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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



SEPTEMBER 21, 1899. 



HYDROCYANIC ACID GAS. 



A subscriber who wants to use this 

 gas to kill the eggs of the army worm 

 in a carnation house asks for the 

 method of using it. I am not at all 

 sure it will kill the eggs of any worm, 

 as they have no developed lungs. It 

 is the breathing apparatus of insects 

 that it shuts up. Here is the formula 

 and how we used it: 



One quart water. 



One quart sulphuric acid. 



Five oz. cyanide of potash. 



This is the quantity for every 1,000 

 cubic air space of the house. Have the 

 cyanide done up in 5 oz. packages and 

 have it wrapped in double thickness of 

 strong paper. 



Into a butter jar pour 1 quart of 

 water and 1 quart of sulphuric acid. If 

 you don't have butter jars the deep 

 fiber flower vases will do very well. 



It is much the safest to let the cy- 

 anide into the liquid by a string 

 through the roof. If you are a good 

 runner you might begin at one end of 

 the house and drop the little paper 

 parcel into each jar as you came 

 along, but it is hardly safe, and is best 

 done by a string through the venti- 

 lator. In a few moments the house is 

 full of the deadly gas. 



In twenty-five minutes open the ven- 

 tilators, or some of them; you can al- 

 ways make some provision for doing 

 that. 



Remember that the gas is deadly to 

 everything that breathes, yourself in- 

 cluded, and that the greatest caution 

 should be used to keep every living 

 thing out of the house except the 

 plants and the insects you want to 

 kill. W. S. 



GLAZING WITH PUTTY BULB. 



I should like to know through the 

 Florists' Review, what proportion of 

 material and kinds are used in mixing 

 putty for reglazing with the putty 

 bulb. INQUIRER. 



Use one-third putty, one-third white 

 lead and one-third boiled linseed oil, 

 by measure, not weight. First mix the 

 putty and oil thoroughly, then add the 

 white lead. Strain before using, to re- 

 move lumps and skins. If the weather 

 is cold and the mixture runs thick, add 

 a small quantity of benzine or turpen- 

 tine, g 



INDIANAPOLIS, INU.— The green- 

 houses at the Central Hospital for the 

 Insane are to be completed at a cost 

 -of $4,500. 



BROOKLYN, N. Y.— Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co. have been awarded the cun- 

 tract for a conservatory, 50 feet wide, 

 100 feet long and 46 feet high, to be 

 erscted in Prospect Park. The con- 

 tract price is $17,800. 



WACO, TEXAS.— The Texas State 

 Floial Society will hold its fourth an- 

 nual chrysanthemum show in this city 

 Nov. 15 to 18 next. Miss Bella Beer is 

 corresponding secretary. 



5,000 Begonia Rex and 5,000 Primroses, 



EXTRA 

 FINE. 



POT PLANTS. 



Farquhar Violets. 254-inch $3.00 per 100 



Double White Stock, 2-mch... . 3.00 " 



Forget-Me-Not (Winter Flowering), 



2M-inch 4.00 " 



Begonia Rex, assorted, 25i -inch 4.10 " 



named 6.00 " 



Lemon Verbena, 2J4-inch 3.00 " 



Impatiens Sultana, 254-inch 3.00 " 



Primrose, Chinese, 254-in., Extra Fine 



strain $3,00 per 100 



Manettia bicolor, 3-m 6.00 " 



GERANIUMS-254-in. Sweet Scented.. 



Mrs. Pollock, Pansy.. 4.00 " 



Mrs. Parker 6.00 " 



Happy Thought. 254-in. 4.00 



Silver Leal, 254-in 4.00 " 



BOOTED CUTTINGS 



GERANIUMS— Assorted $1.50 per 100 [ GERANIUMS 



Mixed 1.25 



Mars. Happy Thought, 3.00 



Mrs. Pollock 2.00 " 



Mrs. Parker 4 < XI 



Silver Leaf, Rose Scent- 

 ed, Ivy 1.50 " 



Terms Cash or C. 0. D. 



lime. Salleroi $1.25 per 100 



Freak of Nature 4.00 " 



Begonia Rex 2.00 " 



Incarnata Gigantea 2.00 



" Flowering 2.00 " 



Impatiens Sultana 2.00 



Manettia bicolor 2.00 



Forget-Me-Not (Winter Flowering! . . 2.00 " 



GREENE & INDERHILL, 



WATERTOWN, N. Y. 



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C . I QQQ. SAVE MONEY and SPEAK QUICKLY. I QQQ.C 



W I U J J This offer onlj holds good as long as stock Is unsold. I UJu W 



NARCISSUS, Paper White Grandiflora, extra line $ 6.75 per 1000 



SOMAN' HYACINTHS, fine stock 14.00 " 



LILIUM HARKISII, 5 7, all repacked 40.00 



Terms net cash with ordei 



F. W. O. SCHMITZ, Importer, - - JERSEY CITY, N. J. 



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| Burpee's Seeds Grow j 



Forcing Roses. 



BRINK and BRIDESMAID, strong:, 3 inch, $3.50 

 per 1"U ; 4 inch, $5.00, to close out. 

 Worth double the money. 



HARKETT'S FLORAL NURSERY, 



DUBUQUE, IOWA. 



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Headquarters Frir^i*: ^CT 



for I— I lv-»0^» September 



and October 

 and bring them in bloom yourself. Save duty and 

 ocean freight, etc. Run no risk of getting them 

 dead from Europe. We have 2\000 growing. Come 

 and see them. Palms and Decorative plants in 

 quantity. New Price List will be ready Sept. loth. 



ANTON SCHULTHEIS 



P. 0. Box 78, College Point, NEW YORK CITY. 



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ABBAGE PLANTS. 



Field grown, 15c per 100. $1.00 per 1000 ; 

 if by mail, add 10c per 10J. 



Write for prices on large lots for fall planting. 



P^pcls**/ Strong plants. 35c per 100. $2.50 per 



I cji aicy • i( lll0 ; if by mail, add 20c per 100. 



Other Vegetable plants in season. Cash with order. 



B. VINCENT, JB. & SON, 



White Marsh, Md. 

 Mention the Review when you write. 



SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW 

 for a copy of the 



FLORISTS' MANUAL. 



Fine Strong Plants stock 



Geranium Mme. Jaulin, * P i n ^Zn™*J he 

 Mme. de la Roux, an 

 Abutilon Savitzii, UaAmf p ' 



and bushy- 



11 sold. 



100. A grand 



plant, grows dwar 



capital plant to use with Crotons 



Russelias Mulliflora and Elegantissima, 



2^-in.. $2.50 per doz. Magnificent basket 

 plants, forming a shower of blazing coral red 

 when well grown. Grown as easily as the old 

 German Ivy. 



Browalia Gigantea, aiisow. 

 Acalypha Sanderii, an so id. 



READY NOW. 



THE COTTAGE GARDENS, Queens, N.Y. 



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two good selling time and labor savers. 

 Samples at wholesale price. 



Descriptive circulars free. 



THE W. J. CLARK CO., 



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