. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 828 The American Florist. Dec. ig. The Allied TRat^Es. Descriptive part'oulars—with drawings or pho- tographs, if possible—of any new apparatus or device which may prove helpful to the trade are solicited for this department. Reed & Keller's immortelle Christ- mas bells, etc., are proving very popular. Clark's ?wagon heaters, it is claimed, will heat a large florist's wagon continu- ously at an expense of one-quarter cent per hour for fuel. This is vyorthy of con- sideration these cold days. Reimer & RiDME
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 828 The American Florist. Dec. ig. The Allied TRat^Es. Descriptive part'oulars—with drawings or pho- tographs, if possible—of any new apparatus or device which may prove helpful to the trade are solicited for this department. Reed & Keller's immortelle Christ- mas bells, etc., are proving very popular. Clark's ?wagon heaters, it is claimed, will heat a large florist's wagon continu- ously at an expense of one-quarter cent per hour for fuel. This is vyorthy of con- sideration these cold days. Reimer & RiDMER, agents of the Her- endeen Manufacturing Company, recenily installed Furman boilers and heating plants for F. Hesse, Heitmann & Baer- mann, John Arnold and Otto Eggebrecht, all of Milwaukee, Wis. Lord's Frost-Proof Shipping Box. The illustrations herewith show cross section of a new folding and frost-proof plant shipping box, and the same ready for shipment with additional cord to hold sides firmly in place. This box has been patented by the inventor, L. P. Lord, of Owatonna, Minn., who claims for it advantages as follows: 1. It is frost- proof, being made of double corrugated paper board. 2. Time used in packing plants reduced to a minimum, not more than ten minutes, saving labor. 3. Weight of package the least possible. 4. Safe from injury in shipment. 5. Easy to carry. Kerr's Asparagfus Stringer. The illustration herewith shows a flat piece of tin and method of fastening string in same for training asparagus, smilax and such plants. The stringer is bent at the broad end so as to hook readily on wires strung across the house at the top and over the beds or benches at the bottom, two stringers being re- quired for each string. It is claimed by the patentee, George Kerr, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, that this is a very cheap and expeditious device. It is true that much time is taken up in the tedious work of stringing asparagus and smilax and these plants are now grown so e
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