Juli 16, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



299- 



SI' UK I'll!!! WASH 

 mildew, etc.. on roses, c 

 pkt. by mail 



liKM M'KSl-UY. I.os Gatos. Cal. 



Rose Leaf Ext] 

 money. For free bookl 

 TOBACCO PRODUCT CO. 



of Tobacco will save yon 



oklet write KENTUCKY - 



Louisville. Ky. 



Fresh 



ij.ViTt'le: 



200 to 50O 



PAINT AND PUTTY. 



TWEMIiOW! 



PUTTY. An 



made for qua I 

 lifetime and 1 



leaky 



l-gall.,n 

 T, K aM„ n 

 10-gallon 



OLD ENGLISH 

 )ld article when 

 . not cheapness. 



GLAZING 



ICNT. 76-7S Wabash Av 



12."0 



23.00 



Chicago. 



Standard Pots, 

 a superior quallt: 

 ties. Catalogues 



are now ready to supply 

 price lists furnished on 



& Co.. North Cambridge, Ma 



Standa 

 and M f 



r Mrs 



PotS 



money. 



W. II. Ernest. 28th 



Washington, n. c. 



Flowel Puts. Before buying write us for 

 prices. Ceo. Keller & Son. 3151-363 Herndon St. 

 <near Wrlghtwood Ave.). Chicago. 



Milwaukee. Wis. 



Coleshurg, Iowa. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



of first 



2 bale; 



JEWETT & CO 



allty. Can ship i 

 $1.50; 10-bale 1 

 '- Sparta. Wl 



Sphagnum moss. 



SQUIRRELS. 



Tlin-c tine 



a wire cage, $5.50. Are tame and 

 J. N. Spanabel. East Palestine, 0. 



FLORIST FOIL— The stand- 

 .'. 186 Grand St.. New York. 



TOOTHPICKS. 



W. J. COWEE. Berlin. 



St.. Chicago. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Model Extension carnat 

 vanlsed rose stakes. Pa 

 208 Jersey St.. Harrison. 



Model Extension eaniation supports; al 

 vanlzed rose stakes and tying wires. 

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



WIRE WORK. 



We are the largest manufa 



work In the west. E. F. Wl 



45. 47, 49 Wabash 



POLLWORTH CO.. 



Chicago. 



Please stop the advertisements in the 

 Review. It's all right selling what's on 

 hand, but a fellow wants to kick him- 

 self when orders come in and he hasn't 

 any plants left. I will have something 

 else to offer in a few weeks. — August 

 Becker, Columbia, S. C. 



TORONTO. 



If we have had it cool this spring we 

 are now making up for it. Hot weather 

 lias had its effect on cut flowers gener- 

 ally. Outdoor stock is coming- in with a 

 rush ami indoor stuff is going off with 

 equal celerity. Especially notable are the 

 great quantities of sweet peas which have 

 been on the market during the last few 

 days. The retail men tell us that the 

 hoi. weather has killed the -ale of cut 

 flowers and that they are losing more 

 than they arc selling. Even our great 

 home-coming festival did not have the 

 cll'cet of pushing business very much. One 

 of the features of the event was a floral 

 parade in connection with the open air 

 horse show. One of the most elaborately 

 decorated vehicles was that put up by 



W. ,Ta 



win 



of American Beauties and longiflorum 

 lilies were used. J. S. Simmons & Suns 

 captured third prize for delivery wagon 

 turnout. 



H. G. Dillemuth, manager of Dunlop's 

 store, has gone back to the haunts of his 

 ehildh 1, near Pittsburg, for vacation. 



J. H. Dunlop lias returned home after a 

 two weeks' trip to New York and the 

 vicinity. 



The Toronto Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Association is making preparations for 

 entertaining their brethren when the Ca- 

 nadian Horticultural Association meets 

 here. We are certain that everything 

 that can be done will be done, so far as 

 Toronto is concerned, to make this the 

 greatest gathering of the Canadian craft. 

