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The Florists^ Review 



March 23, 1916. 



TO EXCHAWOE-Contiaued. 



To Exchange — Or will Bell for cash, Sllver- 

 pluk snapdragons, fine, tender plants^ l%c; 

 Snowdrift stevla R. C, the best to grow, 2Vic; 

 Queen of the Market asters, strong, 2c; Salvia 

 splendens, 2c, for heliotropes and double petu- 

 nias^ Lohr Bros., Ottawa, 111. 



To Exchange — Chrysanthemum B. C: S. Ad- 

 vance, W. Ivory, B. Halliday, P. Supreme and 

 y. BonnafTon, for Rlcard, Viaud or white gera- 

 niums, double petunias, heliotropes or feverfew. 

 W. F. Abrams, 19 Proctor St., Haverhill, Mass. 



To Exchange — Mrs. Ward Carnation B. C, or 

 vlncas, green or variegated, R. C, for B. C. of 

 Mrs. Sander daisies, lantanas, pelargoniums, 

 Cincinnati or coralllna begonias, or what have 

 you? Elitch-Long Greenhouses, Denver. Colo. 



To Exchange — See classified ads under coleus, 

 ferns, salvias and dusty miller (centaureas), for 

 flowering bulbs of Gladiolus America. 



Arthur Doebel, Norwalk, O. 



To Exchange — Geraniums, 3-ln., S. A. Nutt, 

 fall struck, strong, for Wm. Turner and Odessa 

 mums. F. E. Knabe, Frankfort, Ind. 



To Exchange — Carnation cuttings, L. P. En- 

 chantress, for Golden Glow B. C. 



R. P. Bohlander, B. 1, Melrose Park, 111. 



To Exchange — 1 and 5-ln. ferns, for mums and 

 pompons. 



Herman Bros. Co., Conndl BlaflTs, Iowa. 



To Exchange — Asparagus decumbens seed, 

 $1.00 per 100, for Ber begonias or lantanas, 2 or 

 8-ln. Geo. Hammer, Van Home, Iowa. 



To Exchange — 6, 7 and 8-ln. Boston ferns, for 

 carnation cuttings. Hamilton & Plummer, 204 K. 

 Third St.. Kewanee. 111. 



To Exchange — Carnation B. C, for dafTodlls in 

 flats. State price and condition of stock. 

 Smith & Gannett, Geneva. N. Y. 



To KTchanfe — California privet, l-yr., 12 to 

 18-in., for bulbs or rooted rose eottlnga. 

 Reynolds Nursery Co.. Wlnston-Salem. W. O. 



To Exchange — Snapdragons, 2^-in. pots, and 

 carnation cuttings for veroena plants or cuttings. 

 Rowemont Gardens. Montgomery. Ala. 



>A/ANTED. 



Wanted— BENCH BOSES. 

 J. O. Vannice, 8 S. Tuxedo, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Wanted — Cycas cirdnalls stems. 



Everglades Nursery Co.. Fort Myers, Fla. 



BASKETS. 



We are preparing to furnish a limited num- 

 ber of rustic baskets for Memorial day use. PrlcM 

 famished to Interested parties. 



Albion D. Emerson, Westville. N. H. 



CANE STAKES. 



Japanese cane stakes, green, 2 ft., 93.60; 2% 

 ft., $4.50; 3 ft., $5.50; 4 ft.. $7.50 per lOOO; 

 natural. 6 ft., $6.00 per 1000. 



A. Henderson A Co.. Box 125. Chicago. 



CAWNATIOW STAPLES. 



Superior carnation staples, best staple on the 

 market, 35c per 1000; 3000 for $1.00, postage 

 paid. 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE, 

 264 Randolph St., Detroit. Mich. 



Pillsbury's carnation staples, S5c per 1000; 

 8000 for $1.00. I. L. Plllsbury. Galesburg. 111. 



DECORATIVE MATERIAL. 



Write for special prices on a special lot of 

 dagger ferns. 



