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The Weekly Rorists^ Review* 



May 29, 191JJ 



FERTILIZERS. 



WB MAIL SAMPLES ON REQDEST. 



PDEB BONE MEAL tor 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 Ibs..?3.B0; 1,000 

 lbs., J16.00; ton, $27.50. 



PULVERIZED SHEEP MANDRE. 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 sacli of about 2 

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

 $5.00; 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. 



BONE ME.\L — Pierson's Superior Brand, ap- 

 proved bv Pennsylvania Agricultural Station. 

 $3.25 a sacit (200 lbs.); $29.00 a ton. Henry F. 

 Michell. lOlS MarliPt St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



GALAX LEAVES. 



GALAX LEAVES, green or bronze, 75c per 

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

 Court Sq., Boston, Mass. 



GALAX LEAVES, green or bronze, 76c per 

 1000. Growl Fern Co., MllllDgton, Mass. 



GARDEN TOOLS. 



Parlln & Orendorlf Co.. Canton. HI. 



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 ma]£e special greenhouse putty. Price on 

 uppllcation. Lord & Burnham Co.. Irvlngton- 

 on-Hudson, 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 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.B0 



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



Good Hose. J. G. & A. Ealer, Saddle River, N. J. 

 Penn Rubber Co., 608 Arch St., Phlla., 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. 



Rose lice, red spider and mildew on rose 

 bushes prevented by SULPHO-TOBACCO SOAP. 

 Write for our special offer to florists. 



LARKIN SOAP CO., Buffalo, N. Y. 



To kill 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 TWEMLOW'S 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, FIshklll-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



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. Hewa & Co.. North Cambridge. Mass. 



Standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are within 600 miles of the Capital, write ua; 

 we can save you monev. W. H. Ernest. 28th 

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



The Whllldin 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 you. The Zlegler Filter & Pottery Co., 

 Toledo. Ohio. 



Red Standard Pots, wide bottoms, well 

 burned and porous. Reduced prices. 



Harrison Pottery, Harrison, Ohio. 



Red Pots, 



Colesturg 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-bale lots, $6.00. 

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

 Sparta. Wis. 



Fresh, clean, 5 bbl. bale, $1.25; 3 bales, 

 $8.25; 5 bales. $5.00. H. R. Akers. Chatsworth, 

 N. J. 



Sphagnum Moss. Write for prices on large 

 quantities. Crowl Fern Co.. Millington. 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. 



VtfmE WORK. 



wire hanging baskets, 12-in., well made, 

 painted green, $2.00 per dozen; $15,00 per 100. 

 Geo. L. Miiler. Newark. Ohio. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

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

 49 Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



Emil 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. 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



HERBACEOUS PHLOXES. 



The very large collection of these 

 beautiful hardy plants, in the Eoyal 

 Horticultural Gardens, Chiswick, affords 

 to the Fellows of the Society an admir- 

 able opportunity to make selections of 

 what may seem to them to be the best 

 varieties. With so many diverse colors 

 or markings, it is but natural that selec- 

 tions should differ very much. Just as 

 the tastes of the selectors differ, there 

 seems to be no doubt but that pronounced 

 colors produce the best general effect, 

 although there are few varieties that 

 do not seem to be- charming when looked 

 at closely. It is one of the excellent 

 features of herbaceous phloxes, that if 

 some plants or stems be pinched back 

 early in their growth, they will branch 

 out, and thus, if others remain untouched, 

 to bloom early, greatly prolong the 

 flowering season. Still further pinching 

 tends to produce comparative dwarfing. 

 Where several plants of a variety are 

 grown, some of each variety can thus be 

 stopped, and late bloom ensured. 



To have good effects from phloxes in 

 borders, plants should be put out in 

 trebles anglewise, as if in that way a 

 dozen heads be produced, the effect is 

 very telling. Some young shoots taken 

 off quite early in the spring, when but 

 from 2 inches to 3 inches long, should 

 be inserted into pots as cuttings every 

 year, thus ensuring a continuous stock 

 of young plants; a further advantage is 

 that the new season's shoots are thus 

 thinned, and that is beneficial, as stocks 

 should not carry more than three or four 

 stems at the most. 



