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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April 25, 1907. 



tion can be carried on here in the Pro- 

 vence until the end of May or even the 

 early ])art of June, as per sort of the 

 plants. March was remarkable for the 

 number of orders sent out by parcels 

 post, fifty to seventy, weighing up to 

 ten pounds each, being sent out daily to 

 Germany and America. For smaller 

 quantities of seeds this is 'not only 

 quicker but cheaper than by goods train. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, N. C, 

 nursery stock; Shatemuc Nurseries, Bar- 

 rytown, N. Y., shrubs, perennials and 

 bedding plants; Albert G. Fiedler & Co., 

 Baltimore, Md., suggestions for flower 

 buyers: S. J. McMichael, Findlay, O., 

 price list of vegetable, greenhouse and 

 bedding plants; Andre Charmet, Rhone, 

 France, catalogue of plants; William 

 Bull & Sons, Chelsea, London, England, 

 catalogue of plants; John Boer Ws. & 

 Sons, Boskoop, Holland, catalogue of 

 general nursery stock; A. Mitting, Saaita 

 Cruz, Cal., price list of berry seeds, 

 tree seeds and calla bulbs; James Vick's 

 Sons, Eochester, N. Y., Vick 's Eeminder ; 

 J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, O., begonia 

 novelties and other choice plants. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



The Review would be glad to receive 

 photographs of houses of forced vege- 

 tables, or any other photographs pertain- 

 ing to the subject of growing vegetables 

 under glass. 



In all markets the best grade of 

 greenhouse-grown vegetables is holding 

 its own in price, but lower grades are 

 suffering from the competition of the 

 southern outdoor stock. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, April 24. — Cucumbers, 75c to 

 $1 doz. ; leaf lettuce, 40c to 45c case; 

 mushrooms, 35c to 45c lb. 



BosTOX, April 22.— Cucumbers, $3 to 

 $7 box; tomatoes, 40c to 50c lb.; mush- 

 rooms, $1.50 to $2.75 per 4-lb. basket; 

 rhubarb, Oc to 8c lb.; mint, 75c doz. 

 bunches; parsley, $1.25 to $1.50 box; 

 lettuce, 60c to $1.25 doz.; beets, $1.50 to 

 $2 doz. bunches; carrots, 25c to 75c doz. 

 bunches ; escarolle, 75c to $1 doz. ; ro- 

 maine, $1 to $1.25 doz.; radishes, $1.50 

 to $2 per hundred bunches; chicory, 75c 

 to $1 doz. 



Neav York, April 22. — Mushrooms in 

 good demand and firm. Cucumbers sell- 

 ing well, with some marks bringing a 

 premium. Beet greens steady. Lettuce 

 in good demand and firm. Mint scarce. 

 Radishes and rhubarb steady. Tomatoes 

 neglected. Beet greens, 75c bu.; cucum- 

 bers, 50c to 75c doz.; lettuce, 75c to 

 $1.75 doz. ; mushrooms, 20c to 65c lb. ; 

 mint, 50c to 75c doz. bunches; radishes, 

 $2 to $3.50 per hundred bunches; rhu- 

 barb, $3 to $7 per hundred bunches; 

 tomatoes, 10c to 20c lb. 



WHEN TO START. 



I want to use part of my place for 

 vegetables next season ; the houses are 

 now filled with carnations. I shall grow 

 principally the Grand Rapids lettuce; a 

 small quantity of a heading variety, to 

 see how I succeed. When should I sow 

 seeds for my first crop? How many 



JUST RECEIVED, TWO NEW COLORS OF 



Rawson's Giant Primula Obconica 



BLOOD RKD, a most intense, brilliant color 75c per 100 seeds; $6 00 per 1000 seeds 



CLEAR BLDK, a decided novelty 75c per 100 seeds; 6.00 per 1000 seeds 



Also our regular supply of the following shades : 



Pink, CrlniBOii, Pure White and Superb BUxture, 



at 50c per 100 seeds or $4.00 per lOOO. 



WK ARK ALWAYS FIRST IN OPFERING MKRITORIOUS NOVELTIES. 



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



p. S. We are now Sole Distributors for Boston for CARBIAN'S 

 ANTI-PEST. If you wish to know what it is, 

 send for circular. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



GLADIOLI 



Write 

 for it. 



Beaatifally illustrated cat • 

 lo^, colored plate, etc., de - 

 cribing Groff's Hvbrid;, 

 Named Novelties ol raic 

 beauty. Mixtures and Collections to color and Fine Mixtures of all color''. 



