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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Fkbbuabt 22, 1906. 



Our growers now have big cuts on and, like 

 always, when the cut is heaviest the quality 

 is of the very best. Let us show you. 



Now is the time to maice sure of 

 your stocic of Supplies for Easter. 



E. H.HUNT 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



CURRENT PRICES 



BBAUTLES Per doz. 



30to36-lnch 14.00 to 16.00 



24to28-inch 8.00to 4.00 



16to20-lnch a.OOto 8.00 



8tol2-lnch l.OOtO 2.00 



Shorts .76 



BOSES (Teas) Per 100 



Brides and Maids 16.00 to 110.00 



Richmond 6.00to 12.00 



Liberty 5.00to 10.00 



Perle 6.00to 7.00 



Roses, our selection 4.00 



CARNATIONS 2.00to 8.00 



Extra fancy S.OOto 4.00 



]III8Ci;i.LrANX:OUS 



Violets, double 76 to 1.00 



Harrlsii Lilies 16.00 to 20.00 



Callas 12.00 to 16.00 



Valley S.OOto 4.00 



Tulips S.OOto 4.00 



Paper Whites 8.00 



Romans 8.00 



Von Slons 3.00 



ORBBNS 



Smilax Strlngrs per doz. 1.60 to 2.00 



Asparagus Strings each .40 to .60 



Asparagus Bunches ' " .36 



Sprengerl Bunches " .36 



Boxwood Bunches " .26 



Adiantum per 100 .76 to 1.00 



Ferns, Common per 1000 2.00 



Galax, G. and B " 1.00 to 1.25 



Leucothoe Spra.vs " 7.60 



Wild Smilax, 13.00, S4.00, 16.00 per case. 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. . 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, Feb. 21. — Cucumbers, $1.40 

 to $1.75 doz.; leaf lettuce, 40c to 50c 

 case; head lettuce, $5 bbl. ; toniatoea, 

 $2.50 to $4 case. 



New York, Feb. 19. — Boston cucum- 

 bers. No. 1, $1.25 K: $1.75 doz; No. 2, 

 $2.50 to $4.50 box; head lettuce, 50c to 

 $1.25 doz.; radishes, $2 to $3 100 

 bunches; mushrooms, 15c to 65c lb.; to- 

 matoes, 15c to 40c lb.; rhubarb, 30c to 

 50c doz. bunches; mint, 75c to 90c 

 doz. bunches. 



Boston, Mass., Feb. 19. — Mushrooms, 

 $1 to $2 per four-pound basket; lettuce, 

 35c to $1 doz.; tomatoes, 45c to 50c 

 lb.; rhubarb, 6c to 7c lb.; hothouse 

 spinach, 40c box; radishes, 50c to $1 

 box; cucumbers, $6 to $18 box; mint, 

 toe doz. bunches; parsley, $1.50 to $2 

 box. 



TOMATOES. 



Replanting: for Second Crop. 



Plants that have been bearing all 

 winter will by this time be pretty well 

 played out. It doesn't pay to keep them 

 hanging on for the sske of ripening the 

 few fruits that may still be hanging on. 

 The better policy is to throw them out 

 and replant in time to get a good crop 

 of the others before the outdoor product 

 from the southern states becomes too 

 plentiful in the market to run the price 

 down. If proper judgment and fore- 

 thought have been used in the mateer, 

 good, strong plants will be ready to fill 

 the place of the others and, now that 

 the days are longer and brighter, it does 

 not take them long to get under way. 



If the compost in which they were 

 growing in benches or solid beds is 

 fairly good it won't be necessary to 

 change it for the new crop; but where 

 boxes have been employed, the soil had 

 better be new, as the roots, having been 

 confined into small space, are sure to 

 have taken all the substance out of it 



so that the plants would be slow to start 

 in it and after they have started, even 

 with feeding, the progress of growth 

 would not be at all satisfactory. In 

 the benches or solid beds, where more 

 soil space has been allowed, the plants 

 ought to do well enough if the soil is 

 well broken up and liberally enriched 

 either with barnyard manure or some 

 good commercial fertilizer. We find 

 bone meal about as good for this pur- 

 pose as anything we have tried. 



From this out there should not be a 

 great deal of trouble with the setting 

 of fruit, as, with bright weather, the 

 pollen matiu'es better and can be de- 

 pended on to dry out so that by shak- 

 ing the vines it is distributed in suf- 

 ficient quantity to insure pollination. 

 Besides, bees and other insects will soon 

 be on the move and will prove helpful 

 agencies in the distribution of the pol- 

 len. 



Use of Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. 



A good deal has been said lately re- 

 garding the use of hydrocyanic acid gas 

 in the destruction of the white fly, often 

 so troublesome on tomato plants. But 

 I would just like to say here that we 

 have used nothing else for the last two 

 years and that the more we use it the 

 better we like it. It is surprising how 

 little of the gas will destroy this fly, 

 seeing that it is almost impossible to 

 reach it with anything else. We use 

 it in the proportion of one ounce of cy- 

 anide to 2,000 cubic feet of space and 

 find that it does the work perfectly. 

 Only when they once get a foothold it is 

 necessary to apply the gas at least three 

 times, allowing about one week between 

 each application. This catches them as 

 the eggs hatch out. The gas will not de- 

 stroy the eggs and it takes these about 

 three weeks to hatch out from the time 

 they are laid. We always use the gas 

 in the evening, leaving the house closed 

 aU night and by morning it is quite safe 

 to go in the house. We try to reduce 

 the temperature of the house to as near 

 60 degrees as possible before generating 

 the gas. This reduces the danger of in- 

 jury to the plants, and we also study to 

 have both the foliage of the plants and 

 the atmosphere of the house dry. 



W. S. Cboydon. 



GREEN 



Carnation Fluid 



For coloring white carnations green for St. Pat- 

 rick's Day, price. $1.00 per bottle. Write today 

 for Free Sample with full instructions. 



H. D. LDWARDS & CO., NEWPORT, KY. 



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GREEN 



CARNATIONS for 



ST. PATRICK'S DAY 



I sell the coloring' of this wonderful discovery 

 for coloring' white carnations green and can say 

 that I am the originator of Green Carnations. 

 Qt. cans, $1.00; gallon, 13.50. EVSend for FR£B 

 SAMPLE TODAY, with full instructions. 



FRED GEAR, 1113 Vine St., CINCINNATI, 0. 



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 tesy of its readers if they will send U8 

 the names and addresses of those in their 

 vicinity who are growing vegetables un- 

 der glass. 



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 ing Dictionary on receipt of 25 cents. 



One insertion of our advertisement in 

 the Review sold all the cinerarias we 

 had ready. — Roy H. PaIjMEB, Ean<^lph, 

 N. Y. 



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 bedding plants; state wages. Address No. 48, 

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