

April 22, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



111 



STAPLES. 



SECURITY STAPLES. 

 A new deyice which Insures the safe arrival 

 of choice flowers. Write for prices. 



P. J. Yetter. Greenfield. Mass. 



TOBACCO. 



Western Kentucky tobacco is stronger and 

 contains more nicotine than any other tobacco. 

 Western Kentucky tobacco scrap (broken ta- 

 bacco leaves), 3c per pound; stems, 2c per 

 pound; dust, 2c per pound. Low prices on large 

 q uantities. Ford Tobacco Co., May field. Ky. 



Strong tobacco dust. $1.76 per 100 lbs.; 200 

 I bg.. $3.00. Q. H. Hunkel Co.. Mllwankee,_Wlg. 



WIRE WORK. 



WYANDOTTE WIRE WORKS. 

 Florists' designs, banslng baskets and flower 



?ot stands. _ 



00-702 N. Ferry St., Kansas City. Kan . 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

 In the West. E. F. Wlnterson Co., 166 North 



. Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



" WOBRNER WIRE WORKS. 



2882 Pratt St.. Omaha, Neb. 



William E. Hlelscher's Wire Works. 

 38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit. Mich. 



Falls City Wire Works. 

 4 51 3rd St., Louisvil le. Ky. 



HABM FROM IIJ:.UMINATINa QAS. 



Certain constituents of illuminating 

 gas are — even when present in small 

 quantities — extremely poisonous to 

 plants, and unquestionably are fre- 

 quently the cause of injury. The 

 amount of these gases escaping in small 

 and unnoticed leaks is doubtless suffi- 

 cient to cause appreciable injury. It 

 has, for instance, been shown that one 

 part illuminating gas in 40,000 parts of 

 air is sufficient to prevent carnation 

 buds from^ opening, and that exposure 

 for three 'd9,ys kills the young buds. 

 Subjecting carnations for twelve hours 

 to an atmosphere containing one part 

 illuminating gas in 80,000 parts of air 

 causes all flowers to close. It has furth- 

 er been demonstrated that one part of 

 ethylene — a constant constituent of 

 illuminating gas — in 1,000,000 parts of 

 air causes the flowers to close. Especial 

 care should therefore be taken to pre- 

 vent as much as possible the escape of 

 illuminating gas, whether from leaks or 

 careless lighting, says a bulletin of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden. 



LILroM SPECIOSUM. 



I am sending you a lily bulb which 



has grown in my garden for years and 



of which I would like to know the 



. name. Is it a good commercial sort for 



cut flowers. They do well here. 



G. C— 111. 



This seems to be Lilium speciosum, 

 probably either roseum or rubrum. This 

 is a good commercial lily, coming next 

 in popularity to Lilium longiflorum. 

 From retarded bulbs flowers are had 

 through the entire fall and winter, but 

 there is a good sale for well grown 

 spikes at the time the outdoor-grown 

 bulbs flower. C \V. 



Tiflln, O. — Edmund Ullrich, manager 

 for the Ullrich Floral Co., donated 

 5,000 carnations for a sale on the 

 streets April 17 for the benefit of 

 Mercy hospital. The tidy sum of $325 

 was realized. It proved an excellent 

 advertisement for the florists. 



Springfield, O.— In the Springfield 

 Daily News for April 11 appeared an 

 article occupying about two-thirds of 

 a page and dealing with the green- 

 house industry of this city, which was 

 written by George D. Leedle, of the 

 Leedle Floral Co. The account, which 

 was historical as well as expository, 

 dealt not only of the "Big Four" 

 mail-order concerns but also of the 

 many smaller establishments. 



kOard 



J.W.DAVIS CO. 



Davenport, la. Terre Haute. Ind. 



Jifty Glass Board in Place 



Notice that it laps over the lower light. 

 The notches in the board bold it snugly 

 in place. Two tacks on either shie of 

 the flaps cli) the rest. 



Oil 



[ERE is auuick. practical solution 

 of your broken-glass problem. 

 In a jiffy you can take one of the 

 Glass Boards, bend the flaps over, in- 

 sert the lower light between the 

 notches, and with two tacks on either 

 flap fasten it securely to the roof bars. 

 Being waterproofed, it will last for 

 weeks. 



No more running around to find 

 something to stop up the hole a broken 

 or slipped-down light leaves. 



It is made of thick waterproofed paste- 

 boards, having a top and bottom layer, 

 with heavy corrugated iwper between. 

 They are slightly bowed, making them 

 fit snug against the glass when sprung 

 into place. 



So cheap you can't afford to be 

 without them. 



Think of the time they will save! 



Think of the injury to your plants 

 they will prevent! 



Your men will promptly stop up the 

 hole if they have such a handy thing 

 as the .liffy Boards to do it with. 



The hail season is coming. 



Order your boards at once and be 

 prepared. 



PRICE 



They are shlp|)e<l flat like this, 100 in a bundle. Tlie flaps are 

 creased at the b«'ntling txjint, so it's a simple matter to turn tliem up 

 lor tacking to the side of the bars. 



For 16 X 84 glass ♦•^ per lOO, or $43 per lOOO 



For 16 X 18 glass $4.50 per lOO, or 40 per lOOO 



J.W.DAVIS CO. 



Davenport, la. Terre Haute, Ind. 



