January 24. 1920 



HORTICULTURE 





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The Meyer Florist Threads can be had 

 ill any size or color that is wanted. 

 Can furnish »anie at $2.25 per lb. with 

 liberal discounts in case lots of 500 IbH. 

 and upwards. Every spool contains 'i 

 ounces of actual thread, 16 ounces to the 

 pound or no sale. Be sure and get the 

 Meyer Threads and take no other. 



Manufactured by the 



John C. Meyer Thread Co. 



Dept. WW. 



LOWELL, MASS. 



Far AD Flowers ia Seuon CaO •■ 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



1201 Race SL PkOadelplik, Pa. 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranstead St., Philadelphia, P*. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all SiasonabIa Varieties of Cut Flowers 



Wired Toothpicks 



Manufactured by 



W. J. COWEE, Berlin N. Y. 



10,000 $2.50 SO.OOO $11.00 Sample fr««. 



For SaM bj Dealers 



BEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone St. Rochester, N. Y. 



CUT FLOWER BOXES 



EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO 



MANUFACTURERS 



PHILAOELPHIA, PA. 



Henry M. Robinson Go. 



55-57 West 26th Street 



and 430 Sixth Avenae 



Telephone: 

 Farragut 13 and 3180 



ROSE CUTTINGS. 



Rose cuttings in sand are in con- 

 stant danger from spot. In order to 

 prevent trouble from this cause it is 

 important that they be sprayed with 

 copper soon after they have been in- 

 serted. Nobody will claim that the 

 trouble can be cured in this way, but it 

 can be controlled to some degree and 

 Its spread held in check. Be sure to 

 water the cuttings early enough so 

 that the foliage will be dry when 

 night comes. It is very important at 

 this season to prevent a check to the 

 cuttings such as will surely follow if 

 the houses are allowed to get too cold. 

 The results of such a misfortune will 

 last for a long time. 



In making a second batch of cut- 

 tings which many of course will be 

 doing now, make a point of using only 

 high grade plants. This will pay in 

 the end in the increased vigor and 

 floriferousness of the progeny. It Is 

 worth while to use heel cuttings to as 

 large an extent as possible, for they 

 root extra well, producing good bottom 

 shoots. It is especially necessary to 

 be careful with Beauties and other 

 roses that have considerable blind 

 wood to use only flowering wood. With 

 some florists there is altogether too 

 much waste when cuttings are made. 

 This can be avoided with care, and as 

 fast as the wood is cut it should be 

 immersed in water and then taken to 

 the cellar or packing room to be kept 

 cool and damp until needed. Do not 

 keep the cuttings in water, however. 

 They should be damp but not wet. 



STARTING ASTERS. 



There is likely to be a good call for 

 asters as cut flowers this season, for 

 they can be sold as a rule at a moder- 

 ate price. They can be grown readily 

 in any house which has a night tem- 

 perature of 50, and soil in which car- 

 nations thrive will suit them. Some 

 growers try to force plants for a heavy 

 early crop, but this is a mistake be- 

 cause the quality is always inferior. 

 It is better to have flowers in good 

 condition with a light crop than a 

 heavy crop of poor stuff. Red spider 

 often bothers asters, and constant 

 syringing is required to keep this pest 

 in check. When the plants are large 

 enough set them about a foot apart on 

 the benches. Early Wonder has been 

 grown quite extensively because of its 

 early flowering habit, but the flowers 



H. E. FROMENT 



Whoksale Commiacion Flornt 

 Choice Cut Flowers 



New Adilresa, 143 Went 28lll St., NEW YORK 

 Telephones: 2200, 2201, Madison Square. 



— WM. P. FORD 



Wholesale Florist 



107 W. 28th Street, NEW YOftK 



Telephone 5335, 1 arraf at 



Call and laepect the Best Kstablislunent 



In the Wholesale Flower District. 



WILTER F. SHERIDAN 



Wholesale ConunlsBlon Dealer in 



CHOICE CUT FLOWERS 



133 Wes« tSth Street. Kew York 



TeIes(h08!>»=tS£!;~i£Si M&disoE. Sqoac« 



E.G.HILLCO. 



Wholesale Florists 



Please mention Hortlooltnre when wrltlac. 



RCED (SL KCLLER 



122 We«t ■J.'ith St.. Kew York 



Florists' Supplies 



We maniifnrture all our 



jiitai Disifis, Baskets, Wire Work & Novcltiis 



aud are dealers Id 



Decorative Glassware. Growers and 



Florists' BeanUltes 



THE KERVAN CO 



Fresh Cnt Decorative EJrergreens 

 Highest Standard of Quality. Largest' 

 Stock in America. Write for Illastrated 

 Catalog of Greens and Florists' Supplies 



119 W. 28tli St„ 



- NEW YORK 



mmm h. kuebler 



Brooklyn's Foramost and Best 



IVHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE: 



t: Fmt Clus Msrksi re> 



VI t-UiWtStS 



» WiUonghby St BrooklTi^ Ij. )T 



WE WANT MORE SHIPPERS 



We hare a ODmerons cltentSKe of New 

 York City buyers and the demand exceeds 

 our supply. This la especially true of 

 Roses. We have every facility and abund- 

 ant means and best returns are assured 

 for stock consigned to us. 



Addreos Your Shipments to 



UNlTia) CUT KLOWKR CO., INC. 



Ill W. 28th St., New Yorli 



D. J. Pappas, Pre*. 



FRANK J. REYNOLDS CO. 



Wholeaale Florhta 



Boston C«-«peratlTe Flower 

 260 DETON8HIRE STBl 

 BOSTON, HASS. 



