■ OqiOBBE 19, 1916. 



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The Florists^ Review 



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Bulbs and Boxwood at Auction 



Mammoth shipments offered each Tuesday and Friday 

 at Ten O'clock, A. M. 



Also Local Consignments of 



PALMS, FERNS, DRACAENAS, RUBRERS, ETC. 



To be offered in lots to suit the large and small buyer. 

 SEND FOR WEEKLY CATALOGUE. 



THE NacNIFF HORnCDLTURIlL CO., 



52 to 56 Vesey Street, 



NEW YORK 



THE LARGEST HORTICULTURAL SALESROOMS IN THE WORLD. 



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F. 'J. Grootendorst & Sons 



Boskoop, Holland 



Your correspondence and orders for 

 Holland-grown nursery stock may 

 be sent to our American branch. 



Room 1101 10 Broadway 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



■^OWN ROOT 



Roses 



Pot-grown, 

 2^4 and 4-iQch. 



Field-grown, 

 to pot, 6 to 6-in. 



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two in place of ells at slight extra in- 

 itial cost. The same might be said in 

 regard to provision for attaching addi- 

 tional boilers, without having to tear 

 down the whole piping system inside 

 the boiler room. 



Buying "Cheap" Stock. 



In stocking the place, catalogues and 

 trade papers are hunted through in 

 search of offers of cheap stock, quality 

 seeming to be of secondary importance. 

 Gash is usually demanded in such offers 

 and if the stock is inferior it is benched 

 anyway, because it is paid for and there 

 might be trouble in inducing the 

 shipper to take it back, and there would 

 be further delay in procuring good 

 stock elsewhere. And thus the chance 

 for success is given the first jolt. 



Frequently, after a poor season, the 

 grower imagines that he can carry the 

 weakened plants along and induce them 

 to start into a vigorous growth for the 

 second season, to make up for what 

 they failed to yield the first season, 

 incidentally saving him the cost of re- 

 planting with young stock. Almost in- 

 variably, however, he finally dumps the 

 whole lot as worthless, just when the 

 space should be yielding the heaviest 

 returns. 



Too many owners of small places 

 hold to thp idea that they must carry 

 over stock plants and propagate their 

 own stock of everything they grow. 

 This is the age of the specialist, who 

 can produce young stock of better qual- 

 ity and sell it for less money than it 

 costs the average small grower to pro- 



HILL'S CHOICE LANDSCAPE, DECORATIVE 

 and FORCINC STOCK for FLORISTS' TRADE 



BOXWOODS— Pyramids, Standards, Globes, Bush, Dwarf — one of oar leading spe- 

 cialties. Stocked In enormoas quantities. 



BAY TREES— Standards. Half-standards, Pyramids. We can save yon money and 

 erlve better quality. Let us prove It. 



HARDY TUBBED EVERGREENS— OUpped specimens In Taxus, Thuyas, Junl- 

 perus, Abies varieties. In Pyramids, Globes and natural shaped In large assortment. 



ARAUCARIAS— Best sorts, best values. In both small and large sizes, for Immediate 

 effects and growing on. 



LANDSCAPE EVERGREENS AND CONIFERS— New, rare and standard 

 varieties. Small, medium and large sizes supplied In perfect specimens, with ball 

 and burlap. Largest and most extensive collection In America. 



FORCING STOCK— Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Aucubas, Sklmmla Japonlca, Hy. 

 drangeas. Lilacs, Spiraeas, Magnolias, Japanese Maples, Wistaria Chlnensls, Japanese 

 Flowering Cherry, Peonies, Boses, In large assortment, choicest quality, best com- 

 mercial sorts. 



WINDOW-BOX PLANTS— Hardy Coniferous Evergreens for winter use. All hardy 

 and desirable sorts, best selection, lowest prices. Also Bush Box and Dwarf Edging. 

 This line offers wide-awake florists grand opportunity to Increase their sales and 

 profits. 



DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHBUBS-Onr leaders-Norway Maple, American 

 White Elm and Japanese Barberry. > 



YOUNG STOCK FOR LINING OUT— Ornamental Evergreens and Deciduous 

 Trees and Shrub Seedlings, rooted cuttings, grafts, etc.. In large assortment, at 

 very low prices. Annual output, 10,000.000 plants. 



Wholesale price list will be 

 mailed promptly on request. 



Write for Informatloii 

 and prices today. 



THE D. HILL NURSERY COHPilNY, Inc. 



KVKRGREEN SPECIALISTS w^ ^^« rfcfflUI\r'I? 1» t 



LARGEST GROWERS IN AMERICA DOZ **V%S, UKJIHUttt*, ILL. 



WHOLESALE GROWERS AND IMPORTERS 



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duce it. If the same space were de- 

 voted to finishing salable stock, con- 

 siderably more than the cost of the 

 young stock could be derived there- 

 from and the customers would be bet- 

 ter served. 



"SavlJig" in Soil and Sand. 



There still are some growers who 

 persist in using old soil wherejtkfl' test 

 soil is none too good. Old rose or car- 

 nation soil is not fit to grow high-grade 

 carnations or chrysanthemums in. I 

 realize that the soil problem is a seri- 

 ous one with many growers in the large 

 cities, but new soil would have to cost 

 considerably more than I have ever 

 known to be paid, to offset the differ- 

 ence in the yield. And right along the 

 same line is the question of manures 

 and fertilizers. To skimp on fertilizer 

 means to cut the yield. What is gen- 

 erally called overfeeding is not so much 

 excess of fertilizer as it is improper 



application of fertilizer. A closer 

 study of the effects of fertilizers under 

 varying conditions would prevent much 

 damage. 



Using propagating sand for several 

 successive batches of cuttings is an- 

 other source of much loss. The cost of 

 sand, in proportion to the value of the 

 cuttings, does not justify the risk taken 

 in using it for more than one batch. 

 The most successful propagators follow 

 the practice of renewing the sand after 

 each batch of cuttings. 



False Economy in Hiring Help. 



We are frequently asked how much 

 help is required to run a given amount 

 of glass, or, rather, with how little 

 help a manager should be able to get 

 along. There is perhaps no greater 

 fallacy than to run an establishment 

 with less help than is needed to keep 

 everything right up to the minute at 

 all times. Once you get behind^ it is 



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