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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



MARCH 23, 1899. 



STORING FLOWERS. 



There is something better than an 

 ice box in which to l\eep flowers, and 

 that is a room cooled by the apparatus 

 used in cold storage plants. Mr. Sam- 

 uel S, Pennock. of Philadelphia, is 

 probably the first wholesale florist in 

 the country to put in such a plant, and 

 he is much pleased with the result of 

 the experiment. 



His room has two compartments, 

 each 10x11 and 11 feet higli, 

 inside measure. The two com- 

 partments are connected by a door 

 and there is an outside door to each 

 one. The reason the room is so di- 

 vided is that while the dryer air of a 

 room cooled by machinery is very 

 much better for carnations, it is not 

 so desirable for roses and the best 

 conditions for the roses are secured 

 by syringing them as they stand in 

 the pots or buckets. 



The dry compartment keeps carna- 

 tions in condition much longer than in 

 an ice cooled room, which is an impor- 

 tant consideration, and there are other 

 flowers, such as bulbous stuff and or- 

 chids, that also keep much better in 

 this room. This is especially noticea- 

 ble in the case of lily of the valley, 

 ■which is apt to damp off in a moist 

 atmosphere. Smilax, adiantum ferns, 

 etc., go in the rose compartment. 



All the si)ace in each room is de- 

 voted to storage, there being no ice 

 chamber to take up room, the cooling 

 pipes overhead taking up no room that 

 ■would be available for anything else. 

 There are numerous shelves upon 

 ■which the shorter stemmed flowers 

 may be placed, and the interior is well 

 lighted by incandescent electric lamps. 



The machinery for cooling the room 

 is placed in the basement and cost 

 about $1,500, including an auxiliary 

 tank in one of the rooms that makes 

 about a hundred pounds of ice a day 

 to use in packing flowers for ship- 

 ment. The power is electricity and is 

 taken from the current that supplies 

 light. Coming through the same me- 

 ter as the current for his light, Mr. 

 Pennock is unable to say just how 

 much the motor uses, but he is satis- 

 fied so far that it is costing him less 

 than ice. to say nothing of the better 

 condition in which he is able to keep 

 his stock and the freedom from the 

 nuisance of the frequent refilling of an 

 Ice chamber. 



ORCAS, WASH,— Geo. Gibbs is mak- 

 ing preparations to plant out half a 

 million bulbs next fall. Snowdrops 

 commenced to bloom here Jan. 20, 

 ■were cut down Feb. 1 to 5, but came 

 right on in bloom again in five days, 

 not hurt. Crocus can be cut now by 

 the thousand. Hyacinth spikes are 

 three inches high and the earliest va- 

 rieties of narcissus are budded for 

 bloom. 



TOLEDO, 0.— H. M. Seales, formerly 

 grower to the Brookwood Floral Co,, 

 of Atlanta. Ga., has taken a similar 

 position with Geo, A, Heinl. of this 

 tity. 



Special Offer of — ■ 



HYBRID CLEMATIS 



We have again this sea- 

 son a fine stock of good, 

 strong plants, two years 

 old. own roots. 

 Boskoop Seedling. Extra 



largi.' lavender. 

 Duchess of Edinburgh. 



Double pure wliite. 

 Fairy Queen. Pale flesh 



with a pink bar. 

 Gipsy Queen. One of the fin- 

 est rich purple varieties. 

 Henryi. Finest largesingle 

 white. 

 ^li^5^^^ ,, -''tr" ^ Jackmanni. The best known 



"W^'^^ti-^'jiy^''^ and most popular varie- 



ty. Color: dark, rich, 

 roval purple. 

 Madam Baron Veillard. 



Light rose, shaded lilac. 

 Mme. Van Houtte. Pure 

 white; extra fine. 

 Miss Baleman. White with chocolate-red anthers, 

 btandishi. Light Blue. 

 The Gem. l->eep lavender blue. 

 The President. Bright bluish purple. 



$3.75 per dozen; $30.00 per 100. 



\EW RED CLEMATIS. 



M. Koster. .-V bright ros\ carmine, not as rich in color as 

 Mme. Edouard .Andre, but possessing the advantage over that 

 beautiful variety ol being a much stronger, freer grower, and 

 also of being remarkably free in flowering, while Mme. Ed- 

 ouard .\ndre, though richer and brighter in color, lacks in 

 constitution, and makes but a light growth. We have seen 

 M. Koster under ordinary nursery culture, a height of 6 to 8 

 feet, in two-year-old plants, with hundreds of flowers open at 

 one time. 35 cents each; S4.UU per dozen. 



CLEMATIS CRISPA. CLEMATIS COCCINEA. 



We have a fine stock of tine two-vear-old plants of the above 

 two varieties at 51.0(1 per dozen; S7.0U per 110. 



CLEMATIS FIAMMUU. 



■Strong two-year-old plants of this old favorite. 51.25 per 

 dozen; SlO.OOperlOO. ' 



ts^:- ii^ Clematis 



^^ fRO* M. Koster 



Henry A. Dreer, 7 14 chestnut st., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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And Still They Come 



South Side Flor.-\l Co., Springfield, 111. 



Gents:— I saw vour 50110 Verbenas, just received 

 bv Brittenbaugh Bros. I want 2000 just like them 

 Please send at once C. O. D. Yours resp'v. 



S.\MUEL G,\SS, .Allegheny, Pa. 



VERBENAS— Strong rooted cuttings, 30 grand va- 

 rieties, 60c per 100, $5.00 per KOU; 5000, $22.00. 



PETUNIAS— Dreer's latest set of double fringed, 

 true to name, $1.00 per 100. 



SMILAX— Strong, bushy seedlings, ready for pots, 

 50c per 100. ${^00 per 1000. E.vpress prepaid on 

 the preceding stock. 



ROSE and CARNATION Cuttings now ready. Clean 

 healthy stock, well rooted, at lowest prices 

 quoted. Send for our lists and save money. 



Terms cash with order. 



SOUTH SIDE FLORAL CO. 



SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 



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Live Sphagnum Moss 



For Orchids, etc., $1.2') per bbl. 



Sphagnum Moss 



First quality, $1.00 per bale; 10 bales, $8.00. 



Z. K. JEWETT & CO., SPARTA, WIS. 



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SMILAX. 



1840 



Old Colony Nurseries, 



1899 



HARDY SHKUBS. TREES, VINES, 



EVERGREENS and PERENNIALS. 



A large and fine stock of well rooted plants, grown 

 in a sandy loam. Good plants, best sizes for 

 plantiiig. verv cheap. 



Trade list free on application. 



T. R. "WATSON, Plymouth, Mass. 



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NICE 



THRIFTY 

 PL.\NTS 

 froui thumb pots. 



If shifted now will make fine stock for 

 -Summer planting. $l.5U jier hundred. 



NATHAN SMITH &. SON, 



ADRIAN, MICH. 



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 ,^ FORT WAYNE, IND. 



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