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The Florists^ Review 



May 10, 1917. 



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FANCY FERNS 



Finest stock in the country 



We can supply you with good stock the year around. 



$3.00 par 1000 $3.00 per 1000 



Place your standing orders with us. 

 Full supply at all times. No shortages. 



WILD SMILAX. 50-lb. oaaes per ease, $5.00 



Imported green and bronze Magnolia Baskets, 11.50; 6 baskets, each 1.26 



Oalax Leaves, green and bronze, per case of 10,000 10.00 



Oreen Leucothoe Sprays, extra fine, per 100, tl.OO; per 1000 7.60 



Oreen Sheet Moss, very fine for basket work, trimming pots, etc., per bag.. 2.00 

 Sphagnum Moss, per bale 1,50 



FULL SUPPLY CUT FLOWERS AT ALL TIMES 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE, 264-266 Randolph St., Detroit, ffid 



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spoke at the same hall May 6 on "Back 

 Yard Gardening." 



May, for at least the first week, has 

 rather belied its reputation for geniality. 

 We have had dark, damp and cold 

 weather, and a little north of us snow- 

 falls have been quite heavy. The season 

 is fully a fortnight late. Even f orsythias 

 are barely in bloom and, except for Dirca 

 palustris. Benzoin sestivale, amelan- 

 chiers, Erica carnea and one or two 

 daphnes and small rhododendrons, there 

 are no shrubs in flower. Magnolias are 

 not yet fully open, and no bedding tulips 

 are open except in warm locations. 



Anderson Bros., of Woburn, are send- 

 ing in some fine Peach Blossom gladioli, 

 calendulas, callas, sweet peas and candy- 

 tuft. 



Welch's, at 280 Devonshire street, re- 

 port a decided shortening up of flower 

 receipts and active business. They have 

 many advance orders booked for Moth- 

 ers' day and Memorial day. 



Local nurseries report heavy cancella- 

 tions of planting contracts and a decided 

 slump in business, presumably attrib- 



utable to the war. 



W. N. C. 



TO EEADICATE LAWN WEEDS. 



I have just taken charge of a private 

 place on which the lawns are extremely 

 weedy, having as much chickweed, shep- 

 herd 's purse, etc., as Bermuda and ever- 

 green grass. Will you please advise me 

 how to proceed to get the lawns in good 

 order? I could plow the land and resow 

 the grass, but this would not rid me of 

 the weed seeds. The lawns slope, so that 

 the drainage should be all right. 



W. A. H.— Ga. 



It would not improve matters to plow 

 and at once reseed your lawns. Two 

 courses could be adopted to clean the 

 land. Plow it and leave it fallow for a 

 season, constantly stirring the soil until 

 time for reseeding in the fall. Another 

 and a better plan would be to plow the 

 lawns now and sow them with a heavy 

 cover crop, such as cow peas or soy 

 beans. These crops would smother the 

 weeds. They could be plowed in and 

 thus leave a lot of humus in the soil. 

 Harrow the soil well after plowing, keep 

 it stirred at intervals and seed down your 

 lawn in September. You would then be 

 fairly certain to have a clean lawn. 



C. W. 



FERNS 



New crop DAGGER 



FERNS, now ready, lOOO.Sl. 60 



FANCY, per 1000 2.50 



SPARKLEBERRY, case.. 5.00 

 GALAX, Bronze, per 1000.. 1.00 

 GALAX, Bronze, per case. . 8 . 50 

 CYCAS LEAVES, fresh 



cut, pair 1 .00 



LEyCOTHOE SPRAYS, 



per 100 75 



SHEET MOSS, per bag. . . 2.00 

 SPHAGNUM MOSS, per 



bale 1.76 



LAUREL SPRAYS, per 



doz. bchs 1.00 



BIRCH BARK, per lb 25 



CORK BARK, per lb 10 



CEDAR BARK, per lb 08 



MAGNOLIA LEAVES, Superiora Brand, 



Brown, per carton 1-25 



Green, per carton 1-35 



LAUREL ROPING, per yard 06 



We carry the largest stock of Fresh Cut Decorative Evergreens of 

 any house in America. Highest standard of quality and quick service. 



Florists* Supplies 



THE KERVAN COMPANY, 



119 West 28th Street, 

 NEW YORK 



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FERNS 



New crop. 



Daggers $1.25 per 1000 



Fancy 1.50 per 1000 



E. A. BEAVEN 



Evergreen, Alabama 



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Green Sheet Moss. . . .$1.25 bag 

 Laurel Branches .... $2.50 case 



Laurel Stems $1.00 bag 



Boxwood 12c lb. 



W. Z. PURNELL, SNOW HILL, MD. 



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Huckleberry and 

 Lyrata Foliage 



Substitute for Wild Smilax. 

 Write for prices. 



THE RUMBLEY CO., Evergreen, Ala. 



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FERNS 



New crop. 



Daggers $1.25 per 1000 



Fancy 1.50 per 1000 



Caldwell The Woodsman Co. 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA 



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