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HORTICULTURE 



May S, 1920 



THE 

 BOILER OF 



Unequalled Fuel Economy 



Kr««*ehell Boilers, tbe beet by ttt 

 1879. FortT 7«kn' txtmrttma; 



THS QCAUTT rL.ACE OF BOSTON 



Regarding th« Kro«Mbell, It U the 

 b««t w* hare erer had and aatlafac- 

 ••rj bejond our ezpectatlona. It beata 

 op eapeeUlly qolck and has aaved aa 

 (•nalderabiT already In tbe prlc« of 

 foal. When we are in need of another 

 beiler w* will giva the Kroescbell the 

 ■rat eonaideratlon. 



(Blgned) WU. W. BDOAR CO.. 



WATBBLBT, MASS. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., 



When You Buy -Get a Kroeschell 



S,M6;286 m. ft. •( gloaa waa equipped wltk 

 Kroeachell Boiler* during the T««r of i3iA. 



OHIO'S CKT.KBRATKD CTOLAJCBM 

 SPBOLAXJST 



After nalng your Mo. 12 KroeachaU 

 Boiler I came to tbe eonclaaloo that 

 had I to Inatall more boUera it woold 

 be tbe Kroeschell and oo ottiar. It 

 really la a pleasore to beat, no tronbta 

 to get the desired heat in a Tery short 

 time. 



*M W. Brie St. (Signed) CHRIST. WINTBKICH. 



OHICAOO DEFIANCE, OHIO. 



SIJI-OO-V.B. 



A SCLPHCB-FISH OU^CABBOLIC COMPOUTTD 



T he Master Sp ray of the 20th Century 



INIECTICIDE 



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^CoOK&SwANCoJuCy 



FOR THE CONTROL OF 

 THE SAN JOSE, OYSTER SHELL and other 

 SCALE INSECTS. GKEBIN, B08EY and 

 WOOLirr APHIS — Known as Plant Lice. 

 PEAR P8YLLA, CELERY, ONION and ROSE 

 THRIFTS — Known as Plant Fleas. And t,he 

 FUNGUS SPORES DEVELOPING the BROWN 

 or RIPE ROT of the PEACH, PLUM and 

 other STONE FRUITS. PEACH LHAF CURL. 

 APPLE and PEAR CANKER and SCAB. 

 And man.T other speoieg of FUNGI SPORES. 

 Send for the New Booldet Deeeribing 



SULCO-V.B. 



A combined contact Insecticide and fungi- 

 cide of known reliability 



— Right in Principle and Price 



dlreot — go to your dealer first 



\ NEWYttBK.CSA./ 



Simple, Sure and Safe 



From your dealer or 



^^^ COOK & SWAN CO. Inc. 



IM Front Street 

 ICBW YORK CITY 



141 Milk Street 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Oe*. H. Frmaler, Mgr. 



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The Recognlxed Standard Insecticide. 

 A spray remedy for green, black, wblta fly, 

 tbrlps and soft scale. 



FUNGINE 



For mildew, rust and other blights affect- 

 ing flowers, fruits and vegetables. 



VERMINE 



For eel worms, angle worms and other 

 worms working in tbe soil. 



Quarts, $1.00; Gallon, $3.00 



SOLD BY DEAI^EBS 



Apbine Manufacturing Co. 



MADISON, N. J. 



SaTe yonr plants and trees Jast tk* 

 thing for greenhtfase aad eutdear nae. 

 Deitrayg Wralj Bog, Itrewa and Wklta 

 Scale, Thrtps, Red Spider, Black aad 

 Oreen Fly, Ultes, Aata, etc., without 

 Injury te plaats and wltkoat ader. 

 Ustd accerding te dlrectltaa, ear ataad- 

 ard Insecticide will prareat rarages •■ 

 year craps by Insecta. 



Nen-paiseHeaa and harmleaa te user 

 aad plant. Leading BeedssaeB aad 

 Florists bars ased It with weBderfal 

 resalts. 



Destroys Lite la Peultry Haasea, 

 Fleas en Dogs aad all Deiaestle Fata. 

 Excellent as a wask far dags and atker 

 animals. Relleres laange. Dilute with 

 water 30 te Sd parts. 



\i Pint, SOc.; Pint, SOe. ; Qaart, tOe.) 

 Vz GalloB, $1.S0; Oalioa, fZ-f: t Gal- 

 lon Caa, f 10.9«; 1* OailoB Can, r3».M. 

 Dtreetlen on pacliage. 



LEMON OIL COMPANY 

 lift S. 421 W. LiAftH SI. MkHfi. H. 



We have got to compete witli every 

 ullier business in tlie labor market, 

 coal and tlie general increase in every- 

 tliiiig we use, and tlie only way we can 

 do it successfully is by the strictest 

 business methods and the efficient 

 handling of help and stock. We waste 

 a great deal of energy and labor. There 

 is no getting aside of that fact, and 

 it eats into the profit like wasting 

 coal or anything else. Many florists 

 think that so long as the help keeps 

 busy that is all that is necessary, but 

 it is the scientific end of our business 

 that produces the goods. Inexperi- 

 enced labor can be hired to shift 

 plants around, but it is an expensive 

 operation to use experienced help, who 

 must be paid a good wage, to do such 

 work. In the "good old days" that 

 we hear so much about, a foreigner 

 with no knowledge of our language 

 who could shift most material with a 

 wheelbarrow was a far greater asset 

 to a green house place than an expert 

 grower who did the ventilating, pro- 

 pagating, repotting and producing the 

 stock that paid the bills. The "good 

 old days" are gone forever let us hope, 

 and with improved working conditions 

 and efficient methods we can put the 

 business wliere it belongs, and a man 

 who elects to be a florist will be 

 looked upon as a scientific person in- 

 stead of a joke. The result will be 

 that it will be an attraction for any 

 young man to study the gentle art of 

 growing plants and flov/ers. The 

 business is still in its infancy, but isn't 

 it about time it was learning to say 

 something besides "Mama" and "Pa- 

 pa"? It should be getting old enougll; 

 to be developing so we can see what 

 it is going to be like when it gets full' 

 grown. 



The inspiration for writing the; 

 above came from a pencil on which is 

 printed "When you think of flowers, 

 tliink of Penn," and with the hope that 

 it will make us stop and find out if 

 all our efforts are as effective as they 

 should be. 



Robert Eik.-vk. 

 Leominster, .Mass. 