Arthur Cowee, "iSZ^^'i^' Berlin, N. Y. 



Alentlon The Review When yon write. 



weeks apart should successional sowings 

 be made? Would you buy seeds now for 

 three crops, or would you let the seeds- 

 men carry it, and order the quantity 

 wanted for each sowing? Could I run in 

 a house of mums, planting early, and 

 follow with cucumbers, or would it be 

 better to follow with a crop of lettuce 

 and then cucumbers? Would it be wise 

 to get my cucumber seed now? Will 

 Mr. Croydon please state at what date 

 he procures his seeds and how he stores 

 them until wanted for sowing? Do they 

 lose vitality easilv? Illinois climate. 

 '_ H. R. 



If you intend your lettuce to follow a 

 crop of chrysanthemums you will not 

 be required to sow seed before Septem- 

 ber 20. This would give you ample time 

 to get good, strong plants for setting 

 out in the benches. If you mean to 

 plant your whole house at one time and 

 follow with another crop of lettuce, your 

 next sowing would have to be made 

 about three months after the first, as you 

 will have to calculate on that length of 

 time for your crop to mature from time 

 of sowing. 



It is immaterial whether you procure 

 all your seed at one time or get it as you 

 need it. If you have a good place for 

 keeping it, and there is no danger of its 

 being destroyed by mice, it would be 

 just as well to get it all together ; other- 

 wise get it as you want it and let the 

 seedsman carry it. We usually procure 

 our seeds all at once, store them in a dry 



VEfiETABLE PUNTS 



100 1000 

 LETTUCE PLANTS, ready now. Grand 



Rapids. Bifi: Boston, Boston Market, 



and Tennis Ball 20c $1.00 



PABKLEf, MosBCarled 25c 1.25 



BERTS, Eclipse 25c 1.25 



GELGRT, White Plume, White solid 



and Oeleriac, Giant Pragrue 20c 1.25 



EGG PLANTS, N. Y. Improved, small 



for transplantinir 28c 2.00 



EGG PLANTS, from 2-in. pots $2.00 



PEPPEB, Bull Nose and Sweet 



Mountain 25c 2.00 



TOMATO, Earliana, Early Jewel, 



Lnrillard and Mayflower 30c 2.00 



TOMATO, Stone, Perfection and other 



late kinds 20c 1.00 



CABBAGE, Ready May 10, standard 



sorts in any variety 1.00 



Cash with order. 



R. VINCENT Jr. & SON, White Marsh, Md. 



place in niice-proof cases, and find thiit, 

 there is no danger of their losing their 

 vitality by being kept for a few month.s 

 as long as the seed is good and fresli 

 when procured. Lettuce seed over a year 

 old is not to be depended on, but cu- 

 cumber seed is good for two years at 

 least. 



I think your best plan, seeing that you 

 are just starting in the vegetable forcing 

 business, would be to grow a crop of let- 

 tuce to succeed the chrysanthemums and 

 follow with cucumbers, if you decide to 

 grow the latter. By the time the cu- 

 cumber plants reach the setting period 

 the weather will be sufficiently bright to 

 make the setting operation easy com- 

 pared with conditions as they exist dur- 

 ing the dull days of winter; but if you 

 should take two crops of lettuce and then 

 follow Avith cucumbers, I am afraid you 

 would be too late in getting the crop 

 matured to be sure of remunerative 

 prices, as the southern products would be 

 plentiful in the markets by the time you 

 had your crop ready. W. S. Croydox. 



Vegetable Growers Should 



Send 5 Dollars 



for a swivel wheel and 20 ^^-inch nozzles. It will 

 fit a run of 100 feet of pipe and irive you a chance 

 to try for yourself the Wlttbold Watering 

 Syatem, or send for circular of testimonials 



The Wittbold Nossle. for ^-inch hose 11 00 



The Special Boi« Noxsle 100 



Louis Wittbold, 1 708 N. Halsted St., Chicago 



Mention The Review when yoa write. 



100,000 Tomato Plants 



Beauty, Stone, IXL, Crimson Cushion, 



Great Baltimore. 

 25c per 100; $1 25 per 1000; 19.00 per 10,000. 



B. E. WADSWORTH 



Box 824 • DAN VILLI, ILL. 



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Sl[inner's Irrigatioo. 



For greenhouses, gardens and lawns 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates turnished 

 on request. Address, 



C. W. SKINNER, Troy, O. 



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