

May C, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



25 



59 WabasK Ave. 



lEAOlNGWESTtf"* 



'PPERSor 



Ch.icag'o, 



EPMHK CeNTR«^V7a 



CURRENT PRICE 



American Beauty 



Per doz. 



Long steins tl.OO 



Stems 36 inches 3tOO 



Steins 80 Inches 250 



Stems 24 inches 2.00 



Stems 20 inches 1.60 



Stems 16 incht s 100 



Stems 12 Inches 75 



Short per 100, $4.00 to 6.00 



ROSES Per 100 



KUIarney. select leOOto 18.00 



medium S.OOto 500 



Bridesmaid, select e.OOto 800 



medium S.OOto 6.00 



8.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 



Bride, select 600 to 



medium S.OOto 



Richmond, aplect 6.00 to 



medium S.OOto 



CARNATIONS Per 



OommoD, Kood 11.50 to 



Select, large and fancits 



Miscellaneous 



Easter Lilies, per doz $1.50 



Peonies, red, doz ...$0 60 to .75 



Valley S.OOto 



Oallas per dos., $1.50 



MlRDonette " $0.60 to 1.00 



Sweet Peas 50 to 



Stocks, single and double, all 



colors S.OOto 



LIST 



100 ' GREEN GOODS 



•2C0 Asparagus Plumosus, per string, $0.S6 to $ 0.50 



^•'^ " " per bunch, .S5 to .76 



Sprengeri . . . per 100, 3 00 to 6.00 



A^iantum " l.OOto 1.60 



Farleyense " S.OOto 10.00 



Smilax per doz.#$2.50 



4.00 Ferns per 1000, 4.00 .40 



Leucothoe Sprays " 6.00 .76 



Galax, green and bronze, .per 1000, 1.00 



J /y) " per case, 10,000, 7.60 



Boxwood, per bunch, S5c; per case. 7.60 



5.00 Kabjrct to Change Withont Notiee. 



Mention The Review when vou wnte 



Grandiflora 

 Cape Jasmines 



300,000 



Ready for shipment 

 by May 10th. 



We guarantee our stock to arrive in good 

 condition, or money cheerfully refunded, as 

 htki been our method. 



We now have, perhaps, the largest field 

 in Texas, of young, thrifty, vigorous bushes, 

 and can assure you that your order, whether 

 large or small, will have prompt attention. 



Write or wire us your wants and we will 

 do the rest. 



PRICES Per icO Per 1000 



Class X, 18 to 18-in. stems, $1.60 $13 GO 



Class A, 8 to 18.in. stems, 1.00 8.50 



Money in advance or C. O. D. 

 We Bet general special rates. 



W. A. DENNIS, Alvin, Texas 



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«;n .^' ^LL.— .1. A. Svvartley & Sons 



W'll make extensive 

 their greenhouses. 



improvements in 



l...S7tr'"^ MAss.-.Iohn Gale has 

 r .Ir m,^ ''""^^ recentlv occupied by 

 (nistave Thommen. ' ^ 



Des Moines, Ia.— The Lozier Floral 



ini «? i\T'^^^^^' ^o"" ^^•OO*^ the build- 

 akp, ^^^f^««t Sixth street, ami .vill 

 .talte possession of it at once. 



Bluffton, Ind. — Frank Gardenour 

 has started a greenhouse just east of his 

 ice cream parlor, and has placed Miss 

 Evah Brickley in charge. 



North Cohasset, Mass.— The audi- 

 torium of the Pope Memorial church, 

 when opened for services, was decorated 

 by Alfred Cross, gardener for Col. A. A. 

 Pope. The chancel was banked with 

 flowers from the floor to near the top 

 of the pulpit. 



CARNATIONS. 



[Concluded from page 13] 



from a swkmpy place, as that would be 

 sour. Neither must it be taken from a 

 hill, but try to find a level space where 

 the grass is green and the soil is fibrous. 

 This, in my opinion, is one of the prin- 

 cipal points of our success with both car- 

 nations and roses. Put" this soil in a 

 stack, grassy side downward, with one-' 

 third old rotten cow manure. Mix as 

 early as possible and do not turn until 

 ready to use; then mix as put on the 

 bench. 



' ' The above described soil has been 

 used for all carnations that I have as 

 yet grown, with the exception of Harlo- 

 warden. For Harlowarden I use a much 

 firmer soil; that is, I take out all the 

 rough sod and use ^pnly one-fourth rotten 

 manure, well mixe'd. The proper heat 

 for this carnation, I find, is from 38 to 

 40 degrees. Try this once, and if you 

 don't have a surprise, then I will' be 

 much mistaken. You will have blossoms 

 as large as the largest Lawson, with 36- 

 inch stems, as straight as a willow. I 

 have as yet not been able to supply the 

 demand for this carnation at $1 per 

 dozen all winter. 



' ' I plant eight inches apart, and water 

 to keep my plants on the damp side. In 

 clear weather 1 keep a little air on nearly 

 all the time, even if I have to turn on 

 another line of steam. This is essential 

 to keep the plants in proper health. 



Exterminatirg Thrips. 



" Now. just a few wrtrds concerning in- 

 sects, as it is to every florist's benefit to 

 use his utmost endeavors to keep these 

 down. I find that thrips are a nuisance, 

 and any one who has them need not keep 

 them. I had them once, and made short 

 work of them. I picked all the infested 

 blooms and threw them in the furnace, 

 then picked all the salable blooms and 

 put them away. I then slaked some lime 

 lumps, and when slaked scattered a thin, 

 even coat over my benches, then applied 

 the hose with a strong spray, using ray 

 fingers as a sprayer, going up the bench 

 in such a way as to wash every plant, and 

 as the little pests fell the lime did the 

 rest. This I repeated" two days after- 

 ward, and that was all. Tl^e lime water 

 on the benches burnt them as they fell. ' ' 



