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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



July 19, 1906. 



void of leaves and the small melons 

 were prematurely ripe, with thin, watery 

 flesh, large, open seed cavity, and prac- 

 tically of no market value." 



In tracing back the history of this 

 strain, of seed it was found that some 

 years before a seedsman had saved the 

 first lot from a single healthy melon 

 taken from a field of rusted vines. It 

 had therefore been developed by the 

 simple process of saving seed from the 

 best melons produced by plants which 

 •withstood attacks of rust when sur- 

 rounding plants were destroyed by this 

 <iisease. The point to be emphasized is 

 that improvements in varieties nearly 

 always trace back to individual plants. 



RUST ON BRASSICAS. 



One of the British Board of Agricul- 

 ture leaflets deals with the white rust 

 that attacks the cabbage family. The 

 weed shepherd 's purse is said to be 

 the most prevalent cause of the spread 

 of this disease. This weed appears to 

 flourisli and is quite happj' when harbor- 

 ing tlie fungoid. Years ago I used to 

 notice crops of the cabbage family and 

 also turnip and others of the like kind 

 badly attacked, and in nearly all cases 

 I remoniljer the ground was thickly cov- 

 ered with shepherd 's purse. At that 

 time we used to thiuk the disease simply 

 spread to the weed from the crop, never 

 once til inking the weed was the main 

 and primary subject of attack. As with 

 most other fungous diseases, there does 

 not ai)pear to be any remedy except 

 rooting up and burning the plants af- 

 fected. No matter at what stage of 

 growth they may be in, the trouble may 

 easily be detected, as it forms whitish 

 fluffy swellings on leaf and stem, often 

 drawing the stalks and stems up into 

 various contortions. When shaken in 

 the slightest, the powdery mass will float 

 in tne air like fine flour. B. J. 



THE BARTELDES BUILDING. 



The architects' drawing of the pro- 

 posed seed warehouse of Barteldes & Co. 

 is printed on the real estate page of 

 the Denver I'ost with the following com- 

 ment : 



"One of the most significant inci- 

 dents in the improvement of the track- 

 age district of Denver is the building 

 of tlie seed warehouse of Barteldes & 

 Co., on the southeast corner of Sixteenth 

 and Wynkoop streets, at a cost of 

 $50,000, work on which already has been 

 started. The building will be .50x125 

 feet in extent, with five stories and base- 

 ment. The structure will be the heaviest 

 in Denver, each floor being calculated 

 to carry a pressure of 600 pounds to 

 the square foot". Mill construction will 

 be used throughout. The offices will be 

 on the second floor, connected by bridge 

 with the Sixteenth street viaduct. The 

 exterior will be of dark red pressed 

 "brick, with rod stone trimmings. The 

 tuilding will be completed September 1. " 



Boone, Ia. — F. J. Olsan is building a 

 ■new greenhouse and Avill install three 

 boilers, two for regular use and one for 

 emergency. 



Frank B. White, Chicago, reports 

 that he knows of an eastern mail order 

 seed house, established thirty years,' 

 which has an opening for a live, up-to- 

 date oflSce man and advertising manager, 

 who will take a small block of stock in 

 the company. 



JOHNSON'S HIGH-CLASS 



FLOWER SEEDS 



P'qm Suiniiicr FlowcrinQ ^^<^p''^<? ^''P'^ ^*^>''op^'^° pp^^^^^^'Bts, and 



absolutely the finest strains procurable. 



DOUBLE DAISY 



(Bern. Pereiml.) Trade Per 



Choice mixed $0.30 $2.c6 



Snowball, white 30 2.60 



Longfellow, rose 30 2.50 



Mammoth White, flowers are 

 much larger than those of the well- 

 known 8nowball, double, and 



borne on Ion j? , very stiff stems 30 2.60 



Mammoth, mixed 3'J 2.26 



MIGNONETTE 



Machet, fine for pots 10 .40 



Ooliath, a highly recommendable 

 variety 20 .76 



HYOSOTIS (Forget-Me-Not) 



Victoria, dwarf blue 20 .75 



Palustris (true Forget-Me-Not) 25 1.26 



Dissltifiora, large flowering blue of 

 compacthabit 30 1.25 



PRinULA SINENSIS 

 (Chinese Frlngred Primrose) 



English Prize Fringed, mixed, per 100 seeds, 25c; 



per 500 seeds, $1.00; per 1000 seeds, $1.75. 

