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The Florists^ Review 



A^Btl. 30, 1914. 



STABTINa A SMILAX BED. 



Please, give directions for mixing the 

 soil and starting a smilax bench to last 

 three years. B, A. R. 



A good loam soil, mixed with one- 

 fifth to one-fourth of stable manure, is 

 the most satisfactory for growing smi- 

 lax. Either cow manure, or cow and 

 horse manure together, will make a good 

 fertilizer for this purpose. A solid bed, 

 containing a depth of six inches of soil, 

 will be required. After the first crop 

 has been cut, the bed will require mulch- 

 ing with manure from time to time in 

 order to keep up the fertility. Many 

 growers prefer to replant smilax each 

 year rather than to grow it in the 

 same bed for three years, but with some 

 care and proper feeding such a bed may 

 be kept in condition for the longer 

 period. W. H. T. 



FEBTHJZER FOE QLADIOLI. 



I intend to plant a large number of 

 gladioli this season and should like to 

 know whether it would be advisable to 

 use a good commercial fertilizer, and 

 how much per acre. E. W. P. 



A good, complete commercial fer- 

 tilizer is excellent to use. Do not use 

 any barnyard manure unless it is old. 

 Make the soil loose and friable; you 

 can hardly pulverize it too thoroughly. 

 Make furrows five to six inches deep 

 for the corms. If planted more shallow 

 they will not stand up so well in wet 

 and windy weather. Use 1,000 pounds 

 of the fertilizer per acre for best re- 

 sults. C. W. 



CAIiLAS IN SOLID BEDS. 



Last summer we planted some callas 

 in solid beds. Can they be left as they 

 are, and for how longt They have 

 done well this season. A. S. E. 



Leave the plants where they are until 

 the foliage is a little fhore matured; 

 then dig up the roots and pack close to- 

 gether in boxes of loam. When the 

 foliage all dies away they can be kept 

 perfectly dry until planting time comes 

 around again in August. Meantime 

 the space they are now occupying could 

 be profitably used for bedding plants 

 or other stock. C. W. 



ROUND THE WORLD EACH WEEK 



The hero of Jules Verne, who went 

 "Round the World in Eighty Days," is 

 sadly out of date. And Nellie Ely's 

 feat is almost forgotten. The sight of 

 an American paper in the South Seas 

 was once a matter of wonder. Now 

 The Review covers every quarter of the 

 globe each week, going wherever there 

 are members of the trade. See how far 

 it goes: 



We have Just received a letter from a firm of 

 horticulturists In Lower Hntt. New Zealand, re- 

 questing quotations on our products and stating 

 that they bad seen our ad In The Florists' Review. 

 We have to congratulate you on your far-reaching 

 circulation. — John S. Carter, president Nicotine 

 Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., March 29. 1014. 



ANTON SCHULTHEIS 



COLLEGE POINT, L. I. 



Headquarters for Decorative and Flower- 

 ing Plnats. Roses of all kinds for Deco- 

 ration Day. 



Write for Prices 



Mention Tfi« ^t1«w wben yon writ*. 



Beddmg Pknts, 109,000 Now Ready 



Our great plant producing mill has been kept up in full speed day and night. 

 Fully 100,000 bedding plants of our usual high standard quality has been the 

 output since Easter. No empty spot can been seen, every hole and corner is filled. 



ARAUCARIA 

 OUR SPECIALTY 



First of all, we want to let you know 

 that we kept up our reputation as beinsr 

 headquarters for the so well known 

 ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. The first con- 

 signment from Antwerp, Belgium, arrived 

 here at our place per steamer Menominee, 

 April 22, in flrst class condition. We are 

 again able to fill all orders in four sizes, 

 which can be resfiipped in their original 

 packings. Plants suitable to plant Ifi 5, 

 51^ and 6-lnch pots, 3, 4 and 5 tiers, 10, 

 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 inches high, 40c, 50c, 

 60c, 75c to $1.00. EXCELSA QLAUCA and 

 ROBUSTA COMPACTA, large plants, 

 ?1.00. $1.25, $1.50 to $2.00. 



PALMS. 



BELMOREANA and FORSTERIANA, 

 bushy, stocky plants, new importation, 

 $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 to $2.00. K. BELMORE- 

 ANA, single plants, bushy, 5%-inch pots, 

 fiOc, 60c and 75c; made up of three plants, 

 bushy, 5V2 and 6-inch pots, 50c, 60c and 

 75c. FORSTERIANA, single and made 

 up, 5% -Inch pots, 50c, 60c and 75c. 



ARECA LUTESCENS, made up of three 

 plants, 4-inch, 20c; 6>4-lnch, 30c and 35c. 



COCOS WEDDELLIANA, 3-inch, 15c, 

 18c to 20c. 



FICUS ELASTICA (Rubber Plant), 5, 

 5%, 6 and 7-inch pots, 30c, 35c, 40c, 50c, 

 60c to 75c. 



HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, suitable for 

 planting out, have been kept outdoors in 

 cold frames under cover all winter, 6, 7 

 and 8-inch pots, 50c, 60c, 75c to $1.00. 



HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, young stock 

 to grow on, strong, 2% -inch pots, $5.00, 

 $6.00 to $7.00 per 100. 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII, 4-inch pots, 

 staked up, 2 to 3 feet high, 15c. 



