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NOVDMBEB 30, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



79 



■THE IDEAL> 



CHRISTMAS GIFT 



The Florists' Manual 



A Business Book for Business Men 



SECOND EDITION 

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mented upon to a satisfactory extent, 

 and the process of utilizing this meth- 

 od of culture is no longer an experi- 

 ment, but a practical step forward in 

 this line of work. We must give the 

 credit of these first experiments to the 

 English; that is, to the gardeners of 

 Essex, at the Highfield Nurseries. The 

 first practical work in this line will be 

 demonstrated when 200 feet of green- 

 houses will be treated in this manner. 

 It has been found, under previous ex- 

 periments with fruits and vegetables, 

 that electrically stimulated plants will 

 bear from twenty to thirty per cent 

 more fruit. The current has the effect of 

 increasing the influence of nitrogen in 

 the air on the plants, as we know that 

 nitrogen is a valuable stimulant to 

 plant life. Although peas and cabbages 

 are not affected by this method, it has 

 a powerful effect on strawberries, which 

 grow to perfection about a month 

 sooner than normally, and bear about 

 forty per cent more fruit. Many other 

 plants benefit to an almost equal de- 

 gree. Tomatoes do twenty per cent bet- 

 ter and cucumbers seventeen per cent, 

 better. A discharge of 600,000 volts of 

 static electricity is given out over the 

 benches. The amount of current is 

 generated by an ingenious machine con- 

 sisting of six revolving plates of glass 

 acted on by brushes. The contrivance 

 is so simple that the running expenses 

 are small. This method will be found 

 advantageous to our American broth- 

 ers, when Easter and Thanksgiving 

 take a notion to come a little earlier. 

 So it will be seen that we are another 

 valuable step ahead in the world of. 

 successful horticulture. 



Geo. G. Willius. 



ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS SX?>^*' 



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100 1000 



Rose-pink Enchantress $2.00 $18.00 



Enchantress 180 17.00 



W. Knchantress 2.00 18.00 



Beacon 1.80 17 00 



Harlowarden 1.70 16.00 



1000 



victory $1.80 $17.00 



Winona 1.70 16.00 



"W. Perfection 2.60 20.00 



• ». P Bassett 2.60 20.00 



Wkisor 2.00 18.00 



All heel cattlnirs and well rooted. Place rour order NOW. 



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HOLD THE HTDBANGEAS BACK. 



I have a nice batch of hydrangea 

 plants that were taken from good, 

 healthy stock in August. They are in 

 4-inch pots and each one has a bud 

 about the size of a 25-cent piece. I 

 have them in a frame at about 50 de- 

 grees. Would it be all right to put 

 them into 6-inch pots and bring them 

 right along, or would you advise keep- 

 ing them back? Any information on 

 this subject would be most welcome. 



F. C. 



You are keeping your hydrangeas too 

 warm. Let them have a cooler, but 

 sunny location, where they are just 

 clear of freezing. Also keep them mod: 

 erately dry at the roots until they are 

 started in heat again. It will be much 

 better to give these plants a couple of 

 months' rest before starting them. If 

 they are well-rooted in 4-inch pots, you' 

 could move them into 5-inch when 

 housing them, but it would be just as 

 well to let them get a little growth and 

 then repot them. If you want these 

 hydrangeas around Memorial day, you 

 need not place them in heat before 

 March 1; if for Easter, house them 

 right after Christmas. It will pay bet- 

 ter, however, to flower them rather late. 



Kentla Belmoreana Each Doz. 



fi-ln. pots. 22to26-in. high $1.60 $17.00 



6-1 1. pots. 56 to 30 in. high 2.00 23.00 



7.1n. pots. 32 to36-ln.h1irli 3.00 :».0O 



8-ln. pots. 38 to 44-ln. high 6.00 



9-ln. pots, 46 to 62-ln. high 7.60 



Phoenix Roebelenii 



5 in. pots 1.00 11.00 



6 In pots 1.75 20 OO 



Araucaria Excelsa 



6-ln.pots, 14tol6-ln. high 1.26 14.00 



em. pots, 16 to 181n. hl»h 1.60 17.00 



8-ln.pot8 3.00 



Aspidistra 



7-ln. pots 1.60 



Asparasns Plamosns Nanus 



3-ln. pots per diz., $1.00; per 100, $8.00 



Ferns, £le«:antis8i-ma Improved 

 4-lD. pots. . . .racb, 26c: per doz.. $2 50; per 100. $20.00 



8-ln. p ns each. $l.0O and 1.60 



Cyperns 



6-ln. pots each, 60c; per do«.. $6 00 



Anthericnm Vittatnm VarieEatnm 



6-ln. pots each, 30 •; per doz., $3.00 



This makes a better plant In a 6-in. pot than a 

 Pandanne Veltcbll; flne for flilinif Xma* baskets. 

 Cyclamen Oieantenm. in bloom 



4-ln, pots each. 30c: rer doz.. $3,0$ 



6-ln. pots each, eOc; per dor., 7.00 



Poinsettias Each Doz. 



6-ln. pots. 1 plant In pot t0.40 $4 60 



6-in. pots, 1 plant In pot 60 7.00 



7-ln. pans, 4 plants in pan 1.00 



8-ln. pans, 4 plants In pan 1.60 



Cash, please. 



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