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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 4, 1909. 



NUBSERV NEWS. 



AMIBICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUBSBBTMEN. 



Officers for 1908-9: Pres., Charles J. Bro-wn. Ro- 

 cbester, N. T.; Vice-Pres., 0. M. Uobbs. Bridge- 

 pOrt, Ind.; Sec'y, Geo. C. Seager. Rochester. 

 N. Y.; Treas., C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. The 

 Mth annual convention will be held at Roches- 

 ter, Jube, 1909. 



D. Hill, Dundee, 111., has issued a neat 

 8-page folder entitled, "Catalpa Grow- 

 ing for Profit." 



E, RuNYAN, president of the Elizabeth 

 Nursery ('o., Elizabeth, N. J., is in Cuba, 

 where he has nursery interests. 



J. A. Young, of the Aurora Nursery 

 Co., Aurora, 111., reports a constantly 

 increasing volume of business in the 

 landscape department. 



The nurseries that make a specialty 

 of moving large trees are finding quite 

 a little of this class of work this winter. 

 The demand for trees for immediate ef- 

 fect is steadily increasing. 



The Peterson Nursery now has a suite 

 of offices in the Stock Exchange building, 

 Chicago, that gives the visitor the idea 

 that nurserymen don't always wear their 

 trousers tucked into their boots. 



Some western New York nurseries say 

 the call for apple trees has fallen off, 

 but out beyond the Mississippi they will 

 tell you the demand for apple trees never 

 was so strong, nor were prices ever so 

 high. 



Intensive basket willow culture is 

 being successfully tried at Arlington, 

 Va., by the national Department of Agri- 

 culture. Hitherto about all the willow 

 ware manufactured has been imported 

 from Europe. 



James Cocker & Sons, Aberdeen, Scot- 

 land, are introducing a new rambler rose. 

 Christian Curie, designated as an im- 

 proved Dorothy Perkins, from which va- 

 riety it is a sport, resembling it in every 

 way except color, which is a pale flesh 

 pink. 



The following officers of the Miami 

 Valley Nurserymen's Association have 

 been elected: President, T. I. Dinsmore, 

 of Troy; secretary and treasurer, W. N. 

 Scarff, New Carlisle. Frank E. Freeman 

 was toastmaster at the annual banquet 

 following the meeting at Dayton, O., at 

 which these elections were made. 



Heney Kallek, for six years with the 

 late August Rhotert and his successor, 

 H. Frank Darrow, of New York, is re- 

 ported to have successfully combined two 

 of the largest nurseries of Boskoop, Hol- 

 land, with the owners of which he went 

 into partnership. Mr. Kallen will visit 

 the United States again this spring in 

 the interest of the new firm, which will be 

 operated under the name of Kallen & 

 Lunnemann. The name of Lunnemann 

 was well kno^n as an exporter of nurs- 

 ery stock to this country. 



RHODE ISLAND INSPECTION. 



The treatment of tree pests takes up 

 a large part of the annual report of the 

 State Board of Agriculture just present- 

 ed to the General Assembly, and the 

 work carried on by Prof. A. E. Stene is 

 heartily commended. It is recommended 

 that the appropriation of $10,000, which 

 is an amount equal to that set aside last 

 ■year, be made this year for carrying on 



the work of exterminating the gypsy and 

 brown tail moths. 



In pointing out the desirability of the 

 enactment of nursery inspection laws, 

 the report says that the demand for such 

 a law is stronger than ever. ' ' There 

 are," it says, "a number of nurseries 

 situated in the neighborhood of orchards 

 which abound with San Jose scale and 

 other pests. The owner of the nursery 

 has no way of keeping his stock clean 

 unless the adjacent breeding places are 

 cleaned up." 



The board also recommends sweeping 

 changes in the present nursery inspec- 

 tion law, which it terms ' ' highly inade- 

 quate. ' ' The proposed law provides for 

 the appointment of a state entomologist, 

 who shall have power to inspect all fruit 

 trees and to order that trees be sprayed. 

 It shall be his duty to inspect all nurs- 

 ery stock at least once a year. The 

 law also wakes provision for the inspec- 

 tion of shipments of nursery stock and 

 the licensing of persons, other than grow- 

 ers, who sell nursery stock. In order that 

 a thorough campaign may be hiade 

 against the San Jose scale, a special ap- 

 propriation of $2,500 is asked. 



The last census shows an increase of 

 $26,500 in orchard products within the 

 state in the ten years from 1895 to 1905. 

 Secretary Dunn, of the board, says: 

 ' ' This seems to show a material prog- 

 ress in orchard work, but if we wish to 

 consider the condition of the whole state 

 we will find little improvement. Taking 

 the state as a whole, orchard work has 

 been at a standstill, if not on the down- 

 ward grade, for the past ten years. The 

 principal cause of this is the San Jose 

 scale. Seventy to ninety per cent of the 

 orchards and nurseries of the state have 

 more or less scale." W. H. M. 



AN OSAGE HEDGE FROM SEED. 



I should like to know how long it 

 would take to grow an osage hedge from 

 seed. It is for a lawn. Or could you 

 recommend any other kind that would 

 keep loose stock outf Privet and Jap- 

 anese quince I am afraid would not turn 

 them. B. P. M. 



