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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



May 6, 1909. 



Bay Trees Bay Trees 



2000 just to hand JULIUS ROEHRS CO. Rutherford, N. J. 



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HUBSERY NEWS. 



AHIBICAIf ASSOCIATION OF NUB8EBTHBN. 



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

 ebester, N. T.; Vice-Pres., 0. M. Hobbs. BridKe- 

 port, Ind.; Sec'y, Qeo. 0. Seaser, Rochester, 

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

 S4tta annual convention will be held at Roches- 

 ter, June, 1909. 



Visited Chicago: W. Van Kleef, Jr., 

 of W. Van Kleef & Sons, Boskoop, Hol- 

 land. 



A MISCREANT cut and slashed a large 

 amount of stock at W. H. Wyman's Bay- 

 State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass., 

 April 26. 



J. J. Soar is now the sole proprietor 

 of the Little River Nurseries, at Little 

 Eirer, Fla., formerly owned jointly by 

 himself and his brother, F. M. Soar. 



John E. Dwyer, formerly manager of 

 the Burr nursery, in Manchester, Conn., 

 has leased four acres of land on Strick- 

 land place, in that city, and is construct- 

 ing a nursery plant. 



J. W. Tetirick & Son, proprietors of 

 the C. V. Nurseries, Blackwell, Okla., 

 say business was excellent this spring, 

 and with the present fine growing 

 weather they anticipate a good growth 

 in the nursery rows this season. 



J. G. BowYER, formerly in business as 

 a nurseryman and florist at Gonzales, 

 Tex., has removed to Harlingen, Tex., 

 where he will grow citrus trees, palms, 

 eucalypti, etc. He has named his new 

 place the Harlingen Sub-tropical Nur- 

 series. 



J. W. Manning, of the Reading Nur- 

 series, at Reading, Mass., is planting 

 fifty acres of additional area this spring. 

 These nurseries are in the fifty-fifth year 

 of their existence, and have developed 

 rapidly during the last three or four 

 years. 



The season is rapidly drawing to an 

 end with the nurserymen. The backward 

 spring has been greatly in their favor 

 and all have had a big business, long 

 continued and more evenly distributed 

 over the planting time than is usually the 

 case. Those who do landscape and gar- 

 den work almost unanimously report the 

 biggest season on record. 



IlVa>ORTS OF NURSERY STOCK. 



One of the things the tariff framers 

 at Washington wanted to know before 

 they took up the question of duties on 

 nursery stock was the volume, value and 

 duties collected on imports of nursery 

 stock under the old law. The Treasury 

 Department submitted the following fig- 

 ures for the year ending June 30, 1907, 

 as "the latest available and likely to be 

 more nearly normal than 1908": 



Myrobolan plum, Mahaleb or Mazzard 

 cherry: Quantity, 17,133.40 thousands; 

 value, $46,873.02; duty collected, $15,- 

 597.65; value per unit, $2.74; equivalent 

 ad valorem duty, 33.28 per cent. 



Pear, apple, quince, St. Julian plum. 



Dwarf Box Edging 



We offer fine, home-srrown plants in quantity, at 

 the following priceK: 3 to 4-in., bushy, $3.00 per 100; 

 $20.00 per 1000. 4 to 5-in., bushy, $t.00 per 100; $.30.00 per 

 1000. 5 to 6-in., bushy, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 



EUONYMUS DADICAN^ strong, 2 years $6.00 per 100. 



a-U^^I^ ■ inua KA«Lri\^/%I^9 Extra strong, 3 years S.OOperlOO. 



THE SHREWSBURY NURSERIES, Geo. A. Steele. Prop., EATONTOWN, N. J. 



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evergreen seedlings: Quantity, .9,987.02 

 thousands; value, $56,315.55; duty col- 

 lected, $18,434.36; value per unit, $5.64; 

 equivalent ad valorem duty, 32.73 per 

 cent. 



Fruit and ornamental trees, deciduous 

 and evergreen shrubs and vines, Manetti, 

 multiflora and brier rose stocks: Value, 

 $23,791.10; duty collected, $5,947.13; ad 

 valorem rate, twenty per cent. 



Trees, shrubs, plants and vines com- 

 monly known as nursery stock, not else- 

 where provided for: Value, $142,647.05; 

 duty collected, $35,660.99; ad valorem 

 rate, twenty per cent. 



