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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apbil 7, 1010. 



RAFFIA. 



Baffia (colored), 20 beautiful shadeB. Samples 

 free. R. H. Comey Co., Camden, N. J. 

 or 810-824 Waahburne Ave., Chicago. 



Raffia for tying vegetables, roses, carnations, 

 etc. Bale lots or less. Write for prices. 

 McHntchlson & Co., 17 Murray St., New York. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Wholesale dealer In sphagnum moss, 6-bl. 

 bales; also peat and laurels, nice and clean. 

 Write for prices. 

 Joseph Emmons, P. O. Box 22, Chatsworth, N. J. 



Sphagnum moss, best quality, 80c per bale; 

 10 bales, $7.00. Cash with order. 



L. Amundson & Son, City 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; 

 SOO lbs., $3.50; 1000 lbs., $6.50; ton, $12.00. 

 Scbarff Bros., Van Wert, Ohio. 



WIRE WORK. 



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

 Manufacturer of florists' designs only. Second 

 to none. Illustrated catalogues. 

 620 N. 16th St., Omaha, Neb. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

 In the west. E. F. Wlnterson Co., 

 45, 47, 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



60 per cent less than manufacturing cost. Our 

 specialty — 100 assorted designs, $10.(M>. 

 H. Kenney, 88 Rochester Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



William B. Hielscher's Wire Works. 

 38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich. 



Illustrated book, 250 designs free. 



C. C. Poll worth Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



B. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



SMILAX AND OTHER GREENS. 



"The latest thing in smilax, " says a 

 writer in the Horticultural Advertiser, 

 "is T. Eochford & Sons' yellow-leaved 

 variety. With most florists the yellow- 

 shaded foliage is more appreciated than 

 the deep, somber green. At Cragg, Har- 

 rison & Cragg 's, I noted a variegated 

 form, and I may say here that th© normal 

 form is beautifully grown. Planted in 

 boxes in rich soil, and arranged in double 

 rows, with just suflScient room to pass 

 between each two, thin twine is used to 

 take the trails up. This is fixed in the 

 bed with a peg, and taken up to a wire 

 run horizontally above. I have found 

 that good drainage is an essential, and 

 loam, leaf-mold and well rotted manure 

 in about equal parts. Grown in an inter- 

 mediate temperature, and frequenti/ 

 syringed to keep down red spiaer, it 

 gives but little trouble. 



"At one time I grew Smilax argyrea 

 and it was pretty, but I am afraid it 

 would not be productive enough for gen- 

 eral market work, yet it would be worth 

 a trial. The only thing against it is 

 that it is rather prickly. The long, 

 slender trails of various plants are now 

 so much in use, that anything fresh that 

 can be introduced would be welcome. 

 Ficus radicans variegata ought to prove 

 useful. It would be slow to work up a 

 stock of strong plants that would give 

 much return, but once a succession of 

 good plants was established, they would 

 pay to grow for cut foliage. I have 

 used the ordinary green form effectively 

 for tall vases; also Ficus repens. As- 

 paragus Sprengeri is now extensively 

 used for decorations, both in short sprays 

 and long trails, and it may be grown 

 under almost any conditions, being 

 nearly, if not quite hardy. But for long 

 trails some heat should be given and 

 plenty of moisture. I have seen instances 

 where this and also A. plumosus nanus 

 have suffered much from red spider 

 where kept too dry in heat. Of the lasl^ 



named it is not necessary to say much, 

 except that there is a considerable varia- 

 tion among seedlings. That with the 

 flat, frond-like branches, though grow- 

 ing to a great length, is regarded as the 

 true nanus, and it is when propagated 

 by divisions that the dwarf habit is sus- 

 tained; but even then when potted on, 

 and given liberal treatment, they often 

 ran away. The variety with more irregu- 

 lar plumose branches is pretty, but does 

 not make such a good price in the 

 market. A. tenuissimus may be referred 

 to as being useful, especially as a pot 

 plant. It is remarkable that this is the 

 only asparagus that I have been able to 

 propagate from cuttings. The small side 

 growths will root freely in the close, 

 warm propagating pit." 



WOMEN IN HORTICULTURE. 



