. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The Late John C. Teas, (:5ee obituary, page 175) dula (Drooping Norway spruce), the Douglas spruce, Nordmann's silver fir, Cephalonia silver fir, and Retinosporas in variety. There are many other varieties of these popular evergreens as well as ar- bor-vitaes, hemlocks, etc. There is a practical demonstration of the hemlock as a hedge plant, the hedge in question being 12 feet high, thick and beautiful in its glossy symmetry. The weeping trees are another fine feature, the beeches being very note- worthy. There ar
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The Late John C. Teas, (:5ee obituary, page 175) dula (Drooping Norway spruce), the Douglas spruce, Nordmann's silver fir, Cephalonia silver fir, and Retinosporas in variety. There are many other varieties of these popular evergreens as well as ar- bor-vitaes, hemlocks, etc. There is a practical demonstration of the hemlock as a hedge plant, the hedge in question being 12 feet high, thick and beautiful in its glossy symmetry. The weeping trees are another fine feature, the beeches being very note- worthy. There are also fine specimens of the weeping elm and mulberry. One weeping beech, planted in i860, is now 40 feet high with a spread of branches of ,?^4 feet. One of the most beautiful effects on the place is from a walk or lane of purple beeches. These trees have reached proportions that en- title them to be classed among the monarchs of the wood. In another part of the nursery there is a magnificent specimen of the purple beech that is the pride of its owner and the wonder and admiration of strangers. It is about 60 years old, 60 feet high, 12 feet in circumference at the base of the trunk, and its brandies cover an area 60 feet .in diameter. The oaks in variety, sugar maples, oriental planes and many other varieties of deciduous trees are leading landscape features. With the many different shades of spruce, the green and yellow arbor-vitaes and the hemlocks, there is a fine vari- ety of color among the conifers. Added to these the variety and contrast of the beeches, oa'ks, maples, elms, yellow- wood and coffee trees, with thousands of flowering rhodendrons, weigelas, spireas and snowballs interspersed, and we have matchless beauty. Growing, Grading: and Storing Grapes. A paper read by B. H. Pratt, Fredonia. N, Y., at the meeting o£ the American As- sociation of Nurserymen, Detroit, Mich., June 12-14, 1907. My remarks will be confined to the storage of grape vines and, incidentally
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