MARCH 23, 1SS9. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



405 



exactly in accordance with the sketch 

 sent by 11. The top of the can should 

 be somewhat below the surface, and 

 the grubs promenading on the surface 

 of the soil are "improvements" made 

 by the draughtsman without orders. 

 —Ed.] 



No. 26. I have noticed in several 

 journals the advice to keep fancy ca- 

 ladiura bulbs in a warm, "dry" place 

 during winter. I have seen hundreds 

 of bulbs ruined by a species of dry rot 

 when kept thus, but have never seen a 

 single bulb lost when they were kept 

 in a moist condition in a suitable tem- 

 perature. 



Put them in a box and cover with 

 sand or soil when shaken out of the 

 soil in which they were grown. Stand 

 in a warm place, keep moist at all 

 times and the bulbs will turn out when 

 wanted as plump as when put away. 

 There will be no loss if the bulbs are 

 in proper condition when stored. Try 

 a few this way If you are In doubt. 



M. 



No. 27. This device is one I have 

 found invaluable for syringing all 

 plants and particularly the under side 

 of the foliage of roses, etc. 



It consists of a brass rose (the top 

 being screwed on to the lower part 

 and therefore removable), a piece ot 

 one-fourth inch brass pipe threaded 

 at both ends, a one-fourth inch Globe 

 valve and a brass reducer to reduce 

 from the size of the hose coupling to 

 the valve. 



The device was intended primarily 

 as a sprayer to reach the under side of 

 the foliage effectively, but have found 

 it exceedingly useful in other ways, 

 on account of the perfect control given 

 the user through the Globe valve. By 



No. 29. Weeder. 



this use of the valve the spray can be 

 made with the full force of the water 

 or graduated down to a gentle rain. 



With it I can distribute liquid ma- 

 nure without wasting a drop; can 

 water dry plants among a lot of oth- 

 ers that are already wet enough; can 

 water plants without wetting the foli- 

 age (such as gloxinias, tuberous root- 

 ed begonias, etc.); can water hanging 

 baskets suspended from the ridge, 

 without having to remove the baskets; 

 can water seed pans and small seed- 

 lings; can water the propagating 

 bench without washing out the cut- 

 tings. 



My first sprayer was made ot tin 

 and answered very well, only the rose 

 was made solid and was difficult to 

 clean. So I had one made of brass and 

 the rose made in two parts, so I could 

 unscrew the perforated rose from the 

 cup and readily clean it. N. 



No. 2S i.s a carnation support used 

 by us tor the i;ast three seasons. As 

 will be seen from the engraving it con- 

 sists of two legs and two cross wires 

 to each tier. The legs have a ring 

 turned in them every four inches and 

 can be made fov two or three tiers to 

 suit any variety of carnations we 



practice before one gets very expert 

 at it. 0. 



No. 29 is a weeder I have used on my 

 place for ytars and I use no other on 

 the bench. With it I can weed 

 around the plants without injuring 

 them in the least, digging as deep or 

 as shallow as I wish. 



It is made of one-fourth inch wire. 

 Take a piece of this wire about 16 in- 

 ches long, curve and flatten one end 

 and shape the other end for a handle 

 and in about five minutes you have 

 one of the best weeders for bench 

 work you ever saw. Try it. P. 



No. 30. This is a cart I had made to 

 save labor in emptying and filling car- 

 nation houses with soil. The wheels I 

 bought at a junk shop. They are belt 

 wheels and are 12 inches in diameter, 

 with 2-inch rims. The platform is a 

 piece of 2-inch plank, IS inches wide 



No. 28. Carnation Support. 



have; two tiers are enough for plants 

 30 inches high. It is necessary to have 

 the foot fit snugly to side boards of 

 benches o make support rigid The 

 loops are 4 irides wide by 'j inches 

 long, giving a space when botL are in 

 position of 8 by 6 inches, leaving 2 

 inches between loops. Where benches 

 require six loops or over, it is neces- 

 sary to have a supporting wire run 

 through the center the entire length of 

 bench. 



The legs are made of No. 10 galvan- 

 ized wire, the crosswires of No. 12. We 

 have in use No. It, but they bend too 

 easily when taking out in the fall. The 

 support is placed in position as the 

 plants are lifted from the field, be- 

 fore watering, keeping them in an up- 

 right condition till they are estab- 

 lished. 



The advantages we claim for this 

 support are: It is easily placed in posi- 

 tion, giving the plant complete free- 

 dom, not interfering with picking flow- 

 ers, mulching, or working among them 

 in any shape; no tying up to be done, 

 only going over them once in a while 

 and pushing the few stragglers into 

 the loops. We figure they cost us 

 about half a cent per plant, valuing 

 our time at a reasonable figure for 

 making them, which requires a little 



and 36 inches long. The handle is 1%- 

 inch pipe, with a tee on the end. 

 Through the tee I fastened a stick 

 eight inches long. Six inches of the 

 other end is bent under the plank, flat- 

 tened and fastened to the plank with 

 three bolts. 



This cart will turn a very short cor- 

 ner and will travel through a walk 

 only 20 inches wide. It will carry four 

 good-sized boxes of soil, which is one 

 more than a big wheelbarrow will 

 carry, and with much less labor. A 

 boy 15 years of age emptied and filled 

 our six carnation houses in two weeks, 

 in addition to mixing the soil. Last 

 year, without the cart, it took a man 

 and a boy three weeks to do the same 

 work. The weight is all on the wheels 

 and there is none on the arms. 



The cart cost me only about $3.50 to 

 build, and I would not sell it for $25 if 

 I could not secure another. It paid for 

 itself several times over this fall. 



Q. 



No. 31. There are still florists whose 

 places are so small, or whose finances 

 are so contracted that they feel they 

 cannot afford the manufactured venti- 

 lating apparatus. Such will find the 

 ventilator rod illustrated cheap, safe 



