May 14, 1914. 



The Florists* Review 



111 



To Kxchange — Advance, G. Glow, De Kalb, 

 Pink Shaw, Taft, Diana pompon and others, 

 rooted cuttings, l>^c; 2-ln., 2%c, for carnations, 

 vlncas, salvias and Princess of Wales violets. 



Lohr Bros., Ottawa, 111. 



To Exchange— Anything we have to offer under 

 Ferns, Asparagus, Begonias, Cannas and English 

 Ivy for small palms, cyclamen and geraniums. 

 Oatc Grove Greenhouses, Tuskegee. Ala. 



To Exchange— Or will sell, geraniums, 2^-ln., 

 nice plants, mixed, mostly Nutt and G. Grant, for 

 gladiolus bulbs or 4-lnch Boston ferns. 



A. F. Aeberaold, New Albany, Ind. 



To Exchange — Or will sell. Dahlia clumps, 

 have about 200 left at $2.40 per 100, for pansles, 

 phloxes, gladioli or early cabbage. 



J. S. Mortlock, Coloma. Mich. 



To Exchange — Violet plants, 2%-ln., |2.50 per 

 100, for salvias, vlncas and Vernon begonias. 

 George Conklln, Allegan, Mich. 



To Exchange — Vlnca (periwinkle), for other 

 kinds of stock, as per my ad under Periwinkle. 

 Frank R. Faulk, Delray, Fla. 



To Exchange — Winsor cuttings now in flats, 

 for Asparagus Sprengeri In 3- or 4-ln. pots. 

 Clough I'roiluce Corporation, Greenland, N. H. 



BOXWOOD. 



Boxwood, fine stock, packed In 50 and 100 pound 

 cases at 12c. Cash with order. Prompt shlp- 

 ment. H. E. Conwell, Milton, Del. 



CAME STAKES. 



Cane stakes,' 6 ft., natural, "oc per 100, $6.50 

 per 1000; $12.00 for 2000. 



A. Henderson & Co.. Box 125, Clilca g o. 



OAWNATIOW STA^LKS. 



SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES. 

 Mend your split carnations. Finest article for 

 carnation growers introduced so far, 50c per 1000, 

 postage paid. 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE, 

 264-6 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. 



Plllsbury's carnation staples, 50c per 1000. 

 Postpaid. I. L. Plllsbury, Galegburg, 111. 



OUT FLOWKW BOXKS. 



Folding cut flower and corrugated design boxes. 

 See our display adv. Write for price list. 

 The Sefton Mfg. Co., 1333 W. 35th St., Chicago. 



OKOOWATIVK MATKWIAL. 



Write for our special prices on a special lot of 

 dagger ferns. 



Try our laurel festooning for your decorations, 

 only 5c per yd.; 10 yds. free with first order. 

 Crowl Fern Co.. MllUngton, Mass. 



FLOWKW OOLOmMOS. 



THE NATURAL CYAGBINB, flower coloring, 

 yellow, blue, orange, pink, green or American 

 Beauty, 20c per qt. Sent to you by mail. 

 C. R. Cranston, 146 Orchard St., Auburn, R. I. 



QOLP FISH. 



Gold fish, afpiarium plants, snails, castles, 

 globes, aquariums, fish food, nets, etc., whole- 

 sale. Send for price lists. Large breeding pairs 

 for sale. Franklin Barrett, Breeder, 4815 D St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



ALBUM OF DESIGNS. 



Second Edition. 



75c per copy prepaid. 



Florists* Pub. Co., Caxton Bldg., Chicago. 



Gold fish, aquarium plants, castles, globes and 

 all supplies. Send for wholesale catalogues. 



AUBURNDALE GOLD FISH CO., 

 1449 Madison St., Tel. Haymarket 152. Chicago. 



HOSE. ~ 



Seamless, kinkless, greenhouse hose, the kind 

 the Florists use, guaranteed to be of the best 

 quality, cut to any length up to 500 ft., % inch, 

 14c per ft. ; % Inch, 16c per ft. 



Wm. Murphy. 329 Main St., Cincinnati, O. 



HUMUS. 



HUMUS. 

