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July 25, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



25 



Fancy & Dagger Feros 



75o per lOOO. 



Galax, Bronze or Green 



Sl.OO par 1000. 



LAUREL FESTOONING 



4c, 6o and 6o per yard. 



The only decorative Rreen to give universal 

 BEtisfaction through the summer. A sample 

 order will convince you. 



PBIVOBBS FZNB, 7o per lb. 



Tel. Office, New Salem, MasB. 

 L. D. Phone Connection. 



MILLINOTON,!MASS. 



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NEW CROP 



Fancy and Dagger Gut Ferns 



Bay direct from the man in the big woods. 

 Owns and operates cold storage the year around 

 for proper care of ferns. 



Wholesale trade solicited. 



E. H. HITCHCOCK, Glenwood, Mich. 



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keep the doors shut to keep the insects 

 out after planting. If some appear on 

 the small plants they can be caught and 

 killed, or poisoned by a weak solution of 

 Paris green. Borealis. 



HEAT SOIL FROM BELOW. 



Dr. Mehner, a German, is responsible 

 for the latest idea, which is now the 

 subject of experiment in Germany and 

 Prance — that of artificially heating the 

 soil from below for the purpose of push- 

 ing the growth of vegetables. It is said 

 to promise remarkable results. 



The method consists in burying at a 

 depth of twenty to forty inches under 

 the field to be treated, conduits of earth- 

 enware, through which steam pipes 

 about an inch in diameter are laid. 

 Steam at a temperature of about 300 de- 

 grees is forced through the pipes; it 

 heats the air in the conduit and the 

 heat slowly radiates through the clay con- 

 duit, warming the earth. 



Leakage of heat is very slow. Experi- 

 ment is said to show that when the 

 surface of the ground is about freezing 

 point the soil at a depth of twelve to 

 twenty inches has a temperature of 42 

 degrees. 



Assuming that the artificial beating 

 were begun early in March, when this 

 condition existed, a very small expendi- 

 ture of heat would be needed to cause 

 the desired stimulation, and the radia- 

 tion into the air would be exceedingly 

 gradual. 



Of course the plan does not contem- 

 plate heating the soil in the dead of 

 winter, when atmospheric cold would kill 

 any plants that might be artificially 

 caused to germinate. The idea is simply 

 to aid nature when the spring sets in. 



Asparagus, lettuce, young onions, rad- 

 ishes and other early spring crops are 

 the ones on which it is expected to use 

 the system with most eflfect. Later, in 

 combination with frames, it may be used 

 on strawberries. The method is likely to 

 be applied to floriculture and the growth 

 of plants for seed purposes also. 



It is calculated that the expense of in- 



The S. A. r. Convention is close 

 at iiand and every one is inter- 

 ested in Icnowing all about 



What You WOI Show 



in the Trade's Display. Tell 

 them about it in the next few 

 issues of 



The Review 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



Florists' Supplies and Hardy Cut Evergreens 



Ttl. 2817-2818 Mail. 16 ProTince St., 9 Chapman PL. Boston, Mais. 



Hardy Cut Dagger and American Beauties 



Fancy Ferns, $1 per 1000. 

 Green and Bronze Galax, 



$L50 per 1000. 

 Laurel Festooning for 



Decorations, 6c per yd. 

 Branch Lattfel, 50c per 



bunch. 

 Sphagnum Moss, 50c per 



bag) 5 bags, $2.00. 



Richmonds 

 Brides and 



Bridesmaids 

 Carnations 

 VaUey 



Everything in the flower 

 line. 



Write for Price List. 



TlorlBts' Supply Price List on Application. 



Hardy 

 Cut 



First Quality, 75c per 1000 



FAMCY DAGGER ALSO DEALER IN 



...BALED SPRUCE FOR CEMETERY USE... 



XBfAS TRKKS, BOUQUET GREEN, SPHAGNUM MOSS, •to. 



Mr. Brasue will, as usual, have an exhibit at the Convention. 



L B. BRAGUE, 



Oldest, LsLrgest and 

 Most Reliable Dealer 

 in the United States. 



HINSDALE, MASS. 



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Hardy Fancy Cut Ferns, Extra Fine, $1 per 1000 



Bronze Galax, 11.2.') per 1000 Sphagnum Moss, extra large bales, per bale, 11.26. 

 Hammond's Old Bogrlish LUiuld Putty, 11.25 per gal. Discount oa large lots. 

 Hammond's Groennouse WhUe Paint, $1.50 per gal. Discount on large lots. 



Olve us a trial order on Ferns, we are sure we can please you. Head- 

 quarters for Florists' Supplies and Wire Work. Write for price list on Cut 

 Flowers and Supplies. All Phoxe Con.vections. 



MICHIGAN GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE, inc. 



Wliolesal* Commission Florists, 88-40 Broadway, Detroit, Mlcli. 



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stallation for each space of 2,500 square 

 yards in Germany or France is about 

 $250, plus the steam generating appa- 

 ratus, which may be large or small, ac- 

 cording to the tract to be heated, and 

 which may be used for other purposes. 

 The cost of the heating is figured at $15 

 a month. 



Canajoharie, N. Y. — Joseph Traudt 

 and his family spent a week recently at 

 Hartford, Conn. 



Pana, III. — Frank Shaflfer has sold 

 his greenhouses and business to Hender- 

 son & Kalb, formerly of Madison, Wis., 

 who will take possession August 1. 



