932 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



May 22. 1902. 



CUT FLOWER BOXES. 



Hunfs LIBERTY Folding Boxes are POEE 

 WHITE, almost waterproof and stronger than 

 any other box on the market. Send for sam- 

 ple. Prices no higher than the "cheap-looking" 

 boxes usually sold. 



E. H. HDNT. 76-78 Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO. 



CDT FLOWER BOXES, the best, strongest 

 and neatest folding cut flower box made. 

 Livingston Seed Co.. Box 104. Columbus. O. 



Star Florists' Boxes. Edwards & Docker 

 Co.. 16 and 18 N. Fifth St.. Philadelphia. Pa. 



Florists' Boxes. The J. W. Sefton Mfg. Co., 

 241-247 S. Jefferson St.. Chicago. 



H. Schultz & Co.. 117-123 Market St., Chicago. 



DECORATIVE MATERIAL. 



Fancy and Dagger FEENS. $1.60 per 1000. 

 LAUREL festooning 4. 6 and 60 per yd. 

 Ground pine, sphagnum moss, etc. 

 CROWL FERN CO.. MllUngton. Ma»8. 



Fancy and Dagger ferns, $1.50 per 1000: dls- 

 connt on large orders. Wild smllax, select, 

 $4.00 and $7.00 per case. Laurel festooning, 

 good. 4. 6 and 6c per yd. 11. M. Robinson & 

 Co., 36 Court Square. Boston, Mass, 



EVERYTHING FOR FLORISTS. 



Write for quotations on your wants to Mc- 

 Kellar & Wlntersoo Co., 45. 47, 4d Wabash 

 Ave., Chicago. 



FERTILIZERS. 



WE MAIL SAMPLES ON REQUEST. 



PORE 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. 60; 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 Iba.. $1.60; 600 lbs., 

 $6.00; ton. $15.00. 



HORN SHAVINGS, 6 lbs.. 40c; 10 lbs., 70c; 

 25 lbs., $1.00; 100 lbs.. $3.50. 



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



ISONE MEAL — Plerson's Superior Brand, ap- 

 proved by Pennsyivaniii ,\gricultural Station, 

 $3.25 a snck (200 lbs.); $29.ci0 a ton. Henry F. 

 MIchell. 1018 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



GALAX LEAVES. 



GALAX LEAVES, green or bronze. 7Sc per 

 1000 In 6.000 Iota. H. M. Robinson ft Co., 32 

 Court Sq.. Boston. Mass. 



GALAX LEAVES, green or bronze, 76c per 

 1000. Crowl Fern Co., MllUngton, Mass. 



GARDEN TOOLS. 



Parlln & Orendorft Co.. Canton, lU. 



GLASS ETC. 



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 & Burobam Co., Irvlngton- 



on-Hudson, N. Y. 



Importers and Jobbers of greenhouse" glass. 

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



Mass. 



Greenhouse glass and putty a specialty. C. 

 S. Weber & Co.. 10 Desbrosses 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 

 black: 



50-foot $ 7.60 



100-foot 14.00 



200-foot 28.50 



300- foot 39.00 



Cut to 25 ft. lengths It wanted. Fitted with 

 either coupler. Acme or plain. 



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



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

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



INSECTICIDES. 



NIKOTEEN does not injure the most sensi- 

 tive plants; Indorsed by prominent florists; used 

 for fumigation or spraying, indoors or out. 

 Sold by seedsmen. Circular free. 



SKABCURA DIP CO.. Chicago. 



To kill all greenhouse pests use NICOTICIDE. 

 Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1002 

 Magnolia Ave., Louisville, Ky. 



Rose Leaf Extract of Tobacco will save yon 

 money. For free booklet write KENTUCKY 

 TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., LonisvUle, 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, Fishkiil-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



The CHEAPEST way, the EASIEST way, and 

 the BEST way to get rid of that surplus stock 

 is to use the REVIEW'S classified ad.vs, 



POTS. 



Standard Pots. We are now ready to supply 

 a superior quality of pots in unlimited quanti- 

 ties. CHtalogues and price lists furnished on 

 application. 



A. H. Hewfl & Co.. North Cambridge. Mass. 



Standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are within 600 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. 2%-ln., ?3.76 1000; 4-ln.. 

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

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

 Brldgeton. 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 Wrlghtwood Ave.). Chicago. 



Red Standard Pots. Write for prices; we will 

 surprise you. The Zlegler Filter & Pottery Co., 

 Toledo. Ohio. 



Red Standard Pots, wide bottoms, well 

 burned and porous. Reduced prices. 



Barrlson Pottery, Harrison, Ohio. 



Standard Red Pots. Keller Bros., 213-23 

 Pearl St.. Norrlstown, Pa. 



Red Pots. 



