August 30, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



203 



WK ABB SPECIALISTS IN 



GREENHOUSE GLASS 



Free from Babbles 

 Uniform In Thleknese 



PAINTS and PUTTY 



greenhouse White gS3"3£&2S 



Florists Prefer 



It will pay you to get oar estimate*. 



the DWELLE-KAISER <*> 



Ml Elm Street BUFFALO, N. T. 



Difficult and rejected caseB spe- 

 cially solicited. No misleading In- 

 ducements made to secure business. 

 Over 30 years' active practice. Ex- 

 perienced personal, conscientious 

 service. Write for terms. 

 Address 



SIGGERS & SIGQERS 



PATBNT LAWYERS 



Box t. National Union Building 

 Washlncton, D. 0. 



A STIC A 



for 6reenhoni 

 Glazing 



USE IT MOW 



F. 0. PliftCE CO. 



12 I. utumy 



NEW YORK 



Mastlca is elastic and tenacious, admits of 

 expansion and contraction. Putty becomes 

 hard Hud brittle. Broken glass more easily 

 removed without breaking of other glass 

 as occurs with bard putty. Lasts longer 

 than putty Easy to apply 



When writing to advertisers kindly 

 mention HORTICULTURE 



KEEPING TRACK OF COSTS. 



J. A. Neal of Toronto, Canada, be- 

 lieves in knowing the cost of running 

 his business. The method which he 

 uses for keeping track of the cost of 

 his delivery service may be of interest 

 to other florists. A standard-size let- 

 ter sheet is used, containing the fol- 

 lowing form which is required to be 

 filled out daily by each driver: 



Date 



No. of Deliveries 



Daily Mileage 



Repairs 



Oil 



Gasoline 



Tire Pressure 



Tues Fri 



Signature 



CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 



Advertisements in this Department, Ten Cents a Line, Net 



ASPABAGUS PLUMOSU8 



Asparagus plnmosue Beedllng: $1.00 per 



100; $7.". r 1 .11110. ALFRED M. ('AMI' 



BELL, Strafford, Pa, 



BULBS 



C. KEUK & SONS. IIILLEGOM 



Bulbs of nil descriptions. 

 NEW YORK BRANCH 



Holland. 



Write for prices. 

 8-10 Bridge St. 



C ANNAS 

 For the best Up-to-Date Cannas, get new 

 price list. THE CONARD & JONES CO., 

 West Grove, 



Pa. 



CARNATION PLANTS 



Carnation Plants: Matchless, $15.00 per 

 100; Perfection and Alice, $12.00 per 100. 

 ALFRED M. CAMPBELL, Strafford, Pa. 



CARNATION STAPLES 



Split carnations quickly, easily and 

 cheaply mended. Plllshury's Carnation 

 Staple." 1000 for 35c; 3000 for $1.00 post- 

 paid. I. L. PILLSBURY, Galesburg, 111. 



CELERY PLANTS 



Celery plants, Easy Blanching; now 

 grown exclusively by 90% of Kalamazoo 

 growers in place of Golden self Blanching. 

 Strong plants, ready for the field ; $2.25 

 per 1,000, $6.00 for 3,000. Cash. BRILL 

 CELERY GARDENS. Kalamazoo, Mich. 



DAHLIAS 



Peony Dahlias Mrs. Frederick Grinnell. 



$lo!0O per clump. Cash with order. 



JOHN P. ROONEY, New Bedford, Mass. 



New Paeony Dahlia— John Wanamaker, 

 Newest. Handsomest, Best. New color, new 

 form and new habit of growth. Big stock 

 of best cut-flower varieties. Send list of 

 wants to PEACOCK DAHLIA FARMS. 

 Berlin, N J 



GOLD FISH 



Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, cas- 

 tles, globes, aquarium, fish goods, nets, 

 etc., wholesale. FRANKLIN BARRETT, 

 Breeder. 4815 D. St., Olney, Philadelphia. 

 Pa. Large breeding pairs for sale. Send 

 for price list. 



KENTIAS 



Kfiitla Belmorenan — Averaging 3 and 4 

 leaves, good stroag plants out of 2%-lnca 

 pots at $15 per 100 — larger quantities oa 

 application. J. H. FIBSSER, 711-741 

 Hamilton Ave., North Bergen, N. J. 



ORCHIDS 

 HASSALL & CO., Orchid Growers and 

 Raisers, Soiithgate, London, England. C'alt- 

 leyas and Lmdio-Cnttleyas our specialty. 

 One trial order solicited. 



PEONIES 



Peonies. The world's greatest collection, 

 1200 soils. Send fur list. C. BETSCHBR, 

 Canal 1 lover, I >. 



POIN8ETTIAS 



Poinsettlas, 3 inch, $15.00 per 100. 2Vi 

 Inch, $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1,000. 

 ALFRED M. CAMPBELL, Strafford. Pa. 



ROSES 



Three. New, Beautiful, Hardy Climbing 

 Roses: Victory (light pink), Freedom (The 

 Climbing White American Beauty). F. R. 

 M. Uinlritz (dark pink). Read the descrip- 

 tions in the 1018 and 1919 American Rose 

 Annuals. Strong plants out of 1" .. In. pots. 

 $2.00 each. The above three for $5.00, $10.00 

 per 1000. Not less than 250 of one kind 

 sold at thousand price. REINHOLD 

 UNDRITZ, S. I. Plant Nursery, West New 

 Brighton, N. Y 



SPHAGNUM MOSS 



Live Sphagnum Moss, orchid peat and 

 orchid baskets always on band. LAGER 

 & HIRRELL, Summit, N. J. 



VINES 



Flowering and Foliage Vines, choice 

 collection. Large Specimen. Pot and Tub 

 grown for immediate effect; also Climbing 

 Roses. J. H. TROY, Mount Hissarlik Nur- 

 sery. New Rocbelle, N. Y. 



WIRE WORK 



WILLIAM B. HEILSCHBR'S WIRE 

 WORKS, 264 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. 



HELP WANTED 



WANTED— An Orchid Grower. One that 

 is competent to take charge of the grow- 

 ing of Orchids. State experience, reference 

 and salary expected. W. J. & M. S. VESEY, 



Fort Wayne, Ind. 



This information is on the inside 

 of the sheet. On the outside is a 

 complete record of the deliveries 

 made during the day. Mr. Neal has 

 compiled a cost of delivering a par- 

 cel for six average months last year. 



May $ .169 



June 258 



September 46 



November 217 



December 135 



The overhead was the same for all 

 months. September was a quiet 

 month so the cost was high. The 

 average cost per parcel was $ .251. 

 — Canadian Florist. 



