Aii(ii;sT 4. H»04. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



465 



Vegetable Forcing. 



A. W. Crane, East Toledo, ()., is 

 building a greenhouse 50x300 feet for 

 lettuce and tomatoes. 



The vegetable growers north of Chi- 

 cago made good money the past season 

 and many of them are enlarging their 

 places this summer. Peter \Vebcr, at 

 Rose Hill, is building seven good sized 

 houses and five are going up at (Jharles 

 Ilengisch's place at Rogers Park. 



MAKING A HOTBED. 



Will you kindly inform mo as to tlie 

 manner and time, also the sort of ma- 

 nure and depth, for making a hotbed for 

 cabbage plants for early spring. 



M. F. O'C. 



The beginning of March is about the 

 best time to make a hotbed for the 

 raising of cabbage plants and similar 

 subjects for spring. It is not advisable 

 to do it much before this, as if the 

 weather was very severe the bed would 

 hardly maintain suflicicnt heat to carry 

 your plants through. Previous to mak- 

 ing up the bed the material should be 

 gotten together, thoroughly mixed and 

 moistened if dry to insure an even heat. 

 The best material is a mixture oi stable 

 litter and leaves. This will give a less 

 violent but more lasting heat than if 

 stable litter alone is \isod. 



The soil in the frame should be ex- 

 cavated to a (lt'|)tli of about four feet. 

 This space should be filled u{) with the 

 niateiial, wliich should bo firndy packed. 

 Ill lilliiig lia\e the material high enough 

 til allow for settling; it will probably 

 settle six or eight inehes after it gets 

 llioroughly heated. The sashes should 

 be jjlaced over the frame to keej) oil' snow 

 aiul rains but vented a little top and 

 biittoin to allow the steam io escaj»e. 

 After ;i t'cw (|;iys a coveriiijx of alxiut 

 two iiieiies of sdil shiuiM l)e |)laeC(i 

 evenly over tlic heating material to help 

 '•"iieeiitrate the heat. 



It will be tiici warm to jilace the seeds 

 ill it at first. Imt a thermometer should 

 iie phiccd in the fianie and after tlie bot- 

 tem heat has ]-eceiled to about 70 degrees. 

 wliieh will pruhahly be in al>nut eight 

 'ir ten days, the seed.s may safely ho 

 siiwn. The upper temperature can be 

 regui.-ited i)y air if the weather i*; mild 

 and by covering over the sash if tlie 

 weather is severe. A night teiTi[»erature 

 'if aliiiut ("i.") degrees will he liieli ennu^h 

 after the seeds are started; higlier than 

 this wdiild make thera drawn and 



\\e;ikly. 



I prefer to sow the see<ls in ilal-. n-^ing 

 '•' ratliiM' free but not over rieii ^eil. In 

 tiiese tliey are easier to liandli- when it 

 'oiries to the pricking over staL:e. a'< th<- 

 llats can lie removed to some luildini,' 

 where tlie [iricMiig over can be doni' into 

 other flats much easier and with less ex- 

 pense than if they had to be pricked over 

 into the frame during the pre\aleiice of 

 cold, cutting weather. 



W. S. Ciaiviiiix. 



Ill NTSVIT.I.E, Ala. — (Instav llolVniaii 

 lias just huilt a new house, Idx.'l. 



I'nirri Axi), j\rK.— .T. ^\'. .Miiiott it Son 

 have remodeled a house 170 feet Ioiil; 

 atul bnilt an addition 30xG0 feet. 



The Oriental Poppy. 



COPYRIGHT IN NOVELTIES. 



The French Society of Rose Grow- 

 ers has once again started the question 

 of protection for raisers of novelties. 

 This is a matter that has often been 

 discussed without any practictl result, 

 some of those most conc-.'rned having ex- 

 jiressed opposite o|)iniins. The i-aiser 

 lias, to a large extent, conrnd o\er his 

 own destinies, and if he does not exer 

 else it he has no one to blame Iml him 

 self. Happily for the world at laige. 

 if not for the indiviilual, it is not every 

 one who li;is the conimcM'cial iiistiijct. At 

 tlie same time e\erv oiif likes to see 

 merit aili'i|iiately iiwai'l'd, and dislikes 

 to see dilii'is reap thi' adv.-intaixe thev 

 have not earned.— Oardeners' Chroniide. 



INSECT PESTS. 



Tlie grower has need to be i ndowed 

 \\itli more than the averaec amount of pa- 

 tiiMice, f(ir no sdiiner does he h;tve the 

 promise of obtaining an excejition.illv 

 ^ood crn|) than some insect pest puts 

 in an ap[iearance .and makes a stren- 

 uous effort to share it with him. The 

 matter of sh.aring would not fierhaps. 

 be of great consequence, wimc it not that 

 the {>est requires the greater ]iart, and in 

 its endeavors to obtain it ciuiqilelely 

 niins the crop unless kept in siibj<'c1 ion. 



With a full knowledge of tiie diflicultv 

 of dealing promptly with insei-t attacks, 

 we feel it our duty to point out that Imw- 

 ever difficult it may be. in the first in- 

 stance, to adopt repressive measures, the 

 difficulty in dealing with itisect fiests is 

 increased a hundred fold when they are 

 allowed to become established before any- 

 thing is done to check them. The golden 

 rule in all cases is. immediately insect 

 pests niak(^ their apjiearaiice. to fake 

 steps for their eradication. To bo iti a 

 position to take full advantage of this 

 lule close observation is necess.-ii'y, and it 

 is not less essential to be provided with a 



stock of the several preparations known 

 to he the most effectual in insect destruc- 

 tion. There sliouM, for instance, be on 

 h.and a liberal sup[)ly of such things as 

 soft soap, (juassia and some form of 

 nicotine ready for use. l''or the applica- 

 tion of insecticides a spr.aying machine 

 is most economical and efficient. There 

 viioiiii] also he at command ;i liberal sup- 

 ply of soot and lime for the prevention 

 of attacks of snails and slugs, which this 

 se.-ison are very [lientiful and most de- 

 -(ructive to vegetal)le crops in their ear- 

 lier stages of development. It should 

 be remembered in this connection that in 

 keeping pi^sls of all kinds in subjection. 

 not only ar(; tiie jiresent crops saved, but 

 subsequent ones are less likely to suffer 

 damage, (lardeiiers' Magazine. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



r!:e week lias brought \erv iiiilr 

 change with regard te th(! staple slock 

 ill tiie market, Roses from o'd plants 

 li.!\e -ilinost disappeared and the rereipfs 

 of youog stock shovvT very little increase. 

 There is still an a<-tive demand for the 

 lietter giade of goods and all clenn roses 

 ;ii • hringing coiiipa i-;it i\el\ |.r(ifi,| prices. 

 < arnations are scarce. The ImtcIi.'s ha\e 

 practically all been (le.-ired and the out- 

 door -loik is Hot much in evidence as 

 yet. Wiiat few blooms come in are \er\ 

 poor. The receipts of asters have shown 

 the .anticipated increase .and there are 

 now laroe .piantities in all wlioles.tle 

 iioiises. Tiie (|iiality in ;;eneral is not, 

 \ory good and prices aie hjw in conse- 

 qiieiK-e. \Vh;it o,„id stock there is bring:* 



fair money. b'eeeipfv ,,f swift p.';|s an- 



aejain on the increase, but thi'iv is fair 

 '■•'I'' "f this item ,at moderate prices, as 

 there is Very liftle else which can he u'sed 

 ill wedding work. The sujiplies of aura- 

 turn lilies have increased and iiiles are 



