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JUNB 10, 1920. 



The Florists^ Review 



(Trade-mark registeredU. S. Patent OflSce) 



Does labor expense mean anything 

 to you now? 



You save more than the cost of Permanite in the saving 

 of labor expense alone; - with the use of our new one- 

 hand gun (sent free with a barrel of Permanite) you 

 can apply Permanite in less than half the time it takes 

 to apply other glazing compounds or putty. 



Permanently air-proof your greenhouse with Permanite 



11i» Oarland Company 



Cleveland O^U.5A 



The McCallum Company 



"KVtHYTHmO rOK THt FLOMItT'' 



_r:.rr_ .■.■::~.r:, Pittsburgh, pa. 



* ' *■" ""'" ■"* "* " 137 SEVENTH JT 



Peb. 9, 1917. 

 The Oarland Company, 



Answering yours, regarding 

 PERUMITE, we are pleased to state we 

 have been using this material for five 

 years. It has pleased us better than 

 any other glazing material. 



We stock It and sell other 

 florists because our own greenhouse 

 foreman was so well satisfied with it 

 that he kept urging us all the time to 

 put it In stook. 



We expect to erect three 

 houses and will use only this material. 



Yours very truly, 



SHB UoCALLUU CO. IBC. 



cigar Tobacco stems, |1.50 per 100 Iba. Spe- 

 cial price* in ton lots. Peter N. Jacobien, Oigar 

 M f r. , 332 HarriBon St.. Davenport. la. 



Stronr Tobacco dust, $2.00 per lUO Iba.; 20U 

 L bs.. $3.50. G. H. Hunk e ljio.. Milwaukee. Wit 



WIRE \^/ORK 



FLORISTS' WIRE DESIGNS. 

 100 wreaths, 10-ln., 12-ln.. 14-in., $8.00. 

 Special discount on all wire orders. Writ* 

 U8 for a catalogue. 



PITTSBURGH CUT FLOWER CO.. 



116-118 SEVENTH ST., 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



FLORISTS' WIRE DESIGNS 

 FALLS CITY WIRE WORKS, 

 j5 1 8. THIRD ST., LOUISVILLE, KY. 



,^ WOOD LABELS ~ 



LABELS, for nurserymen and florists. 

 Hpnjamln Chase Co.. Perry Village. N. H. 



ROOT-BOUND BECKJNIAS. 



I am sending some specimens of 

 ''osjonia leaves which seem to have been 

 attacked by blight. I have some large 

 specimen plants of Ne Plus Ultra va- 

 rieties which bloomed all winter and 

 Y'"e beautiful. I have treated them 

 I'lf' same as the other varieties and 

 liave over twenty varieties, including 

 s^'me fine Eex, which are doing well and 

 s!iow no sign of blight. I have other 

 •"pecimens of fibrous-rooted begonias. I 

 ■'11 not certain what culture to give 

 I'Js plant or whether it would be best 

 ^^ 'Icstroy it. Would it be better to 

 ^"^t fresh stock plants after the bloom- 

 1'? each season f It is a valuable win- 

 \\r bloomer and I should be sorry to 

 ^'•^card it altogether. M. J. F.— 111. 



"^^ithout being able to see this plant 

 '" f'lose hand, I am of the opinion that 

 '^ nag become root-bound and suffers 

 ^J"^ scald by overwatering. I should 

 • "ffgest that you repot the plant, using 

 ■ iresh, live soil, and after potting give 

 iiot^t '^^^^^.^"* location and be careful 

 to set it on sour sand or coal ashes. 



As you state that the young plants 

 are doing well and show no sign of the 

 trouble, it may be a good plan for you 

 to work up a fresh stock of young 

 plants and discard the older ones. Some 

 of the finest fibrous-rooted begonias that 

 I have ever seen were grown along 

 from cuttings without a check in about 

 six months. M. P. 



DOUBLE WHITE DAFFODIL. 



Please tell me the name of the flower 

 which I am sending you. I wish to order 

 some and know it only as double narcis- 

 sus. A. F. S.— N. C. 



This flower's name is Narcissus albus 

 plenus odoratus; it is commonly called 

 the double, white, gardenia-scented daf- 

 fodil. Be sure to plant bulbs of this 

 variety in deep loam which is inclined 

 to be moist; the flower stalks will come 

 blind in light soil which dries out 

 quickly. C. W. 



CREOSOTE ON ROOFS. 



Do the glazing compounds now on the 

 market contain creosote or any other 

 substance which would make the rain 

 draining from a house so glazed injuri- 

 ous for irrigation purposes? 



R. E. M.— Okla. 



I am not familiar with the analysis 

 of the glazing compounds, but, except 

 that creosote serves as a wood preserva- 

 tive, I should not consider it a desirable 

 constituent of a material for glazing. 

 At the best, and especially if the roofs 

 were properly painted after having 

 been glazed, I should not expect that 

 the amount of creosote which the glaz- 

 ing could possibly contain would be suf- 



ficient to have any injurious effect if 

 the rain draining from the roof is used 

 for irrigation purposes. While I have 

 no reason for believing that any injury 

 might be done to the plants grown in 

 houses glazed with a compound contain- 

 ing creosote, I should consider that 

 danger much greater than that from roof 

 water used for irrigation. 



BEGONIA VERNON OR ERFOBDII. 



Please tell me the name of the begonia 

 of which I am sending you a small 

 plant. I have sold a good many of this 

 kind and need to find some source of 

 supply, but I have not yet been able 

 to find anyone who could identify this 

 begonia. A. E. M.— Tex. 



In foliage the begonia looks like a 

 young Vernon or Erfordii, but it is im- 

 possible to be certain of the identity 

 from so small a specimen without 

 flowers. c. W. 



Kane, Pa. — Charles Jacquet, who has 

 been in the market gardening business, 

 intends to grow and sell flowers. 



Morrison, III. — One June wedding in 

 which this town has been interested is 

 that of Miss Isabel Johnston Keller, 

 of Youngstown, O., and Norris G. Hurd, 

 son of Mrs. Ella Hurd, who is the pro- 

 prietor of the Morrison Floral Art Shop. 

 Mr. Hurd has an excellent position with 

 the Goodyear Rubber Co., Akron, O., 

 and is also a proficient musician. Imme- 

 diately after the wedding, June 2, the 

 young couple went on an extended auto- 

 mobile trip, going on their return to 

 their new home in the Roller apartment 

 building in Youngstown, 0. 



