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The Florists^ Review 



March 16. 1922 



one continuous alpbubetloal list, with an ab- 

 breviation after <'a(li varit'lal name to indicate 

 the typo or class. 



Charlton BoUes, Media, I'a. — Illustrated cata- 

 loKiie of dalilias; sixteen pages and cover. Tv\-o 

 pages are devoted to cultural directions, with 

 special reference to disbuddlni; and the use of 

 fertilizers. The catalogue also contains descrip- 

 tions of Mr. IJolles' eight dahlia boolilets, which, 

 he sa.vs, "emlwdy the results of the author's 

 dozen years of field work and hard library 

 study, and constitute," he maintains, "the most 

 exhaustive and expert writing upon the dahlia 

 yet published in America." 



C, Eng«lmann, Saffron WaUien, England. — An 

 Illustrated carnation catalogue, well printed on 

 enanu'leil paper and bound in a handsome green 

 and gold cover. The iiarentbetic use of the word 

 "Anierican" on the title-page — thus, "Perpetual- 

 flowering (American) Carnations" — may be In- 

 formative to some florists. The varieties listed, 

 with the statements as to their behavior In the 

 Knglisli clinuite, afford material for interestiuK 

 comparisons. The Aiuerican-born slogan, "Say 

 It Willi Flowers," shows conspicuously at the 

 head of each page. 



Auguste Nonin, Chalillon sons Hagneux, Paris, 

 France. — Two catalogues; one of them is de- 

 voted entirely to roses, while the other treats 

 of dahlias, ehrysantheniiims, tuberous-rooted 

 begonias, hydrangeas and other plants. The 

 rose catiilogue is illustrated and comprises six- 

 teen pages; the other list is restricted to half as 

 many pages, with no illustrations. Both cata- 

 logues are printed in the Frencli language, with 

 the prices in French currency. Of course, the 

 Items of greatest interest and imi)ortance are 

 the new Nonin introductions. These not only 

 include many new roses, but also thirty-flve 

 or more new dahlias and several novelties in 

 other genera. 



VEGETABLE 



FORCING 



TROUBLE WITH IiETTUCE. 



We are having trouble with our let- 

 tuce. The first crop was fine, but the 

 second crop stands still or goes to seed, 

 and the lower leaves are blighted. The 

 soil is good garden loam, about one- 

 third rotted manure. We grow the 

 plants in 2-inch pots, and then set them 

 in beds. The water here is quite hard. 

 Will you advise us as to how we can 

 improve the growing? E. E. K. — Kan. 



It is judged that the reason your let- 

 tuce failed to head up and bolted to 

 seed was that your soil was too poor. 

 All successful lettuce growers, as soon 

 as they clear off a crop, give their beds 

 a liberal dressing of stable manure; 

 some prefer it well rotted, others claim 

 that half decayed manure answers equal- 

 ly well. However, it is found necessary 

 to manure liberally and work over the 

 soil to the depth of at least six or eight 

 inches before putting out a new crop. 

 It is the general practice, also, to soak 

 the beds thoroughly before setting out 

 the plants and, this being done, the let- 

 tuce plants usually receive no further 

 water until they are matured. Of course, 

 the soil must be light, rich and deep to 

 carry lettuces through in this way. If 

 you cannot secure stable manure, use 

 sheep manure. This is strong in nitro- 

 gen, which is just what all leafy vegeta- 

 ble crops need. Bone meal I would not 

 use at all. I do not approve of pot- 

 ting the plants. It is an expensive sys- 

 tem, entails much labor in potting and 

 watering and there is always a likeli- 

 hood of the plants becoming potbound 

 before planting out, which would mean 

 that the lettuces would make a poor 

 growth and run to seed. A tempera- 

 ture of 45 degrees on severe nights and 

 48 degrees on mild nights is suitable. 

 Ventilate freely on every possible oc- 

 casion. To show how deep-rooting let- 

 tuces are under glass, I might state that 

 E. Hittinger, of Belmont, near Boston, 



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