January 24, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



729 



Vegetable Seeds 



Prioei to Market Gardeners 



SPECIAL. CUCUMBERS M-lb- lb. 



Landreth's extra early W. Spine. .40c ll.fO 



Extra early Arllnfrton W. Spine.. .5Uc 1.26 



Landreth'8 extraordinary W.Splne60c 1.50 



Landreth'8 JjOng Green Gherkin. .60c 1.6U 



gpECIAI.. LETTUCE 



Land reth's forcing, headlngr 66c 1.80 



May King, heading 70c Z.UO 



Virginia Solid Header fl.OO 2.5U 



SPECIAL, RADISHES 



Wonderful Halflong Ked 30c .80 



Landretb's While Box 26c .60 



Extra Early Scarlet Whlte-tlpped.20c .60 



Bloomsdale Spinach 20c .40 



Moas Curled Pat'Sle'y 20c .40 



Liandreih's Earliest Tomato.. 11.26 4.60 



Spark's Earllana Tomato 1.10 3.00 



l^andreth's Red Rock Tomato. l.tO 2.76 



Cash with order. Postage paid. 



Send for complete list. 



UNDRETH SEED CO., BRISTOL, PA. 



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counted on to hold the moisture quit© 

 well. 



Plants like asparagus, that respond 

 quickly to forcing treatment, cannot be 

 counted on to derive much nourishment 

 either from the material they are 

 planted in, or from the water applied to 

 them. So the crop must depend on the 

 properties already stored up in the roots. 

 The securing of strong, vigorous roots, 

 therefore, is the principal necessity. 

 With these, and a fairly good means of 

 forcing, there should not be any trouble 

 in making a success. W. S. Cboydon. 



LETTUCE OR CARNATIONS. 



There is a little information I wish 

 concerning the growing of carnations and 

 lettuce. I have five greenhouses. Two 

 are 10x45 each, one 10x59 and two are 

 17x59 each, all short-roofed plan. The 

 houses 10x45 were built in 1905 and last 

 fall I added the other three. Both sea- 

 sons I have grown my carnations in the 

 two houses 10x45 and they have been a 

 complete success. But I did not get my 

 last three houses in condition to put in 

 more carnations and have now just fin- 

 ished setting them with lettuce and have 

 the prospects of a good crop. But I 

 would much rather grow the one crop 

 because it saves trouble and my time is 

 pretty well taken up with other work. 

 Would the carnations bring me more 

 money with less trouble than lettuce, for 

 the season coming? I have plenty of 

 field room for carnations. Yet I realize 

 there is a chance for bedding plants after 

 lettuce crop is gone. After supplying 

 our home trade I can wholesale what 

 surplus I have at Danville, as we make 

 that city with wagon with winter vege- 

 tables three times every week, but I 

 would have to look elsewhere to dispose 

 of carnations. W. C. W. 



There is no one so well qualified as 

 yourself to form an opinion as to which 

 crop you would better grow. You know 

 what your carnations are and you soon 

 will know what the lettuce will return. 

 It all depends on tlie grower, the quality 

 of thp stock he produces and the market 

 he has. There are hundreds who started 

 as lettuce growers who now grow cut 

 flowers, usually carnations, and there are 

 a good many who built their houses for 

 carnations who now have them filled with 

 lettuce. 



MINT. 



Mint is one of the few possible prod- 

 ucts of the vegetable house that does 

 not seem to be grown as plentifully as 



CHOICE VEGETABLE SEEDS For Forcing 



"STuKBS' 8TANDAB0S" are simply the cream of the lists. Ton can't set better raloe. 



Cucumber— Perfection Hothouse Forcing. Bepeated 

 selections of greenhouse-grown White Spine. Per oz., 

 60c; M-lb., 11.60; lb., «5.0J. 



Cauliflower— "Stokes' Standard." The very earliest in 

 existence, close-growing, compact, perfect snow-white 

 heaUrt. Per pkt., 25e; J-^-oz.. r2.50; oz., $4.00; !4-lb., «12.60. 



Licttuce— Stokes' Bis Boston. A splenuid strain oi this 

 very popular greennouse lettuce. Peroz., 16c; ^-lb.,40c; 

 lb.. »1.25. 



I.ettuce Stokes' Grand Rapids. A. fine forcing strain, 

 the true uuaer-gliiss sort. Keroz., 15o; ^ lb.,4(c; lb., 11.10. 



Radish-Stokes' Scarlet Globe Forcing:. The true 18 

 to 20-day sort, wl.h small top and of a deep scarlet color. 

 Per oz., 10c; M-lb.. 25c; lb., 75e. 



