. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 218 The American Florist. Aug. 21, [ The Nursery Trade J American Association of Nurserymen. Stannard, Ottawa, Kans., Prcsidunt- W. Louisiana, Mo,, Vice-President; Geo. C. Scagar. Rochester. N. Y., Sec'y. Thirty-fifth annual convention to lie held at St. Louis or Denver. June. 1910. CONSTILAE trade reports show that apple culture for the European mar- kets is greatly on the increase in Tas- mania. The land most suited is "third class" land that has been used up to now only for sheep pasture
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 218 The American Florist. Aug. 21, [ The Nursery Trade J American Association of Nurserymen. Stannard, Ottawa, Kans., Prcsidunt- W. Louisiana, Mo,, Vice-President; Geo. C. Scagar. Rochester. N. Y., Sec'y. Thirty-fifth annual convention to lie held at St. Louis or Denver. June. 1910. CONSTILAE trade reports show that apple culture for the European mar- kets is greatly on the increase in Tas- mania. The land most suited is "third class" land that has been used up to now only for sheep pasture. The trees make a more fruitful growth here than on the richer, better quality land that tends too much to wood growth in fruit though excellent for other crops. T. orbicularis, a linden procured from Europe a few years since under that name, with deep, glossy green leaves above and pale downy beneath, is now In good bloom. The Crimean linden (T. dasystyla) with very markedly deep green leaves and up- right branching habit, has been in good bloom for 10 days and Is now passing away. Sorbaria (spirea) AitchensonI was almost in full flower July 18. The large white flowering compound panicles, about 12 inches long, are remarkably showy. The Rbododendron Kaempferil. This beautiful deciduous species was collected by Prof. Sargent in Japan. It has been distributed to some ex- tent, but has not yet been listed gen- erally by nurserymen. The beautiful dieep pink flowers completely cover the plant, and in its flowering period —May 1 to 20—there is nothing more showy than this shrub. It is absolutely hardy in New England. The photo- graph from which the illustration was prepared was taken in the Arnold Arboretum in May, Trees and Shrubs at Rochester, N. Y. During the week of July all kinds of vegetation was much benefited by the co- pious rainfall, the parched condition of lawns, and meadows being suddenly trans- formed to pleasing verdure. The Mon- golian linden (Tilia M
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