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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Afbil 8. 1808. 



INSECTICIDES. 



"Nlco-fume," a great Improvement over all 

 other tobacco papers, 24 sheets, 75c: 144 sheets, 

 13.50; 288 sheets, $6.50. 



"Nico-fume" liquid, 40% nicotine, % pint, 60c; 

 pint, $1.50; Yt gallon, $5.50; gallon, $10.50. 

 Kentucky Tobacco Product Co., LouiSTllle, 



Ky. 



PHOTOGRAPHS. 



I malce a specialty of photographing flowers, 

 plants, etc., for reproduction. Let me submit 

 samples and prices on material for the next 

 catalogue or circular. Special work to order at 

 reasonable prices. Nathan R. Graveb, 414 Hay- 

 ward BIdg., Rochester, N. Y. 



POTS. 



standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are within 50 miles of the Capital write us; we 

 can save you money. W. U. Ernest, 28th and 

 M Sts., N. B., Washington, D. O. 



We make Standard Flower Pots, etc. 



Write us when in need. 



Wllmer Cope & Bro., 



Lincoln University, Chester Co., Pa. 



Standard red flower pots. Buy from the orig 

 inators and Introducers. Prices never higher. 

 C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



FREE TO FLORISTS. Sample box of red 

 pots. Geo. E. Feustel, Fairport, Iowa. 



Red pots, none better. 

 Colesburg Pottery Co., Colesburg, Iowa. 



PRINTING. 



PRINTING FOR EASTER, $1.25 per 1000 up. 

 Have you all your Easter work printed? We 

 ship 6 days after order is received. 



Fink & Sotter, Dept. A6, PottstowB, Pa. 



PUMPS. ETC. 



IRON PUMPS, SPRAY PUMPS, 



HOSE, SUPPLIES and TOOLS. 



THE CRESTLINE MFG. CO., CresUlne, 0. 



RAFFIA. 



RalBa. We can now supply prime quality 

 from new importations at reduced prices. 

 Write us for special quotations on any numtier 

 of bale*. 



Cbas. W. Jacob & Allison, Importers, 

 18 Cedar St., New York, N. Y. 



Raffia (colored), 20 beautiful shades. Samples 

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



or 810-824 Washburne Ave., Chicago. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



We have a surplus stock of A No. 1 moss, 

 to sell at a reduced figure to make room for 

 our spring stock. These goods are guaranteed 

 to give satisfaction, or money refunded. Sample 

 on request. 

 Ocean County Moss & Peat Co., Waretown, N. J. 



Soft, long fibre sphagnum for florists' use. 

 Large bag, solidly packed, $1.00; 6 bags, $5.00. 

 Good moss. Low freight rates. 

 W. J. Olds, Union City, Pa. 



A fall stock of sphagnum, sheet, and green 

 clomp moss on band all the year round. Price, 

 $1.50 per bale. Write. 

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



Sphagnum moss and mountain laurel in bags, 

 bales or car lots. Prices low. Spruce and hem- 

 lock In bales. 



James Day, Box 660, Milford, New Hampshire. 



Orchid moss, the most suitable for growing 

 orchids; also peat. 

 Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J. 



Ten bales sphagnum, $7.00. 



Z. K. Jewett Co., Sparta, Wis. 



TOBACCO. 



THE FUMIGATING KIND TOBACCO POW- 

 DER. The first on the market and the kind that 

 has so many imitators, has our guarantee tag of 

 satisfaction or money back and "The Moon Trade 

 Mark" on every bag; $3.00 per 100 lbs. The 

 H. A. Stoothoff Co., Makers and Sellers, Mt. 

 Vernon, N. Y. 



Fresh tobacco stems, in bales, 200 lbs., $1.50; 

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

 Write us for prices on large quantities. 



ScharS Bros., Van Wert, Ohio. 



~WIRE HANGING BASKETS. 



WIRE HANGING BASKETS. 



10-in. . . .$1.25 per doz. 16-tn $2.40 per doB. 



12-in 1.75 per doi. 18-in 4.00 per doz. 



14-ln 2.00 per doz. 



Scranton Florist Supply Co., Scranton, Pa. 



WIRE WORK. 



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

 Mannfacturer 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. 



Beat. Cheapest. 160,000 designs alwaya In 

 stock. Quick delivery. 



Scranton Florist Supply Co., Scranton, Pa. 



50 per cent less than manufacturing cost. 

 Our specialty — 100 assorted designs, $10.00. 

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



Headquarters for wire work. Send for list. 

 Ball &, Betz, 31 E. 3rd St., Cincinnati, O. 



WiUiam E. Hielscher's Wire Works, 

 38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich. 



Illustrated book, 250 designs free. 

 C. C. Pollworth Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Full line of wire work. Write for list. 

 Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



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



CINERARIAS FOR CHRISTMAS 



If I plant cineraria seed early, will 

 they bloom for Christmas? I am grow- 

 ing them for the first time. Any infor- 

 mation about them will be a help for me. 

 ; . H.W. 



Cinerarias do not grow well during 

 warm weather and the seedlings are lia- 

 ble to damp off when a hot wave comes 

 along. I do not think it will pay you to 

 attempt to get your cinerarias for Christ- 

 mas. They are more seasonable from 

 February to April and are usually in 

 good shape for Easter, unless it comes 

 exceptionally late. I would not advise 

 you to sow before the last of July and 

 remember that cinerarias must at all 

 times be grown cool. They cannot be 

 forced at any stage of their growth. 



