APRIL ^, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



795 



FERTILIZERS. 



WE MAIL SAMPLES ON REQUEST. 



PURE BONE MEAL for Greenhouses. The 

 brand we are selling has no superior. It is pure 

 bone, guaranteed free from acids, and is sold 

 at as low rates as many inferior brands, which 

 cannot be used with safety in greenhouse cul- 

 ture. 5 lbs.. 25c; 10 lbs.. 40c; 25 lbs.. 60c; 50 

 lbs.. $1.00: 100 lbs.. $2.00; 200 lbs.. $3.50; 1,000 

 lbs., $15.00: ton, $27.50. 



PULVERIZED SHEEP MANURE. The most 

 effective of all fertilizers and largely used by 

 the best growers about Chicago. We ask for a 

 trial order from every one who has not given It 

 a trial. Those who have, we feel assured of 

 their patronage. Price per sack of about 2 

 bushels, weighing 90 to 100 lbs.. $1.50; 500 lbs., 

 ^5.00; ton. $15.00. 



HORN SHAVINGS. 5 lbs.. 40c; 10 lbs.. 70c; 

 25 lbs.. $1.00: mo lbs.. $3.50. 



E. H. HUNT. 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



Fertilizer. Our complete brand tests 4 to 5 

 per cent nitrogen, 7 to S per cent potash (K2 

 O). 11 to 14 per cent phosphoric acid (equal to 

 25 to 30 per cent bone phosphate). $35.00 per 

 ton or $U.OO per 100 f. o. b. here. 



The Butcher's Brand tests 5 to 6 per cent 

 nitrogen. 2 to 3 per cent potash (K 2 0). 14 to 

 18 per cent phosphoric acid, 30 to 35 per cent 

 bone phosphate. $30.00 per ton. or $1.75 per 

 100. f. o. b. here. For particulars write 



J. L. Reynolds Co.. Mt. Vernon. N. Y. 



We now offer "chemicals" for making liquid 

 compost. Dry powders all soluble in water. 

 Composts cost less than l-3c per gal. Corre- 

 spondence Invited. Eastern Chemical Company. 

 620 A tlantic Ave.. Boston. 



George Ripperger, Sheep Manure. I have now 

 on hand a large quantity of Al sheep manure. 

 Send for price list and sample. Best fertilizer 

 for top dressing. ODBce. 207 Academy St.. fac- 

 tory. Seventh St.. Long Island City. N. Y. 



FLORISTS' LETTERS. 



VV. C. Krlck, 1287 Broadway. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



GALAX LEAVES. 



Reduction in price of Bronze Galas. 

 DELIVERED FREE anywhere In U. S. 



for ONE DOLLAR per thousand. 

 American Rose Co.. Washington, D. C. 



GALAX LEAVES, green or bronze. 75c per 

 1000 in 5.000 lots. H. M. Robinson & Co., 32 

 Court St.. Boston. Mass. 



GALAX LEAVES, green or bronze. 7flc per 

 1000. Growl Fern Co., Milllngton, Mass. 



GARDEN TOOLS. 



Parlln & Orendorff Co.. Canton, 111. 



GLASS ETC. 



Glass for greenhouses, graperies, hotbeds, 

 conservatories, and all other purposes. Get our 

 figures before buying. Estimates freely given. 

 N. Cowen's Son. 392-94 W. Broadway, New 

 York. 



Try LUCAS for Glass. Paint and Putty. 

 4 pamphlets on Glass tell you all about It. 

 Write JOHN LUCAS & CO.. Philadelphia. Pa. 



We make special greenhouse putty. Price on 

 application. Lord & Burnham Co.. Irvington- 

 on-Hudso n. N. Y. 



Importers and jobbers of greenhouse glass. 

 Wheeler-Stenzel Co., 30 Sudbury St., Boston, 

 Mass. 



Greenhouse glass and putty a specialty. C. 

 S. Weber & Co., 10 Dcsbrosses St., New York. 



Greenhouse glass a specialty. Sprague, Smith 

 ■Co.. 207-209 Randolph St., Chicago. 



HOSE. 



HUNT'S TYPHOON BRAND. The best 

 HOSE for greenhouse use. It stands the wear 

 of dragging and pulling around bench posts. 

