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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Apbil 20, 1909. 



TO EXCHANGE-Contlnu»d. 



To Exchange — Or will sell, 4 Tarleties of 

 alternantberas, strong, from soil, fl.OO per 100; 

 Boston Market carnations, soil, |1.25 per 100, 

 (or gladioli, mums, Princess of Wales Tioleti, 

 or any stock that we can use. 



S. B. Stern & Co., Montgomery, Ala. 



WANTED. 



Wanted — Rooted cuttings of Wlnsor, Beacon, 

 Victory, Vesper, White, Pink and Rose Enchant- 

 ress carnations; In exchange for 2-yr., field- 

 grown Baby Crimson Rambler roses, good Tarl- 

 eties of canna and dahlia roots, stock plants of 

 stcTJa. Virginia Nursery Co., PurcellTllle, Va. 



Wanted — Plans made for parks and estates. 

 Japanese gardens a specialty. Charges reason- 

 able. Write for information. 

 O. M. Hemala, Landscape Architect, Buckley, 111. 



Wanted — S and 4-in. English try. 



3. F. Kid well & Bro., 160 E. 43d St., Chicago. 



ASBESTOS GOODS. 



Cover your boilers and flow pipes with asbes- 

 tos; makes a great saving in coal bills; rea- 

 ■onable first cost; easily applied; lasts many 

 years. Send for free catalogue. 



H. W. JOHNS-MANVILLE CO., 100 William 

 8t., New York; Boston. Philadelphia, St. Louis, 

 Milwaukee, Chicago, Pittsburg, Cleveland, San 

 lYancisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, London. 



CARNATION STAPLES. 



PlIlsbnry'B carnation staples, SOc per 1000, 

 postpaid. I. L. Pillsbury, Oalesburg, 111. 



CUT FLOWER BOXES. 



Folding cut flower boxes, the best made. Write 

 (or list. Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



DECORATIVE MATERIAL. 



Write for our special price on a special lot of 

 dagger ferns. 



Try oor laurel festooning for your dectva- 

 titms, only Sc per yd.; 10 yds. free with first 

 order. Crowl Fern Co., Millington, Mass. 



GALAX LEAVES. 



Galax leaves, by the case or thousand. 

 Scran ton Florist Supply Co., Scran ton, Pa. 



HOSE. 



CRESTLINE SPECIAL Garden Hose. Made 

 In three different weights. A tough, durable 

 boae that has the life in it. Every section guar- 

 anteed. 



Price with couplings: 6-ply. 6-ply. 7-pIy. 



%-in., per 60 ft fl.OO IS.OO ^.CO 



H-ln., per 100 ft 7.75 9.76 10.76 



%-ln., per 50 ft 4.50 5.50 6.00 



S-ln., per 100 ft 8.75 10.75 11.76 



Immediate shipment. Express or freight. 



THE CRESTLINE MFG. CO., 



Box 233, Crestline, O. 



TYPHOON HOSE. 

 This hose is the result of a careful study of 

 the efTects of cinder walks, bench posts and the 

 damp, warm atmosphere of the greenhouse. It 

 is a guaranteed hose, with heavy rubber tubing 

 and 3-ply heavy hose duck. 



60 feet, coupled | 7.60 



100 feet, coupled 16.00 



300 feet, coupled 42.00 



B. H. HUNT. 78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



INSECTICIDES. 



"Nlco-fome," a great improvement over all 

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

 $S.60: 288 sheets, |6.50. 



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



tint, 11.60; V, gallon, $5.50; gallon, $10.60. 

 Kentucky Tobacco Product Co., Louisville, Ky. 



PHOTOGRAPHS. 



I make a specialty of photographing flowera, 

 plants, etc., for reproduction. Let me submit 

 ■amples and prices on material for the next 

 catalogue or circular. Special work to order at 

 reasonable prices. Nathan R. Graves, 414 Hay- 

 ward Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. 



POTS. 



standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 arc within 60 miles of the Capital write us; we 

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

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



We make Standard Flower Pots, etc. 

 Write us when in need. 

 WUmer Cope & Bro., 

 Lincoln University, Chester Co., Pa. 



Standard red flower pots. Buy from the orlf 

 Inaton and introducers. Prices never higher. 

 C. 0. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, WU. 



rRBB TO FLORISTS. Sample box of red 

 pota. Oeo. B. Feustel, Fairport, Iowa. 



Bed pota, none better. 

 Coleaborg Pottery Co., Colesburg, Iowa. 



PUMPS. ETC. 



IRON PUMPS, SPRAT PUMPS. 



HOSB, SUPPLIES and TOOLS. 



THB CRESTLINE MFO. CO., CreaUine, O. 



RAFFIA. 



Raflla (colored), 20 beautiful shades. Samples 

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



or 810-824 Washbume Ave., Chicago. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



A full stock of sphagnum, tiieet, and green 

 clump moss on band all the year round. Price, 

 {1.60 per bale. Write. 

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



Sphagnum moss, extra large bales, |2.60 per 

 bale. Nursery moss, |1.76 per bale. Money 

 with order. James Day, Milford. N. H. 



Sphagnum. Long Fibre. Cheap for cash. 

 Bag or bbl., $1.00; 4 bags, $3.00; 10 bags, 

 $7.00. W. J. Olds, Union City, Pa. 



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, Wla. 



TOBACCO. 



THE FUMIGATING KIND TOBACCO POW- 

 DER. The first on the market and the kind that 

 has so many imitators, has our guarantee tag af 

 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., $1.60; 

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

 Write us for prices on large quantities. 



Scharff Bros.. Van Wert. Ohio. 



