APRIL 28, 1004. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



1241 



Wire stakes. All sizes, all lengths. 



U. Cutler Byeraon, Newark. N. J. 



1.1 .-.iNESS BRJNGERS — 



Review 

 Classifled Advs. 



WIRE WORK. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work In the west. B. F. Wlnterson Co., 

 45, 47. 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



We are manufacturers — no middleman's 

 profits. 

 0. 0. POLLWORTH CO.. Milwaukee. Wis. 



Enill Stetfens. Manufacturer of Florists' Wire 



Designs. 335 East 21st St.. New York. 



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



Manufacturers of Wire Designs^ 



Wire work of all kinds. Write me. 

 Wm. Murphy, Wholesale Florist, Cincinnati. O. 



B. H. Hunt, 76-7S Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



A FINE DOUBLE WHITE EPACRIS. 



Most of the epacrises are valuable 

 plants either for late winter or spring 

 flowering. There was a time, as we all 

 know, when heaths, epacrises and other 

 plants of a like or allied character were 

 extremely popular, and even now some 

 kinds are grown more extensively than 

 many would imagine. Hugh Low & Co., 

 of Bush Hill Park, Enfield, and formerly 

 of Clapton, have continued with great 

 success the culture of the most useful 

 hard-wooded greenhouse plants, and on 

 various occasions their exhibits of 

 acacias, ericas, epacrises, etc., have been 

 of more than passing interest. 



At present only one of the plants they 

 have been so successful with need be 

 mentioned, the double white-flowered 

 form of the old Epacris onosmsflora. The 

 type has white flowers, but these may 

 vary to a red shade. It was discovered 

 by Allen Cunningham in October, 1822, 

 in peaty bogs "on the Blue Mountains 

 of New Holland, at an elevation of 3,400 

 feet above the level of the sea, and by 

 him introduced to the Royal Gardens at 

 Kew. ' ' The variety, E. onosmEeflora 

 flore-plena, is also a direct introduction 

 from Australia, and was introduced in 

 187fi. It is an erect grower, the pure 



white, double flowers, like little flattish 

 rosettes, clustering freely in the leaf 

 axils along the wiry growths. 



This is by no means a difficult plant to 

 grow. After flowering it requires to be 

 cut back somewhat severely, and kept in 

 a genial temperature to ensure the pro- 

 duction of new growth; a somewhat close 

 atmosphere is also advantageous at this 

 period, and while light syringings are 

 beneficial, it will be necessary to apply 

 but little water directly to the roots until 

 growth is vigorous and the season ad- 

 vances. The needful potting is best done 

 just after growth commences, and it is 

 hardly necessary to emphasize the need 

 of firm potting for such fine rooting 

 plants. Shade must be provided from 

 bright sunshine, and as growth progresses 

 air must be increasingly provided, but 

 early closing of the houses will materially 

 assist development, giving air again late 

 in the evening. During late summer and 

 early autumn no protection is really neces- 

 sary, but it may be more convenient to 

 keep the stock in a pit than to plunge the 

 plants outside. In any case, shade from 

 midday sun must be provided at this 

 stage, and measures must be taken to 

 protect the fine roots from the effects of 

 strong sunlight, either by boards placed 

 on edge against the pots, or by ashes. 

 By the middle of September the plants 

 should be housed, for though they re- 

 quire very little heat, except during the 

 growing period, and not much then, it is 

 better not to run the risks of damage by 

 early frosts or autumn gales. — Gardeners ' 

 Magazine. 



I HAVE certainly been well pleased with 

 the Eeview and would not like to be with- 

 out it; I think every florist should take 

 it. — C. L. Shanks, Newton, Kan. 



Your paper is all right. I said it years 

 ago when I sent my first dollar and I say 

 it yet. — G. B. Steinhauser, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



gOOKS f«^ 



Florists 



The following are books which can be 

 recommended, each as the standard work 

 in its own field: 



The American 

 Carnation, c W.WARD. 



Invaluable to the carnation grower. All de' 

 partments of the business are treated in a thor' 

 ougbly practical manner. The book is the work 

 of a careful, studious grower of ripe experience. 

 Fully illustrated. Carriage paid, $3.00. 



Commercial 

 Violet Culture. 



