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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOVKMBEU 8, 1906. 



■i NOTICE H'MJsr'" 



DELAWARE HOLLY 



For Holiday Decorations. 



EHnest stock, dark greun foUagre aud well-berrted. 

 Write for prices, which are right, and terms 

 easy. Address, 



W'W g*t\t I IIUB Milton, Sussex Co., 

 • 1 • l>tf LLiniSy Delaware. 



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HOLLY, MOSS, ETC. 



rancy Holly, in case. 2x2x1 ft., per case, $3.00. 

 Laurel Branobes, in case, 2x2x4 ft., lone 



stems for decorating;, per case. S2.50. 

 Cedar Branches with Berries, 2x2x4 ft. 



per case, >3.00. 

 Green Sheet Moss, in larfre thin pieces, per 



bbl., $1.26. 

 Can ship now. Cash from unknown parties. 



W. Z PURNSLL, Snow Hill, Md. 



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LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS 



60c per 100. 



Galax $5.00 perlO 000 



Christmas Ferns 2.00 per 1000 



Laurel 2.00 per box 



Green Sheet Moss 3.00 per bbl. 



Cash with order. 



F. M. CRAYTON, Box 393, Biltmore, N. C. 



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the same quality in our own city. It's 

 about the weight of newspaper, and it 

 looks far better than old copies of the 

 New York Journal or Police Gazette. 



Packing in summer is a simple matter. 

 Plants can be stood upright in a box, the 

 sides of which are as high as the leaves 

 or flowers of the plants, and when filled 

 nail two or three narrow boards on top 

 so that the expressman can put other 

 packages on top. If not, an extra charge 

 is made. Whether packed in summer or 

 in a closed box for winter shipment, 

 there should never be any chance of the 

 plants shifting or moving their position. 

 If your plants do not fill the box, then 

 fill up the vacant space with paper, dry 

 moss or excelsior. 



In wrapping small plants, like carna- 

 tions, chrysanthemums or roses, I allude 

 to 2-inch sizes, then four plants can be 

 wrapped in one parcel a little better 

 than singly. Rooted cuttings that will 

 reach their destination in forty-eight 

 hours should be wrapped in parcels of 

 twenty-five and their roots surrounded 

 with a little slightly moist sphagnum 

 moss, not wet moss. 



The condition of the plants when 

 packed has much to do with success in 

 shipping. Plants should never be dry 

 when packed ; neither should they be very 

 recently watered. Look up the plants to 

 fill your order, and if on the dry side, 

 water them. In four or five hours the 

 ball of soil will be in proper condition 

 to pack. 



To revert again to the small plants in 

 a closed box: After you have the first 

 layer of parcels covering the bottom of 

 the box, it is well to put in three or four 

 layers of paper, or a thin layer of ex- 

 celsior. This will prevent heating. As 

 above said, always pack tight enough so 

 that there is no possible chance for the 

 plants to shift position, for a box that 

 is nailed tight on all sides is tossed about 

 in every direction. 



I use a little illustration how not to 

 do it. Some eighteen years ago when 

 that brilliant geranium, F. S. Easpail, 

 was a new and bright variety, we 

 shipped P. B. Quinlan, of Syracuse, 100 

 ))Iants from 2%-inch pots. I trusted my 

 head man to pack and send them off 

 (poor follow, he now wears wings, 1 

 hope). He wrapped each little plant 



Extra fine 

 new crop 



FANCY FERNS 



GALAX 



$1.25 pir 1000. 



Discount on large ordeis 

 11.25 per 1000. 



Let us have your standing order for Ferns. Will malce price right all 

 through season. Send for our weekly price list of Out Flowers. 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE, 



38-40 Broadway, DETROIT, MICH. 



WM. DILGBR, 

 Mcr. 



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PRICE lABT VOR 



CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS 



ETEROREEM WREATHING 



NATURAIi 



Standard Grade per coll, 10.60 



Light WelKhts " .60 



Standard Grade, dyed " .60 



Light Wetghta, dyed " .50 



WREATHS 



Holly* Fancy Delaware doz. 1.10 



Holly, Southern " 1.00 



Holly and ETergreen, mixed " 1.00 



Evergreen, plain " 1.00 



Everg^reen with Immortelle flowers " 1.10 



Galax, green or bronze leaves " .W 



Oalax with Immortelle flowers " 1.00 



Magnolia Wreaths " 1.00 



Bf agnoUa Wreaths with Immor- 



telle " 1.10 



Delaware Holly per crate, ti.OO to 4.60 



Southern Holly ** 8.26 to 3.76 



Mistletoe per lb. .20 



Needle Pines perdoz. 1.60 



Oalax Leaves per 1000, 1.00 



California Pepper Bonghs, beautiful 



for decoration and very fragrant, crate, 4.60 

 Let me book your orders now, and you name 

 date you want goods shipped. I manu- 

 facture all my stock, employing- 100 hands. 



