Januarj- 18, 1908 



HORTICUUTURIL 



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BOSTON HEAD LETTUCE AT IRON- 

 DEQUOIT, N. Y. 



The most important salad plant 

 among the varied cultivated vege- 

 tables is the lettuce, ot which there 

 are more than a hundred varieties. 

 It is in demand all seasons of the 

 year, and is grown successfully in 

 greenhouses, hot-beds and out-doors. 

 The Irondequoit gardener has learned 

 that to succeed he must have pa- 

 tience. This salad plant is essential- 

 ly a cool-weather grower. It will 

 stand slight frosts and come out all 

 right. This sometimes happens with 

 a gardener who is slow in getting 

 heat connections made in the fall. 

 What the Irondequoit gardener con- 

 siders an important item in the cul- 

 ture of lettuce, is the choice of seeds 

 and the best seeds procurable ai'e 

 bought. In the indoor crop, the seed 

 is sown thickly in rows about two 

 inches apart, and in a small bed. As 

 the seed germinates and the young 

 plant reaches a certain height the 

 beds are thinned out and the stronger 

 plants transplanted. When still larger 

 many of the plants are again trans- 

 planted. By continual sowing and 

 transplanting and selling, a succession 

 is kept up the year around in many ot 

 the houses. Boston Head lettuce is 

 considered the best for greenhouse 

 cultivation. The tastes ot the con- 

 sumer must be catered to, and the 

 grower after a good many .years has 

 found that Boston Head is the kind 

 for all-round sales. Some consumers 

 prefer the soft, delicate flavored varie- 

 ties, others want the .hard texture 

 of the crisp sorts. The Boston or 

 head varieties seem to fill these re- 

 quirements. For general sales the 

 head lettuce is most in demand dur- 

 ing winter. It is a splendid shipper, 

 and will keep fresh for several days 

 on the local markets. 



Lettuce growing has its disappoint- 

 ing features. Cloudy weather causes 

 them to become mouldy and "damp 

 off" if the soil condition is not right. 

 Then plant lice are another nuisance, 

 and fumigating with tobacco stems is 

 the antidote. 



The gardener has a "mascot" in 

 every greenhouse. He is a quiet little 

 worker, but he keeps the bugs scarce. 

 It is the little "American Toad," and 

 he is the greenhouse man's best 

 friend in this line of work. They are 

 especially of value in catching snails. 

 H. R. PEACHEY. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle, London, 

 for December 14, 1907, publishes a 

 communication from a French corre- 

 spondent concerning an insect (Mala- 

 cosma lusitanicum) which has done 

 great damage and caused considerable 

 loss to the horticulturists in the neigh- 

 borhood ot Toulon who grow narcissi 

 tor the cut-flower trade. The beetles 

 of this insect are abundant and well 

 known in the central region ot France, 

 but the larval form has hitherto been 

 unknown. It is the latter which feeds 

 on the bulbs and several ot them are 

 sometimes found in a single bulb. 

 Disinfection of the soil by means ot bi- 

 sulphide of carbon, applied at the rate 

 of 240 lbs. to the acre, is recommended 

 as a remedy. 



^S'^CALECIDr 



HAS MADE SPRAYING EASY ro^rT^E^sf ^'' 



The N,\. Herald, Noveiiiljcr 17, '07, says : ' The diances are about a hundred 

 to one that you have the San Jose Scale on your place and do not know it." and 

 advises the use of "SCALECIDE." This is eood advice. "SCALECIDE " has 

 been tested and tiied, and found thoroucrhly effective. The satne yesterday, 

 to-day, and all the time. One gallon makes 15 to 20. ready to use, by simply 

 adding water. 



Prices: 1 gal., SlOO; Ssral., J3.25 : 10 gal.. 6.00; 50 gal. bbl., $25.00, F. O. B. 

 our f actory. Order to-day. Write tor booklet Wand free sample. 

 B. G. PR4TT CO., Mfe. Chemists, 

 11 Broadway, Hew Vork City. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 

 Issued December 31, 1907. 



874,98S. 



875,020. 



87.'^,2n. 



S75,23i 



875,236. 



875 

 S75, 



875, 



,353. 



407. 

 525. 



Wheeled Cultivator. Staley 

 D. Poole and John Kiel, 

 Moline. 111., assignors to 

 Deere & Company, Moline, 

 111., a corporation of Illinois. 



Automatic Stoker. Henry E. 

 Wallis, Terre Haute, Ind., 

 assignor to Wallis Stoker 

 and Manufacturing Co., 

 Terre Haute, Ind., a corpo- 

 ration of Indiana. 



Spring Trip tor Cultivators. 

 Lewis Reeves and Geor.ge 

 K. Gilchrist. Vinton, Iowa. 



Portable Stand for Flowers. 

 Joseph F. BasTtel, St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



Fastening Device for Split 

 Carnations. Armin J. Baur, 

 Millcreek township. Erie 

 County, Pa. 



Mowing Machine. Martin 

 Jewell, Clinton, Me. 



Plow Attachment. JoseiJhus 

 Bingaman, Garnett, Kans. 



Compound tor Spraying Fruit 

 Trees. Charles J. Herring, 

 Memphis, Tenn. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Greene, N. Y. — L. Ford, one house. 



LeRoy, N. Y. — Fred Walter, house 

 20x75. 



Lenox, Mass.— C. F. Bishop, grapery, 

 24x60. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — James Bower, one 

 house. 



W. Brentwood, N. H.— Bert Bartlett, 

 two houses. 



Concord Junction, Mass. — F. L. Gar- 

 land, one house. 



Williston, N. D. — M. Bartholomew, 

 two houses, each 20x75. 



Zanesville, O. — C. L. Humphrey, 

 two houses, each 50x100. 



Pittsburg. Pa. — Finleyville Floral 

 Co., carnation house, 42x220. 



Berwick. Pa. — John A. Smethers & 

 Son. two carnation houses. 25x65. 



Kearney, Nebr. — The Green Seed & 

 Plant Co., two carnation houses, each 

 12x80. 



NEW HEATING APPARATUS. 



Morris K. Jesup estate, Lenox, Mass., 

 new boiler. 



Carl Swenson. Winsted. Ct.. hot 

 water boiler. 



W. S. Harry. Conshohocken. Pa., 

 Lord & Burnham boiler. 



ADVERTISE CARNATIONS. • 

 Next issue will be full of interesting 

 news for carnation growers. It will 

 CIRCULATE at the Carnation Con- 

 verktion. See the point? 



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