March 2, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



89 



To Exchange — Canna Pennsylvania, Btrong 

 roots, and some 5-ln. pot-grown Whltmanl ferns, 

 ready for shift, for 3-ln. dracaenas and carna- 

 tion cuttings. Rentz & Son, Peru, Ind. 



To Exchange — Coleus, 2-ln. or rooted cuttings, 

 for anything you may have. 



Ponce de Leon Flora l Co., Atlanta, Ga. 



To Exchange — Fine Austria cannas for rooted 

 cuttings of carnations and ferns. 



Sunnyslde Gardens, HogansvUle, Ga. 



To Exchange — Armstrong's Everbloomlng single 

 tuberose bulbs for cannas. 

 A. H. Dalley, Knoxvllle, Tenn. 



To Exchange — Dahlias for gladiolus, named. 

 Nat'l Co-operative Show Gardens, Spencer, Ind. 



WANTED. 



Wanted — Let us know what you have to offer In 

 2 or S-ln. Asparagus plumosus; state price per 

 1000. 

 Geo. Wlttbold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI., Chicago. 



Wanted — Rose plants of any kind. 

 Melrose Garden Co., 90 Melrose St., Providence, 

 R. I. ___^ 



Wanted — Carnation and geranium rooted cut- 

 tings. Quote prices In exchange for spring stock. 

 Wm. Eschrlcb Co.. Nortn Milwaukee, Wis. 



Wanted — Contracts to grow all kinds of spring 

 plants. Address. 

 Greenhouse, 1849 E. Main St., Decatur, 111. 



Wanted — Chinese arbor-vitae seedlings. Quote 

 for Immediate delivery. 



Florence Nursery, Florence, S. 0. 



Wanted — Named gladioli, now or fall delivery. 

 Nat'l Co-operative Show Gardens, Spencer, Ind. 



Wanted — Rose plants from benches. 

 Address No. 25, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



Wanted — Small stock of America gladiolus. 

 Cash. C. H. Ketcham. South Haven. Mich. 



ASHES. 



Hardwood ashes, best fertilizer In use. 

 George Stevens, Peterborough, Ont., Can. 



CARNATION STAPLES. 



PlUsbury's carnation staples, 60c per 1000. 

 Postpaid. I. L. Plllsbury, Galesburg, 111. 



COAL. 



Coal, coarse and lumpy, no dirt. Makes steam 

 and heat to beat the band; does not coke-up or 

 clinker; can ship promptly. $1.20 net f.o.b. 

 mines near Altoona. 



C. W. Ellfler, 1915 2nd Ave., Altoo na, Pa. 



CUT FLOWER BOXES. 



All sizes of cut flower and floral design boxes. 

 Write for our box catalogues. 

 C. C. PoUworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Buyers of corrugated shipping boxes, send for 

 catalogue Just Issued. See display adv. 



Hlnde & Dauch Paper Co., Sandusky, O. 



Folding cut flower boxes, the best made. Write 

 for list. Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



DECORATIVE MATERIAL. 



Write for our special price on a special lot of 

 dagger ferns. 



Try our laurel festooning for your decorations, 

 only 5c per yd.; 10 yds. free with first order. 

 Crowl Fern Co., Milllngton, Mass. 



EGGS FOR SETTINGS. 



S. and R. C. Rhode Island Red, eggs from 

 choice matings, De Graff strain, $1.00 to $3.00 

 for 15. S. C. Buff Orpingtons, Cook strain, $3.00 

 for 15. ... - 



H. P. Smith, Piqna, O. 



FLOWER COLORINGS. 



CYACEINB FLOWER COLORING, yellow, 

 orange, pink, blue, green, American Beauty, 20c 

 per qt. by mail. 

 C. R. Cranston, 73 Flfleld Ave., Providence, R. I. 



GOLD FISH. 



GOLD FISH. 

 Price list now ready. If you have not re- 

 ceived it write us. One hundred customers have 

 voluntarily pronounced our fish the best In the 

 country. 



GLEN MARY FISH FARM, 



Chas. Pomraert, Prop., Amelia, Ohio. 



Largest gold fis h hatchery in the world. 



Grold fish, aquarium plants, castles, globes and 

 all supplies. Send for catalogue. 



AUBURNDALE GOLDFISH CO., 



Telephone Haymarket 162 



920 Randolph St., Chicago, 111. 



LIME. 



