Apbil 9, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



We have the Tery test grades of mosses and 

 peats, and offer same at Tow prices. Consider 

 the quality before ordering elsewliere. Write 

 for prices on live and baled spbagnum, green 

 decoratlug moss. leaf mold, orchid aud rotted 

 peat. We can please you on these goods. Sam- 

 ples for asking. 

 American Moss & Peat Co.. Box 6, Waretown.N.J. 



Our fresb stock sf sphagnum is ready for 

 the Easter trade; also fibrous and orchid peat. 

 Write for prices. 

 Ocean Co. Mo ss and Peat Co.. Waretown. N. J. 



1 bale. $1.25r 2, $2.25; 3, $3.25: 6. «.00. 

 Lecdle Co., Expert Rose Growers, Springfield, O. 



TOBACCO. 



Fresh tobacco stems, 50c per 100 lbs.; $10.00 

 per ton. Scharff Bros., Van Wert, Ohio. 



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WIRE WORK. 



Wm. H. Woerner, Wire Worker of the West. 

 Manufacturer of florists' designs only. Second 

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 520 N. 16th St., Omaha, Neb. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

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Wire work. Manufacturers of artistic florists' 

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William E. Hlelscher's Wire Works. 

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Full line of wire work. Write for list. 

 Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee. Wis. 



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 Scranton Florist Supply Co., Scranton. Pa. 



E. H. Hunt. 76-78 Wabash Ave., Cliicago. 



Lanc.\^ster, O. — M. j\I. Miesse, of the 

 White Post Farm, has added to one of 

 his greenhouses a structure ^.'jxlOG feet. 

 This extension is to be used for starting 

 melons on sod and in pots. He says that 

 this year's vegetable crops have been 

 good, but prices were low in the begin- 

 ning of the season. 



SCX)T ANfD OTHER FERTILIZERS. 



Will you please inform me whether 

 soot, either trom soft or hard coal, is 

 good for carnations? Please tell me, also, 

 if a small quantity of gas lime, say, 

 about one-half peck in a barrel of hen 

 manure, would be likely to do any 

 damage to the roots of carnations in 

 the house. A. L. & S. 



• Soot from soft coal is a splendid 

 fertilizer, and I have never seen any 

 harmlul results from the use of it. It 

 tones up the plants Monderfully, giving 

 the foliage that dark, glossy green one 

 delights to see, and on carnations it 

 increases the amount of that grayish 

 bloom which covers the foliage and 

 flower stems. It also deepens the color 

 in all blooms which are of a ilelicate 

 shade, and heightens the color in the 

 scarlets and cerises. I do not know 

 anything about soot from hard coal. 



You do not say how you used the hen 

 manure, or how much you applied to a 

 given space, so I cannot say whether 

 damage resulted from that source or 

 not. I tvill say, however, that hen 

 manure is very concentrated and should 

 be used with care. A peck of it soaked 

 in fifty gallons of water is strong enough 

 for any crop. I would not use lime in 

 connection with it. It may not do any 

 harm, but I hardly think it would do 

 any good. It is not considered good 

 policy to mix lime with manure when 

 using it as a mulch, as it frees the am- 

 monia too rapidly and wastes much of 

 the plant food contained in the manure. 

 I would never mix hen manure with the 

 soil before planting the carnations, but 

 would use it later as a top-dressing, 

 or in liquid form for feeding. 



A. F. J. B. 



TROUBLE WITH SWEET PEAS. 



Our sweet peas are blasting the buds 

 along the middle part of the bush, the 

 top blooms being perfect. We do not 

 use artificial heat now, except perhaps 

 once or twice a week at night, and then 

 just a little. Our temperature, in Kan- 

 sas, now never goes b.elow 58 or 60 de- 

 grees at night, and in the day time, with 

 every vent open, top and side, it runs 

 from 70 to 90 degrees, as we have more 

 sun than we really can use. Our peas 

 are this season in raised benches and are 

 as healthy looking as you would wish 

 to see, with that one exception. We have 

 never been bothered that way before, 

 although heretofore we have grown them 

 in a solid bench on the ground under 

 practically the same heat and sun con- 

 ditions. F. C. 



Except for a short time in midwinter 

 sweet peas do much better in solid beds. 

 In fact, I have about made up my mind 

 not to grow any more in benches, even 

 for early winter flowering, as the flowers 

 are much finer from solid beds. Sweet 

 peas love to be cool and moist at the 

 root and in the state of Kansas, where 

 winter temperatures are higher and the 

 sun's power much stronger than in our 

 more northern states, the solid bed would 

 seem to be the only way to successfully 

 grow them. The most successful sweet 

 pea specialists find that a night tem- 

 perature of 45 to 50 degrees under glass 

 grows the finest sweet peas. As the 

 days lengthen and temperatures rise, the 

 quality deteriorates. I think if you re- 

 turn to the solid bed mode of culture 

 you will not have any blighting and will 

 have better success all around. 



C. W. 



