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ThcWcefcly Rorists' Review. 



37 



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CARNATIONS 



VAf^A/iAtoH I nw«nn TWs variety which we are introdoolng; 

 ydrie9a1.ea LaWMIII this Beasoo we are Bure will prove to 

 be the very best variegated sort. Pure Ivory white with delicate car- 

 mine pencllings. Mr. W. N. Oralg. an authority on everything Pertain- 

 ing to horticulture, says that he knows that this variety wlU out-bloom 

 the favorite. Mrs. M. A. Patten, three to one. It has ^e Lawson h^it 

 and stem, and Is bound to give satisfaction. »12 per 100; $100 per 1000. 

 Ot%A I A4A/c/^n A bright red sport of Lawson that Is bound to be 

 nCU LOvvauii popular, and will be grown where Lawson Is pop- 

 ular. $10.00 per 100: 175 per 1000. 



CafAinat Bright cardinal, or crimson-scarlet. Won first prize for 

 1/arUinai best lOO scarlet, first prlie for best 60 carnations any 

 color, first prize for best 60 scarlet seedUngs, Chicago. $12.00 per 100: 

 $100 per 1000. 



rScam^AA The queen of pink carnations; In a class by Itself. Mag- 

 riailt.ce niacent flowers, strictly fancy In every respect. $12.00 

 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. 



%VhS4A I n«A/c/^n We consider this variety, which we introduced 

 TTnilC l_avv»Ull lagt season, the most profitable white carna- 

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

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

 plants until fuUy 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 camatlonB. 

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

 Immediate delivery. 97.00 per 100; $60.00 per lOCO. 



Strong Rooted Cuttings 



Fce^ Rlirki Recommended as an extra free-blooming white 

 I ■ c\J Lvui i%i variety and a claimant for popular favor. $12.00 per 

 100; $100.00 per 1000. 



I aHi/ Rftiinf if III A magnificent white of last season's Introduc- 

 Lday DUUIIUIUI tion. $6.00 per 100: $60.00 per 1000. 



nAhAim ^*'^ crimson. Grand stiff stem. Calyx never bursts. 

 Lraiic;iiii p^gg ^nd abundant bloomer, developing very quickly. 

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

 $60.00 per 1000. 



Mre M A Pilfffkn This grand variegated carnation has 

 ITllS. ITI. f\» rai.L«7ii gjyen splendid satisfaction. $6.00 per 

 100; $60.00 per 1000. 



FnrhAntrPkCc Freest blooming, bringing highest market prices. 

 Lill<liaill,i CJsa In great demand. $4.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000. 



Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson $3.00 per loo; $20.00 per 1000. 



P|*QcnAp|f y A magnificent fancy carnation. $8.00 per 100; $20.00 



We are now prepared to book orders for 1906 for the domlnir 

 Scarlet Virtnrv '^^^^ ^^ ^ ''^*^ bread and butter variety. An 

 Oamatloa » iv.i.vi j early, free and abundant bloomer, with good 

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

 commanding the 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. 



Mention The Eevlew when yon write. 



until the end of summer. Trillium Cali- 

 fornicum makes a good flower and stem 

 for decorative purposes. The tidy tips, 

 Layia platyglossa, are very showy and 

 are handled extensively. 



There are several other varieties of 

 wUd flowers used but the above are those 

 of most value and it is surprising what 

 an enormous number are handled by the 

 local retailers. G. 



y^etaUe Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, May 24,— Cucumbers, 35c to 

 $1 doz.; leaf lettuce, 15c to 20c case; 

 head lettuce, 40e to 60c box. 



Boston, May 22. — Prices firmer ow- 

 ing to cool weather. Lettuce $1 to $1.50 

 box of threfe doz.; cucumbers, $2 to $5 

 box; tomatoes, 15c to 20c lb.; parsle\', 

 $2 to $2.50 bu.; beets, 75c to $1 doz. 

 bunches; carrots, 50c to 60c doz. bunches. 



New Yobk, May 22.— Cucumbers, $3 

 to $6 case; lettuce, $1.50 to $2.25 bbl.; 

 mushrooms, 10c to 60c lb. ; radishes, 40c 

 to 50c 100 bunches. 



PLANTING OUT. 



Unless in the warmer states, it is un- 

 safe to trust tender plants, such as toma- 

 toes, egg plants and peppers, to the vicis- 

 flitudes of the weather much before the 

 first of June. We often see them planted 

 earlier than this, but they make only slow 

 progress until settled warm weather 

 comes, so that there is nothing gained 

 and always more or less danger of the 

 plants being injured by frost. 



