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The Florists' Review 



Jolt 7, 1921 



Raedlein^s Baskets 



OUR IMPORTED ROSE BASKETS 



The most Kraceful design and most appropriate basket for Weddings and Graduations 



Stained or 



Natural Enameled Two-tone Liner 



No. 822/1 —16 inches overall, 9 inches wide ....$ 3.90 $5.00 $5.65 $1.00 



No. 822/z —18 inches over all, 10 inches wide .... 4.20 6.00 6.35 1.20 



No. 822/3 —20 inches over all, 11 inches wide ■♦.80 6.60 7.80 1.20 



No. 822/4 —22 inches over all, 12 inches wide .... 5.40 7.20 8.40 1.20 



No. 822/5 —25 inches over all, 13 inches wide .... 6.00 8.40 10.20 1.80 



No. 822/7 —28 inches over all, 15 inches wide .... 7.20 10.00 12.50 1.80 



Our most popular assortments of Cut Flow^er Baskets for the spring trade. 

 Contain the best sellers, at very moderate prices; all with liners: 



Assortment 1. 50 Small cut flower baskets, 16 to 20 inches over all. . .$18.30 

 Assortment II. 25 Medium sizecut flower baskets, 21 to 28 inches over all, 20.00 

 Assortment III. 15 Large cut flower baskets, 34 to 42 inches over all . . 27.00 



RAEDLEIN BASKET CO., milwIukeeVe., Chicago, Dl. 



Gold Letter 



Prices Smashed 



These prices on gold letters are Postpaid to you 

 no matter whether you are located in Maine or 

 California, Oregon or Florida. 

 Compartment Boxes 20c each or f r*« with orders 

 of 6.000 letters. 



These letters are our regular first quality 

 stock. The kind that will stick, STICK and 

 STICK, and won't come off. 



No. 6 

 Per 1000. $3.00 



No. 1 Gold 

 Per 1000 S3.50 



Deduct 



No. 4 

 Per 10OO.$3.003 



Father 

 Mother 

 Brother 



SCRIPT 

 LETTERS 

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Sister 



Husband 



Wife 



2% if you send cash with order and 10% if you order 

 over $25.00 worth of assorted geld letters. 



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Manufacturers and Importers of Florists' Supplies 



a com])lcti' fertilizpr; tliat in, one which 

 supplies tlio soil with all three elements, 

 nitrofjon, phosphorus and potassium. In 

 one case the raw materials are used 

 s('])arat(>ly; in the other a mixture of the 

 raw materials, frequently sold under a 

 trade name, is applied to the soil as one 

 fertilizer. 



Relative Advantages. 



What are the relative advantages of 

 tliese two forms? Theoretically there 

 is no gain in mixing such raw materials 

 as ncid phosphate, dried blood and 

 potassium sulphate, for the process of 

 mixing does not change their quality or 

 improve them in any way. However, 

 there are advantages in buying these 

 materials in a mixture already prepared. 

 A complete fertilizer sold under the 

 manufacturer's brand contains the con- 

 stituents finely ground and prepared for 

 immediate use; also, the different ma- 

 terials may be well proportioned as to 

 the relative amount of each. In the 

 ease of raw materials, the mechanical 

 condition is frequently less desirable 

 and the problem of knowing how much 

 to .ipply of each constituent may be a 

 vexing one. In applying the separate 

 constituents there may be some dif- 

 ficulty also in spreading evenly and in 



some cases the material must be spread 

 on the soil or mixed with the soil in 

 small quantities, because the highly con- 

 centrated form of a single chemical 

 salt may prove injurious to plants when 

 applied to soil too heavily. There is less 

 difficulty in this respect when using a 

 complete fertilizer. 



However, the use of the raw materials 

 has its advantages also. Frequently a 

 soil needs only one or two of the three 

 important food elements in order to 

 make it a better soil. In other words, 

 the soil may not need a complete fer- 

 tilizer, but may need only one element. 

 In purchasing and applying this one 

 element the expense of purchasing those 

 not required is thus avoided. There 

 also is a saving of expense in another 

 way. In the use of a single form of 

 plant food material, the expenses of 

 handling, mixing and rebagging, which 

 is necessary in the manufacture of a 

 complete fertilizer, are avoided. The 

 actual cost of a single plant food con- 

 stituent is less when purchased in the 

 raw form than wlicn purchased under 

 the manufacturer's brand. But, aside 

 from the cost, a better knowledge of 

 the kind and quality of each p4ant food 

 material is obtained. 



If a grower will confine himself for 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



a time to the use of a single fertilizing 

 element, he will soon know its value 

 and its effects on plant growth. If, for 

 instance, a grower will use approxi- 

 mately each year the same amount of 

 manure, which supplies nitrogen, and 

 assume that the soil contains sufiQcient 

 potassium, and thus use a definite 

 amount of either acid phosphate or some 

 form of soluble bone phosphate, he will 

 soon become thoroughly acquainted 

 with the use of this form of phosphorus 

 fertilizers and know definitely its value 

 for his type of soil. In the same way, 

 by using a uniform amount of all fer- 

 tilizing materials except, say, dried 

 blood or sodium nitrate, he will soon 

 know the value of these two substances. 



After all is said, the fertilizer prob-' 

 lem is a problem for each grower to 

 solve. The grower must understand 

 the fundamental principles underlying 



