December 5, 191S. 



The Florists^ Review 



95 





FOR QUICK DELIVERY 



LEAK -PROOF GITTER 



PATENTED 



Bars, vents, doors, etc. 



Pipe carriers, shelf brackets. 



BRAUNITE for covering brickwork on boilers 



and closing cracks. 

 Elastic Asbestos Glazing Compound. 

 Galvanized nails and screws, glazing brads, etc. 



ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO., Si^TV 2330 Wabansia Ave., Chicago 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



S*>HA«NUM MOSS. 



Spliagnuin niosR. 10 bbl. bale, $3.50; 5 bbl. 

 bale, $2.00; green clnnip moss, $1.50 per bag: 

 live spliagnum, $1.25 per bag; (laKKer ferns, $2.00 

 per 100, burlap !)c extra. Cpsh .')c less. 

 _ Jos. H. Paul, Hox 156. Manalmwkln, X. .T. 



10 bales SphaKniim moss, oliolc^ selected stock, 

 standard size In wire, $6.00 cash. Write for 

 prioes on larger lots, will sliiji same day order 

 is rereived. 

 — _*!• ij;_Hanco<k_& Sons, <;ity Point, Wis. 



10 Rales Sphagnum moss, choice selected stock, 

 standard size in wire, $6.00. cash. Write for 

 prices on larger lots, will ship same da.v order 

 Is received. Frank Hancock, Cit.v Point, Wis. 



Nice, clean SphaKnnm most; full lize bale*. In 

 buriap, $1.76 per bale. 



AMERICAN BULB CO.. 

 172 N. Wabash Are., Chicago, HI . 



TOSAOOO. 



Tobacco duat for fnmlgatlnf, $4.00 per 100: 

 tobacco dnat for dnatlng, $8.00 per 100. 

 Roman J. Irwln, 108 W. 28th 8t.. New Yorfc Cit y. 



Strong tobacco duat, $2.00 per 100 Iha., 200 

 iba.. $8.80. Q. H. Hunkel Co.. Milwaukee. Wis. 



_ wms wowK. 



MFG. OF WIRE DESIGNS FOR 35 YEARS. 

 WRITE FOR LIST. 

 JOSEPH ZISKA A SONS. CHICAGO, ILL. 



LABELS FOR NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS. 

 Benja min Cha se Co., Derry Village, N. H. 



"WREATHST 



We can furnish red and green niscus, red or 

 green oak. red or green magnolia wreatlis, all 

 sizes. Write Geo. A. Kuhl. Pekin, 111. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



The market is an active one. A large 

 volume of business keeps all stock 

 cleaned up daily. 



Thanksgiving day was a great succesa 

 so far as demand was concerned. "Say 

 It with Flowers" seemed to be the good 

 word, but a deficit in supplies prevented 

 returns from being what they should 

 have been. All available st ock was 

 quickly disposed of and many of the 

 retailers were compelled to close early. 

 Stock was of good quality and brought 

 excoUont prices. 



Chrysanthemums are practically out 

 of tlie market. A few late varieties of 

 tlie largo types remain and make from 

 $3 to $fi per dozen. Tlie sjiray types are 

 gone. Carnations are in good demand 

 and moving rapidly at $5 and .$6 per 

 hundred. Roses are coming in, but are 

 consumed so quickly that they do not 

 reach around. Ophelia, Russell and 

 Columbia arc the most in evidence. 

 Roses range in price from $.3 to $25 per 

 hundred. Lilies of all types are short. 

 Easter lilies are practically out of the 

 market, with rubrums almost gone. 

 Callas are available at from $15 to $20. 



The last ten days have finished the 

 sweet peas, the dark, cold weather caus- 

 ing them to drop their buds. Good 

 stock has been bringing $1.50 per hun- 

 dred, while fancies make $2. Violets 

 have been in limited supply. Calen- 



PECKY CYPRESS 



WE ARE SPECIALISTS 



We were practically the first to sell to this trade, and guarantee perfect satis- 

 faction and rock-bottom priced. Get the value of our lone experience. 

 PECKY CYPRESS, because of its durabllit.v, is the only wood now being 

 used for greenhouse benches. Will ship in any Quantity, carload or less. 



