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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
ORNAMENTALS 
Paper read by M. F. Chandler, before the Western Association of 
Nurserymen at Kansas City, December ii, 1912. 
Landscape Engineenng or Landscape Gardening, depends 
upon several neeessary things; a sense of the artistic, the 
familiarity of plants, trees and shrubs and their habits of 
growth. The constructive work of grading, draining and 
the laymg out of drives and walks. Landscape gardening 
is making pictures with trees and plants. 
The proper way to look at the home grounds is that they 
form a picture, relative with the house as the dominating 
feature with the trees, shrubbery and flowers as vital parts. 
The next principle is to plant in groups or borders, not as 
individuals. Nature rarely scatters her plants, instead of 
this she plants in great masses. 
Do not fill in every available space with trees and shrubs; 
try to create a picture using the rich green grass for a canvas, 
framing the whole in by a well-massed irregular border. 
In massing the border use a variety of trees and shrubs 
that blend well together as to time of blooming, color of 
foliage, height, etc. The demand for ornamentals is greater 
than ever before. Now is the time for nurserymen to begin 
to grow ornamental trees and shrubs. The demand for 
elm and hard maple, three to six inches or larger, is very 
great. 
The majority of people want shade at once and are willing 
to pay a good price for it. 
Every nursery should carry a good line of ornamentals, 
planting heavier of some varieties than of others. Spirea 
Van Houteii is always in demand, Spirea Thunbergii we 
cannot do without, Berberis Thunbergii we use by the 
thousand. 
Lilac in all varieties is good. 
Snowball, Viburnum, opulis sterlis, and Plicatum, 
Philadelphus, coronarius and Grandiflora, also the dwarf 
Philadelphus Aurea is very good. 
Deutzias in variety, Crenata, Pride of Rochester, gracillis, 
Lemoine, Berberris purpurea and Vulgaris, the Dogwood 
espeeially the red stem variety, are very good. In heavy 
border planting Aralia, Stag Horn Shumach, Rhus Cotinus, 
Prunus Pissardii, Golden Elder, are good, building down in 
front with lower growing shrubs. 
We use a great many trees in heavy borders. Elm, Syca¬ 
more, Volga Poplar, Bolleana Poplar, Tulip, Sweet Gum, 
Maple and even fruit trees are fine to group in the border. 
The small grounds can be made beautiful as well as the 
large estates, always keep the center open, planting in 
border and around buildings. Peonies of the best varieties 
should be used in large quantities. Phlox, Iris, Bleeding 
Heart, Oriental Poppies, Gypsophila, Chrysanthemum, 
Golden Glow, Hollyhocks, Gaillardias, Oreopsis, all find a 
place in the border. 
The Volga Poplar is one of the best we have, using it 
six, eight and ten feet apart to good advantage to make a 
heavy screen. 
Magnolias in variety are perfectly hardy and are fine to 
group on the lawn or in the border. Bechtel’s Double 
Flowering Crab is good. 
Ornamental Grasses may be used to advantage on the 
lawn in the border or near water ways. 
Hydrangeas grouped in masses are very showy especially 
in triangles of drive ways. 
On large estates evergreens may be grouped in masses 
or in borders, or used as specimens. 
In all I have tried giving a general idea of what may 
he done with ornamental trees and shrubs. There are 
hundreds of others that may be used to advantage. 
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Mr. Otto Heinecken, representative of Messrs. J. Heins’ 
Sons, Halstenbek (Germany), is at present at headquarters 
in Germany to attend personally the packing of Fruit-tree 
stock-shipments to the U. S. A. and Canada. These will 
begin in December, provided that the weather is favorable. 
Mr. Heinecken informs us that the extensive sheds and cellars 
at Messrs. J. Heins’ Sons Nursery are never used as store¬ 
houses. Everything that is shipped from there is directly 
taken out of the nursery-grounds. The cellars are only used 
counting, grading, and packing the stock. 
The American office, in Whitehall Building, 17 Battery 
Place, New York, is taken care of by Mr. Heinecken’s brother, 
who will give applicants all the wanted information, price 
lists, and booklets, and also furnish the necessary permits for 
the importation to the numerous customers. 
The Minnesota Horticulturist for December is before us 
and contains much valuable information concerning the hardi¬ 
ness of various small fruits and other plants in their vigorous 
clime. The Minnesota State Horticultural Society must be 
a live organization to be able to publish a monthly magazine 
of such undoubted value to the Horticulturists of the State. 
Advance sheets from Monthly Summary of Commerce 
and Finance for October, 1912, gives the following report of 
Imports of Plants, Trees, Shrubs and Vines: 
Reviews, Note and Comment 
October 
Ten Months Ending October 
1911 
1912 
1910 
1911 
1912 
Quantities 
Values 
Quantities 
V alues 
Quan. 
V alues 
Quan. 
Values 
Quan. 
Values 
Plants, Trees, Shrubs and Vines: 
Fruit plants, tropical and semi- 
tropical, for propagating purposes 
free. 
99 
197,111 
228,536 
i 
610 
1,447,915 
956,242 
12,895 
1,455,910 
1,033,288 
Bulbs, bulbous roots, or corms, cul¬ 
tivated for their flowers or foliage 
dut. 
All other dut. 
16,018 
21,065 
218,867 
249,381 
1,149,535 
945,186 
26.5,069 
Total . 
425,746 
468,248 
2,094,721 
2,404,767 
2,502,093 
