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The Florists' Review 



Maech 16, 1916. 



FLOWER COLORINQ8. 



THE NATURAL OYACBINE flower coloring, 

 yellow, blue, orange, pink or Amerlcui Beauty, 

 20c per qt. Sent to you by mall. 

 C. R. Crangton, 146 Orchard St.. Anbnm, R. I. 



QOLD FISH. 



Gold flsb, aqaariam planta. analla, caatlea, 

 globes, aquariuDiB, flab food, nets, etc., whole- 

 sale. Send for price Hats. Large breeding pairs 

 for sale. Franklin Barrett. Breeder, 4815 D. St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Gold flsh, aquarium plants, castles, globes and 

 all supplies. Send for wholesale catalogues. 



AUBURNDALB GOLD FISH CO., 

 1449 Madison St.. Tel. Haymarket 152, Chicago. 



MANURE. 



BUY NATURE'S BEST MANURE— SHEEP 

 DROPPINGS — Sold in carload lots only and 

 shipped in bulk. Price $4.00 per ton F. O. B. 

 cars Chicago. Cash with order. Chicago Feed 

 & Fertiliser Co., Union Stock Yards, Chicago. 



MOSS. 



Fancy natural green moss, large sheets, 3 bu. 

 size bags, $1.50 per bag. 



Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Sheet moss, large pieces, large bags, $2.00 per 

 bag. A. Henderson & Co.. Boi 125, Chicago. 



PLANT BOXES. 



Tubs, wooden, wire hoops, 13-ln., 14c; .window 

 boxes, 31-in., 25c. No catalog. 



M. Greenebaum, 208 E. 126th St.. New York. 



POTS. 



Paper pots, clay pots, paper dirt bands, veneer 

 dirt bands. Write fur special wbolesale prices. 

 C. N. Robinson & Bro.. Uept 26, Baltimore, Md . 



10,000 2%-ln. pots for sale at a bargain; used 

 only once. Sniith & Gannett, Geneva. N. Y. 



PRINTINQ. 



Typewritten form letters, office stationery and 

 florists' labels a specialty. Samples on request. 

 Snow the Circular Letter Man. Camden, N. Y . 



RUBBER STAMPS. 



10 cents a line for line up to 3 inches long; 

 your name, business and address on rubber stamp 

 with self-inking pad for 50c. 

 Kokomo Rubber Stamp Works, Kokomo. Ind . 



SASH. 



SASH— SASH— SASH. 

 Cypress, 1% in. thick, by 3 ft. 4x6 In. 

 • $9.00 per 10 in Bat. 

 $10.00 per 10 set up. 

 $21.00 per 10 set up and glazed. 

 $22.00 per 10 set up, glazed and painted. 

 Shipped at once. 

 Hammerschmidt & Clark, Medina, 0. 



Standard hotbed sash, 1%-in. thick, with cross- 

 bar, 80c each; lots of 25 and over, 75c each. 

 Blind tenons; white leaded in Joints. The life 

 of a sash depends on this construction. We 

 GUARANTEE our sash to be satisfactory or re- 

 fund your money. Glass, 6x8, 8x10, 10x12, or 

 10x14, $1..')0 per l)or of 50 sq. ft. 

 C. N. Rohinwon & Bro.. Dept. 26. Baltimore. Md. 



SPHAOWUM MOSS. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



10 bbl. bales, burlaped.. $4.00 each 



5 bale lots 3.75 each 



10 bale lots 3.50 each 



Write for our monthly plant bulletin. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO., 



1608-20 Ludlow St.. Philadelphia, P a. 



Sphagnum moss, burlaped, 10 bbl. bale. $2.50; 

 6 bales, $2.35 each; 10 bales, $2.25 each; 5 bbl. 

 bale, $1.25; 5 bales, $1.20 each; 10 bales. $1.15 

 each. Sterling Moss & Peat Co.. Bamegat. N. J. 



Sphagnum moss, 10 bbl. bale. $2.75; S bales. 

 $12.50; 5 bbl. bale. $1.40; 5 bales, $6.00: bur- 

 lapped. 25c extra. Fresh peat, 5 bags, $3.50. 

 Jos. H. Paul, Box 150, Manabawkin, N. J. 



