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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVBMBEB 7, 1907. 



Just 

 Received 



Larse Stock of Chif • 

 fens and Ribbons.... 



CHIFFON 



In. Bolts, 36 yds. 



4, plain, any color, per yd., 4c 



e; dotted," " " Vc 



6, " fancy edge, " 8c 



Best Satin Taffeta 

 Ribbon 



No. Per bolt 



12, any color 11.00 



16, any color I-IO 



22, any color 1.86 



40, any color. 1-50 



60, any color 1.76 



Best Satin Orograin 

 Ribbon 



No. Per bolt 



12, any color H.IO 



16, any color 1.26 



22, any color 150 



40, any color 1.75 



60, any color 2.26 



Have cheaper grrades in all 

 kinds of Ribbon. 



Special Orchid Ribbon 



Chas. W. McKellar 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



51 Wabash Ave. 

 Chicago 



ORCHIDS 



A Specialty 



A fine assortment of 

 Cattley as and other 

 Orchids always on 

 hand. 



L. D. Pbon* Cantna SS98. FRESH EVBRT DAY 



FANCY STOCK IN TALLET, BEAUTIKS. B08E8, CABNATIONS 

 AND GBEBNS OF ALL KINDS 



Can always supply the best goods the season affords. 



A complete line of all Wire Work constantly on hand 



WBBKLf PBICB LIST 



ORCHIDS, a apeoialty. Per doe. 



CatUeyas 16.00 



DendrobiutnformoBum.. 14.00 to 6.00 



Vaoda caerulea 8 00 to 4.00 



Oncldluoi per 100, 8.00 to 4.00 



Assorted, box, 16 to 126 

 AM. BEAUTIKS— 

 Stems, 24 to 86 inches.... 8.00 to 4.00 



Stems, 20 Inches 3.00 



Stems, 16 Inches 1.60 



Stems, IS inches 1.00 



ROSES Per 100 



Kalserln and Richmond. ..IS.OO to 18.00 

 Bride, Matd and O. Gate.. . 3.00 to 8.00 



Liberty and Chatenay 3.00 to 8.00 



Roses, our selection 4 OU 



Carnations, sel. com'n. . 2 00 



" larire and fancy. 8.00 to 4.00 

 BII8CEI.I.ANEOUS 

 Chrysanthemums- 

 Fancy, doz., tsoo 

 Medium, " 12 00 to 2 50 

 Small, " 1.00 to 1.60 



Violets 76to 1.00 



Longlflorum doz., t2.00 16.00 



Valley 3.00 to 6.00 



DECORATIVE 



Asp. Plumosus string:, .36 to .60 



bunch, .86 to .50 



" Sprengerl . . . .per 100, 2.00 to 6.00 



Oalax per 100, 20c; 1000, 1.60 



Ferns....per 100, 20c; 1000, 1.60 



Adtantum per 100, 1.00 



Smllax..perdoz., t2.00; 100, 16.00 



Wild Smtlax 50-lb. cases 5 00 



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SWEET PEAS OUTDOORS. 



I am now preparing my trenches to 

 plant sweet peas in early spring, and 

 wish to fill them with rich compost. 

 Will the old soil that I used to grow 

 carnations in last winter be all right 

 to use for that purpose? A. K. W. 



Soil in which carnations have been 

 growing aJl winter must be pretty well 

 exhausted and hardly what can be rec- 

 ommended for sweet peas, which prefer 

 a moderately heavy soil, one inclined to 

 be clayey being excellent. Good sweet 

 peas are, however, grown in quite light 

 and sandy soil if the ground is well 

 manured and the plants mulched in sum- 

 mer. Fresh loam from a pasture would 

 be better than your carnation soil. Add 

 plenty of well-rotted cow manure to it 

 and get your seed in as soon as frost 

 leaves the ground in the spring. If you 

 hav« no other soil at hand, mix one- 

 third cow manure to two-thirds carna- 

 tion compost and put in the trenches. 

 The land between .the trenches should 

 also be well turned over and enriched, 

 as the roots will run quite a distance 

 beyond the trenches. C. W. 



CUTTINGS OF nCUS ELASTICA. 



Will you kindly tell me how to make 

 cuttings of Ficus elastica? I have a 

 plant with about seventeen shoots. Is it 

 best to make them when dormant? 



O. H. C. 



The surest method by which to root 

 Ficus elastica is topping or mossing, as 

 it is variously known. This operation 

 has been described in the Review before, 

 but is briefly as follows: Cut halfway 

 through the shoot to be rooted, making 

 the incision about four leaves from the 

 top. Then bind enough damp moss 

 around the cut to make a lump about the 

 size of a hen's egg. Keep the moss con- 

 tinuously moist and the plant in a tem- 

 perature of not less than 60 degrees, and 

 with these conditions fulfilled there is 

 seldom any trouble in rooting the cut- 

 tings in from three to six weeks. 



As soon as the roots show through the 

 moss, the shoot may be cut off below 

 the moss and potted in a 3-inch or 4- 



Wanted CoDsigoments 



CHRYSANTHEMUIVIS 

 CARNATIONS and all 

 Seasonable Flowers 



We are in a position to obtain the best 

 market price and can sell your stock 

 to advantage. Prompt payment. 



Frank S. Hicks & Co. 



52 West 28tti St., New York City 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



inch pot, and should be protected from 

 sun and drafts until established. 



W. H. Taplin. 



FLOWER FOR NAME. 



Under separate cover I have today 

 mailed you a flower which I would like 

 named. This is a native of Mexico, 

 which I have succeeded in growing suc- 

 cessfully, both outside and inside. I 

 think it is one of the helichrysums. 



J. J. C. 



The flowers are of a helichrysum, but 

 we cannot say what particular sort. 

 Most of these are received from Ger- 

 many in seed packets of six to twelve 

 colors. Helichrysums, with other ever- 

 lastings, such as rhodanthes and acro- 

 cliniums, are natives of Australia and 

 Africa, but have probably become ac- 

 climatized in Mexico. They are all use- 

 ful garden annuals. Rhodanthe Man- 

 glesii makes a specially good pot plant 

 and is considerably grown for market 

 in Europe. C. W. 



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