July 28, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



439 



FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS. 



White: Pe-100 

 White Oloud 16 OJ 



Pink: 



EncQantreBB 8.00 



Pair Maid 6.00 



Alpine Glow 600 



1000 

 946.00 



White: Per 100 1000 



JJllllan Pond t6.00 160.00 



Gov. Lowndes .... 6.' 6U.0O 



Gov. Wolcott 6 00 60.00 



Her MajeBty 6.(0 60.00 



Marian 6 00 46 00 



Queen LoulBe 6 00 4600 



ROSES— Strong, from 2x3-lnch pots, Beauties, 16.00 per 100; t60 00 per 1000, 



70 00 

 60.00 

 60.00 



Pink: Per 100 1000 



Lawson $6.00 160.00 



Lawson, extra fine 8.00 70.00 



Mrs. Roosevelt 6.10 60 00 



Mrs. Kelson 6.00 46 00 



Florlana 6 00 46 00 



Scarlet: Per 100 1000 



Estelle 1600 160 



Challenger .. 6 0U 46 



Yellow: Per 100 



Golden Beauty.... 16 00 



Crimson: Per 100 1000 



Harlowarden 17 00 $6J.lO 



Variegated: 



Prosperity 6.00 45 00 



Gaiety 600 46.00 



Marshall Field ... 7.00 



Bridesmaid and Mrs. Pierpont Morgran, MOO per 100; 125.00 per 1000. 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, 



1612-18 Ludlow Street, 



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PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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PANSY SEED 



Special mixture from named varie- 

 ties, or colors separate if desired. 



Extra Fine Strains 



Trade Packet 25ci X oz. 75c; oz. $2.50. 



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Peoria, Illinois 



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ZIRNGIEBEL GIANT PANSIES. 



Market and Fancy Strains are the finest ?rad'» 

 thlB aeason that we ever sent out, wnen large 

 Blze and colorB a^e wanted. 



As growers, we hnow every strain of note In 

 cultivation, and we "an recommend our Pansies 

 as unequalled. 



Kew Crop Seed ready now In trade packages 

 of either strain, at SI. DO each. 



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FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS 



30,OOO PIiAVTS. 



Enchantress, Queen, Prosperity Bradt, Law- 

 son, Gov. Roosevelt, Loma, Glacier. Harlo- 

 warden and others. Healthy stock warranted. 

 Delivery any time as desired. Write me for prices. 



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CARNATION PUNTS. 



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 and prices. 



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Qegonia Gloire de Lorraine. 



Nice 2-inch stock, $12 00 per 100. 

 8-lnch stock, fine specimen. 35.00 



A. JABLONSKY, 



WelUton, - ST. LOUIS. MO. 



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Pansy Seed. 



Brown's Extra Select Superb Olant 

 Prise Pansy Seed, my own g'rowlnif. 



NEW 1904 CROP. 



Price mixed, 3000 seeds, $1 00. 



Moz.. $1.50; Jioz., $2.50; 1 oz.. $5.00. 



3^ lb.. $14.00: >^ lb., $25.00; 1 lb., $60.00. 

 Cash with order. 

 Plants ready September 1. 



PETER BROWN, Pansy Grower, 



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Seed 



83.60 per 1000. Larger quantities less. 

 True to name and of highest Kerminat- 

 ing quality. 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



LETTUCE IN HOTBED. 



I have a piece of ground 30x120 on 

 ^vhich I wish to build a greenhouse or 

 houses. The exposure is good, but the 

 drainage poor; cannot go more than 

 five foot below the floor. Have natural 

 gas for fuel and want to heat with hot 

 water. Tlio main crops will be carna- 

 tions and lettuce. Could I build a house 

 Iwonty-two feet wide with four benches 

 and throe walks, putting the lettuce in a 

 hot-bed on the east side of the house 

 with two 1-inch hot water pipes cov- 

 ered with tile in the bottom of the bed? 

 Would the hot-bed work for a first crop, 

 say from November to January, and 

 again in early spring to meet the out- 

 door crop. C. E. S. 



I see no rea.<!on why your plan to build 

 one house as described should not work 

 all right with the hot-bed for lettuce. 

 But I would not put the pipes in the 



bottom of the bed, as lettuce does better 

 with the roots cooler than the overhead 

 temperature. Two 1-inch hot-water pipes 

 seem rather little to maintain a growing 

 temperature during zero weather, which 

 we are apt to get even in December. 

 Though they will struggle along at a 

 lower temperature, to keep them growing 

 as they ought to grow about 45 degrees 

 by night is necessary. I would suggest 

 that you put two pipes of the size men- 

 tioned along each side of the pit about 

 one foot above the level of the soil. This 

 would not only insure you against all 

 weather, but, with such an arrangement, 

 lettuce could be grown right through the 

 winter if desired. W. S. Croydon. 



VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS. 



Writing of a trip to the vicinity of 

 Boston last fall, Charles H. Black, of 

 Hightstown, N. J., says: 



At Belmont we visited the place of 

 Hitter Bros., one of whom conducted 

 us through the houses. He was a gentle- 

 man who knew his business, and not 

 afraid of work. Several large houses 

 mostly 50x300 and 600 feet, glazed with 

 large double thick glass. One house 

 50x000 feet, planted in tomatoes in rows 

 three feet apart, trained to single stems, 

 and full of fruit from bloom to half 

 grown. One house just set in lettuce, 

 and one or two smaller houses of toma- 

 toes, were all that were planted. What 

 was strange and interesting to me, w.'is 

 the mode of culture. The houses have 

 all solid beds about three feet deep of 

 rich soil and manure. I was informed 

 by Mr. Hitter that after each crop the 

 beds were spaded over and thoroughly 

 pulverized, then a heavy dressing of 

 partially rotted stable manure was 

 worked in and the beds thoroughly sat- 

 urated with water, and when in proper 

 condition planted and not wet again 

 during the time of the crop's growth; 

 the plants are not even wet when trans- 

 planted. I asked how they made small, 

 tender lettuce plants live without water 

 or shadef I was told that it was not 

 necessary, that a lettuce plant could not 

 be killed very easily. I suppose the 

 plants must assume the hardy character 

 of the Yankee. I would expect the plants 

 to die with me under such treatment. 

 Thetomaloes were treated in the same 

 manner. The plants were about three 

 feet high, and in perfect health. The 

 top soil seemed like dry dust, but tho 

 deep, rich, mellow bed seemed to supply 

 everything needed. This method 1 

 thought appeared better than sub-irriga- 

 tion. One house 50x600 feet was cer- 

 tainly evidence enough of the success of 

 this treatment. Sometimes two crops of 

 lettuce are grown without water. Every- 

 thing showed intensive culture. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Schlegel & Fottler Co., Boston, bulbs; 

 F. Ludemann, San Francisco, bulbs and 

 plants; C. S. Harrison, peonies; Chas. 

 D. Ball, Holmesburg,, Philadelphia, palms. 



