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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apbil 20, 190K. 



We offer first-olass 



■tock of the 



finest ▼arietiea. 



CARNATIONS 



ViiriAniifoH I iitvcnn ThtsTariety wbicb wearelntroduciDgr 

 ▼ aiRSyaLtm uawauil tug seaaoD we are Bure will prove to 

 be tbe very best varieeated sort. Pure ivory wblte witb delicate car- 

 mine pencilinKS. Mr. W. N. Oraig, an autborlty on everytbing pertain- 

 ioK to borticulture, says tbat be icnows that tbia variety wtU out-bloom 

 tbe favorite, Mrs. M. A. Patten, tbree to one. It bas tbe Ijawson bablt 

 and stem, and is bound to give satisfaction. 112 per 100; tlOO per 1000. 



RchI I A^i'Cnn ^ bright red sport of Lawson tbat is bound to be 

 ■**'*' a.HTT3Wii popular, and will be grown where Lawson is pop- 

 ular. $10.00 per 100: $76 per 1000. 



f*j»riiinfil Bright cardinal, or crimson-scarlet. Won first prize for 

 v>ai usual |,ggt iQo goarlet, first prize for best 60 carnations any 

 color, first price for best 60 scarlet seedlings, Chicago. $12.00 per 100: 

 $100 per 1000. 



fitutCP4^ Tbe queen of pink carnations; in a class by itself. Mag- 

 i saii\<cc; niflcent flowers, strictly fancy in every respect. $12.00 

 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. 



Whif I Ata/CAfi ^c consider this variety, which we introduced 

 TTIIII.C Lawsvii i„t season, tbe most profitable white carna- 

 tion ever sent out. We think it will outbloom any other white two to 

 one. It bas given great satisfaction. When the flowers are left on the 

 plants until fully developed they are much larger than Mrs. Thos. W. 

 Lawson. We believe this will occupy among white carnations the 

 same place that Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson does among pink carnations. 

 Remember that we are headquarters for it. Splendid stock ready for 

 Immediate delivery. $7.00 per 100; 160.00 per lOCO. 



Strong Rooted Cuttings 



FrpH Rlirki Recommended as an extra free-blooming white 

 1 1 ^f%M ijui i%i variety and a claimant for popular favor. $12.00 per 

 100; $100.00 per 1000. 



I aH\/ RAiintSf III 'A. magnificent white of last season's introduc- 

 LQUy OUUIIUIUI tion, $6.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000. 



riAhAifll ^■''^ crimson. Grand stiff stem. Oalyx never bursts. 

 aruiidiii -ptee and abundant bloomer, developing very quickly. 

 We consider this the best all-round crimson carnation. $6.00 per 100; 

 $60.00 per 1000. 



Mrc M A Pafftxn ^tiis grand variegated carnation ban 

 ITII9. lYI. n» rai.l,c;il gjygn Bplendid satisfaction. $6.00 per 

 100; $60.00 per 1000. 



Fn^hAnf r<kcc Freest blooming, bringing highest market prices. 

 1-lK.liailll C»9 In great demand. $4.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000. 



Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson $3.00 per loo; $ao.oo per 1000. 



Pl>QCAA|'|ty A magnificent fancy carnation. $8.00 per 100; $20.00 



We are now prepared to book orders for 1906 for tli« Oomlnir 

 Boarlat Vlf^nrv '''^'' '" '^ ^^'^ bread and butter variety. An 

 OamatlOB ^ i^i<vi j early, free and abundant bloomer, with good 

 stem: a magnificent keeper and shipper: flowers of the largest size, 

 commanding tbe very highest price. This is going to be a money- 

 maker. Orders will be filled in rotation, as received. Delivery begin- 

 ning December next. $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. 



F. R, PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



MeAtlon The Review when joa write. 



y^etable Forcing. 



S. B. Chester, president of the 

 Cleveland Mkrket Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion, may be addressed on R. F. D. No. 

 2, Brooklyn, O. 



The 1905 report of the horticulturist 

 at the Vermont Experiment Station con- 

 tains interesting chapters under the head- 

 ings: "Some Problems in Winter Forc- 

 ing of Tomatoes"; "Some Studies in 

 Indoor Lettuce Culture"; "Etherization 

 as an Aid in Ehubarb Forcing." 



J. Head, a grower at Worthing, claims 

 to have discovered the cause and pre- 

 ventive of the disease which has 

 threatened to put an end to cucumber 

 forcing in Great Britain. He asks for 

 $2,000 for his secret but offers that 

 growers put it into the hands of a 

 trustee, not to be paid to him until it 

 has been proven that his remedy is real. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, April 19. — Leaf lettuce, 25c 

 case; head lettuce, $2 to $4.50 bbl. ; cu- 

 cumbers, $1 doz. ; spinach, 40c to 75c box. 