Drop Siding, Sliip Lap, Flooring, White Cedar Posts, Everything in Lumber 



WRITE FOR PRICES 

 M ~l fi^bieSll^k I ■■•ftekjAM f^m^ Kingsbury and Weed St*. 



Adam scniiio LumDor Co., Chicago 



L. D. Phones Lincoln 410 and 411 



Mentton Tb* ReTlew when you write. 



dulas, mignonette, bouvardias and pan- 

 sies complete the assortment. 



Various Notes. 



The Crownhill store of the Pahud 

 Floral Co. was compelled to close its 

 doors because those in charge were all 

 sick with influenza. Charles Pahud was 

 the only one who escaped and he has 

 been busy at the downtown establish- 

 ment. 



A. F. J. Baur was at Cleveland De- 

 cember 2, to meet with the board of 

 directors of the American Carnation 

 Society to make arrangements for the 

 carnation show to be held there in Janu- 

 ary. 



C. C. Thomas, of the Circle Flower 

 Store, will make a short business trip 

 next week to secure Christmas stock. 



Fred Backmeyer, formerly a florist 

 with A. Wiegand 's Sons Co., but now 

 in another line, has been detained here 

 on account of the influenza ban, and will 

 help Mr. Greene, of Hensley's Flower 

 Shop, through the holidays. 



The December meeting of the State 

 Florists' Association of Indiana was 

 held at the Claypool hotel, Indianapolis, 

 December 2. E. E. T. 



THE PLANT MARKET. 



First one reason, then another, has 

 been assigned to explain the continued 

 activity in the trade. At first it was 

 the higher wages paid in war industries, 

 then it was the "flu" and then the .ioy 

 of victory. \V4iatevcr the reason, the 

 condition remains the same; everything 

 offered finds eager buyers. There is a 

 strong demand for every item of stock 

 at prices that guarantee sound prosper- 

 ity for the flower business. So it is that 

 the advertisers in the Classified columns 

 of The Review are flooded with orders 

 which quickly clear up their supplies. 

 Like these: 



Plpnse cut out our nd of rlierries. as -wp aro 

 all sold out already. Some class to the Classified 

 ads'-^Jamcs Frost, GroenvUle, 0., November 27, 

 1918. 



Kindly discontinue all our ads. I nm afraid 



I cannot fill all tlie orders I have received for 

 Japanese iris. — H. G. Norton, I'urry, O., Novem- 

 ber 25, 1918. 



Please discontintie our snapdragon ad at once, 

 as we are swamped with orders. — Schmidt & 

 Melne, Youngstown, C, November 25. 1918. 



Kindly discontinue all our ads. as we are sold 

 out. — Frank A. Wagner, Tiffin, O., November 29. 

 1918. 



Kindly cut out my ad for snapdracons, It sold 

 my snaps for me in short order. I am sending 

 money back every day, for orders received from 

 all over the country. — P. E. Selkregg, North Bust, 

 I'a., November 26, 1918. 



When you hear a man complain of the 



cost of advertising you can be pretty 



certain he spends a good bit of money 



elsewhere than in The Review. 



DUTCH HYACINTHS. 



Last year our Dutch hyacinths were 

 received and planted in flats for forc- 

 ing so late that they made little growth, 

 just enough for the covering of the 

 buds to break slightly. We put the 

 flats in a cold cellar and covered them 

 with three or four inches of sand. The 

 sand and water worked into the broken 

 sheath and a good many rotted, some 

 partly and some entirely. We antici- 

 pate the same trouble this j'ear and are 

 wondering if we could leave off the cov- 

 ering of sand. Would the growth they 

 make in the cellar be harmful ? 



G. F. S.— Mo. 



It is not necessary to cover hyacinths 

 with sand. This or some other covering 

 helps to keep the soil damp and gives 

 the bulbs a chance to send up their 

 growths in the dark to lengths which 

 cannot be reached when plants are in 

 full light. Darkness itself will draw 

 up bulbs. If you watered the sand 

 after applying it over your hyacinths, 

 this would account for some of the 

 spikes rotting. Better leave off cover- 

 ing of any kind until your bulbs have 

 had several waterings. Then, in lion of 

 sand, cover them with fine coal ashes, 

 which make an ideal covering for bulbs. 

 Hyacinths which are well started when 

 ])otted would be better if not covered 

 with either sand or ashes. It is other- 

 wise with tulips and narcissi. C. W. 



