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Th^ Weekly Florisjp J Review/ 



OCTOBBB 12, 1911. 





BOXWOOD 



2?..'i*.*S AT AUCTION 



Tuesday, October 17th 



A grand opportunity to stock up at your own prices. 



The Ham Horticultural Co.,£if7& 



R. W. MacNIFF, President and Auctioneer LOUIS SCHMUTZ. JR.. Secretary 



Sales every Tuesday and Friday at Eleven O'clock 



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STORING HARDY CUT FERNS. 



What is the best way to keep hardy 

 cut ferns during the winter? I wish 

 to store about 50,000. Are public cold 

 storage houses all right? H. J. H. 



Kindly let me know about keeping 

 fern leaves in cold storage . Are cer- 

 tain kinds used and how are they pre- 

 pared before going into storage? 



J. J. F. 



One without experience in storing 

 hardy cut ferns would be unwise to go 

 into it heavily. Practically all the 

 ferns are stored in public warehouses 

 and in several cities the quantity of 

 ferns stored is so great that the ware- 

 house people give this business special 

 attention. There is, however, much loss 

 in an average season, so much, in fact, 

 that some wholesalers who use hundreds 

 of thousands a month now prefer to 

 trust to getting weekly shipments from 

 the first hands rather than to take the 

 chance of putting large quantities in 

 storage. The big dealers carry their 

 stock in public warehouses and them- 

 selves suffer more or less loss every 

 season. Of course their prices usually 

 advance as the season progresses, be- 

 cause cost increases, but sometimes the 

 supply is sufficiently large in the latter 

 part of the season to hold prices to a 

 point where those who bought quanti- 

 ties in the autumn, and warehoused 

 them, find little profit is left after figur- 

 ing waste. 



The ferns always are tied with 

 twenty-five in a bunch, care being 

 taken that all the ferns in a bunch are 

 of about the same size. Then identical 

 bunches are packed in ordinary strong 

 wood boxes, usually 5,000 ferns to a 

 box. This accounts for some cases con- 

 taining larger ferns than others. Moss 

 is placed in the bottom of the box and 

 also around the sides and over the top 

 when filled; also a little is scattered 

 between the layers of ferns. Tight 

 cases are not desirable. It is important 

 to get the ferns into storage without 

 heating, so shipment usually is made by 

 express or in refrigerator cars. All 

 sorts of temperatures have been tried, 

 but the results have not been uniform 

 under any temperature, the spoilage 



H. VON CANON & COMPANY 



Eversrreens Fresh From The Woods 



Galax, Green, 50c per 1000; |).50 per case of 10,000. 

 Ferns, Fancy and Dasssr* 80c per 1000; t3.00 per 



case of .MHO 

 Green Leucotlioe, retrular lenrths, $1.75 per 1000. 

 Green Leuootboe, 10 to 16-inrh. $1.00 per 1000. 

 Laurel Leaves, ii6c per 1000. Blieet Moaa, 5c per lb. 

 . . Cash with order. 



luif Parte, N. c. BANNERS ELK, N. C. 



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 print your idvertisement every few 

 inches Costs no more than twine. 

 1000 yards to spool. Spool-holder with 

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Decorative Evergreens 



Wild Smilax, Magnolia Foliage and 

 Leaves a specialty. Quality and prompt- 

 neea guaranteed. 



D.S.CRUM, - Pine Apple, Ala. 



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varying with different lots in the same 

 temperature. They should be kept 

 steadily below freezing, but if the tem- 

 perature is constant a few degrees up 

 or down appears to make little differ- 

 ence. 



Soathem Wild Smilax 



IN ANT QUANTITY 



All Kinds of Greens 



H. S. MYERS, Pine Apple, Ala. 



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SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



CaMwdl The Woodsman Co. 



EveiTthinc In Southern EverrreenB. 



EVBRaREEN, ALA. 



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Want tii< For Sale Department 



•VAdverttaamanta andar thla head 10 centa par 

 Una, eaah with order from all who do not do 

 athar advartlalDC. In aendlns ramittanoe connt 

 aavan worda to tha Una. 



Display advarttaamanta In thla dapartmant §1.30 

 for ona Inch apaca. 



Whan anawara are to ba aant la our oara, add 10 

 eanta for forwartUnv. 



Plant adrertlaamanta not admlttad ondar thla head. 



SlTDATION WANTED— FlrBt-clasa grower of 

 roses, carnatloDS, rlolets, mnms and general 

 line of pot and bedding plants wants sltnation 

 where No. 1 stuff is wanted: capable of handling 

 any place. Address No. 88, care Florists' R« 

 view. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By ftrst-class, all-round 

 florist, 23 years' experlenco, German, 36 years 

 of age; able to take charge and handle men; 

 reference If wanted; please state wages and full 

 partlcnlars in first letter; Michigan preferred.- 

 Address No. 114, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By Dutchman, 24, ab- 

 stainer, nonsmoker; 10 years' experience, 

 England, Germany, France, Switzerland; all- 

 round greenhouse grower, propagator; thorough 

 nursery experience; no private place desired. 

 Address No. 116, care Florists' BcTlew, Chicago. 



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