THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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in checking the numbers of this species. No parasites 
have been reared from the eggs of E. mali. 
The author found that a single application of 40 per 
cent nicotin sulphate at the rate of 1:5000, combined with 
soap, will so materially check an infestation hy the leaf- 
hopper when applied against the first brood nymphs that 
injury caused later by those that escape will be of little 
consequence. The same treatment made three or four 
weeks earlier is effective against the rose leaf-hopper, 
though this species is seldom sufficiently injurious to 
justify a special application. 
FAIR AND STABLE PRICES 
Jos. H. Defrees, President of the U. S. Chamber of 
Commerce, says: “that one of the most fruitful sources 
of the unrest at the present time in this country, is the 
belief on the part of a great number that business in 
many instances is securing an inordinate profit. 
It is the theme of the agitator, and is used as justifica¬ 
tion for the various unfair exactions which are put upon 
business.” 
Applied to our own business, the nurserymen can 
hardly be accused of profiteering, except in rare in¬ 
stances, but there is a sad lack of uniformity or consis¬ 
tency in prices of nursery stock, and the sooner we get 
down to a standard quality of stock, and fix on a price 
which allows a fair profit, the better it will be. 
Confidence on the part of the purchaser that he is get¬ 
ting his money’s worth, and that he could not secure the 
same quality of goods from other sources at a lower 
price, will do much to increase sales. 
There is nothing shakes the buyer’s confidence and 
ruffles his feelings more than to find out he has been 
stung. 
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BOX BARBERRY 
You no doubt have watched with interest the introduc¬ 
tion of Box-Barberry to the American public. Of course, 
Box-Barberry is just what the public wanted, but what 
would have taken several generations to have accom¬ 
plished in the way of publicity without Printers Ink has 
with it been done in three years. Practically the entire 
horticulture loving public are today familiar with Box- 
Barberry. An unfortunate condition at present confronts 
the nurserymen for on every side are coming in inquiries 
and orders for Box-Barberry with practically no stock 
available to supply it. Even we who have been propagat¬ 
ing Box-Barberry on a scale that we consider most lib¬ 
eral are practically cleaned out on all but frame cutting 
plants, and the 1920-21 sale season has hardly begun. 
Even if every nurseryman in the country should propa¬ 
gate Box-Barberry to the limit of this capacity it is our 
opinion thtat it will be several years before the supply 
will catch up with the demand. 
The J. Van Bindley Nursery Go., Pomona, N. C., have 
rather a novel way of making their letters they send out 
on their own stationery advertise their retail nursery and 
landscape business for them. 
In addition to the usual letter head on the other side 
of the letter sheet is printed views in colors of landscape 
effects such as porch plantings, lawns, drives and trees. 
It gives the recipient an idea at a glance just what the 
firm can do for them in the way of fixing up their 
grounds. 
HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
There always will be a demand for chrysanthemums 
because there is practically no other flower to take their 
place at that particular season when they make the gar¬ 
dens and greenhouses gay. At other periods of the grow¬ 
ing season there is a choice of flowers but in the late fall 
especially after the light early frosts, chrysanthemums 
with a few odds and ends of flowers are the only things 
that are in good display. 
For this reason there is always general interest and a 
steady demand. From the nurseryman’s point of view, 
the chief demand is at the wrong end of the season, when 
they are in bloom, so the trade goes to the florist. The 
nurseryman should use every means to awake the inter¬ 
est in the spring, at the time they should be planted. A 
good way is to have a good display on the nursery in the 
fall and book orders for spring delivery. 
While many varieties are classed as hardy, they are 
not altogether dependable, especially if planted in the 
fall. A small cutting or division in the spring is much 
better risk than a large clump transplanted out of doors 
in the fall. A good way for the nursery to carry over 
stock is to lift the roots from the field and take off the 
rhizomes, planting them in light and sandy soil in frames 
and keep them covered with sash during the wet cold • 
weather of winter. They can then be potted up for sales 
in spring or planted out in the field. 
To make sure of those varieties that do not make 
shoots very freely from the roots, it will be necessary to 
store away the entire plant without pulling it apart, so 
cuttings may be taken from them in the spring. If the 
plants are handled in this way there is no reason why 
many of the varieties that now grow almost exclusively 
under glass, should not be grown in the open. The old 
time growers used to get wonderful results without the 
aid of a greenhouse, merely arranging to give them 
cheese cloth or some other light protection from the early 
frosts in the fall during their flowering season. 
This is worth while even with the hardy pompons and 
singles because often a single frosty night spoils the en¬ 
tire crop of flowers, whereas if they had received pro¬ 
tection there would be abundance of flowers during the 
long open spells that are so frequent up to Thanksgiving 
day or even later. 
IBOLIUM PRIVET 
This office is in receipt of two sturdy plants of the 
Ibolium Privet from the Elm City Nurseries, New Haven, 
Conn. As the samples indicate, this plant is a very 
sturdy grower, growing more bushy than the common 
California Privet, filling up the base quicker. 
It proved hardy at the Arnold Arboretum last winter, 
which was a severe one. Both as a hedge plant, and to 
he grown as an ornamental bush it should be in good de¬ 
mand. It closely resembles the California Privet, but is 
claimed to have proven much hardier over a wide range 
of country where the California Privet will not stand 
severe weather conditions. 
