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TheWcckly Florists' Rcvkw. 



January 26, 1905. 



SHIPPING TRUNKS. 



Crane Bros., Westfleld. Man. 

 Maniifaotnrers Llnenold Seamleas 

 TruDka and Boxes for ablpplng 

 Cnt flowers. Send for price list. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Fresh, clean, shipped direct from swamp; 5 

 bbl. bale, $1.25; 3 bales, $3.25; 5 bales. $5.00. 

 H. R. Akera, Chatsworth. N. J. 



Live spharnnm moss and orchid peat always 

 on hand. Lager A Hnrrell, Summit. N. J. 



Sphagnum moss. Write for prices on larte 

 quantities. Crowl Fern Co., MUllngton, ~~ 



Sphagnum moss. Write for prices. 

 H. M. Robinson ft Co., 11 ProTlnc e St., Boston. 



Sphagnum and green sheet moss. 



L. J. Kreshover, 112 W. 27th St., N. T. 



TIN FOIL. 



Tin Foil — Plain, fancy, printed and monnted. 

 Oonley Foil Oo.. 621 West 25th St.. N. Y. 



Tin Foil — Plain, rlolet and rose. 



John J. Crooke Co., ISS Are. D, N. T. 



TOBACCO. 



Tobacco stems, 60c per 100 lbs. In bales of 

 200 to 250 lbs. Special price on car lots. 

 F. G. Borden. Milton. Wis. 



Fresh tobacco stems, bale of 800 lbs., $1.50. 

 W. C. Beckert, Allegheny, Pa. 



TOOTHPICKS. 



wired toothpicks, 10,000, $1.50; AO.OOO, $6.25. 

 Sample free. For sale by dealers. 

 W. J. COWBB, Berlin, W. T. 



An offer of your surplus stock, placed In 

 THE REVIEW'S classified advs.. will be seen 

 b.v nearly every buyer In the trade. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Thaden's wire tendrils and twin stakes tM 

 carnations, roses, etc 



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

 lanta. On. 



Model Extension carnation supports; also fsl- 

 ranlzed rose stakes and tying Ures. 

 Igoe Bros.. 220 North 9th St., Brooklyn, W. Y. 



Model Extension carnation supports. 



Parker^Brnen Mfg. Co., Harrison, N. 7. 



WIRE WORK. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work In the west. E. F. Wlnteraon Co., 

 45. 47. 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



Emll SteflTens, Manufacturer of Florists' Wire 

 Designs. 835 Bast 21st St.. New York. 



Heed ft KeUer, 122 W. 25th St., New York. 

 Manufacturers of Wire Designs. 



Wire work of all kinds. Write me. 

 Wm. Mnrphy, Wholesale Florist, Cincinnati, O. 



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



NEW ORLEANS. 



Death of Dan Newsham. 



Dan Newsham was, except possibly for 

 Harry Papworth and U. J. Virgin, the 

 best known member of the craft in New 

 Orleans. He was born in England in 

 1870 and died of appendicitis at Touro 

 Infirmary on January 15, 1905. In the 

 short span of his life he crowded a wide 

 horticultural experience. Coming to 

 America at the age of 15 years, he first 

 located at St. Ix)uis but had lived in 

 New Orleans since 1891. He was in 

 charge of the private places of Frank 

 Bryan and Mrs. W. W. Gordon and the 

 past season had charge of Louisiana's 

 large horticultural exhibit at the World 's 

 Pair, irhence he had just returned. He 

 was to have gone into business with his 

 brother, J. A. Newsham, and the Stock- 

 ier Seed Co. Mr. Newsham was for years 

 secretary of the New Orleans Horticul- 

 tural Society. He was buried at the 

 beautiful Metairie cemetery, Eichard P. 

 Steekler, C. B. Panter, Geo. Thomas, Geo. 

 'Kmnun, H. Boensel and U. J. Virgin 

 acting as pallbearers. 



NAPIBVIU.E, [lu — Jacob Rohr & Son 

 report trade good, better than in Jan- 

 uary last year. 



CAPAQTY OF BOILER. 



r have a horizontal tubular boiler 

 eight feet long and three feet in diame- 

 ter, with thirty-six 3-inch flues. I am 

 heating three houses with hot water, two 

 houses 10x60 and one house 16x60 and 

 ten feet to the ridge. Will the same 

 boiler heat another house 16x75 and nine 

 feet to the ridge and maintain 56 degrees 

 on the coldest nigntsf The houses are 

 attached, run east and west, with shed at 

 the west end and glass in the east end 

 of the wide houses. V. H. T. 



You will be perfectly safe in de- 

 pending upon your present boiler to sup- 

 ply heat for an additional house 16x75. 

