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HORTICULTURE 



March 4, 1911 



A ST. LOUIS DEAL. 



As announced in our last week's is- 

 sue, .T. F. Ammann of Edwardsville. 

 111., is arranging to turn his green- 

 house plant over to three of his old 

 and trusted employes, namely, J. H. 

 Buchsenschutz, Edward Buchsenschutz 

 and LeRoy Smith, who expect in the 

 near future to incorporate what will 

 be known as the J. P. Ammann Com- 

 pany. The first named has been in 

 the employ of Mr. Ammann for six- 

 teen years, the last ten of which he 

 has had entire charge of the green- 

 houses as foreman. LeRoy Smith has 

 had charge of the rose section and 

 has also been with Mr. Ammann for 

 over ten years. Edw. Buchsenschutz 

 has spent eight years on the place 

 and during the latter part has had 

 charge of the carnations. They are 

 all young men of good habits and full 

 of energy and bid fair not only to 

 keep up the good reputation of this 

 well-known establishment but to add 

 to and improve it. The company will 



.J. F. A.MMANX 



Tae incorporated for $6,000, stock fully 

 paid up and will take over all the 

 stock and equipment about July 1, and 

 in time purchase the entire plant, in- 

 cluding greenhouses and five acres of 

 land on which they will hold an op- 

 tion for the present. Mr. Ammann ex- 

 pects to hold a few shares of stock in 

 the new company for a while in order 

 to get the boys well started. 



Mr. Ammann has been connected 

 with the florists' business for over 25 

 years and the present plant consists 

 of 40,000 feet of modern greenhouses, 

 boiler equipment, packing and storage 

 rooms and office. Mr. Ammann will 

 devote most of his time to his retail 

 stores at Alton and East St. Louis. 



He is a life member of the S. A. F., 

 and of the Illinois State Florists' As- 

 sociation, of which he was also its 

 first president and is now secretary, 

 member of the American Rose So- 

 ciety, American Carnation Society and 

 is ex-president of the St. Louis Florist 

 Club, also director of the Florists' 

 Hail Association and now serving as 

 president of the local Commercial 

 Club. 



F" LJ IM G I IM 



The Newly Discovered Fungicide 



An Invaluable Remedy for Mildew, Ruat and other Fungus Diseases 



LeiiDX, Mmss.. Feb. 24, 1911. 



IT KRADKATES RIST. 



"BLA.NTVKK' C.VULIENS. 



Thomas rro;;tor, Supt. 

 Aphiiie iMMiiiifaitiuiiig CouiiiMiiy, Madison, N. J. 



Dear Sir.s: — Replying to ynir letter of tlie 21st, in \vliich you request me 

 to advise you as to the re.snlts of my trials with yonr Fungine. I have not had 

 an opportunity of testing its merits on mildew, but, I can, however, unquali- 

 fiedly recommend it as being a very effective remedy for Carn^ition Rust. I 

 bought in some new carnations sometime ago — that were in a bad state with 

 Rust on their arrival — their leaves were completely covered, and a:te£ two 

 applications, at proporti.ins of one part Fungine to forty parts water, I found 

 it had the desired effect. For tiiis reason I gladly endorse it. 



Yours very truly, ' THOJIAS PROCTOI!. 



IT DKSTKOVS MILDEW. 



Farmington, Conn., Feb. 23, 1911. 

 Aphine Manufacturing Company, Madison, N. J. 



Dear Sirs: — In reply to yours of the 21st inst., I would say that my ex- 

 perience with Fungine for mildew has been very satisfact iry. I think it Is 

 much better and easier than the old way of dusting the plants and painting 

 steam pipes. 



The first time I used it I was rather disappointed as it turned the wood- 

 work in the houses, wherever the spray hit it, a dirty yellow, but this all 

 disappeared in a few days. 



I have not tried it for rust, but cannot see why Fungine Is not going 

 to be to the florists and gardeners what the lime and sulphur wash is to the 

 pomologists. 



For black, green and white fly. mealy bug and thrip I have not used 

 anything this season but Aphine. The greenhouses have not been fumigated 

 and plants are in a fine healthy condition. 



Yours respectfully, 



WARRAN S. MASON. Grd. to A. A Pope. 



IT CIIRE.S KOOT ROT. 



ZIEGER & SONS 



<;rowers of Decorative Greens and Flowers 



Palms Ferns Novelties 



Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.. February 23d 1911 

 Aphine Manufacturing Company, Madison, N. ,T. 



Gentlemen :— Concerning the Fungine : we may sav that we have not had 

 much occasion to use it, however, we had one delightful experience with it. 

 We had quite a few thousand chrysanthemum cuttings inserted in old sand 

 which had been left in one of our cold houses. As our propagator is accus- 

 tomed to do, he saturated the sand and kept the cuttings very wet which 

 caused rot and fungus. The writer noticing this apparent loss' went' to the 

 Fungine purchased from you. We used it one part to twentv-flve jjarts water 

 and sprayed the entire lot of dampened and partly rotted cuttings, thinking 

 that these cuttings (of which there were several thousand) might as well 

 die one way as another, but to our great surprise, these cuttings after the 

 single application, a thorough one at thut, turned to a light green color and 

 seemed to extract the fungus which sirt of foamed up and separated from the 

 decay (similar to peroxide on a healing wound). 



Now these cuttings at this writing have nearly all made good healthy 

 roots, although a few cuttings rotted in the sand but made roots ab >ve tli'e 

 decayed part, which seems remarkable to us. It is not necessary to say that 

 for this experience alone we are highly pleased with the results obtained 

 with Fungine used as above, which is far more than we h id ever expe ted. 



We beg to take the liberty to state that Aphine does all it is recommended 

 to do in a very satisfactory manner. Y'l urs very truiv, 



ZIEGER & SONS. 



Ernest J. F. Zieger. Sec'y. 



FUNGINE, $2.00 per gal., 75 cents per qt. 



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House 



KXOWN AND USED THE WOKI.I> OVER. 



Entebbe, T'GANDA (Central Africa). Jan. 16. 1911. 

 Sirs: — Kindly supply me with sufficient Aphine t) ensure a fair triill. I 

 should be glad to experiment with tliis inse ticide. 



W. (iOWDEY. Government Eutimologist. 



irtirlc 



in Lilies in tlie 



;rists Exchange of 



Fritz Bahr says in liis 

 February ISth, 1911: 



"We have given our lilies a weak dose of Apliiu' once a week since they 

 have occupied space on top of the bench, and thus far we haven't noticed 

 even a trace of the pests: that ought to prove that greenflies are not very 

 fond of the stuff, for if there's aiiytliing they do like, it is to get inti tops 

 of the lilies and it takes an awf\il lol of coaxing to get them out." 



APHINE, $2.50 per gal., $1.00 per qt. 



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 . for name of nearest Belling agent. 



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