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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



February 15, 1908. 



PACKING PLANTS. 



The proper packing of plants and cut- 

 tings shipped chiefly to long distances 

 seems not to be well studied by many 

 growers. The express charges are high, 

 even with the so-called special rates, and 

 neither the shipper nor the receiver wants 

 to work for the benefit of the express 

 company. Generally the packages are 

 too heavy; too much wet sphagnum, ex- 

 celsior, or paper of different kinds and 

 color. To illustrate, I will tell you what 

 happened to me these last few weeks. 

 From one of the leading houses I received 

 a box of cinerarias. When packed, the 

 plants were surely in the best condition 

 of growth. Every one was surrounded by 

 wet sphagnum and entirely wrapped in 

 a piece of paper, lying flat, one on top 

 of the other, like sardines in a box; 

 half of them rotted enroute. During the 

 next week I received two boxes from 

 Wisconsin. The ball of soil of the plants 

 only, not the leaves, was wrapped in 

 paper. The plants were packed in layers 

 with the bottoms of the pots against the 

 sides of the box, the foliage towards the 

 middle, each layer being well secured by 

 a small cleat of wood. The plants were 

 perfect, not one single bruised leaf, no 

 excelsior, no sphagnum, no extra nails 

 except what were necessary to secure the 

 box well. M. M. L. 



PLANTS SEE AND FEEL. 



Plants can see, feel and taste, accord- 

 ing to Dr. Henry S. Conrad of the bo- 

 tanical department of Johns Hopkins Uni- 

 versity, but he has never been able to find 

 any evidence that they can hear. Dr. 

 Conrad made this statement while dis- 

 cussing the theory of Dr. Haberlandt of 

 the University of Gantz, that in the 

 leaves of plants and trees are organs 

 that resemble the eyes of animals. Al- 

 though he is not prepared to accept this 

 theory without reservation, Dr. Conrad 

 says: "We have never been able to dis- 

 cover any way in which plants are 

 susceptible to sound, but in seeing, feel- 

 ing and tasting they are developed. With 

 a single exception they can recognize 

 light and the direction from which it 

 comes; they feel the slightest wound, 

 they discriminate in taste, they have a 

 sense of direction — whether they are 

 turned in the right direction or not — and 

 are influenced by electric currents pass- 

 ing near them. ' ' 



WHOLESALE 



TRADE LIST 



In. pots Doz. 100 



AsparaKas— Decu mbens 3 t .75 $6.00 



An>»rB8:n«— Sprengeri 4,% 1.60 10.00 



Aspar aKnt— Sprengerl 3 .75 6.00 



A«paraarn»— 9prengeri 2H 2.00 



AsparaKua — ComorenBls 3 .76 6.00 



Abntilon— Savltzll 3 .76 6.00 



Clematis-Panlculata 4 1.60 10.00 



Clematis— Large fl. rar., 2-yr- 



old 3.00 



Daisy Queen Alexandra 8 .76 6.00 



Daisy Queen Alexandra ZH 50 3.00 



Fachsias— 4 varieties 2 .60 3.00 



Heliotrope Blue and white... 2^ .60 3.00 



Primula Obconlca. 2ii .50 3.00 



Geraniums— R. C. from pots, 



standard varieties 2.00 



ShastaDaisy 2H .50 3.00 



Shasta Daisy— Seedings from 



flats 1.00 



8wainsona-AIba 2 .50 3.00 



Swainsona-Alba 3 .75 5.00 



Colens — R C, Verschafleltli 



and fancy varieties .76 



Booted Cuttings — H e 1 1 o - 



tropes.Ageratums, Feverfew, 



Little Gem, Scarlet Sage, Lo- 

 belias 76 



Swainsona-Alba and Abuti. 



lonSavltzli 1.00 



CFICLFI F llth and Roy Streets, 

 • K.I^I-1'1'9 Phlladelplila, Pa. 



Mention The RcTlew when yoQ write. 