Seed of osage orange, sown in drills 

 in the spring, will produce nice j)lant8 in 

 less than a year. Two-year-old plants 

 are suitable for permanent planting for 

 hedges. 



Triere are other plants that would 

 make hedges which would act as barriers 

 against the encroachments of stock, but 

 all of them are of such slow growth that 

 it would be useless to consider them 

 when rapidity of growth is of account. 



The osage orange is of rapid growth 

 from the start, and with a little atten- 

 tion in the way of cultivation and a cut- 

 ting back for one or two seasons, will 

 make just* the right kind of hedge for 

 the desired purpose. D. M. 



A LIME SULPHUR WASH. 



In the Review of February 4 you gave 

 H recipe for a lime-sulphur wash for 

 spraying fruit trees, but did not state the 

 quantity of water used for dissolving and 

 spraying. Would you please give mo this 

 information? 



Use lime, sulphur and salt in the fol- 

 lowing proportions: Fresh, unslaked 

 lime, fifteen pounds; sulphur, thirteen 

 pounds; salt, five to ten pounds. 



Slake the lime in four or five gallons 

 of hot water, using an iron kettle with a 

 capacity of twenty gallons. When the 



MRLMAN RIBSAM 



Nurseryman and Florist 

 TRENTON, - NEW JERSEY 



I HAVE FOR SPRING SALE— 



300,000 CALIFORNIA PRIVET 



1000 10.000 



1 to IH2 feet, branched $12.00 $100.00 



1^ to 2>a feet, well branched 15.00 120.00 



2hi to 3 feet, well branched, my 



No. Isrrade 25.00 200.00 



8 to S'a feet, well branched, extra 40.00 350.00 



SPKCIAL PRICKS IN CAR LOTS 



FrlTet, Standards, all sizes. Wr te for prices. 



PTlv«t« Boafa, all sues. Write for prices. 



Shmbbery in variety, cheap. Write for prices. 



vines and Creapcra, cheap. Write for prices. 



100 



1000 Elms. American, 8 to 10 ft. . ■ $25.00 



300 Kims. American, 10 to 12 ft 40.00 



200 Unden, European, 12 to 15 ft 90.00 



4000 Rose Bashes, best monthly, 5-in. pots, 18.00 



Rose Bushes, best monthly, 6-m. pots — 25.00 



100,000 SALVIA BONFIRE 



100 1000 



Transplanted Seedlines, true stock.. $1.00 $8.00 

 They will bloom better than Cuttings. 



10,000 COLEUS 



100 1000 



Best varieties, as Golden Bedder, 



Verschaffeltll. Victoria, etc.. 



2Hi-ln. pots $2.00 $18.00 



ACHTBANTHES LJndenll and 



variegated Stevla, 2H!-in. pots .... 2.00 18.00 



3000 TIMCA alba and rosea, 3-in. 



pots 4.00 35.00 



1000 TINOA. Varlesated Tine, ^ 



4-in,pot8 7.00 



1000 PETUMIA, Bar Harbor, pink, 



2"a-ln 2.00 18.00 



1000 liAKTANAS, in variety, 3-in. 



fots 4.00 

 BI801TS, Double Red, 5-in. 



pots 20 00 



5000 I.OBELIA, Doable Blue, 



sells at sight, 2 Vin. pots 2.00 18.00 



5000 LOBELIA, Doable Blue, 



sells at sight, rooted cuttings. 1.00 6.00 

 1000 FERNS, Scottll, out of bench, 



for 6 and 6- in. pots 26.00 



500 FERNS, Scottii, potted, three 



months, 6-in. pots 35.00 



Send me your list of wants, as 1 have thou- 

 sands of other Spring bedding plants to oiTer at 

 prices to suit you. Cash or satisfactory refer- 

 ences from unknown parties with order. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



BARCXINS IN 



Hardy Perennials 



Per 100 



400 AchlUea the Pearl $5.00 



400 Aqallearia Chrysantha 7.00 



1000 AsclepTas Tnberosa, 2-year 6.00 



1000 Boltonia Ijatlsqaama 5.0O 



lOCO Coreopsis Lanoeolata 5.00 



500 DIanthas Plamarlas 6.00 



1000 Helenlnm Aatnmnale 4.00 



1000 Hellanthas M axImUllanl 4.00 



2000 Hellanthas Rlsldas, var. Miss Mellish 4.0O 



500 Hemerocallls Flava 6.00 



400 LiTChnIs Haaceana 6.00 



800 Phlox Stellarla 4.00 



400 Tnnlca Saxlfraga 5.00 



DANIEL A. CLARKE 



Red Oak Nurseries, FISKEVILLE, R. I. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



slaking is in full process, sift in the 

 sulphur gradually, meanwhile stirring the 

 mixture thoroughly. Mix well and add 

 sufficient water to make a thick paste. 

 Add the salt and six or eight gallons of 

 hot water and boil for one hour. Pour 

 through a strainer of tin or brass wire, 

 add thirty to forty gallons of water and 

 the mixture is ready for use. 



Larger or smaller quantities can be 

 made in the-<iamc proportions. 



The Keview sends the Florists' Man- 

 ual, by Wm. Scott, postpaid, for $5. 



