. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. FANCY. DAQQBR. Telephones: 2617-2618 Main; Fort Hill 25290. 15 Province Street and 9 Chapman Place, $ per 1000 FANCY FERNS, New Crop Oalax, Bronze or Green $ per 1000: $ Sphatfnam Moss, large bales $: 6 bales. $ Extra fine Leacolhoa Sprays. Green and Bronze $1,00 per 100: $ per 1000 per bunch, 35c; 50-pound case $ Lod Moss, in barrels for hanging baskets $ per barrel Florists in the Middle and Western States can save money by placing their orders with us. A trial
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. FANCY. DAQQBR. Telephones: 2617-2618 Main; Fort Hill 25290. 15 Province Street and 9 Chapman Place, $ per 1000 FANCY FERNS, New Crop Oalax, Bronze or Green $ per 1000: $ Sphatfnam Moss, large bales $: 6 bales. $ Extra fine Leacolhoa Sprays. Green and Bronze $1,00 per 100: $ per 1000 per bunch, 35c; 50-pound case $ Lod Moss, in barrels for hanging baskets $ per barrel Florists in the Middle and Western States can save money by placing their orders with us. A trial order solicited, MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE, Inc. Wholesale Commission Florists and Florists' Supplies, 38-40 Broadway, ^11 phone connections. DETROIT, MICH. 1 once or twice, will become excellent light material for potting composts, consisting as it will do, of a mixture of humus and the sand from the sweep- ings of the gravel paths. An old hot- bed makes a very good reserve of rich material, which is always handy. Sup- plementary constituents in order of importance, are sand, both silver and coarse, bone meal, basic slag, bone dust, and mortar rubbish. This demands some notice. Some recognized measure should be used, preferably one holding a peck, so that we may know the quantity of compost we have in view, and the amount of the various constituents. A pail is as convenient as anything for the purpose for an amateur, holding a comfortable amount to carry and well adapted for helping to scoop up the loam, leaf- mould, etc. It is advisable to have either a small pail holding about a peck or a large one holding half a bushel, as when mixing artificial manures with the compost a pound to the bushel of soil is a safe amount to use, while without any measure, either of soil manure, one may easily use the latter at the rate of three or four pounds to the bushel without know- ing it, and when one bears in mind that a pound to about 40 square yards of surface is at the rate of a hun
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