HONEYSUCKLE, assorted, staked up, 

 5%-lnch 25c 



NEPH'. Sm'itHII, the new Philadelphia 

 Lace Fern, 6-inch pans, 25c to 35c; NEPH, 

 CORDATA COMPACTA, large 4-inch, 25c; 

 NEPH. GIATRASII, 5% inch, 30c to 35c. 

 TABLE FERNS, large, Pterl* WllsonI and 

 Tremula, 2^ -inch pots, $4.00 per 100. 



HARDY ENGLISH IVY, 4-lnch, three 

 plants in a pot, 12c; 3 -inch, three plants 

 in a pot, $7.00 per 100. 



CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSE BUSHES, 

 kept under cover in cold frames all win- 

 ter, 6-lBch, very large, 50c. 



BEDDING PLANTS. 



GERANIUMS— S. A. Nutt, Alphonse 

 Ricard, and assorted, 4-inch pots, $7.00 

 per 100; Beaute Poitevine, 4-mch, $8.00 

 per 100. 



FUCHSIAS, best colors, assorted, 4- 

 Inch, $4.00 per 100. 



HELIOTROPES, 4-lnch, $4.00 per 100. 



SCARLET SAGE, Bonfire or Clara Bed- 

 man. 4-inch, $7.00 per 106. 



PETUNIAS, DOUBUE, 4-lnch, $7.00 

 per 100. 



BEGONIAS. Our improved strains of 

 Begonia Dark Vernon, Lumlnosa and 

 Erfordll cannot help but be in the minds 

 of everybody who bought them from us 

 the last five years. They are constant 

 bloomers, blooming freely in the hottest 

 boiling sun, in the shade, and all summer 

 and winter through. 4-inch, pots, only 

 $10.00 per 100 (worth $15.00). 



AGERATUMS, best blue, 4-lnch, $7.00 

 per 100. 



NASTURTIUMS, Empress of India and 

 others, best colors, 4-in., $6.00 per 100; 

 3-in., $4.00 per 100. 



. COLEUS VERSCHAFFELTtI, Golden 

 Bedder, 2% -in. pots, $3.00 per lOO. Fancy 

 leaved, such as Brilliancy, and 6 other best 

 varieties, 2% -in. pots, strong, $4.00 p«r IftO. 



PHLOX ORUMMONDI, assorted grajidl- 

 flora and compacta, dwar^ aseorted^ $3.00 

 per 100. 



ZINNIA ELEGANS, double, assorted, 

 2%-in., $3.00 per 100. 



VERBENAS, assorted, 214-inch pots, 

 $3.00 per 100. 



PETUNIA ROSY MORN, 2%-lnch pots, 

 $3.00 per 100. 



PETUNIA CALIFORNIA GIANT, 3-inch 

 pots, $5.00 per 100. 



TAGETES, dwarf marigold, 2% -inch, 

 $3.00 per 100. 



CENTAUREA GYMNOCARPA (Dusty 

 Miller), 2% -Inch pots, $3.00 per 100. 



SWEET ALYSSUM LITTLE GEM, 2%- 

 inch, $3.00 per 100. 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, large, bushy 

 plants, 4-lnch, 15c. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS, Si^-Inch, 

 35c; 4-lnch, 10c. 



LOBELIA CRYSTAL PALACE, dark 

 blue dwarf, $3.00 per 100. 



Now, my friends, how about snap- 

 dragons? Antirrhinum Is one of the most 

 profitable things you can grow, either as 

 a pot plant or on your benches, blooming 

 all summer and winter. We can supply 

 all colors. We have a house full in 2%- 

 Inch pots in the following varieties: Giant 

 Yellow, Cottage Maid, Golden Queen, 

 Giant Scarlet, Queen of the North, Giant 

 Pink and Giant White, 2%-lnch pots, 

 $3.00 per 100; Silver Pink, $5.00 per 100. 



ASTERS. We are now well stocked 

 with our BO well known Crego asters in 

 white, shell pink, pink, rose and lavender, 

 2%-lnch pots, $3.00 per 100. 



Before coming to an end, I must tell 

 my friends of the DOUBLE BLUE CORN- 

 FLOWER. It is a lovely flower— the 

 young and old man's, lady's and child's 

 coat friend. O how happy they are, the 

 wearers of these beautiful blue flowers, 

 when seen strolling the streets of the 

 great cities. We are well supplied for 

 the season and offer large 3 -inch pots at 

 only $5.00 per 100. Plant them outdoors 

 and they will bloom constantly for you 

 until the frost kills them. 



IPOMOEA NOCTIFLORA, purest white 

 Moonvine, for which I have a world-wide 

 reputation. I have made a specialty of 

 it for the past 16 years and am known 

 as the Moonvine Grower of America. In 

 2V4-in. pots, $5.00 per 100; 25 at 100 rate. 

 Now ready. 



Cash with order, please. 



GODFREY ASCHMANN, iV?Lll!Sl\.SJ!t;:%*i 



¥nto^•mm^^ Growar. Inip«rt*r and Shipper off Pot Pianfs 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



JULIUS ROEHR8 CO. 



RUTHERFORD, N. J. 



ORCHIDSp PALMS 

 and plants of avary variaty 



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 writtng adveitisen. 



J. E. MxBEDrrH, Pres. C. W. Stout, Sec'y 



The Meredith Flower 

 and Vegetable Co. 



LIBERTYVILLE, :t ILLINOIS 



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