. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i()i4. The American Flgrist. 15'. JOHN YOUNG, NEW YORK. Secrelarv Soriclv of Amoricaii Florists. The sagebrush is one of the smallest forest trees. A sagebrush about 400 years old is nearly two inches in di- ameter, but it is tough enough to make up for its svelteness. Hall trees grow more in cities than any other kind except box elders and presiding elders. Sycamore trees are the most im- modest trees there are. They go naked nearly all year, showing their bare limbs without blushing. The chestnut oak and the whi
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i()i4. The American Flgrist. 15'. JOHN YOUNG, NEW YORK. Secrelarv Soriclv of Amoricaii Florists. The sagebrush is one of the smallest forest trees. A sagebrush about 400 years old is nearly two inches in di- ameter, but it is tough enough to make up for its svelteness. Hall trees grow more in cities than any other kind except box elders and presiding elders. Sycamore trees are the most im- modest trees there are. They go naked nearly all year, showing their bare limbs without blushing. The chestnut oak and the white oak are used a good deal for tanbark. also other kinds of oaks. By s to oak. a fine juice is produced. Tanbark is obtained by disconnect- ing a tree from the stumps, after which amputation the hide is removed from the trunk. No tree ever does any good after it has been operated on for tanbark. When the hide of a tree is removed surreptitiously by someone by whom the tree is not owned, this is called skin grafting. Gift Pinchot is a great friend of trees, and has used much conversa- tion about their conservation. If Gift had way the trees would all be left standing or sitting. He is strong for the gentle shrub, and is thinking of joining a bush league. rine of the principal uses of trees is for ants to run up and down. Maple sirup is sometim ?s obtained from trees.—Daily Press. WITH THE GROWERS Dreer's Riverton Nurseries. When one wants to see the latest and best flowers or plants of the com- mercial flower world he must go to Henry A. Dreer. Inc., at Riverton. N. J., for in no other place in this coun- try, or the old, can such a varied or extensive collection be found. Acres of glass are given to cultivating palms, ferns, ornamental foliage and flowering plants. The herbaceous plants are a great feature—nowhere else is there such a collection. Can- nas and dahlias occupy at least a hun- dred acres and immense storage houses are necessary for the roots in wi
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