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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



November 22, 1900. 



CEMENT JOINTS. 



The best way to slop leaks in cement 

 joints of four-inch cast iron pipes is to 

 take a strong pointed chisel cranked 

 like a calking tool and cut out the cement 

 at least half an inch deep in the joint 

 and then fill in with good Portland ce- 

 ment (without sand), gauged rather 

 stiff, well pressed in and point smooth 

 flush with edge of socket. 



In making cement joints in future 

 omit the sand. I have made cement 

 joints for forty years and would not 

 use any other material. It is the quick- 

 est, cheapest, safest and most durable 

 joint, and it never cracks the socket as 

 will iron cement when used by inexpe- 

 rienced hands. 



My way of making joints is as fol- 

 lows: I use for the purpose nothing but 

 English Portland cciiieiit without sand. 

 I first put in a fairly tight round of 

 oakum and then fill the joint with ce- 

 ment, using it very soft if in summer 

 or in a hothouse. I then put in a second 

 thin round of oakum, which is pressed 

 in very firmly. No tamping is required, 

 as the oakum pressed well in will force 

 out air and water. Then point up ce- 

 ment flush with edge of socket. In win- 

 ter I use the cement much stiff'er, as it 

 is not so quick. If but one man is work- 

 ing in hot weather he should mix enough 

 cement for only one joint at a time. I 

 would like the work to stand twelve 

 hours in summer and twenty-four hours 

 in winter before letting water in, but 

 am often obliged to let water in at 

 once. S. Taplin. 



BROOKLYN, N, Y. 



Death of Henry Miller. 



Henry Miller, one of the oldest and 

 best-known florists of the twenty-sixth 

 ward, Brooklyn, died after a short ill- 

 ness Sunday, Nov. 11, at his home, Ja- 

 maica avenue, at the age of 78 years. He 

 was born at Alzey, Germany, Feb. 19, 

 1823, came to this country in 1841 and 

 secured a position as gardener to ex- 

 Governor Morris for three years, then of 

 White Plains, N. Y. He then started in 

 business for himself in the old town of 

 New Lots, now the twenty-sixth ward 

 of Brooklyn, and conducted his business 

 until three years ago, when he retired, 

 and was succeeded by his son, A. L. 

 Miller. 



NEW CARNATIONS. 



Messrs. Fick & Faber, San Francisco, 

 Cal., register the following: Miss Louise 

 Faber— Bright pink two and one-half to 

 three and one-half inches in diameter, 

 occasionally reaching four inches. Flow- 

 ers well formed and fringed and on 

 stems from two to three feet long. A 

 continuous bloomer. Purity — The purest 

 and largest white yet introduced, flowers 

 three to four inches in diameter, finely 

 fringed and well formed. Stems from 

 eighteen to thirty inches long and very 

 wiry. Both are good healthy growers. 



For the American Carnation Society, 

 Albert M. Herr, Secy., Lancaster, Pa. 



l""^^ HOLLY 



Place your order with PULLEN. Place it now for the very best 

 grade of bright green foliage, well berried, fresh from the swamps. 



Uni I V WDCATUC Only tirst-class materials used— fresh green leaves 



nULlal ffllCMI ndi plentifully clustered with berries. In ordering be sure 



and state sizes wauted and number of berry clusters desired on each. Goods shipped 



at proper tune or on your order, carefully packed. Prices are most reasonably low. 



NURSERY STOCK. 



All varieties of fruit—Peach. Pear, Apple. Plum, 

 Cherry, Apiicot, Quince— every one warranted true to 

 name. Have an extra fine block of Japanese Plum. 



Dl A MTQ Can furnish anything you wish in plants. 

 rLHIl I Oi J^^GOODS ABE THE BEST. 



FBICES ABE LOW. 



Writefor 

 Particulars. 



W. W. PULLEN, Nurseryman and Fruit Grower, MILFORD, Del. 



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NOTICE! 



TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. 



Offer to hold good as long as stock lasts. 



NARCISSUS VON SION, double yellow, mammoth bulbs, the Hnest m the country, onlv a few 



left, $14,00 per If'OO; $1,50 per 100. 

 HYACINTHS, EXHIBITION BULBS, true to name, only $65.00 per 1000; $7.00 per 100. 



'* for forcing in pots, extra fine, separate colors, $4.00 per 100. 



TULIPS, in the leading \ariL4ies. in any quantity. Onlv one quality handled. THE BEST. 

 CROCUS, in separate colors. $2.00 per 1000. 



CHINESE SACRED LILIES, 120 bulbs in a mat, $4.00 a mat. Special low prices on large quantity. 

 GLADIOLUS, THE BRIDE, the finest bulbs grown, guaranteed, the true and pure white stock, only 



$"i 00 per 100. 

 AZALEA CnDICA, all sizes and varieties, only a few left. 



Prices on Crimson Rambler, H. P. Roses, Hermosa, Clematis, Azaleas Mollis and 

 Pontica, Box Trees, large and small. Lilacs in ali varieties. Paeonia sinensis true to 

 name, Spiraea Japonica, Compacta Multiflora and Astil. Floribunda, to arrive 

 shortly, will be cheerfully gi^cn by F. W. O. SCHMITZ, Jersey City, N. J. 



■ M<=Titinn Thp Review when you write. 



Burpee's Seeds Grow 



R 



OSES 



in fine condition. Bride, Golden 

 Gate and Maid of Honor, /rom 214- 

 in. pots, $2.00 per 100; S^-in. pots, 

 $3.00 per 100. 



CASH WITH ORDER. 



R. H. MURPHEY, -- Urbana. Ohio. 



4,500 2-Year-0l(l ROSES. 



WHO WANTS THEM at 5c each. $5.00 

 per 100. 845.00 per 1001 P Marechal Niel, 

 Kaiserin. LaFrance, White LaFrance. Roger 

 Lambelin, Duchess of Albany. Mme. Caro- 

 line Testout, Kobt. Garrett and many others. 

 Send 51 c or Jl.OO for samples. Ca&h with order. 



JOS. X^AIHB & SON, 



Wholesale Florists, Box 280. SPRINGFIELD. OHIO. 



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Ilflir pC ^^^ >'ou going to buy your Holly ? 

 ffnCnC Our stock is now ready for ship- 

 ment. Sample li'-lb box. $1 00. 

 Send for it. It's strictly fine, CALDWELL THE 

 W00I»8«AN CO., E¥ERfiREEN, AL4. P. S. - We 

 also sell some Wild Smila.\. 



AJways mention the Florists* Review wher 

 writing advertisers. 



ome Stock 



You Want. 



Per 100. 

 20,000 Pansv Plants to grow for bloom, 20 Ivs., $1.00 



Coleus, 10 varieties, named 2!i-inch, 1,50 



20,000 .^Iternantlieras, busily 2^ " 1.50 



Salvia Dwarf Clara Bedman 2)i " 1.50 



Smilax 2V " 1.50 



3.000 Cedum Variegatum, border 2M " 1-50 



5,C00 Cigar Plant, fine 2}i " 1.50 



.Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 3 " 5.00 



Boston Fern, true 3 " 5.00 



California Moss, iianging basket plt.,2Ji " 1.50 

 5 plants at 100 rates. 



THE MORRIS FLORAL CO., Morris, III. 



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500,000 VERBENAS.... 



60 finest named varieties, including our 

 new mammoth white. Mrs. McKinley, 

 the finest white Verbena grown. 



PtRFECRY HEALTHY. FREE FROM RIST. 



Rooted Cuttings, tiOc per 100; $5.00 per 1000. 



Plants, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 



Our list is the choice from millions of seedlings. 



Send for list. J. L. DILLON, Bloomsbur^, Pa. 



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