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Floral Display at a Funeral at Uniontowiit Pa., Designs Mostly by Barton Floral Co. 



Bantinculus — (ra-nung'kti-lus) . 



Bavenala — (rav-e-na'l&) . 



Becurvata — (r e-ker-va't&) . 



Beflexed— (re-fleksf) . 



Begia — (re'ji-&). 



Begina — (re-ji'n&) . 



Bemontant — (re-mon'tant) . 



Bapens — (re'penz). 



Beseda — (re-se'd&) . 



Beticulata--(re-tik-Q-la't5,) . 



Betmospora — (ret-i-nos' p6-r&) . 



BhainiU|B — (ram'nus) . 



Bhapis^(ra'pis). 



Bhizome — (ri'zom) . 



Bhodanthe— (ro-dan'the) . 



Bhododendron — (ro-do-den'dron) . 



Bhodora — (r d-dd'r &) . 



Bhus— (rus). 



Bhynchosperminn — ( rin-kos-per'- 



mum). 

 Bibes — (ri'bez). 

 Biceana — (ri-se-a'n&) . 

 Bichardia— (ri-char'di-&) . 

 Bicinos — (ris'i-nus) . 

 Bobinia — (r o-b in' i-&) , 

 Bochea— (r6'k§-i) . 

 Bondeletia— (ron-de-let'i-&) . 

 Bosa — (r6'z&). 

 BosacesB — (ro-za's&-g) . 

 Bose — (rOz) . 



Botundifolia — (r6-tun-di-f6'li-a) 

 Bubra— (r6'br&). 

 Bubus — (ro'bus). 

 Budbeckia — (r ud-bek' i-&) . 

 Buellia— (r5-eri-&). 

 Bofesceiui — (rfl-fes'enz) . 

 Bugosa — (r6-g6's&). ' 



Bupicola — (ro-pik'6-l&) . 



(To be continued.) 



ASTEHS UNDER GLASS. 



Last fall, after our mums were out 

 of the way, we set out ten weeks' stocks 

 and they are now coming in bloom, but 

 a large part of them are single and no 

 good. Can we sow aster seed now and 

 pot them in 2% -inch pots when large 

 enough, then plant them out in the bed 

 where the stocks are about April 15? 

 Will the asters flower that way; that is, 

 will the blooms be good by having them 

 come in so early f Ought they to bloom 

 the middle of June? We thought of 

 growing Queen of the Market. Our idea 

 is to get something off of the space 

 that the stocks took up. A. B. C. 



As I understand the above, you intend 

 to keep in the double stocks until they 

 are out of flower and then fill the bench 

 with asters. If asters are sown at once 



and transplanted into flats and finally 

 into 2-inch or 2J^-inch pots you should 

 have fine plants by the middle of April. 

 Queen of the Market is an excellent va- 

 riety for the purpose, because it is extra 

 early. You will get fine, pure colored 

 flowers. They should all be cut during 

 June, at any rate in plenty of time to 

 renew soil and plant carnations on the 

 benches. 



Years ago, when many of us did not 

 plant carnations until the middle of Sep- 

 tember, we often used the benches in 

 summer for a crop of asters. With late 

 flowering varieties the trouble was the 

 thrips. The hot summer months are 

 paradise to these pests. If neglected for 

 spraying and constant fumigating the 

 asters would be fairly eaten up. It is 

 not likely you wUl be troubled on so 

 early a crop. Plenty of ventilation, 

 spraying and fumigation will largely 

 insure your success. W. S. 



V^etable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, Feb. 1. — Cucumbers, 35c to 

 $1.75 doz.; leaf lettuce, 20c to 25c case; 

 head lettuce, $2 to $5 bbl. 



Boston, Jan. 30. — Cucumbers, $6 to 

 $17 box; tomatoes, 30c lb.; lettuce, 40c 

 to 60c box; radishes, 30c box; mint, 

 $1.25 doz.; parsley, 75c bushel; mush- 

 rooms, 50c to 60c lb.; rhubarb, 7c to 8c 

 lb. 



TROUBLE WITH LETTUCE. 



I enclose a fly which has been giv- 

 ing us some trouble. It seems to con- 

 fine its work entirely to the lettuce. 

 They work on the edge of the leaf and 

 cause it to turn brown around the edge. 

 Is there any way of destroying them? 

 The only way we have been able to 

 get rid of them is to go around with 

 a spatter and kill them. 



I also enclose some lettuce leaves that 

 are affected. Can you tell us what is 

 wrong with them? We are not grow- 

 ing lettuce to make a businois of it, 

 just following our chrysanthemums with 

 lettuce. We bought the plants, out-door 

 grown, and have not done well. We 

 had a few plants that we started our- 

 selves inside and had them in the same 



house with the others. These did splen- 

 didly. Both received the same treat- 

 ment and were the Grand Bapids va- 

 riety. We carry a night temperature of 

 50 degrees, have been careful in water- 

 ing and have given them all the ven- 

 tilation we could. We have used nitrate 

 of soda on them. As fast as they make 

 new growth they become covered with 

 this rust or whatever it may be. We 

 used hardwood ashes in the soil before 

 planting. K. & M. 



The fly you sent is entirely new to 

 me but I have no doubt hydrocyanic gas 

 would kill it though two or three ap- 

 plications might be necessary. With an 

 egg producing insect, gas will not kill 

 the eggs and an application would be 

 necessary as the eggs hatch out, care 

 being taken to do it before the fly 

 reaches the adult or egg laying stage. 

 It might pay you to spend a little time 

 in learning something of the life his- 

 tory of the fly, as by learning how the 

 young are produced, and how long it 

 takes them to reach maturity, you would 

 know just when and ^w often it would 

 be necessary to apply the gas to effect 

 their extermination. 



The lettuce sent is affected with a 

 fungus disease. Since the plants you 

 started from seed have done so well I 

 am inclined to think that those you 

 bought were not the true Grand Bapids 

 variety but some variety unsuitable for 

 forcing, which would account for its fall- 

 ing an easy prey to disease. Your night 

 temperature is rather high; 45 degrees 

 is quite high enough. At this tempera- 

 ture you will get a firmer, better growth. 

 Wood ashes in the soil is all right but 

 T would rather do without the nitrate 

 of soda. If you give your soil a liberal 

 dressing with well decomposed barn- 

 yard manure before setting out your 

 plants the application of liquid manures 

 should not be necessary. 



W. S. Ceotdon. 



TOMATOES IN POORISOIL. 



I grow tomatoes in solid beds in a 

 house 90x116 and have not changed 

 crop or soil for three years, using com- 

 mercial fertilizers. The soil is now in- 

 fested with nematodes. Would steriliz- 

 ing the soil help and could it be done 

 without removing the soil from the 

 greenhouse? A. L. H. 



It is not at all surprising that your 



