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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febbl-aky 18, 1904. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



THE MARKETS. 



Chicago, Feb. 17.^ — Radishes, doz., 20 

 to 40 cents; lettuce, leaf, 25 cents case; 

 heads, $1 to $4.25 Dbl. ; cucumbers, 50 

 cents to $1.25 doz. 



New York, Feb. 16. — Cucumbers, 25 

 cents to $1.25 doz.; lettuce, 20 to 50 

 cents doz.; mushrooms, 10 to 40 cents 

 pound; radishes, $1.50 to $3 100 bunch- 

 es; tomatoes, iO to 20 cents pound; as- 

 paragus, $3 to $6 doz. bunches; rhu- 

 barb, 30 to 60 cents doz. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Suceessional sowings and plantings 

 may still be made in the greenhouse or, 

 if the space is wanted for other things, 

 plantings may be made in cold frames 

 from this time on. Cauliflower Ukes a 

 good rich soil and no kind of manure 

 suits it better than that from the barn- 

 yard, only this should not be used in too 

 fresh a state. Cauliflower is a deep root- 

 er, so the soil in the frames should be 

 well dug up and the manure thoroughly 

 incorporated. As I recommended for let- 

 tuce in a former article, prepare the soil 

 a few days previous and bare the sash to 

 the sun in the day time and cover up at 

 night to get the soil as warm as possi- 

 ble before planting; also have the plants 

 gradually hardened off, so they will not 

 receive a check. 



For crops nearing maturity indoors a 

 little nitrate of soda given at intervals of 

 three or four days will be of great as- 

 sistance to swell the heads. In large 

 houses _ it may be most expedient tn 

 mis this in quantity, allowing about one 

 ounce to two gallons of water, but where 

 a small quantity only is wanted it may 

 be more convenient to mix it as it is 

 used, simply adding about a teaspoonful 

 to a ten-quart can of water. The nitrate 

 being easily soliible, all that is necessarv 

 is to stir the water a little when adding 

 it and it will be almost immediately dis- 

 solved. It is better to apply this and 

 kindred manures when the soil is not too 

 dry or, if the soil is dry, give a watering 

 of clear water first and apply the fer- 

 lilizeir after the water has drained off. 

 The oper.ator should be careful not to 

 wet the foliage with the liquid or burn- 

 ing may result. W. S. Croyeon. 



PIPING VEGETABLE HOUSES.'^ i 



We have two houses 25x85 feet, with 

 no partition wall, and another housv' 

 21x75. They run north and south, one 



. ten feet to ridge, and have four-foot 

 side walls with side ventilators every 

 four feet aU around the outside. The two 

 larger houses have solid beds, the small- 

 er house raised benches. The boiler shed 

 nms along the north end and a twenty- 

 five horse-power boiler sits in a pit four 



> feet deep. How shall we arrange the 

 piping to get the condensed steam back 

 to the boiler without a steam trap? The 

 houses are used for lettuce and cucum- 

 bers and 50 degrees at night is required 

 when it is below zero outside. A 2-incb 

 flow and 1^4 -inch returns are to be used. 



C. W. 



The condensed steam may easily be 

 returned to the boiler from each of the 

 25x85 houses by arranging the piping 

 over the benches so as to bring the low- 



est point in the radiating system at 

 least twenty inches above the water line 

 in the boiler. The height of the water 

 line will, I judge, be about five feet 

 above the bottom of the ash pit, or one 

 foot above the floor of the greenhouses. 

 By placing the radiating pipes eighteen 

 to twenty inches above the benches the 

 condensation wiU return to the boiler 

 on the gravity system. There should be 

 a 2-inch riser running from the main 

 supply pipe under the ridge to the 

 south end of each house, where it should 

 divide and return in 114-inch pipes over 

 the benches. The. house, 21x95 feet, 

 can be heated by compact coils placed 

 on the outside walls close to the gutters. 

 If there is not room for more than 

 three pipes between the top of the 

 bench and the gutter, one coil can be 

 placed in front of the other, say a 

 three-pipe coil against the wall and a 

 two-pipe coil in front. These can be 

 arranged with valves so that either coil 

 can be used independently, or so both 

 can be used at the same time. By such 

 an arrangement the condensation can be 

 returned to the boiler without traps or 

 vacuum pump. If the boiler is not al- 

 ready set and it is possible to make the 

 boiler pit eighteen inches or two feet 

 deeper it should be done by all means. 



L. C. C. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOOATION. 



Pres., S. P. ■Wlllard, Wethersfield. Conn.: First 

 Vice-Pres., J. Chas. McCuUoueh, Cincinnati, O.; 

 Sec'y and Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O. 

 The 22d annual meeting will be held at St, Louis, 

 Mo„ June, 1904. 



New Yokk. — C. P. Braslan and Mrs. 

 Braslan, of San Jose, Cal., are at the 

 Waldorf-Astoria. 



