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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 12. 1902. 



GLASS ETC. 



Try LUCAS ror 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.. Irrlngton- 

 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 Tork. 



Greenhouse glass a specialty. Sprague, Smith 

 Co., 207-209 Randolph St., Chica go. 



BUSINESS BRINGEES— 



REVIEW Classified Advs. 



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 I 7.60 



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. Esler, Saddle River, N. J. 



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



INSECTICIDES. 



FRESH TOBACCO STEMS, per bale (250 

 lbs.). ?1.50: per ton. ?S.50. 



CYCLONE ATOMIZER SPRAYER. You can't 

 afford to be without one: tin, 50c: brass, 75c. 



Write for our descriptive circular. 



JOHNSON & STOKES, 217-219 Market St., 

 Philadelphia. P.i. 



NIKOTEEN does not Injure the most sensi- 

 tlve 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 TWKMLOW'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. FIshklU-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. Hews & 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. Krnest, 28th 

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



The WhiUdln Pottery Co., Incorporated, Man- 

 ufacturers of flower pots. Philadelphia, Long 

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



Flower Pota. 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. Write for prices and sample pot. 

 Colesburg 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. 



Sphagnum Moss. Write for prices on large 

 quantities. Growl Fern Co.. MlUlngton, Mass. 



WIRE^UPPORTS. 



Model Extension Carnation Supports, made 

 with two or three circles; also galvanized rose 

 stalies and tying wires. Igoe Bros., 226 North 

 9th St., Eroolilyn. N. Y. 



WIRE WORK. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 Work in the west. McKellar 6: Winterson. 45, 

 47. 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



Wire hanging baskets, 12-ln.. well made, 

 painted green, $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. 

 Geo. L. Miller, Newark, Ohio. 



Emil Stetfens. Manufacturer of Florists' 

 Wire Designs. 335 East 21st St.. New Yo rk. 



Reed & Keller. 122 W. 2oth St., New York, 

 Manufacturers of Wire Designs. 



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



NEW MEMBERS OF S. A. F. 

 During a recent call on the secretary 

 of the S. A. F. in Boston, he reminded 

 me that .[ was a state vice-president of 

 that body for Eastern Pennsylvania. 1 

 made some remark about that being an 

 easy job and was inclined to make light 

 of it, for which top-lofty air I promptly 

 got rapped over the knuckles. Assuming 

 a more serious attitude I asked: "Well 

 then, what are the duties of a state vice- 

 president, anyway?" Among the most 

 important of all, I was informed, was 

 the duty of keeping the membership 

 fences of the district one belonged to in 

 repair. I quickly realized that that was 

 a job indeed. I have worked in too many 

 societies not to be well aware of what 

 it means to "go for" the laggart, the 

 disgruntled and the indifferent. How- 

 ever I set to work and here is the result 

 of my last week's work: 



Ira II. Landis. Lancaster. Pa. 



11. H. Battles. lOS S. 12th St.. Phila. 



J. Henr.v Bartram. Lansdowne, Pa. 



David Beam, Bala. Pa. 



Frank Polites, i:Mb & Chestnut St.. Pbila. 



Chas. Meck.v. 17th & Erie Ave.. Phila. 



John G. Gardner. Villa Nova. Pa. 



Frank Whitel.v. 16th ,& Chestnut St . Phila. 



Eugene Bernlieimer. 16IJ4 Ludlow St.. Phila. 



Kext week I hope to have another 

 batch to report and if I do not, it will 

 not be my fault. I publish these names 

 because, although not a very large bag 

 for a week, it shows that something can 

 be done and there may be some other 

 vice-president like myself requiring a 

 little stirring up. Individual members 

 can also talk to their neighbors and 

 every one should try to send in at least 

 one new name. Three dollars a year is 

 not much and will not be missed. Never 

 mind whether one intends going to. Ashe- 

 ville or not; all should be members 

 whether they go to conventions or not. 

 It's rather a disgrace, I think, for a flor- 

 ist not to belong to his national society. 

 (i. C. Watsox. 



