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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



.\v\iu. IL'. I'.tiir, 



/ Uinhtli^ "l.'l^licii |i;|i| Wr.lll 



I 



I I U.-llltl'il 



It < 'lirisdiKi^. I -imiilil -,,\\ it nlidiit the 



niliilli' nt' n. I nliiT ill 1 (iW,- (HI :t liflh-ll 



;iihI iliiii mil 111 lliii'c (ii ruin iiiclii'< 

 :i [i;i I 1 . I 'i \ I i liilirv 1 1 1' -nil w i iiiM 1 ir 

 I'li'iiix .111.1 :i ii'in |iit;iI II Ir ul "iH ni'^rci's 



il iii^lit wiiiiM 111' lii^h ciKMinli. iir Vdii 

 ■■:ili •~ii\\ ill ll;il> Mini I r:i iiv]il;i III hilcr. 



Vl.iMiit \';irii'l ic'--, it;ii1 iIm' li-jiiliiiu --iriK- 

 nicii "s i-;! t ;i liii^iir-- ;niil i-liiin-c Ini \iiiir 



I'i ii;ill\ . w r I ;i II li;i iilU lirl ir\ c i h;il 

 i-.'i nil \i II f' wiHihl lie |inilit ;i lijf in iIm'm' 

 il.'iN'- in :i ninili'Mi liii'riiliniiM' unless yiiiir 

 UIMnilniol iu'V willi.l Villi llii' ;;! rcliliiMisr 

 :mil VDll li.'lil 1'irr t'llfl. W'r dIii-c >^yi'\\ 



the jx'reiiiii.'il (•.•iinlvliil'l, llii'tis si'inpci- 

 \iroTis. It ^\as 1ni> slow iiini iliil nni |i:i\. 

 W'c iiliri' rfM-ci\ci| ;i few |il;ints i > t' a 

 ramix liil'i fnitn K'oliril Sim. of <'lilioii 

 lialo. ihr clianipiiiii swrd pea ^rowiT ol' 

 till' uoT'liI, anil il nas a wouilii. It lir 



loliLIs to thr ai lllials. W'c ;;o| till- liltir 

 sc'cillin^s soiiicw licrr railv in Ajiiil anil 

 |ilaTitci| lliiiii out one I'oot aparl mi a 



lit'Ilrli whclT \ inlets iiaij lirrll llu'OWll out. 



It was 111 |irini<' onicf li\ MtMiiorial ilay 

 and liaiJ iniinensc unihcis ot' lilooni iii'arly 

 a toot aci'o.ss. juiri' while, a inosi lieaiiti 

 till ihinti. especially I'm Menioiial May. 

 and i-an in planted nii the lied ni 

 beneh attel \iole(s ;||r thrown out ai 

 ]']astev lime. I wi-h Mi. Sim would tell 



us ."ilioiit tiiis i^reat i-andytiilt and aihei' 

 lise the seed. W. S. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



"till \i;il. Apli I II. I .1-1 t lire, helldv. 



1e .-s }..'0 1. 1, 1. ; lea t . ;l."ir 111 jo 



e i-llse ; rll 



s^'i pel I on liillielies; toinatoe.s. I'Oc to 

 • 'I'le ill.; Ml int. pie to ."iiic per doz. 



Iillllehe-. 



MnsldX. ApiM il. ( 'lleumliel'S, .^ij to 



•■r7 lio\; let line. iTic to oiif duz. ; mint, 

 liiir do/. Iiiiiirhev; radislii's, $1 to $l.Lir» 

 i.o\: paislry, s,l.."iii lio\; mushi'oonis, ,$i! 

 to O pel 1 III. liMsket ; liiinch liccts, $1.0(1 

 to .■fl.7"i dii/.: tomatoes, ode to i c lli.; 



lloiliaili. lie III. 



A NEW JAPANESE SALAD PLANT. 



Max id l-'aii( hild, ayrieultuial explor«M- 

 in ehaiy,. ,it torei<;ii I'.xplorntions, U. S. 

 Depart iiKMit of Ajirii-iilturc, is intro- 

 diirine to the .\meric;in jiulilic a new 

 Nereiniile that iiiav liecnniG quite a fac- 

 tor ill tile liiisiness of tliose <'nya<>'od in 

 t'orciii^ winter \ eectaliles. It is a hor- 

 liareoiis form of the aralia, and known 

 n nder two \ a riet ie.s. 



( )iie \aiiity, the Kan Tihi. is I'aised 



fi seed sown in heat, planted out in 



rows tour feet apart and rijfhtccn inches 

 ill the row, and allowed to grow until 

 early in September, when it is eut down 

 to the ground and the soil mounded up 

 over the row some eighteen inches higli. 

 In t'oity to sixty days lilaiiched shoots 

 tell lo twelve iiiclie.s loug ai'G rcadv I'oi' 

 iiaiket. 'I'liis plantation is j>ermanenl 

 and shcMild he good for ten or more 

 yen is. 