 In fact, it is hinted that it should be as 

 big a meeting of florists as was held here 

 gome years ago when the S. .\. F. met in 

 Toronto. D. J. 



THE HEUCHERAS. 



Heuchera sanguinea is known as one 

 of the easiest plants to accommodate it- 

 self to the hardy border and is a most 

 valuable florist's flower, as it may be 

 used in many ways when cut. In this 

 connection the following from the Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle will lie of interest: 



The complete revolution in floral fash- 

 ions that has been experienced during the 

 last few years has driven many growers 

 to the verge of despair, as after years 

 of patient labor, expended in the pro- 

 duction of massive flowers and striking 

 effects, fickle fashion has suddenly led 

 the public to regard them as vulgar; 

 ami wheic huge flowers were in demand 

 Eve years ago, the aesthetic taste that 

 holds the sway today decrees that the 

 subjects must be light and graceful. 

 There are. of course. "many plants that 

 come up to the desired standard of per- 

 fection at once, hut too many who have 

 to supply a heavy demand for cut flow- 

 er-, for dinner tables, etc.. overlook 

 the heucheras. Being perfectly easy 

 to manage, there need be no fear of 

 burdening one-elf with extra work, as 

 they Unite in the front of any ordinary 

 herbaceous h< rder; and if protected from 

 the encroachments of their neighbors, 

 and given a little liquid manure when 

 throwing up their (lower-, they will nev- 

 er fail "to please. One of the best for 

 general purposes is Heuchera sanguinea 

 -plemlcns, a brilliant coral-scarlet vari- 

 ety of the common type. Other good 

 varieties of sanguinea are grandiflora, a 

 very useful form, with flowers of a crim- 

 son-scarlet, and somewhat larger than 

 those of the other varieties; alba, a pure 

 white form; and rosea, a variety with 



flowers of a soft rose color. Heuchera 

 macrantha has cream flowers borne on 

 red stems, and is thus very effective 

 when cut and mixed with other varie- 

 ties. H. erubescens is an exceedingly 

 graceful form, with white flowers pleas- 

 ingly flushed with pink. H. macro- 

 phylla anil II. Riehardsoni are grown 

 chiefly for their foliage; their ruddy 

 leaves being very effective under arti- 

 ficial light. By crossing sanguinea with 

 Riehardsoni. a hybrid has been obtained 

 that is useful for both flower and foli- 

 age; it is named bria ides, "the above 

 an- all quite hardy, and increase rap- 

 idly; they are also very effective as pot 

 plants. 



HEATING FIVE HOUSES. 

 Will you kindly tell me which system, 

 steam or hot water, is the better to heat 

 live oieeiiliini-e- 15x55 feet, used for bed- 

 ■ ling -lock? Will a return tubular boiler 

 10 feet long and 42 inches wide heat 

 these houses? The houses run from 

 southeast to northwest. How many runs 

 of pipe will be needed? J. C.F. 



For the heating of five greenhouses 

 each 15x55 feet I would certainly advise 

 low pressure steam as the best medium. 

 The boiler mentioned will have capacity 

 to heat these houses, with a surplus for 

 doing more than a- many again. The 

 approximate arrangement of pipes with- 

 in the houses would be one 2-inch over- 

 head flow pipe with six lines of 1-inch 

 pipes for returns. The definite arrange- 

 ment could better be stated it a sketch 

 of the houses showing grades of floor 

 ami arrangement of benches and paths 

 had accompanied the inquiry. 



Hf.nbt \\ . Gibbons. 



Des Moines. 1a. — By the combined ef- 

 irts of the downtown florists in Des 



nine,, the city ordinance against the 

 -e oi sidewalks ami alleys by fakirs, 

 is been enforced. This spring has been 

 ir first -eiiou- experience with this 



-Airs. X. S. Sawyer 

 - developed her own 

 into i i ommereial 

 a greenhouse she 

 a large number of 

 1 a read] 



the town For the 

 business as stead- 

 • now has about an 

 Mr. 



acre of ground under eultit 



Sawyer is traveling salesman for a local 



nursery. 



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