Greenhouse aod Bedding Plants 



GERANIUMS 



In good variety, S2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000 and up. Our new, 24-paffe 

 illustrated descriptive geranium catalogue, containing a full description 

 of over 176 of the best novelties, new and standard varieties of geraniums and pelargoniums, is now 

 ready, and will be sent to the trade. IF YOD DO NOT GET ONE. WRITE US. 



MMS. 8AL.LEROI, 40 cents per doz.; $2.00 per 100. 



Miscellaneous Plants 



Per doz. Per 100 



Abutilon Savitzi. and others $ .40 $2.00 



Acalypha Macaf eeana 40 2.00 



Acbyranthes, Emersonli and Ver- 



schaffeltii 40 2.00 



Ageratum, blue and white 40 2.00 



Alternanthera, red and yellow 40 2.00 



Alyssum, giant and dwarf 40 2.00 



Asparagus plumosus nanus, 3-in 75 5.00 



Begonias, bedding varieties 40 2.00 



Coleus, in good variety 40 2.00 



Ouphea, cigarplant 40 2.00 



Ficus Elastica (rubber plant) 2.00 — 



Heliotrope, in good variety 40 2.00 



Hardy EngUsh Ivy, 15 to 18 inch 40 2.00 



$17.50 per 1000. 



Per doz. 

 Hardy Phlox, 10 good varieties $ .50 



Hollyhock, double white and mixed. .50 



Lantanas, in good variety 40 



Lemon Verbena 40 



Moonvlnes, blue and white 50 



Parlor Ivy. Senecio scandens 40 



Petunias. Dreer's Superb, singles 40 



Plumbago Oapensis, white 60 



Salvia, in variety .40 



Smllax, in good vai^ 40 



Verbenas, separate colors .40 



" mixed 40 



Madeira Vine Roots. $1 per peck; $3.50 per 



Per 100 

 $8.00 



8.00 



2.00 



2.00 



3.00 



2.00 



2.00 



s.oa 



2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 1.60 

 bushel. 



HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Small-flowering 40c per doz., $2.00 per 100 



Large-flowering 50c per doz., $3.00 per 100 



DAHLIA ROOTS 



A. D. LIVONI, whole field clumps, $1.00 per doz.; $5.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. We are now 

 booking contract orders for delivery season 1906. We are prepared to grow them in any quantity. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



OABBA.OB. in any quantity. Wakefield, Succession, Early and Late Flat Dutch, etc.. $1.26 

 per 1000; 10,000 and over, $1.00 per 1000. 



PAB8&BT, Moss Curled, 50c per 100; $2 50 per 1000. 



KBTTUOB, Grand Rapids, Big Boston, Boston Market and Tennis Ball, $1.00 per 1000; $8.50 per 

 10,000. Cash With Order. 



WHO^BSAIiB TBdDB IiIST for 1906 now ready. In writing for it please enclose busi- 

 ness card as it is sent only to those in the trade. 



A cordial invitation is extended to all interested in Horticulture to visit us. Cowenton station 

 Philadelphia division, B. & O. B. R., 12 miles north of Baltimore. We meet aU trains. 



R. VINCENT, JR. &, SON, WHITE MARSH, MD. 



Mention TOe Review when yog write. 



SPECIAL in ROSES 



American Beauties and Richmond, be- 

 sides our re^Iar lines. 



10,000 Beauties in the sand. 



2,500 Rtchmonds in 2-in. 



FERNS 



Ask for our list of varieties. 



GERANIUMS 



3-in., red, white, pink and salmon. 



Petunias, Fuchsias, Ageratum, G>letss, 

 Begonias, Feverfew, Vincas, Gnerarias, 

 Salvias, etc 



BLOOMING PLANTS 



Azaleas, Lilies, Cinerarias, Chinese 

 Primroses, Obconica, Cyclamen, etc 



GEO. A. kUHL, PEKIN, ILL. 



MeiitJon The Revlpw when von wr1t««. 



ROSE! 



