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': MtAY 4, 1916. 



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Skinner & Oo 86 



Smely, J. M 58 



Smith Ck)., A. W... 58 



Smlt^, Henry 53 



Smith, H. J 46 , 



Smith. P. J 76 



Smith & Fetters Co. 50 

 Smith & Hemenway 96 

 Smith & Young Oo. . 71 

 Smith Co., W. & T. 76 



Smith Floral Oo 73 



Smyth. W. J 68 



Southern Cypress • 



Mfrs.' Assn 99 



South Park Fl. Co.. 12 

 Spokane Florist Co. . 66 

 Springfield Clay 



Mfg. Co 91 



Staack So Sons 57 



Staiger & Flncken . . 69 

 State Nursery Co. . . 57 



Stecher LIth. Co 63 



Steele's Pansy Gar- 

 dens 70^ 1 



The Florists' Review 



8 



sterling Grinding 



Wheel Co 89 



Stewart. S. B 67 



Stokes Bros. Co. . . . 93 



Stokes Floral Co 54 



Stokes Seed Farms. 61 

 Storrs & Harrison.76-82 



Stroh & Sons 48 



Struck Co., A 98 



Stumpp, G. B. M... 52 

 Stumpp & Walter... 1 

 Stuppy Floral Co. . . 64 

 Summerfleld Flo. Co. 64 



Superior Boiler 87 



Swanson's 67 



Syracuse Pottery ... 91 



T. 



Tallby & Son 65 



Thomas Greenhouse. 67 

 Thompson Carnation 



Co 83 



Thorburn & Co 63 



Thornton Floral Co. 60 



Tbroop-Martln Co. . . 94 



Tlllmann's Sons 39 



Tonner, O. A. A 



L. A 80 



Toole & Son 79 



Totty. C. H 81 



Traendly & Schenck 74 



Trepel, 0. 52 



Trepel. Joseph 52 



Trimble Grnbse. Oo. .SO 



Turner, H. W 67 



Turner & Sons 63 



V. 

 United Cnt Fl'r Co.. 74 

 U. S. Cut Flower Co. 72 



V. 



Van Bochove & Bro. 63 



Van Llndley Co 48 



Van Meter Fl'r Shop 60 



Vaughan & Co 71 



Vesey, W. J. & M. S. 80 

 Vlck's Sons, J 82 



Vincent, Jr., & Sons 83 



Virgin, U. J 61 



Virginia Fl'r Shop.. 51 



Voltax Paint Co 96 



W. 



Waite, P. W 93 



Walbridge & Oo 89 



Waldbart, Geo 64 



Walker Co., F 61 



Wallace, P. D 26 



Want Ads 46 



Ward & Co., R....I-63 



Warendorff 62 



Watson, Geo 70 



Wax Bros 66 



Weber, F. 69 



Weber, P. H 69 



Weber & Sons Co. . 61 



Welland & Risch... 71 



Welch Bros. Co 73 



Welch, Patrick 73 



Wertheimer Bros 35 



Western Seed Co. . . 61 



White. Wm. B. F. .. 44 

 Whltted Floral Ga^^ 67 

 Wlegand's Sons C». 60 



Wlenhoeber Co 68 



Wietor Bros 6 



Wllks Mfg. Co 87 



Williams. Bd 57 



Williams & Co 60 



Wilson. H. E 51 



Wilson. R. G 62 



Wilson, Crout & 



Gehr 68 



Wilson Floral Co 67 



Wilson Seed Co 63 



Wilson's Seed Store. 50 

 Wlnandy. Jr.. M. . .1* 87 



Windier Whol 73 



Windler's 64 



WIndmlller Co 63 



Winterson's Seed... 79 



Wittbold Co 10-58 



Wolfskins' & Morris 



Goldenson 56 



Woodland Park Flo- 

 ral Co 70 



Woodrow-Marketos. . 74 

 Woodruff & Sons. ... 61 



Wright's 66 



W. & W. Fl'r Store. 50 



Y. 



