November 5, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



69 



We make Standard Flower Pots, etc. 



Write us when In need. 



Wllmer Cope & Bro. 



Lincoln University, Chester Co., Pa. 



Bed pots, none better. 

 Colesburg Pottery Co.. Colesburg, Iowa. 



RAFFIA. 



Baffla (colored), 20 beautiful shades. Samples 

 free. B. H. Comey Co., Camden, N. J., 



or 810-824 Washburne Ave., Chicago. 



SMILAX-WILD. 



New crop, fresh, now ready, 50-lb. cases, 

 $7.00. Wire orders solicited. 



The Barteldes Seed Co., Denver, Colo. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Our fresh stock of sphagnum Is ready for 

 shipment. Our goods are second to uoue. Strict- 

 ly guaranteed. Give us a call. 

 Ocean County Moss & Peat Co., Waretown, N. J. 



Soft, long fibre sphagnum for florists' use. 

 Large bag, solidly packed, $1.00; 6 bags, $5.00. 

 Good moss. Low freight rates. 

 W. J. Olds. Union City, Pa. 



A full stock of sphagnum, sheet, and green 

 clump moss on hand all the year round. Prices 

 always reasonable. Write. 

 H. Kenney, 88 Eochester Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Wire bales, 30c each;- ton, $15.00; carload 

 In bulk, $60.00. Write. 

 Cleveland & Turner, City Point, Wis. 



Ten bales sphagnum, $7.00. 



Z. K. Jewett Co., Sparta, Wis. 



TOBACCO. 



THE FUMIGATING KIND TOBACCO POW- 

 DEB. The first on the market and the kind 

 that has so many imitators has our guarantee 

 tag of satisfaction or money back and "The 

 Moon Trade Mark" on every bag: $3.00 per 

 100 lbs. 



THE H. A. STOOTHOFF CO., 

 Makers and Sellers, Mt. Vernon, N. Y . 



THE BLACK STUFF FINE TOBACCO POW" 

 DER. Green flies and black ones, too, die on 

 sight of the bag. 'Tls fine as flour, and made 

 from the black, strong tobacco. For dusting on 

 foliage It has no equal. 



THE H. A. STOOTHOFF CO., 

 Makers and Sellers, Mt. Vern on, N. Y. 



TOBACCO DUST AND STEMS. Dust in bags, 

 140 lbs., $3.00; stems in bales, 350 to 400 lbs., 

 $2.00. Cash with order. Money back if you 

 say so. Samuel R. Levy, Binghamton, N. Y. 



Fresh tobacco stems, SOc per 100 lbs.; $10.00 

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



WIRE WORK. 



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

 Manufacturer of florists' designs only. Second 

 to none. Illustrated catalogues. 

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



Wire designs. Largest assortment In the 

 west. We can save you money and ship from 

 Denver. The Barteldes Seed Co., Denver, Colo. 



CO per cent less than manufacturing cost. 

 Our specialty — 100 assorted designs, $10.00. 

 H. Kenney, 88 Rochester Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work In the west. E. F. Wlnterson Co., 

 45, 47, 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



Florists' wire designs and hanging baskets. 

 Wyandotte Wire Works Co. 

 406 Ann Ave., Kansas City, Kan. 



Headquarters for wire work. Send for list. 

 Ball & Betz, 31 K. 3rd St., Cincinnati, O. 



William E. Hielscher's Wire Works. 



38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich. 



Full line of wire work. Write for list. 

 Holton & Hunkel Co.. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Best — Cheapest — Try a sample order. 

 Scranton Florist Supply Co., Scranton, Pa. 



Illustrated book, 250 designs free. 

 C. C. Poll worth Mfg. Co.. Milwaukee. Wis. 



Manufacturers of florists' designs. 

 Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd., Pittsburg, Pa. 



E. H. Hunt. 76 78 Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



The Review is the best ever. — Wm. 

 Murdoch, Port Huron, Mich. 



Allow me to say that the Eeview 

 is a very welcome guest and its coming 

 is always awaited with interest. I can- 

 not understand how anyone in the trade 

 can do business without it. To those 

 who are in doubt I would recommend, 

 "Try the Review." — A. D. Zimmerman, 

 Ottawa, Kan. 



SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



(Continued from page 13.) 



keep the foliage a good color and 

 strengthen the spikes. 



Primula obconica also makes a desir- 

 able Christmas plant. Some florists ob- 

 ject to it on account of the rather 

 poisonous properties of the leaves, but 

 there is no more persistent flowering win- 

 ter plant. ^ The Buttercup primrose, 

 boomed a year or two ago, seems to have 

 all but vanished and but little is seen 

 of the Baby primrose, P.- Forbesii, but 

 the newer P. Kewensis is a decided ac- 

 quisition, Avorth increased attention from 

 all florists. 



Marguerites. 



There is no special call for marguerites 

 while the mum season lasts. The single 

 chrysanthemums discount them, with 

 their varied colors and longer stems. At 

 Christmas there is a good call for both 

 white and yellow marguerites and for 

 flowering thus early it is better to grow 

 the plants in pots, carried-over plants 

 being better for this purpose than young 

 stock. As many of the mums are now 

 out of the way, it is possible to give the 

 marguerites a better position. They do 

 well if allowed to root through the pots 

 into the old chrysanthemum compost, 

 flowering much better treated thus than 

 if planted out. 



