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March 2, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



823 



House of Gu'nation Chester Roper, Grown by Albert Roper, Tewksbory, Mass. 



and at different temperatures; that is, 

 they will allow to be frozen and certain 

 kinds will grow at a high temperature; 

 these we call the forcing varieties. Not 

 long ago the long radish was the most 

 extensively grown, but at present the 

 globe or conical is mostly used. They 

 can be grown quite close and by so doing 

 they will last a long time and make a 

 continuous crop. They are grown very 

 extensively out-of-doors, in hot beds and 

 in various ways. They can be trans- 

 planted to fill up all the spare space in 

 a house of lettuce or cucumbers. They 

 sell at quite low prices and sometimes 

 the market gets bare and a good price 

 is obtained by those who have them in 

 the market at that time. The average 

 price is 2 cents per bunch. For an out- 

 door crop this will do very well, but in- 

 side it is not very remunerative. The 

 foreign population use large quantities 

 of them and they are also used in hotels, 

 at banquets to help adorn the table if 

 they are properly prepared. 



Beans. 



I have seen beans grow with great 

 success in greenhouses and very produc- 

 tive, and before they were grown so ex- 

 tensively in the south they brought as 

 high as $10 per bushel. They would 

 come to quite a good sum if that price 

 •could be obtained now. They are sown 

 in rows about two feet apart and when 

 grown will entirely cover the ground and 

 produce a large amount from a small 

 area. 



Spinach. 



Spinach is sown in houses, the same as 

 in the field, and cut when needed at al- 

 most any size.,. I have known it to do 

 well and be quite profitable. 



Melons. 



Melons have been grown in green- 

 houses but not to any great extent. I 

 have seen good crops, but they are not 

 a very reliable one. 



Mttthrooms. 



Mushrooms may not be called a green- 

 house crop, but they are sometimes grown 

 onder benches, or on the backsides of 

 houses in beds prepared for the purpose, 



but a cellar that can be kept at an even 

 temperature is preferable. It is quite 

 an uncertain crop and depends upon care 

 and management. 



It has become necessary for those who 

 grow vegetables or flowers and plants in 

 greenhouses to confine themselves to a 

 few varieties and study these and perfect 

 them as far as possrible. Great improve- 

 ments have been made in that direction 

 and there is room for more. 



PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY. 



(Copyright 1904. by Florists' PubUshiner Co.; 



Frequent inquiry as to the correct pro- 

 nunciation of plant names has lea us 

 to compile the following list of names, 

 selecting those in most common use in 

 the trade, and including botanical terms 

 most frequently met with in articles upon 

 plant culture. 



In our list we have used the following 

 KEY TO PRONUNCIATION, 

 a as In fat e as in met o as in note 



a as in fate e as in mete 6 as in move 



a as in far e as in her A as in nor 



a as In fall i as in pin u as in tub 



a as in fare i as in pine u as in mute 



& as in Persia o as in not it as in puU 



The syllables to be accented are marked 

 thus'. 



fOONTINriD rROM LAST WltX.) 



V 



Vaccinium— ( vak-!«in' i-unil . 

 Vallota— (va-lC)'tA^. 

 Vanda— (vanMAV 

 Varicosum — (.var-i-ki'i'sum'). 

 Variegata— (vi»r-i-«^jta't A^ . 

 Veitchii— (vftoh'i-i\ 

 Venosa — (v^-iu'\'sA>. 

 Ventricosum— (^vou-trik-6'sum). 

 Vera— (v?'n\>. 

 Verbascum— (vor-bas'kum). 

 Verbena— (ver-b6'n&). 

 Vemalis — (ver-na'lis) . 

 Veronica — (ve-ron'i-ki). 

 Verrucosa — (ver-ru-ko'sA) . 

 Vencbafleltii— (ver-shaf-fel'ti-i) . 

 Versicolor— ( ver'si-kul-or) . 

 Verticillata-»-(ver-ti-si-la'tfi,) . 

 VexUlarium— (veks-i-la'ri-um) . 

 Viburnum — (vi-ber'num) . 

 Victoria— (vik-to'ri-&) . 

 ViUosa— (vi-16'si). 

 Vinca — (ving'kfi). 



Viola— (vi'5-ia). 

 Violacea — (vl-6-la'se-&) . 

 Violet— (vi'o-let). 

 VirgiUa — (ver-j il' i-i) . 

 Viscosa — (vis-ko'sA) . 

 Vitalba— (vi-tal'b&). 

 Vitis— (vi'tis). 

 Vittata— (vi-ta't&). 

 Vulgaris — (vul-ga'ris). 



W 



Washingtonia — (wosh-ing-t5'ni A). 

 Weddeliana — (wed-el-i-a'n5,) . 

 Weigelia — (wI-je'li-&) . 

 Weltoniensis — (wel-ton-i-en'sis) . 

 Wistaria — ( wis-ta'ri-5.) . 

 VtToodwardia — (wud-war'di-A). 



Y 



Yucca — (yuk'A). 



Z 

 ZSamia — (za'mi-S,) . 

 Zanzibarensis — (zan-zib-a-ren'sis) . 

 Zebrina — (ze-bri'ni) . 

 Zephyranthes — (zef-i-ran'thez) . 

 Zinnia — (zin'i-&). 

 Zygopetalum— (zi-go-pet'a-lum) . 



PROVIDENCE. R. L 



Death of Farquhar Macrae. 



The craft lost one of its pioneers on 

 February 21 in the sudden death of 

 Farquhar Macrae. He had been ill only 

 two days, with peritonitis. Mr. Macrae 

 entered the florists' business in 1880, 

 when the industry was in its infancy. 

 In fact, he built up the first successful 

 wholesale cut flower growing establish- 

 ment in this part of New England. 



Mr. Macrae was born in Scotland, in 

 1843. He served his time in Conon 

 Gardens, on the estate of Sir Kenneth 

 McKenzie and afterward following his 

 trade on several prominent places in 

 England and Scotland before coming to 

 this country. He arrived at Providence 

 July 4, 1870. The flrst nine or ten years 

 of his career here were spent as ex- 

 pert grape grower on Willard Whit- 

 comb's place, now owned by Warren 

 Fales. Here he developed the industry 

 of grape growing under glass, and the 

 products of the Whitcomb place be- 

 came famous in the New York market. 



