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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



November 3, 1910. 



own have devised a system by which 

 they utilize commercial cold storage to 

 a large extent, to facilitate the han- 

 dling of their business. The plan of pro- 

 cedure is to harvest the stock during 

 the months of November and Decem- 

 ber, immediately pack the trees and 

 shrubbery in paper-lined packing cases, 

 providing proper ^packing material in 

 the shape of sphagnum, rather than 

 straw, and immediately place the cases 

 so packed in cold storage, allowing 

 them to remain until required for imme- 

 diate planting. This practice is chiefly 

 confined to nurseries operating in the 

 extreme southern portions of the United 

 States, which have a large patronage at 

 the north. The early germination of 

 the stock at the south would prohibit 

 the delivery of the trees in satisfactory 

 condition at the north at the proper 

 planting season. To overcome this diffi- 

 culty, the above practice has been inau- 

 gurated with excellent results. Under 

 this system the packed stock is held in 

 cold storage for a period of three or 

 four months, but practices at the north 

 require that the stock remain in the 

 retarding house from six to seven 

 months. 



Holding Stock One Season to Another. 



Attempts have been made to hold 

 nursery stock over a season in cold 

 storage. The experiment was only 

 moderately successful; in fact, not con- 

 sidered sufficiently successful to war- 

 rant the plan as a commercial practice. 

 The practicability of such a procedure, 

 when necessary in moving plants from 

 one quarter of the world to another, is 

 demonstrated, but the commercial value 

 of such a procedure on an extensive 

 scale is quite out of reason, from the 

 fact that cold storage space is expen- 

 sive; nursery stock is bulky and the 

 value of the stock will seldom justify 

 the outlay necessary for holding it 

 through a long period in cold storage. 

 Short storage periods, however, can be 

 justified for the reasons already stated. 



Stock Which Will Permit of Storage. 



All classes of nursery stock are han- 

 dled in retarding houses, but the whole 

 practice is based on empirical rules. No 

 carefully planned tests have been 

 carried out to determine the conditions 

 best suited to any particular class of 

 stock, or for the general purpose house. 

 Modern practices have developed to 

 meet the requirements of the trade and 

 have been quite as much influenced by 

 economic conditions as by the actual re- 

 quirements of the stock. The whole 

 field of storage, as applied to the nur- 

 sery business, is a virgin one for the 

 investigator. The necessity for retard- 

 ing houses requires no argument. Their 

 economic value is demonstrated, but the 

 details of handling various kinds of 

 stock, the benefit or injury to the stock, 

 as well as the eflfect of fluctuating tem- 

 peratures and humidities on the vitality 

 of the plants held in storage, are ques- 

 tions which our present knowledge fails 

 to answer. 



FERNS in FLATS 



■vtrm r^'te In the leAdlng rarletles. 



Your selection at $2.00 per flat; $21.00 

 per doz. All orders are executed in strict 

 rotation. 



f. W. 0. SCHMITZ, Prince Bay, N. Y. 



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SURPLUS SHRUBS, ROSES, 

 DAHLIAS AND OTHER STOCK 



We have the finest lot of large-sized, strong, lusty Shrubs you ever laid 



eyes on, which we will be glad to convert into ready cash, at the following 

 ridiculously low prices: 



HTDRANGEA PANICXTLATA FOR VLORISTS* USE 

 GRANDIFLORA Per 100 ROSES. All on their own roots, field-Rrown. 



2 ft., 5 to 8 branches $8.00 fine, strong and thrifty. Mrs David Jardlne, 



18 in., 3 to 5 branches 6.00 Klllarnoy, Richmond. American Beauty, 



12 in., 2 to 4 branches 5.00 Kaiserin, (Jen. Jacqueminot (bench stock), 



vrmrwatrrrmM nx -rr, A >.^Tu Phila. Crimson Rambler, < Tlmsoti Rambler, 



viBURNun FLJCATUJtt Dorothy Perkins »nd leading varieties of 



Extra-fine ^tock. h. P.'s. 15o eaob. 



4 to 6 ft, 6 to 8 branches 8.00 White and Piuk Cochet, Mrs. B. R. Cant 



2 to 3 ft., 4 to 6 branches 5.00 and Wm. R. -^mith, all field-grown. 20c 



6 to 8 in., 1 to 3 branches 3.00 each. We can also supply in strong young 



AT 'rxxv AC ''*** plants, over 600 varieties of Roses, 



ALiMEAB including many of the newest kinds. Send 



All colors, fine plants. for list. 