Philadeli)hia, June 7, 1902. 



EPIPHYLLUMS. 



Though Epiphyllum truneatum and its 

 numerous forms are not so generally 

 grown as was at one time the case, they 

 are for all that very beautiful and ex- 

 tremely useful where flowers have to be 

 maintained all the year round, the mouth 

 before Christmas being their most at- 

 tractive period. The type was introduced 

 from Brazil as long ago as 181S, and 

 the varieties appeared later on. They 

 vary in color from deep purple to a 

 light rosy tint, while, in addition, some 

 of those with salmon tinted blossoms are 

 very pretty. 



Epiphyllum truneatum is generally 

 grown as small standards, being grafted 

 onto a naked stem of Pereskia, about 

 a foot high, while taller specimens are 

 sometimes met with. This, however, by 

 no means exhausts its possibilities, for 

 the different forms readily lend them- 

 selves to culture in suspeided baskets. 



under which conditions the flowers are 

 seen to great advantage. For furnishing 

 a sunny wall in. a warm house the epi- 

 phyllums are well suited, provided the 

 wall is faced with network to hold some 

 rooting material in position. This may 

 consist chiefly of peat and moss, in 

 which the plants will grow well, if they 

 are syringed freely during the summer. 

 The propagation of the different epi- 

 I>hyllunis is a very easy matter, for if a 

 piece is broken off at any time and 

 placed under favorable conditions, it will 

 root in a short time, hence I have seen 

 some well-furnished hanging baskets 

 that have been in the first place lined 

 with moss, then filled with suitable soil, 

 in which pieces of epiphyllum, just brok- 

 en off, were dibbled, and hung up in the 

 stove, with an occasional syringing till 

 rooted. Grafting is very simple, for, 

 given the stocks of Pereskia established 

 in small pots, all that is needed is to cut 

 the stock to the required height, split it, 

 take a piece of epiphyllum from three 

 to five inches long, fashion the lower 

 portion in the shape of a wedge, 

 and tie in position, or it may be kept 

 in its place by the insertion of two or 

 three spines from the Pereskia itself. 



When grown in pots these epiphyllums 

 whicli flower best in an intermediate 

 house temperature should, when the blos- 

 soms are past, be given a little rest in 

 the warmest part of the greenhouse. If 

 the plants need repotting, this is best 

 done in March or April, and a suitable 

 compost for the purpose consists of two- 

 thirds loam to one-third brick rubble and 

 sand. They need firm potting, and after 

 this do best in an intermediate house, 

 where moisture must be given. Towards 

 the latter part of the summer the plants 

 may be removed into a sunny greenhouse, 

 in order to induce the formation of 

 flower buds. Potting every year is, how- 

 ever, by no means necessary, as, if the 

 drainage is good, they will, when once 

 established, stand for a long time with- 

 out being disturbed at the roots. In this 

 ease a little weak liquid manure given 

 occasionally during the growing season 

 is of service. 



The above remarks apply to E. trun- 

 eatum and its varieties, but there is an- 

 other desirable species quite distinct 

 therefrom. This is E. Makoyanum, with 

 bright cinnabar red flowers, more regu- 

 lar in shape than the others, added to 

 which they are borne in the spring in- 

 stead of the early winter months. — H. 

 E. in Gardeners' Magazine. 



HoLYOKE, Mass. — E. D. Shaw, the 

 florist, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, 

 with liabilities of $3,300 and no assets. 



WoosTER, O. — After June loth the ad- 

 dress of Prof. F. M. Webster will be 

 University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. 



Wilton Junction, Ia. — Friederichsen 

 Bros, report spring trade as very good. 

 They sold out completely on bedding 

 stuff. Demand in all lines very good. 

 Outlook encouraging. 



DuLUTH, Minx. — The public school of- 

 ficials have caught the ' ' no flowers ' ' dis- 

 ease and have forbidden the use of flow- 

 ers at the school closing exercises. 



I AM well pleased with the Eeview. 

 Every grower ought to have it. — H. C. 

 Blewitt. Des Plaines, 111. 



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