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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JUNB 30, 1910. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Sphagnum moss, clean, in standard size bales, 

 freshly packed In burlap, 70c per bale; 10 

 bales, $6.00. Larger lots at lower prices. 

 Frank Hancock, City Point, Wis. 



128 square feet of well packed sphagnum moss 

 for $8.00; 1 bale, $1.00. 

 Brown & Robart, Weymouth, N . J. 



Sphagnum moss, best quality, 75c per bale; 

 10 bales, $6.00. Cash with order. 

 L. Amundson & Son, C ity Point, Wis. 



Ten bales sphagnum moss, $7.00. 



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



TIN FOIL. 



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

 Wm. Schlatter & Son, Springfield, Mass. 



TOBACCO. 



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. 



WIRE WORK. 



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

 Manufacturer of florists' designs only. Second 

 to none. Illustrated catalogues. 

 520 N. 16th St., O maha, Neb. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

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

 45, 47, 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



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. 



WINTER BLOOMING STOCKS. 



We intend growing some winter- 

 flowering stocks to cut from about the 

 first part of November and later. We 

 intend planting them on a south bench 

 three feet wide. The height from top 

 of bench to plate being four feet of 

 glass, the bench is slightly shaded by 

 the next house. Would this be a suit- 

 able position for stocks? We would 

 like some information as to varieties 

 and culture. Could stevias be grown 

 on the same bench? The temperature 

 in winter in this house is about 50 to 55 

 degrees. J, S. & S. 



The house should answer quite well 

 for the stocks, but of course freedom 

 from shade would have been better. 

 The height to the plate allows ample 

 headroom. Suitable indoor varieties to 

 grow are: Beauty of Nice, delicate flesh 

 pink, a lovely and popular sort; White 

 Column, Crimson Column — these do not 

 branch and can be planted close; they 

 carry one strong spike of double flow- 

 ers; Boston Florists' White, a fine va- 

 riety; Empress Augusta Victoria, sil- 

 very lilac; Eose of Nice, carmine rose. 



Sow the seed for the earliest batch 

 about August 1. Pot them off singly, 

 as they do not transplant so well from 

 flats. Any good soil which will grow 

 mums, violets or carnations will grow 

 stocks. Allow the plants 12x10 inches 

 apart, except the Column varieties, 

 which can go 10x8. Pull out the singles 

 as they appear. A temperature of 46 

 to 50 degrees is ample for stocks; 55 

 degrees at night is too warm. They 

 will not stand coddling and must have 

 plenty of sun and pure air. 



Stevia could be grown on the same 

 bench with the stocks. A colder house, 

 40 to 45 degrees at night, would, how- 

 ever, prolong its season. For a Christ- 

 mas crop, however, the other tempera- 

 ture would be all right. C. W, 



Delay an. Wis. — D. S. Nelson has 

 completed a model greenhouse for D. E. 

 Cannon, at his residence on Terrace 

 street. 



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GREENHOUSE WORK 



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HEAT FOE BEDDING PLANTS. 



I am planning to build a greenhouse, 

 20x62 feet, and ten feet to the ridge, 

 with 4-foot walls of concrete. I should 

 like to know whether five 2-inch pipes 

 would heat it in zero weather, for bed- 

 ding plants. The house will run north 

 and south. I am located in the southern 

 part of New York state. H. F. B. 



The class of bedding plants to be 

 grown is not stated, but it is probable 

 that a temperature of 50 degrees or 

 more is desired. To maintain that tem- 

 perature in zero weather will require at 

 least 400 square feet of radiating sur- 

 face, or six and one-half feet for each 

 foot in length of the house. This would 

 require at least ten 2-inch pipes, of 

 which three or four could be flows and 

 the others returns. A better way would 

 be to use two or three 2 1^ -inch flow 

 pipes and eight or seven 2-inch returns. 



DAVIS INVENTS A VALVE. 



Aurora Grower Meets His Need. 



At the greenhouses of W. B. Davis 

 & Co., Aurora, 111., there are in use over 

 100 valves of a style invented by Mr. 

 Davis, made from his patterns and for 

 which he has just been granted a 

 patent by the United States govern- 

 ment. It is both a globe and a check 

 valve in one. 



A large majority of the improve- 

 ments in greenhouse construction and 

 equipment have come about through 

 the efifort of some greenhouse owner to 

 find or make an article to fill a need. 

 Many a man in the business has be- 

 come the master of several crafts 

 through the part they play in the busi- 

 ness of plant growing, and such is the 

 case with Mr. Davis, whose firm has 

 100,000 feet of glass at Aurora. He 

 is an expert steamfitter, and has worked 

 out for himself a number of problems 

 that could be solved only by one fa- 

 miliar with both ends of the business. 

 His valve is shown in the accompanying 

 drawing. Mr. Davis describes it as 

 follows: 



TUBULAR 

 BOILERS 



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 Boiler for Greenhouse Heatins. 



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