. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 470 The American Florist. Mar. 22, The Nursery Trade American Association of Nurserymen. J. R. Mayhew, Wasahachie. Tex., I'rPsi- dent; J. Edward Moon, Morrisvill's Vioe-Presidenl; Curtis Nye Smith, 19 Con- press St., Boston, Mass., Secretary and Coun- sel. Forty-lour annual convention will be held at Chicago in 1919. Springfield, N. J.—James Tansey, well known as a landscape gardener, died at his home here, March 2, age 72 years. Boston, Mass.—It has been requested that the park commissioners change the name
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 470 The American Florist. Mar. 22, The Nursery Trade American Association of Nurserymen. J. R. Mayhew, Wasahachie. Tex., I'rPsi- dent; J. Edward Moon, Morrisvill's Vioe-Presidenl; Curtis Nye Smith, 19 Con- press St., Boston, Mass., Secretary and Coun- sel. Forty-lour annual convention will be held at Chicago in 1919. Springfield, N. J.—James Tansey, well known as a landscape gardener, died at his home here, March 2, age 72 years. Boston, Mass.—It has been requested that the park commissioners change the name of Coytemore Lea in Maiden to Roosevelt Park. Niagara Falls, N. Y.—Land along the Niagara river may be acquired at a cost of $2,000,000 for the establish- ment of a memorial park to men who took part in the world war. Minneapolis will have a three-mile memorial of her sons who fought in the liberty war, consisting of a drive lined by six rows of American elms. The 1300 budded trees are now 12-1-1 feet high and 500 are from one parent tree and SOO from a second parent. Peony Society Bulletin. We are in receipt of Bulletin No. 7 of the American Peony Society, the im- portant features of which are the pro- ceedings of the society for I'JlS and a symposium on a general list of peonies. Ornamental Stock Leads In Ohio. A report by E. C. Cotton, chief of the Ohio bureau of horticulture on an in- ventory of Ohio nursery stock for 1918, shows tliat ornamental trees and shrubs comprise 52 per cent of the stock, while fruit trees make up only per cent of the total. The total number of trees and shrubs, including 3,612,341 straw- berry plants, was ,151), of which 11,089,990 were ornamental. Following are items of trees and shrubs: Apple, (!97,15(i; pear, 141,352; peach, 724,744; plum, 78,484; cherry, 12;i,824; making a total of 1,785,160 fruit trees; grape vines, G.'j8,877; currant bushes, 2i!l,142; gooseberry, 89,874; raspberry, black, 1,600,; raspberry, red, 912,650;
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