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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mav 5, 1010. 



General Variety of Nursery Stock. Florists' Wants a Specialty. 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY 



64 Years 



GENEVA, N. Y. 



800 Acres 



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NDRSERY NEWS. 



AHEBICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



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

 Ottawa, Kan.: Vice-pres.. W. P. Stark, Louisi- 

 ana, Mo.; Secy, John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.: 

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

 fifth annual meeting, iJenver. June 8 to 10. 1910. 



NURSERYMEN OPPOSE BILL. 



A delegation representing the Ameri- 

 can Association of Nurserymen and nur- 

 sery interests in general appeared before 

 the House Committee on Agriculture at 

 Washington, April 28, in opposition to 

 House Bill No. 23252, regulating the im- 

 portation of nursery stock, seeds, bulbs, 

 fruits, vegetables, florists' field grown 

 stock and other plants. 



For the trade interests there appeared 

 William Pitkin, Rochester, chairman of 

 the legislative committee of the American 

 Association of Nurserymen; Irving 

 Rouse, Rochester, chairman of the com- 

 mittee on tariff of the American Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen; J. H. Dayton, of 

 Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O. ; 

 Mr. Hoopes, of Hoopes Bro. & Thomas, 

 West Chester, Pa. ; W. P. Stark, of Stark 

 Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisi- 

 ana, Mo. ; Thomas B. Meehan, of Thomas 

 Meehan & Sons, Dreshertown, Pa., and 

 Messrs. Holsinger, Moon and Morey. 



Pre<?'eding the hearing of the nursery- 

 men's argument, Dr. L. O. Howard, Chief 

 of the Bureau of Entomology, Assistant 

 Chief :Marlatt and others of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture argued in favor of 

 the bill, alleging great danger now and 

 in the future of the importation of dan- 

 gerous insects and plant diseases, also 

 claiming lack of existing law to prevent 

 such importation. Prof. Smith, of New 

 Jersey, Prof. Simons, of Maryland, and 

 Prof. Phillips, of Virginia, all state 

 nursery inspectors, alleged deficient state 

 organizations and funds and asked fed- 

 eral assistance in controlling the impor- 

 tation of dangerous insects and plant 

 diseases. 



Mr. Pitkin led for the nurserymen and 

 stated that the trade favors control and 

 inspection on safe, sane and practical 

 lines, but is opposed most emphatically 

 to the absolute powers granted by Sec- 

 tion 8 of the proposed bill, which gives 

 the Secretary of Agriculture authority 

 at his discretion to prohibit the importa- 

 tion of nursery stock and other items 

 mentioned from any foreign country or 

 district regarded as dangerous, thus plac- 

 ing in his hands among other things abso- 

 lute control of French fruit tree seed- 

 lings, tiie raw materials of the nursery- 

 men, from which the American crop of 

 fruit trees is produced. 



Amendments were suggested, limiting 

 these arbitrary powers. 



The committee stated that it will con- 

 sider the argument of the nursery inter- 

 ests, but no pledges that the bill will not 

 be favorably reported and pressed for 

 passage could be obtained. 



The nursery interests will fight the bill 

 to a finish, unless satisfactorily amended. 



A BLUE ROSE 



The Greatest 



Rose Novelty 



of the Century 



it flowered with us this sea-= 

 son and was greatly admired. 



The New Ranabler (Violet Blue), hailed 

 by the German rose growers as the 

 forerunner of a genuinely cornflower 

 blue rose, is a seedling of Crimson 

 Rambler, very vigorous and hardy, and 

 free blooming. 



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ELLWANGER A BARRY 



Mount Hope Nurseries ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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STOCK FOR FLORISTS 



ROSES for roroinK— Hybrid PerpetnalB and Ramblers, all the best odcb; fine, itrons "took. 

 CXBMATIS, AMPSLOPSIS, TREK HYDRANGEAS and ULACS, SHRUBS, VINS* 

 and PERENNIALS. Writ« for priceH. 



JACKSON & PERKINS CO., Newark. R.c'Kft.r. New York 



Nurserymen and Florists— Wbolesale Only. Use printed stationery. 



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50,000 Cataipa Speciosa S^:Z'S: 



riffpnpnpp||A Specimens for Aubuec 



California Privet— 2-year 



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HIRAM T« JONES 



IMn CiHty Narssrits ELIZABETH, N. J. 



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Now is the time to liRure with us on PEONIES 

 for fall delivery. We have one of the finest stocks 

 anywhere in the country and should Ije very glad 

 to figrure with you on your list of wants. 



PETERSON NURSERY, 



stock Excbansre BuUdlnc CHICAGO. 



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THE DENVER PROGRAM. 



The program for the Denver convention 

 of the American Association of Nursery- 

 men is as follows: 



. 



Address of Welcome — Col. J. S. Irby, repre- 

 sontinjj City o( Denver. 



Response— Capt. C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, 

 Iowa. 



President's Address — F. H. Stannard. Ottawa, 

 Kans. 



Report of Secretary — John Hall, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



Report of Treasurer — C. L. Yates, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



Report of Tariff Committee — Irving Rouse, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



Report of Transportation Committee — W. P. 

 Stark, Louisiana, Mo. 



Report of Legislative Committee — Chas. J. 

 Brown, Rochester, N. Y. 



Report of Entertainment Committee — F. A. 

 Weber, Nursery, Mo. 



Report of Publicity Conimittee^Thos. B. Mee- 

 han, Dreshertown, Pa. 



Report of Committee on Exhibits — E. P. Bern- 

 ardln. Parsons, Kans. 



Report of Forestry Committee — C. M. Hobbs, 

 Bridgeport, Ind. 



Report of National Council Horticulture — 

 Capt. C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la. 



"Publicity Campaign on Part of Nursery- 

 men" — J. M. Irvine. St. Joseph, Mo. 



"Varieties" — E. S. Osborne, Rochester, N. Y. 



"Orchard Pests Still Unknown to the Colo- 

 rado Fruit Grower"— Prof. G. P. Gillette, Ft. 

 Collins, Colo. 



"Co-operation Between Nurserymen and Fruit 

 Growers" — W. L. Howard, Secretary Missouri 

 State Board of Horticulture. 



"Practical Experiment With Root Gall on 



The United States Nursery Co 



RoBeacrea* Coahoma Co., MISS. 



LARGE TREES 



OAKS AND MAPLKS, PINSB 

 AND HKMLOCKS 



ANDORRA NURSERIES 



Wm. Warner Harper. Prop. 

 Chestnut Hill, Pbtladelpbla, Pa. 



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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. 



Write for catalogue and price list. 



T. S. HUBBARD CO., Fredonia, N. Y. 



Apple Trees" — E. A. Smith, Lake City, Minn. 



"Transplanted Raspberries for the Retail 

 Trade"— W. N. Scarff, New Carlisle, O. 



"Should a Young Man Choose the Nursery 

 Business for a Vocation?" — A. Willis, Ottawa, 

 Kans. 



"Observations Upon European Nursery Stock 

 and Their IMant Growing Methods" (Illustrated 

 by lantern slides) ^Prof. John Craig, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. 



"The Part Nurserymen Have Taken in the 

 Growth and Development of the Nation" — J. B. 

 Morey, Dansvllle, N. Y. 



"Herbaceous Plants" — C. S. Harrison, York, 

 Nebr. 



