8 J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



From the Weekly Florists' Review, Chicago, 111., of Dec. 18th, 1906 : 



John T. Lovett, of Little 

 Silver, N. J., has been a factor 

 in nnrserydom in this country 

 for over thirty years. His star 

 is in the ascendant; he has 

 triumphed over all misfor- 

 tunes and obstacles. He will 

 accomplish much in the future 

 as the result of his persistency 

 and courage. Walter Scott, at 

 Abbottsford, would know just 

 how to appreciate the conflict 

 that has ended in success. 



Mr. Lovett has over 200 

 acres devoted exclusively to 

 nursery stock in great vari- 

 ety, except fruit trees, which 

 have been eliminated, that 

 entire attention may be given 

 to ornamentals. But an ex- 

 ception will be made in behalf 

 of his first love — the small 

 fruits : currants, raspberries, 

 blackberries, gooseberries and 

 strawberries. Of the latter, 

 over a million plants are dis- 

 posed of annually. 



His range of glass is used 

 exclusively "for the propagating of herbaceous stock, of which his list shows over 1,000 

 varieties. His specialties include over 150 varieties of phlox, forty varieties of Japanese 

 iris, fifty varieties of peonies, and dahlias and cannas in abundance. His brother-in-law, 

 through whom the Japanese selections were made, is Prof. C. C. Georgeson, now in charge 

 of the U. S. government's agricultural experimental work in Alaska. 



Mr. Lovett was the first nurseryman to introduce the California privet as a hedge 

 plant, away back in 1873. He carries a stock of over a quarter of a million plants, one 

 customer recently taking 120,000. He has just added thirty acres to his nursery and 

 has twenty-five more ready for purchase. 



His fruit farm at Clover Hill, five miles from Little Silver, has 166 acres in choice 

 fruit, including 7,000 peach trees, 1,200 apples, 1,200 pears, 1,000 plums, 1,000 cherries 

 and 1,000 chestnuts. Here, too, some of the finest poultry of all kinds are to be seen ; 

 squab, fanny fowls and turkeys being made a specialty, with experts in charge. 



Mr. Lovett has a large family of boys and girls, most of whom are still at college < r 

 in art schools. His eldest son, Lester, is associated with him in the business. He is an 

 able lieutenant, a fine manager and salesman, a member of the S. A. F. and of the New 

 York Florists' Club. J. AUSTIN SHAW. 



JOHN T. LOVETT 



