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JVNB 29. 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



329 



NEPHROLEPIS PIERSONI 



ELCGSNTISSIMA 



Grand stock, in all sizes. Very popular in New York and all the large cities* 



UNPRECEDENTED SALE OF LARGE SPECIMENS 



A splendid investment to plant NOW for the Fall Trade. 



Prices from 75c each; $9.00 per doz«; $50.00 per 100, up to $2.00, 

 $3.00, $5.00 and $7.50 each. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., TARRYTOWN, N, Y. 



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an indignation meeting in San Fran- 

 cisco a few days ago, but no amount of 

 oratory will solve the problem; it will 

 require deep thought to evolve a theory 

 and a strong movement to put the 

 theory into practice in this instance. B. 



V^etaUe Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Nbw York, June 26.— Outdoor com- 

 petition has put the greenhouse product 

 practically out of the market, except 

 that fancy cucumbers hold firm at $2.50 

 to $3 case. 



Boston, Juno 26. — The season is prac- 

 tically over; lettuce, 15c doz. ; cucumbers, 

 $1.50 to $4.50 box; tomatoes, 8c to 10c 

 lb. 



CUCUMBERS. 



When an early winter crop is de- 

 sired, seed should be sown without 

 much further delay. It takes about 

 six weeks from time of seeding until 

 the plants are large enough to be set 

 in the beds, and about three months 

 may be counted on from the time of 

 setting out until the plants come into 

 full bearing. 



It is sometimes a little hard to get 

 f^ucumber seeds started, especially when 

 the fires are out and no bottom heat can 

 Ije supplied. The most common cause 

 of failure is keeping the soil too 

 wet or planting the seeds too deep. 

 To begin with, it is very important that 

 uood seed be secured. We often get 

 seeds that all look plump and fine but 

 "n close examination we find that quite 

 ■I few of them are but empty shells. 

 •Some seasons are worse than others for 

 iToducing such seeds and no matter 

 'low carefully they may be cleaned 

 ^ome bad ones will slip through. The 

 'est means of detection is to press the 

 ^eed between the finger and the thumb 

 'vhen planting and plant only those that 

 ^'eel plump and full. It takes very little 

 *ime or trouble to do this and it often 

 lives a good deal of disappointment. 



We prefer to plant in 214-inch pots, 



putting two seeds in each. If both 

 come, one can be pulled out as soon as 

 they are well up. We consider it safer 

 to plant the two seeds, as one or other 

 of them is pretty sure to come and it 

 saves a second planting, but if seeds 

 were scarce one could be used in each 

 and a few extra pots employed. The 

 soil used should be rather moist but 

 not wet and the seeds should be in- 

 serted with the thin, or wedge-shaped, 

 end downwards and placed deep 

 enough in the soil so that the upper 

 end will be just below the level of the 

 surface. It is better at this season not 

 to water the pots at planting for fear 

 of getting the soil too wet, but they 

 may be sprinkled occasionally with a 

 very fine rose to prevent the soil from 

 becoming too dry. 



The question of enough heat is not 

 a serious one at this season, as even 

 the outdoor temperature runs high 

 enough to meet the requirements, but 

 it should be regulated, if possible, so 

 that it will not run much over 80 de- 

 grees in the daytime, and shade from 

 bright sunlight is advantageous at 

 first to prevent the soil from drying 

 out too fast. 



After the plants are up more light 

 should be given and as soon as large 

 enough they should be moved up to 

 3 14 -inch pots and again into 5-inch 

 pots, as they need it. From this latter 

 size they can be planted into the bench. 

 This moving up should be attended to 

 before the plants are in any way pot- 

 bound, both to prevent injury to the 

 roots in moving and to avoid getting 

 the plants hard and stunted. Frequent 

 syringing will be necessary, even when 



the plants are in a small state, to check 

 the attacks of thrips, to which they 

 are very susceptible, but it should not 

 be roughly done as the foliage is ten- 

 der and rather easily injured. 



W. S. Croydon. 



WALLACE, IDAHO. 



Things are very dull in this vicin- 

 ity. Business is at a standstill. Gar- 

 dens are- full of bloom and there is no 

 demand at present for cut flowers, 

 other than for a few small weddings. 

 There is no glass within a radius of 

 150 miles. All stock is shipped in. 

 There is a good field here for business 

 for the growing of roses, carnations 

 and other flowers. Wallace is sur- 

 rounded by eleven towns. Frank X. 

 Scully was the first one to start the 

 business here, and the people are learn- 

 ing very nicely. He opened December 

 1, 1904, with a small window and has 

 been enlarging ever since. 



Roy McLeod has started to build a 

 house to raise vegetables, but left to- 

 day to visit the Portland fair. 



Mr. Anderson, plantsman for the 

 Missoula Nursery Company, recently 

 passed through Wallace, en route to the 

 Portland fair. 



The Markwell ranch has built a large 

 house for raising vegetables. 



Abner Fox, who has charge of the 

 Federal Mining Company's flowers and 

 lawns, has a large force of men at work 

 on new flower beds. 



Sheral A. Wylie, designer with F. 

 X. Scully, spent Friday fishing on 

 Placer creek and caught seventy nice 

 mountain trout. 



PEONIES 



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A large collection of the 

 very finest varieties, includ- 

 ing in the officinalis class 

 the gem of all, Tenuifolia, 

 or fern leaved, vermilion in 

 color and two weeks earlier than any other kind. Also in same class, officinalis 

 old crimson, red. pink and white. In Cbinensis class a succession of all colors,' 

 from earliest to latest. All named. A choice collection of Japanese kinds, in 

 24 varieties, very curious and beautiful, but with unpronounceable names. 



Write lor 

 prices. 



F. A. BALLER, Bloomlngton, III. 



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