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-The Weekly Florists* Review, 



Febbcast 27, 1008. 



The Standard 

 of Excellence 



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'^W:/iH0NTA5" 

 SMOKELESS, 



A Symbol of 

 Quality 



POCAHONTAS 



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correapondB to the Sterling Stamp on alWer, ao the United States Oeologrlcal Survey has made It The Standard for 

 S^adinK all Steam Fuel. 



C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS 



Ib the only American Coal that has been officially Indorsed by the Governments of Great Britain, Germany 

 and Austria, and la the favorite fuel with the United States Navy, which has used It almost exclusively 

 for many yeara. Uneqnaled for the Generation of Steam and Uomestlc PurpoBes. 



CASTNER, CURRAN ft BULLITT, Sole Agents 



C. C. B. Pocahontas Smokeless Coal Branch Offices 



Main Office: Arcade BIdg. NeaveBuiidim?, Cincinnati, omo. 



1 fiAiitk 1 Rtk «traa» Terry Building:, Roanoke, Vt. 



I SOUin lomsireei, Eurooean Akis— HuU, Blyth & Company, 



Philadelphia, Pennsylvania « Fenchurch Ave., London, B.c.Engr. 



Branch Offices 



1 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. 

 Citizen's Bank Bulldlnp, Norfolk, Va. 

 Old Colony BulUiln§r, Chlcapo, 111. 

 50 Congresii Street, Boston, Mass. 



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GERANIUMS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 



Will you please inform me as to the 

 latest date to disbud geraniums and get 

 them in bloom for Memorial day? 



C. E. Y. 



Allow them a month from the final dis- 

 budding and they will be all right. I 

 presume you refer to disbudding of the 

 flower trusses. If topping or pinching 

 the shootg is what you have in mind, dis- 

 continue it after the middle of March. 

 If grown in an ordinary greenhouse, 

 with a temperature ■ of 45 to 50 degrees 

 at night, I hardly think you need have 

 recourse to pinching out the flower 

 trusses at all, from ordinary bedding 

 geraniums. C. W. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



The Special Plant Rate. 



I am sending a card recently received 

 in a paekagQ pf plants, which is the best 

 idea that has been adopted by whole- 

 sale men; that is, of having the amount 

 of express chargss plainly marked on 

 the package. In nine out of ten ship- 

 ments received by me I have trouble with 

 the express agent to get the special 

 plant rate. It is easy to put "special 

 rate" stickers on the packages, but no 

 pains are taken to see that the packages 

 are billed at the plant rate, so they are 

 almost invariably sent at merchandise 

 rates. The large houses are as much to 

 blame as the smaller growers, who only 

 have a small surplus to dispose of. One 

 gets tired of continually having trouble 

 with the express agent, while if the 

 wholesale plantsmen would be a little 

 more careful to see that ^the shipment 

 was started right it would be avoided. 



I should like to hear from some one 

 that has tried the Washington red cedar 

 for bench material as to its lasting quali- 

 ties. N. E. DeGolier. 



The card referred to above was at- 

 tached to a box sent out by McGregor 

 Bros. Co., Springfield, O., and reads as 

 follows : 



"On account of the many complaints 

 we have been receiving relative to ex- 

 cessive express charges and overcharges, 

 and of the failure of many of our cus- 

 tomers to receive the benefit of the spe- 

 cial plant fate, we have made arrange- 

 ments to have all of our shipments 

 marked (on the tag) with the weight of 

 the shipment and charges (special plant 

 rate) to destination. If more than the 

 amount marked is collected advise us, 



..The Kroeschell Boiler.. 



!■ tlie only perfeot 



Dot Water Boiler 



made In 16 ■lz«a, heating' from. 

 the emallest ^eenhouee up to 

 60,000 eqaare feet of glaee to 

 60 Aegxeea at 16 deg-xeea be- 

 low zero. 



PBIOBS AVD CATAAOOUB 

 on application. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co. 



61 BSZa ST. CKIOAOO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



KENNETH ANDERSON MF6. CO. 



Jobbers of 



Biers Full Weight Wrought Iron Pipe 



JARECKI 

 MFG. CO. '8 



VALVES AND FITTINGS 



HOSE, RUBBER GOODS 



AND 



ENGINEERS* SUPPLIES 

 SPECIALTIES 



38, 85 and 87 East Atwater Street 



Detroit, JVIich. 



Tel. Mich. Main 5498 Night Call, North 2590 



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and if incorrect we will have it refunded. 

 Billing clerks who mark shipments are 

 well informed on plant rates, and we feel 

 sure that very few mistakes, if any, will 

 occur. 



"Unless requested, we will not pack 

 in baskets hereafter, but in light, venti- 

 lated, corrugated paper boxes, as plants 

 in baskets are not subject now to the 

 special plant rate, and in baskets are 

 more subject to damage en route." 



CYCAS REVOLUTA. 



I have a Cycas revoluta which is drop- 

 ping its leaves, and I should like to 

 know what is the cause. Do the leaves 

 drop naturally? Can the stem be 

 started again, and if so, how and 

 when and at what temperature? Or is 

 the stem worthless? A. D. 



The leaves of Cycas revoluta do not 



MONEY 

 SAVED 



and better flowers 

 grown by Installing the 



Morehead Trap 



Hundreds of our traps are in use In 

 greenhouses throughout the country. 

 They can do for you what they are 

 doing for others— Every pipe in your 

 steam system of equal heat. Write 

 for florists' booklet. 



IVIOREHEAD MFG. CO. 



1043 Grand River Ave., DETROIT, MICH. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



drop naturally- until they are several 

 years old, and it would appear from 

 the question that the crown of the plant 

 has rotted. This may occur from the 

 overwatering of a poorly rooted plant, 

 combined with exposure to too low a 

 temperature. An examination of the 

 crown of the plant will soon prove 

 whether this is the trouble or not, and 

 if so there is no use in trying to start 

 it again. 



A proper temperature in which to 

 start a dormant stem of cycas is about 

 65 degrees, but after the plant is well 

 rooted and the leaves are fully devel- 

 oped, a temperature of 50 degrees will 

 do no harm. W. H. Taplin. 