As before advised in this column, the 

 plants should be gradually hardened off 

 before setting out. If this is properly 

 attended to they will be all the better 

 able to withstand an occasional cold night 

 without check or danger of injury, unless 

 actual frost occurs. Should the weather 

 prove very dry, just after planting, water 

 flhould be given, if possible, to assist the 

 plants in getting a hold. This is often a 

 matter of considerable trouble and ex- 

 pense where large fields are planted or 



where water is not convenient. Neverthe- 

 less the quicker returns and larger yield 

 which the plants will give can be depend- 

 ed on to defray a little extra outlay, com- 

 pared with what they would do if they 

 were severely checked by excessive dry- 

 ness. 



Peppers are the easiest grown and eas- 

 iest taken care of, requiring no training 

 and seldom being troubled with insect 

 pests. Once they have taken a good hold 

 all they require for the rest of the sea- 

 son is cultivation to keep them free from 

 weeds. 



Egg plants, on the other hand, need 

 pretty close watching to avert or check 

 the attacks of potato bugs, to which they 

 are very subject. We have found dust- 

 ing with slug shot about the easiest and 

 best remedy. 



Tomato plants require considerable at- 

 tention in regard to pinching and train- 

 ing, though fortunately they are not very 

 liable to the attacks of insects. In large 

 fields it is hardly practicable to train the 

 plants to trellises, but where a limited 

 number are grown, or in the home garden 

 patch, trellises are certainly very advan- 

 tageous. In the first place, it is easier to 

 regulate the growth ot the plants. The 

 fruit sets better, matures more quickly 

 and ripens much more evenly, besides, 

 being up off the soil, they are always 

 cleaner. Of course, it must be decided 

 before setting out the plants whether 

 they are to be trained or not and just 

 what form of trellis is to be used, so that 

 the plants can be set at the proper dis- 

 tance to suit. Where trellises are used 

 it is much better to have them set in 

 position before setting out the plants. 



W. S. Croydon. 



: TtTROUBLES OF A GROWER. 



I would like to hear from the growers 

 the best method to keep the night fire- 

 man awake. Being a Vegetable grower, I 

 do not have the potting to do that flo- 

 rists have. I do not have trouble in zero 

 weather but when less firing is needed 

 and there is longer between, then is 

 where the firemen take naps and let the 

 temperature run down and chill the cu- 

 cumbers. I have thirteen large houses 

 and two steam boilers. It means a great 

 loss if the temperature runs down. They 



say hire competent help! How do you 

 know? I have had what I supposed were 

 reliable men and was deceived and have 

 come to the conclusion to put in a sys- 

 tem that they cannot go to sleep and neg- 

 lect their duty without my knowing it. 



P. 



LETTUCE HOUSE. 



What should a lettuce house cost 20x 

 200 feet, complete with hot water heat- 

 ing apparatus and boiler house, say 20x 

 20 feet? Is there any way of telling 

 the value of two crop's of lettuce raised 

 in such a house! J, M. 



There is no way to build a lettuce 

 house cheaper than any other house. If 

 you use cheap lumber, cheap posts and 

 single-thick glass you are going to have 

 a continual patching and mending, and 

 the heating, although you do not need so 

 much of it, must be put up in the best 

 style and with the most economical 

 heater you can buy. The more sub- 

 stantially you build, in ten years it will 

 be cheapest. Much will depend upon 

 how practical you yourself are at build- 

 ing. If you know all about how to put 

 together a house and can hustle through 

 the piping you can assuredly save a good 

 deal; that is, if you are not neglecting 

 other important work. With all these 

 "ifs" and repeating that material must 

 be of the best, you might build, and heat 

 such a structure, 20x200, for $1,800 to 

 $2,000. w. S. 



NARCISSUS BULBS. 



Are the bulbs of Paper White narcis- 

 sus worth saving for flowering a second 

 time? L. M. B. 



Certainly they are not. They are al- 

 ways forced early and you could not 

 afford to keep them on the benches and 

 give them the treatment that would pre- 

 pare them to flower another year. They 

 are also very inexpensive. We do not 

 think it practical or advisable in any 

 way and must say decidedly, do not at- 

 tempt it for one minute. W. S. 



Washington, D. C— Prof. B. T. Gal- 

 loway, chief of the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, Department of Agriculture, has 

 just returned from a four weeks' trip 

 through the west. 



