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The Florists' Review 



March 19, 1914. 



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NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE 



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The Holland nurserymen report a good 

 export season, the trade with America 

 showing an excellent increase in spite of 

 the restrictions imposed by the quaran- 

 tine law. 



NoRBis Peters, of Troy, O., for a 

 long time one of the proprietors of the 

 Peters Nursery Co., is considering the 

 establishment of & nursery at Delaware, 

 Ohio. 



August Paillett, for the last twelve 

 years tree warden of Turner's Falls, 

 Mass., has resigned from this position 

 in order to be able to devote more time 

 to his nursery business. 



The Elberta Fruit & Nursery Co., of 

 Hugo, Okla., has been incorporated with^ 

 a capital of $10,000 by J. M. McConnell, 

 of St. Louis, and W. P. Stewart ami 

 A. A. McDonald,. of Hugo. 



A charter has been issued to the 

 Saibara Nursery & Orchard Co., of 

 Webster, Tex., with a capital stock of 

 $50,000. The incorporators are: Seito 

 Saibara, K. Saibara and T. Nakamura. 



' Nurserymen as a rule will be glad 

 to see the parcel post zone rates apply 

 •to plants. It will be of special advan- 

 tage in that it will help to build up the 

 small local mail order or telephone retail 

 sales. 



Oscar Wick, proprietor of a large 

 nursery at East Grand Forks, Minn., is 

 opening a branch at Edmonton, Al- 

 berta, under the name of the Alberta 

 Nursery Co. The branch will be in the 

 charge of John J. Murray. 



It is highly complimentary to The Re- 

 view that the paper devoted solely to 

 the nursery trade finds it worth while 

 to reprint matter from this department 

 in its columns. The trouble is, how- 

 •ever. that credit is not given where 

 credit is due. 



A NURSERY to supply stock for plant- 

 ing in the jiarks of tl^e city is being 

 planned by the city i^uncil of Allen- 

 town, Pa. George Smifh, 8uf>erintendent 

 of parks, is enthusiastic over the idea. 

 One objectionable feature of the present 

 plan is that it provides for the disposal 

 of the surplus by sale to private citizens 

 of Allentown. 



An agitation for a new guarantee of 

 trueness to type in nursery stock is 

 being undertaken by several farm pa- 

 pers. They report that they are draft- 

 ing a bill to be introduced in Congress 

 and the state legislatures providing for 

 the settlement of damage claims by 

 arbitration. So far, however, these 

 journalists are the only ones who are 

 agitated on this subject. 



<'HARi,E.s A. Palmgren is building up 

 a nice business in the north shore sub- 

 urbs of Chicago. His location is Glen- 

 view, 111., seventeen miles from Chicago 

 and six miles west of Evanstoio. He 

 does business as Palmgren 's Nyirseries 

 and has twenty seven acres under cul- 

 tivation, mostly in ornamentals.! Prior 

 to starting for himself four years ago, - 

 Mr. Palmgren was for many years with 

 Swain Nelson & Sons Co. 



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We have always found 

 Rerie w a top not^he.r as- to ■ re- 

 ■ulti received from wholesale 

 advertisinflf of nnrsery Btock.— 

 Atlantic Nursery €3o., per D. W. 

 Babcock, M^r., Berlin, Md., 

 January 16, 1914. 



Dallas, Tex., is planning to econo- 

 mize by establishing a municipal nur- 

 sery. The city economists figure a 

 saving of $2,000 a year. 



FLANTINa CONTRACT LITiaATED. 



In a suit brought by owners of land 

 against an orchards company to recover 

 a $6,000 penalty, which the company 

 had agreed to pay for failure to plant 

 100 acres in apple trees and a cover 

 crop between the trees by the end of 

 a certain season, the Washington Su- 

 preme Court recently held that the land- 

 owners were not entitled to recover any 

 damages, as it appeared that the con- 

 tract was substantially complied with 

 and no actual pecuniary damage re- 

 sulted to the plaintiffs on account of 

 the delay. (Sledge vs. Arcadia!' Or- 

 chards Co., 137 Pacific Reporter 1,051.) 

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PLANTS IN PARCEL POST. 



Postmaster General Burleson issued 

 an order March 13, putting into effect 

 the postage rates on seeds, cuttings, 

 bulbs, roots, scions and plants pro- 

 vided for by the act of Congress of 

 Xarch 9, 1914. Copies of the order, 

 with necessary instructions, have been 

 sent by Third Assistant Postmaster 

 General Dockery to all postmasters. 

