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The Florists^ Review 



Deoembkh o. 1912. 



iTHE IDEALi 



CHRISTMAS GIFT 



The Florists' Manual 



A Business Book for Business Men 



SECOND EDITION 

 ThorouBhly Revised and Broustat Up to Date 



4 



No dry-as-dust botanical classifications, but tells you just 

 how to produce marketable plants and cut flowers in the 

 best and cheapest way. 



Just the thing for a gift for your employees or friends 

 in the trade. Give us the name of the person you wish 

 to remember. We will ship the book in time for delivery 

 CHRl&TMAS MORNINQ, with a letter telllns: that 

 the book Is sent with your best wishes. 



Treats of over 200 subjects, and is freely illustrated with 

 fine half-tone engravings. 



PRICE. $S.eO, PREPAID BY EXPRESS OR NAIL 



Florists' Publishing Co. 



Caxton Building, 508 So. Dearborn St., CHICAGO 



S^HAQNUM MOSS. 



SphaKnam mo88, 10 bbl. bales, burlapped, $4.00 

 per Iwfe; 5 bale lots, |3.75 each; 10 bale loti. 

 13.50 each. 



S. S. Pennock-Meeban Co.. 

 1608 20 Lndlow St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Good, clean sphagnutn moss for sale very cheap, 

 in 5 or 10 bbl. bales. For particulars, etc., write: 

 G. H. Van Note &. Co., Barnegat, N. J. 



Sphagnum moss, burlap baled, perfectly dry, 

 fl.BO per bale. ., ^ „. 



Currie Bros. Co., 312 Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis. 



Sphagnnm moss, clean stock; 12 bbl. bale. 

 $4.60. Green moss, In bbls., |1.50 per bbl. 



James Day, Mllford, New Hampshire. 



TOBACCO. 



Fresh tobacco stems 100 lb. bales 85c: 200 

 lbs., $1.50. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main. 

 Springfield, Mass. 



Fresh tobacco stems. In bales, 200 lbs., $1.60: 

 600 lbs., $3.50; 1000 lbs., $6.50; ton, $12.00. 

 Scharff Bros.. Van Wert. Ohio 



WANTED. 



Wanted — Prices of one-year-old Gladiolus Niag- 

 ara, Mav, Ceres. Orion, Panama, America. 

 Radenia. Empress of India, Prlnceps and Barou 

 y. Hulot. . „ 



G. Denljs. Brltton Place, KIrkwood, Mo. 



Wanted— 25 to 100 cryptomerlas, 10 to 15 feet 



E. U. novereuy. 2.'> Broad St.. New York. N. Y. 



WIWB WOWK. 



Special prices on florists' wire designs. Send 

 for illustrated catalogue. W. C. Smith Whole- 

 sale Floral Co.. 1316 Pine St.. St. Louis. Mo. 



Florists' wire designs and hanging baskets. 



Wyandotte Wire Works Co., 



700-702 Ferry St.. Kansas City, Kan. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

 In the West. E. F. Wlnterson, Co., 

 166 North Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



FaUs City Wire Works, G. F. Borntraeger, 

 Prop., 451 S. Third St., Louisville, Ky. 



William E. Hlelscher's Wire Works. 



38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit. Mich. 



Wm. H. Wo«'rner. 2852 Pratt. Omaha. Neb. 



WREATHS. 



Holly wreaths, standard size, $1.10 per doz. 

 Fancy case holly. In standard size cases, well 

 berried swamp stock, $3.00 per case. Terms: 

 one-half cash with order. 



H. E. Conwell, Milton, Del. 



Holly wreaths, made of best Delaware holly, 

 4 and o spots of berries, 9 and 10-in. hoops, 

 $10.00, $12.00 aud $14.00 pvr 100. Cash with 

 order. Prompt service. 

 G. L. Short. Overbrook. Del. 



If you want the finest quality holly wreaths 

 In the country write to 



L. M. Smith & Co., Laurel, Del. 



POINSETTIA PLANTS DECAYING. 



AVe are sending you under separate 

 cover one of our poinsettia plants. The 

 plant- is fairly representative of the 

 whole bed. They have been grown in 

 a temperature of 56 to 60 degrees, al- 

 though once or twice the house got 

 down to 50 degrees for a little while. 

 They have made a good root growth, 

 but seem now to be losing roots by rot- 

 ting off. On some plants, just above 

 the roots and just below the surface of 

 the soil, it appears as if worms had 

 eaten the bark. Do you think the 

 trouble is in the soil? We have had 

 lots of trouble in getting seeds to ger- 

 minate in the soil. We shall appreciate 

 an immediate answer, as we hope to be 

 able to save some of them. 



H. F. C. 



The sample plant received was cer- 

 tainly in a Vjad condition, and if the 

 others are affected similarly I am afraid 

 they will not be of much value to you. 

 It is probable that your soil is of too 

 acid a nature. This would suit worms, 

 but not plants. If worms are in the 

 soil and have clogged the drainage, 

 give the plants a watering of lime 

 water. Slake a piece of stone lime 

 and apply the water after it has 

 cleared. A lump the size of a hen's 

 egg will make two gallons sufficiently 

 strong to expel worms. A temperature 

 as low as 50 degrees would not hurt 



CutFlowerBoxes 



WATKRPROOF, Comer Lock Style 



The best and neatest Cut Flower box 

 on the market today. 



No. 3x4x20 $ 1.90 per 100 



No. 1 3x4>axl6 l.TOperlOO 



No. 2 3x6x18 2.25perlOD 



No. 8 4x8x18 2.60 per 100 



No. 4 3x6x24 2JS0perl00 



No. 6 4x8x22 S.OOperlOO 



No. 6 4x8x28 4.00 per 100 



No. 7 6x16x20.... 4.SOperl00 



No. 9 6x10x35 6.00perl00 



No. 10 7x20x20 6.26 per 100 



No. 11 3i<2x6xS0 3.26 per 100 



No. 12 6x12x39 (telescope) 10.00 per 100 



No. 13 6x10x30 6.60 per 100 



No. 14 6x16x39 10.00 per 100 



No. 16 6x8x48 8.00 per 100 



Special prices on lots of 1000 or more. 

 Add 50c for printing on an order for 100 

 boxes, and 75c for 200 boxes. No charge for 

 printing on an order of 300 boxes or over of 

 assorted sizes. Sample cardboard free on 

 application. Terms, cash with order. No less 

 than 25 sold at 100 rate. 



LIVINGSTON SEED CO. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO 



Mention Th« Review whtn yog write. 



the plants at all. What will injure 

 them is careless watering. They must 

 not be watered in a haphazard manner 

 every day. Do not apply any water un- 

 less the plants really need it. Too dry 

 or too wet conditions are causes of a 

 lot of failures in poinsettia culture. 

 Perhaps your pots or pans have insuflS- 

 cient drainage. This would soon cause 

 the soil to become pasty and sour and 

 make the roots decay. If the soil is 

 naturally acid, as evidenced by slime 

 soon gathering on the surface, it needs 

 an application of lime to sweeten it. 



C. W. 



