June 9, 1906 



H O RT ICULTURE 



749 



TARGET BRAND 



WEED KILLER 



A most valuable formula for disposing of weeds. Positively effective. 



RESULTS GUARANTEED «— . 



One application will last almost an entire season. Order a trial gallon, which makes 50 gallons treating liquid. 

 Price, $1.00 per gallon can; $4.00 per 5 gallon can; $7.50 per 10 gallon can. 



REG. U. S. PAT. OFF 



MADE ONLY BY.. 



HORTICULTURAL INSECTICIDES, $35.00 per 50 gallon barrel. 



AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL DISTRIBUTING CO., P'p'-b.^insburcw.va . 



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CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS. 

 (Continued.) 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE were generally satis- 

 factory last week. Car- 

 nations and roses continue to come in 

 sufficient quantity to meet all de- 

 mands. Peonies and sweet peas are 

 abundant and there is a steady call for 

 them. Lilies and lily of the valley 

 may be had in small quantities, with 

 a light demand. In other stock the 

 supply and demand are about equal. 



The plant and cut flower 

 OMAHA trade have been far better 

 this season than in any pre- 

 vious year. Decoration Day trade was 

 even more than the florists could 

 handle. There was an abundance of 

 flowers of all kinds early, but the big 

 shipments necessary to meet the out of 

 town demands soon caused a shortage 

 of carnations and good roses. 



The propitious com- 

 SAN mingling the past week 



FRANCISCO of Memorial Day, 

 school closing days 

 and a surprising number of weddings 

 had a happy trade effect — the first re- 

 sumption since the holocaust of a 

 market value for flowers. Memorial 

 Day needs especially created the de- 

 mand, and the few re-established 

 florists found sufficient warmth in the 

 traffic activity that coats were laid 

 aside. This day has always rated well 

 among the few big flower-selling days 

 of the year. Some of the growers 

 wisely remembered this, and the fur- 

 ther fart that all the banks opened the 

 Monday preceding the day for remem- 

 bering the dead and depositors were 

 privileged to draw on their accounts at 

 will, and therefore thousands of peo- 

 ple whose home flower gardens were 

 burned would lie in funds but have no 

 flowers for their dead. The growers 

 made no mistake in their reckoning 

 and ceased from their custom since 1 he 

 earthquake of letting their posies dry 

 out and brought in to the city florists 

 a vast amount of stock to be paid for 

 if sold. It was not enough, the Mow- 

 ers and greenery they brought. Every- 

 thing was cleaned out, and, take it all 

 in all, the Memorial Day floral busi- 

 ness in San Francisco was almost 

 equal to late like occasions before the 

 disaster. 



Among the recent contracts secured 

 by the Pierson TJ Bar Company are 

 ranges of TJ bar houses for C. E. Riley, 

 Newton, Mass.. and A. R. Harris. 

 Irvington. X. Y. 



STANDARD PLATE CLASS CO. 



Manufacturers, Importers and Jobbers - 

 AMERICAN AND FRENCH GREENHOUSE GLASS 



2 ?1* D ud H Ur H tY ee l BOSTON, HAS5. 



61-63 Portland Street ' 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING AND 

 PROJECTED. 



Chicago. 111.— D. Wood Brant, six 

 houses, 40x185. 



S. Burlington, Vt.— J. A. Toner & 

 Sons, range of houses. 



Altoona. Pa.— Karl Kuny, one house. 

 24x100. 



Bristol, Tenn.— Bristol Floral Co., 

 three houses, 20x50. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Otto Will & 

 Son. range of houses. 



College Point, N. Y — Anton Schul- 

 theis, addition 100 ft. 



Govanstown, Md— I. H. Moss, range 

 of houses, each 26x180. 



Danbury. Conn.— Joseph E. Cornell 

 & Co., one house, 20x50. 



New Castle, Ind. — Peter Weiland, 

 four houses, each 28x300. 



Meramec Highlands, Mo.— Philip 

 Giebel, two houses, 25x75. 



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 Twenty-five years' active practice. 

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A USEFUL ARTICLE. 

 Ocean City, N. J„ June 2, 1906. 

 HORTICULTURE, Boston, Mass. 



Gentlemen: — I have just finished an 

 examination of HORTICULTURE of 

 above date, a pleasure afforded me oc- 

 casionally through the courtesy of a 

 subscriber. Next to the regular con- 

 tributions, editorial comments, etc., 

 which are always good, I was inter- 

 ested in numerous and helpful ad 

 tisements, prominent among which is 

 the one on last page for a weed-killer. 

 I can give testimony both as to the 

 efficieni y and economy in using this 

 particular preparation. We have at. 

 our summer residence here, a long ash 

 pavement, which for years has given 

 us trouble because of the weeds and 

 grass that grew there, and which we 

 had given up as a hopeless case until 

 we applied this particular brand of 

 W 1-Killer. The result was instan- 

 taneous, and now after a year sin» 

 its application no vegetation of any 

 kind can be seen. I lay particula 

 Stress on the economy of the prep 

 tion, because of the time and m 

 spent in trying to exterminate them 

 with a hoe, plantain pullers, etc. 

 Very respectfully, 

 (signed) MARY KELLY. 



MAVIMWWWIMnVVVIWMAMnVMIIr 



WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. 



Advertisements in this column one 

 cent a word. Initials count as words. 

 Cash with order. 



WANTED QUICK 



TO GET OUT OF BUSINESS. 



< Jelling old and health poor, to acres of land, 

 iq Greenhouses, about 40,000 square feet of 

 I I Lass , Horses, Wagons, Tools, all in working 

 order. 



Wholesale and Retail Trade of 

 40 Years,' Standing. 



10 minutes' drive to depots and post-office. 

 Would sell the whole or half interest, or put it 



into a stock company. To anyone m aning 

 business this is a good chance. Come to 



the place and see for yourself. 



T.LLowd6n&Sons, Pit ^ s a f ^ ,d ' 



FOR RENT 



TEN GREENHOUSES in running condi- 

 tion; possession immediately; $50. Dwelling 

 house attached, $12; or will run on shares. 

 Apply TRAENDLY & SCHENCK, 

 44 W. 28th Street, N. Y. 



WANTED— A trusty, experienced fore- 

 man (unmarried) for rose and carnation 

 establishment; 25,000 feet of glass. Near 

 Boston. In writing give full particulars. 

 Address D. D.. care Hortic ulture, Boston . 

 salesman" \\ ANTED— To introduce a 

 line of irrigating and sprinkling outfits 

 for greenhouses and outdoor use; a proven 

 - Bennett Bros, 1 0., Lowell. Mass. 