 Price low for quality. Three-quarter inch. 7-ply 

 blacl;: 



50-foot $ 7.50 



lOn-foot 14.00 



200- foot 26.50 



300-foot 39.00 



Cut to 25 ft. lengths if wanted. Fitted with 

 either coupler. Acme or plain. 



E. n. HUNT. 76- 78 Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO. 



Good Hose. J. G. & A. Esler. Saddle River. N. J. 

 Penn Rubber Co.. 60S Arch St.. Phila.. Pa. 



INSECTICIDES 



NIKOTEEN does not injure the most sensi- 

 tive i)lants; indorsed by prominent florists; used 

 for fumigation or spraying, indoors or out. 

 Sold by seedsmen. Circular free. 

 SKABCURA DIP CO.. Chicago. 



CAUSPERLEPTHA is the best fungicide and 

 Insecticide linown. Try it. One gallon, with 

 full diroctions, $2.00. Walter Mott Seed & 

 Bulb Co.. Jamestown. N. Y. 



To liil! all greenhouse pests use NICOTICIDE. 

 Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1002 

 Magnolia Ave.. Louisville. Ky. 



Rose Leaf Extract of Tobacco will save you 

 money. For free booklet write KENTUCKY 

 TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Louisville, Ky, 



PAINT AND PUTTY. 



GOOD THINGS! 



HAMMOND'S GREENHOUSE WHITE PAINT 

 and TWEMLOWS OLD ENGLISH LIQUID 

 GLAZING PUTTY. In use by some of the 

 largest florists in the United States. Write us 

 for prices. 



HAMMOND'S PAINT AND SLUGSHOT 

 WORKS, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. T. 



POTS. 



Standard Pots. We are now ready to supply 

 a superior quality of pots in unlimited quanti- 

 ties. Catalogues and price lists furnished on 

 application. 



A. H. Hews & Co., North Cambridge. Mass. 



Standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are within 500 miles of the Capital, write us; 

 we can save you money. W. H. Ernest, 28th 

 and M Sts.. N. E., Washington. D. C. 



Standard Red Pots. 2i^-in.. $3.76 1000; 4-in.. 

 $7.52 1000. All sizes in stock. Write for price 

 list. Bridgeton Pottery, Wm. J. Smith, Prop., 

 Bridgeton. N. J. 



The Whilldin Pottery Co., Incorporated. Man- 

 ufacturers of flower pots, Philadelphia. Long 

 Island City. N. Y.. Jersey City. N. J. 



Flower Pots. Before buying write us for 

 prices. Geo. Keller & Son, 361-363 Herndon St. 

 (near Wrightwood Ave.), Chicago. 



Red Standard Pots. Write for prices; we will 

 surprise vou. The Ziegler Filter & Pottery Co., 

 Toledo. Ohio. 



Red Standard Pots, wide bottoms, well 

 burned and porous. Reduced prices. 



Harrison Pottery. Harrison. Ohio. 



Standard Red Pots. Keller Bros., 213-23 

 Pearl St. , Norristown. Pa. 



Red Pots. 



Colesfcurg Pottery Co.. Colesburg, Iowa. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Why not buy your Sphagnum Moss from first 

 hand? We are always ready to ship on a mo- 

 ment's notice and can save you at least 20 per 

 cent. Prices. 2 bales. $1.50; 10-baIe lots, $6.00. 

 Send for sample bale. Z. K. Jewett & Co., 

 Sparta. Wis. ^_^ 



] -barrel bag, 50c; 5-barrel bale. $1.25: 3 bales, 

 $3.25; 5 bales. $5.25. Fresh from swamp and 

 clean. H. R. Akers. Chatsworth. N. J. 



Sphagnum Moss. Write for prices on large 

 quantities. Crowl Fern Co.. MilUngton. Mass. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Thaden's Wire Tendril is adapted to horizontal 

 wires as well as stakes for roses, carnations, 

 chrysanthemums, etc. Easily put on and easily 

 taken off and are durable. Sample 100, prepaid, 

 for 60c. 

 H. Tbaden & Co.. Atlanta, Ga. 



Model Extension Carnation Supports, made 

 with two or three circles: also galvanized rose 

 stakes and tying wires. Igoe Bros., 226 North 

 9th St ., Brooklyn. N. Y. 



