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The Florists^ Review 



131 



To Exchange — Anything on our advertised list 

 (or fleld-grown carnations. 



John Irvine A Sons. Bay City. Mich. 



WANTED. 



Wanted — 1-yr. Columbian raspberry plants this 

 fall. Give price. Box 673, Homer, N. Y. 



OAWNATIOW STAPLKS. 



Pillsbnry's carnation staples, 50c per 1000. 

 Postpaid. I. L. Plllsbury, Galesburg, 111. 



CUT Fi-owew Boxes. 



Folding cut flower and corrugated design boxes. 

 See our display adv. Write for price Hst. 

 The Sefton Mfg. Co., 1333 W. 35th St.. Chicago. 



Folding cut Bower boxes, the best made. Write 

 for list. Holton A Hnnkel Co.. Milwaukee, Wis. 



PgCOWATIve MATeWIAI.. 



Write for our special price on a special lot of 

 dagger ferns. 



Try our laurel festooning for your decorations, 

 •only 6c per yd.; 10 yds. free with first order. 



Crowl Fern Co., Mllllngton, Mass^^ 



FLOWKR OOLOWIWQS. 



THE NATURAL CYACKINE flower coloring, 

 yellow, bine, orange, pink, green or American 

 Beauty, 20c per qt. Sent to you by mall. 

 ■0. R. Cranston. 146 Orchard St. Auburn. R. I. 



QALAX. 



GREEN GALAX, new crop, $4.00 per case of 

 10,000; half case. $2.25. 



DAGGER FERNS. 75c per 1000. 



W. M. Woodrutr & Son, Lowgap, N. C. 



OOLP FISH. 



Gold fish, aquarium plants, snails, castles, 

 globes, aquariums, flsh food, nets, etc.. whole- 

 sale. Send for price lists. Large breeding pairs 

 for sale. Franklin Barrett. Breeder, 4815 D St., 

 Philadelphia. Pa. 



Gold fish, aquarium plants, castles, ftlobes and 

 «11 supplies. Send for wholesale catalogue. 



AUBDRNDALE GOLDFISH CO.. 

 920 Randolph St.. Tel. Haymarket 152. Chicago. 



PLANT STAKES. 



Japanese bamboo canes for chrysanthemums, 

 «tc. In bale lots only at low prices. 



4 to 5V, ft.. 4000 in a bale $12.00 bale 



3 ft.. 2000 In a baW 8.00 bale 



« ft., 2000 In a bale 9.00 bale 



7 ft., 1600 In a bale 10.00 bale 



Green dyed Japanese bamboo canes. 

 IM ft., 4000 in a bale $7.50 bale 



2 ft., 4000 in a bale 12.00 bale 



2% ft.. 4000 In a bale 14.00 bale 



3 ft., 2000 In a bale 9.00 bale 



4 ft.. 2500 In a bale 15.00 bale 



6 ft.. 2000 In a bale 12.00 bale 



R. J. Irwin. 3097 Broadway. New York. N. Y. 



2.^00 wire stakes. 1 yr. use. No. 10. 4-ft. gal- 

 vanized steel wire, 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000. 

 The lot for $12.00 cash. 

 Sohllder & Lefeber. Swarthmore. Pa. 



Cane stakes, seasoned, 7 to ft.. $4.00 1000 

 f. o. b. Bvansville. Cash. 

 Julius Niednagel. Evansvllle. Ind. 



POTS. 



The FLORISTS' MANDAL, by Wm. Scott, 

 'COTers the whole field of commercial floriculture. 

 Articles are arranged alphabetically so that 

 reference Is quick and easy. Price. $5.00, car- 

 riage oharges prepaid. Send In your order now. 

 Florists' Pub. Co.. Caxton Bldg.. Chicago. 



Standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are within 50 miles of the Capital, write us; we 

 can save you money. W. H. Ernest, 28th and M 

 Ota.. N. B., Washington, D. C. 



We make Standard Flower Pots. etc. 

 Write us when in need 

 Wilmer Cope & Bro.. 

 Lincoln University. Chester Co.. Pa. 



"NUF SED." Best red pots are made by 

 Geo. E. Feustel. Falrport. Iowa. 



PRIWTIWQ. 



SPECIAL — 500 each, bond letter beads, env. 

 and cards or bill h.. $4.65. A. J. Howe, 6716 



KInsmwn St., Cleveland. O. 



Florists* printing. Samples free. Prices and 

 work the hest. O. K. Fink. Pottstown. Pa. 



RAFFIA. 



Raffia. Red Star and 3 other grades. Bale 

 lots or less. Colored RaflBa, 20 colors. Write 

 for prices. 



Mtllutchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., New York. 



Raffia (colored) 20 beautiful shades. Samples 

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

 Or 244fl-24.'i4 Washhnme Ave.. Chicago. 



8PHAONUM MOSS. 



Sphagnum moss, 10 bbl. hales, hurlapped, $4.00 

 per bale: 5 bale lots, $3.75 each; 10 bale lots, 

 $3.60 each. 



S. S. Pennock-Meeban Co., 

 160820 Ludlow St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Sphagnum moss, clean stock; 12 bbl. hale, 

 $4.60. Gn-en moss. In hbls.. $1.00 per bbl. 

 James Day. Mllford. New llampshlre. 



