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The Florists^ Review 



December 15, 1921 



Christmas Plants of Quality 



CLEVELAND CHERRIES 



Guaranteed, well established, in pots, well berried, good foliage 

 4-inch $25.00 per 100 5-inch $40.00 per 100 



Extra Select Specimen Plants, 2-year-old stock. These are real plants. 

 5-inch, 75c; 6-inch, $1.50; 7-inch, $2.00 each. 



Now is the time to order for Christmas, Don 't be late and sorry 



WINFIELD S. KIRCHER 



Cyclamen Specialist DEFIANCE, OHIO. 



counted on," he says, "to give any 

 measurable advantage over untreated 

 beds." "Making the upper part of the 

 bed, to a depth of several inches, of 

 recently dug subsoil," though appar- 

 ently an effective expedient so far as 

 tested, "is rather expensive in large- 

 scale work and, under some conditions 

 at least, undesirable because of the poor 

 subsequent growth on such soil." Ster- 

 ilization by steam or hot water is con- 

 sidered worthy of further trial at any 

 nursery where fuel and the needed 

 equipment are cheap. ' ' Copper sulphate 

 solutions have been used on pine seed 

 beds, at the time of sowing, with con- 

 siderable success at some nurseries," but 

 with diflSculty in avoiding injury to the 

 pines. "Treating seed beds with or- 

 dinary Bordeaux mixture is probably 

 worth further tests in various amounts 

 of application." Zinc chloride "is 

 more expensive and apparently less de- 

 pendable than copper sulphate." 



The advantage of thin sowing has al- 

 ready been mentioned. Treatment of 

 the seed itself with mercuric chloride or 

 with copper sulphate is said to be of 

 little avail, since "there is no reason 

 to believe that seed-carried infection is 

 of any importance in coniferous seed 

 beds." 



In Favor of Sulphuric Acid. 



Finally the author institutes a com- 

 parison between formaldehyde and sul- 

 phuric acid as disinfectants and gives 

 judgment in favor of the acid — not for 

 indiscriminate use for all sorts of plants, 

 but principally for conifers. On this 

 point he says: "Both the acid and cop- 

 per sulphate treatments whicli have 

 been found useful in pine seed beds are 

 of very doubtful value for most hosts 

 other than conifers, as the angiosperms 

 on which observations have so far been 

 made are too easily injured by the dis- 

 infectants. The weeds in the nurseries 

 have been injured or entirely kept from 

 appearing by treatment which caused 

 no injury to the pines. The decrease in 

 the number of weeds as a result of the 

 use of acid is itself sufficient at a num- 

 ber of nurseries to pay the entire cost 

 of the treatment." 



His main objection to formaldehyde is 

 "its tendency to kill dormant seed. The 

 length of time which must be allowed to 



FERNS 



We have 4 houses filled with Ferns, 



in 6-in., 7-in. and 8-in. pots, very 



bushy. 

 Bird's-Nest Ferns, S-in. pots, $12.00 



per doz. 



Nephrolepis Scottii and Teddy, Jr., 



6-in. pots, $9.00 per doz.; 7-in. 

 pots, $15.00 per doz.; 8-in. pots, 

 $24.00 per doz. 



Nephrolepis Macawii, 6-in. pots, 



$12.00 per doz.; 7-in. pots, $18.00 



per doz.; 8-in. pots, $24.00 per doz, 

 Wilsonii Ferns, 3 plants in a 6-in. 



pan, very heavy, $7.20 per doz. 



Cash with order. No plants shipped C. O. D. All shipments travel at 

 purchaser's risk, and we are not responsible for any delay in transit, as our 

 responsibility ceases when delivery is made to express companies or other 

 carrier. We suggest taking some things out of pots, as it saves lots of ex- 

 pressage. 



ASCHMANN BROS. 



Second and Bristol Sts. and Riling Sun Ave. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Dish Ferns, 2}^-in. pots, $7.00 per 

 100. 



Holly Ferns, 3-in. pots, $1.50 per 

 doz. 



Asparagus Plumosus, 3-in, pots, 

 $1.50 per doz.; 4-in, pots, $3.00 

 per doz. 



Dracaena Fragrans, 6-in. pots, 

 $12.00 per doz. 



Ficus Elastica, 6-in, pots, $9.00 and 

 $12.00 per doz. 



Hardy Ivies, 4-in. pots, $25,00 per 

 100, 



r E R N s 



We wish to call particular attention to our fine 

 stock of ferns which we are offering at this time 



Nephrol«pls Victoria (The Victory Fern). A beautiful, new, crested form of 

 Teddy, Jr., nice plants, 3%-ln. pots, $26.00 to $35.00 per 100; 6-ln., 76c to 

 $1.00 each; 8-in., $2.00 to $3.00 each. 



KephrolepiB ElegrantlBBima. 



$i.00 to $5.00 each. 



Large specimens, 8-in., $2.00 to $3.00 each; 10-ln., 



Nepbtulepia Ele?anti8Bima Compacta. 3i^-in., 3Sc to 50c each; 6-ln., $1.00 each; 

 large specimens, 8-inch, $2.00 to $3.00 each; 10-inch, $4.00 to $5.00 each. 



NepbrolepiB MnscOBa. Nice plants, 2^-inch pots. $12.00 per 100; 3%-inch, 36c 



to 50c each; 5-inch, 75c each; 6-inch, $1.00 each. 



Nephrolepis HarriBll, 10-in., $5.00 to $7.50 each. 



zrepbrolepiB Dwarf Beaton, 3% -in. pots, $25.00 per 100; 6-in., $1.00 each. 

 Facklnff added extra at coat. 



EnffUah Ivy, nice plants, 4-inch pots, bushy, 25c and 35c, according to quality. 



Packing added extra at cost. 



F. R. PIERSON, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



