1000 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mabch 31, 1904. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



CUCUMBERS. 



We have just made our last sowing of 

 cucumbers for this season. Houses that 

 were too coM through the winter months 

 can now be utilized for this crop, as- less 

 fire heat will be necessary to maintain the 

 necessary temperature, which should not 

 be less than 65 degrees by night and 80 

 to 85 by day during bright weather. 

 More advanced plants require frequent 

 and careful syringing and the house 

 should be damped down several times a 

 day to maintain a moist atmosphere, 

 which is necessary to keep red spider and 

 thrips in check. 



The keeping of cucumbers clean is one 

 of the most important points in their cul- 

 tivation. When this can be done half 

 the battle is won. Another important 

 point is careful ventilation. Although 

 they delight in a moist atmosphere, and 

 such an atmosphere is essential to their 

 well-being, at the same time enough air 

 must be admitted to keep the foliage as 

 firm as possible. Unless air is admitted 

 on all favorable occasions soft growth 

 will result and the sun's rays will have 

 a flagging influence on the plants, even 

 if they have the protection of shade. 

 Slight shade will be beneficial from now 

 on in preventing flagging and scorching 

 of the foliage but care must be taken 

 not to overdo it. 



Though with bright weather and the 

 freer circulation of air many of the 

 fruits may set naturally now, still it is 

 safer to keep on pollinating by hand, as 

 it insures a better crop. To plants in 

 bearing the frequent application of liquid 

 manure will be of much benefit, both in 

 extending their time of bearing and en- 

 larging the size of the product. 



W. S. Ceoydon. 



PARSLEY. 



The old plants from which the crop 

 has been gathered all winter will now be- 

 gin to be less productive and will show 

 signs of running to seed ; therefore a sup- 

 ply of young plants ought to be about 

 large enough to take their place. We con- 

 trive to have a succession of younger 

 plants large enough to keep up the supply 

 when the old plants begin to weaken. 

 We don 't plant parsley in the house after 

 this date, as we find that the space can 

 be more profitably utilized for other 

 things, and the crop will grow nearly as 

 fast in frames from now on and be less 

 troubled with aphis, which after the 

 weather becomes warm is quite a trouble- 

 some pest in the greenhouse. We usually 

 manage to keep them in cheek with the 

 free use of tobacco stems in the house, 

 though a smoking is sometimes neces- 

 sary. This we apply whenever the pest 

 appears. " W. S. Croydon. 



FiNDLAY, 0. — S. J. McMichael says it 

 has been a hard winter, b\it he thinks 

 prospects very good for spring. His 

 specialty is vegetable plants. He bedded 

 forty bushels of sweet potatoes for plants 

 and expects to be ready to ship toward 

 the end of April. La.st fall he saved his 

 own tomato seed from selected plants, so 

 that he knows just what he has to ofiFer 

 his patrons this season. Just now he is 

 very busy, making beds and getting ready 

 to transplant tomatoes, cauliflower and 

 cabbage. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOOATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



PreB., N. W. Hale, KnoxvlUe. Tenn. ; Vlce-Pres., 

 P. A. V?eber. St. Louis; Sec'y. Geo. C. Seager, 

 Rochester, N. Y.; Treaa., C. L. Y'ates, Rochester, 

 N. Y. The twenty-eighth annual convention 

 will be held at Atlanta, Ga., June, llMM. 



M. S. Stone, of San Jose, Cal., is 

 dead. He was 39 years of age and 

 did a large nursery business. 



The many small parks to be added to 

 the South Parks system in Chicago has 

 brought the park board into the market 

 for large quantities of mirsery stock, par- 

 ticularly in the larger sizes. 



The high-bush cranberry. Viburnum 

 opulus, is an attractive bush at flowering 

 time, in May, but it is for the autumn, 

 when it is full of large, bright red bej- 

 ries, that it is most planted. 



The business of the Muskogee Nursery 

 Co., Muskogee, I. T., has increased to the 

 point where Mr. Kinsley, its head, says 

 .Tdditional capital is required and some 

 treasury stock will be sold to local par- 

 ties. 



E. W. KiRKPATRiCK, of McKinney, 

 president of the Texas Nurserymen's 

 Association, says that much of the pros- 

 perity of the state is due to the efforts 

 of the railroads to develop its agricul- 

 tural resources. 



RETAIL NURSERYMEN ORGANIZE. 



The nurserymen of western New York 

 met March 19 at Rochester, and after 

 dinner, organized the National Associa- 

 tion of Eetail Nurserymen, 'lae plan 

 for this organization was decided upon 

 at a meeting held March 10. It is the 

 first national retail association of nur- 

 servmen to be organized in the country. 

 While it has been organized in Roches- 

 ter, it will, of course, admit to its mem- 

 bership retail nurserymen throughout the 

 United States. 



The following firms were represented : 

 Allen Nursery. H. J. Bowden, Brown 

 Bros., E. J. Bowden, G, Costich & Co., 

 Chase Bros., Charlton Nursery Co., 

 Charles H. Chase, Ellwanger & Barry, 

 Glen Bros., F. E. Grover & Co., Graham 

 Nursery, Hooker. Wyman & Co., Hawkes 

 Nursery, R. D. Luetchford & Co., George 

 Moulson & Son, Oliver Brothers' Co., 

 Rochester Nursery Co., H. S. Tay- 

 lor & Co., Western New York Nur- 

 sery, Irving Rouse, C. L. Yates, Pin- 

 nacle Nursery Co., all of Rochester; Clark 

 Nurserv, Pierson Bros.' Co., Waterloo; 

 C. W. Stuart & Co., Newark ; R. G. Chase 

 & Co., Geneva. 