C.W. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS OUTDOORS. 



Will chrysanthemums planted out in 

 spring do well to leave out during the 

 fall for flowering? Are they hardy 

 enough to leave out over winter in Penn- 

 sylvania? The varieties are: Golden 

 Glow, Touset, Monrovia, Pacific Supreme 

 and October Frost. KB. 



The varieties named will not amount 

 to anything if left outdoors in your lati- 

 tude. You might get some flowers in a 

 favorable fall, but the quality would be 

 inferior as compared with flowers grown 

 under glass. None of the sorts named 

 is hardy. I would advise you to plant 

 the mums named in beds or benches. If 

 that is impossible, use boxes six inches 

 deep and grow them outside until the 

 end of August. Indoor culture all the 

 time is, however, to be preferred. 



C.W. 



BURNS THE WEEDS IN GRASS. 



Owing to the great success that has 

 been achieved by the use of calcium 

 cyanamide for killing weeds on lawns and 

 grass plots, it being especially caustic to 

 broad-leaved varieties, I thought readers 

 of this journal would be interested in 

 knowing the proportions to use, and how 

 to make up a good weed-killer and lawn 

 sand for themselves, says a writer in an 

 English trade paper. 



Calcium cyanamide is a form of ni- 

 trate of lime, and has high value as a 

 nitrogenous manure; it gives both lime 

 and nitrogen. It operates by causing the 

 grass to grow faster, and by absolutely 

 burning the broad leaves of weeds. The 

 reason given is that the compound slips 

 between the grass and rests on the 

 broader surfaces of weeds, missing the 

 one and burning the other. 



To use, take a proportion equal to one 

 to one and one-half ounces per square 

 yard, according to one's own judgment 

 as to the amount required for feeding 

 the grass. The rule is to try the smaller 

 quantities and increase if necessary. As 



it is absolutely essential that the fer- 

 tilizer should not be put on lumpy, a^^i 

 three to four times its weight in dry saud 

 and spread in proportion; that is, if 

 using one ounce of calcium cyanamide 

 per square yard, and four times weight 

 in sand, then spread five ounces of mix- 

 ture over the above-mentioned surface. 



TO CLEAN UP THE HOUSES. 



The following formula will prove of 

 great advantage in helping to keep the 

 fungoid spores out of a greenhouse dur- 

 ing the resting season, says a writer in 

 the Horticultural Advertiser (English). 

 It is now well known that even when 

 plants have been removed out of the glass 

 houses, millions of spores Of disease 

 find harborage in all sorts of crevices in 

 walls, cracks in wood, in sheds, etc. This 

 mixture is designed to kill these spores, 

 and is not recommended in any way to be 

 placed on trees or plants. As a matter 

 of fact, it would badly scorch them. This 

 preparation is to be used in place of 

 plain whitewash and is made as follows: 

 With ten pounds of best sulphur, mix 

 well together, dry, fifteen to twenty 

 pounds of unslaked caustic lime, place in 

 tub, and then add twenty to twenty-five 

 gallons of boiling water. 



When all action has ceased, apply by 

 brush or spray in the ordinary way. Many 

 growers now whitewash by means of a 

 sprayer, knapsack or machine, as it is 

 more effective in getting into holes, etc., 

 and takes less labor. It is neceissary that 

 care should be taken to use unslaked 

 lime, or the necessary sulphides will not 

 be formed. The cost is small, merely the 

 addition of the sulphur, and its effective- 

 ness is unquestioned. There are no 

 fumes arising from this wash and it 

 therefore cannot possibly harm any 

 plants, however delicate, unless it touches 

 them. 



TOLEDO, OHIO. 



Everybody says business is good and 

 all stock is bringing fair prices. 



J. L. Schiller has not enough room in 

 his present location and is looking about 

 for a place where he can start a nursery 

 as well as greenhouses. 



John Gratopp, after losing his son 

 about eighteen months ago, ^Iso lost one 

 of his stepsons last week, by tuberculosis. 



Visitors in town included Clifford 

 Pruner, with E. H. Hunt, Chicago. 



E. A. K. 



I don't see how any florist can do 

 business without the Bevikw. — Alfred 

 RUMNION, Sheldon, HI. 



I HMD the Bkisw to be the best paper 

 for the trade, either in buying or sell- 

 ing. — Eakl Kuny, Altoona, Pa. 



The Bevikw is ahead of any other 

 paper for florists and I cannot do with- 

 out it— H. W. Wright, Amarillo, Tex. 



RocKFORD, III. — W. H. Hizer has 

 leased a part of the lumber yard of 

 Woodruff & Maguire, on South Main 

 street, for the greenhouse which he is to 

 bring to this place. 



Twin Lake, Mich. — Earl Steams h^a 

 received a carload of lumber from Cju- 

 cago, for a greenhouse that he is building 

 on the farm he bought near the Granell 

 road just outside the Twin Lake limi's. 

 Floyd Oliver is busily building a gref^i- 

 house on the Granell road near Mr- 

 Steams and is settling down on the farm 

 that he has purchased of his father, John 

 Oliver. 



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