November 19, 1908. 



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The Weekly Horists* Review. 



69 



Florists' wire designs and hanging baskets. 



Wyandotte Wire Works Co., 



406 Ann Ave., Kansas City, Kan. 



FuU line of wire work. Write for list. 

 ,..v i w^*°° & Hunkel Co., ^llwai\kee. Wis. 

 • ii- Wwiniam B. Hftiscfter's Wit* Works. 

 38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich. '' 



Best — Cheapest-^Try a sample order. 



Scran ton FloHBt Supply Co., Scranton, Pa. 



Illustrated book, 250 designs free. 

 C. C. Pollworth Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Manufacturers of florists' designs. 

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



E. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Aye., Chicago. 



USE OF NICOTINE. 



The article in the Eeview of October 

 29, in reference to the use of extracts of 

 tobacco, was quite clear, but I would 

 like to ask when is the best time to 

 spray? It is stated it should be done 

 when the thrips are feeding. How often 

 should it be done? I. A. P. 



On cloudy days and evenings are suit- 

 able times to apply nicotine extracts. 

 There is more danger of injury by burn- 

 ing if spraying is done while the sun- 

 shine falls on the plants. So much de- 

 pends on the varieties of plants which 

 need spraying, that it is difficult to ad- 

 vise you how often to apply the nicotine. 

 If you have a bad dose of thrips, give 

 sprayings on alternate days for a week. 

 After that once in a week or ten days 

 will keep the thrips and aphis in hand. 



C. W. 



ANOTHER BULB GROWER'S VIEW. 



Now that Mr. Beid has had his final 

 say, may I have one? He has moderated 

 his tone, but I trust the trade will con- 

 ceive he is going beyond reason when he 

 talks of "eliminating" the southern 

 grown bulb flowers. There are plenty 

 who are pleased to handle them and do 

 not wish them eliminated. Such a thing 

 will not occur. On the contrary, it 

 would be an easy matter for us to com- 

 bine as the Bhinebeck people have done, 

 and market our own stock, although it 

 will not come to that. As an onlooker 

 in this controversy, I thank you for the 

 advertisement you have given the south- 

 ern bulb stock. I have no doubt it will 

 bring us many direct orders. 



In conclusion, as to demoralizing the 

 market, I fear it is often in this state. 

 What is doing it now? And what did it 

 last May? At that time we were not 

 demoralizing it, and yet we bought the 

 best carnations we ever saw at $X0 per 

 thousand at Philadelphia. They were 

 worth about half this at New York. 



As to our flowers being a side issue, 

 this is wrong. By selUng the blooms we 

 can afford to and do sell our bulbs at 

 fifty per cent below the cost of imported 

 stock. If our shipments get in the way 

 of florists who force bulbs, they are 

 very slow, because we do not ship until 

 March, which leaves them January and 

 February. We force one house and we 

 fire sufficiently to clear it by February 

 20. I think this should explain away 

 the gentleman's objection. 



W. 0. D'Alcorn. 



NOT A QUESTION OF ETHICS. 



In regard to Mr. Eeid's and Mr. 

 Guille's bulb discussion, I do not see 

 that the right of one or the other to do 

 or not to do has much bearing on the 

 question, for that question is not an 

 ethical proposition, but a business prop- 

 osition, and will settle itself, as all other 

 such questions settle themselves, on a 

 basis of profit and loss. Ethics nave no 



standing or show when they come in con- 

 tact with the mighty dollar; not even 

 our sacred law stands much of a chance 

 nowadays. Why sh^jlild ethics in busi- 

 ness be an exception? i.' ji ;. 



If the bulb grower" fn Virginia finds 

 it profitable to grow outdoor cut flow- 

 ers from his bulbs and ship them north, 

 he has the inalienable right to do so, 

 even if every producer in the north of 

 glass-grown forced cut flowers or bulbs 

 has to go out of business in that line. 

 It will not come to that, of course, but 

 if it did those northern growers would 

 disappear from the markets as bulb-con- 

 sumers. Then the question would revert 

 to the grower of bulbs: is there profit 

 enough in his cut flower sales to make up 

 for the loss of sales on bulbs from the 

 men he has forced out of that line? If 

 there is, you will find him selling all the 

 cut flowers he can produce, or find a 

 market for, in spite of any business 

 ethics. If there is not, the gentlemen 

 Mdll quit it of their own volition. They 

 will soon find out that they can't eat 

 their cake and have it, too. 



J. J. NUSSBAUMEK. 



Waco, Tex. — At a meeting of florists, 

 held at the Business Men's Club rooms 

 October 26, it was determined to have 

 a flower show here sometime in Novem- 

 ber, the action being taken independently 

 of the Waco Floral Society, the officers 

 and directors of which had decided to 

 eliminate the annual exhibit this year. 