1 lie other variety, Moyashi Udo, may 

 he of importance to the grower ol' \('<;- 

 etaiiles uiioer ylass. as this is the xari- 

 ety used for winter forcing. It is grown 

 1 1 om idots only .and ]»rop;igated from 

 loot cut iinys. 'I'Im' I'oots ar(> placi^d 

 i-iosely ill a triMich and co\ei-ed and the 

 soil inoiindecl up. In the sjiidn;^ these 

 roots ail' |danted out and allowed to 

 eiow until the t'oliayt; is killed by the 

 Irost. They are then taken up and 



H. R. Carlton. 



(MimlMis. (iiic to 7oc i|o/. : inushi oiiiiis. 



L'.'e til llli- 111. 



\r\\ 't'ui.'K. .\pril III. < iHMimlier--. Nn. 

 1 r.ii-ti.ii. ^] to .*I.l:.'i do/.: Nil. L'. .^1 to 



^•1 l'ii\; lettuce. ■_'.'(■ til ()Oc ,|ii/. ; nillsll 

 In. nil-, l."i.- til fi.'ir III.: |:|.li-i,, .. .*|.."iO 1,1 



stilled until w.Miited. Ill dry sti'aw in a 



cool JilMce tree t'loili t'ro-t. 



I tnlced M dii/ell plants. usillg twO 



loindi puts, iiivertiiii; ii\er them pots 

 tilled with leMlniold. Till' blauehe^i 



s| t- -hiiWed t llem.-i'h e- tnioiiiili the 



drainage hoh' in twenty tour days, but 

 the pamphlet issued by the l)e|iar1inent 

 of .\grictdture gives the time as foity 

 to sixty (lays. 



I did not use it as a salad, out (aioked 

 it, as one would asparagus, and served 

 it in cream sauce on toast. If SiMift 

 and Ivudd will try it that w;iy they will 

 foiexcr eschew sa iierki'aiit and sjiil; ,i 

 duet in it-; praise. W. < '. Ilcw. 



GRAND RAPIDS LETTUCE SEED. 



AVe notice in your issue of MiU'cli '_'!> 

 \V. S. Croydon in writing on (irand 

 Rapids lettiicc sttites that he has had 

 trouble with seed of this variety not 

 growing properl\\ it has been our ex- 

 jierience Ih-at for some reason freshly 

 gathered seed of the (irand Rapids va- 

 riety very frequently shows poor ger- 

 mination," but tluit if the same seed is 

 kept and allowed to ripen for a few 

 months, it readily grows 100 per 

 cent. For our own planting. we 

 prefer t'-rttud i\apids lettuce seed one 

 vear old. .loiixsox & Stoki-s. 



TROUBLE WITH LETTUCE. 



We have had a great deal of trouble 

 with our left lice this season and sulfered 

 a loss ot several hundred dollai's. During 

 our seven years' experience iu raising 

 lettuce we have never had any serious 

 trouble. We raise (irand K'apids lettine 

 ex. lusively. Our lirst crop was trans 

 [danled into the lumses in early fall and 

 marketed in November and December. It 

 was as good as usutil. The second crop 

 was 1 iaiisplante<l into the houses as the 

 fiist v\a- marketed. It started off all 

 ri^ht, but ill about two weeks it seemed 

 to stop ^rowing and a de.-ayed ring tip- 

 petired armind the stalk sit the surface of 

 the ground, causing the luiter Ictives to 

 drop and decay. Some of tli(> jdants did 

 not die but only tliiew up short leaves, 

 lioliter in color .aiid texture than nut 

 iinil. 



We thought at lirst tliat the diseased 

 ciinditioii was caused bv the plants ha\ 

 iiie lieeii raised out in frames, so we dis 



cMlded tile reUI.Mindel of llielll Mlldiaised 



,ilh,.rs in the hiiuse. The little plants 

 Mrew off iiicelv .and were transplanted 

 into pots ami tints. .\fter they were 

 transplanted into piaiiiaiieut lieds they 

 stalled to iiiovv and looked like makiiii; 

 M nood cio|i. imt after two or thrcM- 

 weeks Ihev commenced didllg like tlu' 

 oliiers. We then thought it w;is the soil 

 but we have Iriecl them on the old soil, 

 on fresh gtirden sidl. on benches tiinl 

 solid beds and on snd c(Uii|)ost, and they 

 all go alike. 



Tan vou tell us what this disetise is 

 nnd how to combat it? If we cannot do 

 soinethine wr :ne knocked out of the let 

 nice liiisiness. We have jiroduceil the 

 finest of (irand b'a|iids lettuce for the 

 past seven yeais and have never liefore 

 had a failure or any serious trouble. 



it has occiiried to us that if such ;i 

 disease can lie 1 1 aiisniitted through the 

 >eei|. that miulit be the caiise of our 

 trouble. The plants for the first crop 

 were prodllieil flien seed left over flolii 

 last year but all our ]ilants since that 

 wele |iroiluced t'lolll Seeds bought at olie 

 time. We have procured seed fi-oiii an 

 ot her linn and will t rv that. 



I\. \ S. 



The trouble ynu describe lieVel- liM-- 



ciiiiie iiuilei' my notice. I don't think it 

 i'^ a dise:ise in (Jraiid b'.Mpids but think 

 \oii have struck the i-.iot of the trouble 



ill the seed. Ill pl.aie lit (llMlld ioMpii'- 



