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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 21, 1914. 



WANTKD. 



Wanted— 1000 each, carnation cuttings of En- 

 chantress and White Encliautrtss, at once. 



Geo. II. Cull. Strnthroy. Ont. 



BOXWOOD. 



Boxwood, fine stock, packed In 50 and 100 pound 

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

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



«\ CANE STAKES. 



Cane stakes, 6 ft., natural, 75c per 100, $6.50 

 per 1000; $12.00 for 2000. 1 



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



CAWNATION STAPLES. 



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, Galcsburg. 111. 



CUT FLOWEW BOXES. 



Folding cut flower and corrugated design boxes. 

 See our display adv. Write for price list. 

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



PEOOWATIVE MATERIAL. 



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.. MlUington. Mass. 



FLOWEW OOLOmWQS. 



THE NATURAL CYACEINE, flower coloring, 

 yellow, blue, orange, pink, green or American 

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

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



aOLP FISH. ^ 



Gold flsh, aquarium plants, castles, globes and 

 all supplies. Send for wholesale catalogues. 



AUBURNDALB GOLD FISH CO., 

 1449 Madison St.. Tel. Hay market 15 2, 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. 



Better than well rotted manure— Alphano Hu- 

 mus (85% organic mold) Is 5 times stronger, 

 lasts 10 times longer, Is odorless, has no weed 

 seeds and contains nearly 4% nitrogen; will not 

 burn plants. Humus Sales Agency, 108 N. Dear- 

 born St., Chicago. 



. MOSS. 



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

 pieces. Finest stock for trimming pots, window 

 decorations and hanging baskets. Per bag $2 00 

 „^.^'£H'^*N 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 



^'t^*'^,™*J'*y- W- H. Ernest. 28th and M St«.. 

 W. E.. Washington. D. C. 



"NUF SBD." Best red pots are made by 



Geo. E. Fenstel, Falrport. Iowa. 



Haeger quality pots in all sizes. 



Haeger Brick & Tile Co.. Elgin. 111. 



SPHAaWUM MOSS. ^Tj 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 

 10 bbl bales, burlaped 4.00 each 



in k"* w^ 3.75 each 



10 bale lots 3 50 e^cij 



,»«o„ S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHANCO..' 

 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, Wi s. 



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

 carloads, 90c 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, burlap bales. $1.20 per bale; 

 10 bales for $11.00. 



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



50 lb. dry wired bales, clean sphagnum moss, 

 oOc. Cash. F. Friedl, Phillips, Wis. 



TOBACCO. 



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.. $160; 

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



ScharfT 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.. I'hiladelphla. Pa. 



V>/IWE WORK. 



New catalog Just out. Send for one. 

 WOERNER WIRE WORKS, 

 2852 Pratt St., Omaha. Neb. 



Florists' wire designs and banging 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. E. F. Wlnterson Co.. 166 North 

 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



William E. Hlelscher's Wire Works. 

 .38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit. Mich. 



Falls City Wire Works. 

 451 3rd St.. Louisville. Ky. 



\^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. 

 Cash, please. 

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



BaHey's Standard Cyclopedia 

 of Borticulture. 



First volume just oflf the press. Ee- 

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 as possible. The following are a few of 

 the features to be found in this new 

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KEY TO IDENTIFICATION OF 

 PLANTS. 



This is a device to enable one to find 

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 mation will be found in regard to it, 



SYNOPSIS OF PLANT KINGDOM. 



This is one of the most important fea- 

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 with a brief sketch or characterization 

 of 215 of the leading families compris- 

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 cultivated plants. These family de- 

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 and the number of genera and species 

 and the ranges. 



THE GLOSSABY. 



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- 

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 as species — names of plants, giving the 

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CLASS ARTICLES. 



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This work consists of six large quarto 

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