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HORTICULTURE 



August 16, 1919 



BOSTON FLORAL SUPPLY 

 COMPANY 



Wholesale Florists 



DEALERS IN 



Cut Flowers and Evergreens 



We manufacture our Baskets, Wax 

 flowers. Wax designs, Wire frames, 

 etc., and preserve our Cycas Leaves 

 right in our own factory. 



Office, Salesrooms, Shipping Dept. 



15 Otis St. 96 Arch St. 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephones, Main 2574, 3525 



For All Flowers in Season Call on 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



1201 Race St. Philadelphia, Pa. 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1(19 - 21 Rauttal St., PUIaadatta, Pa. 



CHOKE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 Mi all SmmmbI* Variitiis if Cut Ftamrs 



Wired Toothpicks 



W.J. COWEE, Berlin, M. Y. 



J. A. BUDLONG 



184 North Wabash Averma, CHICAGO 



Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers 



ROSES, CARNATIONS 



AND ALL OTHER SEASONABLE STOCK 



Shipping order* have most careful attention always 



GEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone St., Rochester, N. Y. 



IF You Want Anything from Boston Get It 

 From Henry M. Robinson & Co. 



For Safety Place Your Ordtr, With U* 



HENRY IVI. ROBINSON & 



2 Wlnthrop Square and 32 Otis Straat, BOSTON, MASS. 



Florists' Baskets. 



Ribbons and 



Supplies 



Our exhibit at the conven- 

 tion will give you a faint 

 idea of our up-to-date line in 

 Ribbons, Baskets, etc., and 

 we will be pleased to have 

 you look us over. Most of 

 the samples shown are our 

 own exclusive designs, evolved 

 from many years' experience 

 in the Florist business. 

 We know what the trade requires, and keep right up to the minute — besides 

 even, looking a little ahead into the future, all the time. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The 



Wholesale 



Florists of 



Philadelphia 



N I . \V 

 117 W. 



YORK 



28lh St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



1608-1630 Ludlow St. 



BALTIMORE 



Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON, 1216 H St., N. W. 



GROWING MUSHROOMS. 

 It is not as difficult to grow mush- 

 rooms successfully as many people 

 seem to think, according to S. W. Carl- 

 quist, writing in the International Gar- 

 den Club's Journal. Mr. Carlquist con- 

 tinues: A cellar or tight shed under 

 the barn is a good place to grow mush- 

 rooms during the summer months; 

 whereas for winter and cold weather 

 it will be necessary to have a place 

 either provided with some means of 

 heating or so constructed that the 

 place will be frostproof. For summer 

 use the beds should be made up from 

 March to May and for winter crops 

 from September to December. Good 

 material for beds is best obtained from 

 livery stables. In gathering up the 

 manure, take all the saturated straw 



with the droppings, pile this into a 

 rather deep compost and have on hand 

 some good moist friable soil about one- 

 third in bulk to the manure. As soon 

 as the manure pile shows signs of fer- 

 mentation turn the mass over thor- 

 oughly, mix and see that the manure on 

 the outside gets in the center and vice 

 versa. After the compost has been 

 turned, cover over with a layer of soil, 

 incorporating this with the manure 

 and repeat the operation morning and 

 evening until in about a week's time 

 the rank heat has subsided and the 

 whole mass presents a dark brown 

 spongy color. With the addition of 

 soil each time of turning, as mentioned 

 above, there is little danger of the 

 compost overheating and burning. 

 Should the mass show signs of dry- 