Lime, best In the world for florists' nse. In 

 bags, $4.00 per half ton. Cash. 



Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa. 



MATS. 



Cheapest and most practical hott>ed mat on the 

 market. Send for circular. 



J. P. Watts, Kerrmoor, Pa. 



PAPER POTS. 



Special Introductory price of $1.00 per 1000 

 3-ln. paper pots, f.o.b. Baltimore; shipped flat; 

 regular price, $1.40. 



P. B. Crowby & Son. Catonsvtlle. Balto., Md. 



PHOTOGRAPHS. 



I make 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. Graves, 414 Hay- 

 ward Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. 



POTS. 



standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are within .50 miles of the Capital, write us; we 

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

 M St s , N. E., Washington, D. C. 



We make Standard Flower Pots, etc. 



Write U8 when in need. 



Wilmer Cope & Bro., 



Lincoln University, Chester Co., Pa. 



Red pots, none better. 

 Colesburg Pottery Co., Colesburg, Iowa. 



Millions of best red pots. 

 U. Cutler Rycrson, 108 3rd Ave., Newark, N. J. 



"NUF SED." Best red pots are made by 

 Geo. E. Feustel, Falrport, Iowa. 



PRINTING. 



Special for florists. 500 each, letterheads, 

 billheads, envelopes, cards and tags, $6.00. Sam- 

 ples, 50 visiting cards, by mall, 28c. 



Fred F. Sotter, DouglassvlUe, Pa. 



Florists' printing. Samples free. Prices and 

 work the best. O. K. Fink, Pottstown, Pa. 



RAFFIA. 



Rafii:i (colored). 20 beautiful shades. Samples 

 free. R. 11. Comey Co., Camden, N. J. 

 Or 2440-2454 Washburne Ave., Chicago. 



Raflia for tying vegetables, roses, carnations, 

 etc. Bale lots or less. Write for prices. 



McHutchlson & Co.. 17 Murray St.. New York. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Sphagnum moss, burlapped. 10 bbl. bales, 

 selected stock, $4.00; choice. $3.25; natural 

 growth, $2.75 per bale. 5 bbl. bales, $2.25, $1.75 

 and $1.50 per bale. Rotted peat. 90c per sack. 

 Write for prices on large quantities. 



3. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J. 



Sphagnum moss, clean and fresh In burlapped 

 bales — 



10 bbl. bales $3.50 



7 bbl. bales 2.25 



I'enuock-Meehan Co., 

 1608-1C20 Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Live sphagnum moss, fine and clean, for or- 

 chids. Large sacks, 75c. 



Hugo Kind, Hammonton, N. J. 



Sphagnum moss, best quality, 75c per bale; 

 10 bales, $6.00. Cash with order. 



L. Amundson & Son, City Point, Wis. 



Ten bales sphagnum moss, $7.00. 



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



TIN FOIL. 



Tin foil, 10 lbs., 10c per lb.; 100 lbs., $9.00. 

 Wm. Schlatter & Son, Springfield, Mass. 



TOBACCO. 



Fresh tobacco stems, per bale, $1.50; 1000 lbs., 

 $6.50; ton, $12.00. Special prices on large lots. 

 G. H. Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



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

 500 lbs., $3..';0; 1000 lbs., $6.50; ton, $12.00. 

 Scharff Bros., Van Wert, Ohio. 



WIRE WORK. 



Florists' wire designs and hanging baskets. 



Wyandotte Wire Works Co., 



700 Ferry St., Kansas City, Kan. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

 In the west. B. P. Winterson Co., 

 45, 47, 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



FALLS CITY WIRE WORKS, 

 451 S. Third St., Louisville, Ky. 



William E. Hielscher's Wire Works, 

 38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich. 



Illustrated book, 250 designs free. 



C. 0. PoUworth Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wig. 



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



Wm. H. Woerner, 620 N. 16th St., Omaha, Neb. 



Enclosed is $1 for a year's subscrip- 

 tion to The Beview. Thought I could 

 get along reading my partner's copy, 

 but we both find so much interesting 

 reading matter that we both want it to 

 read the same evenings, so it's a case of 

 get two copies. May you live long, and 

 your publication live forever. — ^W. T. 

 Packard, Pittsburg, Kan. 



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