THE FLORISTS' MANUAL. 



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Model Extension 

 Carnation Support 



Now regarded as the Standard 

 Support, and by far the best yet 

 offered. 



It is only necessary to give a few 

 of many testimonials from some of 

 our best growers. 



BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1899. 

 THERON PARKER. 



DEAR SIR: Your Model Carnation 

 Support is the best thing I have yet 

 tried. In fact, it is about ideal. I used 

 it this winter on Scotts, Flora Hill, Mrs. 

 Bradt and Genesee. The principle is 

 perfect but experience may teach us 

 that in some varieties, for instance 

 Daybreak, the lower ring might with 

 advantage be two inches lower. If I 

 could afford the first cost, at once, I 

 would not think of using anything but 

 the "Model." 



Very respectfully yours, 



WILLIAM SCOTT. 







A lower sd circle 

 can be supplied 

 for bushy plants. 



W. HOBOKEN, N. J., Feb. 18, 1897. 

 Mr. THERON PARKER, 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 DEAR SIR: It gives me much pleas- 

 ure to congratulate you upon your success in getting up 

 Carnation Supports. I think that those I have had from 

 you are about as perfect as anybody will be able to 

 make them. They certainly fill my bill for an ideal car- 

 nation support, a thing I have been looking for for a long 

 time. Wishing you every success in the sale of them, I am, 

 Yours truly, 



E. ASMUS. 



Model Model 



Rose Stake. Plant Support. 



The MODEL Rose Stake 



is new and regarded by all who 

 have seen it as a decided improve- 

 ment on the straight steel stake 

 (We supply either.) It is so con- 

 structed as not to be dangerous in working among 

 them, being looped at the top and pointed at the bot- 

 tom. When supported by overhead wire this wire is 

 passed through the loop and they do not require tying. 



The MODEL Plant Support 



is new and designed to supplant the old wooden stake, 

 being superior in every respect. A firm anchor, neat, 

 even ornamental, durable, cheap. (PATENTED.) 



The MODEL Extension Circle 



for Christmas Wreaths It is 



crimped and facilitates firm tying. 

 Is quickly reduced from 16 inches 

 in diameter to any smaller size 

 needed. Is neat and cheap as one 

 could wish. 



Model 

 Extension Circle. 



In offering our products to the trade, we are convinced that there is noth- 

 ing yet produced to equal them, or likely to be, and shall be pleased to receive 

 correspondence in regard to them. Samples forwarded free to all who will 

 pay express charges, and will deduct this on first order. 



THE MODEL PLANT STAKE CO. 



226 No. 



THERON PARKER, Mgr,, Inventor and Patentee, & street, BROOKLYN, N, Y 



the surface so that the hose can be 

 put in when watering is needed. The 

 water runs through pipes and out at 

 every joint, thoroughly wetting the 

 soil. This is real sub-watering. 



Every 50 feet there should be the 

 means of supplying the drain tile with 

 water, and do not expect the water to 

 run too far, as you might overwater 

 near the inlet and leave the further 

 end on the dry side. This plan has 

 given the best results, and its advant- 

 age in spring and summer can be easily 

 seen, as then is the time the roots want 

 a soaking, and for applying liquid 

 manure it is excellent. There is no 

 wetting of the foliage nor baking of 

 the surface by heavy overhead water- 

 ing. This plan of sub-watering is 

 worthy of trial by all of us. 



Houses. 



When the carnation first became an 

 important flower with iis any house 

 was used to grow them in. Now thou- 

 sands of houses are built expressly for 

 the purpose. There is none better than 

 a 22 foot house (22 feet from outside 

 to outside of posts). This will give you 

 three benches, each 5 feet wide and 

 four paths, each 1% feet wide, with 

 heating pipes on the side wall where 

 there is no contact with the plants. 

 The ridge should run east and west, or 

 better still, northeast and southwest. 

 Ample ventilation should be given by 

 continuous ventilating sash on the 

 south side of ridge and in both walls. 



CARNATIONS 



FIELD-GROWN PLANTS 



Are one of our specialties. 

 Send for price list. 



J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. 



This side ventilation will be of the 

 greatest benefit in fall and spring. 



Some growers prefer to plant in solid 

 beds on the ground. It may save ma- 

 terial, and in late spring they don't 

 dry out so fast, but the benches pro- 

 duce quite as fine flowers and are 

 much more convenient to work. And 

 liquid manure can be applied to the 

 benches easier and with better results 

 than to the solid beds. 



CELOSIA. 



Celosia cristata (the cockscomb) is 

 not as* often or generally seen as its 

 striking and novel appearance de- 

 serves. It is seldom seen in our 

 greenhouses, perhaps because when at 

 its best the glass structure is a hot, 

 sweltering place, August and Septem- 

 ber being its usual time of flowering. 

 Our hot summers suit the cockscomb 

 as it does all of the celosias, for they 

 like heat. Last year we saw a large 

 oval bed, the surface of which was 

 covered with Tom Thumb sweet 

 alyssum, and every two feet was dot- 



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QUEENS, N. Y. 



(LONG ISLAND), 



carry at all times the finest and most 

 select line of Seedling 



Carnations 



in the world. Rooted Cuttings and Field 

 Grown Plants of the best standard sorts. 



Strong, Vigorous, 



Well Grown Stock. 



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SPECIALISTS IN 



Carnation Seeds and Plants, 



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WASHINGTON, D. C. 



A New 



Hybrid Carnations, 



Crossings between Remontant and Marguerite 

 varieties. They are what we can recommend 

 as truly summer flowering varieties. Offered 

 for the first time. For particulars address 



C EISELE, 



11th and Jefferson Sts.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