Try our laurel festooning for your decorations, 

 only 6c per yard. 10 yds. free with first order. 

 Crowl Fern Co.. Mllllngton. Mass. 



OLASS. 



New glass, 6x8, 8x10, 10x12 or 10x14, $1.50 per 

 box. All glass packed, 60 square feet to the box. 

 We carry any size glass you want. Send ns a 

 list of your requirements for quotations. 

 C. N. Robinson A Bro.. Dept. 26. Baltimore. Md. 



FLOWER COLORIWaS. 



THE NATUBAL CYACBINB flovier coloring, 

 Tellow, blue, orange, pink or American Beanty, 

 20c per qt. Sent to you by mail. 

 C. B. Cranston. 146 Orchard St., Anbnm, R. I. 



OOLD FISH. 



Gold fish, aquarium plants, castles, globes and 

 all supplies. Send for wholesale catalogues. 



AUBUBNDALE 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. 0. B. 

 cars Chicago. Cash with order. Chicago Feed 

 A Fertiliser Co., Union Stock Yards. Chicago. 



MOSS. 



Fancy natural green moss, large sheets, 8 bn. 

 ■Ise bags, $1.50 per bag. 



Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co.. Pittsburgh, Pa. 



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

 bag. A. Hendorson & Co.. Box 125. Chicago. 



POTS. 



Paper pots, clay pots, paper dirt bands, veneer 

 dirt bands. Write for special wholesale prices. 

 0. N. Boblnson A Bro., Dept 26, Baltimore, Md. 



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

 only once. Smith A Gannett, Geneva, N, Y. 



PRINTINQ. 



Typewritten form letters, ofllce 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 8 inches Ions; 

 your name, business and address on robber stamp 

 with self -inking pad for 50c. 

 Kokomo Bubber Stamp Works. Kokomo. Ind. 



SASH. 



SASH— SASH-tSASH. 

 Cypress, 1% in. tliick. by 3 ft. 4x6 in. 

 $9.00 per 10 in flat. 

 $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 A Clark, Medina, O. 



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, $1.50 per box of 60 sq. ft. 

 C. N. Robinson A Bro., Dept. 26. Baltimore. Md. 



SPHAQNUM 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, Pa. 



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

 6 bales, $2.36 each; 10 bales, $2.25 each; 5 bbl. 

 bale, $1.25; 6 bales, $1.20 each; 10 bales, $1.15 

 each. Sterling Moss A Peat Co.. Bamegat, N. J. 



Sphagnum moss, 10 bbl. bale, $2.75; 5 bales, 

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

 lapped, 25c extra. Fresh peat, 6 bags, $3.50. 

 Joe. H. Paul, Box 156, Manahawkin, N. J. 



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 A Co., Box 125. Chicago, 111. 



Sphagnum moss, very best quality, $1.00 per 

 bale; 10 bales for $9.00. 



H. W. Bnckhee. Rockford. Til. 



TOBACCO. 



Tobacco dust, for fumigating, etc., 4c per lb., 

 $3.00 per 100 lbs. Positively pure and flrst- 

 class. Sample package sent free. 



Giles L. Clark, 900 Wood St., Scranton, Pa. 



FRESH TOBACCO STEMS, in bales of 200 lbs.. 



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

 13.00. ScharfC 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 

 lbs.. $3.00. Q. H. HunkPl Co.. Milwaukee. Wis. 



\VIRE \A/ORK. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

 in the west. E. F. Winterson Co.. 166 North 

 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



Falls City Wire Works. 

 451 3rd St.. Louisville. Ky. 



William E. Hielscher's Wire Works. 



2B4-266 Randnliih St.. Detroit. Mlrh. 



WOOD LABELS. 



WOOD LABELS AND PLANT STAKES. 

 Benjamin Chase Co.. Perry Village. N. H. 



FIBEOUS-EOOTED BEGONIAS. 



