. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1054 The American Florist. Dec. J. TheNurseryTrade '^ American Association of Nurserymen. J. \V. mil, Des Moines. President; C. M llobbs, Bridgeport Ind., Vice-President; Ueorge C Seager, Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y. Thirty-third .annual convention to be held at Milwaukee, Wis., June, 1908. ,, Now we see the winter beauty of Rosa rugosa. Pomona, Cal.—The California Rose Co. has 12 acres in roses in this city and is shipping the product east. All privet and other shrub cuttings that are needed should be secured no
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1054 The American Florist. Dec. J. TheNurseryTrade '^ American Association of Nurserymen. J. \V. mil, Des Moines. President; C. M llobbs, Bridgeport Ind., Vice-President; Ueorge C Seager, Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y. Thirty-third .annual convention to be held at Milwaukee, Wis., June, 1908. ,, Now we see the winter beauty of Rosa rugosa. Pomona, Cal.—The California Rose Co. has 12 acres in roses in this city and is shipping the product east. All privet and other shrub cuttings that are needed should be secured now before severe frost sets in. The nursery trade around Denison. , is booming, heavy shipments of peaches and grapes especially being re- ported. Malus Floeibunda with the pretty little critnson and golden yellow apples hanging thickly on the branches is very attractive at this late date. Seattle, Wash.—The Washington Floral Co. is adding a nursery depart- ment for the growth of fancy coniferre, roses and flowering shrubs—J. C. R. NoBLESViLLE, Ind.—The city council recently passed an ordinance forbid- ding the planting of Carolina poplars in the corporate limits and ordering the removal of all trees of this variety planted in the same area within five years. The reason given is that the falling leaves in summer clog the sew- ers. The hardiness of some of the hybrid roses with rugosa blood in them, and also their ability to stand hot scorching weather in summer, together with the fact that their foliage is sufficiently hard to defy in some part the many in- sect pests that trouble roses, would be sufficient reason for planting them. But their flowers are also very beautiful and their fruits or heps are fine long after other shrubs have ceased to at- tract in winter. There are many of thein that should be given a place in all shrub collections and line bold masses would be very attractive in parks and cemeteries. Mount Pleasant, Ia.—W. M. Hicks, who was recently bo
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