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The Florists' Review 



JUNB 25, 1014. 



I Irilriil ^i ^^-y Suspicions aint facts. 



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your order, give her a chance, 

 then form your own opinion. 



1888 the son of E. L, Heyn, Councilor 

 of Commerce Ludwig Heyn, the present 

 owner of the business, became head of 

 the firm, which, as he is the great- 

 grandson of the founder, has remained 

 with the same family for four genera- 

 tions. 



Vegetable Forcing 



TOMATOES UNDEB GLASS. 



Can you tell me of a good book on 

 growing tomatoes under glass? What 

 is the best kind to plant? I do not 

 force my tomatoes. I keep the night 

 temperature up to 60 degrees and the 

 day temperature at about 80 to 83 de- 

 grees. At night during December, 

 January and February it will drop to 

 40 degrees. I only aim to keep the 

 frost out of the house during winter. 

 I grew Chalk's Jewel this year. The 

 plants were fifteen inches apart in the 

 row and two rows to a 3-fopt bed, with 

 a 20-inch path between. The soil can 

 be made any depth up to twelve inches. 

 I found the Jewel tomato set all right, 

 but the fruit rotted and half the crop 

 was a loss. I would like all the infor- 

 mation you can give, as I have a mar- 

 ket that will take 300 or 400 pounds 

 daily from April 1 to June 15. 



C. D. O. 



I do not know of any special work 

 on indoor tomato culture, although some 

 of the state college bulletins and spe- 

 cial vegetable books have articles on 

 them. You will find some practical 

 notes on this subject in a recent copy 

 of The Eeview. For midwinter forcing 

 the English varieties are decidedly su- 

 perior to the American. Comet is 

 largely grown, but Lister's Prolific 

 seems to be an improvement on that 

 variety. Other good sorts are Carter's 

 Sunrise and Sutton's Best of All. Of 

 American varieties Earliana and Early 

 Jewel are the best. 



For a midwinter crop you are plant- 

 ing your tomatoes too thickly. One 

 row to a bed would give you far bet- 

 ter returns. After March, two rows 

 are all right. In order, however, to 

 get a good winter crop you must run 

 your night temperature higher than 40 

 degrees. You cannot expect a first- 

 class crop and fruit free from rot in so 

 low a temperature. Also give the 

 plants a much more limited root run 

 in winter; four inches would be far 

 better than twelve inches. Drop Early 

 Jewel and try one of the other sorts 

 named and you will succeed much bet- 

 ter. Always give the plants a dry 

 atmosphere, and pollinate artificially in 

 midwinter. C. W. 



MINNESOTA SOCIETIES' SHOW. 



D. W. C. Ruff, of St. Paul, and B. T. 

 Hoyt, of the Hoyt Nursery Co., St. 

 Paul, divided the first and second prizes 

 for peonies at the annual flower show 

 held by the Minnesota State Horticul- 

 tural Society in connection with the 

 State Garden Flower Society and State 

 Florists' Association. The Brand Nurser- 

 ies, of Faribault, Minn., took all four 

 prizes for seedling peonies. 



Peonies composed the greater part of 

 the show, although roses and perennials 

 of various kinds were largely shown. 

 The Miniie^poiis park board exhibited a 

 particularly fine collection of roses. 



. -in., 



$7.50 per 100. 



2 to 2i2-in., 

 $10.50 per 100. 



Ulium 

 Candldum— 



'"Big busters." 

 great stock, 

 $6.50 per 100. 



Fr«««la— Finest quality grown. Three 

 sizes, three prices— $6.00, $8.00 and $10.00 

 per 1000. 



Lllium Ru brum and Qiganteum now in 



storage. How many? 



M. M. CARROLL 



NORWOOD —Near Cincinnati- OHIO 



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50,000 1^ to iX-incK America at $10.00 per 1000 



5,000 1% to 1%-inch Mrs. Francis Kingr at 12.00 per 1000 



hfo for cash with order. 250 at 1000 rate. 

 This is good blooming size, suitable for late planting. 



E. E. STEWART, Brooklyn, Mich. 



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Paper Whites, Romans, Freesia, Callas, 

 also Florists* Supplies. 



A fine lot of Hardy Ferns. $2.50 per 100, strong 

 clumps. Also Japanese Iris. 



Write for special prices. 



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Prize-winners in other than peony 

 classes included G. C. Hawkins, Mrs. E. 

 W. Gould, J. P. Brown, E. A. Farmer 

 and Mrs. H. A. Boardraan, all of Min- 

 neapolis. 



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