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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



May 10. 1004. 



INSECTICIDES. 



A 5-lb. trial package of our TOBACCO POW- 

 DER will cost you nothing If you will pay the 

 express charges on It. Write Department D for 

 It. H. A. Stoothog Co.. 116 West St.. N. Y. 



To-bak-lne Is the most effective insecticide 

 on the market. Write for our "Words of Wis- 

 dom." It Is free. 

 Detroit Nicotine Co.. Detroit. Mich. 



Rose Leaf Extract of Tobacco. For pamphlet 

 write to Kentucky Tobacco Product Co., Louls- 

 Tllle. Ky. 



NICOTICIDE kills all greenhouse pests. 

 Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1004- 

 jn06 Magnolia Ave.. Louisville. Ky. 



FOSTITE, 5 lbs.. 60c; 25 lbs.. $2,50; 50 lbs., 

 M.OO. C. H; Joosten. 201 West St., N. Y. 



LABELS. 



Tree and plant labels. 



Williams & Sons Co., Manufacturers. 



Batavia, 111. 



PAINTS. 



GOOD THINGS! 



HAMMOND'S GREENHOUSE WHITE PAINT 

 and TWEMLOWS OLD ENGLISH LIQDID 

 GLAZING PUTTY. In use by some of the 

 largest florists In the United States. Write us 

 for prices. 



HAMMOND'S PAINT AND SLUGSHOT 

 WORKS. Fishklll-on-Hudson. N. T. 



We make a special greenhouse paint. Price 

 on application. Lord & Burnham Co., Irvlngton- 

 on-Hudson. N. Y. 



The CHEAPEST way. the EASIEST way. and 

 the BEST way to get rid of that surplus stock 

 is to use the REVIEW'S classified advs. 



PLANT STAKES. 



250.000 Japanese bamboo plant stakes, 5 ft. 

 and over. % to %-ln.. per 50O. $2.75; 1000. 

 $5.00; 2000, $9.(X>: 6 ft.. >A to %-in.. per 500. 

 W.25: luOO. ?6.00: 200. $11.00. Cash with order. 

 please. 0. H. Joosten, 201 West St., N. Y. 



POT HANGERS. 



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

 tical. Write. 



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



POTS. 



Standard Flower Pots. If yonr greenhouses 

 are within 500 miles of the Capital, write us; 

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

 and M Sts.. N. E.. Wa shington. D. C. 



Flower Pots. Before buying write us for 

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

 St. (near Wrlghtwood Ave.). Ch icago. 



Standard Pots. Catalogues and price lists 

 famished on application. 



A. H. Hews & Co.. North Cambridge. Ma ss. 



Bed pots. Write for prices and sample pot. 

 Colesburg Pottery Co.. Cole sburg. Iowa. 



Red standard flower pots; low prices. 

 Harrison Pottery. Har rison. Ohio. 



Those RED pots. The right kind. 



C. C. POIXWORTH CO.. Milwaukee. Wis. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Sp*>agnnm moss. Write for prices on large 

 qoantltles. Crowl Fern Co.. Mll Ungton. 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. 



TOOTHPICKS. 



Wired toothpicks, 10,000, $1.60; 60,000, $6.25, 

 Sample free. For sale by dealers. 



W. J. COWEB. Berlin, N. T. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Thaden'9 wire tendrils and twin stakes for 

 carnations, roses, etc. 



H. Thaden & Co., 472 W. Hunter St., At- 

 lanta. Ga. 



Model Extension carnation supports; also gal- 

 Tanized rose stakes and tying wires. 

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



WIRE WORK. 



We are the largest manufacturerB of wire 

 work in the west. B. F. Wlnteraon Co., 



45. 47. 49 Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



We are manufacturers — no middleman's 

 profits. 

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



Emll Steffena. Manufacturer of Florists* Wire 

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



Reed & Keller. 122 W. a'^th St.. New York, 

 Manufacturers of Wire Designs. 



Wire work of all kinds. Write me. 

 Wro. Murphy. Wholesale Florist. Clnclnpatl. O. 



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



gOOKS '^^ 



Florists 



The following are books which can be 

 recommended, each as the standard work 

 in its own field: 



The American 

 Carnation. 



By 



C. W. WARD. 



Invaluable to the carnation grower. All de- 

 partments of the businets are treated in a thor- 

 oughly practical manner. The book is the work 

 of a careful, studious grower of ripe experience. 

 Fully illustrated. Carriage paid, $3.50. 



