. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. eir developmentand contagion later in the season. Thesurface of the soil should be stirred fre-quently to keep it sweet, and prevent agreen scum forming. We generally dothis after the beds have had a good wa-tering and the surface becomes dryenough to handle. The loose soil thenacts as a mulch and keeps looser muchlonger than if a watering follows the cul-tivating. Our spare moments are devoted to dis-budding, and if a speck or two of blackspot is found, which is often the cas
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. eir developmentand contagion later in the season. Thesurface of the soil should be stirred fre-quently to keep it sweet, and prevent agreen scum forming. We generally dothis after the beds have had a good wa-tering and the surface becomes dryenough to handle. The loose soil thenacts as a mulch and keeps looser muchlonger than if a watering follows the cul-tivating. Our spare moments are devoted to dis-budding, and if a speck or two of blackspot is found, which is often the case onan old leaf, il is removed. Watch thisdisease from the start and it gives butlittle trouble. H. H. EDIIiES m SVSDIESS. Warwick, N. Y.—R. B. Lawrence haseffected a sale of part of his greenhousebusiness to James Bonnyman. Brooklyn, N. Y.—D. C. Van Walken-burg will, about September 15, open aretail store at 60th street, between 14thand loth avenues. He is at presenterecting a dwelling house, also twogreenhouses, each 20x56 feet, which willbe used to grow a general collection ofstock for his retail DP-TO-DIITE FLOBISTS know that more i8 gained by preventingthe inoreaee of the oiit-go than by in-creasing the income. Wasteful methodsof doing business will destroy all . . PROFIT and prevent the commercial floristkeeping up to the tiroes and to biscompetitors. The expense for heatingis a large one and where a florist securesproper heat; economizes labor; eeoni-mizes fuel and has no repairs, be is Id amuch better pnaition to meet the de-mand of the times for popular prices from florists Some boilers have the sole merit ofbeing cheap and CAN BE DISTINGUISHED bought at a low price. One wintersuse shows that while the price is low forthe boiler it is high for scrap iron, whichis about all such boilers are good for.[Our boilers are Mention this papei. Send For Our )GREENHOUSE[CATALOGUE. ) for their success, and we have had nofailures. Every florist who has usedour boiler
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