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October 25, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists* Review* 



1475 



a difference 'in the average amount cut 

 this year. 



Violets are doing fine enough to meet 

 the present demand. Harrisu lilies are 

 coming in a little more steadily and 

 bringing fair prices. Cosmos is now on 

 the market in great quantities, and gen- 

 erally the market florists reap a harvest 

 out of it. 



Various Notes. 



Geo. Cook, of Arlington, has com- 

 pleted his new houses and he has 10,500 

 square feet of glass, and will grow 

 chrysanthemums and carnations. He 

 has installed a gasoline engine to sup- 

 ply water. His houses are of the most 

 up-to-date pattern, one 141^x100 feet 

 and three each 23x100 feet. 



William Terry, Owing 's Mills, is some- 

 what troubled over the effects of his 

 carnation shortage, and was in town 

 trying to buy plants. 



Stevenson Brothers, Govanstown, Md., 

 are cutting the finest roses in the state. 



James Glass, Erdman avenue, is doing 

 a rushing business in the fern line. 



E. A. Seidewitz will move from 36 W. 

 Lexington street to 323 N. Charles 

 street November 1. 



Secretary L. E. Meekins, of the 

 Jamestown fair commission, announced 

 that it has been decided to allot $5,000 

 for the horticultural and floricultural 

 division of the state's exhibit at James- 

 town next year. 



It is claimed by the Maryland State 

 Horticultural Society and the Maryland 

 Experiment Station that the horticul- 

 tural products of the state bring in an 

 income of $15,000,000 a year, 



J. L. T. 



A NEW YORK STORE. 



The accompanying illustration is 

 from a photograph of the store occupied 

 by Traendly & Schenck, at 44 West 

 Twenty-eighth street, New York. This 

 firm was founded in 1894. For ten 

 years the business was conducted at 38 

 West Twenty-eighth street, but more 

 commodious quarters became a neces- 

 sity. Now they lease the whole build- 

 ing, using a large part of it in their 

 wholesale work. Their business has 

 grown steadily from its inception. They 

 have many consignments daily from the 

 largest growers, some of them having 

 shipped constantly since the firm began 

 its work. They handle Chatenay, Uncle 

 John and Golden Gate in large quanti- 

 ties. One of their favorite roses is a 

 novelty, still unnamed, resembling Test- 

 out. Both members of the firm are 

 young men and are on deck every day, 

 and with their big force of employees, 

 the activity displayed tells the whole 

 story. 



Both members of the firm are con- 

 nected with many horticultural and fra- 

 ternal societies. Mr. Schenck is a Mason 

 in high standing, master of his lodge. 

 Soon he will join the ranks of the bene- 

 dicts. Mr. Traendly has been president 

 of the New York Florists' Club two 

 years and made a great record. He ia 

 a member of the executive committee of 

 the S. A. F. 



ELBERON, N. J. 



A meeting of the Elberon Horticul- 

 tural Society was held October 15, when 

 two new members were elected, and the 

 following ofiScers were selected for the 

 ensuing year: President, W. D. Eob- 

 ertson; vice-president, Henry Wood; 

 treasurer, James Kennedy; secretary, 





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Store of Traendly & Schenck, New York Qty* 



George Masson; assistant secretary, 

 Fred. Dettlinger. 



An interesting discussion took place 

 on the advisability of leaving the foliage 

 of asparagus on the plant until spring. 

 The majority of the members were in 

 favor of cutting it down in November 

 or December. It was decided to experi- 

 ment on the question. 



Among the exhibits wfls a fine vase of 

 Eichmond roses, shown, by Peter Murray. 

 A vase of carnations which were good 

 for the season was shown by A. Bauer. 

 W. D. Eobertson exhibited a dish of 

 sweet potatoes, variety Yellow Yam, and 

 A. Greib a vase of nice cosmos. 



The next meeting of the society will 

 be held November 5, when the newly 

 elected officers will be installed. 



G. M, 



Vegetable Forcing. 



YouNGSTOWN, O. — October 20 the 

 Gardeners' Association held its first an- 

 niversary celebration in Bushnell hall. 

 The chairman of the committee of ar- 

 rangements was B. S. Green, who with 

 the other members prepared a fine pro- 

 gram. The meeting was called to order 

 at 6:30, and during the evening there 

 was a fine banquet. The organization 

 now comprises fifty-four members. The 

 anniversary celebration that evening was 

 a private affair, being for the members 

 only and a few invited guests. 



FORCING CUCUMBERS. 



Planting on the Benches. 



As soon as the plants show well-de- 

 veloped runners and are ten to twelve 

 inches long they should be placed in 

 their permanent position upon the green- 

 house benches. Plants grown in pots 

 must be carefully removed from these 

 receptacles to the bench, but those grown 

 in wooden cups can be planted cup and 

 all, in the soil of the bench, says !#. C. 



Corbett, of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, in his recent bulletin. 



The utmost care should be exercised 

 to keep the plants of cucumber growing 

 rapidly at all times. If cucumbers re- 

 ceive a severe check, or are placed under 

 conditions which are not entirely con- 

 genial to them, they are liable to become 

 dwarfed and stunted, and as soon as 

 vigorous growth ceases they become the 

 prey of the melon aphis, mildew, and 

 other pests and diseases which are 80 

 annoying to growers of cucumbers under 

 artificial conditions. 



After the plants have attained a 

 height of ten or twelve inches and are 

 in a vigorous growing condition they 

 should be placed about fifteen or eigh- 

 teen inches apart in single rows upon 

 the side benches of the greenhouse, which 

 are normally three and one-half feet 

 wide, or if planted on 8-foot benches 

 they should be planted about ten or 

 twelve inches from the edge of the bench 

 and fifteen to eighteen inches apart and 

 parallel with the edge of the bench. In 

 the broad benches, where more than a 

 double row can be carried, plants can 

 be set about eighteen inches apart and 

 in rows about two feet ap&rt. A satis- 

 factory plan for an 8-foot bench will 

 be a row parallel with and ten inches 

 from each edge of the bench and a 

 double row eighteen inches apart 

 through the middle of the bench. This 

 style of planting will allow the use of 

 a double-A trellis. It is well, however, 

 to allow as much space as possible. The 

 cucumber is a rank-growing plant and 

 many side branches will develop if suflB- 

 cient space is allowed. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Boston, Oct. 23.— Cucumbers, $2 to 

 $5.50 per box; lettuce, 50c to 60c per 

 box; mushrooms, 75c per lb. 



New York, Oct. 23.— Cucumbers, 65c 

 to $1.25 per dozen; lettuce, $1 to $2.50 

 per basket; Boston lettuce, per strap, 

 $1 to $1.75; mushrooms, per lb, 50e 

 to $1. 



Chicago, Oct. 23.— Cucumbers, per 

 dozen, 75c to $1. 



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