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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



November 8, 1006. 



We made this halftone 

 from a 



WASH DRAWING 



<> one of many we are 

 ' turning out for 1907 



Seed Catalogues 



Oar artists are the best 

 in the United States on 

 flower and vegetable 

 drawing. 



We make a specialty of 



CUTS FOR 

 SEEDSMEN. 



All processes. Quick 

 work if necessary. 

 Satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. 



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341-349 Clark Street, CHICAGO 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Boston, Nov. 5.— Tomatoes, 20c to 30c 



f)er box; cucumbers, $2 to $5.50 per box; 

 ettuce, 75c per box; mushrooms, 75c per 

 pound. 



New Yoek, Nov. 5.— Cucumbers, per 

 dozen, 50c to $1.25; lettuce, Boston, per 

 strap, $1 to $2.25; tomatoes, per lb., 5c 

 to 20c ' *- » 



Chicago, Nov. 5. — Cucumbers, per 

 dozen, 65c to $1; lettuce, leaf, per box. 

 20c to 25c. 



CUCUMBERS. 



Training: the Plants. 



As soon as the plants show a tend- 

 ency to run they should be trained so as 

 to keep them from becoming unduly 

 tangled and in order to fill all the space 

 upon the trellis, says L. C. Corbett in a 

 recent bulletin of the Department of 

 Agriculture. The trellis can be made of 

 light edging seven-eighths of an inch 

 square, tacked to the side of the bench 

 when the cucumbers are grown on wood 

 benches and set up in the form of the 

 letter A. Galvanized wires. No. 16, can 

 be run lengthwise of the house and sta- 

 pled to the supports, which should be 

 placed about six feet apart. Upon side 

 benches which are elevated it will be nec- 

 essary to train the cucumbers to the 

 framework of the greenhouse. For this 

 purpose screweyes about eight inches in 

 length can be placed in the sashbars at 

 intervals of four or five feet and the par- 

 allel wires to which the vines are to be 

 tied stretched twelve inches apart length- 

 wise of the house through these screw- 

 eyes and firmly fastened at the ends. 

 The vines should then be loosely tied to 

 the supporting wires with raffia or soft 

 cotton yarn. 



When the fruits become heavy, aa in 

 the case of the English varieties, it will 

 become necessary to support them to 

 prevent their weight breaking the vines. 

 Heavy fruits will cause the supporting 

 wires or bands of raffia to break or gir- 

 dle the vines unless they are supported 

 independently. The American varieties 

 seldom attain sufficient size to require 

 this precaution. Fruits of these varie- 

 ties, as soon as they are eight to ten 

 inches in length and two inches in diam- 

 eter, are harvested for market. The vines 



..TULIPS.. 



Best Grade at Lowest Price*. 



Singel Mixed Superfine . . .80c per 100; $7.00 per 1000 

 ** ** Firtt Quality, 70c ** 6.00 *' 



FREESIAS 



Refracta Alba Superfine, $1.25 per 100; $10.50 per 1000 

 ♦♦ First Size, .85 ** 6.50 '* 



LILIES 



Largre Aasortment. Best Varieties. 



Hardy Plants, Florists' Supplies 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



James Vicks Sons 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. "^ 'f 



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A BED or MUSHROOMS 



Raised from our Spawn, will bear longer and yield better than from any other variety of 

 Spawn. This la proven by facts. Full particulars and information how to succeed in mushroom 

 raising free. We warrant you if usintr our method of ffrowlner mushrooms that all will ko weU. 



KNUD GUNDESTRUP & CO., A^r^ZX^lZ^^^ 

 Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



■■CabUshed 1824. RICHARDS BROS.. Props. 



STILL UNSOLD 



Under Separate Color, 

 $25.00 per 1000. 



5000 Hyacinths 



87 East 19th St., near Broadway, Tel., 4285 Gramercy. New York City 



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ARTHUR COWEE, 



OUdlolns BpMlaUst, DCDI IV M Y 

 HBAOOWTA^a rABM, DLnUllf 111 1 1 



United States Representative and Grower of GROFF'S 

 HYBRIDSf Mixtures and Collections to color. Fine mixtures 

 of all colors, named novelties of rare beauty. Write for catalog. 



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Lambert's Pare Cnltore 

 Mushroom Spawn 



Produced by new graftlne 

 proceBB from selected and 

 prollBc specimens, thor- 

 oughly acclimatized. 

 Has never f aUed to ran 

 Sold by Leading Seedsmen. 

 Practical Instructions on 



"Maahroom Cnltare" 

 mailed free on application. 



American Spawn Co. 

 St. Paul, Bllnn. 



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are usually sufficiently strong to with- 

 stand the weight of fruit of this size. 



MAKING HOTBEDS. 



Will you tell me how to make hotbeds 

 for raising early vegetables, such as 

 tomatoes, cabbages, sweet potatoes, etc.f 



F. B. F. 



The time to make the hotbed depends 

 a good deal on the climate in the local- 

 ity in which the operator is placed. I 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



OrlRinators of improved varieties of culti- 

 vated mushrooms. "Tissue Culture Pure Spawn" 

 of 7 varietleB now ready. Qet our booklet. It's 

 free 



Pure Cnltnre Spawn Co. 



009 W. ronrth St. CINCUmATI. O. 



Chicago Branch, 604 LaSalle Ave. 



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PLRE CULTURE 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Per 10 bricks. $1.50. Per 25 bricks, $3.60. 

 Per 60 bricks, $6.60. Per 100 bricks, $12.00. 

 Fresh Tobaceo Stems, in bales of 300 lbs., $1.50. 



W. C. BECKERT, AUegheny, Pa. 



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am not acquainted with your latitude, 

 but assuming that you could not safely 

 trust such tender subjects as tomatoes 

 out of doors before the end of May, I 