WIRE HANGING BASKETS. 



WIRE HANGING BASKETS. 

 10-in....$1.25 per dos. 16-1d....$2.40 per das. 

 12-ln.... 1.75 per doz. 18-in.... 4.00 per dos. 



14-ln 2.00 per dos. 



Scranton Florist Supply Co., Scranton, Pa. 



WIRE WORK. 



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

 Manufacturer of florists' designs only. Secaad 

 to none. Illustrated catalogues. 

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



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work in the west. B. F. Winterson Co., 

 45, 47, 49 Wabash Ave., Ohicag*. 



Best. Cheapest. 150,000 designs always ta 

 stock. Quick delivery. 



Scranton Florist Supply Co., Scranton, Pa. 



60 per cent less than manufacturing coat. 

 Our specialty — 100 assorted designs, $10.00. 

 H. Kenney, 88 Rochester Ave., Brookiya, N. T. 



Headquarters for wire work. Send for list. 

 Ball & Bets, 81 E. 8rd St, Cincinnati, O. 



William B. Hlelscher's Wire Works. 

 88 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich. 



Illustrated book, 260 designs free. 

 C. C. Pollworth Mfg. Co., MUwankee, Wis. 



Full line of wire work. Write for list. 

 Holton A Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



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



THE VIOLET BLUE ROSE. 



The following note with regard to a 

 new rose now being offered in America 

 by EUwanger & Barry recently appeared 

 in the Horticultural Trade Journal, and 

 will be of interest: 



"This season there is indeed a new 

 climbing rose, called Veilchenblau (Vio- 

 let Blue), brought into commerce by J. 

 C. Schmidt, of Erfurt. From the same 

 raiser we have had such sterling novel- 

 ties as Aennchen Miiller, Tausendschon, 

 and some years ago, Leuchtstern. There- 

 fore, judging the new Violet Blue by its 

 origin, we may anticipate high value. 

 But even the most critical judge will 

 recognize this variety to be meritorious, 

 not only. in its quite new color, but also 

 in its growing qualities. It is a seedling 

 of Crimsoi Rambler and grows at least 

 as quickly and vigorously. It is, at any 

 rate, one of the most vigorous of climb- 



ing varieties, and its thick, deep green 

 foliage adds another merit. The flowers 

 are borne in large trusses, after the Btyle 

 of Leuchtstern; they are slightly double 

 or even single, pretty large, and of a 

 deep purplish violet, with light violet 

 center, and prominent yellow anthers. 

 The color is not quite the same in the 

 different stages of the flower; it passes 

 from a more reddish lilac tint when 

 opening to amethyst blue, and at last 

 to a metallic bluish slate color. I use 

 the term 'blue' with precaution, and 

 may repeat that persons who deal less 

 severely with the naming of colors may 

 possibly call it sky blue. There is, how- 

 ever, a wide range of shades from the 

 blue of an auricula or even of Primula 

 Chinensis cserulea to the blue of our true 

 blue violets, and lastly to the blue of 

 Salvia patens and Centaurea Gyanus. 

 Should we insert our new climbing rose, 

 Violet Blue, in such a color chart, it 

 must be placed even before the violet. 

 It is, for all that, a novelty whose quali- 

 ties will be appreciated by everybody. 

 I may add that as a variety for grow- 

 ing in pots, it is as useful as Crimson 

 Rambler. ' ' 



EUROPEAN ASTERS. 



The purpose of this article, begins a ' 

 writer in an English trade journal, is 

 to direct the attention of market growers 

 to the Hohenzollem aster class. In 

 habit of growth and form of flower it 

 closely resembles the Ostrich Plume class, 

 but surpasses it by its long, stiff flower 

 stems and the enormous size of its flow- 

 ers, reaching from five and one-half to 

 nearly six and one-half inches in diame- 

 ter. The plant, as a whole, has a height 

 of nearly two feet, thus growing about 

 six inches higher than the Ostrich 

 Plume varieties. It comes into bloom 

 seven to twelve days later. For produc- 

 tion of fine cut flowers it is to be pre- 

 ferred in every respect, so far as its 

 height and lateness form no objection. 

 The HohenzoUern aster, being of com- 

 paratively new introduction, does not in- 

 clude all those beautiful colors we find 

 with the Ostrich Plume class. Never- 

 theless, nearly all shades important to 

 florists may be had in this new strain; 

 i. e., white, light blue, flesh-color, rosy 

 lilac, rosy carmine, brilliant carmine, and 

 light lilac. 



About three years ago there was raised 

 an improved giant-flowering Hohenzol- 

 lem aster, named Hercules, white. This 

 is the beginning of another class, whose 

 qualities are in the same proportion to 

 the HohenzoUern aster as the latter is to 

 the Ostrich Plume class. It comes into 

 bloom about a week later, and its flow- 

 ers may, on rich soil, reach a diameter 

 of more than seven inches, being borne 

 on stems yet more vigorous. The plant 

 is for all that of sturdy growth, ranging 

 in height from sixteen to twenty inches. 

 The Hercules aster has been brought into 

 commerce by Ernest Benary, of Erfurr, 

 a house well known to the seed trade by 

 its numerous introductions, especially 

 among annuals and vegetables. As asters 

 of remarkable qualities and fine colors 

 among early flowering strains, I shouM 

 name Ostrich Plume, salmon colored, br- 

 ing earlier than the original type, and 

 the early-flowering HohenzoUern aster, 

 flowering in July. This early-flowering 

 strain has flowers of about the same 

 size as the Ostrich Plume. It has been 

 introduced by F. Roemer, Quedlinburg. 



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