JONE 20, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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tion and praise for the quaift&^e bill 

 now before Congress. At length the 

 whole matter was referred to a special 

 committee and, next day, crystallized in 

 the following resolution, which was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That the report of the legis- 

 lative committee on matters of federal 

 legislation be accepted and that their 

 endorsement of House Bill No. 24,119 

 be approved, and further, that the new 

 legislative committee be instructed to co- 

 operate with the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture in urging the 

 speedy passage of the bill or any other 

 bill not materially changing the provi- 

 sions thereof. 



Local Hdspitalities. 



Not so many years ago the nursery- 

 men 's convention was a matter of busi- 

 ness pure and simple, but the social fea- 

 tures steadily are gaining ground. At 

 Boston the local hospitalities were more 

 elaborate than in any other year. 



June 12 over 350, including many 

 ladies, were taken in autos for a drive 

 through the parkways and a visit to 

 Arnold Arboretum and Prof. C. S. 

 Sargent's noted estate in Brookline. In 

 the absence of Supt. J. A. Pettigrew, 

 who is ill, James B. Shea, the assistant 

 superintendent, piloted the party over 

 the parkways. Jackson Dawson and E. 

 H. Wilson showed the visitors through 

 the arboretum. 



June 13 the Monitor, with a party of 

 over 300, steamed to Pembe>ton, where a 

 special train was waiting for the run to 

 Nantasket beach, where a shore dinner 

 was served in New England's best style 

 and thoroughly enjoyed. 



June 14 the ladies were taken for a 

 trip in autos over the route of Paul 

 Revere 's ride. 



The local nurseries kept open house for 

 the entire week. 



THE NUMBER OF VABIETIES. 



[A paper by S. Mendelson Meehan, of Dresher, 

 Pa., read at the thirty-seventh annual convention 

 of the American Association of Nurserymen, at 

 Boston, June 12 to 14, 1912.] 



The question, "Should nurserymen 

 grow more varieties?" if applied to 

 each nurseryman individually, cannot 

 be satisfactorily answered in general 

 terms. It is well to have it introduced 

 and discussed, but each man must study 

 the conditions which confront him, and 

 solve his own problem. There is a 

 wholly different point of view for the 

 wholesale and the retail grower, and 

 also for the dealer; the mail order trade 

 has its problems, distinct from those of 

 others. The possibilities for variation 

 are innumerable. 



It is on this basis of varying con- 

 ditions that I emphatically declare 

 nurserymen as a whole should grow 

 more varieties, but I am just as 

 strongly convinced that the individual 

 nurseryman will find it most economical 

 for himself, and more pleasing to his 

 customers, if his list be of moderate 

 length rather than long. 



Let it be clearly understood that my 

 convictions are based wholly on an 

 experience in the retail mail order busi- 

 ness, having also a large local trade, 

 such as is found in the suburbs of a 

 large city. A different experience 

 might bring additional views, which, 

 as it is, I must leave for your dis- 

 cussion. 



Fettered by Habit. 



One thing is certain; too many of us, 

 regardless of the particular trade to 



«Ji<v.' 



has met many of you in Boston last week. Now we want to talk 



to you all. 



By special arrangements with Holland's largest grower 

 of Boxwoods and Rhododendrons we are now headquarters 

 for these stocks. No matter what size or form, we have them 

 all, in only one quality — 



THE BEST 



We make a specialty of these items for diiect import orders and 

 solicit your want-list for quotation on any quantity, no matter 

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As I said in our Junegram of last week, choice Ornamental 

 stocks such as Norway Maples, Planes, Oaks, Elms, Lindens, 

 the Spruces, the Pines, Retinosporas, Thuyas, Taxus and 

 Junipers are always to be found on the extensive properties of 

 the ALiVlA NURSERIES, Oudenbosch, Holland, whose sole 

 agents we are. 



We will be pleased to receive your want-list for special quota- 

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As we also mentioned, the best fruit-tree stocks imported, 

 such as apple, pear, plum and cherry, come from 



Doornbosch & Son, Fruit Tree Specialists, 



VEENDAM, HOLLAND. 



By the way, some 4,500,000 of these stocks found their way to 

 French fruit-stock centers last year and after being baptized in 

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There will be no surplus of good fruit-tree stocks, so better 

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 ity- 



THE BEST 



We are their American agents, to whom all correspondence should 

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Our bulb farms in Limmen, Holland, produce the finest 

 bulbous stocks, such as Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Crocus, 

 Scilla and Gladiolus. Get our quotation on import orders. 



Our American nurseries at Castle Hayne, N. C, produce the 

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 stocks and fruit trees. 



THE HORTICULTURAL CO. 



WORCESTER, MASS. 