DO NOT TIE UP roses or carnations until 

 you have read our circular on wire. 



H. F. Littlefield. Worcester. Mass. 



WIRE WORK. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

 in the west. McKellar & Winterson Co., 45, 47, 

 49 Wa bash Ave.. Chicago. 



Emil Steffens. Manufacturer of Florists' 

 Wire Desi gns. 335 East 21st St., New York. 



Reed & Keller. 122 W. 25th St., New York, 

 Manufactur ers of Wire Designs. 



E. II. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



FROM OUR ENGLISH EXCHANGES. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle. 



Tree-Ferns. — If the stems are newly 

 imported, stand them upright in pots, 

 large enough to accommodate the butt- 

 ends, filling in around them with loam 

 and peat in roughish lumps, sand, crocks, 

 or sandstone, and make the mass some- 

 what solid; having done that, place them 

 in an intermediate-house, or other glass 

 house, having a night temperature not 

 lower than 48 degrees to 50 degrees, nor 

 higher than 70 degrees, and keep the 



stems wet by syringing them twice a 

 day. 



Chrysanthemum Sports. — Mr. Lange, 

 of the Handsworth Road Nursery, 

 Hampton, sends us a single plant with 

 four separate stems, each terminated by 

 a single bloom, and bearing respectively 

 yellow, bronze, pink, and white flowers. 

 The variety is Gustav Grunerwald. The 

 variation is in color only. 



Chrysanthemum Maximum "Lord 

 BoBEKTS." — The varieties of Chrysanthe- 

 mum maximum have become so numerous 

 that some discrimination is necessary in 

 selecting only the best. The variety un- 

 der notice is new, and one of the finest 

 yet raised. It commences to flower 

 about the end of the month of May, 

 and continues till frost stops all further 

 development. The blossoms are remark- 

 able for their size, the diameter of a 

 good specimen exceeding 4 inches, and 

 the petals broader than those of the older 

 forms; it is pure white, and the yellow 

 disc is not large or conspicuous as in 

 those. The plant succeeds in any gar- 

 den soil if in good condition, and it is 

 readily increased by division in autumn 

 or spring. 



Leaf-Miners in Marguerites. — In- 

 secticides are of no avail. You must 

 pinch the grubs under the thumb-nail 

 when there are but few of them, or cut 

 off the leaves and burn them if too nu- 

 merous to destroy by the first method. 

 When the insect is on the wing the de- 

 position of eggs may be prevented by 

 the use of quassia-w'ater. The same fly 

 infests chrysanthemums, cinerarias, se- 

 necios, etc. 



Stbeptosolen Jamesoni. — While vis- 

 iting the gardens of A. H. Harman, Esq., 

 Lower Greyswood, Haslemere, I was 

 much struck with a fine display of Strep- 

 tosoleu Jamesoni in one of the green- 

 houses. The plants were over 9 feet high, 

 growing in lU-inch pots, and clothed from 

 top to bottom with fine trusses of bloom. 

 Mr. Harris, the head gardener, informed 

 me that he struck cuttings of this plant 

 each year in the spring, and grew them 

 on without pinching. 



Shedding of Hyacinth Flowers. — A 

 correspondent sends us several specimens 

 in which the spike falls off in the most 

 disappointing way. It is not at all un- 

 common, and is the result of irregular or 

 di?proporti(inale growth. The flower- 

 staiK grows too fast, and is nipped off at 

 the base by the unyielding scales of the 

 bulb, between which it is thrust up. 



AlLAMANDA WiLLlAMSll. — If you Can- 

 not afford the plant the fullest amount 

 of sunshine, and train it not less than 

 a foot distant from the roof-glass, it 

 will not flower satisfactorily. In order 

 to flower it early, a start should have been 

 made early in January. Allamaudas 

 last five to six months in bloom. Young 

 plants struck from cuttings last year 

 cannot be expected to fiower much this 

 year, indeed it would be better to re- 

 move the flowers. 



To Bender Kaffia More Durable.— 

 It is well known that, although raffia 

 has many good points, it has the fault of 

 soon decaying from damp. We now 

 learn that tliis fault can be overcome 

 bv sulphuring the material, i. e., expos- 

 ing it to the" fumes of burning sulphur 

 in a close chest or room, and its dura- 

 bility increased sevenfold. 



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