 Obconica Grandittora, mixed, per 500 seeds, 30c; 



per lOCO seeds. 50c. 

 Stellata (Star Primula) mixed, }i trade pkt.,30o; 



trade pkt., 50c. 

 Forbes! (Star Primrose), K trade pkt., 25c; trade 



pkt., 40c. 



SWEET WILLIAM 



Single, mixed, oz., 10c. 



Double, mixed, trade pkt.. ICc; oz., 26c. 



Giant Double, mixed, trade pkt., 15c; oz., 6Cc. 



See our Pansy Offer in last week's Review. Headquarters for high-grade 

 French and Dutch Bulbs. Get our prices; we can interest you. 



|/^LJK|C/^M CPCr^ ^r\ HERBERT W. JOHNSON, of the late 

 Owrll^OV^I^ OblL^ WW* Firm of Johnson &: stokes. President 



217 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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CANDYTUFT 



Giant white, fine, trade pkt., 15c; oz., 80c. 

 Empress, pure white, trade pkt , 10c; oz., 20c. 



CINERARIA 



Cineraria Hybrlda Grandiflora, Prize English, 

 mixed, per 5C0 seeds, 60c; $1.00 per lOOO seeds. 



Cineraria Uybrida Grand<flora, Prize English 

 Dwarf Mixed, 6C0 seeds, 60c; IMO seeds, $1.00. 



Cineraria Stellata (Star Cineraria), mixed, 

 trade pkt., $1.00; % trade pkt., 60c. 



CALCEOLARIA 



Calceolaria, English Prize, mixed per 5C0 seeds, 

 25c; per 1500 seeds, 50c. 



CARNATION Trade pkt. Oz. 



Perpetual or Tree, mixed $0.30 $2.50 



Choice German Double, mixed, extra .30 2.00 



Giant Marguerite, mixed 30 2.00 



Choice Margueiite, mixed 20 .75 



GIANT PRIZE CYCLAMEN 



From an Knellsh Per 50 Per 100 Per 1000 



Specialist, unsurpassed seeds seeds seeds 

 Crimson (jueen, rich deep 



maroon red $0.40 $0.75 $6.00 



Dixon Uartland, pure white, 



claret base 40 .75 6.00 



Duke of Uonnaught, a superb 



cherry color 40 .75 6.00 



White bwan, the finest white 



Cyclamen in cultivation... .40 .75 6.00 

 Rosy Morn, bright rose with 



scarlet t.Hse • .10 .75 6.00 



Enelish Prize Mixed, compris- 

 ing the best English show 



varieties 40 .75 6.00 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Mirbell's Saperior English MilUrack 

 Mew Importation Just Keceived. 



Our strain of Mushroom Spawn after being 

 grown by planters for years lias been found to bt 

 far superior to tliat offered by many dealers. Price, 

 per doz. bricks, ll.5il; % UO per lOU lbs.; 166.00 per 

 1000 lbs.; 2o0 lbs. and over at lOOU-lb. rate. 



Michell's Pure Culture Spawn 



This brand is the result of careful and scientific 

 experimenting, has been tested thoroughly and 

 pronounced a perfect success; produces mushroom.s 

 of large siie and of excellent quality. Price, 12 

 bricks, 11.80; la.75 per 26 bricks; I7.0O per 60 bricks; 

 fl.3 60 per lUO bricks; 1116.00 per lOUU bricks; 250 

 bricks at 1000 brick rate. 



Send for our Summer Edition Wholesale Cat- 

 alogue of Seeds, Bnlba and every requisite for 

 tlie greenhouse and garden. 



HENRY F. MIGHELL GO. 



1018 MaM street, PHILADELPHIA, PA 



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Now Ready 



Zlmdebers Prize Pansy Seeds in trade 

 packa»;cs. $1.00 each. Giant Market, 2000 

 seeds: Giant Fancy, 600 seeds. Full directions 

 with each package. 



AUGUSTUS ZIRNGIEBEL Needham. Mass. 



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FLORISTS' BULBS 



Best Grades Only 



IMPOFiT ORDERS NOW BOOKED 



Write For Prices 



W. C. BECKERT, Allegheny. Pa. 



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Bulbs for Christmas 

 and Easter Flowering 



Write us for figures. We are in a 



position to quote you the most 



attractive prices. 



JANES VICK'S SONS 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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