Pest sphagnnm, $1.00 per bale: 10 bales, $8.00. 

 Owh. I.. Amnndson & Son. City Point. Wis. 



TOBACCO. 



Fre«b tobacco stems, in bales, 200 lbs.. $1.50; 

 »iO lbs., $3.60: 1000 lbs., $e..V): ton. $12.00. 

 ScharS Bros., Van Wert, Ohio. 



WIRE WORK. 



Florists' wire designs and hanging baskets. 



Wyandotte Wire Works Co., 



700-702 Ferry St., Kansas City, Kan. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

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

 166 North Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



Falls City Wire Works, G. F, Borntraeger. 

 Prop.. 451 S. Third St.. Louisville. Ky. 



William B. Hielscher's Wire Works. 

 38 and 40 Broadway. Detroit. Mich. 



Wm. H. Woerner, 620 N. 16th St.. Omaha. Neb. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



TIME BEQUIBED FOB LETTUCE. 



How long does it take to mature let- 

 tuce at this time of the year, and when 

 should the seed be planted to have a 

 crop for Thanksgiving, in this Iowa 

 climate? J. A. & S. 



In good weather, about ten weeks' 

 time is required from the planting of 

 the seed until the lettuce is ready to 

 market. Head lettuce requires about 

 two weeks' longer time. Later in the 

 fall, with more cloudy, cool weather, it 

 is Ijetter to figure on about twelve 

 weeks for leaf lettuce. H. G. 



FOBT SMITH TRUCK GBOWEBS. 



The truck and fruit growers in the 

 vicinity of Fort Smith, Ark., recently 

 held a meeting in the courthouse of 

 that city and took the first steps toward 

 organizing a society, which will be 

 known as the Fort Smith Truck and 

 Fruit Growers' Association and will be 

 afSliated with the Ozark Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association. A constitution and 

 by-laws were adopted. 



Senator P. A. Bodgers, manager of 

 the Ozark association, addressed the 

 meeting, stating, among other things, 

 that Koy Campbell, manager of the 

 Southwest Texas Truck Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, had saved his members more 

 than his salary of $7,000 on the pur- 

 chase of onion seed alone. Permanent 

 ofiScers for the new society were to 

 be elected at its next meeting. 



CELEBY BUNNINQ TO SEED. 



As I see by The Review that you an- 

 swer questions when anyone is in trouble, 

 I come to you with mine. I have grown 

 celery plants for the last twenty years 

 and have not had any complaint about 

 them before. The plants are all right 

 in the bed to which they are transplant- 

 ed from seed boxes, but when taken up 

 and re-transplanted into the field or 

 garden they all run to seed. Can you 

 tell me what causes thisf I sow the 

 seeds the first week in March and then 

 about a week apart thereafter. I al- 

 ways have started about that time. 

 That does not seem to be the reason for 

 the trouble, for some plants from later 

 sown seed act the same way. The va- 

 riety is White Plume. This has been a 

 changeable season in this part of Con- 

 necticut. ■ Has that anything to do with 

 it? It was cold and rainy at first, with 

 lots of frost, and then dry and hot. I 

 have heard all kinds of opinions. Some 

 say I sowed too early, but both early 

 and late are the same. Some say it 

 was old seed, but we have bought seed 

 at the sames place for years and always 

 found it good. Some say to cut both 

 top and root when resetting. 



I shall ' be glad if you can tell me 



Hotbed Sash, Too 



GRE^INHOUSES 



LIGHT 

 STRONG 

 LASTING 



The three prime qualities. 



Iron Frame 



Sfiiini-lron Frame 



Private Conservatories 



All well designed and of the 



Best Material 



Don't fail to get that kind. 

 Write for Bulletins and Question Blank. 



King Construction Co. 



HMd Offic* and Worics 

 NORTH TONAWANDA. N. Y. 



Eastern Salas Offices 

 1181 Broadway, New York 



BOSTON OFFICE: Wiithra* BM|., 7 Water St. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



what causes it, and if it is any fault of 

 mine I would gladly refund all I have 

 taken in. There has never been any 

 fault found with my plants before and I 

 have taken great pains with them. Can 

 you state the cause and a remedy? 



H.B. 



Your case is by no means exceptional. 

 A great many growers in your section 

 of the country are having the same 

 trouble with celery this season. The 

 seed is not at fault and your time in 

 starting was all right. The whole 

 trouble has been in the exceptional sea- 

 son, cool with frequent rains until early 

 June, then practically rainless with ex- 

 cessive heat for many consecutive days, 

 followed by cooler and moister weather. 



Celery kept in beds, transplanted for 

 a considerable period and probably pret- 

 ty dry at the root for a large part of 

 that time, is liable to get into a hard 

 condition, which will cause bolting to 

 seed when it once gets really wet at 

 the roots. If the plants get moderately 

 large it is always good policy to cut 

 back the leaves well. With some plants 

 it is well to shorten the roots also, but 

 not with celery. I find it starts much 

 better with the leaves cut back fairly 

 hard. You should not be held in any 

 way responsible for the plants running 

 to seed. The only way to have avoided 

 the trouble would have been to keep 

 the plants damp at the root all the time, 

 something difficult of accomplishment 

 when for weeks no rain falls, C. W. 



The Mum Manual, by Elmer D. Smithy 

 for 40 cents sent to The Review. 



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