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Septembgb 1, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review; 



741 



Greenhouse glass a specialty. Sprague, Smith 

 / Co., 205 Randolph St., Chicago. 



Oreenbcuse glass exclnslvely. 



Stensel Glass Co., 2 Hudson St., New York. 



GLAZING POINTS. ~ 



Slebert's zinc "Never-rust" glazing points. 

 Sold by all seedsmen, or C. T. Slebert, Pltts- 

 bnrg, Pa. _^ 



The "Model" glazing point. Zinc. Practical. 

 Durable. 



Parker Bruen Mfg. Co., Harrison, N. J. 



Peerless glazing points are the best. 



H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



HOSE. 



HUNT'S TYPHOON. This hose is the pro- 

 duct of careful study which greenhouse usage 

 has demostrated on yarlous kinds of materials. 

 It la durable, heavy and yet pliable and will 

 stand hard usage. 



100 feet, 7 ply |14.00 



200 feet, 7 ply 28.50 



300 feet, 7 ply 39.00 



E. H. Hunt, 76 Wabash Aye., Chicago. 



Good Hose. J. 6. &. A. Esler, Saddle River, N. J. 



INSECTICIDES. ~ 



A 5-lb. trial package of our TOBACCO POW- 

 DER will cost you nothing if you will pay the 

 express charges on it. Write Department D for 

 it. H. lA. Stoothog Co.. 116 West St., N. Y. 



To-bak-ine Is the most efTective Insecticide 

 on the market. Write for our "Words of Wis- 

 dom." It is free. 



E. H. Hunt, 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



Rose Leaf Extract of Tobacco. For pamphlet 

 write to Kentucky Tobacco Product Co., Louis- 

 Yllle, Ky. 



NICOTICIDB kills all greenhouse pests. 

 Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., 1004- 

 1006 Magnolia Ave., Louisville, Ky. 



FOSTITK, 6 lbs., eOc; 25 lbs., $2.60; 60 lbs., 

 $4.00. C. H. Jooaten, 201 West St., N. Y. 



LEAF-MOLD. 



Leaf-mold, screened, ready for use, put up in 

 25, 60 and 100-lb. bags. Prices respectively 

 60c, 76c and $1.00 per bag; 117.50 per ton; 

 f. o. b. Washlngtonville. Every florist knows 

 Its value, especially for ferns. Address 



W. C. MERRITT, Washlngtonville, N. Y. 



BUSINESS BRINGERS— 



REVIEW Clauifled Advs. 



POT HANGERS. ~ 



Kramer's pot hangers. Neat, simple, prac- 

 tical. Write. 



I. N. Kramer & Son, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



POTS. 



RED POTS. We are now ready for business 

 and can ship a train load if you want them. 

 All orders filled promptly. Our prices are 

 right. So are our pots. Send for sample and 

 prices. 'COlesbutrg Pottery Cow, Ooleaburg, Iowa. 



Standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are within 500 nailes of the Capital, write us; 

 we can save yon money. W. H. Ernest, 28th 

 and M Sts. N. B., Washington. D. 0. 



Flower Pots. Before buying write Uo Mt 

 prices. Geo. Keller & Sons, 361 363 Herndon 

 tit, (near Wrightwood Ave.), Chic ago. 



Standard Pots. Catalogues and price lists 

 furnished on application. 

 A. H. Hews & Co.. No. Cambridge, Mass. 



Those RED pots. The rightTlndi 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis. 



~~ SHIPPING TRUNKS. 



Ctane Bros., Westfleld, Mass. 

 Manufacturers Linenoid Seamless 

 Trunks and Boxes for shipping. 

 Cut flowers. Send for price list. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Buy your moss now while we are curing It. 

 1 bale or 100 at 60o each. 

 Z. K. Jewett ft Co., Sparta. Wis. 



Sphagnum moss, large bale, $1.76 each; by 

 freight, $2.00. 

 j* J. Kreshover. 110-112 W. 27th St., N. Y. 



Sphagnum moss. Write for prices on large 

 quantities. Crowl Fern Co.. Mlllington. Mass. 



Sphagnum moss. Write for prices. 

 M. M. Robinson ft Co., 11 Province St., Boston. 



TOOTHPICKS. 



s.]Sr'r*^^**^*^P'"^*'»- 10,000, $1.60; 60,000, $6.25. 

 Sample free. For sale by dealers. 



W. J. COWEE, Berlin. N. Y. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Excelsior carnation supports, made of gal- 

 vanized wire, 10 in. long, $7.00 1000, $60.00 

 10,000; 13 in. long, $7.50 1000, $70.00 lO.tJOO; 

 20 in. long, $8.00 1000, $76.00 10,000. Also 

 stemming wire, rose stakes, etc. 

 H. F. Llttlefleld, Worcester, Mass. 



DOUBLE ARCH CARNATION SUPPORT is 

 the most practical. 



WIRE STAKES for roses and chrysanthe- 

 mums, straightened and cut any length. Prices 

 on application. 

 Nathan Smith ft Son, Adrian, Mich. 



Galvanized rose stakes. We are in a posi- 

 tion to quote very low prices. See display 

 adv. Niagara Cement and Concrete Co., North 

 Tonawanda, N. Y. 



Thaden's wire tendrils and twin stakes for 

 carnations, roses, etc. 



H. Thaden ft Co., 472 W. Hunter St., At- 

 lanta, Ga. 



Model Extenslop carnation supports; also gal- 

 vanized rose stakes and tying wires. 

 Igoe Bros.. 226 North &th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Model Extension carnation supports. 



Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co., Harrison, N. J. 



