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Apbii. 20. 1916. 



SPHAQNUM MOSS-Contlnued. 



Sphagnum moss, wired bales, 85c per bale; 12 

 bales for $9.00. 



A. Henderson & Co.. Box 125. Chicago. 111. 



Sphagnum moss, guaranteed, excellent quality. 

 10 bales, |8.00. 6% cash with order. 

 L. Amundson & Son, City Point, Wla. 



Sphagnum moss, very best quality, $1.00 per 

 bale; 10 bales for $9.00. 



H. W. Buckbee. Rookford. 111. 



TOBACCO. 



FRESH TOBACCO STEMS, in bales of 200 lbs.. 



!2.00; 600 lbs., $4.00; 1000 lbs.. $7.00; ton. 

 13.00. Scharg Bros., Van Wert O. 



Strong tobacco dust, $1.75 per 100 lbs.; 200 

 lbs.. $3.00. G. H. HnnkPl Co.. Milwaukee. Wis. 



^VIRg WORK. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire work 

 in the west. E. F. Wlnterson Co., 166 North 

 Wabash Aye., Chicago. 



Falls City Wire Works. 

 45 1 3rd St.. LonlsTllle. Ky. 



William B. Hielscher's Wire Works, 



264-286 Randnlnh St.. Petrolt. Mich. 



WOOD LABELS. 



WOOD LABELS AND PLANT STAKES. 

 Benjamin Chase Co.. nerry Village. N. H. 



WHEN TO START CINERARIAS. 



When should cineraria seed be sown 

 in order to have phants in bloom at 

 Christmas and Easter? 



H. A. M.— Minn. 



For Christmas-flowering cinerarias 

 sow the seed about the end of June. 

 For Easter-blooming, mid-August is 

 sufficiently early. For a late Easter, 

 such as we have this year, it is hard to 

 keep back the large-flowered section, 

 but if you grow a batch of C stellata 

 or the variety Reading Star, both of 

 which carry small flowers but are 

 decorative, you can have cinerarias as 

 late as the middle of May, providing, 

 of course, that you give them a really 

 cool and well ventilated house. 



CUTWORMS ON PLUMOSUS. 



I have a fine lot of Asparagus 

 plumosus, but cutworms seem to be 

 eating at. I have tried moistened bran 

 and Paris green, with indifferent re- 

 sults. I have sprayed the beds under 

 and above the foliage with a solution 

 of Paris green, but it does not check 

 the cutworms at all. They have been 

 hand-picked at night, but still they 

 come fast and thick. The first night 

 we picked about 300 in an hour. They 

 can be seen plainly eating growing eyes 

 on the stalks of which the tops have 

 been cut. Some of the worms even 

 climb to the tops of the big sprays. 

 They are gray in color, with dark, al- 

 most black, streaks crosswise on the 

 back. If these are not cutworms, what 

 are they, and how can they be killed? 

 F. C— Pa. 



Cutworms are as hard to fight under 

 glass as outdoors. Even hydrocyanic 

 acid gas se^ms to have little effect on 

 them. Poisoned bait, if persisted in, 

 will gradually clear them out. Give 

 them some poisoned lettuce or cabbage 

 leaves, as well as the mash. Have you 

 tried carbon bisulphide in the soil? 

 This destroys the destructive larvae of 

 the June bug or May beetle, and there 

 is no reason why it should not prove 

 equally effective against cutworms. 

 This carbon in small lots costs about 25 

 cents per pound can, but is less expen- 

 sive in larger quantities. Bore holes in 

 the soil twelve to fifteen inches apart 

 each way with a pointed stick; then 

 pour half a teaspoonful of catbon into 

 each hole and immediately cover it to 

 keep in the gaseous fumes. Cover all 

 your bed in this way, doing the work in 

 the daytime while the pests are lurking 

 in the soil, and few should escape. The 



Half Iron Frame Talk No. 4 

 Column Fittings 



You have heard about a lot of the 

 growers who have had to wire 

 their columns to the purlins, be- 

 cause when a hard wind blows, the fit- 

 ting slips. Sometimes they have even 

 been lifted right oflf the column. 



Tou never heard of a thing like that 

 happening with a Hitchings house, be- 

 cause in all our bouses the column 

 fitting is bolted ttarouKb-and- 

 ttarou eh the column. It can't slip off. 

 The only way the roof can budge an 

 inch, is by lifting up the concrete, 

 ground and all, in which the columns 

 are bedded. For over thirty years we 

 have been bolting our column fittings 

 through - and - through. 



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NEW TOM OFFICE 

 IITOinaiway 



Yes, you are right; there are a lot of 

 things about our Half Iron Frame Con- 

 struction that are exactly like our Full 

 Iron Frame. And then again, there are 

 a lot of things that are different— way 

 different. They are so different, in fact, 

 that they make more than a mere dif- 

 ference in price. They make a differ- 

 ence in the durability of the house. 



Next to our Full Iron Frame house, 

 the Half Iron Frame is the best your 

 money can buy. But why not have 

 the best, instead of the next best? 



Send for our Supply Book and care- 

 fully compare each construction. 



You know we go anywhere for busi- 

 ness. Or to talk business. 



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SENEIAL OFFICU MO FACTORY. aiUBETN. N. J. 



OOSTON OFFICE 

 40 Ftdiral St. 



raiUDELnilA OFFICE 

 40 %%. ISih St. 





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Uentioa Tb« Rerlew when yon write. 



We Namtfactnre Hotbed Sash at 75c each 



Ours are all made from the very 

 best grade of Oulf Cypress. 



Glased Hotbed Saab from $1.0S up 



Double Ucbt Saab up to $4.00 



We carry a large stock of all 

 sizes. Write us for estimates. 



S. JACOBS & SONS, 13631381 nnsking ATenne, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



carbon is most effective when the soil 

 is damp. As it is explosive, be sure 

 not to use any naked lights near it. 

 C. W. 



Cleveland, O. — Frank Gompf has 

 bought a new display refrigerator to 

 be built to order by the A. L. Randall 

 Co., Chicago. 



CALDWELLTANKS and TOWERS 



■n of the Hlsheet Qoallty of Oon- 

 itmction, prodadng the gnatnt dnia- 

 bUity.longeat life and best tervice. Give 

 florists at imall expense taae water MrTlce 

 ■slacities. Write for list of users in foor 

 vicinity, and illnstrated catalogue. 



W. I. CILDWILL CO~lBMr»«ntol 



I<oalaTlU«, Ky. 



TUKS-StMl. Wtad. Salt Hlit«-TOWEIt 



Wimdmilla, Pompa, Oas EndiM* 



