 

 rounded by helpers and advisers, it is his 

 personality which controls and molds and 

 energizes the whole of the great business 

 movement with which he is connected. 



Among these practical leaders must be 

 included E. M. Sherman, the founder and 

 president of the Sherman Nursery Co., of 

 Charles City, la. Commencing in an un- 

 pretentious way in 1884, he built up the 

 business until he now has under his 

 management one of the leading nurseries 

 of the world. The growth of the busi- 

 ness was so rapid as to necessitate, in 

 1888, an enlargement of the capital and 



the formation of a stock company. Each 

 year more land was bought and more 

 acres of trees planted in order to supply 

 the increasing demand, until in 1907 the 

 company controlled 600 acres of land and 

 had over 300 acres of this land covered 

 with growing nursery stock. 



About eight acres of the ground are 

 covered with arbors for the proper care 

 of young evergreens, which are here 

 grown in large quantities from the seed 

 and must be partly protected from the 

 fierce summer heat of the sun, which 

 otherwise would kill the seedlings. The 

 packing house, built at the, edge of a 

 small hill, is so arranged that it is nearly 

 surrounded by banks of earth. It is 

 150x300 feet, with 16-foot walls. There 

 is also a range of glass for the growing 

 of roses, which are shipped principally 

 to St. Paul and Minneapolis. A large, 

 handsome, stone office building stands at 

 the entrance of the grounds and is con- 

 nected by telephone with various parts 

 of the nursery. Most of the land has a 

 high altitude with a general northwest 

 exposure, which is said to be ideal for 

 the production of hardy stock. 



Mr. Sherman is a member of the execu- 

 tive committee of the American Associ- 

 ation of Nurserymen. He first acted in 

 that capacity in 1907, and his services 

 have been considered so valuable that he 

 has' been reelected to the position each 

 year. 



PEONY MONS. CROUSSE. 



In the June 24 and July 1 numbers of 

 the Review, commenting on Peony Meis- 

 sonier, I had this to say: "Meissonier 

 (Crousse) — The gentleman who has been 

 masquerading around under the name of 

 Mons. Crousse is this variety. It, too, 

 came from a reliable French house." 



Front View of Peony 



MONS. DUP.ONT 



From a plant set fall 1908. This variety and 

 90 others oflered by 



THE FRANK H. \yiLD FLORAL CO., Sarcoxie. Mo., 



for fall planting, Sept., Oct., Nov. Send for free 

 Price List of Phlox, Iris and Peonies 



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 WUtmmjk Acres D«vot*d KzolaslTely to 



PEONIES 



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1000 Peonies 

 500 Japan Iris 



Most be sold to make room for 

 Greenhouse extension. 



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PEONIES, IRIS, PERENNIALS 



Evergreens, Ornamental Trees and 

 Shrubs, Rhubarb, Asparagus 



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