Mahcu 3, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



7)3 



^peer's Reliable glower Heeds 



Do not delay ordering your requirements in speda. We can fill your 

 Oi-der more promptly now than we can when the Spring- rush comes and 

 etocka are liable to run out in March and April. 



We oflfer below but a few articles of special value to florists. 



Asparagus Plomosns Nanas (true) $1 00 per 100 seeds: 17.50 per 1000 



'* Spreugeri 15c "■ l.UO 



Trc«Tp^^C We take special pains to eeeure the very choicest 



r%^ I L,tC9« Asters. We reccmmend Queen of the Market for early 



flowering-. Oomet. Peony Perfection and Victoria for mid-season, and 



our Late Branching- for late. We also recommend the other American 



grown varieties. 



QUEEN OF THE MARKET. 

 White.. 20c trade pkt.; 60c oz. Purple 20e trade pkt.; 60c oz. 



Lavender 20e 



Pink 20c 



Carmine 30c trade pkt. 



White 30c 



Deep rose 3oc 



60c oz. Crimson 20e 



60c oz. Finest mixed. loc 

 COMET. 



; fl.50 oz. Dark blue oOc trade pkt. 



1.50 oz. Llgrht blue....30j 



150 oz. Pink ;JOe 



per oz. 



60c oz. 

 50c oz. 



$1.50 oz. 

 1 50 oz. 

 1 50 oz. 



Finest mixed. 30c per trade pkt.; $1.: 

 PEONY PERFECTION. 



Crimson 30c trade pkt.: $1 50 oz. Purple 30c trade pkt.; $1.50 oz. 



Light blue.. ..30c " 1.50 oz. Bright pink... 30c - 1 50 oz. 



Brilliant rose ;iOc " 1 50 oz. White 30c " 1 50 oz. 



Finest mixed. oOc per trade pkt.; $1.25 per oz. 



AMERICAN GROWN ASTERS. 



Dreer'8 Superb Late Braaching- (Improved Semple's). 



Pure white... .25c trade pkt.; $1.00 oz. Purple 25c trade pkt.; $1.00 oz. 



Shell pink 25c " 1.00 oz. Lavender 25c ■' 1 00 oz. 



Rose pink. ...25c ■' 1.00 oz Crimson 25c ** 1.00 oz. 



Finest mixed. 25c per trade pkt.; 75c per oz. 



Daybreak— Soft Daybreak pink ...40c per trade pkt; $2.50 per oz. 



Purity— A white Daybreak fine 50c per trade pkt. 



Lavender Gem— Exquisite shade 50c " " 



Snowdrift— An early white Comet 50c " " 



nc'r'IIMITfG *^"^ strain of Single and Pouble Fringed Petunias 

 ■"^L. I «Jl^lA«9 is acknowletlged to be without an equal. 



Snperb Double Fringed T5c per 500 seeds: $1.50 per ItOO seeds. 



Superb Single Fringed oOc per trade pkt. 



Salvia Splendens (Scarlet Sage) 25c per trade pkt.; $1.00 per oz. 



Bonfire .^ 40c " •' 2 25 



Verbena Mammoth. Pink 30c " " 1.50 " 



Purple 30c " " 1.50 



Dreer's Superb Late Branching Aster. 



Verbena Mammoth, Scarlet 30^ per tr;ule pkt.; fl 50 per oz 



Striped 30c " 150 



White 30c " ■• 1.50 



Finest Mixed. ...25e " " 1.00 



HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



THE MARKETS. 



Chicago, JIarcli 1. — Lettuce, 25c case; 

 $1 to $3.50 bbl. heads. Kadishes, 20 to 

 45c dozen bunches. Cucumbers, 50c to 

 $1.50 dozen. 



New York, March 1. — Asparagus, $2 

 to .$6 dozen bunches; cucumbers, 37c to 

 $1.37 dozen; lettuce, 10 to 60e dozen; 

 mushrooms, 10 to 35c lb.; radishes, 

 $1.50 to $2.50 100 bunches; rhubarb. 30 

 to 65o dozen; tomatoes, 10 to 20c lb.; 

 mint, 25 to 75c dozen bunches; beets, 

 $4 to $5 100 bundles. 



