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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Sbftbmbbb 21, 1905. 



NEPHROLEPIS PIERSONI 



ELEGANTISSIIV1S 



Grand itock, in all si^ei. Very popular in New Yotk and all the large cities. 



UNPRECEDENTED SALE OF LARGE SPECIMENS 



Prices from 75c each ; $9.00 per doz.s S50.00 per 100, up to $2,009 

 $3.00, $5«00 and $7.50 each. Salisfaction Guaranteed. 



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



Mention The ReWew when yon write. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



MUSHROOMS. 



Spawning; the Beds. 



After the bed is made up it will prob- 

 ably rise to from 105 to 110 degrees, 

 but before the spawn is inserted it should 

 be allowed to drop to 90 degrees, or a 

 little below. If spawned too warm it 

 will result in what is known as burn- 

 ing the spawn, which will not only in- 

 jure but often entirely destroy the crop. 



The spawn should be broken up into 

 pieces one and one-half to two inches 

 square. These pieces should be inserted 

 in the bed deep enough so that the up- 

 per surface of the spawn will be about 

 two inches below the level of the surface 

 of the bed. The holes over the spawn 

 should be filled in with the material 

 composing the bed and made quite firm. 

 The temperature of the bed should be al- 

 lowed to decline at least 10 degrees after 

 the spawn is inserted before the covering 

 of soil is put on. This covering should 

 be packed moderately firm and, being of 

 a closer nature than the manure, natur- 

 ally acts as a conserver of heat and us- 

 ually causes the temperature of the bed 

 to rise a few degrees. This, however, 

 "will only be temporary and in the course 

 -of a few days the temperature of the bed 

 will again be on the decline. It is often 

 hard to procure soil free from the germs 

 of fungus. The best material that can 

 be had is a good, friable loam from an 

 old pasture. As fibre is unnecessary the 

 best way to get the soil is to first take 

 off the sod from the surface and take 

 the soil immediately below. The depth to 

 which it can be taken will depend on the 

 depth of good soil to be had. Some 

 soils run shallow, so that only a few 

 inches of good soil can be had under 

 the sotl, while in some cases it could be 

 taken if ilesired to a depth of a foot 

 or more. The only safe rule is to take 

 only the good loam and avoid getting 

 down into the subsoil. 



Providing that it is not after a wet 

 Bpell, the soil as taken from the pasture 



lot will be in about the right condition 

 of moisture to apply to the bed, but it 

 is better to have it in the mushroom 

 house, or some place where a tempera- 

 ture of about 60 degrees is maintained, 

 for a few days previous to applying 

 to the bed, so that it will not be too cold. 

 When the temperature of the bed has 

 dropped to about 75 degrees, a light 

 covering of hay should be put over it. 

 This covering helps to conserve both 

 heat and moisture and protects the bed 

 against fluctuations, if such should oc- 

 cur, in the temperature of the house. 

 This covering can be safely left on until 

 the mushrooms begin to appear, which 

 should be in about six weeks from time 

 of spawning. The time of their coming 

 up varies, but after six weeks it is well 

 to keep a lookout for them and remove 

 the covering before they begin to work 

 up into it. W. S. Croydon. 



DETROIT. 



The Market 



Business was very dull the past week. 

 Good asters are quite scarce and, with 

 the heavy rain on Sunday, it is likely 

 they will soon be a thing of the past. 

 Good carnations are to be seen in 

 greater quantities, although still short 

 in stem. Brides and Maids are still 



very poor, 

 cept smilax. 



"Green" is plentiful, ex- 



Variout Notes. 



The public school gardens were 

 judged September 15 by committees of 

 florists. This work was begun two years 

 ago and for the present season packages 

 of seeds were distributed among 10,000 

 school children. To increase their inter- 

 est the Detroit Florists ' Club offered two 

 first and twoi second prizes of $10 and $5 

 each for the best exhibits of flowers in 

 the various schools. Messrs. Bernard Sul- 

 livan, L. Bemb and G. H. Taepke judged 

 at nine of the schools and Philip Breit- 

 meyer, J. F. Sullivan and William Dil- 

 ger at nine others. 



B. Schroeter was the principal exhi- 

 bitor at the state fair and captured 

 nearly all the first premiums, fourteen 

 altogether. Thos. Gowanlock had a bet- 

 ter collection of coleus. Andrew Fergu- 



son had the best fern and Mr. Gowan- 

 loch was second. Wm. Brown was sec- 

 ond on design and Mr. Ferguson third. 



George Johnston, a mason employed 

 on the Breitmeyer building, fell from 

 the fifth floor to the basement, being in- 

 stantly killed. This is the first acci- 

 dent since work was begun. 



Harry Smith is rapidly recovering 

 from his sprained ankle. 



Painters and decorators have been 

 busy in Taepke 's store, producing a very 

 pretty effect in green and white. 



Business at the Michigan Cut Flower 

 Exchange was so rushing on Sunday 

 that Manager Dilger had to be called 

 out of church. Calling him from 

 church wasn't so bad if he hadn't been 

 just taking a nap. 



Steincke & Son, at Woodmere, are 

 building two houses 26x80. 



There are some beautiful specimens of 

 Hydrangea paniculata in bloom at 

 Woodmere cemetery. 



Visitors: George Bridson, Fenton; C. 

 F. Knapp and his father, Dr. Knapp, 

 of St. Johns. H. S. 



MUNCIE,IND. 



Simon Humfeld, proprietor of the 

 Muncie Floral Co., has just completed 

 his new additions, consisting of a 125- 

 foot propagating house and connecting 

 house, to his new heating plant, of which 

 he is very proud, having put in two 

 fifty horse-power boilers of the Atlas 

 type. His large smokestack is adequate 

 for the expectation of a much larger 

 addition anticipated for next season. The 

 new houses this year make fourteen in 

 all, giving a total of about 30,000 feet 

 of glass, all of which are modem style 

 W. M. Bailey, his foreman, is from th(r 

 east and is a very successful grower and 

 propagator. Owing to the increasing de- 

 mand for good stock he finds it neces 

 sary to get up a good hustle. 



BALTIMORE. 



Business with the beginning of Sep- 

 tember showed slight improvement, th-" 

 demand being fairly brisk all last week 

 The weather is cool and it has already 

 shown its effects on the Cochet roseb. 

 which a wee^k or two ago were coming in 