 Make your soil as rich as the black alluvial 

 deposits of Russia. Mix about 5 to 10 per cent 

 of Alphano Humus (85% organic mold) with your 

 soil. Alphano Humus Agency, Room 519, 180 

 No. Dearborn St., Cor. Lake St., Chicago. Phone 

 Central 7932. 



MOSS. ^^^ 



Slieet moss in bags. Fine, clean stock, no small 

 pieces. Finest stock for trimming pots, window 

 decorations and hanging baskets. Per bag, $2.00. 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE, 

 264-6 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. 



Sheet moss, large sacks and large pieces, $2.00 

 per bag. 



A. Henderson & Co.. P. O. Box 125, Chicago. 



POTS. ~ 



Standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses are 

 within 50 miles of the Capital, write us, we can 

 save you money. W. H. Ernest, 28th and M Sts., 

 N. E., Washington, D. C. 



We Make Standard Flower Pots, etc. 



Wllmer Cope & Bro., 



Lincoln University, Chester Co., Pa. 



"NUF SED." Best red pots are made by 

 Geo. E. Feustel, Fairport, Iowa. 



Haeger quality pots In all sizes. 



Haeger Brick & Tile Co., Elgin, 111. 



PmWTINQ. 



Florists' printing. Samples free. Prices and 

 work the best. O. K. Fink, Pottstown, Pa. 



SPMAONUM MOSS. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



10 bbl. bales, burlaped 4.00 each 



5 bale lots 3.75 each 



10 bale lots 3.50 each 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO., 

 1608-20 Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



10 bales sphagnum moss, burlaped, choice se- 

 lected stock, standard size bales, $7.00. 



M. L. Hancock & Sons, City Point, Wis. 



Best sphagnum moss, 5 bbl. bales, $1.00 ea. ; 

 carloads, 00c bale. Cash with order. 

 Harry E. Halloway, Chatsworth, N. J. 



Choice sphagnum moss, bales 40 lbs. each, bur- 

 laped, 60c; wired, 40c. Cash, please. 

 H. A. Lamp, City Point. Wis. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS, very best quality, $1.15 

 per bale, 10 bale lots or more at $1.10 per bale. 

 H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, 111. 



Sphagnum moss, burlapr bales, $1.20 per bale; 

 10 bales for $11.00. ^ > 



A. Henderson & Co., Bbx 125, Chicago, 111. 



50 lb. dry wired bales, clean sphagnum moss, 

 60c. Cash. F. Frledl, Phillips, Wis. 



• TOSAOOO. 



TOBACCO DUST. 



Per 100 lbs., $1.25; per % ton, $5.50. 



C. N. Robinson & Bro., Dept. 45, Baltimore, Md. 



Strong tobacco dust, 400 lbs., $8.00. 300 lbs. 

 baled stems, $2.00. Cash, please. 



S. R. Levy, Binghamton, N. Y. 



Fresh tobacco stems, in bales, 200 lbs., $1.50; 

 500 lbs., $3.50; 1000 lbs., $6.50; ton, $12.00. 

 Scbarff Bros., Van Wert. Ohio. 



Strong tobacco dust, $1.75 per 100 lbs.; 200 

 lbs., $3.00. G. H. Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



WIRE STAKES. 



Galvanized wire florists' stakes. Wire and 

 wire goods of all description. Thomas Hamilton's 

 Son. 1340-52 E. Berks St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



WIRS WORK. 



New catalog Just out. Send for one. 

 WOEBNER WIRE WORKS, 

 2852 Pratt St., Omaha, Neb. 



Florists' wire designs and hanging baskets. 



Wyandotte Wire Works Co., 



700-702 Ferry St., Kansas City, Kan . 



Special prices on florists' wire designs. Send 

 for illustrated catalogue. W. C. Smith, Whole- 

 sale Floral Co., 1316 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

 in the West. B. F. Wlnterson Co.. 166 North 

 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



William E. Hielscher's Wire Works. 

 38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit. Mich. 



Falls City Wire Works, 

 451 3rd St.. Louisville, Ky. 



^A/OOPEN BOXES. 



Wooden boxes for vegetable and flowering 

 plants, 11x5x2%, $1.30 per 100, $12.00 per 1000; 

 celery, 14x5x2»^, $1.50 per 100. $14.00 per 1000. 