APHIDES ON LETTUCE. 



Gardeners of the old school had a the- 

 ory that tnseets would not attack a 

 healthy plant; that it was only when a 

 plant was in poor health that they made 

 their appearance. This may be true 

 with a plant grown xnider natural con- 

 ditions, but grown under artificial con- 

 ditions, as lettuce in a greenhouse, no 

 matter how healthy a plant may be, it 

 is not immune from attack, though a 

 healthy plant is less liable to serious in- 

 jury than one in a more or less sickly 

 condition. 



Aphides are most apt to put in their 

 appearance when hard firing is necessary 

 to keep up the heat during excessive cold 

 spells, and it is well to be prepared with 

 some preventive. We find that the smell 

 of tobacco through the house will pre- 

 vent the insects from getting a foothold 

 about as well as anything we have tried. 

 The cheapest and easiest means of using 

 this is to have stems distributed through 



the house and have them renewed occas- 

 ionally when the strength is exhausted. 

 We have seen them spread on top of the 

 hot water pipes, but this is rather an un- 

 tidy way ; besides they dry out so quickly 

 that the strength is soon exhausted. It 

 is better to tie them up in bundles, so 

 that they will not get scattered around, 

 and suspend the bundles under the 

 benches, not too close to the hot water 

 pipes, moistening them occasionally 

 should they become dry, but the water 

 tliat drains through the benches is usu- 

 ally suificieut to keep them moist enough. 

 If kept too wet they will get musty and 

 rot. This bundle system is much cleaner, 

 as they can be easily changed without 

 making any dust or dirt. 



Green aphides is the commonest enemy 

 of lettuce, though the black variety will 

 sometimes attack it, and the latter is 

 far the harder to kill. If either of them 

 should get a foothold tobacco smoke 

 is as safe a remedy as any, but it is bet- 

 tor to smoke lightly two or three nights 

 in succession rather than apply it too 

 heavily at one time. 



W. S. Crotdon. 



boilers a few hours after the accident 

 occurred. 



The writer believes a true report of 

 such occurrences are valuable as a means 

 of warning others against the dangers 

 and damages liable to result from bad 

 management or negligence of the water 

 iine, and he has no sympathy with those 

 desiring to shield any entitled to blame 

 by attributing accident to causes of a 

 mysterious or miraculous nature. 



Boilermaker. 



THE FREEZE-OUT AT GEORGE- 

 TOWN, ONT, 



Ed. Review: — The writer notes an ac- 

 count in your February number, page 

 668, of a freeze-out at Georgetown, Out. 

 If your correspondent had obtained cor- 

 rect information he would have been able 

 to report that the leak in the boilers re- 

 ferred to was caused by firing the boilers 

 while substantially empty of water and 

 that it applied to the whole battery. I 

 am able to certify the correctness of the 

 above, having personally inspected the 



TO RUN REGULARLY. 



There is pulling power in every clean 

 paper. We emphatically do not believe 

 in intermittent advertising, but keep 

 hitting the nail everlastingly on the head. 

 Our contracts are made for twelve 

 months, to run regularly. Anything less 

 than that we do not believe in. — Mont- 

 gomery Ward & Co. 



A PROTEST. 



I see in the Review another rap at the 

 growers who pickle stock for the holi- 

 days. I wish you would let up on that. 

 If all the growers knew how to market 

 their stock what would happen to those 

 who are already onto their .job? Cut it 

 out. How do you suppose we are to get 

 holdiday prices during the week before 

 a holiday if the rest of them don't pickle 

 and leave us a bare market to take our 

 stuff? The pickler is all right. Let hinj 

 alone. J. A. B. 



Washington, D. C. — The Secretary of 

 Agriculture wants an appropriation of 

 $25,000 to remove and reconstruct the 

 greenhouses now on the grounds to be oc- 

 cupied by the Department's new building. 