Radish— Stokes' White Marble. 16 to 18-day sort, snow- 

 white, crisp and tender. Peroz, liic; M-lb., 25c; Ib.jTSc. 



Tomato Sparks' Earliana. Stokes' special strain. This 

 Is not to be compared with the sort usually offered. Per 

 oz., 40c; ^-Ib., 11.26; lb., $4.10. 



Rhubarb, for forcine. Whole clumps that have been frozen and are just ready for business. 



Per doz., 12 OU; per 100, $12.00; per 10 V, tlOO.i 0. 

 Five-year-old Asparaeus, for forcing^. Very profitable. Per doz., $2.00; per 100, $12.00; per 



lOlU, $100.00. 



219 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PS. 



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FARQUHAR'S FKRFECTION 



FORCING CUCIMBER 



A much Improved strain of White Spine, long, 

 smooth, rich green, robust, 10 days earlier than 

 the old strains and more productive. Unequalled 

 under irlass. Pkt., 26c; Moz., 36c; oz.,$l;^lb., 

 $3 lb. $10. Write for complete catalogue. 



R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON, MASS. 



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Walters' Improved 

 Telegraph Cucumber 



the finest flavor and most prolific grown; as sup- 

 plied to the largest English growers; disease un- 

 known; per oz., $4.00; price per lb. on application. 



A. A. Walters & Son, Bath, England 



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the demand would warrant. There 

 seems to be always a ready sale for it 

 at a remunerative price. It is a plant 

 of the easiest culture, only, the roots 

 being of a rambling, spready nature; it 

 is hard to lift, unless plants are espe- 

 cially prepared for forcing purposes. 



In private establishments, where the 

 gardener has to keep up a supply, plants 

 are usually grown in pots all summer 

 for the purpose of planting in the 

 benches in autumn or early winter. Off- 

 sets are taken from the outdoor plants 

 in spring; enough of them are put in a 

 5-inch pot to insure the pot being well 

 filled by fall. The pots are plunged in 

 ashes or some such material to prevent 

 too frequent drying out and are cared 

 for all summer. Other than watering 

 and an occasional weeding, they do not 

 require a great deal of attention. The 

 pots are usually allowed to stand until 

 they have had a few light frosts, when 

 they seem to force more easily. 



This potting business entails quite a 

 little trouble, but the pots keep the 

 plants compact and make the planting a 

 good deal easier than if the plants have 

 to be lifted from the open ground. 

 Though, if young plants or offsets are 

 planted in spring, far enough apart so 

 that they won 't run into one another, 

 they can be lifted and planted in the 

 benches without much injury, if the 

 work is carefully done and can be re- 

 lied on to give good results. 



The most convenient method we have 

 tried of forcing mint, is in pits. The 



Hothouse Specialties 



Our Mr. RawBon being one of the 

 largest growers of Vegetables under 

 glass in this country, we have devel- 

 oped many special strains. Including: 



Rawson's Hothouse Cucumber 



which we confidently believe superior to any 

 other on the market; tSOc peroz ; $1.60 per M-lb.; 

 $6.00 per lb. ^ t, . 



RAWSON'S SCARLET CONICAL, RADISH 



Best for forcing: many largest growers use It 

 exclusively. Brilliant scarlet, conical, short- 

 topped, remarkably uniform, tender, crisp; OOo 

 lb.; lOlbs., $8.0b; IbO IbH., $76.00. 



These and m »ny other specialties fully 

 described In our Market Gardener's List for 1907, 

 just Issued. Sent free on i-equest. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., 5 Union St., Boston 



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Comet Tomato 



Those who force tomatoes should sriva 

 "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 ob. 



WILLIAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. 



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plants are set in the pits in spring and 

 allowed to grow there with the sashes 

 off all summer, requiring but a small 

 amount of attention. About the be- 

 ginning of November the sashes are put 

 on and heat turned into the pipes, with 

 which the pits are supplied, at a night 

 temperature of 45 degrees. 



We are usually able to pick mint for 

 Christmas and can rely on a supply 

 from those pits all the winter through. 

 At a higher temperature red spider is 

 apt to put in an appearance and cause 

 trouble, but at the temperature here 

 given there is little danger of it. Aphis 

 will appear more or less and an occa- 

 sional smoking will be necessary to keep 

 it in check. W. S. Croydon. 



Danville, N. Y.— F. ISI. Smith has 

 four greenhouses and 4,000 feet of hot- 

 beds. He has added twenty acres to his 

 truck garden, making forty-three acres 

 in all. 



Champaign, III.— J. E. Yeats, of the 



East Side Floral Co., left January 14 to 



,join a party of hunters at Springfield. 



The hunting grounds will be in Oklahoma 



and Texas. 



