February 28, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



177 





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Meyer Green Sinilax Throacl. ^3.00 per 

 pound. 



Green Silkaline at $'^.50 per pound, in 

 caHe lots of 25, 50 or 101) pounds. 



Liberal discounts in 500 or 1000 pound 

 lots. 



Samples went on trial free of eharge. 



Manuiaotiired by the 



John C. Meyer Thread Co. 



Dept. WW. 



LOWEI-L, MASS. 



For AD Flowers in Setuon CaD •■ 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



1201 Race SL Philade^hia, Pa. 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PhlUdelpbU, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowers 



Wired Toothpicks 



Manufactured by 



W. J. COWEE, Berlin N. Y. 



10,000 $2.S0 50.000 $11.00 Sample free. 



For Sale by Dealers 



6E0HGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLOWST 



24 Stone St., Rocliester, M. Y. 



Henry M. Robinson Co. 



55-57 West 26th Street 

 and 430 Sixth Avenue 



Telephone: 

 Farragut 13 and 3180 



GROWING LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



Of all the imported bulb stock, dur- 

 ing the war, none was missed more 

 than the beautiful lily of the valley. 

 Here is a plant which I am sure can be 

 produced on a commercial basis equal 

 to the best imported Berlin crowns, 

 says Prank W. Gilbert in the Canadian 

 Florist. The heat and cold does not 

 affect It, providing it has the proper 

 .situation. There are such situations 

 where, when once started, it could pro- 

 duce all we would require. 



The lUy of the valley is a native of 

 Great Britain. I have seen it growing 

 beside the ditches in the woods and 

 shady places, sending its rhizomes 

 under ground and spreading all over 

 just above the moss line, where the 

 roots can reach the water, yet where 

 it is dry on the surface. 



In choosing a site, two things are 

 necessary, — water and shade, or par- 

 tial shade, during the hot months of 

 summer. The soil should be a sandy 

 loam, with a clay or cool bottom. Pro- 

 vision should be made for irrigation, 

 or the Skinner system, much the same 

 as one would for Ginseng. 



In preparing the land I would sub- 

 soil it two feet deep, not trench it. 

 Work in on top a good dressing of 

 leaf mould, working it down level as 

 a seed bed. I would choose the young 

 pips which have been grown here for 

 stock as it takes three years to grow 

 a strong flowering pip. 



In sorting out the pips I would 

 break the rhizome about one Inch be- 

 low the pip to induce them to make 

 fibrous roots. The best time to start 

 them is the early fall, as soon as the 

 foliage turns yellow. 



In planting stretch a line and cut 

 straight down with a spade. Place 

 the pips upright, about one inch below 

 the surface and two inches apart in 

 the row, with nine inches between 

 rows. Make your beds as wide as you 

 like, using a light cultivation to keep 

 the weeds down. The following fall 

 I would give a light coating of one- 

 year-old barnyard manure and the 

 same the next year. You will find 

 that the second year from planting, 

 young growths will come up over the 

 bed. These will give more stock for 

 planting. When you lift your pips 

 the third year, lift your forcing crowns 

 in the fall and store in a oool place, 

 where they will not dry out. 



Liooking at this from a commercial 

 standpoint. 4.000 square yards can be 

 made productive, leaving 840 square 

 yards for paths. They would produce 

 288,000 pips, which at $10.00 per 1,000, 

 would bring $2,880.00 per acre. The 

 initial cost of stock and labor would 

 be the largest outlay. 



H. E. FROMEifr 



VVkoleaale CommiMion Florkt 

 Choice Cut Flowert 



New AddreBH, 143 West 28th St., NEW YORK 

 TelephoDes: 22U0, 2201, Usdlson Square. 



— WIVL P, FORD — 



Wholesale Florist 



107 W. 28tti Street, NEW YOM 



Telephone 5335, Farraffut 



Call and Inspeet the Be§t iEstabllBhineiit 



In the Wholesale Flower DUtrioi, 



WILTER F. SHERIDAN 



Wholesale Commission Dealer in 



CHOICE CUT FLOWERS 



133 WesS tSth Street tiew tork 



E.G.HILLCO. 



Wholesale Florists 



Please mention Hortlcnltiire when writing. 



RCED (SL KELLER 



122 West 26th St., New York 



Florists' Supplies 



We manufacture all our 



iitil DisitBS, Baskets, Win Wark (NoYiltlis 



and are dealers lo 



Decorative Glassware, Growers and 



Florists' Beanisites 



THE KERVAN CO 



Fresh Cat Decorative Kvergreens 

 Highest Standard of Quality. lOLTgest 

 Stock in America. Write for Illustrated 

 Catalog^ of Greens and Florists' Supplies 



119 W. 28th St., - - r*EW YORK 



WE WANT MORE SHIPPERS 



We have a nnmerous clientage of New 

 York City buyers and the demand exceeds 

 our supply. This Is especially true of 

 Roses. We have every facility and abund- 

 ant means and best returns are assured 

 for stock consigned to us. 



Address Toor Shipments to 



UNITED CCT FLOWER CO., INC. 



Ill W. 28th St., New Yorii 



D. J. Pappas, Pres. 



FRANK J. REYNOLDS CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



Boston Co-operative Flower 



260 DEVONSHIRE; STBEBT 

 BOSTON, llASS. 



NifCHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



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