Plants from cuttings the first year 

 may be finely flowered in 6-ineh pots, in 

 single stems, in cool houses or conserva- 

 tories, or for outdoor groups, or they 

 may be plunged into beds to fill vacant 

 places. Then in the autumn they may 

 be planted out into borders, to bloom for 

 two years, after which they should be 



replaced by younger plants. Being 

 somewhat free surface rooters, it is need- 

 ful to give ample moisture as the plants 

 age; the stems also become more crowd- 

 ed and tall each season. 



With respect to varieties, a selection 

 of a dozen made at Chiswick is thus: 

 Sylphide, 30 inches, jiure white, very fine; 

 Berenice, pure white. 20 inches ; Croix 

 du Sud, white, red eye, very charming, 

 2 feet; Eegulus, rich rosy carmine, 2 

 feet ; James Bennett, pink, red eye, 2 

 feet; Parthenon, rosy lilac, 16 ins 

 Cameron, white, rose eye, 2 feet; Co' 

 quelicot, brilliant vermilion, 30 inches 

 Comet, bright rosy pink, 2 feet; Montag- 

 nard, intense crimson red, 30 inches 

 Lebenger, red, shaded purple, 30 inches 

 and Fernando Cortez, reddish carmine, 

 shaded rose, 2 feet. 



A further selection of twelve, made a 

 a few days subsequent to seeing the Chis- 

 wick collection, gave the following as 

 very beautiful at Long Ditton: Ava- 

 lanche, pure white, 18 inches; Les De- 

 lices, lilac, red eye, 18 inches; Henri 

 Murger, white, with cerise eye; Marquis 

 de Breteuil, carmine pink, 16 inches; 

 Le Siecle, rosy carmine, 15 inches; Eeg- 

 ulus, deep carmine, 18 inches; Jocelyn, 

 deep scarlet, IS inches; Le Macquart, 

 purple, 16 inches; Eobur, violet purple, 

 20 inches; Tempete, rosy carmine, shad- 

 ed crimson, 2 feet; Paul Bert, white, 

 flushed and shaded blue; and Souvenir 

 d'Emile Leiberg, soft, clear pink, with 

 magenta edge. — A. D., in Gardener's 

 Chronicle. 



NOTES ON SWEET PEAS. 



The sweet pea is independent of in- 

 sect or wind agency in its fertilization, 

 being always self-fertilized. I have 

 grown a large collection close to the 

 bees, and have never found the varieties 

 cross. The reason is fertilization takes 

 place before the flowers expand. This 

 can be easily proved by opening the 

 flower bud at the proper time, when it 

 will be seen that the anthers have burst 

 and the pollen is free. To fertilize arti- 

 ficially with the view of obtaining new 

 varieties, the tlower bud must be for- 

 cibly opened at a still earlier stage and 

 the anthers removed before they shed 

 their pollen. This operation, and when 

 to apply the foreign pollen, requires 

 some experience to insure success. 



The white and primrose-colored sweet 

 peas have seeds of a light color, but Mrs. 

 Sankey, an exception, has black or dark 

 brown seeds, and, strange to say, Sadie 

 Burpee has both black and light seeds; 

 this will explain that white flowers from 

 black seeds have a tendency to become 

 tinted, a fault in the two white varieties 

 I have mentioned. The pedicels of the 

 flowers are also dark-colored from the 

 black seeds, and pale green from the 

 light, so that in a row of Sadie Burpee, 

 the flowers, even in bud, can be traced 

 to black or light seed. In the pale blue 

 or lilac section, such as Countess of 

 Eadnor, the seeds are small, poor-look- 

 ing, and wrinkled. The inexperienced 

 might have some doubts as to their qual- 

 ity, but it is only a peculiarity of this 

 particular color. 



The standards of the beautiful salmon 

 bi-co!ors. Gorgeous and Countess of 

 Powis for examples, are often scalded or 

 burnt by the sun. This is a fault diffi- 

 cult to deal with. I have tried various 

 kinds of shading, but, unless verv care- 



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