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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JUNE 1, 1899. 



BEETS IN MAY. 



C. asks: "To get bunch beets ready 

 for market in cold-frames by the mid- 

 dle of May, what time should the 

 seed be sown in the greenhouse and 

 what time should they be transplant- 

 ed to the frames? What variety is 

 best for frames?" 



I would rather this had been re- 

 ferred to the sporting editor of the 

 Fireside Companion or to the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, but as in an un- 

 guarded moment I signed myself as 

 "A Trucker," I am in for it. 



Sow about the middle of February 

 thinly in drills in a few inches of soil 

 on greenhouse bench. Transplant end 

 of March, planting two to three inches 

 apart. A cold-frame with sash will do 

 if we get fine, warm weather, but a 

 foot of manure with 4 inches of soil 

 on top of it, and then the frame and 

 glass, will do much better. The beets 

 and mangels don't like cold sod or 

 low temperature. 



For forcing there is nothing better 

 than Crosby's Egyptian. I notice there 

 is a variety named Dewey's Early 

 Blood, but I would not advise you to 

 cultivate this kind, as it has a strong 

 flavor of gunpowder. WM. SCOTT. 



CORRECTION. 



There were some typographical er- 

 rors in the advertisement of Messrs. 

 Greene & Underhill in our last two 

 issues. Rooted cuttings of Mme. 

 Bruant geraniums should have been 

 quoted at $2.00 a hundred instead of 

 $4.00, and 3-inch pot plants of Manet- 

 tia bicolor should have been quoted at 

 $10.00 per 100 instead of $2.00. The 

 errors were ours, as the copy supplied 

 by Messrs. Greene & Underhill was 

 plain and distinct. 



NEW PETUNIA. 



We have received from Messrs. E. 

 Banyard & Son. Clementon, N. J., 

 flowers of their new double pink petu- 

 nia, "The Novelty" which they will 

 introduce next year. The flowers sent 

 us are three inches across, very dou- 

 ble, and of a very pleasing shade of 

 pink. The growers state that the 

 plants grow very strongly and need no 

 stakes. It seems a very promising 

 novelty. 



JADOO. 



John Hobson, Radnor, Pa., carried 

 off the first prize for hybrid calceola- 

 rias exhibited at the meeting of the 

 Pennsylvania Hort Society May 16. 

 These plants were grown in Jadoo. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



Baur & Smith have leased the Co- 

 lumbia Place Greenhouses and will 

 grow high grade cut flowers for the 

 wholesale market. The firm is com- 

 posed of A. F. J. Baur and F. S. Smith. 



COLORADO SPRINGS, COL.— Steps 

 are being taken to organize a horticul- 

 tural society. 



5000 BEGONIA REX and 5000 VINCA VAR. 



POT PLANTS. 



Abutilon Var, trailing, finest of all for baskets and vases. 2' : .-in., $6.00; 3-in., $10.00; 4-inch., $15.00 



GERANIUMS-Mrs. Pollock, 2!i-in 



Begonia Rex, 2-in $4.00; Z'A-'m.. $10.C0 per 100 



Louis Closson, S4. 00 and 6.00 



Fuchsia Trailing Queen, 2K-in 4.00 " 



Forget-me-not. winter flowering, 2%-in. 3.00 " 



Cobea Scandens, extra strong, 3-in 5.00 



Impatiens Sultana. 2%-in 3.00 " 



Maurandva Vine, 2%-in 3.00 



-Mrs. Pollock, 

 Mrs. Parker, 



$4.00 



6(10 



per 100 

 per 100 



VINCA VAR, extra long, 2% 



. $2.50; 3-in„ $4.00; 3"_,-in. 



Happv Thought, 2!i-in. 6.00 " 



Rose Scented, 2-in 4.00 ■' 



Silver Leaf, 2K-in 4.00 " 



Freak of Nature, 2!i-in. 6.00 " 



Manettia bicolor, 3-m.. .10.00 " 



Asters, seedling 50 " 



$6.00; 4-in., $10.00 ; 5-in., S15.00 per 100 



Per 100 



Alyssum giant, double $1.00 



Abutilon, trailing var 2.00 



Ageratum, blue and white.. 1.00 

 Anthemis, double vellow.. . 2.00 



Begonia Rex 2.00 



" IncarnataGigantea 2.00 



Vernon 1.00 



Coleus, mixed, per 1000, $5.. .60 



Fuchsias, assorted 1.50 



Cobea Scandens 1.50 



Cuphea (Cigar) 1.00 



ROOTED CUTTINGS. 



Per 100 



Geraniums, mixed $1.25 



Mad. Salleroi 1.25 



Silver Leaf 1.50 



Rose Scented 1.50 



Mrs. Pollock 2.00 



Freak of Nature 4.00 



Mrs. Parker 4.00 



Happy Thought 3.00 



Mars 3.00 



Mad. Bruant 2.00 



Ivy 1.50 



Per 100 



Geraniu ms. Pansy $4.00 



Violet M. Louise 60 



Vincas Var. , per 1000, $10.... 1.25 



Daisy Snow Crest 2.00 



Impatiens Sultana 1.50 



Lemon Verbena 1.50 



Germanlvy 1.25 



Lobelia, blue 1.00 



Manettia bicolor 2.00 



Lantana, assorted 1.50 



VIOLETS, Marie Louise, Clumps very large, per 100 $4.00 



Terms Cash 



or C. 0. D. 



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Last Call for rooted cuttings of Marie Louise, 

 Farquhar and Lady Campbell, free from disease. 

 Al stock. Write for prices. 



Bedding 1 Geraniums from 4-in. pots, at $6.00 

 per 100; fine plants. Mad. Salleroi, 3-in., $3.00 per 

 100. Centaurea, $2.50 per 100. 



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