Laura Blanchard Dawson, daughter of 

 Jackson Dawson, of Jamaica Plain, was 

 the lecturer March 5 before the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, 

 speaking on "Horticulture as a Profes- 

 sion for Women." Miss Dawson dwelt 

 upon the growing importance of women's 

 work in horticulture. One of the earliest 

 women gardeners in this country was a 

 Miss Lamballe, of South Carolina, in the 

 middle of the seventeenth century. Abi- 

 gail Adams was a successful gardener. 

 Many women have written books on hor- 

 ticulture. Previous to 1880 there were 

 six women members of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society; now there 

 are many. 



There are departments of horticultural 

 work for which women are particularly 

 fitted, said Miss Dawson. In Germany 

 there are five horticultural schools con- 

 ducted by women. The first of these 

 was started about twenty years ago. 

 The best paid work in German horticul- 

 ture is teaching gardening in the sana- 

 toriums, where gardening is a part of 

 the occupation of the patients. In Eng- 

 land there are two good horticultural 

 schools exclusively for women. About 

 eighty pupils are graduated each year. 



One of the most important of horti- 

 cultural pursuits is the growing of fiow- 

 ers for the retail trade, said Miss Daw- 

 son. One to succeed in this line must 

 have executive ability. In the middle 

 west it is the common custom to have 

 women to make up wreaths, wedding 

 decorations, etc., fiorists insisting that 

 women have better taste and skill in this 

 line than men. In addition to high sci- 

 entific knowledge, to succeed in growing 

 flowers for the wholesale trade, one must 

 have good health and tremendous nerve 

 force. Women can make a success of 

 raising orchard fruits, especially if they 

 have in connection with it a plant for 

 putting up fruit in cans. Women have 

 also successfully grown fancy vegetables 

 for market. The average woman should 

 not attempt such work as raising plants 

 for landscape gardening. The growing 

 of herbaceous plants, however, affords an 

 opportunity for women. 



Miss Dawson then said that no woman 

 Should attempt landscape gardening with- 

 out possessing more than the average 

 strength. To do a week 's work in an of- 

 fice on plans, following this with a month 

 in the field, is not easy for any woman. 

 The woman landscape gardener must 

 know architecture, grading, drawing, the 

 technique of planting and have a great 

 sense for color and form. 



Miss Dawson said there should be op- 

 portunities for women as consulting gar- 

 deners. In small towns, where there are 



many small places, kept by some gardener 

 who looks after several of them, there 

 would be an improvement in the gardens 

 if they were looked after, in the busy 

 season, by some skilled gardener, who 

 may not have the strength to do more 

 strenuous work. 



There are opportunities for women to 

 learn horticulture in private horticultural 

 schools and in the state agricultural col- 

 leges. A school of horticulture for 

 women exclusively is soon to be opened 

 near PhiladelpMa, and students at 

 Wellesley and Smith colleges may take 

 horticultural courses. 



In conclusion. Miss Dawson warned 

 her hearers that no woman should un- 

 dertake to enter horticultural work for 

 profit unless she has strength, health, 

 ability and some capital. 



You have the best advertising medium 

 we have found. It covers the field. — A. 

 B. SiLLiMAN & Co., Boone, la. 



EocKViiiiiE, Conn. — Theodore Staudt 

 rented a store in Orcutt's block, on the 

 Board Walk, for use during the Easter 

 rush. 



We are completely sold out of the pe- 

 tunias, poinsettias, cyclamens and cinera- 

 rias advertised in the Review. — Krueger 

 Bros., Toledo, O. 



Enclosed find $1 for next year's sub- 

 scription. The Review is the big leader 

 in florists' education in the world. — 

 •Tacob J. Finger, West Allis, Wis. 



Please withdraw our advertisement 

 from the Review, as we have had so 

 many orders from it that we cannot fill 

 any more at present. — Newburgh Floral 

 Co., Newburgh, N. Y. 



Enclosed find $1 for the Review for 

 the coming year. We do not see how we 

 can afford to be without your paper, for 

 even one issue. — Elklawn Nurseries, 

 James E. Weir, proprietor, Jamesport, 

 Long Island, N. Y. 



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