Ai'RiL 5, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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House of Bridesmaids at Establishment of J. A. Budlong, Sons & G>.« Providence, R. L 



houses, two 30x500 and several of smaller 

 size. Only a few sorts are grown and 

 these in quantity. Lawson is a prime 

 favorite and succeeds finely. One house 

 containing 13,000 plants was a fine sight. 

 Enchantress is quite at home and carried 

 grand stems, being in big demand. In 

 whites, Boston Market is finer than we 

 have ever seen it. A big house of it was 

 a sheet of bloom, stems long and stiff. 

 Some White Lawson is grown, but it 

 falls far below Boston Market. A batch 

 of rather odd deep-pink-striped Enchant- 

 ress and one of Bed Lawson, both origi- 

 nating here, complete the list of varie- 

 ties grown. Young stock for next sea- 

 son looked first-class, a big house con- 

 taining 65,000 boxed off plants being 

 a perfect picture to look upon. 



Heating is by steam, three 150 horse- 

 power boilers being used. In addition 

 the steam from two boilers of similar 

 size used for a vinegar factory can be 

 utilized at night. An additional 200 

 horse-power boiler can be harnessed if 

 needed. In spite of the long distance 

 some of the houses are from the boilers 

 the heating is done very satisfactorily. 

 The rose houses in the large block 

 are connected by corridor through the 

 center, making them very easy of access, 

 one from another. 



While some flowers are shipped to 

 New York, the bulk are shipped to Bos- 

 ton, where three salesmen, Messrs. Mal- 

 ley, McAlpine and Glidden, at the faxk 

 street market, are kept busy. With tne 

 constant additions being made here, the 

 Budlong plant will soon be the largest 

 of its kind in the east. The general 

 excellence in all departments speaks vol- 

 umes for the skill of the worthy mana- 

 ger, who, like most of good growers, 

 is very modest and unassuming. 



W. N. Craig. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Ant. C. Zvolanek, Bound Brook, N. J., 

 submits for registration the following 

 sweet peas: Mrs. Wm. Sims, seedling 

 from Christmas White x Mr. Wild (ex- 

 hibited in Boston as No. 81) ; color 

 salmon-orange. Mrs. T. J. Dolansky, 

 seedling from Enchantress (exhibited in 

 Boston as No. 96) ; color, silvery pink. 



Samuel J. Trepess, Glen Cove, L. I., 

 N. Y., submits for registration the fol- 

 lowing carnations: Maxwelton, seed- 

 ling of 1903 (Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson x 

 Enchantress) ; flower white, three and 

 one-half inches across, slightly fringed; 

 stem stiff, twenty-six inches long; very 

 free with good calyx. Caroline Whit- 

 ney, seedling of 1905 (Lady Bountiful x 

 Enchantress) ; flowers white, fringed, 

 three and one-half inches in diameter; 

 stem eighteen to twenty inches; wiry; 

 good calyx, also good grower. 



Wm. J. Stewaet, Secy. 



GLASS ADVANCES. 



At a meeting of glass manufacturers 

 of the country, held March 29 at Pitts- 

 burg, the price of glass was advanced 

 seven and a half per cent. While, at 

 the beginning of the year, the price of 

 glass was low, the demand for green- 

 house glass has been phenomenal and the 

 indications now are that a still further 

 advance will occur before the end of the 

 season. As evidence of the unusual de- 

 mand for greenhouse glass a Cleveland 

 jobber reports the sale of 4,000 boxes of 

 greenhouse glass in the single city of 

 Ashtabula. 



Madison, Ind. — F. W. Pfister is start- 

 ing in the greenhouse business. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, April 4. — Leaf lettuce, 35c 

 to 40c case; head lettuce, $1 to $4 bbl. ; 

 tomatoes, $1 to $4 case; cucumbers, 65c 

 to $1 doz. 



New York, April 2. — Boston cucum- 

 bers. No. 1, 60c to $1 doz.; No. 2, $2 to 

 $5 box; head lettuce, 25e to 60e doz.; 

 radishes, $1.50 to $2 100 bunches; mush- 

 rooms, 15c to 60c lb.; tomatoes, 10c to 

 30c lb.; mint, 30c to 50c doz. bunches. 



Boston, Mass., April 2. — Cucumbers, 

 $2 to $6 box; mint, 60c doz. bunches; 

 parsley, $1.25 to $1.50 box; radishes, $1 

 to $1.25 box; tomatoes, 30c to 40c lb.; 

 mushrooms, $2 to $2.50 four-pound bas- 

 ket; rhubarb, 5c to 6c lb.; lettuce, 25c 

 to 60c doz. 



NOTES ON LETTUCE. 



Greenfly. 



I note Mr. Croydon's answer to W. 

 E. B. on the best method of keeping 

 greenfly from lettuce. Owing to the 

 great danger in handling hydrocyanic 

 acid gas, it would seem to me to be im- 

 practicable in many places; for instance, 

 where the boiler room has connection 

 with the greenhouses. For one, I would 

 hesitate to use such deadly stuff to kill 

 a little greenfly and I am sure there 

 are many of the same opinion. To 

 these I want to say: Use tobacco dust 

 on your lettuce. Begin in the seed box 

 and continue until within ten days of 

 cutting. Dust it on by a quick motion 

 of the hand, throwing it six feet above 

 the plants, thus allowing it to settle 