18 to 24 in., 4 to 8 branches 4.00 DAHLXAS. Great clumps in splendid shape. 



n«nn«n«» ™,,^ »««^. All the leading sorts, 15.00 per 100; $45.00 



BERBERIS THXmBERGI per 1000. Send for Ust of splendid vari- 



Splendidly branched. eVff. all kinds. 



10 to 12 ia. 6 to 8 branches 5.00 CANNAS. Many of the best varieties. Ex- 



8tol0in.,4 to 5 branches 4.00 tra-divided roots. $3.00 per 100. Sendforlist. 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET ASPARAGUS. Both Sprenseilland Plu- 



Magnificent stock. mosus, and Maidenhair Fern, extra- 



., , ^ J , - .. „,M, . ^ „„ fine, strong clumps, grown uuder ideal 



2 years planted 15 to 20 branches 6.00 conditions, every plant perfect. Just the 



1 year planted, 3 to 8 branches 3.00 thing for home decoration, 15c each, in 



CIJCMATIS PANICULATA *"y quantity. 



Extra-strong plants. VIOLETS. Immense field-grown clumps, 



3 years old 10 00 both double and single, $8 00 per 100. 



There is big money for you in all these items. I^et us hear from you. 

 We need the room, and you need the stock. 



THE DINGEE & CONARD CO. 



WEST GROVE, PA. 



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Choice Stock 



FAMDANUS VSITCHII 



Fine specimens, 6-in., $1.00 to $1.25 each; 

 7-in., t2.0U and $2.50; 8-in., $2.50 and $3.00. 



FICUS ELASTICA ( Rubber Plant) 

 6-ln., 24 to 30-in. high, $6.00 per dozen. 



FERNS 



For dishes, assorted varieties, 2'4-in. pots, 

 $3.50 per 100; $30.00 per 1000. 



Cash with order. 500 at 1000 rate. 



FRANK OECHSLIN 



4911 W. QiiRcy Street, CHICAGO, ILL 



Formerly Garfield Park Flower Co. 



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Cyclamen 



Olgantenm. We have lO.OM large, bushy plants, 

 full of bud, with some In bloom, and just right for 

 Christmas. 4-in.. $10.00 per 100; 300 for $25.00; Sin., 

 ns.OO per 100. 



WmnON & SONS, City and Green Sts.,Utica,N.Y. 



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BERBERRY 



Snow Ball, Spiraea and other fine shrubs 



stock of unusual quality. 

 Orders booked now for Fall delivery. 



The CONARD A JONES CO. 



West Grove, Pa. 



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FLORISTS' REVIEW 



When Writingr Advertisers 



CTLEMATIS panicnlata, strong plants. 

 $10.00 per 100. 



ASPARAGUS Sprenceri, 2-in. pots, 12.00 

 per 100; ^Hi-in. pots. $3.0U per 100; 3-in. pots, 

 $6.00 per 100. 



AMPELOPSIS Veitchii. 4-in. pots. $10.00 

 per 100: 3-in. pots, t6 00 per 100. 



AURAUCARIA £xcelsa 6-in. pots. 3 tiers. 

 5(Jceach. 



FKRNS FOR DISHES, fine assortment, 

 2Hi-in. pots, $3.00 per 100. 



JERUSALEM CHERRIES, full of ber- 

 ries, 6-in. pots, $2.00 per dozen. 



DAISIES, white and yellow, 2Hi-in. pots. $3.00 

 per 100. 



GERANIUMS, assorted varieties; rooted 

 cuttlDRA. $1.00 per 100. 



HARDY ENGLISH IVY. 4-ln. pots, $10.00 

 per 100. 



HYDRANGEA Otaksa, from open ground. 

 3 to 4 buds, tlOOO per l)i0; 6 to 7 buds. $12.00 

 eer 100; 8 to 10 buds. $1.5.00 per 100. 



HYDRANGEAS. Otaksa and Thomas 

 Hock, grown in 4-ln. pots, $1.00 per dozen. 



C. EISELE 



1 1th & Westmoreland SU., Philadelphia. Pa. 



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PANSY PLANTS 



Our famoas Hesperian Strain will satisfy 

 your most critical customers. Strong 

 plants 50c per 100; $3.00 per 1000. In lots 

 of 5000 or over. $2.50 per 1000. American 

 Express. 



Pansy Heights, 

 Bamboo, Wis. 



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William Toole & Sons 



APPLE ^5 PEACH TREES 



Large stock. Prices reasonable. 

 Standard Varieties. Fall Catalogue. 



W. T. MITCHELL & SON., Beverly, Ohio 