 Your boiler has a capacity capable of 

 supplying 2,400 square feet of radiation 

 at 56 degrees. Your present houses, to 

 maintain this temperature, require only 

 941 sauare feet of radiation and the 

 additional house 16x75, built in a bank 

 with other houses with only one side and 

 one end exposed, will reouire 466 feet of 



'ii'ition; i. e., 466 feet of 4-inch pipe 

 to heat it. Your total radiation will 

 then only be 1,307 feet and your boiler 

 has a capacity of 2,400, or enough to 

 carry the new house and as much more 

 as you already have, provided it has good 

 draft and first class fuel is used. 



L. C. C. 



Atlanta, Ga. — The foreman for the 

 Nunnally Co., W. F. Will, was found dead 

 of heart failure January 6. He was 63 

 years of age. 



Salt Like City, Utah. — ^H. F. Thorup 

 says that, following a very good holiday 

 season, trade has been dull for three 

 weeks, only a little funeral work now 

 and then. 



gOOKS«« 



Florists 



The fonowing are books which can be 

 recommended* each as the standard work 

 in its own fieldt 



The American 

 Carnation* cw. ward. 



Invaluable to the carnation grower. All de- 

 partments of the businet-s are treated in a thor- 

 oughly practical manner. The book is the work 

 of a careful, studious grower of ripe experience. 

 FuUy illustrated. Carriage paid, $3.50. 



Commercial 

 Violet Culture. 



By B. T. GAUOWAY. 



This la the second edition of this very suc- 

 cessful book, revised and brought ud to date- 

 Handsomely printed. Fully illustrated. 



Carriage paid, $t.50. 



Greenhouse 

 Construction. 



By L. R. TAFT. 



A complete treatise on the subject. AD the 

 best and most improved structures are so fully 

 and clearly described that one will have no diflB- 

 culty in determining the kind best suited to his 

 purpose. Fully illustrated. 



Carriage paid, $}.50. 



TO REMOVE ASPHALTUM. 



We note the trouble one of your corre-* 

 spondents has had from asphaltum on his 

 heating pipes and the difficulty he has 

 met with in getting the asphaltum off. 

 If he will try Watson's Faultless Paint 

 and Varnish Remover, made by the Geo. 

 E. Watson Co., 108 Lake street, Chicago; 

 it will remove the asphaltum from the 

 pipes. We discovered this after having 

 lost a crop of roses. We, too, had tried 

 the torch, sand paper, steaming the pipes 

 and numerous other things. We know 

 this will do the work. Three cans will 

 suffice for a house 18x52. P. G. 



The inquiry of C. J. E. regarding the 

 removal of asphaltum from the pipes of 

 his greenhouses is rather a difficult ques- 

 tion to answer. The paint often con- 

 tains creosote and produces, when heated 

 on the pipes, a gas having the properties 

 of an acid. In my experience the most 

 satisfactory method is the application 

 of a strong solution of caustic soda (Na 

 OH). A mixture of one part of caustic 

 soda to ten of water applied by means 

 of a spraying apparatus gave good re. 

 suits. The use of any acid or volatile 

 substance like ammonia is out of the 

 question because it not only affects the 

 plants but it would be a very difficult 

 task for a person to withstand the fumes 

 which would result during the applica- 

 tion. 



After the liquid has been sprayed 

 upon the pipes, it is allowed to remain 

 *' - fi day or so, and then can be washed 

 off with water and a scrubbing brush. 

 During the washing a large quantity of 

 the paint will be removed. The applica- 

 tion of the liquid can be repeated if nec- 

 essary, washing with water after each 

 application. 



The caustic soda used is known as 

 "Caustic soda 98 per cent." That pur- 

 chased bv me was from tne Troy Laundry 

 Machinery Co., Chicago. The cost 

 of the substance is about 6 cents per 

 pound and it is put up in ten pound 

 cans. The substance in the cans is in 

 a fine condition and readily dissolves in 

 water. Care should be taken in using 

 this substance not to pet any of t^B* 

 solid or liquid on any part of the body. 

 If anv of the substance comes in con- 

 tart with the body it should be washed 

 off with water at once and vinegar ap- 

 plied to counteract the action of the sub- 

 stance. J. B. Weems, 



THE PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY. 



We have your sample copy and en- 

 close a dollar; please have our sub- 

 scription begin with the first issue con- 

 taining the Pronouncing Dictionary; we 

 would like to have it complete. — Park 

 Floral Co., Trenton, N. J. 



I have your issue of December 8 and 

 enclose subscription; please send the 

 other issues containing the Pronouncing 

 Dictionary; it fills a long- felt want. — 

 Mrs. B. Thompson, Indiana, Pa. 



My subscription began December 15 

 and I see I have missed the first two 

 installments of the Pronouncing Dic- 

 tionary; please send them. — G. J. 

 KuHLEN, Kenton, O. 



Logan, TJtah.— J. E. Carlisle A Co. 

 do a considerable nursery and market 

 gardening business but the greenhouse 

 department, under the management t)f 

 Benjamin Carlisle, has prospered so well 

 that it will shortly be enlarged. 



