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GLADIOLUS, 



$2.00 per lOO 



SHORT BEAUTIES, 



$3.00 per lOO 



Auratum Lilies, 



$12.30 per lOO 



I Colored Carnations, 



I $7.50 per lOOO 



I A. L. RANDALL CO. 



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WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



$ 19-21 Randolph Street, 



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 CHICAGO, f 



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Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



varieties will not ripen in time for har- 

 vesting ere Jack Frost pays us his usual 

 September visit. Our latitude is high 

 and seasons late. We were selling peas, 

 beans, etc., as late as July 4, and lawn 

 grass seed is sowed from spring until the 

 snow flies. 



We have been favored with many vis- 

 itors who are charmed with our beauti- 

 -ful Jake scenery. Among those in the 

 trade are Chas. H. Keitsch and John 

 Spiess, of Buffalo; Carl Merkel, of Men- 

 tor, O., and Geo. Wiegand, of Indian- 

 apolis, all of whom declare this an ideal 

 spot for our annual convention when the 

 big cities are done. W. M. 



V^etable Forcing. 



PREPARING SOIL. 



The present is a good time to look to 

 the turning over and preparing of the 

 soil to be used for benches, etc., the com- 

 ing season. The compost should have 

 been got together some time ago, but 

 should be turned over and well broken 

 up now, so as to be in readiness when 

 wanted. It is necessary that it be finely 

 chopped so that the different ingredients 

 are evenly mixed. 



If barnyard manure was put in the 

 com{)ost at the time it was stacked up 

 nothing else will be necessary for that 

 part of it intended for growing lettuce, 

 but for cucumbers and tomatoes the ad- 

 dition of some good commercial fertil- 

 izer will be an advantage. Bone meal 

 or tankage (the latter a mixture of 

 blood, bone and the waste from slaughter 

 houses, which is dried and then finely 

 ground up) wo have found very good 

 for this purpose. Either of these, added 

 to the compost at the rate of about fifty 

 pounds to the yard of soil, will make a 

 good, strong soil and also has the ad- 

 vantage of causing the compost to heat 

 sufficiently to destroy the larva; or grubs 

 of insects that would prove a detriment 

 to the growth of the plants. The large, 

 white grub of the May-beetle, which 

 often proves a source of annoyance in 

 greenhouse benches and is almost sure 

 to be present in greater or less numbers 

 in the sod, will not survive this heating 

 of the soil, as they are soft and easily 

 killed. Another advantage in mixing 

 the fertilizer with the soil some time 

 previous to using is that the heat will 

 be spent before the compost is used and 

 the heating has the advantage of so far 



Standing Orders Wanted 



IIIIIIIIIJIIIIlTriin FOB AMSBZOAir BBAPTIBS 



We have fine crops of BEAUTIES and TEA ROSES 



and shall soon have plenty CARNATIONS and all other stock 

 according to season. Our growers are among the best in the 

 country and on quality of stock we cannot be beat. 



We shall cater particularly to the shipping trade and we 

 want YOUR standing order this season. Give us a trial, now or 

 at any time, and you will find that our service is the best at your 

 command. There are older houses but none better able or more 

 anxious to please. No charge for P. & D. on orders of $5.00 



ZECH & MANN, 51 Wabash Ay*., CHICAGO. 



and over. 

 Zi. D. Phone 



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.Mciilioii 1 lit KHvlew when you wriie. 



decomposing the fertilizer as to render it 

 in a state for assimilation as plant food 

 sooner than it would otherwise be. When 

 it is considered that the life of any 

 forced crop is but a few weeks, it is ap- 

 parent that the better fitted the fertil- 

 izer is for immediate service the more 

 good the plant will get out of it and 

 the less loss will result. 



In benches or solid beds when the soil 

 is not to be changed the same remarks 

 practically apply, so that the present is 

 a good time to dig in the fertilizer, so 

 as to have the soil in the best possible 

 condition when planting times comes. 



W. S. Croydon. 



ROOTING CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Will you please give me some instruc- 

 tions about rooting chrysanthemums? 1 

 have never had any experience along this 

 line and would be glad to know how to 

 root cuttings in the open ground. 



G. W. L. 



It is now too late for propagating 

 chrysanthemums for this year's flowering 

 indoors or out, so it is perhaps hardly 

 worth while going into the question in 

 detail. While conditions in the south are 

 very different to New Jersey, I think 

 your correspondent would have much bet- 

 ter success by knocking a rough frame 

 together and putting this in a shady 

 jdace and using a top made of burlap 

 fastened to a framework of wood to pro- 

 tect the cuttings from the hot, dry winds 

 than he would trying to root cuttings in 

 the open ground. 



The main thing in rooting cuttings is 

 to keep them from wilting and this is 

 difficult unless shade and protection are 

 afforded. Make the cuttings about 3 

 inches long from the suckers that ap- 

 pear around the base of the old plant 



A Daily Cut 



from 40 to 60 

 Growers 



ROSES, CARNATIONS, 

 ORCHIDS, ASTERS, 

 VALLEY, GREENS, ETC. 



Inside CixictLgo Market Qnotatlons. 

 MOST 0O1CPI.STE X.ZHB OF 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



IB THS WB8T. Catalogue free. 



E. F. WINTERSON CO. 



45-49 Wabash A«i , CHICAGO. 



BstabUshed 1894. 



and after putting them in the sand keep 

 sprayed over several times a day until 

 they begin to form roots. C. H. T. 



NAME OF TWIG. 



Will you please tell us the name of the 

 enclosed twig, and how to propagate? 

 P. & P. 



The enclosed twig is from a form of 

 the hemlock spruco, Tsuga canadensis, 

 either nana or parvifolia. The easiest 

 method of propagation is by seeds sown 

 in spring, either outdoors or in frames. 

 Cuttings may also be rooted in a close, 

 shaded frame, or the more uncommon 

 types can be grafted on the ordinary 

 Tsuga canadensis. Seed sowing is the 

 best method of propagation, however. 



W. N. C. 



