February IS. 1904 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



635 



GOLD FISH. 



Gold fish. Price list now ready. 



Chas. Pommert, Amelia, O. 



HOSE. 



Bull-dog hose. 7 ply. guaranteed ; %-in. , IGo 

 ft. U. Cutler Ryerson, Newark. N. J. 



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



INSECTICIDES, 



NICOTICIDE kills all greenhouse pests. 

 Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1004- 

 1006 Magnolia Ave.. Louisvil le. Ky. 



Ilose Leaf Extract of Tobacco. For pamphlet 

 write to Kentucky Tobacco Product Co., Ix)Uis- 

 TiUe. Ky. 



Nikoteen Aphis punk is the most convenient 

 and effective way of applying an insecticide. 

 All dealers sell it. . 



Nicotine Mfg. Co.. St. Ix)uis. Mo. 



Send for a 5-lb. trial pkg. of our TOBACCO 

 POWDER. Write Dept. D for it. 



II. A. Stoothoff Co.. 116 West St., New York. 



LABELS. 



Tree and plant labels. 



Williams & Sons Co., Manufacturers, 



Batavia. 111. 



BUSINESS BRINGERS— 



REVIEW Classified Advs. 



PAINTS. 



PATTON'S SUN-PROOF PAINT is the best 

 paint made. We are the sole distributors. 

 Write us. 



Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.. Pittsburg, Pa. 



We make a special greenhouse paint. Price 

 on application. Lord & Burnham Co.. Irvington- 

 on-Hudson. N. 1'. 



POT HANGERS. 



Kramer's pot hangers. Neat, simple, prac- 

 tical. Write 



I. N. Kramer & Son. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



POTS. 



Standard Pots. We are now ready to supply 

 a superior quality of pots in unlimited quanti- 

 ties. Catalogues and price lists furnished on 

 applcation. 



A. H. Hews & Co.. North Cambridge, Mass. 



Standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are within 500 miles of the Capital, write us; 

 we can save you money. W. H. Ernest, 2Sth 

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



Flower Pots. Before buying write us for 

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

 (near W'rightwood Ave. ) , Chicago. 



RED POTS. STANDARD SIZE. 



S-YRACUSE POTTERY CO.. Syracuse. N. Y. 



Those RED pots. The right kind. 

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



Red piits. Write for prices and sample pot. 

 Colosburg Pottery Co., Colesburg. Iowa. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Sphagnum moss. Writ*^ for prices on large 

 quantities. CVowl Ferii Co.. Millington. Mass. 



5 bbl. bale, $1.25; 3 bales. $3.25; 5 bales, 

 $5.00. H. R. Akers. Chatsworth. N. J. 



Sphagnum moss. Write for prices. 

 H. M. Robinson & Co.. 11 Province St.. Boston. 



TIN FOIL. 



American brand FLORIST FOIL — The stand- 

 ard foil of America. 

 John J. Crooke Co.. 155 Ave. D, New York. 



TOOTHPICKS. 



Wired toothpicks. lO.nOO. $1.50; 50,000. ?6.25. 

 Sample free. For sale bv dealers. 



W. J. COWEE. Berlin. N. T. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Model Extension carnation supports; also gal- 

 vanized rose stakes and tying wires. 

 Igoe Bros.. 226 North 9th St.. Brooklyn. N. Y. 



Wire stakes. All sizes, all lengths. 



U. Cutler Ryerson. Newark. N. J. 



WIRE WORK. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work in the west. E. F. "Winterson Co., 



45. 47, 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



We are manufacturers — no middleman's 

 profits. 



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



Emil Steffeus. 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. 



CARNATIONS IN MINNESOTA. 



Just outside the corporate limits of 

 Minneapolis, on Nineteenth avenue north, 

 is located the largest, one of the best 

 equipped and most successful carnation 

 establishments in the North Star state. 

 Twelve years ago Eeinhard Will, a Ger- 

 man by birth and a florist by profes- 

 sion, purchased forty-six acres of land 

 and erected two small gi-eonhouses, in 

 which he grew bedding plants. His 

 boys grew to manhood and three years 

 ago the first range of houses for carna- 

 tions was erected, about 25.000 square 

 feet of glass. Just after they were com- 

 pleted a hail storm destroyed more than 

 half the glass. The range was imme- 

 diately reglazed and the benches planted, 

 fairh' good success being achieved the 

 first year. Last summer the place was 

 more than doubled by the addition of 

 another range of houses, containing about 

 3.3,000 square feet of glass. 



Quite a number of varieties are grown, 

 it being their policy to ti-y the best of- 

 ferings each year. About 50,000 plants 

 were benched this year. In white. Gov. 

 Wolcott. Peru and Queen Louise are 

 grown, Peru showing the best returns 

 so far. For an all around white variety 

 it fills the bill. Wolcott is a good show 

 variety but hardly as profitable as Peru. 

 Queen Louise is a nice, well built flower, 

 but so far has not been as prolific as 

 Peru. Next season's planting will in- 

 clude several thousand Boston Market. 



In dark pink Mrs. Lawson is grown 

 very extensively, there being 10,000 

 plants benched this season. Guardian 

 Angel is also grown extensively and has 

 proven as profitable as any. One bench 

 of Marquis is grown and seems to uphold 

 its reputation in fine shape. 



In light pink Enchantress is the lead- 

 er and is being propagated extensively. 



Morning Glory has done well here, al- 

 though it is of small size and not as 

 profitable as Enchantress. 



I forgot to mention in passing that 

 Lawsou will be grown entirely ii. pots 

 tlii-i season. As its greateit gvcwih 

 crmo kite in the season and any severe 

 diotur'i'ance of its root system, like 

 transplanting from the fieli, checks its 

 growth and causes short stems, ci-nse- 

 quently the pot method will be tried this 

 season. Nelson Fisher may be planted 

 another season, though Otto Will thinks 

 it but little, if any, improvement over 

 Lawson. 



In scarlets, Crane, Chicago and Apol- 

 lo are grown this year. Apollo is a 

 handsome shade of color, but is too shy 

 in flower to be profitable. Estelle is 

 grown, but is too short stemmed and will 

 be discarded. Flamingo will be grown 

 next season and is considered a most 

 valuable acquisition in its color. Harry 

 Fenn is the only crimson grown. 



The new range was completed rather 

 late in the season and, as it was very 

 wet at that time, soil had to be taken 

 from the highest knolls on thj place. 

 This has not been conducive to the 

 best growth. Two 35 horse-power 

 high pressure boilers supply the estab- 

 lishment with heat. Water is pumped 

 from a nearby stream. Iron posts and 

 iron gutters are used in the construction 

 of the houses, the drainage being car- 

 ried inside. The Foley ventilator lift is 

 used. The houses are on a southern 

 slope. 



Otto Will is the manager. The goods 

 are all sold at wholesale in Minneapolis. 



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