December 6, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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CURRENT PRICES OF 



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AMERICAN BEAUTY Per dot. 



Extra lonsf stems $5.00 



30-inch stems 4.00 



24-inch stems 3.00 



20-inch stems 2.50 



15-inch stems 1.50 



12-inch stems $1.00 to L25 



Shortstems .75 



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51 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



LONG STEMS Per 100 LONG STEMS Per 100 



Bridct fancy $6.00 to $8.00 Liberty, Richmond, good . . $4.00 to $6.00 



*♦ good 4.00 to 5.00 Chatenay,UncleJohn, Pcy 6.00to 8.00 



Bridesmaid, fancy 6.00 to 8.00 ** " *' good 4.00 to 5.00 



** good 4.00 to 5.00 CARNATIONS, fancy. . 4.00 



Liberty, Richmond, fancy. 8.00 ** good... 3.00 



All other atook at lowest market rates. Ho oharffe for packinsr. 



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BEST ROSES 



Three Entries in the classes for loo's at Chicago, where quality of all exhibits was high and Three AwardS 



First on lOO Maid, 



First on 100 Kiilarney, 

 Second on 100 Bride. 



-CURRENT PRICE LIST- 



AMEBICAN BEAUTIES- Per doz. 



Specials 96.00 



36-inch stemB 5.00 



.%-inch stems 4.00 



24-lnch stems 3.00 



18-inch stems 2.00 



15-inch stems 1.60 



12-inch stems 1.25 



B08E8- Per 100 



Maids and Brides $5.00 to $ 8.00 



Maids and Brides, specials. . 10.00 



Liberty 5.00to 10.00 



Richmond 5.00to 10.00 



Kiilarney 5.00 to 10.00 



Chatenay SOOto 800 



Uncle John 5.00to 8.00 



CarnatlOBS per 100, $3.00 to $ 500 



Valley per 100, 



Violets " 



Callas " 



Loiifflflomiii... " 



Paper Whites, Bomans. . 



Aiparagaa per string, 



Smilax 



Common Ferns per 1000. 



3.00 to 

 1.00 to 



SOOto 



.35 to 



5,00 



1.50 



18.00 



18.00 



4.00 



.50 



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1.50 



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TEMPERATURE FOR ASPARAGUS. 



What temperature ought Asparagus 

 plumosus be kept in to keep it green and 

 growing f E. L. 



Asparagus plumosus does well in a 

 night temperature of 60 degrees. If the 

 foliage is losing color it is not on ac- 

 count of too high or too low a tempera- 

 ture. It is pretty sure the cause is that 

 the asparagus is not planted in a solid 

 bed. It hates to have its roots sepa- 

 rated from Mother Earth by boards at 

 the bottom of the bench. W. S. 



TROUBLE WITH POINSETTIAS. 



Kindly give me some information 

 about the treatment of poinsettias. I 

 have grown them for two years. About 

 the time they are commencing to show 

 color the leaves commence to get yellow 

 and drop off. I grow them in pots. Nice 

 foliage until now. I keep them at 65 de- 

 grees at night and syringe every day. 



F. H. 



We frequently hear of this trouble 

 with these tropical plants. There are 

 two definite causes for the leaves of poin- 

 settias turning yellow and dropping. The 

 first is too low a temperature. As you 

 say you keep your house at 65 degrees, 

 that is not the cause, because that tem- 



perature is abundantly high. You must 

 seek for the other cause, which is ex- 

 haustion of the soil. The roots have no 

 more to feed on and the foliage suffers. 



The writer has had a good deal to say 

 about these showy plants the last ten 

 years. Having grown them in all sorts 

 of shapes and sizes for thirty-five years, 

 we think we know some of the troubles 

 you are liable to stumble against. One, 

 often alluded to in the pages of the Re- 

 view, is the fatal mistake of disturbing 

 their roots after the middle of October. 

 Such a slight disturbance of root as 

 would be caused by a careful shift from 

 a 4-inch to a 6-inch pot is disturbance 

 enough to be fatal to the foliage. This 

 has been demonstrated to us most vividly, 

 to our great loss. That is why all shift- 

 ing and making up of pans should be 

 completed prior to the middle of Octo- 

 ber. 



The poinsettia is a native of Mexico, 

 and is truly tropical, but if its roots are 

 healthy and vigorous it will endure a 

 much lower temperature than is gener- 

 ally supposed. Now if you have not been 

 shifting or disturbing the roots of your 

 plants recently, then your case must be 

 one of soil exhaustion. To shift them 

 now would be out of the question, and 

 all you can do is give them some weak 

 liquid manure twice a week. This you 

 can make by putting half a pint of fresh 

 dairy or stable manure in a barrel with 



thirty-two gallons of water. Put the 

 manure in a coarse sack and let it soak 

 for twenty-four hours before using. This 

 may impart some vigor to the roots and 

 arrest the dropping of the leaves. It is 

 all you can do. Once the roots of the 

 poinsettia lose their vitality they rot 

 quickly and are beyond help. 



Unless you are trying to knock oflP 

 mealy bug, which about now appears 

 among the nectar cups at the base of the 

 bract, there is no need of daily syring- 

 ing. We don't syringe at all after the 

 bracts begin to show color. It is just 

 possible you are keeping the roots too 

 wet. W. S. 



GERANIUMS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 



What is the best time to put gera- 

 nium cuttings in sand to have them in 

 bloom for Decoration day in 3-inch and 

 4-inch pots, W. B. 



The date of putting in geranium cut- 

 tings has less to do with the date of 

 flowering than has their treatment. We 

 put in our first cuttings at the end of 

 September and all through October, not 

 in the sand, but pot at once into 2-inch 

 and 2% -inch pots. These, after a pinch- 

 ing in January, are sure to be in full 

 flower at Decoration day. Cuttings from 

 old plants lifted in October are usually 

 in good order in January, and there is 



