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The Weekly Florists* Review* 



MARCH 2Z, 1S99. 



over a toothed instrument in not dis- 

 turbing the roots of the plants is ap- 

 parent. With this tool work can be 

 accomplished with great rapidity by 

 inexperienced help. It is cheap and 

 durable. G. 



No. 20 is a tray for holding Easter 

 lilies when delivering. It consists of 

 a 10-inch board, three feet long, with 



No. 20. Tray (or Delivering Easter Lilies. 



three 514-inch holes, six inches apart, 

 which allows about one inch space be- 

 tween the tops of the pots when set 

 in. Two strips are nailed across the 

 bottom of the board at the ends, rais- 

 ing it about an inch and giving the 

 plants a firm stand. On each end is 

 nailed an upright strip two feet long, 

 and these are connected by a half-inch 

 strip across, to which the stems of the 



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No. 21. For Washing Palms. 



lilies are tied to prevent their moving. 

 This tray holds 6-inch and 7-inch pots, 

 but it can be made to suit various 

 sizes. During last Easter week we de- 

 livered over 1,200 lilies in this way, 

 and not one was broken. H. 



No. 21 is for washing palms, dracae- 

 nas, etc. It is a finger and thumb 

 made of chamois skin, with a string 

 attached to fasten it around the wrist. 

 Dip the finger and thumb in the water 

 or solution to be used, take hold of 

 the leaf near the stem, thumb above 



Device tor Cutting I'apt-r. 



aud finger below, and draw the hand 

 out to the end of the leaf. In this way 

 you can remove all scales and dirt 

 from the leaf much quicker than with 

 a sponge. You can hold the leaf with 

 one hand and wash with the other. 



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No. 23. Support for Shading over Frames, 



No. 22 is a simple but valuable de- 

 vice for cutting newspapers, etc., into 

 sizes useful for wrapping plants taken 

 out of pots for shipping. It is a box 

 two feet square and four inches deep, 

 with a space a quarter of an inch wide 

 sawn out across the middle of the bot- 

 tom. Lay the paper upon the box 

 with the place where it is to be cut, 

 over the open slit. Then with a thin- 

 bladed knife cut the paper across 

 through the opening. A pile of paper 

 one-fourth to one-half inch thick can 

 be cut through easily and quickly. We 

 consider this the most useful labor- 

 saving device we have on the place. 



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No. 23 is a support for shades over 

 frames in summer time. It is a frame 

 of light material, the standards of 

 about one and a quarter inch stuff. 

 The drawing shows how it sets over 

 the edge of the frame, making it easily 



movable from one frame to another as 

 needed and so it can be readily stored 

 when not in use. They can be made 

 any desired length — from one to four 

 sashes long, as most convenient. We 

 have used this for some time and find 

 it a great improvement over the usual 

 stakes and cross pieces. K. 



No. 24 is a device for providing a 

 moderate suppiy of water of the same 

 temperature as the house, and to fa- 

 cilitate watering when a can is used. 

 The box is 6 inches wide and 12 inches 

 deep, and long enough to hold a self- 

 acting water cock, such as is used in 

 the overhead tank in a bathroom. 

 Water is admitted to the box and con- 

 necting barrel and is automatically 



cut off when the barrel is full. Remove 

 a portion from tne barrel and an equal 

 quantity is automatically admitted 

 from the supply pipe. Where a tank 

 is built under the bench the self-act- 

 ing water cock can be placed in one 

 end of it. 



The idea is to keep the tank or bar- 

 rel full of water all the time, which 

 not only keeps the water the same 

 temperature as the greenhouse but in- 

 sures a full barrel or tank to dip from 

 when watering with the can. Every- 

 one knows that a man can water much 

 quicker with the can when he can dip 

 the water up instead of being obliged 

 to fill the can at a faucet. The whole 

 cost of the apparatus is less than 

 $2.00 L. 



No. 25. To catch "White Grubs," 

 sometimes called "Rich Worms," the 

 larvae of the "June Bug," so much 

 feared by rose-growers. 



Noticing that where they come in 

 contact with the side of a bench or 

 frame they followed it for some dis- 

 tance, I conceived the idea that if a 

 small tin can was sunk into the 

 ground slightly below the surface and 

 touching the board on one side, the 

 grub would probably fall in and be 

 unable to get out. I procured some old 

 vegetable cans and tried the experi- 

 ment. In a few days I examined the 

 cans and found in thirty-six an aver- 

 age of a little over sixteen to a can. 



Quite recently I had the same expe- 

 rience with some violet frames and 

 caught over three hundred In about 

 three nights. They seem to do their 

 traveling at night. One can contained 



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No. 25. Trap for Grubs. 



forty-six the third day after being 

 sunk in the ground. Let any one try 

 this method and the advice of "The 

 Doctors" to "hand-pick" wall be 

 thrown to the winds. M. 



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