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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



MABCH 28, 1012. 



LANCASTER, PA. 



A meeting of the Lancaster Florists' 

 Association was held on the evening 

 of March 21, with a paper on green- 

 house construction, by D. T. Connor, of 

 Philadelphia, as the feature of the even- 

 ing. A rising vote of thanks was ex- 

 tended to Mr. Connor for his paper. 

 In the discussion which followed, many 

 valuable points were brought out, among 

 them the fact that, for greenhouse 

 sides, ashes and cement in the pro- 

 portion of seven to one make a better 

 job than more expensive combinations, 

 providing the wall is finished with a ce- 

 ment coating before it is dry, both out- 

 side and inside. 



White and pink sweet peas were on 

 exhibition from John E. Shreiner, 

 daisies and roses from L. Landis and 

 some of the finest golden marguerites 

 I ever saw from Ira Landis, of Para- 

 dise, Pa. 



In carnations the Wheatland Green- 

 house Co. had fine vases of Pink De- 

 light, White Enchantress, and Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward. J. W. Bruckart, of Lititz, Pa., 

 had Alma Ward and Mrs. C. W. Ward 

 and two seedlings, one a magenta and 

 the other a cerise pink, both of which 

 attracted much attention. Chas. B. 

 Herr, of Strasburg, had an extra fine 

 vase of Gloriosa, and Amos Eohrer, of 

 Strasburg, who clings to that which is 

 good and grows it just a little better 

 than the rest of us, showed a fine vase 

 of Enchantress. H. D. Eohrer showed 

 another vase of his new red, which 

 holds up its quality right along; this 

 seems to be a good feature, as we can 

 see just how it compares each month 

 with previous exhibits and learn its 

 value as an all-season commercial flower. 



Mr. Connor was considerably surprised 

 at the number we had in attendance 

 and at the size of the exhibits, which 

 compared favorably with the special oc- 

 casion exhibits of the older clubs. 



Our next meeting, which will be held 

 April 18, will be devoted to sweet peas 

 and the paper will be read by Chas. 

 Weaver, who is recognized as an author- 

 ity on sweet peas, not only here in 

 Lancaster, but in other sections as well. 

 Enthusiasts of this flower who may 

 want to send some flowers for this meet- 

 ing should send them to H. A. Schroyer, 

 Lancaster, Pa. They will find an ap- 

 preciative audience. 



Albert M. Herr. 



Ottawa, HI. — The new E. E. Davis 

 big range of vegetable houses is to 

 be started as soon as frost is out of the 

 ground. They will be in charge of 

 Donald Harrison, who is a brother of 

 Mrs. Davis. 



Makes Better Blooms 



Quick b adding and stiff stems— ttiese are the 

 difficulties lor the grower to overcome- 

 particularly if you are growine Carnations, 

 Roses, Chrysanthemums, or Violets. For 

 supplying this extra stimulus to plant growth, 

 there i s noth ing to equa I 



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 Sheep's Head Brand 

 More fertilizing and soil improving 

 qualities than any other 

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 and farmers should get our 

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 and newest pricelist. You 

 need fertilizer now, so write 

 today. 



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An article on page 15 of The Florists' Review for 

 February 22, 1912, after describing a florist's troubles 

 with eel worms, fungus, etc., on carnations, through 

 using cow manure, goes on as follows: — 



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Last seg,son we found it difficult to! 

 procure the cow manure and decided to 

 try pulverized sheep manure, which we 

 did. We had a heavy, sandy loam soil 

 and put on 800 to 1,000 pounds of the 

 manure to the house, 20x80 feet. The 

 results were all that we could ask. We 

 have many thousand plants in thej 

 finest condition, producing the finest 

 flowers. We will not worry aboUt cowj 



jnanure any more for carnations. 



J. JLi. O 'Quinn ^ Co- 



Every pound of Wizard Brand is brougfht into 

 direct contact with 2000 to 2600 degrees of heat 

 to destroy weed seeds, fungus and germs that 

 make trouble for the florist. 



The Pulverized Manure Co, 



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