September 25, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



587 



rNSECTICIDES. 



NIKOTEEN does not iujurc tlio most sensi- 

 tive plants; indorsed by piomineDt florists; used 

 for fumigating or spraying, indoors or out. 

 Sold by seedsmen. Circuhir free. 

 SKABCURA DIP CO.. Cliicago. 



Rose Leaf Extract of Tobacco will save you 

 money. For free booklet write KENTUCKY 

 TOBACCO PRODUCT CO.. Louisville. Ky. 



To kill all ereenhouse pests use NICOTICIDE. 

 TOBACCO WAREHOUSING and TRADING CO.. 

 1002 Magnolia Ave.. Louisville, Ky. 



PAINT AND PUTTY. 



GOOD THINGS! 



HAMMOND'S GREENHOUSE WHITE PAINT 

 ana TWEMLOW'S OLD ENGLISH LIQUID 

 GLAZING PUTTY. In use by Bome of the 

 largest florists In the United States. Write db 

 for prices. 



HAMMOND'S PAINT AND SLCGSHOT 

 WORKS. Flshliill-on-Hadson. N. Y. 



The CHEAPEST way, the EASIEST way, 

 and the BEST way to get rid of that surplus 

 stoclc is to use the REVIEW'S classified advs. 



POTS 



standard Pots. We are now ready to supply 

 a superior quality of pots la unlimited quanti- 

 ties. Catalogues and price lists furnished on 

 application. 



A. H. Hews & Co., North Cam bridge, Mass. 



Standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are within 500 miles of the Capital, write os; 

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

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



Flower Pots. Before buying write us for 

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

 (near Wrightwood Ave.), Chicago. 



Red pots. Write for prices and sample pot. 

 Colesburg Pottery Co., Colesburg. Iowa. 



Those RED pots. The right iiind. 



C. C. POLLWOBTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis. 



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 Jots, $6.00. 

 Send for sample bale. 

 Z. K. Jewctt & Co.. Sparta, Wis. 



Sphagnum Moss. Write for prices on large 

 quantities. Crowl Fern Co., MilUngton, Mass. 



TIN FOIL. 



American brand FLORIST FOIL — The stan- 

 dard toil of America. John J. Crooke Co., 186 

 Grand St., New York. 



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. 



Model Extension Carnation Supports and Gal- 

 vanized Rose Stakes. Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co.. 

 208 Jersey St.. Harrison. N. J. 



WIRE WORK. 



We are the largest m.Tnufacturers of wire 

 work in the west. McKcliar & Winterson Co., 

 45. 47, 49 Wahash Ave.. Chicago. 



We are manufacturers — no middleman's 

 protits. 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO.. Milwaukee. Wis. 



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

 Manufacturers of Wire Designs. 



FLORISTS' WIRE DESIGNS. 



G. S. Walters, 1527 Pine St.. St. Louis. 



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



MILWAUKEE. 



The market the past week was firm. 

 All good shipping stock found ready sale. 

 In roses the call was mainly for white 

 and Beauties. Carnations are extremely 

 scarce, in fact there are practically none 

 in the market worth speaking about. 

 Violets and mums are making their ap- 

 pearance, but in small straggly lots. 



A Disappointment. 



Great preparations had been made for 

 the reception of President Roosevelt, who 

 was to have been here Wednesday. J. M. 

 Fox had the decorations at the Pfister 

 and Plankinton hotels and had the job 



well under way when the announcement 

 came that the president was not com- 

 ing. Hundreds of Beauties and other 

 roses as well as smilax and asparagus 

 will be sacrificed. 



Siginund Hoppenrath, a pioneer flor- 

 ist, died Tuesday evening. Mr. Hop- 

 penrath conducted a stand in the mar- 

 ket hall a great many years. 



Visitors: Jas. Wilson, Chicago; John 

 Evans, Richmond, Ind. Tncog. 



SOFT COAL. 



How tall a smokestack should I have 

 to burn soft coal? Can a fire of soft 

 coal be left unattended for the same 

 length of time as a fire of good hard 

 coal, or does it need to be broken up 

 more frequently than a hard coal fire? 

 I have had no experience with soft coal. 

 Does a fire of soft coal clinker more than 

 a fire of hard coal? Have heard that it 

 does and that it needs more attention. 



Florist. 



Replying to Florist, would say the di- 

 mensions of a smokestack depend very 

 largely upon the style and size of boiler 

 used ; thus, for an ordinarj- wrought-iron 

 tubular boiler, say 20-horse power, a 

 stack 30 feet above the boiler would give 

 good results, and if it is a slow combus- 

 tion boiler, having a long and slow flue 

 travel, a higher stack would be required. 



