ir>r. 



HORTICULTURE 



Ki;rf)ruiiry IC, 1918 



"HAMMOND'S GRAPE DUST" 



Used effectively to kill Powdery 

 Mildew on Roses and other Plants 



USED BY THE FLORISTS FOR OVER 25 SUCCESSIVE YEARS 



Suhi l»y (hi* S«'<'«| IK'hIith. 

 Ktir |iniii|thli't on Uiiitn unit Hll^hls iii|iln>HH 



HAMMOND'S PAINT AND SLUG SHOT WORKS 



ST. LOUIS. 



Tlie (Jrowers' I'lub nut on Wednes- 

 day. February 5. Over seventy dollars 

 was raised for the publicity fund. 



The Growers', Retailers' and Florist 

 Club publicity committees met on 

 Thursday, Feb. 7 at the offlce. Com- 

 mercial BnlldinK. It was decided to 

 place advertisements in the daily pa- 

 pers In roKoid to Valentine's Day. 



CONCENTRATED PULVERIZED 



MANURE 



P«lT«rl>*<l CT Skraddsd 



Cattle Manure 

 Sheep Manure 



T^ Flonstt' stftodard of uniform 

 high qualirj lor orer leo years. 

 »P«tfT: WIZARD BRAND in 

 your Supp^ House oraw. or write 

 ui direct for prices and freight rales. 



THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO. 

 M Cmto* MMk tw«. f— Trr' 



Free! 



A 50-Kallon barrel 

 of Scaiecide free to 

 any any one who 

 will suggest a fairer 

 guarantee than that 

 given below. 



^ "SCALECIDE" 



As proofofourconfidcnceand tostrength- 

 en yours, we ^vill make the following 

 proposition to any fruitgrower of average 

 honesty and veracity: 



Divide your orchard in half, no matter how larjre 

 or small. Spray one-half with "■.^CALKCiUK". 

 and the other with Limi-Sulfur for iUrcf y.-nre, 

 everything clf^ebL-intt e^iual. If at the L*nd of that 

 time, three disinterc?*t4.-<l fruit erowi-rs say that 

 the part spntyt-d with "SCALKCIDF," is not in 

 every way bctttT than that sprayefj with Lime- 

 Sulfor. we will return you the mont-y you paid 

 na for the "SCALECIDK". 



Send for new free booklet. 



" tVofitsin Fall Sot^yinK*'. 



B. G. Pratt Co., M'f g Chcmi«;ts 

 SOCburchSt. Dept. 12 N'^w 'i ..rU 



NIKOTEEN 



For Spraying 



APHIS PUNK 



For Fumigatint 

 Kik Your De*W fu It. 



RlCOTQifi MFG. CO. 



9T. LOOK 



Hennunts inscribed, "Say It with 

 Flowers," will be placed In all promi- 

 nent places. It was also decided to 

 endeavor to handle the glut by adver- 

 tising special sales by "See Your 

 Nearest Florist." Flowers to be sold 

 to the small dealer as cheap as to the 

 big ones. 



The Windier Wholesale Floral Com- 

 pany held its annual meeting .Tan. 

 31st and ofTicers were reelected for 

 191S as follows:— Frank A. Windier, 

 pres.; ii. K. Windier, viee-pres.; A. W. 

 Gnmz, iiecretary and treasurer. The 

 same officers are the directors. After 

 the abov' meeting there was a stoclc- 

 holders' meeting of tlie Natural Foli- 

 age Comnany of St. Louis at which 

 meeting ihe directors of the Natural 

 Foliage C(.mpany unanimously elected 

 the officers of the Windier Wholesale 

 Floral Company to act in the same 

 capacities for the Natural Foliage 

 Company for the ensuing year. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

 George H. Hart has installed an 

 electric paint spraying device for 

 painting i'asliets, etc. 



Chester Anient, of Ridgeway avenue, 

 had one i>l his boilers burst last week 

 and was obliged to use oil stoves to 

 keep up the temperature. 



.Max. the Florist, has been dis- 

 charged from military duty at Camp 

 Gordon and has started in business 

 again a ;ew doors from his old stand. 

 James Vick's Sons report a big ad- 

 vance trade in cabbage, onion, timothy 

 and clover seed. They are experienc- 

 ing groat difficulty in filling seed 

 orders ijccause of the railroad tie-up. 

 Creditors of Frank R. Bohnke, flor- 

 ist, held their first meeting and Geo. 

 B. Draper was appointed trustee. The 

 assets in the case are represented 

 principally liy early flowering bulbs, 

 and as they have been planted the 

 trustees will have the task of keeping 

 them from freezing until I hey are 

 marketable. 



CLEVELAND. 



Express service is very good con- 

 sidering traffic conditions according to 

 some wholesalers. Some shipments 

 are coming through on schedule, and 

 others .ire not greatly delayed. 



Bramley & Son, 1181 East 71st 

 street, were the only Cleveland florists 

 represented in the Patriotic Food 

 Economy Show at the Central Arm- 

 ory, week of February 4. Beside 

 many flowers the Bramley exhibit 

 featured Gro-Well plant fertilizer. 



George Nixon, has resigned his posi- 

 tion at Nichols Arcade flower shop 

 and staried a restaurant. Anthony J. 

 Rose, has left the Park flower shop 

 and returned to Nichols, where he was 



-^INSECTICIDE-^- 



Save ;oDr pUnti ■od lrp«i. Jnit tliF 

 IliliiK for KTi-i-uliouae and outdoor ubo. 

 DcBtroyn Mciily IIiik, HruwD aud White 

 Srnle, Tlirlps. llfd Spldur, Black and 

 Gri-cn Fly, .Mllca. Aula, «'ti'.. witliout 

 Injury to pliinta und without odor. 

 I'acd acoordiuK to direction, our atoiid- 

 nrd iDRcctlcldi- will prevent ruviiKt-a on 

 vour cropa Ity Inai-cta. 



Non-potaonoUH and linrinleaa to user 

 nnd plant. Li-ndInK Seedainen and 

 KlorlstB liavc U3cd It with wonderful 

 reaulta. 



Deatroya I.lcc In Poultry liouaea. 

 ripiis on DoK* anil nil Domoatlc I'eta. 

 ICxcpllent na a wnah for dogH and other 

 anlmala. KoliovcB uiudkc. Dilute with 

 wiitcr 30 to no purls. 



Ml Pint, S>K.: rinl, 50c.; Quart, BOo.; 

 V^ Gallon, S;i.r>n: <inlli>n, t2.SU: S Gal- 

 lon (an. «;I0.1>0; III (iiillon Can, 120.00. 

 DirectlnnN on piickacc 



LEMON OIL COMPANY 



Dipt S. 421 W. Lnlnitoi II, BiltiHn, Ml 



The RMornl'ed BtauidKrd Ibm«*M4*. 

 A spray remedy for fmn, black, wbit* %i, 

 thrlps and aoft scale. 



QoKri, 11.00; 0*U»a, flM. 



FUNCINE 



For mildew, mat and other bllfkt* aCM*- 

 Iqr flrirera, fruits aud refetables. 

 Quart, tl.OO; Oallon, t*M. 



VERMINE 



For eel worma, angle worms an! •tkw 

 worms working In the aoll. 



Quart, tl.OO) Oallan. tt.O*. 

 SOLD BT DKAUBBg. 



Aphine Manifacturing Co. 



MADISON, N. J. 



formerly employed for eight years. 

 John Ryan, formerly of Pape's, Toledo, 

 has been added to the selling staff at 

 the Park flower shop. 



