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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fkbuuaby 22, 1906. 



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NEPHROLEPIS PIERSONI 



ELEGANTISSIMS 



Grand stocky in all sizes* Very popular in New York and all the largfe cities* 



INPRECEDENTED SALE OF LARGE SPECIMENS 



Prices from 75c each ; $9.00 per doz.; $50.00 per 100, up to $2.00, 

 $3.00, $5.00 and $7.50 each. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



Galvanized Pipes. 



In the Review for February 15 we find 

 an inquiry in regard to using galvanized 

 iron conductor pipe for heating green- 

 houses. We have a house 17x50 heated 

 with hot water, galvanized iron con- 

 ductor pipe being used. It has run two 

 years and we have had good results. 

 Our system is simply a flow and return 

 around the house, rising gradually from 

 the boiler to the far end of the house 

 into an expansion tank of the same ma- 

 terial; thence back to the boiler. We 

 used iron pipe from the boiler to the 

 straight runs, all elbows and tees made 

 of galvanized iron. Extra care must 

 be taken in soldering. 



Chaeles Fisher. 



Try a Cat. 



I have read with much interest of the 

 troubles related in the last two num- 

 bers of the Eeviev^ by those who have 

 had diflSculty in getting rid of rats in 

 their greenhouses. I had quite an ex- 

 perience some years ago. At that time 

 our two carnation houses were literally 

 overrun with the rodents. They almost 

 stripped the carnations of buds, strewn 

 on the benches as if I had sown them 

 there. We tried all sorts of poisons, in 

 every shape ana form, but of no avail. 

 The rats got so daring that they would 

 eat the buds of a night only a few feet 

 away from me. 



We had been thinking about that old- 

 fashioned remedy, a cat, but could not 

 get one at once, but we finally secured 

 two, with the result that the rats gave 

 up the battle the same night. The cats 

 caught one occasionally, but their pres- 

 ence seemed to keep them away and 

 though, like the poor, we have them 

 always with us, they do no more harm, 

 as we are always provided with a cat. 



To keep the cat or cats and get them 

 tame ro their new suiToundings we give 

 them a little bread and milk for a few 

 days and do not allow them to get out 

 of the houses unul they are thoroughly 

 familiar with their new abode. The cat 

 we have now catches quite a few of the 

 pests and always keeps them at a re- 

 spectful distance. Had it not been that 



this old-fashioned remedy proved a suc- 

 cess I think I should have been some- 

 where where wits would be at a pre- 

 mium, as I was almost bereft of what 

 little 1 had in that line. 



F. J. Fillmore. 



Dipped in Tar. 



I dipped my split white cedar posts in 

 boiling tar, so that every part was cov- 

 ered. The hemlock planks were treated 

 the same way, only that I used an old 

 mop to apply the tar. How many years 

 longer will these posts and planks last 

 in greenhouse use than those that are 

 not painted or tarred at all? A. V. 



Muslin Waterproof. 



E. B., inquiring February 1, may use 

 the following formula which is excellent 

 and keeps the cloth from rotting: 



Three pints old pale-colored linseed 

 oil; one ounce sugar of lead (acetate of 

 lead) ; four ounces white resin. Grind 

 the acetate of lead to a paste with a 

 little of the oil; then add the rest of 

 the oil and resin. Melt in an iron ket- 

 tle over a gentle fire. Apply with a 

 brush while hot. G. A. Belling. 



IMPERISHABLE CYPRESS. 



When Pharaohs ruled In days of yore 

 Upon the Nile's historic shore. 

 It was the custom of the land 

 To build upon the desert's sand 

 Great pyramids and towering piles 

 Where, as In some cathedral's aisles. 

 The death-struck kings, each by himself 

 Were laid embalmed upon a shelf. 



Kach mummy had his separate place. 

 With cerements bound round his face, 

 While o'er his body a winding sheet 

 In many colls, wound to his feet; 

 And for each mummy, thus wound about, 

 A cypress case was hollowed out. 



Three thousand years have passed since then. 

 Yet there they lie — those mummied men. 

 The mystic drugs, forced In their veins. 

 Have well repaid th' embalmer's pains. 

 Shrunk are the muscles, parched the skin. 

 But no corruption lies within; 

 And e'en the cases of cypress wood 

 Time's ravages have all withstood. 



No drtigs preserved the cypress case 

 Or gave the wood th' Immortal place 

 Held by it' ever since the flood — 

 And Noah's ark of shlttlm wood, 

 Its ever.v fibre seems to say — 

 "Cease, Time! I never will decay." 

 No storms that blow or winds that beat. 

 Or winter's cold or summ.r's heat 

 Can cause the cypress to decay; 

 It wears, but will not rot away. 



— The Scrap Book. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



NARCISSI AND DAFFODILS. 



JNarcissi and daffodils have not proven 

 a well paying crop when grown for cut 

 flowers in California for the past few 

 years. It is but a few seasons ago when 

 the wholesaler could easily figure on 

 getting a regulation price for his prod- 

 uct and, the demand being usually bet- 

 ter than the supply, bulbous stock of all 

 kinds was regarded as one of the best 

 paying ends of the business. 



...arcissi of all kinds have made them- 

 selves greatly at home here and, the cli- 

 mate seeming to favor their growth, they 

 have multiplied to such a great extent 

 that we now have i superabundance of 

 them. At no time during the present 



j season have the Paper White varieties 

 sold at over Vo cents per hundred stems 



i and at the present -writing they can be 



' bought at about $2.50 per thousand in 

 any quantity desired. Daffodils are only 

 a trifle higher in price and at no time 

 during the past few weeks have they 



J been worth more than $2 per hundred; 



j they can be bought now for less than 



j half tuat figure. They grow luxuriantly 

 here and, with our sudden change into 

 warm weather, they come into blossom 

 in such profusion there is little oppor- 

 tunity to market them at remunerative 

 prices- 

 Wholesalers who have facilities for 

 forcing the early varieties of daffodils 

 have made fair returns, such sorts as 

 Ard Eigh when brought into bloom in 

 the early months of the winter easily net- 

 ting from $4 to $5 per hundred. Nar- 

 cissi of the white kinds are not forced 



j here at all, as they Lave not proven pay- 

 ing investments. Some of the very late 

 datlodils are also money makers for 

 the growers. Emperor has proven to be 

 well adapted for our purpose. 



Narcissi for Thanksgiving. 



I have* spoken principally of bulbs 

 that are allowed to flower naturally 

 with the advent of rainfall and the be- 

 ginning of warm weather afterwards, 

 but if some care is taken and the land 

 on which the bulbs are growing is not 

 too valuable, it is possible to bring the 