Colesbarg Pottery Co., Colesbnrg, 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 yon at least 20 per 

 cent. Prices, 2 bales. $1.50; 10-bale lota, $6.00. 

 Send for sample bale. 2. K. Jewett & Co., 

 Sparta, Wis. 



Sphagnum Moss. Write for prices on large 

 quantities. Crowl Fern Co.. MllUngton, Mass. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



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. 



wTWe work. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

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

 49 Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



Emll Steffens. Manufacturer of Florists' 

 Wire Designs. 335 East 21st St., New York. 



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

 Manufacturers of Wire Designs. 



E. H. Hunt. 76-7S Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



PoroHKKEPsiE, X. Y. — ilii-liael J. 

 Lynoli, the well-known florist, died May 

 l'2th, after a long illness due to throat 

 and lung trouble. He was born in Ire- 

 land in 1H46 and was the son of a gar- 

 dener. At the age of 18 he came 

 to America and worked as a gardener at 

 various places till 1870, when he started 

 in Vjusiupss for uimself in a small way 

 in this cit.v. He prospered and leaves a 

 valuable estate. His two sons, Thomas 

 and John, were associated with him in 

 the business. 



Dayton, O. — The Miami Floral Co. 

 has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $5,000, by Chas. E. Pease, J. T. 

 Barlow, Wm. Krepahabor, Chas. Wheaton 

 and J. M. Sprigg. 



CiiNTER\iLLE, Ia. — S. A. Love, of Love 

 Bros., florists, was married at Washing- 

 ton. Ia., April 29, and has brought liis 

 bride to his home here. 



MENDEL'S LAW OF HYBRIDZA- 

 TION. 



In the Royal Horticultural Society's 

 Journal a translation is given of an in- 

 valuable paper published by Abbe Gre- 

 goe Mendel in ISG.j, which, being before 

 its time, has only recently been ade- 

 quately recognized and brought to gen- 

 eral notice, owing to research on similar 

 lines by Professor Hugo de Vries and 

 others. The p.aper gives in detail the 

 results of a series of hybridizing experi- 

 ments with peas extending over eight 

 years, and covering numerous genera- 

 tions. Many thousands of plants were 

 raised under conditions v.hieh permitted 

 precise records to V)e made of the effects 

 of hybridization ujion the progeny, and 

 from these records a law is deduced and 

 practically established that throughout 

 all the crossings the original parental 

 characters remain intact, whether latent, 

 or patent, and make their appearance in 

 certain definite ratios, according to what 

 Mendel term? their "dominant" (assert- 

 ive) or "recessive"' (less assertive) na- 

 ture. 



We must refer to the paper itself for 

 details, as it is a long one, and yet re- 

 plete with most convincing data, but, 

 broadly stated, the principle set forth is 

 as follows: Hitherto the hybridist has 

 been working almost entirely in the 

 dark, and the idea has been prevalent 

 that when two plants showing differ- 

 ential characters are crossed, the repro- 

 ductive cells—i.e.;, the pollen cells and 

 the ovarian cells — united in such a way 

 that there was a general mixture of po- 

 tencies, which thenceforth led to quite 

 heterogeneous types. Experiments on a 

 comparatively small scale rather tended 

 to confirm this idea, but, carried out on 

 a large scale through numerous genera- 

 tions, it transpires that the reproduc- 

 tive gemmules always retain their in- 

 tegrity, however often transmitted, and 

 that in the process of reproduction it is 

 a matter of association only, and not 

 actual admixture, no transitional forms 

 arising which would imply the latter. 

 Hence, in every generation the original 

 parental characters reappear intact; 

 thus, in a seed -pod of a hybrid pea we 

 may find peas of both parental forms. 

 I.e., wrinkled and round, or green or 

 other color, but both these tpyes of seed 

 will have within it latent the characters 

 of the other, which may reappear sooner 

 or later in the ratio indicated by its 

 dominant or recessive character. 



This ratio comes out through all ex- 

 periments as three to one with extraor- 

 dinary precision, and, persisting as it 

 does generation after generation, tends 

 to the establishment in far greater num- 

 bers of the dominant t.vpe, while, on the 

 other hand, the recessive type, though 

 ever diminishing in ratio, can hardly en- 

 tirely disappear, which explains the 

 phenomenon of occasiimal reversion even 

 to antiquated forms. Whether the Men- 

 dellian law is generally applicable 

 throughout organic life remains to be 

 seen, but the fact that a definite law is 

 demonstrate*! to exist in one genus forms 

 a great incentive to research, and also 

 directs attention to the channel it should 

 pursue, the whole series of Mendel exper- 

 iments, and his mode of conducting 

 them, forming, as Mr. Bateson aptly 

 points out, an admirable model for his 

 successors. — Gardeners' Magazine. 



PLEASE MENTION THE REVIEV WHEN WRITING ANY OF THESE ADVERTISERS 



