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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



March 10, 1904 



GLAZING POINTS. 



Slebert's zinc "Never-rust" glazing polnta. 

 Sold by all seedsmen, or C. T. Slebert, Pltta- 

 burg. Pa. 



Peerless glazing points are the best. 



H. A. Dreer. Philadelphia, Pa. 



HOSE. 



Bull-dog hose. 7 ply. guaranteed; 9i-in., 16c 

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



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



INSECTICIDES. 



NICOTICIDE lilUs all greenhouse pests. 

 Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1004* 

 1006 Magnolia Ave.. Louisville. Ky. 



Rose Leaf Extract of Tobacco. For pamphlet 

 write to Kentucky Tobacco Product Co., Louls- 

 ville. Ky. 



Nlkoteen Aphis punk is the most convenient 

 and effective way of applying an insecticide. 

 All dealers sell it. 

 Nicotine Mfg. Co.. St. Louis. Mo. 



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

 POWDER. Write Dept. D for It. 



H. A. Stoothoff Co.. 116 West St.. N ow York. 



Fresh tobacco stems. $1.50 per bale. 



W. C. Beckert, Allegheny, Pa. 



LABELS. 



Tree and plant labels. 



Williams & Sons Co., Manufacturers, 



Bataria. III. 



PAINTS. 



PATTON'S SDN-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., Irvlngton- 

 on-Hudson, N. Y. 



POT HANGERS. 



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

 tical. Write 



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



POTS. 



standard Pots. We are now readv to supply 

 a superior quality of pots in unlimited quanti- 

 ties. Catalogues and price lists furnished on 

 applcatlon. 



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



Standard Flower Pots. If your greentaouaes 

 are within 600 miles of the Capital, write us; 

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

 and M Sts.. N. E.. Washingto n, D. C. 



Flower Pots. Before buying write us for 

 prices. Geo. Keller & Sons, 361-383 Herndon St. 

 (near Wrightwood Ave.). Ch icago. 



RED POTS. STANDARD SIZE. 



SYRACCSE POTTERY CO.. Syracuse, N. Y. 

 Those RED pots. The right lilnd. 

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

 Red pots. Write for prices and sample pot. 

 Oolesburg Pottery Co.. Colesburg, Iowa. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Sphagnum moss. Write for prices on largo 

 quantities. Crowl Fern Co .. Millington. Mass. 



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. Crookc Co., 155 Ave. D, New York. 



•'TOOTHPICKS. 



wired toothpicks. 10.000. $1.50; 50,000, $6.28. 

 Sample free. For sale by dealers. 



W. J. COWEB, Berlin, N. Y. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Model Extension carnation supports; also gal- 

 vanized rose stakes and tying wires. 

 Igoe Bros.. 226 North 9th St.. Brookly n. 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. Wlnterson Co., 



45, 47. 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



We are manufacturers — no middleman's 

 profits. 



O. C. POLLWORTH CO.. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Emil Steffens, Manufacturer of Florists' Wire 

 Designs. 835 East 21st St.. Now York. 



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

 Manufacturers of Wire Designs. 



B." H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



TULIP TALK. 



As regards soil, etc., it may be stated 

 that the tulip delights in a nice rich 

 light soil,, and, when potting, leave the 

 top of the bulb level with the surface of 

 the soil, and do not press loo firmly. The 

 great point in forcing tulips, says a 

 writer iu the Gardening World, is to be 

 sure that the bulbs are well-rooted ere 

 commencing to force, as on this point 

 much of their successful cultivation de- 

 pends. 



The Due Van Thol varieties are the 

 earliest for forcing; these are -too well 

 known to need description. A tulip well 

 worth forcing iu large quantities is Mon 

 Tresor, a variety with large, rich, golden- 

 yellow flowers of very attractive appear- 

 ance, which can be bad in bloom by 

 Christmas easily; moreover it grows to 

 a good height (11 inches). Pottebakker 

 White, too, is very effective, as is Canary 

 Bird, a rich, beautiful yellow. Proser- 

 pine, a rich, dark, silky rose, should not 

 be omitted from the list. One of the 

 finest for pot work is Vermilion Brilliant, 

 which does not belie its name, and is 

 worthy of a place in every collection. 

 The writer has also found Bacchus a 

 very useful variety for forcing. Then 

 Cottage Maid and Rose Gris-de-Lin are 

 both liked, their colors being so delicate, 

 yet very distinct and pretty. Both re- 

 spond readily to forcing. La Reine is 

 too well known to need any description. 

 L'Immacule, too, is a nice, early white 

 variety, and is not expensive ; while to 

 those who desire a first-class tulip, Joost 

 Van Vondel White is a lovely variety, 

 albeit rather expensive. Pink Perfection 

 is another variety of great merit, with 

 its beautiful deep pink flowers, and is 

 always appreciated. Keizerskroon is very 

 effective, with its bright red, yellow- 

 edged flowers. Three very fine scented 

 varieties much liked are Prince of Aus- 



tria, a delightful orange-shaded scarlet 

 variety, and a nice, tall grower; Thomas 

 Moore, rich orange, and Golden Prince, 

 both of which latter are well known. 



The writer forced all the above-men- 

 tioned varieties last winter, and they did 

 so well as to merit another trial this 

 year. In connection with tulip forcing, 

 one often hears the cry of short stalks, 

 but the writer averted this by the use 

 of inverted boxes and pots to fit over 

 the other boxes and pots, thus drawing 

 the stems. In conclu.sion, the writer must 

 not omit to mention Murillo, a double 

 tulip. Double tulips do not, as a rule, 

 "catch on" like the singles, but Murillo, 

 with its fine double rose and white flow- 

 ers, more like a peony, is always wel- 

 come. 



Mt. Clemens, Mich. — Robert Klagge 

 is preparing to put up three more houses 

 as soon as the weather will allow. He 

 has his carnations and violets in fine 

 shape. He still grows violets in bottom- 

 less pots, something the average grower 

 used but one year. 



Bay Shore, N. Y.— H. L. Patthey has 

 a good thing in his Gov. O'dell carnation. 

 It is a strong grower, free bloomer, with 

 perfect flower and strong calyx. The 

 color is a clear light pink. He has an- 

 other variety, named Successor, which 

 he proposes to put on the market next 

 .vear. It is a cerise pink of good growth, 

 fine flower and very long stem. It is 

 much like the olel William Scott in ap- 

 pearance but a much larger flower and 

 better iu every way. 



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