. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 76 The Florists'Review NOVEMBEB 6, Christian Eeiser, who weDt into the nursery business with James W. Scott at Hartford, Conn., a year ago, has moved from that city to Cromwell, Conn. Mrs. William A. Peterson, wife of the well known nurseryman, is in St. Luke's hospital, Chicago, gaining strength nicely after a serious operation a few days ago. The Ilollenden hotel, at Cleveland, O., will be the place of meeting of the thirty- ninth .annual convention of the American Association of Nurserymen. June 24 to 26, 1914. It is becoming increasingly
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 76 The Florists'Review NOVEMBEB 6, Christian Eeiser, who weDt into the nursery business with James W. Scott at Hartford, Conn., a year ago, has moved from that city to Cromwell, Conn. Mrs. William A. Peterson, wife of the well known nurseryman, is in St. Luke's hospital, Chicago, gaining strength nicely after a serious operation a few days ago. The Ilollenden hotel, at Cleveland, O., will be the place of meeting of the thirty- ninth .annual convention of the American Association of Nurserymen. June 24 to 26, 1914. It is becoming increasingly difficult to sell nursery stock. Everybody is push- ing harder and harder and the man who does not keep the pace soon finds him- self falling to the rear. There has been a wonderful improve- ment in the iris in the last few years, fully as great as in any other flower, and greater than appears to be realized by most growers of hardy plants. Elmer Noy, who now conducts tlio Wide View Nursery, near South Bend, Ind., is building a greenhouse to house plants to be carried over until next year. In the spring the house will be given over to roses. California nurserymen are becoming quite concerned, to say the least, over the lack of rain. The effects of the long spell of dry weather are beginning to be noticeable, especially in the neighborhood of San Francisco. Cash prizes amounting to $150 were offered by the Texas Nurserymen's As- sociation for the best native grown pecans and other nuts exhibited at the meeting of the National Nut Growers' Associa- tion at Houston, Tex., November 5 to 7. Pecans in particular are becoming an im- portant item in the nurserymen's busi- ness on the Gulf coast. Many nurserymen are planning to visit Washington, D. C, the week after next, when the American Pomological Society, in cooperation with the Eastern Fruit Growers' Association, the Northern Nut Growers' Association and the Society of Horticultural Science, will hold a series of meetings during
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