I would like to ask about the propa- 

 gation of fibrous-rooted begonias. I have 

 had trouble and know of others who 

 have had similar experiences. Most of 

 the cuttings run up like whips, while 

 some branch and make nice plants. We 

 have tried breaking them back, but 

 they do not grow at all after that. My 

 experience has been with the red Ver- 

 non. E. S.— N. y. 



Most of the fibrous-rooted begonias 

 propagate easily. Vernon is one of the 

 easiest, but to secure the best type of 

 cuttings you should head back your 

 stock plants some time before you need 

 the cuttings. You will then get more 

 succulent cuttings, which will root 

 with ease and make better plants than 

 those obtained from flowering shoots. 

 The plants of this begonia produced 

 from cuttings are not so well habited 

 as seedlings. Since they are grown 

 with such ease in this way, why not try 

 this plan in preference to rooting cut- 

 tings? 



Begonia incarnata should be cut back 

 and rested a little; then, if watered, it 

 will give a crop of nice, juicy cuttings. 



Begonia Glory of Cincinnati and Gloire 

 de Lorraine come best from leaf cut- 

 tings, but if headed back a nice crop 

 of shoots will start from near the base. 

 The flowering wood is of no value. B. 

 Gloire de Chatelaine is of easy propa- 

 gation. B, semperflorens rubra, B. Haa- 

 geana, B. ScharflSana and B. nitida 

 will root with ease in any warm propa- 

 gating bench. Be sure tne sand is por- 

 ous, in which case a watering each 

 morning can be given until roots are 

 forming; then reduce the supply and 

 pot up the plants in a light compost 

 before the roots are too long and the 

 wood becomes hard. C. W. 



PLANNING A GEEENHOUSE SITE. 



I notice that from time to time The 

 Eeview is asked to criticise plans and 

 arrangements of greenhouses. I am 

 enclosing two rough sketches, one of 

 which is intended to give a ■ general 

 idea of our site and its surroundings, 

 while the other sketch shows the pro- 

 posed position of the greenhouses with 

 reference to the residence, barn, service 

 buildings, orchard and other features 

 of the grounds. Please note the re- 

 marks accompanying the sketches and 

 judge accordingly, for if these plans 

 are radically at fault I wish to correct 

 them before it is too late. 



You will observe that we are sit- 

 uated on the south bank of a lake, 

 that we have close railroad facilities 

 south of our grounds, and that on the 

 north and west sides we are protected 

 by good windbreaks, composed of large 

 willow trees and a 12-year-old orchard. 

 In the sketches" the service buildings 

 are located with a view to the possi- 

 bility of running a spur track, some- 

 time in the future, southward along 

 the east side of the grounds, for the 

 hauling of coal, etc. I wish to ar- 

 range the north side of the grounds as 

 attractively as possible, as the front 

 approach to the place. 



H. D. L.— Minn. 



The sketches show two greenhouses, 

 27x100 and 28%xl00, running east and 

 west, with a barn across the west end 

 and with the workshop, potting room 

 and garage at the east end. In one 

 sketch the office is shown at the north- 

 east corner of the north house, while 

 in the other sketch the office and a 

 semicircular palm room are at the 

 middle of the north side of the north 

 house. As nearly as can be determined 

 without knowing more about the sur- 

 roundings, the general arrangement 

 suggested will be satisfactory, although 

 the placing of the palm room at the 

 middle of the north side of the north 

 greenhouse might complicate matters, 

 both in joining the houses and in con- 

 necting the heating ^stems. 



Another way of arranging the houses 

 would be to run them north and south, 

 with the service rooms at the north end. 

 The barn could be detached and located 

 to the north and east of the houses. 

 The office could be at the west end of 

 the potting room, and when other 

 houses are built to the west, a semi- 

 circular or rectangular palm house could 

 be built at the north end of these 

 houses. 



Marysvllle, Kan. — H. E. Fisher is 

 having an automobile made to order, 

 a three-in-one as it were, it being in- 

 tended to serve as a runabout, delivery 

 and touring car. 



