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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



JULY 7. 1898. 



ELIZABETH, N. J. 



I called on Mr. J. W. Blakely, one of 

 the oldest and best known florists in 

 this historical city, to see his sweet 

 peas and to note his experiments with 

 Jadoo Fibre and Jadoo Liquid in 

 growing same. Mr. Blakely is an en- 

 thusiast both on Jadoo and sweet peas 

 and his garden in the rear of -the 

 store, though surrounded by trees 

 and houses, the results so far as 

 growth and profuse flowering are con- 

 cerned were all that could be desired. 



The first sowing was made in the 

 middle of February and the seed was 

 started in pots filled with Jadoo Fi- 

 bre. These were planted out in April 

 in a trench of Jadoo, while the bal- 

 ance were sown out doors in March 

 in ordinary soil and mulched with Ja- 

 doo, both being watered with Jadoo 

 Liquid. The results over previous 

 years when Jadoo was not used are 

 decidedly gratifying. Instead of a lot 

 of rank growth, the plants have 

 bloomed continuously since the first 

 of June, nearly 2,(;k;i0 blooms a day 

 being taken from ten rows 3-") feet 

 long. The plants are more vigorous 

 and the flowers, of exceptionally long 

 stems, are of great substance and of 

 good color. 



Of course those sown indoors and 

 planted out show the strongest 

 growth and are about a foot tallyr 

 and it seems to me that seed treated 

 this way was an excellent investment, 

 for the reason that you start picking 

 almost by the end of May, and have 

 your crop in in time for the school 

 commencement and exercises, etc., 

 much earlier than the ordinary crop. 



Among the 60 odd varieties includ- 

 ing all novelties, I noted the following 

 that were the most striking. Oriental, 

 deep pink, the best of the lot: Her 

 Majesty, cerise pink; The Bride, white, 

 very dwarf; Nawana. heliotrope 

 splashed; Aurora, pink splashed, 

 dwarf; Mars, bright pink; Prima 

 Donna, cerise pink; Capt. of the Blues, 

 an odd blue shade, and a host of others 

 too numerous to mention. 



Mr. Blakely will make an exhibition 

 in his store during the week of the 

 different varieties. B. 



WIND TIGHT ROOFS. 



To make a greenhouse roof both 

 wind and water tight we know of 

 nothing better than the zinc joints 

 made by Mr. J. M. Gasser, Cleveland, 

 O. These are properly shaped strips 

 of zinc that are placed between the 

 edges of the glass where the lights 

 come together. There is no lap and 

 this makes some saving in glass. With 

 this joint a glass roof can be made 

 quite wind tight and this must mean 

 a very material saving in fuel on 

 windy nights in winter. Mr. Gasser is 

 the well known Cleveland florist and 

 first made the joints for his own use 

 only. He has of late years offered them 

 to the trade and large quantities are 

 now in use all over the country. 



Another Triumph 

 For Jadoo. 



At the tenth great Annual Exhibition of the Royal Horticultural 

 .Society, held May 25-27, in the Temple Gardens on the Thames Em- 

 bankment, London, England, a display of 'Plants in Jadoo Fibre was 

 AWARDED A SILVER MEDAL OF THE FIRST CLASS. 



This bears out our claims that Jadoo Fibre, mtelligently used, will 

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