Succession batches will require potting 

 on and pinching, and nice spring plants 

 can still be had if cuttings are gotten 

 into the sand at once. Marguerites do 

 well under conditions which suit chrys- 

 anthemums. 



Cxotons and Dracaenas. 



Crotons and dracajnas will now stand 

 full sunshine and will be of a more bril- 

 liant coloring if any remaining shading 

 on the glass is removed. The weather 

 during the present fall has been so warm 

 that much fire heat has not been neces- 

 sary for them. Now, however, when chill 

 November's surly blasts are here, a 

 warm, genial temperature is a necessity, 

 it being better not to have the tempera- 

 ture below 60 degrees at night. One 

 good hosing on clear days should keep 

 the foliage clean. 



As fire heat will now be steadily used, 

 any additional propagation of these and 

 allied fine foliaged plants can be carried 

 on. All will root easily and quickly if 

 the sand is constantly warm and moist. 



Paper Whites and Romans. 



There is no special advantage in hav- 

 ing Paper White narcissus in flower be- 

 fore Thanksgiving, unless there seems 

 likely to be a shortage of other flowers. 

 This bulb can be forced into bloom 

 quickly. It is better grown moderately 

 cool, as the flowers then have more sub- 

 stance. 



Roman hyacinths, if given three weeks 

 in a night temperature of 58 to 60 de- 

 grees, will be in flower. Like the Paper 

 Whites, they are better if opened in a 

 lower temperature. 



It is still rather early to start any of 

 the Trumpet majors. We do not like to 

 house any of these before December 1. 

 If well started at that time it is possible 

 to get a picking for Christmas. 



Zonal Geraniums. 



Keep geranium cuttings on the dry 

 side. It is well to look them over twice 

 a week and pick out any that have 

 damped off and also remove any decay- 



ing leaves. A cool, dry, sunny house 

 is the ])laco for bedding geraniums. 



Any, being grown for winter blooming 

 should now be allowed to produce flow- 

 er trusses. They will be seasonable from 

 Thanksgiving to Christmas, Bright col- 

 ored sorts, nicely grown, are salable at 

 the latter holiday. Although many of the 

 singles are beautiful, the average florist 

 prefers the doubles of the Bruant type, 

 on account of their flowers not shaking 

 so easily. Such sorts as E. H. Trego, 

 Rieard, Nutt, John Doyle, Peter Hen- 

 derson and General Grant are all good, 

 old stand-bys, while of the army of 

 singles Jacquerie, Mrs. E. Rawson, Paul 

 Crampel, Furnessia and Telegraph are 

 good. A dry, airy house held at 50 to 

 52 degrees at night suits the winter 

 geraniums. 



Bulb Planting. 



Now is the time to push ahead with 

 the bulb planting. Be sure to loosen the 

 soil up well, and nothing in the way of 

 fertilizer is better than well rotted cow 

 manure. Spent hotbed compost is also 

 good for the same purpose. If the land 

 is clayey, some sharp sand can advan- 

 tageously be added, but this is not neces- 

 sary otherwise. While a trowel is best 

 to use for big bulbed narcissi, like Sir 

 Watkin and Emperor, the majority of 

 the bulbs of tulips, hyacinths and nar- 

 cissi are more easily and quickly planted 

 with a dibble. Avoid tramping on th« 

 beds as much as possible. Lay boards 

 for your feet rather than trample over 

 the recently loosened earth. This is es- 

 pecially necessary when the ground is 

 moist. 



Cypripedium Insigne. 



Insigne remains the most popular of 

 all cypripediums. Its blooms last in 

 fresh condition for three months and the 

 grower of it, if a market for his flowers 

 does not exist one day, can hold it a 

 week or two in water and market it as 

 fresh as ever. 



There is no doubt but that frame cul- 

 ture gives stockier and more free-flower- 

 ing plants than warmer culture. The 

 earliest plants are now starting to bloom, 

 but there is no rush to cut the flowers 

 needed, for these will be just as good 

 at Thanksgiving or Christmas as now. It 

 is doubtful if there is any other orchid 

 which pays more money per square foot 

 of bench space than this old cypripedium. 

 A moderate water supply is still needed, 

 for cypripediums should never be dried 

 off as cattleyas, lalias or dendrobiums 

 are. 



Erica Melanthera. 



Erica melanthera is unquestionably the 

 most valuable of the heaths, from a com- 

 mercial standpoint. The ease of propa- 

 gation and culture, and its free-flowering 

 habit, are sufficient to commend it to 

 all growers of pot plants. At Christmas 

 there is usually a good sale for this old 

 favorite. Plants to be well opened by 

 that time should now go into a cool 

 greenhouse, where no forcing will be at- 

 tempted, for the plants quickly resent it. 



When in full flower the ericas last for 

 many weeks fresh. Nicely bloomed stock 

 in 6-inch or 8-inch pots are always a 

 desirable acquisition to the not very- long 

 list of Christmas plants. By holding 

 them in a cold pit they may be retarded 

 as late as Easter. Dry conditions at the 

 root speedily ruin any of the ericaceous 

 plants and a careful watch should bo 

 made to prevent this. 



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