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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



FXBSUABT 1, 1012. 



This Engine Gives a Spray Liice This 



when pumping directly into two lines of %-inch hose, and it 

 only requires a 2-horsepower engine to do it. This size Is 

 capable of delivering from 800 to 1000 gallons of water or 

 liquid fertilizer per hour against any pressure up to 90 pounds 

 per square inch. This Is equal to the pressure from a tank 

 •200 feet high. 



STANDARD PUMPING ENGINES 



were developed with the particular needs of florists and gar- 

 deners in mind, fheir main claim on your attention is their 

 economy and absolute ylla b i l lty. Send us your name 

 and address for free Catalogue No. 10. 



The Standard Pump & Engine Co., u Michigan st., Cleveland, o 



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IN CENTBAIi IIJ.INOIS. 



Business has shown a decided im- 

 provement since the advent of normal 

 January weather throughout this sec- 

 tion. There seems to be a general 

 shortage of roses and carnations, but 

 a look at the carnation benches in the 

 various establishments shows that a 

 few days of sunshine will have the 

 effect of bringing them out in abun- 

 dance. It is surprising to see the stock 

 in such admirable condition when one 

 takes into consideration the fact that 

 for several weeks the ventilators were 

 clamped down to the ridge. 



The rose situation is not so promis- 

 ing, and for some little time to come 

 "the great central market" will be 

 called on, in a marked degree, to take 

 care of our wants along this line. _ 



C. H. . Fallstrom, proprietor of the 

 Dixon Flower Shop, Dixon, HI., reports 

 business good. 



A visit to the Sterling Floral Co., 

 Sterling, found Mr. Lundstrom de- 

 cidedly busy with funeral work. A 

 look ^ver the stock in the greenhouses 

 found everything in first-class condi- 

 tion, and it was hard to realize that 

 this place was visited by a disastrous 

 hail storm November 11, last year. 



R. A. Simmen, of ia Salle, states 

 that business is all that could be ex- 



f>ected. He is evidently a firm be- 

 iever that nothing pays so well as an 

 attractive display of seasonable stock 

 in his spacious store window. 



Carl Erickson, of Princeton, has 

 found it necessary to enlarge his plant 

 by the addition of another good-sized 

 greenhouse, which he will erect as soon 

 as conditions are favorable. Business 

 has been good with him. 



A. G. Liarson, of Galva, states that 

 business was exceptionally good with 

 him all through the month of January. 

 If only half the florists that flow 

 contemplate going attend the annual 

 meeting of the Dlinois State Florists' 

 Association at Joliet March 5, it will 

 be the biggest and best convention in 

 the history of the society. 



Kring Bros., of Fairbury, are just 

 coming into a record-breaking crop of 

 carnations, and the quality of their 

 stock is all that could be desired. They 

 believe in the theory that to get the 

 best results out of any variety it pays 

 to occasionally change th*e stock by 

 purchasing stock raised in different 

 soil from their own. A. E. L. 



La Salle, 111. — Mrs. Robert A. Sim- 

 men, wife of the First street florist, has 

 gone to New ^York city, in company 

 with their little son and George F. Sim- 

 men. They will spend about two 

 months in the east. 



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Formerly Took a Day — Now Takes 



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Hour 



— to water all my greenhouaes," writes Mr. Blake, 

 of Columbus, Kansas. 



The Skinner System of Irrigation (either outdoors 

 or indoors) will do the work of ten men with hose— 

 and do it better. 



The spray from the special nozzles of the Skinner 

 System comes down in a mist form— waters uniformly 

 without bruising tender foliage or caking the ground. 



In one season you will save enough in wagps alone to pay 

 for your Skinner System, and 70U will get better, earlier crops— 

 the kind that bring big prices on the early market. 



Write today for our six books on Irrigation — and rnad 

 what your brother Florists and Gardeners are doing with the 

 Skinner System of Irrigation. Let ui show you in actual dollars 

 and cents where it is costing you money every day you put otl 

 investigating this wonderful new invention. Write today to 



Dept. H. The Skinnbr Irrigation Co., Troy, Ohio. 

 Send postal for our six free books on irrigation. 



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OP* IRRISATION. 



DREER'S «'RIVERTON SPECIAL'' PLANT TUB 



No. Diam. Each Doz. 



100 



$1.45 $16 00 $180.00 



1.30 14.00 115.00 



11.25 92.00 



7.00 66.00 



5.00 40 00 



4 00 32.00 



8.50 28.00 



Manufactured for us exclut>ivelv. The best tub ever introduced. The neatest, lightest and cheapest. 

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HENRY A. DREER, 



Anchor Brand Plant Tubs 



Made of Everlasting Virginia White Cedar. Many Btylea 

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Richmind Cedar Works • • • Rickmond, Virjinii 



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