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The Weekly Florists^ Review* . 



Apbil 21, 1910. 



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NURSERY NEWS. 



AHEBICAN ASSOCIATIO>f OF NUB8KBYMEN. 



Officers for 1909-10: Pres., F. H. Stannard. 

 Ottawa, Kan.; Vice-pres., W. 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 8 to 10. 1910. 



Cabl Sondeeegger, Beatrice, Neb., has 

 been working seventy-five men in his 

 nursery and says the season will show a 

 gain over any other. 



The U. S. Forest Service will establish 

 a forest tree nursery on Beaver Creek, 

 east of Kansas, Utah, where it is pro- 

 posed to grow a million seedlings this 

 season. 



The cooler weather came just in time 

 to save the life of the expiring nursery 

 seasou. While growth was well under 

 way, the cool weather makes it possible 

 still to dig and plant. 



This week's obituary column contains 

 a report of the death of the veteran 

 nurseryman, Hermann Wild, founder of 

 the Wild nursery interests at Sareoxie, 

 Mo. He died at the age of 85 years. 



The French Federation of Nursery- 

 men, it appears, holds periodical section- 

 al meetings at which lists of minimum 

 prices for nursery stock are drawn up, 

 and these are binding upon all the mem- 

 bers. Members publishing trade and re- 

 tail lists are bound to allow a difference 

 of at least twenty-five per cent between 

 the two. Members breaJdng through the 

 rules as regards prices are fined a sum 

 equal to the difference between the legit- 

 imate price and the one actually charged. 



REAPPRAISEMENTS. 



The Board of General Appraisers of 

 the U. S. customs service has announced 

 the following reappraisements of inter- 

 est to the trade: 



EHODODENDEONS.— From O, & T. Cort- 

 vrlendt Freres, Evergem, exported March 10, 

 1910; entered at New York. FUe No. 54294. 

 Invoice No. 28344. Findings of Hay, G. A.: 

 Entered at 10, advanced to 12 United States 

 dollars each. Add cases. 



NURSERY HINTS FOR FLORISTS. 



J. A. Young, of the Aurora Nursery 

 Co., Aurora, 111., says that his travels 

 among and correspondence with florists 

 indicates that a great many of them 

 are not aware of the fact that where 

 nursery stock was heeled in last fall or 

 early this spring and is showing too much 

 growth, it can be kept back by digging 

 out of the trenches and heeling in again, 

 only leaving a little more of the wood 

 exposed than in the first heeling in. As 

 thousands of florists who do garden work 

 are now handling nursery stock, the point 

 is Ciie of value. Mr. Young says that 



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 Ornamental Trees, Herbaceous Plants, 



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 Holbom Glory (many brilliant colors, all with white eye) ; velvety maroon ; Newport pink ; red, white 

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 clumps, much branched but compact, as near perfect, we believe, as it is possible to have them. They 

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he notes many florists fail to establish 

 shrubs that leaf out early, such as the 

 Tartarian honeysuckle, because they fail 

 to strip them clean of leaves as soon as 

 planted. With this precaution little loss 

 will ensue; without it it is more than 

 likely the shrubs will die. 



EVERGREENS. 



Removing Mulch From Evergreens. 



A far too common practice, when the 

 spring-cleaning fever is on, is to remove 

 the mulching of leaves from such ever- 

 greens as rhododendrons, kalmias and 

 andromedas, the excuse being that they 

 look untidy. Even on private estates of 

 some pretensions, the winter mulch is 

 now being taken away and. the soil 

 pointed over with a digging fork. Noth- 

 ing could be worse for the plants. They 

 make roots of a fine, hairy nature, quite 

 close to the surface, and the loosening of 

 the soil disturbs and injures many of 

 them. Mulching of leaves should be left 

 to decay; nothing better could be had 

 for the plants, as they furnish food, be- 

 sides keeping the spil cool and moist, 

 necessary essentials in the successful han- 

 dling of these shrubs. If mulching is 

 removed, it will take a lot of watering to 

 keep the plants in even decent condition; 

 besides, the foliage so hides the mulch 

 that it is little noticed. There are 

 droughty periods when even mulched 

 plants must be watered. In such cases, 

 take a hoe and draw the earth away from 

 the stems of each plant, forming a saucer- 



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Grape Vines 



All old and new varieties. Large stock. 



Warranted true. Can furnish a special 



heavy two-year grade with large roots 



and good tops for florists' retail trade. 



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like space. Fill this up at least twice 

 with water, then push back the earth, 

 firm it well, and replace the mulch. 

 Treated thus, rhododendrons will thrive 

 and give satisfaction. They are also 

 benefited once in two or three years by 

 a mulch of rotted cow manure, which 

 will gradually leach down to the roots. 

 The idea that rhododendrons should not 

 have manure and that it is harmful is 

 utterly erroneous. 



Evergreen Plants for Undergrowth. 



The value of evergreen plants for 

 undergrowth is not yet suflSciently under- 

 stood by florists and landscape gardeners. 

 For rhododendron beds on shady banks, 

 or as an undergrowth in woodlands, they 

 are excellent. Vinca minor, the common 

 periwinkle or myrtle, greatly used as a 