Yokohama Nursery 



Young. J. W 



Young & Co., John 

 Young & Co.. A. L 

 Young & Sons Oo. 

 Young & Co., v.. 

 Young Tool Co 



61 

 81 

 75 

 74 

 54 

 58 

 41 



Zecb & Mann 71 



ZetUtz. B. N BO 



Zlska & Sons, J 71 



Zurn Co 94 



ZItzewltz, Aug 70 



Zvolanek, A. C 87 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Bringing Back Birds Brings Business (illus.) 13 



Another De Luxe Store (illus.) 14 



Making Carriers Liable 14 



Badgley to the Defense 14 



Society of American Florists 15 



Ira L. Pillsbury (portrait) 15 



Farf ugiums for Potting 15 



Open Letters from Readers 16 



— F, T, D. Waves on Easter 16 



— Florists Poor Bookkeepers ? 16 



— Boston Show Plans 16 



News from Abroad 16 



Geraniums 17 



— Spring Bedding 17 



— Diseased Geranium Foliage 17 



— Poor Growth of Geraniums 17 



— Geraniums for Stock 17 



The Gladiolus 17 



— For Cut Flowers 17 



— Gladioli for Early Winter 17 



Eoses 18 



— Roses for the Beginner 1$ 



— Rose Propagation in Hawaii 18 



— Mildew on Rambler Roses 18 



— Not Rhea Reid 18 



Seasonable Suggestions 18 



— Peonies 18 



— Asters 18 



— Winter-Flowering Begonias 18 



— Hardy Climbers in Pots 19 



— Evergreens in Tubs 19 



Plants Under Magnolia 19 



Miller 's Carnations (illus.) 19 



Business Embarrassments 19 



Rust on Queen Cactus? 19 



Stem-Rot on Antirrhinums 19 



Milwaukee . .'. 20 



Newark, N. J. ! 20 



Usinger 's Utterances 20 



Under Sunny Southern Skies 20 



The Arnold Establishment (illus.) 21 



New York 21 



Omaha, Neb 22 



Newport, R. 1 22 



New Bedford, Mass 22 



Cincinnati 22 



New England 22 



Flowers at the Last Resting Place of Bertha Eiessen 



Buechel, St. Louia (illus.) 23 



Page 



Obituary 23 



— Ira G. Marvin 23 



— Frederick A. Bolze 23 



— John B. Savageau 23 



— Mrs. Mary J. Stevens 23 



Mott-ly Musings 23 



More Commercialization 24 



F. T. D, Orders by Hundred 24 



Put It Just So 24 



Hardy Cut Ferns 24 



Chicago 24 



Philadelphia 36 



Baltimore 40 



Washington, D. C 40 



Gardeners ' Essay Contest 42 



Minneapolis 48 



Rochester, N. Y 50 



St. Louis 52 



Boston 55 



Seed Trade News 60 



— An Important Distinction 60 



— Field to Build Home 62 



— Mott-ly Gleanings 62 



— Catalogues Received 62 



Vegetables and Fruits Department 64 



— Tomatoes in Truck Gardens 64 



Pacific Coast Department 66 



— Santa Barbara, Cal 66 



— Los Angeles 66 



— San Francisco 66 



— Portland, Ore 68 



— Seattle, Wash 70 



Nursery News 76 



Nashville, Tenn 78 



Grand Rapids, Mich 82 



Pittsburgh 84 



Greenhouse Heating 86 



— Would Boiler Be Suitable! 86 



— About Piping Under Benches 86 



— The Coal Market 86 



Buflfalo 88 



Lancaster, Pa 90 



Oyster Bay, N. Y 90 



Chattanooga, Tenn 92 



Moline, Rock Island, Davenport 92 



Fort Wayne, Ind 94 



Kansas City 96 



Providence 98 