In order to get the be'st results from a 

 soft coal fire, it will require considerable 

 more attention than would hard coal, as 

 a thin fire is necessary, and, if the coal 

 is very soft or gassy. It will require fre- 

 quent breaking up. Clinkers form much 

 more readily from soft coal than from 

 hard — in fact, firing with soft coal is 

 much more laborious than with hard : 

 flues will also require more frequent 

 cleaning. Henry W. Gibbons. 



New York. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



The dry spell is at last broken: this 

 morning it commenced to rain and has 

 continued a steady downpour all day. It 

 is badly needed as corn and all field 

 crops still nut were drying up. It is the 

 first heavy rain in si.x weeks. 



Business is quiet from the retailers' 

 standpoint, but the shipping of carna- 

 tion and violet stock and cut flowers has 

 kept the growei's very busy. In fact, 

 everything considered, it has been the 

 busiest season ever known here, and 

 such a scarcity in carnations was nev- 

 er before heard of. Field grown flowers 

 of carnations are about over with, and 

 indoor grown are beginning to be in evi- 

 dence. The stems are short but that 

 fault will soon disappear. 



Prices are firm. Carnations, 25 cents 

 per doz. ; roses, $1 per doz. ; American 

 Beauties. $1.50 to $2 per doz. Longi- 

 florum lilies, of which Crabb & Hunter 

 have a fine lot bring $2 per doz. They 

 are from cold storage bulbs. 



Chas. Chadwiek has his carnations 

 .benched, but is behind with his repairs, 

 rebuilding of benches, altering the pip- 

 ing, etc. 



The Floral Co. is hurrying the • re- 

 buikiing of two more houses so as to 

 get them planted to carnations before 

 frost. The houses are constructed with 

 Garland gutters and solid cement beds. 



Cross is getting along finely with his 

 brick boiler shed and the setting above 

 ,iround of his boiler. He is in a stew. 



for fear he may not get all his houses 

 connected before frost. 



Henry Smith has at last decided to 

 build, and is now hard at it. 



Recent visitors: H. D. Seele, florist 

 for Hon. C. G. Conn, of Elkhart, Ind.; 

 Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Tweedie, of Cadil- 

 lac; also agents for the following firms: 

 W. W. Barnard & Co., Chicago; M. Rice 

 & Co., Philadelphia; Geo. Wittbold Co., 

 Chicago; Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, Mich.: 

 .J. W. Sefton Mfg. Co.", Chicago, and, last 

 but not least, Evans, of Richmond, Ind., 

 making a laudable effort to ventilate the 

 town. So suJccessfiU has Mr. Evans 

 been that he booked orders for fifty-one 

 machines in one week. G. F. C. 



NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 



F. H. Pratt, the Ashland street florist, 

 has his house well stocked with carna- 

 tions and mums. A batch of early Har- 

 risii shows up very strong and healthy. 



A. J. Schmutz, the Arnold place flor- 

 ist, has finished glazing his new range 

 and is fast getting things into shape. 

 He has a very fine lot of carnations and 

 mums already benched and a large stock 

 of palms and ferns is on hand. He will 

 make bedding plants a specialty. This 

 will be the most modern and up-to-date 

 place in the city. 



George H. Phelps, the Blackinton *'< - 

 ist, has his carnations benched and thev 

 are up to his usual standard, "the best." 

 George has the knack of getting there 

 every time. 



The principal topic now is, "What 

 shall we heat with?" Anthracite coal 

 at $12 per ton and only a few tons in 

 the city. Pratt is the only florist who 

 has any coal, he having secured half a 

 winter's supply of a very fine grade of 

 .soft coal. Others are thinking of using 

 soft coal, the price of which is $5.75 to 

 $6.25 per ton. 



T. D. Brown, of Adams, was a visitor 

 this week. He reports that the material 

 for his new range has just arrived and 

 the erection of the house will begin at 

 once. The Lord & Burnham Co. has the 

 contract. As there is no hard coal to 

 be had in Adams, Mr. Brown will use 

 soft coal this winter. 0. S. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Plant Registration. 



The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa., register new rose Beauty of Rose- 

 maur. (China.) Hardy, everblooming. 

 Flowers large, imbricated, color car- 

 mine rose with white markings. 



Henry Eichholz. ^^•ayncsboro, Pa., reg- 

 isters the following zonal geraniums: 

 Double Dryden; James S. Wilson, dou- 

 lile aureole, bright rose, white center; 

 little Red Riding Hood, double dwarf, 

 dark rose: Governor Stone, single, crim- 

 son rose, white center; Cleopatra, single, 

 clear salmon, round flower; Goliath, sin- 

 gle, magenta, yellow blotches on base 

 of petals. 



Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y. 



Idonton, 0. — W. F. Therkildson has 

 purchased the greenhouse property of 

 Mrs. E. Miller "and has organized the 

 W. F. Therkildson Co. to continue the 

 business, of which he will be manager. 

 Tiie new flrm starts with bright pros- 

 pects, having 35,000 feet of glass and 

 one new house now in course of construc- 

 tion and other inipi'ovements planned. 



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