Boston, April 17. — Lettuce, $1 to 

 $2.25 per box of three doz.; cucumbers, 

 $2.50 to $7.50 box; mushrooms, 75c to 

 $1 lb.; tomatoes, 30c to 40c lb. 



New York, April 17. — Cucumbers, 40c 

 to $1 doz.; lettuce, 25c to 75c doz.; 

 mushrooms, 25c to 55c lb.; radishes, $1 

 to $3 per 100 bunches; rhubarb, $2 to $4 

 per 100 bunches; tomatoes, 10c to 30c 

 lb. 



TOMATO PLANTS. 



Tomato plants intended for early out- 

 door work should be kept moved up so 

 as to keep them growing freely. Even 

 though they have to be planted from 

 6-inch pots it is better to put them 

 into these, rather than allow them to 

 become pot-bound and stunted in growth. 

 Though tomatoes will recover and get 

 to growing freely about as quickly as 

 any plants I know of, when rather poor, 

 stunted plants are used, still, this is 



not the condition in which they should 

 be planted for early work, when so much 

 depends upon getting them in at the 

 earliest possible date. 



On the other hand, there is a possi- 

 bility of getting them too strong and 

 soft, in which condition more or less 

 check is sure to result, so the idea 

 should be, as near as possible, to strike 

 a happy medium. 



Care should also be exercised in the 

 gradual hardening off of the plants 

 previous to planting them out, so that 

 they can be transferred from the pots 

 to the open ground with the least pos- 

 sible check. 



Some may think that this strict at- 

 tention to these small matters is making 

 altogether too much fuss, but it is in 

 the careful attention to just such little 

 things that the secret of success lies, 

 and it is the grower who pays the most 

 attention to just such little things who 

 is going to get his ripe fruit first in the 

 market and get the chance of command- 

 ing the best price obtainable. 



W. S. Croydon. 



SAVING CUCUMBER SEED. 



The principal object in the saving of 

 cucumber seeds is to secure good, 

 plump, well ripened seeds that will be 

 sure to germinate freely and strongly. 

 There is not so much chance of im- 

 proving the strain of these as there is 

 in the case of tomatoes, as they sel- 

 dom show any decided departure from 

 the original stock, but by the selection 

 of well formed fruit the strain can be 

 improved to a certain extent. And when 

 you have good fresh seed of your own 

 saving it often saves considerable 

 trouble and disappointment. 



With the White Spine variety no ex- 

 tra care need be exercised regarding 

 pollination, as the fruit will not ma- 

 ture unless pollination has taken place. 

 With what is known as the English 

 frame varieties, however, the case is 

 different, as the fruit will swell to the 

 normal size without pollination, but of 

 course would not mature seed. Chance 

 pollination by insects or other means 

 might take place, but this should not be 

 relied on if seed is desired. It is safer 



to hand pollinate and make sure of 

 results. 



If the strain is to be kept true it is 

 best to grow the variety in a house by 

 itself, or, if this cannot be done, to 

 grow a few plants for seed pufposes in 

 a frame apart from other varieties to 

 insure against their becoming mixed. 

 In fact, the frame is generally the! most 

 convenient place to grow the plants for 

 seed purposes, as it takes the fruit quite 

 some time to thoroughly ripen up after 

 it has reached the stagef when it is 

 most suitable for table use, and it is 

 not always convenient to leave a plant 

 or two to ripen seed after the other 

 plants have passed their usefulness and 

 been thrown out to make room for 

 younger stock. 



Plants may be started almost any 

 time for seeding purposes, but the pres- 

 ent is about the most convenient time 

 of the whole year. Started now, with 

 the approach of warm weather they can 

 be grown on and the fruit matured bet- 

 ter and with less trouble than at any 

 other time. It is well to be in no hurry 

 with the gathering of the fruit, as so 

 much depends on thorough ripening. 

 W. S. Croydon. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



ROSES IN WINTER. 



I would like to know what varieties 

 and what age of plants to use for rosea 

 for flowering outdoors in mid-winter in 

 the vicinity of San Bernardino. We 

 have little frost and can give some pro- 

 tection in case of heavy storms. I 

 know that I must Aake them rest In 

 summer to get flowers in winter but do 

 not know just how to manage it. 



H. L. A. 



Regarding roses, if the season is not 

 severe there is no difficulty in having a 

 fair supply of cut roses all winter. As 

 there is no rain here during the summer 

 and fall, it is only necsssary to see that 

 the plants do not have any moisture 

 after about the end of May. By the 

 first of September they will have had 



