Decembkk 13, 190G. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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THE DEFIANCE 



A Red Hose 



Size. Price. 



% inch, 7-ply 16c per ft. 



Don't mind the price. 



and get better hose. 



It Would Be 

 Quite Proper 



for us to tell you that you are dissatisfied with 

 wearing and lasting qualities of Rubber Hose 

 that are offered in different catalogs as suitable 

 for greenhouse purposes. You know they 

 aren't, and so do we. Through our own experi- 

 ence to provide for our 200,000 square feet of 

 modern glass we took to the manufacture of a 

 special brand to conform to the hard uses for 

 greenhouse work. We got what we want. 



If you want a rubber hose that is made lor 

 you, write us. If you want a rubber hose, that 

 is made only to sell at a good profit, write others. 



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Just what it is it would be hard for me 

 to say without seeing it, but lettuce at 

 that stage of growth is not subject to 

 the attacks of mildew in a house where 

 it has the proper temperature and 

 sufficient fresh air. A too high tempera- 

 ture would cau.se a soft growth and leave 

 it an easy prey to this and kindred 

 diseases during dull, cloudy weather, but 

 the more probable cause is lack of proper 

 airing. A close atmosphere is congenial, 

 both for the breeding and spreading of 

 the spores of fungi. Try to maintain a 

 night temperature not exceeding 45 de- 

 grees, with 60 degrees by day in bright 

 weather, and give air to sweeten the at- 

 mosphere on all possible occasions. Keep 

 the plants fully exposed to the light to 

 keep the foliage firm and avoiti crowding 

 and I do not think that you will have 

 much more trouble from mildew. 



W. S. Croydon. 



CUCUMBERS. 



Enemies and Diseases. 



To produce the best results in the 

 greenhouse, untiring attention must be 



given to the maintenance of proper 

 moisture and temperature conditions. A 

 keen watch must be kept for the ap- 

 pearance of aphis or mildew, and upon 

 the occurrence of cither of these pests 

 prompt and effective methods must be 

 employed for stamping it out, says L. C. 

 Corbett in the recent bulletin of the 

 Department of Agriculture. 



The cucumber is a tender plant and 

 will not endure some of the severe meth- 

 ods employed for combating aphis and 

 mildew on other plants. The careful 

 spraying of cucumbers wuth ammoniacal 

 carbonate of copper solution, which is 

 made by dissolving five ounces of car- 

 bonate of copper in three pints of strong 

 ammonia (26 degrees) is recommended. 

 This stock solution should be diluted to 

 forty-five gallons when used — that is, one 

 pint of the solution will make fifteen 

 gallons of the spraying mixture. This 

 should be applied with a strong force 

 pump through either a Yermorel or a 

 similar nozzle and should keep the house 

 free from mildew. 



An additional safeguard is to keep 

 the heating pipes at all times covered 



with sulphur. When it is not desirable 

 to moisten the foliage of the plants with 

 a spray the distillation of sulphur in ac- 

 cordance with the following plan is very 

 effective. This is accompanied by some 

 danger, however, and the novice should 

 carefully observe and carry out every 

 detail of the directions here given. 



The apparatus for distilling sulphur 

 in a greenhouse for the treatment of 

 mildew consists of a small, single-burner 

 oil stove. One with a top six inches 

 square will serve the purpose. Secure 

 two iron or tin pans similar to those 

 used for the baking of layer cake and, if 

 possible, have one pan larger in diameter 

 by two inches than the other. In the 

 larger pan place a layer of sand, as free 

 from organic matter as possible, about 

 one-half inch deep. Upon this set the 

 second pan, which contains flowers of 

 sulphur in sufficient quantity to fill the 

 pan about half full of sulphur when it is 

 molten. Light the lamp, heating the 

 sand to a suflBcient degree to melt and 

 maintain the sulphur in a molten condi- 

 tion, but exercise the greatest care in 

 regulating the flame of the lamp, so 