 The act mentioned repeals the 'spo^ial 

 rate of postage heretofore chargeable 

 on seeds, plants, etc., and makes tne 

 regular parcel post rates of postage ap- 

 plicable to parcels of such articles. Un- 

 der the law just enacted parcels of 

 seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions 

 and plants, weighing four ounces or 

 less, are subject to postage at the flat 

 rate of 1 cent for each ounce or fric- 

 tion thereof, regardless of distance. 

 On 'parcels exceeding four ounces in 

 weight the pound rates applicable to 

 the respective zones apply. The fact 

 that seeds, plants, etc., were specifi- 



HILL'S EVERGREENS 



Best for Over Half a Century. Firs, Spmce, 

 Ptnee. Juul|>ers, Arborvltaes, Yews, In small 

 •Dd large sizes. Price List Now Ready. 



THK D. HILL NURSERY CO- 



Evergreen Specialists. Largest Growers in America 

 Box 403, Dunds*. IIL 



cally excepted from the regular fotttth- 

 class rates by the parcel post law 

 caused much dissatisfaction, and there 

 was an urgent and wijiespread demand 

 by florists, seedsmen, j. nursery men and 

 the public for .the extension of the 

 parcel post rates to these articles. As 

 reported in The Review for March 12, 

 it resulted in an amendment to the 

 postoflSce appropriation bill, which went 

 into effect as soon after March 13 as 

 the postmasters received the depart- 

 mental notice, in most cases March 

 16. E. H. P. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



PROPAGATION OF EVERGREENS. 



Will you kindly tell me the proper 

 time to start cuttings of evergreen pine 

 and hemlock spruce, and the best 

 method of doing so? I wish to mako 

 cuttings of these and shall b^ glad to 

 have your opinion. My location ii 

 northern Kentucky. S. H. B. 



Both these evergreens are propagat- 

 ed from Reeds, not cuttings. Occasion- 

 ally hemlocks are grafted, and this is 

 the method usually adopted wit!i blue 

 spruce when a particularly fine form is 

 wanted, true to name. The best time 

 to sow seeds of pines and hemlock 

 spruce is spring, between the middle 

 and end of April, either in the open 

 air or in prepared frames. 



Make the soil as fine as possible, re- 

 moving all stones and coarse material 

 Having secured a smooth surface, sow 

 the seed broadcast as evenly as pos- 

 sible. Then give the bed a watering, 

 using a roafi-ihat throws a fine spray; 

 next sift some fine earth evenly over 

 the bed and give the whole a light 



SURPLUS PRIVET 



A^oor Biver Korth Priret 

 10,000 e/12 in.. SIO.OO per 1000. 

 5.000 12/18 in.. $20.00 per 1000. 



TbottL Priret 



3.000 6/15 in., light. $10.00 per 1000. 

 1,500 12/18 in., well branched, $20.00 per 1000. 

 1.600 18/24 in., well branched, $26.00 per 1000. 

 60O 3/4 ft., heavy branched. $40.00 per 1000 

 Amoor Kiver South PriTet 



10.000 18/24 in., well branched. $16.00 per 1000. 

 10.000 2/3 ft., well branched. $20.00 per lOOO. 

 6,000 3/4 ft., heavy branched, $30.00 per 1000. 



800 California Privet, 3 to 3>a-ft., 6 or more 

 branches, $3.00 per 100. 



Also cuttinica of the above. 



SVBPLUS CAITNAS 



10,000 David Harum, 2 or more eyes, $15.00 per 



1000. 

 5.000 Egandale. 2 or more eyes. 916.00 per 1000. 

 5,000 Chas. Henderson, 2 or more eyes, $16.00 



per 1000. 

 5,000 Venus, 2 or more eyes, $20.00 per 1000. 

 5,000 Gladiator. 2 or more eyes, $25.00 per 1000. 

 4,000 King Hnmbert, 2 or more eyes. $30.00 per 



1000. 



250 at 1000 rate. 



SOUTHSIDE NURSERIES, 



CHESTER. 

 VA. 



Fred Shoosmith & Bro. 



Mention The Kevlew when you write. 



HYDRANGEA AVALANCHE 



A splendid, large, white variety with a well established reputation. An 

 easy variety to force. We have to offer 3000 fine plants in 2i2-iuch 

 pots, at $5.00 per htrndred, $45.00 per thousand; fine, thrifty stock. , 



JACKSON & PERKINS CO., 



Newark, New York 



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