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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 7, 191; 



Ferns 



Galax 



Moss 



HEADQUARTERS FOR SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 

 $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 per case. 



mrmciAL pbicks ov i^rgx quamtxtiu. 



Imported Bronze and Green Magnolia Leaves, $2.00 per basket 



Everything In Florists* Supplies 



Full Line of Cut Flowers and Other Greens at All Times. 



C. L CRITCHELU 



Whol«sal« CommisaioB Florist* 

 84-86 Bast Third Ave., 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



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florists' mixtures, for in their work 

 they require more light colors than the 

 ordinary purchaser. With some indi- 

 vidual varieties so selected, many years 

 are required to work up a stock suffi- 

 ciently large to be placed upon the 

 market, and with some growers prices 

 are not always an indication of quality, 

 but the barometer of production. This 

 principle I avoid as much as possible, 

 preferring to adjust prices according 

 to quality and increase confidence in my 

 standard of values. 



In the growing of gladioli, care 

 should be exercised in the selection of 

 proper soil, fertilizers, etc., and we 

 seldom grow more than three years in 

 succession on the same soil, giving a 

 rotation of crops, such as oats with 

 timothy and clover, and then corn or 

 potatoes. High-grade commercial fer- 

 tilizers and a measured dressing of lime 

 when needed, give us an excellent cut 

 of hay, and the heavy greensward, top- 

 dressed with stable fertilizer the same 

 season, furnishes not only ideal corn 

 ground for the following spring, but 

 places the soil in the best condition for 

 the reception of bulbs the following 

 year. 



Harvesting and Storing the Bulbs. 



New varieties are secured from seed 

 only, this being gathered before frost 

 has touched the plant, and, after dry- 

 ing, it is stored in a cool, dry place. 

 The gladiolus is not hardy; hence the 

 bulbs must be lifted in the fall and 

 «tored in a cool, dry temperature. In 

 the storehouse we try to keep the tem- 

 perature as near 40 degrees as possible. 

 The harvest time is usually the most 

 anxious part of the season, for in our 

 section of the country the time is neces- 

 sarily limited in which to lift and store 

 our bulbs, and inclement weather often 

 delays the final digging so that in some 

 seasons the frosted earth has to be first 

 removed before spading. 



The greater part of our crop is first 

 loosened in the soil by a double plow, 

 which works on either side of a single 

 row, partly lifting the bulbs, after 

 which the men pull them from the 



FANCY OR DAGGER FERNS 



$1.25 per 1000. Write for prices on larg^e orders. 



Oalaz, 76c per 1000; $6.50 per case of 

 10,000. New Bronae now ready, 

 write for prices. 



Tel. Ofllee. Mew SiOem. Hms. 

 L. D. Fkone Ooniieotlok. 



MILUNGTON, MASS. 



Try our Boxwood, it's the finest thst 



grows; no waste; 60-lb. case, $7.50. 

 Lanrel Festooning;, the best, 4e, 6c 



and 6c per yard. 

 The finest Laurel Wreaths made, $3.00 



per dozen. 

 Branch Laurel, 35c for largebimdls. 

 Bphai^um Moss, $5.00 per nJs. 

 Bouquet Ghreen, 8c per lb. 

 Southern Smilaz, $5.00 per case 9t 



50 lbs. 

 Green Moss, $1.25 per bbl. 

 Partridge Bterries, 10c per bunch oi 



50 sprays. 



A Spedal Ut sf GROUND PINE, oaly $6.00 per 100 lbs. Hnt cone, first served. 



CROWL FERN CO., : Milllngton, Mass. 



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WHOI.BSAI.K ONI.T 



GALAX, FERNS, wk^ 

 LEUCOTHOE W 



^Aak for Price Liit Ts 



THE NORTH CAROLINA EVERGREEN COMPANY. 



Banners Elk, Pianola, Bdsemont, Montezuma, Klk Park. 



RETAIL DEPARTMENT 



(At Banners Elk only.) "We ship you EYEBGBEENS, not trash." 



Galax, srreen and bronze $0.50 per 1000; $5.00 per case 



Feme, dagger and fancy 1.00 per 1000; 4.00 per case 



Leucothoe, long gi-een $2.00 per 1000 



Leucothoe, short green i.oo per 1000 



Get your supplies for the Easter trade. Terms Cash. 



Address aU commanicationB to oar home office. Banners Elk, N. O. 



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F=LORISTS ! 



Don't forget when you remember that I sell all 



Native Forest Greens, Cut Ferns, Festoon- 

 ing, Baled Boughs, Xmas Trees, Etc. 



Write for price. 



H. J. SMITH, Hinsdale, Mass. 



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Qreen Sheet Moss, 



Laurel Branches and Stems, 



New Stone Tomato Seed. 

 Writ* for Prloes 



Will exchange for Ci'imson Clover Seed or any- 

 thing I can use. 



W. Z. PURNELL, Snow Hill, Md. 