A constitution was adopted, and officers 

 and an executive committee were elected. 

 The officers are: President, Wi'liam Pit- 

 kin, of Rochester; vice-president, O. C. 

 Chase, of Geneva ; secretary-treasurer, 

 John B. Killy, of Rochester. The execu- 

 tive committee is C. H. Stuart, of New- 

 ark; E. S. Osborne and Walter W. Wy- 

 man, of Rochester. 



The objects of the association are to 

 promote cordial business relations among 

 its members, to advance their interests and 

 prosperity, and to deal with any import- 

 ant matter that may arise in connection 

 with the nursery business. It is expected 

 that the association will have a beneficial 

 influence on the nurserv trade. 



WE OFFER AT 



Auction Prices Now 1 



Orders not less than $10: in lOOO lots 

 10 per cent siiecial discount. 



15,000 Lataula Borbonica 



(HAURITIANA) 



These are grown tromMaurilius Island seeds 

 and form much finer plants than the Cuban va- 

 riety. Have thick, sturdy trunks and much of 

 the habit of Livistona rotundifolia. therefore 

 sell good. 



Seedlings... $2 00 per 106: *12.00 per 1000 



2i4-inch S.OGper 100; 25.00 per lOOO 



Doz. 100 



i-lnch .$2.50 $18.00 



5-ineh, 5 leaves. 18-20 in. high 4.00 25.0C 



6-inch, extra good value, 6-7 leaves, 



20-24 in. high 6.00 40.00 



7-inch. 2-inch trunk and over, 6-7 



leaves. 22-26 in. high 8 00 6S.00 



8-inch 11.00 95.00 



KENTIA FORSTERIANA 



Leaves H'ght in. Each Doz 100 



3-inch 11,50 $12.00 



5-inch 5-6 24-32 » .75 8.00 60.00 



6-inch 5-6 36-42 $1 to 1.25 14.00 lOJ.OO 



6-iDCh 5-6 40-46 1..t0 15.00 11000 



7-inch. 5-6 leaves. 42-48 ins. high. *J 00 to $2.50 



each; $22 to $26 per doz.; $165 to $175 p-r 100. 

 8-inch. 6-7 leaves, 46-52 ins. high, 13 to $4 each; 



$30 to $40 per doz. 

 9-inch, $5 to $15 each. 



HADE UP, FOUR PLANTS IN A POT 



Height in. Each Doz. 



7-inch 34-40 $1.50 $16.00 



7-inch 36-42 2.00 20.00 



8-inch 38-46 2.50 25.00 



9-inch 46-5; 3.00-i.OO 30 00-50.00 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS 



3;4-inch,$4.C0 per 100; 3-inch. $6.00i.ier 100; 4-inch. 

 $8.00 per 100. 



ARECA LUTESCENS 



3 to 5 in a pot, fine lively stock 



Each Doz. 100 



6-inch. 30-33 ins. high $.75 $8.00 $60.00 



6-inch. . 14-38 ins. hii-'h 100 11.00 90.00 



8-inch. $2.00 to $4.U0 e ach. 



PANDANUS 



UTILIS. 6-in.. 75e each: SS.OOperdoz.; $60.00 per 

 100. VEITCHir, 6-in.. $100 each; $11.00 per 

 doz.; 7-in.. $1.50 to $2 each; 8-in., $3.50 to $3 each. 



ASPIDISTRA ELATIOR 



Green. 5c per leaf. Varietrated. 12c per leaf. 



BOSTON FERNS 



Per 100 



5-inch $20.00 



6-inch 40.00 



7-inch 60 00 



8-inch 80.00 



Per 100 



2'/..inch $3.00 



3V;-inch 6.00 



4-inch 10.00 



BEGONIA 



Silver speckled, flne for vases. $25 00 per 100, 



CARNATION PLANTS 



In bud and bloom. .5-inch pots. $25.00 per 100. 



1,200 FERNS FOR DISHES 



100 1000 



3-inch, tor dishes, beautiful stock . . $4.50 $35.00 

 ai'a-inch. best varieties of Pceris.. . 3.00 25. CO 



KENTIA BELAIOREANA 



Prom seed bed, two leaves $4.00 per 100 



2K-inch pots 5,00 per 100 



Leaves Hht in. Fach Doz, 



3-inch pots ....4-8 12 $.10 $1.00 



4-inchpots .V7 12-18 .30 3.00 



5-inch pots 5-7 18-24 .60 6.50 



6-inch pots 6-7 32-30 .'0 7.50 



ALL THESE ARE EXTRA VALUE. 

 6-iuch pots, 7-8 leaves, 24-32 in. height. $1 to $1.25 

 each; $12 to $15 per doz.; $100 to $110 per 100. 

 Leaves Hght in. Each Doz. 100 

 7-inch pots. ..7-8 30-34 $2.00 $22.00 $300.IK) 

 8-inch pots... 7-9 36-40 3.00 32.00 

 8-ineh pots. ..7-9 40-46 4.(X) 4.5.00 

 9-inch pots... 7-9 46-50 5.ai 50.00 



RUBBERS 



The True Belgian Red-veined Variety 



3-inch $20.0(1 per 100 



4-inch 25.0«perl00 



5-inch 40.00 per 100 



6-inch. 18-24 inches high ,50.00 per 100 



7-inch. 30-34 inches high 126.00 per 100 



Old stock plants, good for 5 to 15 top cuttings 

 annually. $35.00 per 103. 



Will sell 1.750 running feet of mod^ 



em Qreenhouses, 25 ft. wide, $3,000. 



ALBERT FUCHS 



2045-2059 N. Halsted St.. Cblcagro 



