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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Apbil 29, 1909. 



Memorial Day Specialties 



METALLIC WREATHS. Made in green, silver and 

 bronze foliage, with or without flowers, and can be 

 used with any flowers you desire. 



MAGNOLIA WREATHS. Green and bronze, with 

 and without flowers. 



WHEAT SHEAVES. Made in our own factory. 



BEACH, LAUREL and MAGNOLIA LEAVES. 



Naturally prepared, effective and durable. 



IMMORTELLES. In all the popular colors. 

 CAPE FLOWERS. New stock of finest quality. 

 FAIRY FLOWER or MILKWEED, and 



EVERYTHING IN SUPPLIES 



-SKHD FOR OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOOUK.- 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 



1129 



Arch Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa, 



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CANNA ROOTS ROTTING. 



1 should like information on the care 

 of cannas. I can winter them through in 

 fine condition. Last year I separated 

 clumps one and two eyes to the piece, 

 placed them in a plant bench with good 

 garden soil, but lost three-fourths the 

 number from decay. This year I left the 

 clumps intact, but the result is the same. 



A. J. K. 



You are fortunate in being able to 

 carry your cannas safely through the 

 winter. Many more growers lose the 

 stock through decay in the winter than 

 by decay after starting in spring. Pre- 

 suming that you cut your clumps up to 

 one or two eyes each, with a little root 

 attached to each, you should lay them on 

 a bench in a house with a temperature of 

 60 to 65 degrees at night. If there are 

 hot water or steam pipes below the 

 bench to aflFord some bottom heat, the 

 cannas will start to root and grow faster. 

 Our plan is to scatter a layer of sphag- 

 num moss over the bench and lay the 

 divided portions on this, scattering a 

 little more moss over them. A light 

 sprinkling is given and water is aflforded 

 rather sparingly until growth starts, 

 when a little more is given. If you have 

 a moist atmosphere and warm house, 

 your cannas should be fit to pot off 

 within three weeks. 



When dividing your clumps, reject all 

 showing signs of decay, or cut clean. 

 Covering with soil is a mistake; it will 

 cause most of the eyes to rot, especially 

 if you soak it with Avater after covering, 

 and the temperature is rather low. Water 

 only lightly until growth starts, and use 

 moss, or moss and sand, and you should 

 lose only a small percentage of your 

 cannas. C. W 



USE FOR POISON IVY. 



In commenting upon the poison ivy, 

 W. J, Bean remarks in the "Kew Bulle- 

 tin" that among the recent correspond- 

 ents of Kew was a lady who sent the 

 true Khus Toxicodendron with the re- 

 mark that she had used the leaves for 

 dinner-table decoration. As no evil con- 

 sequences were recorded, she was evi- 

 dently one of the persons who are im- 

 mune from the effects of its poison. This 



The Moor«>LlTiBKiton Adjastable Pluit Stand (Patented) 



The Best 

 Plant 

 Stand 



On the market today. 

 G>mes in three sizes; is 

 adjustable, and is made of 

 Galvanized Iron or Oxi- 

 dized Copper. With its aid 

 you can place a plant from 6 

 to 48 inches from the floor. 

 See illustration. Wire, 

 write or phone us, and we 

 will tell you our nearest 

 agent 



-Ifaniifactured by- 



The Moore-Livingston Co., Lansdowne, Pa. 



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correspondent also drew attention to an 

 interesting property of the juice of this 

 plant, namely, its indelibility when ap- 

 plied to linen and similar fabrics. She 

 found that wherever the liquid touched 

 the white tablecloth it produced a per- 

 fectly ineradicable stain, and remarks, 

 that " it is really better for marking pur- 

 poses than many so-called indelible mark- 

 ing inks." This property has long been 

 known to botanists. Kalm noticed it dur- 

 ing his travels in North America about 

 the middle of the eighteenth century. 

 And in Woodville's Medical Botany 

 (1832) it is stated that "this juice, ap- 

 plied to linen, forms one of the most per- 

 fect kinds of indelible ink; it does not 

 fade from age, washing, or exposure to 

 common chemical agents . . . but 

 continues to grow darker as long as the 

 linen lasts." It may be mentioned that 

 the juice (which immediately exudes from 



a broken or cut surface of the wood or 

 leaf -stalks) is at first milky and yellow- 

 ish, but soon becomes black. 



Greenwich, Conk. — Alexander Mead 

 & Son occupied the store in the Abrams 

 building during the Easter rush, and did 

 a big business. 



Lansing, Kan. — Masson & Asmussen,. 

 who recently bought the greenhouses and 

 land formerly owned by W. D. Lane, are 

 getting things into shape. They have in- 

 stalled a new steam boiler and have also 

 had a switch put in on the K. C. W. 

 railroad, which enables them to have 

 their coal shipped directly from the 

 mines to the greenhouses. They have 

 about 8,000 feet of glass, with ten acres 

 of land. They grow roses, violets and 

 sweet peas for the Kansas City retail 

 stores. 



