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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NoVBilBEE 4, 1909. 



New York State Grown Roses for Forcing 



GENERAL VARIETY OF NURSERY STOCK 



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NURSERY NEWS. 



AHEBICAH ASSOOIATION OF NUB8EBTMEN. 



Officers for 1009-10: Pres., F. H. Stannard, 

 Ottawa, Kan.; Vlce-Pres., \V. P. Stark, Louisi- 

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

 Treas., C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. Thirty- 

 fifth annual meeting, Denver, June, 1910. 



The Crystal Springs Nursery has been 

 incorporated at Seattle, Wash., with a 

 capital of $10,000, by M. Furuya, W. L. 

 Gazzam and W. A. Kuene. 



The Granville Nursery Co. has been 

 incorporated at Granville, N. Y., with a 

 capital of $5,000. The directors are John 

 A. Farmer and John Farmer, of Gran- 

 ville, and Edgar B. Farmer, of Quincy, 

 Mass. 



A FEW years ago a nurseryman could 

 do a pretty good business with nothing 

 except fruit trees on his grounds, but 

 nowadays he finds ornamentals pretty 

 nearly essential and herbaceous stock a 

 valuable department. 



A. C. Stower, of the Stower Nursery 

 Co., Beaumont, Cal., recently purchased 

 about fifteen acres of land, thus in- 

 creasing the area of the firm's property 

 to something over sixty acres. The 

 ground will be planted to apple, cherry, 

 pear and peach trees. 



The way the nursery business has de- 

 veloped under the hands of some of the 

 good managers in the trade is little ap- 

 preciated by those whose acquaintance 

 with nurseries is gained from an occa- 

 sional visit to some local retail tree farm. 

 The approaching census should do some- 

 thing to show the true importance of the 

 industry. 



HALL SUCCEEDS SEAGER. 



George C. Seager has resigned as sec- 

 retary of the American Association of 

 Nurserymen and F. H. Stannard, presi- 

 dent of the association, has announced 

 the appointment of John Hall, of Eoch- 

 ester, to fill the vacancy until the next 

 annual election. 



John Hall is widely known among the 

 trade as the secretary and treasurer of 

 the Western New York Horticultural So- 

 ciety, with offices at 204 Granite building, 

 Rochester. He has filled this position for 

 twenty-one years, and the society now has 

 a membership of nearly 1,500. Mr. Hall 

 is also a member of the board of park 

 commissioners of Eochester. He had an 

 early training in newspaper work and 

 stenography, and was for nearly fifteen 

 years associated with the firm of the late 

 James Vick, so that his experience in- 

 cludes practically all branches of the 

 trade. Mr. Hall's appointment has been 

 received with much approval by those 

 who have heard of it. William C. Barry, 

 of Ellwanger & Barry, who is president 

 of the Western New York Horticultural 



Society, when informed of it, said: "I 

 am glad to know Mr. Hall has been ap- 

 pointed secretary of the national associa- 

 tion. I consider his appointment an ex- 

 tremely good one, for he is exceedingly 

 well qualified to fill the oflSce. The asso- 

 ciation is fortunate in its selection. ' ' 



George C. Seager has been secretary 

 for sixteen years, having been first 

 elected at the world's fair meeting in 

 Chicago. He wanted to withdraw at the 

 Eochester meeting, but was not then per- 

 mitted to have his way. In all its thirty- 

 three years the association has had but 



the volume of business handled during 

 the month just past was far in advance 

 of that of previous years. Stock of all 

 kinds is arriving in generous quantities, 

 and is only equal to the demand. A 

 marked improvement in roses and carna- 

 tions is a pleasing note, and incidentally 

 the shortening up of the large amount of 

 poor stock. 



The lateness of the chrysanthemum 

 season has been felt to a certain extent 

 so far, but many of the midseason va- 

 rieties will soon be ready to meet the 

 demand, which promises to be brisk. 



JohnHalL 



(Appointed Secretary American Association of Nurserymen.) 



three secretaries preceding Mr. Hall: 

 D. W. Scott, of Galena, 111., from 1876 

 to 1887; Chas. A. Green, Eochester, from 

 1888 to 1892, and Mr. Seager, for the 

 latter half of the life of the organization. 



KANSAS QTY. 



The Market. 



The weather has not been so favorable 

 as we would like to see it at this time 

 of the year, but it may be hoped that 

 the next two weeks will force the mer- 

 cury to take a downward course. 



It is quite agreeable to observe that 



Violets are arriving in better form, 

 the bulk of the supply coming from the 

 Hudson river district. Some good sin- 

 gles are being sent in by local growers. 

 Valley has become a proposition, since 

 the demand has increased so fast that it 

 is difficult for the growers to regulate 

 the quantity needed for each season's 

 forcing. The few local orchids are 

 snapped up quickly. 



Vtriotii Notes. 



The William L. Rock Flower Co. has 

 executed several big wedding decorations 

 recently, and has had parties galore. Mr. 

 Rock says that every indication is favor- 