The FLORISTS' MANUAL, by Wm. Scott, 

 tells you what you want to know In just the way 

 you want to be told. Price, $5.00. Prepaid. 

 Florists' Pub. Co.. Caxton Bldg., Chicago. 



Sphagnum moss, in burlap, $1.00 per bale; 10 

 bales, $9.00; wired bales, same size and qual- 

 ity as burlap, 85c per bale; 12 bales for $9.00. 

 A. Henderson & Co.. Box 125. Chicago, 111. 



Sphagnum moss, very best quality. $1.00 per 

 bale; 10 bales for $9.00. 

 H. W. Riirkhee. Rofkford. 111. 



TOBACCO. 



FRESH TOBACCO STEMS, In bales of 200 lbs.. 

 $2.00; 600 lbs., $4.00; 1000 lbs.. $7.00; ton, 

 $13.00. Scharff Bros.. Van Wert. O. 



Strong tobacco dust. $2.00 per 100 lbs. 

 Aetna Tobacco Co.. 428 E. 106th St., New York. 



Strong tobacco dust, $1.75 per 100 lbs.; 200 

 lba^3.00. G. H. Hnnkel Co.. Milwaukee. Wis. 



WIRE WORK. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Trade has beeu fair for the last two 

 weeks. Stock is plentiful and is sell- 

 ing tolerably well. Roses are becom- 

 ing more plentiful and are bringing 

 medium prices. Carnations are about 

 equal to the demand. Bulbous stock 

 is plentiful, with only an average call. 

 Sweet peas are in good supply and are 

 finding a good demand. Pot plants, 

 such as azaleas, lilacs, rhododendrons, 

 cyclamens and bulbous stock, are plen- 

 tiful and are having a good call. 



Various Notes, 



William Hament is supplying the 

 market with a fine quality of sweet 

 peas. 



Adolph Baur has a fine new 8-pound 

 boy, who no doubt will be known as 

 Adolph, Jr. 



Homer Wiegand is back on the job 

 after a three weeks' vacation in the 

 south. 



Hartje & Elder are putting in posts 

 for two new houses, to be erected this 

 spring. 



Pet^r Weiland has been shipping 

 some fine sweet peas into this market. 

 The Roepke Floral Co. is putting up 

 a new greenhouse at the East Wash- 

 ington street place. 



Alvin Sdirieber, with the Berter- 

 mann Bros. Co., has a fine lot of ram- 

 blers coming on for Easter. 



Clarence Thomas, with the E. G. Hill 

 Co., reports business brisk. He says 

 he had fourteen door wreaths in one 

 day and funeral work was plentiful. 



A. Wiegand 's Sons Co. is busy with 

 store decorations. 



The Smith & Young Co. is cutting 

 some first-class Killarney. 



Robert Fohl has taken a place with 

 the Indianapolis Flower & Plant Co. 



H. L. W. 



small gardens were furnished by Charles 

 Potter and A. W. Hixon. ' Harry I. 

 Randall had four large baskets of 100 

 long-stemmed roses in the corners of 

 the hall, making a beautiful showing. 

 The awards were: 



Cut flowers— H. F. A. Lange, first; Charles Pot- 

 ter, second. „ ,, , , ^ <i „*. tir x€ 



Carnations— Alfred H. Knight, flrst; W. M. 

 Estabrook, second; Paul Brlgham, third. 



Orchids— Mrs. J. C. Whltln, flrst. t„._ • 



Azalea Indica— H. F. A. Lange, flrst; Lucy 



Co'ilson, second. Tiw«n 



Cinerarias— H. F. A. Lange, first; A. W. Hixon, 



second; Worcester Conservatories, third. 



Cyclamens— H. F. A. Lange, flrst, A. W. 



Hixon, second. „ „ . , «,„♦ 



Cycfamen plant— H. F. A. Lange. first. 

 Primula Sinensis— A. W. Hixon first. 

 Primulas, any varlety-H. F. A. Lange. first, 



A. W. Hixon, second; Worcester Conservatories, 



riti*dg?eTBe"co^"Mrl- ^^ ^"fe^nt!=tl':ir'l: 

 >Tc;i^e'te>''-c''MVock,''flrsr*Charles Potter, 

 second: Mrs. W. E. Sargent, third. 



