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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



December 13, 1906. 



Vegetable Growers 



are quick to see th« many 

 advantag^es of the 



WITTBOLD WATERING SYSTEM 



AS THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIALS WILL SHOW: 



" Some time ago we put In 100 feet of your system on trial and it 

 has eWen perfect aatlsf action. Send 600 feet more at once and we 

 shall want 1800 feet additional as soon as our new houses are ready. 

 We think the system a very good thing and consider the labor saved 

 will pay for the apparatus in one season." 

 will p»y n»r ».»» DAVIS BROS., Morrison, 111. 



■'We wish to have our entire range fitted up with your watering 

 system. We are much pleased with ihe working of the section which 

 we have In at present and are perfectly satisfied that the time will 

 be very short till all up-to-date growers will use the Wittbold 

 system Instead of the present method of watering with the hose. 

 When the nozzles are properly spaced, they throw exactly the same 

 amount of water to all parts of the bench." 



W. B. DAVIS & CO., Cucumber Growers, Aurora, 111. 



"We have the Wlttbold system In six houses 33x%0 and it works 

 to perfection, doing the -watering better than the average man 

 can do with the hose. We will equip our other two plants next 

 season; no more watering with the hose for us." 



CHAMBBKLIN & BUNKER, Vegetable Growers, Fremont, Mich. 



"It is the King of Sprinklers; beats everything In the watering 

 line." J. B. ADAMS, Pass Christian, Miss. 



" We are better pleased every dBy. A boy can do better work 

 with It than a good man can with a hose. It Is the only way to 

 water lettuce." R. T. DONNELL, Springfield, IIL 



"As a time-saver, In my estimation there Is nothing to equal it and 

 no one realiziniE its value will be without the Wlttbold 

 system." WM. EDLEFSEN, Milwaukee, Wis. 



"It Is a fine thing and I wonder why greenhouse men have not 

 taken hold more. It should come Into general use. It puts the 

 water on more evenly than the average man will wit h the hose." 

 STEPHEN HYDE, Vegetable Grower, Carthage, Mo. 



"We have your system in one of our Plcus houses; it is working 

 fine and is doing as much as ten men would do In the old way lu 

 the same time. We like it so well that as soon as we can arrange for 

 water supply we shall equip our whole place." 



A. C. OELSCHIG & SON. Savannah, Ga. 



"Your system in our Rose house works so well we want to equip 

 five more houses. The labor and hose saved will in a short time pay 

 for the system." KLEHM'S NURSERIES, Arlington Heights, 111. 



"It won't be long before it will be universally used." 



ALOIS PREY, Head Gardener, Lincoln Park, Chicago. 



"The Wlttbold system is a great success with us, a great labor- 

 saver and certain to be used all over the country in less than no time." 

 R. O. RAU, Florist and Supt. of Parks, St. Joseph, Mo. 



EVERT GBOWEB WIIiIm USE A WXTTBOI^D MACHINE as aoon a« he beoomes familiar with the g;ood 

 work it does and ■aving' it effects. Send S5.0O for a Swivel Wheel and twenty }^-inoh Vcnles, which will 

 be enonirl^-for lOO feet of eyetem. It will be the best investment yon ever made. JUST A KIHUTS: that's 

 how loner it will take to water an entire honse. Send today. 



LOUIS WITTBOLD,!!!>^!^ 1708 N. Halsted St, CHICAGO 



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Comet Tomato 



Those who force tomatoes should give 

 "Comet" a trial. This variety has been the talk 

 of gardeners around Boston the past season. 

 Those who have seen it growing declare there's 

 nothing to compare with it. Seed, $6.00 per os. 



WILLIAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. 



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that it shall never touch the edge of the 

 pan containing the sulphur and observe 

 every precaution to keep the sulphur 

 from becoming ignited. Burning sulphur 

 in an inclosure containing living plants 

 is certain death to all plants contained 

 in the area. The distillation of sulphur 

 by keeping it in a molten condition over 

 a sand bath is perfectly harmless to the 

 plants, but is destructive to parasitic 

 fungi like lettuce mildew and cucumber 

 mildew. 



The melon aphis, which is frequently 

 troublesome upon cucumbers under green- 

 house conditions, can be controlled by 

 spraying the plants with whale-oil soap 

 or kerosene emulsion. Under ordinary 

 conditions a treatment with one of the 

 commercial smudges of nicotine will usu- 

 ally be sufficient, 



NEMATODES. 



I enclose five kernels taken from a 

 large tomato plant. Whatever these are 

 caused a specie of dry rot. I could not 

 find a worm of any kind. Can you tell 

 me what is the matter t S. J. P. 



Your plants are infected by a nema- 

 tode, the work of a minute insect which 

 cannot be seen without the aid of a pow- 

 erful microscope. Sterilizing of the soil 



FORCING RHUBARB 



Under the greenhouse bench or in any old cellar or mushroom house, 

 is entirely practical and an easy proposition. 



Send for my Special Plorists' Circular on RHUBARB FORCING 



It gives ample directions for successful culture. 



I have a good supply of large Undivided Clumps. Price, $2.00 per doz.; 25 for $3.76; 

 $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. (500 at 1000 rate.) 



219 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PS. 



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is the only certain preventive, though you 

 may be able to procure soil free from it. 

 To check it in the meantime keep your 

 plants as much as possible on the dry 

 side and use air-slaked lime ireely, stir- 

 ring into the soil so that it can be 

 washed down when water has to be ap- 

 plied. W. S. Cboydon. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



The market in cut flowers for Thanks- 

 giving was remarkably better this year 

 than in preceding years. Boses are in 

 more demand now and stock looks fairly 

 well for this time of the year. With most 



of the growers carnations stUl remain a 

 little short in stem and rather scarce. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Blechschmid, of Miles avenue, has 

 his carnations in fine order. He disposes 

 of all his stock at wholesale. 



G. M. Naumann had a nifce lot of chrys- 

 anthemums. He also has a house of Be- 

 gonia Gloire de Lorraine that is unex- 

 celled in Cleveland. His place is well 

 kept. 



A visit to S. N. Pentecost's place re- 

 vealed everything in the best of order. 

 He has a big batch of poinsettias that are 

 looking fine. 



Visitor : A. F. Longren, of the Chicago 

 Carnation Co., Joliet, HI. N. 



