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H B T I C U L T U K E 



April 10, 1920 



"The Telegraph Florist" 



Hnaber af Florlita' TeUgrapii DellTcry 



124 TREMONT ST. 



IM 



H. F. A, LANGE 



Worcester, Mass. 



Delivers to all Points in New 

 England 



ISO.OOO Square Feet of Qlaai 



Member Florists' TeleKraph Delivery 

 Association 



WORCESTER, MASS. 



Randall's Flower Shop 



HABBT I. BAITDAUj, Proprietor. 

 Member Florists' Telerr>pli DeUTery 



Providence, Rhode Isl^d 



Johnston Brothers 



LEADING FLORISTS 



38 Dorrance Street 



41 Abcr Florists' Telecrmpk DeUTery 



Quality and Reliability 

 WARBURTON 



FAU, BITKB, MASS. 

 BeUverles o f Fl owers and Plants 

 la FALL. BITKB and eontlxnoiis 

 territory. 



The Beacon Florist 



' ^".^^"rir^' BOSTON 



J. EISBMANN, Manager, 14 years head 



decorator and designer for Penn's. 

 Prompt, Efficient Service Oasramteed. 



HUIH GRADE PUNTS 



For Retail Stores a Specialty 



ASK FOR LIST 



THOMAS ROLAND. Na1tMt.Muf. 



If you are growing asparagus plum- 

 osns you will find it advisable to give 

 the surface of the soil a good sprink- 

 ling with bone meal and wood ashes 

 as soon as you see an abundance of new 

 growth starting up. After that you 

 need a mulch of cow manure and soil 

 in equal parts. This mulch should be 

 from one to two inches deep. During 

 the summer it will be advisable if not 

 imperative to give the plants liquid 

 manure at least once a week. Other- 

 wise the soil may become exhausted. 



Perhaps you have some asparagus 

 on benches that has been cut pretty 

 hard. This shoul'd be kept on the dry 

 side for a while, but not too dry. A 

 rest of several weeks will give the 

 plants a good start. Of course you will 

 have to keep the asparagus plants 

 strung up, which requires considerable 

 work. There must be plenty of venti- 

 lation in the house, and damping down 

 two or three times a day is advisable. 

 New growers sometimes have consid- 

 erable trouble with asparagus and also 

 with smilax because they do not realize 

 the amount of water which they re- 

 quire, both at their roots and in the 

 form of moisture in the house. They 

 take an entirely different atmosphere 

 from roses, having a fondness for 

 warmth and moisture. At the same 

 time they must have good drainage, 

 and if it becomes advisable to apply 

 a little nitrate of soda over the 

 benches, something which many grow- 

 ers like to do, the tops of the plants 

 should be allowed to get pretty dry 

 so that the fertilizer will not stick to 

 them. Otherwise burning will result. 

 The red spider gets common at this 

 season and can do a lot of damage to 

 asparagus and smilax. Moreover they 

 are hard to get rid of when once estab- 

 lished. Regular fumigation is the im- 

 portant thing. 



Some growers do not seem to realize 

 the necessity of careful packing when 

 shipping American Beauties. All too | 

 often boxes are opened which show 

 carelessness on the shipper's part. 

 Paper is more expensive than it ever 

 was before, but it should not be over- 

 looked. Unless it is used freely thorns 

 are very likely to puncture the leaves 

 and lessen the value of the shipment. 

 Ice will be needed in the boxes most 

 of the time from now on, but it should 



CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



Ml MT. AUBURN STREET 



HAROLD A. RYAN, he. g.T.'^ 



BROCKTON, MASS. 



Belmont Flower Shop 



LAWRENCE . . MASS. 



A. H. WAGLAND 



Wo Cover 

 I.AWBRMCE. MBTHUEN, AlrOOVKB. 

 NOBTH AJTDOVER, SAUCll, M. h! 



asd Contlcnons Territory 

 Member off F. T. D. 



BEVERLY, MASS. 



BEVERLY FLOWER SHOP y~'^ 



MALDEN^lviASS. 



J. WALSH & SON ^^^ 



H/KL.L., TKe »=-|oria-fc 



Telephone 1422 

 4 Main Street, TAUNTON, MASS. 



National Florist for Taunton and Vicinity 



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The Best at 

 The Lowest 



FLOWERS 



The lATgest Popular Price House In 

 Philadelphia 



F. M. ROSS 



Send orders to 



136 So. 62nd Street, Philadelphia. 



Other Stores 



18 So. 60th St., S18 E. Olrard Avenue 



PHILADELPHIA 



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 Orders from all except members of 

 the F. T. D. must be accompanied by 

 remittance. 



JOHN BREITMEYER'S 



SONS^ 



Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Ave*. 

 DETROIT, MICH. 



Artistic Designs - . . 

 Higli Grade Cut Blooms 



Wo cover aU Hlohliran points and good 



seotlons of Ohio, Indiana and Canada. 



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