Flower garden— H. F. A. Lange first; E. W. 

 Breed, second; Charles Potter, third; A. W.- 



Cineraria, o'lu plcnt- Charles Potter, first. 

 Pansles-L. C. Midgley, first; B. D. Ross, scc- 



°°Snapdragons— R. P. Ross first. 



Roses in basket— Harry I. Randall, first. 

 Roses--H. F. A. Lango, first. 



Various Notes. 



Harry I. Randall reports business as 

 being good, but a little slower than pre- 

 viously. Mr. Randall lays the small 

 drop in trade to the storms. He has 

 had some exceptionally good roses. 



H. F. A. Lange had a good window 

 displaying his exhibition stock. The 

 new line of tango bowls with the birds 

 and butterflies is receiving a great deal 

 of attention. ^ . , 



E. W. Breed, of Clinton, hsls received 

 many orders for spring in his landscape 

 gardening work. Mr. Breed specializes 

 in this work. H. L. 



- ASTEES UNDER GLASS. 



Will asters do well under glass! 

 When would they be in flower if kept 

 growing from now on! 



A. Ij. R. — N. J. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

 in the west. E. F. Wlnterson Co., 166 North 

 Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



Falls City Wire Works. 

 451 3rd St., LoulsTille. Ky. 



' William E. Hielscher'B Wire Works, 



264-2fift Randolph St.. TVtroIt. Mich. 



WOOD LABEL*. 



WOOD LABELS AND PLANT STAKES. 

 Benjamin Chase Co., Derry Village. N. H. 



WORCESTER, MASS. 



The Market. 

 Retail trade was not especially good 

 last week. Two of the largest snow 

 storms Worcester has had this winter 

 came last week and kept people in- 

 doors, which hurt the retail trade 

 greatly. Bulbous stock still is in de- 

 mand, also roses and sweet peas. A 

 few people still prefer azaleas, cycla- 

 mens, cinerarias and heather to the 

 spring plants. 



Horticultural Society Show. 



The Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society held its annual spring show 

 Thursday and Friday, March 9 and 10. 

 Although the ground was covered with 

 a foot of snow, the hall gave the ap- 

 pearance of spring. 



The feature of the show this year was 

 an old-fashioned flower garden, occu- 

 pying the entire center of the hall. 

 The center of the garden was an oval- 

 shaped bed of yellow narcissi, with a 

 huge yellow genista in the center. On 

 each side were two large gardens with 

 many varieties of plants. H. F. A. 

 Lange did the center and one of the 

 large side gardens.. His side garden 

 contained azaleas, acacias, heather, cin- 

 erarias, chorizemas and bulbous stock. 

 The entire border of this garden was 

 of tulips. E. W. Breed had the other 

 large garden, which consisted of primu- 

 las, tulips, hyacinths, narcissi, crocuses 

 and boxwood trees. The other two 



Asters can be successfully grown un- 

 der glass. Soil such as you would use 

 for chrysanthemums suits them. Queen 

 of the Market, also called Queen of the 

 Earlies, is the best early variety. 

 Comet, also, can be grown well under 

 glass. One good point about aster cul- 

 ture under glass is that they can be 

 brought into flower earlier than if 

 grown outdoors and, not being exposed 

 to storms such as frequently spoil 

 plants in the open, their quality is such 

 that they always command a higher 

 market price. ^- *"• 



Sioux City, la.— The J. C. Rennisou 

 Co. has placed a contract with the 

 American Greenhouse Mfg. Co., Chi- 

 cago, for the erection of two steel 

 frame houses, 36x200 feet each. These 

 houses are to replace two cypress houses 

 and will be devoted to a general line 

 of stock. The total cost of the new 

 houses will be about $12,000. Work on 

 the new structures will begin in June. 



Lamar, Colo.— Roy White has applied 

 for a patent on a device similar to the 

 self-watering flower boxes except that 

 it is for use with pot plants. The reser- 

 voir of metal, sits at the bottom of the 

 pot 'cover, the pot fitting inside a rim, 

 with a sponge-filled tube sticking up 

 into the soil through the drainage hole 

 of the pot. Mr. White says plants used 

 in the store for decorative purposes 

 give fifty per cent better results if set 

 on one of these self-watering bases. 



