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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Decembek 10, 1903. 



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PoinSettiaS for Christmas 



Very Select Stock, $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 per doz. 



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$3.50 a case, 



Selected cases, $4.00 each ^ 



FIRST-CLASS HOLLY, 



Well Berried MISTLETOE, very fine, in any quantity. ^ 



CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNE, by the dozen, hundred or thousand. t 



BOX- WOOD SPRAYS, glossy green, very decorative. 



VIOLETS, BEAUTIES, VALLEY, TEA ROSES, 

 CARNATIONS, LIBERTIES, etc. 



THE BEST OF EVERYTHING in the 

 MARKET at REASONABLE PRICES. 



We shall be strong on Beauties for the holidays. 



The Philadelphia Wholesale Flower Market 



1228 Cherry St., PHILADELPHIA. 

 ^ All Kinds of Choice Christmas Plants. 



THE RIBBON HOUSE 



SCHLOSS BROS., 533 Broadway, NEW YORK 



SP£CIAI;TI£S Iir FI.0BISTS' BIBBOITS, chiffons ABD BOVBZ.TZES. 



Mi'iitii'it Rfvii^w wlicn ynu writi^ _^ 



ALKALI IN WATER. 



Please let me know if tliere is any way 

 to make soft water from liard. We have 

 here all hard water and full of alkali, so 

 that we cannot use it on our stock. 



P. J. K. 



There is more to this query than ap- 

 pears on the face of it. Any method 

 which I could recommend would be too 

 ■expensive for a florist to adopt. The 

 best and surest method is to distil the 

 •water, but, of course, that is out of the 

 qiu'stion. Some acids will neutralize the 

 alkali but this is a question for an ex- 

 ptrt chemist. AVould advise P. J. K. to 

 ' forward a sample of the water on his 

 place along with his query to the faculty 

 of the Agricultural College of his state. 

 They, as a rule, are willing to lend their 



aid in such cases. 



Kibes. 



A BROKEN GASKET. 



T ha\e a sectional builer that was put 

 up this year and there is a flaw in one 

 of the gaskets (asbestos ring) that goes 

 ■between the sections to make them wa- 

 ter tight. I think the gasket is prob- 

 ably broken. The water gets out by the 

 expansion and contraction caused by the 

 heat upon the iron. I was told it would 



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Let us book your order for 



hristmas 

 Roses, NOW, 



and assure yourself a supply 

 of GOOD FRE«»H CUT Stock. 



FTevalllng- Market Prices. 



HELLER BROS., New Castle, Ind. 



Mpntlnn Tho RovIpw whPn yon writp. 



probably tighten up when firing became 

 a steady thing, but it has not so far. 

 Whenever the boiler cools oft' it con- 

 tinues to drip into the ash pit and soaks 

 the ashes. As it is too late in the sea- 

 sou to replace the gasket with a new one 

 without a great risk to my plants, can 

 you suggest any way of making the joint 

 tight? The bolts are as tight as I can 

 screw them up and still, as I have said, 

 the action of the fire causes the joint to 

 leak, especially when the fire is out or 

 low. What I want to know is, shall 1 

 let it alone for the present or is there 



any danger of the leak getting worse? 

 1 don't know if I have made this clear, 

 but I shall bo glad to get advice on the 

 matter. The leaking joint is near the 

 fire box, but does not hurt the fire at 

 present, as it runs down the side of the 

 ash pit. W. P. E. 



Wilmington, Del. — Millbrook Lea 

 Greenhouse Co. has been incorporated 

 here with a capital stock of $100,000. 

 The incorporators are J. Lehman, of 

 Whiteland, Pa. ; J. Lardner Howell and 

 A. B. Kelly, of Philadelphia. 



