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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April 29, 1909. 



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NURSERY NEWS. 



AUBICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUB8EBTHEN. 



OfficerB for 1908-9: Pres., Charles J. Brown, Ro- 

 ctaeiter. N. Y.; Vlce-Pres., C. M. Hobbs, Brlclffe- 

 port, Ind.; Sec'y. Qeo. C. Seager, Rochester, 

 K. T.; Treas.. O. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. The 

 84tb annual convention will be held at Roches- 

 ter, June, 1909. 



J. M. Pkost will be Chicago 's first city 

 forester. 



Daniel Wyss, a florist at New Phila- 

 delphia, O., will start a nursery near 

 that city. 



The death of L. B. Baxter, of Nichols, 

 Mo., is recorded in the obituary column 

 this week. 



The commissioner of agriculture, Aus- 

 tin, Tex., has issued a bulletin, "Pecans 

 and Other Nuts in Texas," of interest 

 to nurserymen dealing with the south- 

 west. Several Texas nurserymen con- 

 tribute articles to the bulletin. 



The Valdesian Nurseries, Bostic, N. 

 C, say that early plantings are looking 

 well, in spite of the weather being a 

 little dry the last few weeks, and con- 

 sider the prospects at this time as espe- 

 cially promising. There will be a good 

 fruit crop. 



An importation of orange trees en- 

 tered at the customs house at Houston, 

 Tex., was classified as nursery or green- 

 house stock. under paragraph 252, tariff 

 act of 1897, and assessed for duty at 

 twenty-five per cent ad valorem. The 

 importer claimed them to be free of duty 

 under paragraph 560, relating to fruit 

 plants for cultivation. The evidence 

 showed these plants to be imported for 

 cultivation by fruit growers in Texas 

 and the protest was sustained. 



It seems fairly well determined that 

 the new tariff bill will provide for duties 

 as contained in the Dingley bill, with the 

 two changes already noted: Stocks, cut- 

 tings or seedlings of Myrobolan plum, 

 Mahaleb or Mazzard cherry, three years 

 old or less, being $1 per thousand, instead 

 of 50 cents per thousand and fifteen per 

 cent ad valorem, and evergreen seedlings 

 being free. The Payne bill so provided, 

 and the Aldrich draft of the bill in the 

 Senate contained the same rates and 

 phraseology as in Paragraph 260 passed 

 by the House. In the consideration of 

 the bill in the Senate, Paragraph 260 was 

 passed without objection. While there is 

 yet a possibility of reconsideration, the 

 chances of any change are slight. When 

 the bill goes to the conference committee, 

 both houses having passed the same par- 

 agraph, duties on nursery stock will not 

 be considered. 



TWO GOOD ANDROMEDAS. 



Andromeda Japonica, commonly and 

 appropriately named the lily of the val- 

 ley shrub, is one of the earliest flowering 

 and most beautiful of our hardy ever- 

 greens. The plants are of comparatively 

 slow growth, but once well established 



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will make satisfactory headway. They 

 grow well in prepared beds of loam, leaf- 

 mold and sand, to which has been added 

 some well rotted barnyard manure. 

 Where peaty soils can conveniently be 

 procured, they will be found to revel in 

 it. A good, thick mulch of leaves is bet- 

 ter left over them all the time, it being 

 a great mistake to remove it in summer, 

 even for appearance sake. This an- 

 dromeda is a little more tender than A. 

 floribunda, and for that reason should 

 have a covering of evergreen branches in 

 winter. The plants of this beautiful 

 shrub were at their best in the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Boston, April 24. 



Andromeda floribunda is the best 

 known and hardiest of the family. The 

 large, white panicles do not droop as in 

 the case of A. Japonica, but stand up 

 rather rigidly, the dense, dark evergreen 

 foliage showing them off to perfection. 

 A. floribunda is a round, compact grower. 

 The buds of several andromedas are 

 formed in the fall. At present they are 

 striking objects, being much in advance 

 of any of the other evergreen flowering 

 shrubs. Occasionally they are subject to 

 attacks of red spider. If kept mulched 

 at the roots and moist, there should be 

 no trouble of this kind. Both the an- 

 dromedas named make desirable Easter 

 plants, a gentle forcing bringing them 

 in season. 



PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Many florists will, as usual, have calls 

 made upon them to carry out planting of 

 trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants. 

 Every progressive florist should welcome 

 and cater for this branch of trade, which 

 will increase every year and is quite 

 profitable. It need hardly be reiterated 

 that it pays to thoroughly prepare the 

 ground for all this class of stock. It 

 will be more satisfactory for your cus- 

 tomers to spend $5 for trees and $25 

 for preparation of the ground, rather 

 than in the reverse ratio, which is far 

 too often the case. Be careful to keep 

 the roots from becoming dry. Always 

 avoid windy days for tree planting, un- 

 less you have water convenient of access. 

 A safe plan is to place the tree or shrub 

 in position, partially fill in the hole and 

 then fill up with water, allowing this to 

 soak away and the soil to dry a trifle 

 before completing the filling in and form- 

 ing. Much of the success of planting 



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Evergreens 



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 fine seedlings and transplanted trees in north- 

 central Minnesota, tbat must be sold at once, and 

 have quoted same at prices tbat will prove a pro- 

 fitable investment. Order at once, please 



SEBDUM68 Per 1000 



White Pine, 8 to 12 inch ....$3.M 



Arbor Vltae, 8 to 12-inch 2.75 



American Larch, 6 to 12-lnch 3.60 



Transplants, 1 to 3 times, fancy retail goods. 



Balaam Fir, 12 to IB-inch perlOO, S2.00 



" 18 to 24-inch " 6.00 



Arbor TItae, Norway 8prace,Whlte Spniee, 

 Whlt« Pine, same prices as Balsam. 



DooKlaa Fir, 12 to 18-inch per 100, $ 4.00 



" 18to24inch " 8.00 



•* 2to3feet " 10.00 



Some extra good Hard Maple, 4-foot, quoted on 

 application. 



The Wheeler Floral Co., Jamestown, N. D. 



LARGE TREES 



OAKS AND MAPLES. PINES 

 AND HEMLOCKS 



ANDORRA NURSERIES, 



Wm. Warner Harper, Prop. 

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depends upon thorough tamping and 

 tramping of the soil. No tree or shrub 

 loosely planted can thrive. 



It is surprising how many still persist 

 in placing barnyard manure in the bot- 

 toms of the holes. Such a practice is 

 ruinous. Any manure should be well 

 decayed and either thoroughly incor- 

 ported with the soil, or, better still, 

 spread on the surface as a mulch. The 

 later planting of deciduous stock is de- 

 layed, the more necessary it becomes to 

 prune it back severely. Pruning in the 

 case of extra large sized trees and shrubs 

 is always advisable; otherwise many will 

 be lost. 



DENVER TO HAVE APPLE SHOW. 



April 21 there convened in Denver a 

 delegation of men representing the 

 Chamber of Commerce and organized an 

 association to conduct a national apple 

 show, to be known as the Colorado Na- 

 tional Apple Exposition, it will be held 

 in the large auditorium which is famed 

 for holding the Democratic Convention 

 last year, having a seating capacity of 

 12,000. There will be $25,000 in pre- 

 miums, and exhibitions will be asked for 

 from all parts of the United Staties. It 



