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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



AUGUST IS, 1S3S. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manager. 



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Copyright iSg8. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW. 



This issue of The Florists' Review 

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 your money. The biggest dollar's worth 

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We give you not only the best paper 

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 amount of information of really prac- 

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 See our offer headed "Co-Operation." 



As to news of the trade, you miss 

 nothing when you read The Review, 

 and in the majority of cases you get it 

 much earlier. In this issue of The Re- 

 view you will find a full report of the 

 Omaha convention of the Society of 

 American Florists, which opened 

 Tuesday of this week and closed this 

 Thursday. This is daily paper speed in 

 the gathering, printing and dissemina- 

 tion of news. It is the quickest work 

 ever yet done by a weekly paper. 



The Review proposes to keep its 

 place at the head of the procession. 

 We ask your support in this laudable 

 determination. And if you don't see 

 what you want ask for it. We will get 

 it for you if it is to be had. Ask any 

 questions you wish about matters per- 

 taining to the trade. We will get the 

 information for you if it is obtainable. 

 We believe that the best matter to 

 print is that which our subscriTjers 

 want to read. And what interests you 

 interests others in the trade. 



OUR PRIZE COMPETITION. 



We have received descriptions and 

 drawings of quite a number of labor- 

 saving devices and useful suggestions 

 in response to our prize offer, and we 

 Degin to realize the difficulty of deter- 

 mining which are most useful to the 

 majority of our readers. It has oc- 

 curred to us that the readers them- 

 selves are most competent to settle the 

 question, and we have decided to sub- 

 mit the matter to a vote by our sub- 

 scribers. We shall publish all that 

 seem worthy of consideranon and let 

 our readers select the prize-winners. 



We present the first installment 

 herewith. There is a host of others to 

 come. We shall number them in ro- 



tation and ask our subscribers to vote 

 by number. Don't vote till you have 

 seen them all. We will tell you when 

 the last one has been presented. 



Extension to Bucket, for holding Cut Flowers. 

 No. 1. 



In this the main idea is an extension 

 to a bucket. The bucket itself is inside 

 and is used for holding flowers (partic- 

 ularly carnations) with rather short 

 stems. The same bucket is used for 

 the long-stemmed flowers by using the 

 extension as shown, which slips out 

 when not in use. The extension of 

 course has no bottom. I find the gal- 

 vanized iron buckets made of various 

 sizes the very best and handiest for 

 holding fiowers. The extension simply 

 makes them still more useful. The 

 most convenient size I find to be about 

 10% inches deep and 12 inches in di- 

 ameter. Seven inches I find to be a 

 good depth for the extension, but of 

 course it could be made of any size. 

 The flare should be the same as that of 

 the bucket and fit snugly to the top of 

 same. A. 



This might be called a finger knife. 

 A thin blade of the best steel is cut in 

 the shape shown and firmly fastened 

 on the outside of a thimble. The top 

 concave edge is sharpened, the side 

 edges are blunt. It is used by placing 

 the thimble on the middle finger and 

 turning the blade crosswise of the 

 hand. Its use is to sever the stems of 

 carnations or other plants. The stem 

 is grasped in the thumb and finger and 

 the knife edge pressed against the stem 

 below, making an upward cut. This is 

 a particularly handy Implement when 



the stems are tough and hard to break 

 off. A. 



This is a very cheap and efficient 

 "smoker" for fumigating with tobacco 

 stems. It is made of 6-inch or 8-inch 

 second-hand stovepipe, which can be 

 had almost for the asking. Four 

 notches are cut in the lower end, as 

 shown, and the pieces turned in to 

 hold the perforated bottom shown at 

 A in the figure. A hole just above the 

 bottom (see B in figure) is for the pur- 

 pose of lighting the "smoker." 



We use these smokers in this way: 

 First, a single handful of light shav- 

 ings or paper is placed in front of the 

 opening (B) on the bottom; on top of 

 the shavings a little perfectlv dry to- 

 bacco stems: the whole smoker from 

 the bottom up is then filled with well 

 dampened stems. A match is applied 

 to the shavings, and when weil lighted 

 the smoker is set where wanted and 

 the stems well pressed down to pre- 

 vent blazing. 



I have used these for a :iumber ot 

 years and have seen nothing that will 

 compare with them for cheapness, 

 handiness and effectiveness. Another 

 advantage they possess is that they 

 save all the tobacco ashes. After using 

 the smokers the ashes are all emptied 

 into a barrel for future use as a fer- 

 tilizer. A. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



The report for the past year of the 

 treasurer of the Florists' Hail As- 

 sociation has been issued. During the 

 year losses by hail have amounted to 

 .f7,5S.j.S8. Expenses during the same 

 period have been $6,030.00. Total re- 

 ceipts were $1G,.")0G.90 and total expen- 

 ditures $1:3,015.97, The invested funds 

 of the association, entirely in interest 

 bearing bonds, amount to .'?.j,t!iiO.0O. 

 Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa., is 

 treasurer and Jno. G. Esler, Saddle 

 River. N. J., is secretary. 



