The Weekly Florists' Review. 



87 



Are You Botliered with . . . 

 Is Your Greenhouse Full ot . . . 

 Is Your House a Favorite Spot lor 

 Are Your Choicest Plants Overrun with 



GREEN FLY 



MEALY BUG 



. THRIPS 



RED SPIDER 



9 



YES! Then Use 



"NICOTICIDE" 

 Fumigating Compound 



and in half an hour they will all be dead and your troubles ended. Guaranteed 

 not to damage the foliage and flowers of the most tender plants. Write for full 

 particulars to 



THE TOBACCO WAREHOUSING & TRADING CO. 



Louisville, Ky. 



L'OE KiDGE, (). Itcrli I'.ln-. :llr 



pletinj; a new range of five lious^s ciiver- 

 ing about 70x70 feet of ground. 'I'wi 

 are planted with carnations and one witli 

 violets. 



MoNKOE, Wis. — Mrs. E. E. Copeland 

 reports business first-class, and says her 

 sales during the past month have been 

 the largest of any month in the twelve 

 years she has been in the business. 



A DEPARTURE from the conventional 

 the way of price-lists is that recently is- 

 sued liy the Morris Floral Company, 

 Morris.' 111. On the title page appears a 

 fine half-tone portrait of Mr. A. Mitting, 

 the president and general manager of the 

 (.oiiipany. and who owns a majority of 

 the company's stock. In connection with 

 this is reprinted from the county his- 

 tory a sketch of Mr. Mitting's life and 

 of the organization and progress of the 

 company in which he has always been 

 the moving spirit. Then follows the 

 price-list, freely illustrated by fine half- 

 tone engravings, which are beautifully 

 printed on enameled book paper. It is 

 well gotten up, and is sure to receive 

 more than passing notice. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — Chas. D. Jlills 

 has purchased the interest of Peter W. 

 Wachtcr in the firm of Mills & Wach- 

 ter. The purchase includes the ground 

 upon which the greenhouses and nur- 

 serv are located. 



San Jose, Cal. — Arrangements are 

 being made for a floral festival to be 

 held next spring during the time of 

 the anticipated visit of President Mc- 

 Kinley. 



Grove Citt, Pa. — S. M. Lightner is 

 preparing to embark in plant growing 

 under glass. 



Grand Rapids, Micit. — The annual 

 election of officers of tlu' .Mi. Iiii;,ir, Si:ii 

 Horticultural Society i.-ult.d ,i- i.. 

 lows: Pres., R. il. K Mmj.j Mm.. 

 Rivers; Sec'y. V. E. I'.;i--..n, Ki'inu ill.' 

 Trcas.. A. W. Shnlmi; . \. .iitivc board, 

 C. J. Monro,-.. S,.inli lhiv,.ii-. C. 

 Shelby; R. .1. r.,i\,ll. D.troil 

 Gunson, AgricuUui.ii College; 

 Hadsell, Troy. 



The Florists' Manual, by Wi 

 is for use cverv dav in the vear. 



Hale, 

 Thos. 



BURPEE'S PRIZES. 



Each year Messrs. W. Atlee Burpee 

 & Co., Philadelphia, offer a liberal list 

 of prizes for finest specimens of vegeta- 

 bles grown from their seeds, and they 

 have sent us a printed list of the win- 

 ners of prizes the' past season for speci- 

 mens of Burpee's Quarter Century to- 

 mato, Burpee's willow leaf bush lima 

 bean and Australian yellow onion. The 

 ].ri/.'< i.iot up to a total of $335 in cash, 

 ,111.1 ill., winners represent almost every 

 -. . I1..II ..f the United States and Canada. 

 K\ulently "Burpee's seeds grow" almost 

 cvjjiywhere. 



You CAN MAKE your employes more 

 valuable to you and at the same time 



sh.iu :iii inl.ii-t in them that will be 

 a|.|.i . . Ml. .1 l.\ presenting them with 

 oopi. - .1 ih. ll.irists' Manual. Christ- 

 m.i> i» a nood lime to do it. 