T. J. CoRBRET has bought a tract of 

 five acres at Long Beach, Cal., and will 

 engage in the business of growing flower 

 seeds. 



The mail order houses generally are 

 hopgful that a break in the weather wUl 

 make up the January and February 

 shortages of orders. 



Fifteen seed firms with from one to 

 four repressutatives each made the can- 

 ners ' convention seem like a minority 

 meeting of the American Seed Trade As- 

 sociation. 



The Griffith & Turner Co., Baltimore, 

 announce that the loss of their Light 

 street store will not interfere with busi- 

 ness, as their warehouse was outside the 

 burned district. 



The Missouri Valley Seed Co., St. 

 Joseph, 5Io., entertained the Platte 

 County Purchase and the Buchanan 

 County Horticultural Societies at lunch 

 at its warehouse, February 6. 



The developments of the week show 

 an active demand for Valentine beans. 

 The wax sorts are holding stiff at the 

 quotations of last week and in some cases 

 an advance of 50 cents to $1 per bushel 

 has been obtained. 



The weather thus far has been such 

 as to give no idea of what the real de- 

 mand is to be and many of the items in 

 the seed lists that are thought to be more 

 or less of a drug may be in quite brisk 

 demand before the trade realizes actual 

 conditions. 



Canners claim that some Evergreen 

 corn was offered at the convention as low 

 as $5 per bushel, but it was not admitted 

 that the offers were for stock of depend- 

 able quality. 



The high prices for market onions and 

 the recent sharp stiffening of the onion 

 set market should aid in lifting the de- 

 pression caused by an oversupply of 

 onion seed, where this condition prevails. 



The question of germinating quality 

 continues to regulate the price of sweet 

 corn. The inquiries for an article that 

 will test up to 85 per cent are more 

 abundant than offerings. Low prices are 

 no inducement where there is any doubt 

 about good vitality. 



The following seed firms were repre- 

 sented at the canners' convention held 

 the past week at Columbus, Ohio: Jerome 

 B, Rice Seed Co., Everett B. Clark Co., 

 S. D. Woodruff & Sons, Livingston Seed 

 Co., Vaughan's Seed Store, Goodwin, 

 Harries Co., John H. Allan Seed Co., D. 

 M. Ferry & Co., Harry N. Holmes Seed 

 Co., W. H. Grennel, L, J, Coryell Seed 

 Co., L. L. Mav & Co., Leonard Seed Co., 

 M. Cushman & Co. and the M. G. Mad- 

 son Seed Co. 



EUROPEAN 



DEPARTMENT. 



In writing these advertisers please 

 mention the Review. 



New Cucumber, Veitch's Unique 



A seedllDff of Improved Telesraph or ss^d 

 with British King, awarded Ctrntlcate or Merit. 

 R. H. S. Fruit fully IS laches long- 2 iochen broad. 

 smooth and green; flesb solid, crisp of splendid 

 quality. Per packet. 2s t;d. 



Write for terms tu Aitu.-rican Trade. 



JAS.VEITGH& SONS, Lid. Chelsea England 



Miiitiitn The R.-vitnv when yon \\riii-. 



THE GOLD MEDAL NOVELTY 



LILaC C. B. VAN NES. 



Best red lilac for forcing'. Very fret- bloom- 

 ing', forces early. Red out of doors, but lo forc- 

 ing color turns to a fine pink. We offer this to 

 the trade v ith great confidence. Pot-grown 

 plants, for forcing-, well budded. $1 each Prom 

 open field. 2-year, budded. 3 to 5 shoots, 40c each. 



J. BU<IIW & CO., BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. 



Montlon The Review when yon write. 



KOGHIA SCOPARIA COMPACTA. 



No Annual ever gave such a surprise and com- 

 plete Sitisfactioo as this during the last two 

 seasons, both in refined bedding and exhibition 

 groups. This plant i^ thoroughly distinct, and 

 its beauty is sure to interest all b h'^lders. No 

 garden can do without it. Received the Highest 

 Award. S^ed 6i. and Is per packet, with diree- 

 tiouF, Write for terms to the trade, 



H. CANNELL & SONS. Swanley. Kent, Eng. 



DAHLIAS. ^^^oTs. 



Ten Gold Medals Awarded 1903. 



Pot-roots for shipment at OTiee. Every section 



including the popular Cactus Dahlias at $J.0O 



per 100 in 25 sorts. Better and newer kinds at 



$5,00 and $6.00 per 100. Terms cash with order. 



Catalogue 114 pp. free of charge. 



Hobbies Limited, NSieV Dereham, Eng. 

 New^Chrysanthemums 



The best of the Novelties shown at New 



York this year are from my last year's set. 



Another great set described in my special 

 list just out. Sent post free. Write for u. 



W. WELLS & CO., 



EABLSWOOD, - - SURREY. ENGLAND. 