H.WOODS CO., 127 S. Water St., Chicago 



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BRILLIANT 



GALAX AND C DD A VC 

 LEUCOTHOE OrKAI J 



Wholesale Trade Solicited 



J. L BANNER & CO., Montezuma, N. C. 



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WHOLESALE 

 GALAX and LEUCOTHOE 



Direct from the woods to the dealer. 



Galax. Qret'D and Bronze 50c per 1000 



Leucothoe Sprays (green only) $2.00 per 1000 



Special prices on lots of 100,000 and up. 

 Terms strictly cash, F. O. B. Elk Park, N. C. 



r. W. Richards & Co., Banners Ilk, N. C. 



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singly and stood them upright in a box, 

 and then nailed the lid of the box on 

 tight. Of course the box was turned 

 upside down a dozen times before it 

 reached Syracuse, and the little plants 

 followed the law of gravitation. You 

 can guess the terrible condition of things. 

 On receipt of a good-natured and witty 

 letter from Mr. Quinlan, we hastened to 

 duplicate the order. 



Packing is purely a matter of experi- 

 ence and common sense, and I feel that 

 any more said about it here would be 

 futile, and I most humbly and respect- 

 fully advise my friend of Oklahoma to 

 read in the Florists ' Manual the chap- 

 ter on "Packing Plants," which is illus- 

 trated. W. S. 



THE PRAYING MANTIS. 



Under separate cover I send you a 

 bug. Please have it identified. State 

 the nature of its food and the braird 

 of its special ' ' wanity. ' ' R. 



The insect sent is the so-called pray- 

 ing mantis (Stagmomantis Carolina). 

 It is a common species in the south, 

 and well known about the District of 



iniSTLETOE 



The best Mistletoe grows in New 

 Mexico. Sprays all heavily berried. 

 Samples free if desired. We are 

 prepared to qaote wholesale prices, 

 and Kuarantee express rate to any 

 express ofllce in the U. S. or Canada. 



F. C. BARKER A CO. 



Las Cruces, New Mexico 



FERNS 



Fancy and DaRser, Bou- 

 quet Green in roping or 

 by the lb. Laurel in any 

 shape or quantity, and 

 best quality, and the 



CHRISTMAS TREES 



Can't be beat. Write for prices. 



ROBERT GROVES, Adams, Mass. 



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Cot Feras-lialax Leaves 



-THE TBAB AROUND- 



Buy direct of the man in the Big Woods. 



Owns and operates cold storage for 



proper handling of all my goods. 



E. H. HITCHCOCK, Glenwood, Mich. 



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GREEN GALAX, new crop 



LXUCOTHOK SPRATS 



Prime goods, lowest price. We are not to be 

 out-done on prices and quality of goods. It wUl 

 pay you to get our prices on large lots before 



g lacing your orders. There will be no new 

 ronze until November. 



WELD & FRANKLIN, Altamont, N. C. 



Successors to C. W. Burleson &, Son. 

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Columbia and a little farther north. In 

 the most northern states, however, it 

 is not present. The grotesque appear- 

 ance of this species, and the peculiar 

 attitude which it assumes makes it an 

 object of interest wherever it is seen. 

 It receives its name of praying mantis 

 from the strange position of its fore 

 legs, which are bent down as in prayer. 

 The insect is also known as rear horse, 

 camel cricket, soothsayer, and by other 

 similar names. 



Its habits are predaceous, and it 

 depends largely on its resemblance to 

 twigs and leaves for protection. It 

 waits patiently for insects to come near, 

 when it promptly pounces upon them 

 and devours them. The females will 

 even devour the other sex. Their young 

 are more delicate in appearance, and 

 when quite immature, are green. The 

 female deposits her eggs in large, con- 

 spicuous clusters, which may be found 

 in winter and early spring on twigs, the 



