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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Dbcbmbbr 9, 1909. 



FANCY FERN ''it^ FANCY FERN 



Per IOOO9 $1.50« Special price on targe lots. 



Green and Bronze Galax $1.25 per 1000; $7.50 per 10,000 



Leucotlioe Sprays, green and bronze, $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1000 



Spiiagnum Moss per bale, $1.25; 6 balee, $7.00; ^ztra fine. 



Boxwood per lb., 20c; 50 lbs., $8.50 



Full line Cut Flowers at all times. 



Mlchlian Cut Flower Exchange, 384o ereadwar, Detroit, Mich. 



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FFRNS! FERNS! """^.S^c. 



■ Limi^^^* ■ I-IVI^CV* Quality Buaranteed. 



Fancy or DasKer Ferna $1.00 per 1000; S8 60 per case of 6000 



Green or Bronze Galax 50 " 4.50 " 10,000 



Green Leuoothoe Sprays, large I2.M per 1000 



" 12 to 16 Inch 1.26 



Bronze " " 3.00 



HoUy, very fine, $3.00 per case, 2x2x4. 



THE MOUNTAIN PERN CO. » BUTLER, TENN. 



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BARTON XMAS TREE HOLDER 



Simple, Practical, Inexpensive. 



Simply drive a nail into the 

 bottom of tree and weight 

 brings legs of bolder againtt 

 tree as clamps. Hundreds 

 sold last year to Florists sell- 

 ing trees. 



Omly $1.60 per dozen. 

 Minu BARTON MFG. CO. 

 Ivyland, Fa. 

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HOV CEMENT IS MADE. 



Portland cement — it gets its name 

 from its resemblance to the color of 

 Portland stone — is now so largely used 

 about greenhouse establishments that 

 florists in general may be interested in 

 the manufacture of the article. The 

 Atlas Portland Cement Co., the largest 

 firm in its line, has issued a book on 

 cement and its uses, from which the fol- 

 lowing paragraphs are taken: 



"Portland cement is manufactured 

 from a mixture of two materials, one 

 of them a rock like limestone, or a softer 

 material like chalk, which is nearly pure 

 lime, and another material like shale^ 

 which is a hardened clay or else clay 

 itself. In other words, there must be 

 one material which is largely lime and 

 another material which is largely clay, 

 and these two must be mixed in exact 

 proportions, determined by chemical tests, 

 the proportions of the two being changed 

 every few hours, if necessary, to allow 

 for the variation in the chemical com- 

 position of the materials. 



"Portland cement, then, is made by 

 quarrying each of these two materials, 

 crushing them separately, mixing them 

 in the exact proportions, and grinding 

 them to a very fine powder. This powder 

 is fed into long rotary kilns, which are 

 iron tubes about five or six feet in 

 diameter, lined with fire brick and over 

 100 feet long. Powdered coal is also 

 fed into the kilns with the ground rock 

 and burned at a temperature of about 

 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature 

 higher than that needed to melt iron to 

 a liquid, and there is formed what is 

 called cement clinker, a kind of dark, 

 porous stone which looks like lava. 



"After leaving the kiln, the clinker 

 is cooled, crushed and ground again to a 

 still finer powder, so fine, in fact, that 

 most of the particles are less than 1/200 

 of an inch in size, and this grinding 

 brings it back to a light gray color. 



"It is now placed in storage tanks or 

 stock houses, where it remains for a 

 while to season before it is put into bags 



GEO. M. AUTREY & SON 



' want your orders for • 



Galax Leaves and 

 Leucothoe Sprays 



We always carry in stock a large amount 

 of these evergreens. Write us for prices. 



HARVARD, N. C. 



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Perns, Pines, 

 Palms, HoUy 



Southern Wild Smilax 



Louisville Fforal Co., Louisville, Ala. 



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or barrels and shipped. The barrels 

 weigh 400 pounds gross, or 376 pounds 

 net. When shipped in bags, the weight 

 is ninety-four pounds per bag, four bags 

 being equal to one barrel. 



"Portland cement must be stored In 

 a dry place, that is, in a barn or shed, 

 for dampness is the only element which 

 will injure its quality. The cement will 

 become lumpy and even form a solid 

 mass when kept in a damp place, and 

 when in this condition it should not be 

 used. All lumps which do not crumble 

 at the lightest blow should be thrown out. 



' ' Cement stored in a building must 

 not be placed on the bare ground. Make 

 a platform which is at least six inches 

 above the ground, and store the cement 

 on this platform. If the building has a 

 concrete floor it is advisable to cover the 

 floor with planking, upon which to place 

 the cement. 



"Concrete is composed of a certain 

 amount or proportion of cement, a larger 

 amount of sand, and a still larger 

 amount of stone. The fixing of the quan- 

 tities of each of these materials is caUed 

 proportioning. The proportions for a 

 mix of concrete given — for inttgnce, one 

 part of cement to two parts of sand to 



Western Florist 



SjMPply House 



Save freight and expreasage by 

 buying near home. 



Chrisfmas fireeos 



Holly, Wreaths, Roping, Etc. 



Write for onr new price list. 



A large stock now ready for 



prompt delivery. 



THE OARTELDES SEED CO. 



DENVER, COLO. 



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HOLLY-HOLLY 



Wreaths and LAurel Roping. 



Have in my swamp choice Holly, which wili 

 sell at <2 40 per case: large lots, reduced prices- 

 Holly Wreatbs, S8 00 per 100. 

 Laurel Roplns, 2^c per yard. 

 Cash with order. 



JACOB SCHLOSSER, Delmar, Del. 



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four parts of stone or gravel — are writ- 

 ten 1:2:4, and this means that one cubic 

 foot of packed cement is to be inixe(! 

 with two cubic feet of sand and with 

 four cubic feet of loose stone. 



"If, when placing concrete with the 

 proportions specified, a wall shows many 

 voids or pockets of stone, use a littl*? 

 more sand, and a little less stone than 

 (felled for. If, on the other hand, when 

 placing, a lot of mortar rises to the top, 

 use less sand and more stone in the next 

 batch. ' ' 



Wk have had a nice trade this seasoo 

 on pansies; the Eevhw did it. — J. H- 

 Keone, Jr., Fort Smith, Ark. 



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