The Florists' Manual, by William Scott, is a 

 whole Library on Commercial Floriculture. 



WIRE WORK. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work in the west. B. F. Winteraon Co., 

 45, 47, 40 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



We are manufacturers — no middleman's 

 profits. 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, WU. 



Emil Stcffens, Manufacturer of Florists' Wire 

 Designs, 336 Bast 21st St., New York. 



Reed ft Keller, 122 W. 2&th St., New York. 

 Manufacturers of Wire Deatgns. 



Wire work of all kinds. Write me. 

 Wm. Murphy, Whol esale Florist, Cincinnati, O. 



E. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



PLANTS FOR PARK PURPOSES. 



[The following is a paper by J. T. D. Fulmer, 

 of Des Moines, reprinted from the bulletin of 

 the Iowa Park and Forestry Association.] 



By greenhouse plants we mean all 

 tender plants usually found in stock in 

 a commercial greenhouse. There are two 

 ways in which such plants are used in 

 parks; first, in a flowergarden; next in 

 small beds scattered throughout the 

 parks. 



"We think, however, that the former 

 way is to be preferred, as it is most ef- 

 fective, and if so arranged will prove at- 

 tractive. This can only be done by ar- 

 ranging colors so as to harmonize and 

 blend together. 



There are many kinds of greenhouse 

 plants, and one has a great variety to 

 select from in forming a garden suitable 

 for a park, notwithstanding a greater 

 variety is required for such a garden 

 than is required on a private estate. 

 There is always an abundance however, 

 if one will study to group them aright. 



The cannas are fine and stately and 

 when planted in beds of but one color to 

 a bed they make a good showing, espe- 

 cially if surrounded by Pennisetum 

 Bupelianum. Black Beauty caana* Is 

 the finest of the dark-foliaged varieties 

 and when bordered with Golden Bedder 

 coleus is exceedingly attractive. This 

 variety of canna should not be allowed to 

 bloom. 



The caladium is very stately and if 

 bordered with Coleus Verschaflfeltii is 

 very handsome. Geraniums are always 

 welcome in any garden, if they are not 

 planted so as to put pink and red shades 

 together. If pink and red must be used 

 in the same bed put something between 

 them. Madame Salleroi is a good border 

 for the zonal geranium, as is also 

 Stevia variegata, santolina, altemanthera 

 and Archryanthes Emersonii. 



Salvia, if grown from cuttings, is a 

 grand plant, and can be used as a 

 border for Florence Vaughan canna or 



as a separate bed bordered with Abutilon 

 Savitzii. 



Then there are the tender roses in 

 variety, the heliotrope, acalyphas, begon- , 

 ias, dahlias, ageratum, petunias, coleus 

 and a host of others suitable for Bucb 

 work. y 



The Musa ensete makea^li^nft center- 

 piece and should be backed up with 

 cannas or caladiums. • < 



Then in this garden of ours there 

 should be carpet bedding also, and for 

 this we have tiiQ Stevia variegata, santo- 

 lina, Abutilon Savitzii, Acalypha tricolor • 

 and A. Macafeeana, altemanthera, eche- 

 veria and some of the small sedums. 



I cannot say that I disapprove the 

 use of flags, clocks, calendars and the 

 like, for we see the same idea carried out 

 in many places. Flowers are used in the 

 decoration of carpets and lace curtains 

 and if permissible there, certainly in 

 parks also, worked out with live 

 plants, especially if well done. 



The general grouping of all the beds 

 should be so arranged as to allow plenty 

 of room for spectators to move among 

 them conveniently. 



Then also must be included sub-tropi- 

 cal bedding; and here is an opportunity 

 for arranging a portion of the green- 

 house plants which will ulways prove at- 

 tractive. The use of Abyssinian banana, 

 large specimen palms, agaves, dracsenas, 

 pandanuses, crotons and some of the 

 many beautiful grasses are allowable. 



And just here let me say that all 

 plants sihould be plainly labeled so that 

 visitors can easily understand what they 

 are, and my observations lead me to say 

 that a garden thus arranged will draw 

 the greater part of the visitors to our 

 city parks. For there la no doubt bat 

 that a place can be made more attractive 

 by the use of flowers than in any other 

 way. 



FROM OUR ENGLISH EXCHANGES. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle. 



The. GENERAL opinion is that sawdust 

 is worse than useless, but it becomes 

 valuable if burnt. It is suggested to 

 burn it mixed with vegetable rubbish, ' 

 then to sift the ashes and mix them with 

 sifted earth. This has been proved by 

 experience to be a very valuable top- 

 dressing. 



So LONG as the clear stem below the 

 tulip flower will snap sharply on being 

 bent, the time for lifting the bulb has 

 not come, but when the stems will bend 

 double without snapping off, the bulbs 

 may be taken up. The florist takes the 

 greatest care of his bulbs when lifted; 

 they are placed in drawers having re- 

 ceptacles answering to the position of 

 the bulb in the bed. As a rule the tulip 

 cabinet is so constructed that air can 

 circulate among the drawers, ensuring 

 cool and dry conditions for the bulbs. 



Sedaua, Mo. — Gelven & Son have re- 

 cently purchased six city lots one block 

 south of their plant, making fifteen lots 

 to be devoted to their business. They 

 will at once proceed to put up four ad- 

 ditional greenhouses 130 feet long, using 

 iron frames. They will also build a 

 new fireproof boiler house and install a 

 double heating plant, both steam and hot 

 water. When these improvements are 

 completed the plant will be the third 

 largest in Missouri and for up-to-date- 

 ness will be excelled by none. 



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