May 25, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



85 



Spbagniitn moss, best quality, 75c per bale; 

 10 bales, $6.00. Cash with order. 



L. AminundBon & Son, City Point, Wis. 



10 40-lb. bales packing moss, best quality, 40c 

 bale. Casli. B. R. Mitchell, Mather, Wis. 



Ten bales sphagnum moss, $7.00. 



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



SPRINKLERS. 



Ask your nursery or seedsman for the "Green- 

 house Showermaker." Jos. Kopcsay. S. Bend, Ind. 



SUNDRIES. "" 



Send for my Illustrated price list. Prompt 

 and special attention paid to shipping orders. 



G. H. RICHARDS, 

 2.^4 Borough High St.. London. S. E.. England. 



TIN FOIL. 



Tin foil, 10 lbs., 10c per lb.; 100 lbs., $9.00. 

 Wm. Schlatter & Son, Springfield, Mass. 



TOBACCO. ~ 



NICOTINE. 

 Nicotine fumigating compound for vaporizing 

 and nicotine liquid insecticide for syringing and 

 spraying. 



XL ALL XL ALL XL ALL XL ALL 

 as used by every gardener in Great Britain. 

 Send for price list. Trade houses only supplied. 



G. H. RICHARDS, 

 234 Borough High St., London, S. E., England. 



Strong tobacco dust, 2c per lb. In cases of 

 about 3Ck> lbs. Fresh stems. In bales of about 300 

 lbs.. $2.00. Cash with order. Money back If you 

 say so. S. R. Levy, BInghamton, N. Y. 



Fresh tobacco stems. In bales, 200 lbs., $1.50; 

 500 lbs., $3.50; 1000 lbs., $6.50; ton, $12.00. 

 Scharff Bros.. Van Wert. Ohio. 



\A/IRE WORK. 



If you want the best and cheapest wire de- 

 signs send your orders to 

 Frank W. Ball, 31 E. 3rd St., Cincinnati, O. 



Florists' wire designs and hanging baskets. 



Wyandotte Wire Works Co., 



700 Ferry St., Kansas City, Kan. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

 in the west. E. F. Wlnterson Co., 



166 North Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



FALLS CITY WIRE WORKS, 

 451 S. Third St., Louisville, Ky. 



William E. HIelscher's Wire Works, 



38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich. 



Illustrated book, 250 designs free. 



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



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



Wm. H. Woerner, 520 N. 16th St., Omaha, Neb. 



Terre Haute, Ind.— The florists of 

 Terre Haute and vicinity have organized 

 a Florists' Club and intend to make it 

 one of the most active organizations 

 of its kind in the country. 



Denver, Colo. — The City Floral Co. 

 is building a greenhouse, with brick 

 foundations, on Fourteenth street, be- 

 tween Kearney and Krameria streets. 

 The cost will be about $1,500. 



Fitchburg, Mass. — George R. Wallace 

 is building conservatories on his prop- 

 erty on View street. The buildings 

 will consist of a headhouse and two 

 adjoining greenhouses, each 35x75. 



Des Moines, la. — The Iowa Seed Co. 

 is running three wagons from green- 

 house to store and on city deliveries 

 and has just purchased a covered auto 

 delivery wagon. It is the first delivery 

 wagon of this nature put in by any 

 firm in Des Moines in any line of busi- 

 ness and attracts much attention on 

 the streets. 



Greeley, Colo. — John T. Leavy, the 

 West Main street florist, recently cele- 

 brated his eightieth birthday. He is 

 vice-president of the Society of Union 

 Colony Pioneers, the organization which 

 founded this city forty years ago. The 

 members of this society were the chief 

 participants in Mr, Leavy 's birthday 

 celebration. He is an Irishman by 

 birth, a graduate of the University 

 of Dublin, and a good speaker and 

 writer. 



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