Clair G. Norrls, Florist. Warsaw. N. Y. 



Wooden boxes for growing plants. 12x8x2%. 

 $1.60 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Cash. 

 Monadnock Greenhouses. Keene, N. H. 



Zanesville, O, — C. L. Humphrey de- 

 scribes Mothers' day business as 

 "great." Of course, all the carnations 

 were sold, but a great many sales were 

 made of potted giganteums and hydran- 

 geas, both Otaksa and the new French 

 varieties. Geraniums in 5-inch pots sold 

 easily. It was iQueh easier this year to 

 sell other colors than white than it has 

 been before. 



Brunswick, Qa. — After thirty days 

 without rain and midday temperature 

 as high as 88 degrees, a heavy hail 

 storm, accompanied by a strong wind 

 and driving rain, visited this place May 

 7, doing considerable damage to outdoor 

 stock, such as dahlias, gladioli, etc. C. 

 S. Tait reports the crop from the sweet 

 peas grown experimentally for seed to 

 be quite satisfactory. 



Birmingham, Ala. — At the last meet- 

 ing of the Birmingham Horticultural 

 Society, April 28, Hugh Seales, A. J. 

 Koenig, G. E. Luffman and W. H. Kess- 

 ler spoke on the proper plants to be 

 started in gardens and window boxes 

 at this time of year, and Secretary D. 

 P. Durban prepared lists for distribu- 

 tion. A large number of women were 

 present, whom the florists hope to get 

 interested in a "city beautiful" move- 

 ment. 



Bailey's Standard Cyclopedia 

 of Horticulture. 



First volume just oflf the press. Re- 

 maining volumes will be issued as soon 

 as possiWe. The following are a few of 

 the features to be found in this new 

 work: 



KEY TO IDENTIFICATION OF 

 PLANTS. 



This is a device to enable one to find 

 the name of a plant. The name thus 

 found is quickly referred to under its 

 alphabetical location, where full infor- 

 mation will be found in regard to it. 



SYNOPSIS OF PLANT KINGDOM. 



This is one of the most important fea- 

 tures of the new edition. It constitutes 

 a general running account of the 

 classes, .orders and groups of plants, 

 with a brief sketch or characterization 

 of 215 of the leading families compris- 

 ing those that yield practically all the 

 cultivated plants. These family de- 

 scriptions give the botanical characters 

 and the number of genera and species 

 and the ranges. 



THE OLOSSABY. 



This is an analysis of all technical 

 terms that are used in the work and 

 in similar works. 



TRANSLATION AND PRONUNCIA- 

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In "Volume I is inserted a list of be- 

 tween 2,000 and 3,000 Latin words used 

 as species — names of plants, giving the 

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CLASS ARTICLES. 



Special effort has been made to se- 

 cure the best cultural advices for the 

 plants requiring peculiar or particular 

 handling. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



There are 24 colored plates, 96 full- 

 page sepia halftones, and more than 

 4,000 engravings which serve as guides 

 in the text. 



GENERAL INDEX. 



The final volume will contain a com- 

 plete index to the entire work, enabling 

 the reader to locate volume and page 

 of any subject he has in mind. "With 

 the Index, Key, Synopsis and alphabet- 

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 reasonable question asked by the con- 

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This work consists of six large quarto 

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 collaborators, approximately 4,000 gen- 

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 names. Price, $6.00 per volume; $36.00 

 per set. Can be paid for one volume at 

 a time. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO., 

 Caxton Bldg. Chicago, m. 



Montague, Mich. — M. A. Reinhardt 

 has gone out of business here. He left 

 for Central America a short time ago. 



Jefferson, O. — The Jefferson Green- 

 house Co. has been incorporated with a 

 capital of $10,000 by L. J. McNutt, F. 

 R. Loomis, C. H. Paine, H. J. Warnnr 

 and B. F. Terry. 



Superior, Wis.— G. Tjensvold and 

 William Berg, proprietors of the Su- 

 perior Floral Co., have bought the busi- 

 ness of J. J. Le Borious and moved from 

 1418 Tower avenue to the latter's store 

 at 1410 Tower avenue. J. ,T. Le Borious 

 will go out of business in this city. 