The Florists' 

 Manual. ^^ ^"^'^'*^ ^^"^- 



A i>ractieal Ruirte for the Florist, covering 

 the successful management of all the usual 

 florists' plants; including many topics, such as 

 Ureeohouse Building, Heating and Floral Deco- 

 rating, etc. Written so you can understand it 

 and profit by its guidance. Fully illustrated. 

 Carriage paid, $5.00. 



Commercial 

 Violet Culture. 



By B. T. GALLOWAY. 



This is the second edition of this very suc- 

 cessful book, revised and brought un to date. 

 Handsomely printed. Fully illustrated. 



Carriage paid, $1.50. 



Greenhouse 

 Construction. 



By L. R. TAfT. 



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, $1.50. 



Any of the above sent on receipt of price 

 by the 



Florists* Publishing Co. 



Caxton BIdg., 334 Dearborn Street, 

 CHICAGO. 



B.vLTiMORE, Md. — The Marvland Steel 

 Co., at Sparrows Poiut, maintains a 

 gveeuliouse in charge of Herman Hen- 

 ning and annually distributes free to 

 residents many thousands of bedding 

 plants to encourage the improvement of 

 the settlement. 



Oneida, N. Y. — The other night a 

 passerby saw smoke issuing from Kraft 's 

 greenhouse on Cedar street, and he ac- 

 cordingly turned in an alarm of lire. 

 When the firemen responded they found 

 that the proprietor was trying to exter- 

 minate insects by burning a pan of to- 

 bacco dust. 



CoLfMBUS, O. — ilrs. Rose Unclerwood. 

 V. idow of the late John Tnderwood. has 

 been appointed by the probate court as 

 administratrix of the estate. She has 

 been appointed to absolute control of the 

 floral business of the late deceased, 

 wliich business she assumes in the old 

 name of Underwood Bros., florists. 



THE BOSTON FERN. 



Once more the Boston fern has dem- 

 onstrated that it is the most popular 

 plant grown in this country. For sev- 

 eral seasons the cry has gone up that 

 the production of Bostons had been 

 overdone and tliat the market would not 

 consume the vast quantities of plants 

 prepared for it. But each spring has 

 seen stocks cleaned out and the demand 

 still unsatisfied. This is the case again 

 this season, even though last fall saw lar- 

 ger stocks prepared than ever before. All 

 the large growers have done a greater 

 business than ever, and hundreds of 

 smaller producers have contributed 

 their share towards the stock. But now 

 many sizes are in short supply and 

 wherever there are good plants there is 

 a market waiting for them if their ex- 

 istence be but made known. 



PROVIDENCE, R. L 



The Rhode Island Horticultural Society 

 lias issued the schedule of premiums for 

 its June and September exhibitions. The 

 .Tune show is for strawberries, but there 

 are classes for hardy flowers and a liberal 

 list for garden roses. For the September 

 show there is a long list of prizes for 

 greenhouse plants, for flowers cut out- 

 doors and also for carnations. There 

 are also a number of classes for dahlias, 

 a number of which are open only to ex- 

 liibitors from other states. This is also 

 the fruit show. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



The Logan berry is a native of Cali- 

 fornia, the story of its origin being told 

 on page 13S1. 



The note on cinerarias and verbenas 

 on page 1422 properly belongs under the 

 head of "Pacific Coast," as it refers 

 to conditions in California. 



The convention city of 1905 will be 

 Portland. Ore., where the Lewis and 

 Clark Exposition will be in progress. 

 Invitations will be extended to practi- 

 c.dly all the conventions of 1904, to hold 

 tiieir next year's meeting on the Pacific 

 coast. 



The Retail Florists' Association hav- 

 ing failed in its effort to dispose of the 

 street salesmen, F. P. Shibeley has taken 

 individual action in the form of a peti- 

 tion for a permanent injunction against 

 the Board of Supervisors, who issue the 

 peddlers' permits. 



DimCULTIES WITH PACKING. 



Pacitie const nurserymen import vast 

 quantities of hardy evergreen and decid- 

 uous stock from France and other Euro- 

 pean countries and each season finds 

 more and more being planted. A great 

 deal more would be used by our dealers 

 if there was any guarantee that , the 

 stock would reach us in such a condi- 

 tion that there would be any likelihood 

 of its growing. It seems to be impos- 

 sible to impress the fact on French nur- 

 serymen that goods destined for Cali- 

 fornia should have any more packing 

 around the roots than those shipped to 

 New York or somewhere in that vicinity. 

 I have for years made special mention in 

 my letters accompanying orders to Eu- 

 rope about this matter and it is only 