 The date for the show has not yet been 

 named. 



AsparaBrus Plumosus, 2-ia., floe stock, t2.60 

 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 



Aapararus Plumosus, 3-in., S6.00 per 100. 



Aaporasua Sprenareii, 2 in., S2 50 per 100. 



ABparaguB Sprenserl, 3 in.. 15.00 per 100. 



▲aparasrus Plumoaus Seed, our own grow- 

 ing. Orders booked for delivery soon as ready. 



I. N. KRAMER A SON 



CKDAR RAPIDS, . : , IOWA 



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CYCLAMEN 



Extra fine and well grown stock in assorted 

 colors, 3-ln., 8c; 4in., 1.5c; 6-in., 36c and up. 

 Speeimens in bloom for Xmas, $1.C0 each. 



ABparaeus Sprenserl— 2, 3 and 4-iD., at2c, 

 tyn ftncl Sc 



Stock plants of Mums, $4.00 per 100. 



ADVANCE FLORAL CO., Dayton, Ohio 



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LOOK AT THISI 



Aaparaena Sprenfcert, 3-in., strong and bushy, 

 $2.00 per 100. 300 for $5.00; 4-in., $4.00 per 100, 300 

 for $10.00. This ad ^ill appear once more. 

 WhittOB * Sons, City and Green Sti., Utica, N.T. 



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Geo* Ae Kuhlf fk^in, u1[ 



HOLIDAY PLANTS 



PRIMROSES 2>fl-in. 



Chinese $5.00 



Obeonlea 5.00 



Furbesli 5.00 



3-ln.- 



$8.00' 

 8.00 

 8.00 



Mn. Sife&in. 



$i2.5tf • ' 

 12.60 

 12.60 



BEGONIAS 



GlolredftLorralae.. 40.00 $75.00 



Bex 6.00 10.00 25.00 



Assorted 5.00 8.00 15.00 



Cfberarias 5.00 8.00 



Poinsettias 6.00 10.00 50.00 



Celestial Peppers ... 8.00 12.50 



Ardisias, well berried each, ^. $1.25 



Arancarlas, 4 and 5 tiers ' $100 to 1.25 



Fleas, 5-in .. -5010 .60 



Flens Pandnrata, large 2.00 to 2.60 



Cycas BeTOlnia, 8 to 12 leaves 12^c per leal 



Cocos Weddelllana 2i2-in., 25c; 3-in.. 40c each 



Crotons, 5-in 75c to $1.00 each 



Asaleas 75c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 each 



Pandanns Yeltcliil $1 00, $1.26 and $1.50 each 



Extra Special for Cash only 



Per 100 



200 4-in. Gloire de Lorraine $32.50 



2006-iD. 66.00 



J0002»«-ln. Wliitmaai 7.60 



1000 2Vin. Amerpohlii 7.50 



Specials in Fine Ferns in 6, 7 and 8-in. pots, 

 for the holidays. 

 1000 Cinerarias, out of l^a-in.'pots, just ready for 

 a shift, at $2. 00 per 100. 



20% DISCOUNT 



On all Cash Sales for November 



ON THK rOLLOWING STOCK: 



Boston, Scottii, Whitman!, Amerpohlll, Pier- 

 Boni. Elegantissima. Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 

 and Sprengeri, Ferns. Palms, Rubbers and Deco- 

 rative Stock, Begonia Gloire de Lorraine and 

 Bedding Stock, etc., etc. 



Bend tor Price Ust Today 



We can save you money Satisfaction guaranteed 



D. U. AUGSPURGER & SONS 



Box 778 PEORIA, IlL 



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100,000 VIIRIE6ATED VINCA 



Rooted cuttings to offer the coming season; $1.26 

 per 100; $10.00 per 1000, express prepaid. Let me 

 book your order for future delivery. Smilaz 

 2-in., very strong. $1.26 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. 



C. HUHFELD, Clay Center, Kansas. 



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Anton Schultheis 



College Point, L. I. 



Headquarters for 



Decorative g Flowerins Plants 



90 Houses. Everything for the florists. Write, 

 telegraph, telephone. Tel. No. 1682 Col. Pt. 



WBITE FOB CATALOOCK AND PBICK LIST 



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Fern Runners 



Boston at $2.00 per 100 



▲merpohlll at 4.00 per 100 



R. R. Davis & Co. 



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ORCHIDS 



Latest arrivals, in fine condition: C. Anrea, 

 C. Dowiana, Oncidium Crispura. O. Forbesii, O. 

 Marshallianum, Trichopllla Suavis. 



To arrive shortly; C. Lawrenceana. This will 

 be the first consignment of this beautiful Cattleya 

 ever imported into this country. 



Orchid Peat and Sphagnum Moss a specialty. 



CARKILLO & BALDWIN. - Sccaucut. N. J. 



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