-GERANIUMS 



2-year-old roses, 4 in. pots, $8.00 to $10.00 per 

 100; 2^ in pots. $2.00. $2 50 and $3.00 per 100. Ger- 

 aniums, standard varieties, $2.50 per 100. Double 

 Petunias, Hibiscus, Rex Begonia, Flowering 

 Begonia, Feverfew, Asparagus plumosus. Aspar- 

 agus Sprengerl. Alternantheras. See adv. Feb. 8, 

 or send for list. 



THE NATIONAL PLANT CO., Dayton, Ohio 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Rooted Cuttings ^Vm 



Aeeratnm Oumey, 60c. Alternanthera, best 

 red and yellow, 40c; 13.60 per lOOO. Fall rooted, 

 extra strong, 60c; $4.50 per 1000. Salvia Bonfire, 

 Splendens, 86c. Alyssnm Giant Double, 76c. 

 Fachsias, 6 beet kinds, 11.26. Hardy Pinks, 

 3 kinds, 60c; $2.60 per lOOO. Cyclamen Oigan- 

 tenm, mixed seedlings ready to transplant, $1.26 

 per 100 mailed. Giant Verbenas, mixed seed- 

 Ungs, Dreer'B seed, 'iiic 100, mailed. Cash. 



BTER FLORAL CO., Shippensbnrgr, Fa. 



Ludvig Mosbaek 



ONARCA, ILL. 



Aeerataiu, Gurney and white, 100 12.00 



Altemantliara, red and yellow, fr., sand.. 4.00 

 Per 1< 00 from soil. $10.00. 



Alysaum, giant and dwarf dble, 100 2.00 



" 1000 16.00 



Aspcuraau* Pi- Nana. 2M-in.. $2.50: 3-in 5.00 



Sprengeri. 2>i-in.. $2.00; 3-in... 4.00 

 60,000 CANNAS, in be.st named var.. true 

 to name, Ic and up. Special list mailed free. ■ 



Coleua, in var., 100, $2.00; 1000 15.00 



Feverfe^e, Little Gem, 2-in., 100 2M 



Geraniums, standard bedding var 2.60 



My selection. 1000 18.60 



100, Ivy leaved, $3.00; Trego. . . 3.50 



Petunia, Kansas White, Snowstorm, dbl. 



wtiite fringed; dbl. pink fringed and other 



var. mixed, 100, 2>4-in. $2.50; R. C, 1000... 10.00 



Rubbers, to make room for bedding plants, 



prices reduced for 2 weeks, 4-in., 100, $20 00; 



doz., $2.50; frin.. 100, $40.00; doz 5.00 



Salvia, 5 var., 100, $2; 1000 $15; R. C, 1000.. 7.00 



Smllax, to close out, 3-in., 100 3 00 



Swalnsona alba, 2-in., 100 2.60 



200,000 Aspar. Gonnov. and Palm.. 1000... 2.00 



100,000 Rhubarb, 100 $2 00to 5.6o 



1200 bu. Sweet Com, Country Gentle- 

 man, Mason's Favorite and Stowell's 

 Evergreen, per bu., $2 00 and $1.60 

 All cash with order; the following prepaid: 



FROM SOIL 



Coreopsis Lanceolata, 100 50 



Bryni^iun Amethystlnuxn, 100 60 



Forsret-Me-Not, 100 50 



Lobelia, 100 60 



Pennlsetum RupeUanum, loo 50 



Pansles, Florists' Inter, mix., 1000. $3; 100. .60 

 Verbena, pure white, blue, scarlet, pink 



and best var. mixed, 100 60 



S^^eet Alyssum, double, lOO 1.26 



FROM SAND 



Alyssum, double, 100 1.00 



Altemantbera, red and yellow, 100 M 



Coleus, in standard var., 100 75 



Feverfew, Little Gem. 100 1.25 



Agr^ratum, blue and white, 100 60 



Fuchsias, in standard var., 100 1.00 



Geraniums, in standard var., 100 1.60 



Heliotrope, in standard var.. 100 1.00 



Petunia, in standard var., 100 1.25 



Salvia, in standard var., 100 75 



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