. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ' OCTOBKB 12, 1916. The Florists' Review '^JTTTS"". ^'iT'SJ^'-'^iv'.''^^^ '•T(7">fflr'^. Lath Frames and Slat Homes for Azaleas. Ten Thousand Azaleas In a Blgr Slat House. Azalea Indica is Practically Hardy in the Climate of Eureka^ but for Best Results is Grown Under Lattice. While Mr. Ward believes that he can compete with the delivered prices of the Belgian stock, he feels certain that here, too, if necessary, the plants will command a premium, first because they are native and can be delivered in bet- ter shape than those that
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ' OCTOBKB 12, 1916. The Florists' Review '^JTTTS"". ^'iT'SJ^'-'^iv'.''^^^ '•T(7">fflr'^. Lath Frames and Slat Homes for Azaleas. Ten Thousand Azaleas In a Blgr Slat House. Azalea Indica is Practically Hardy in the Climate of Eureka^ but for Best Results is Grown Under Lattice. While Mr. Ward believes that he can compete with the delivered prices of the Belgian stock, he feels certain that here, too, if necessary, the plants will command a premium, first because they are native and can be delivered in bet- ter shape than those that suffer the vicissittides of a fortnight in a steam- er's hold, but also because they can be delivered earlier and can easily be brought in for Christmas. A Million Imported. The importance of the matter to the trade at large may be illustrated by the statement that Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, this year is importing 18,- 000 Belgian azaleas and that !^ank Oechslin, another Chicago grower, is importing 10,000 plants. If these can be obtained in America without the risks of such losses as occurred to near- ly everyone who imported azaleas last season, the man who shows the way will be regarded as a benefactor of the trade rather than as a man seeking profits. A considerable number of azaleas in small lots have been placed with forcers this season. Every man to whom the proposition has been presented has been interested and anxious to try the Amer- ican stock. Its behavior will be closely watched. It is estimated that the aver- age annual importations have amounted to 1,200,000 plants. A Oeneral View. Perhaps nothing will give a better idea of the magnitude of Mr. Ward's undertaking than an examination of the general view of the nursery, shown on the first page of this article. This is three photographs taken from the same point and patched together. It shows about two-thirds of the nursery and there are more than two million plants in the view. At the left is the rhodo- dendr
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