. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 734 The American Florist. Dec. 2p, The i^uRSERY T^^Eib. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Theo. J. Smith, Pres.; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres.; Gbobqe C. Seaqeb, Rochester, M. Y., Seo'y. The Great Northern Nursery Company has been incorporated by P. J. Regan, H. J. Paasch and Chat 1 ;s Kane, with $25,000 capital stock and headquarters at Coral- ville, la. Jobbers in nursery stock report that the "dollar cherry tree" may become a reality before spring. They say that they cannot now buy at double the price paid a ye
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 734 The American Florist. Dec. 2p, The i^uRSERY T^^Eib. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. Theo. J. Smith, Pres.; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres.; Gbobqe C. Seaqeb, Rochester, M. Y., Seo'y. The Great Northern Nursery Company has been incorporated by P. J. Regan, H. J. Paasch and Chat 1 ;s Kane, with $25,000 capital stock and headquarters at Coral- ville, la. Jobbers in nursery stock report that the "dollar cherry tree" may become a reality before spring. They say that they cannot now buy at double the price paid a year ago. Charles F. Dallman, manager of the Missoula Nursery Co., Missoula, Mont., reports the demand for fruit trees for spring planting the heayiest the north- west has ever known. At Kinfi's Point, six miles from Chat- tanooga, Tenn., on the Cincinnati South- em Railroad, D. W. Hunter and H. Light- foot have startfd nurseries separated only by a road. The peach pit plantings of the two number 1,500,000 and there will be large plantings of apple and pear graits and strawberries. Paulownia Imperialis. The magQi6cent Japanesetree, Paulow- nia imperialis, was introduced to this country about 1S45, and was given very favorable notice by such men as Down- ing. It was disseminated through some ot the best nurseries at that time, and at no time since has been out ot the trade. Nevertheless paulownia trees are still a rarity, and good trees are exceedingly scarce. There are some pretty ones in Central Park, New York city, and a few good ones in Washington; but they do not occur often enough but that one always stops and looks a second time when another specimen is encountered. The tree is magoificent in foliage, inter- esting in form, glorious in blossom, and curious in fruit. The foliage is like that of an abnormally luxuriant catalpa; and the blossoms are something like immense purple catalpa blooms borne in trusses a loot to two feet long. The seed pods have the external form of ac
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