By B. T. GALLOWAY. 



This is the second edition of this very suc- 

 cessful book, revised and brought up to date. 

 Handsomely printed. Fully illustrated. 



Carriage paid, $1.50. 



Greenhouse 

 Construction. 



By L. R. TAFI. 



A complete treatise on the subject. All the 

 best and most improved structures are so fully 

 and clearly described that one will have no diffi- 

 culty in determining the kind best suited to his 

 purpose. Fully illustrated. 



Carriage paid, $t.50. 



Any of the above sent on receipt of price 

 by the 



Florists' Publishing Co. 



Caxton Bldg., 334 Dearborn Street, 

 CHICAGO. 



byWM. SCOTT. 



THE FLORISTS' MANIAL, 



Is a book of 224 large pages {same size as those of the Florists' Review) and contains about 200 articles on commercial 

 plants and cultural operations, each giving " the meat " only, from the personal experience of a thoroughly practical 

 man who is in daily touch with each department of the business, and who has that rare quality of being able to tell 

 others what they want to know. The articles are arranged alphabetically, like those in an encyclopaedia, and in 

 an instant one can turn to the subject upon which light is desired at the moment. The book is illustrated by over 200 

 fine half-tone engravings. It is 



A Complete Reference Book for Commercial Florists 



and is a whole library on practical commercial tioriculture in one volume. It is very handscunely and substantially 

 bound in hall leather, with specially designed title in gold. Following we print a lew extracts Irom letters received 

 from buyers ol the book: 



After reading Mr. Wm. Scott's Manual, we 

 wish to say that we consider it without equal 

 as a book of reference for busy florists. 



GEORGE M. KELLOGG. 



Pleasant Hill. Mo. 



Mr. Scott's superb work. "The Florists' 

 Manual," was indeed worth waiting for. When 

 compared with the amount of practical infor- 

 mation it contains, the selling price, $5.00, 

 seems a mere bagatelle. 



Oakland. Md. H. WEBER & SONS. 



It is the best book of the kind ever pub- 

 lished. There is more in it than in any other 

 book I have ever seen. I am delighted with It. 



Chicago. JOHN THORPE. 



No progressive florist, old or young, can 

 afford to be without the Florists' Manual. 

 The old florist needs it. for reference, to aid 

 a defective memory, and the young florist 

 wants it as a guide in this progressive era of 

 the florists' business. J. T. TEMPLE. 



Davenport, la. 



The Florists' Manual is worth five times the 



price. It is just what a busy florist wants. 



Columbus, O. B. BUEHLER & SON. 



Am well pleased with the Manual. It is a 



practical, everyday helper, concise and to the 

 point. W. A. KENNEDY. 



Milwaukee, Wis. 



Am very much pleased with the book; it Is 

 very bandy for reference. 

 Macomb, 111. F. E. BONHAM. 



Unlike so many of our books, it has the 



verv flavor and essence of actual experience. 



Ithaca, N. Y. L. H. BAILEY. 



We have gotten much valuable instruction 



from the Florists' Manual and prize it highly. 



Franklin, Tenn. TRUETT BROS. 



Am much pleased with the Manual. It is 

 just what I have been looking for. Something 

 that we can understand, and enjoy reading. 



Etna, Pa. M. NALTMAN. 



Price $5.00, Carriag-e Prepaid. 



I greatly appreciate the Florists' Manual. 

 It is a splendid text-book. 



JOHN WELSH YOUNG. 

 Germantown. Pa. 



The Florists' Manual is a gem. No florist 

 can afford to be without it. 



Madison, N. J. A. J. BAUR. 



If everyone has enjoyed your book as I have 

 it's a successful publication. It is different 

 from our usual horticultural works, being 

 plain and concise— just what one wants. 



Flushing. N. Y. H. D. DARLINGTON. 



The copy of the "Florists' Manual" was 

 duly received. I am very well pleased with 

 same. The more I read it the better satis- 

 fied I am with it. and there are one or two 

 articles alone in it that are each worth all 

 you ask for the book, for everything is mad© 

 so plain and all details are right to the point. 

 I trust you may have a good and ready sale 

 for the same. M. S. WORDEN. 



North Adams, Mass. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO., Caxton Building, CHICAGO. 