The total dutiable imports entered in 

 1907 under paragraph 252 of the Dingley 

 law, covering nursery stock, were $1,841,- 

 206, of which the following countries sup- 

 plied : 



Netherlands $810,468 



France 331,999 



Belgium 284,540 



Germany 141,658 



United Kingdom 102,68T ' 



Japan 107,053 



EARLY FLOVERING SHRUBS. 



Magnolia stellata Halleana makes a 

 beautiful, large shrub or dwarf tree, 

 whichever term seems the more appro- 

 priate. It is always the earliest of the 

 family to flower. The first flowers 

 opened near Boston this season April 15, 

 and the plants were in full bloom April 

 25. This magnolia is a compact grower, 

 making a round and quite symmetrical 

 head. The flowers on some plants are 

 pure white, while on others they take on 

 a decided pink flush. They have a de- 

 lightful fragrance. Where a single mag- 

 nolia is wanted and the grounds are 

 limited in space, this is the best variety 

 to plant. It is necessary to plant with a 

 good ball always, and fall planting is less 

 desirable than spring. 



Cornus mascula, often called Cornus 

 Mas and commonly known as the Cor- 

 nelian cherry, is always one of the 

 earliest shrubs to open its flowers. Its 

 showy yellow flowers were this year open 

 April 18. The red berries which follow 

 later in the season give the shrub some 

 additional value. This cornus is usually 

 the first of our shrubs to open, and where 

 early spring flowers are wished it is well 

 worthy of being more largely planted. 



Rhododendron prsecox is a hybrid be- 

 tween R. ciliatum and R. Dahuricum, 

 making a low deciduous shrub, carrying 

 small clusters of pretty lilac colored 

 flowers, averaging one and one-half 

 inches across. With R. Dahuricum and 

 R. mucronulatum, this is the hardiest of 

 the rhododendrons to flower, being in full 

 flower at the Harvard Botanic Gardens, 

 Cambridge, Mass., April 19. With Mr. 

 Cameron it makes a neat shrub, four to 



New Dahlias 



Jack Rose, deep crimson; Sthel Bohmldt, 



white penciled crimson; Cardinal, single, car- 

 dinal red; Rebecca Mayhe^^, single white; 

 Sensation, scarlet, tipped white. Strong 

 plants at 50c each, $5.00 per doz. 



Ji MURRAY BASSETTf Hammonton, M. J. 



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LARGE TREES 



OAKS AND MAPLES. PINES 

 AND HEMLOCKS 



ANDORRA NURSERIES. 



Wm. Warner Harper. Prop. 

 Cheetnut Hill, Plilladelplila, Pa. 



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five feet high, and has required no pro- 

 tection for a number of years. This 

 would seem to be a desirable shrub to 

 plant for early flowering effects. A shel- 

 tered location should be chosen, as late, 

 severe frosts sometimes damage the 

 flowers. 



PRUNING SEEDLING TREES. 



I am planting some seedling trees this 

 spring — maple, elm, oak, white birch, 

 European linden, red, pin and scarlet 

 oak. Will you please let me know if I 

 will have better results as to root growth 

 and straightness of stem if I cut them 

 off at the ground after planting? Would 

 there not also be less loss? Will the oaks 

 stand having the main root cut back? 

 Some are too long for economical plant- 

 ing. W. G. S. 



Unless your trees are of considerable 

 size, I would not advise cutting them 

 back severely. As your plants are evi- 

 dently small seedlings, there would seem 

 to be no good reason for cutting them 

 down to the ground. Oaks are the most 

 difficult of the trees named to transplant, 

 but in the case of seedlings from six to 

 eighteen inches high I thini cutting back 

 of the tops would be more harmful than 

 helpful. If the roots are long and diffi- 

 cult to handle, you can safely shorten 

 them somewhat with a sharp knife or 

 pair of shears, always making a clean, 

 straight cut, but do not cut off too much. 



Maples, elms, lindens and birches of 

 small size will require no pruning of 

 either roots or shoots. The roots of oaks 

 are inclined to be larger and to run more 

 to taps than the other sorts named. If 

 you take care, in transplanting, to have 

 your roots puddled in clayey water, and 

 moist and firm the soil about them thor- 

 oughly, the percentage of loss should be 

 small in an ordinary season. 



'' W. N. Craig. 



