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The Weekly Florists^ Review* skptkmbkh 12. idot. 



$tokes $tandard $eeds 



BARTER'S CELEBRATED EN6LISH 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



The best Imported Spawn made, 96.00 per 100 

 lbs.; $56.00 per 1000 lbs. 



Send for low prices on Pap*r White Narolsaua 



French Roman Hyaotnths and 

 Dutoh Bulbs. 



$tokes Seed Store 



2l9 Market St. Philadelphia. Pa. 



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blight spreading on the Neck, and that 

 as long as he plants and grows cucum- 

 bers under glass, the blight will con- 

 tinue to ruin the crops of the farmers 

 near him who plant in the open air. 



Mr. West has eight houses in which 

 be grows cucumbers. He values his plant 

 at about $15,000. By planting in boxes 

 under glass, he has been able to produce 

 about 700 bushels of cucumbers each 

 year, grown during the winter, and mar- 

 keted at a time when they bring from $1 

 to $1.50 a dozen. He has found that 

 plants affected by the blight will, when 

 transplanted under the glass, recover and 

 outgrow this disease and produce fine 

 cucumbers. His attorney went on fur- 

 ther to show to the court that after the 

 season was over Mr. West carefully fumi- 

 gated his houses with sulphur, killing all 

 vegetable and animal life in the tightly 

 closed houses. 



Attorney Von Konitz, appearing for 

 Mr. West, went on to show by reading 

 various aflBdavits and letters that there 

 is blight all over the cucumber belt, 

 where greenhouses are not near; that it 

 had been in this part of the country for 

 many years, before Mr. West started to 

 grow cucumbers in a greenhouse; that in 

 many farms not near Mr. West's place 

 the blight was prevalent; that a cold, 

 damp, late spring caused blight, and 

 other facts. His affidavits were read to 

 show that it was unreasonable to lay the 

 cause of the blight which ruined the 

 Neck crops to the greenhouses of Mr. 

 West. 



By the petitioners it was shown, 

 through their attorneys, that it was the 

 opinion of a government expert that thej 

 greenhou.ses did cause the spread 

 blight among the cucumber crops ol 

 Charleston Neck. Affidavits were res _ 

 from many farmers planting cucumbers 

 in the neighborhood of Mr. West, stating 

 directly that they believed the blight 

 came from his greenhouses, and that it 

 was harbored there through the winter; 

 furtliermore, that they had observed the 

 crops nearest his greenhouses withered 

 first. Many of the neighboring planters 

 said they were on friendly terms with Mr. 

 West and stated their belief that his 

 greenhouses spread blight only because 

 they sincerely thought it was so, from ob- 

 servation and the government reports. 

 Estimates of losses from blight were 

 given in the affidavits. 



The case will be fought to a finish and 

 the outcome will be watched with much 

 interest. 



EEL WORMS. 



I send you a small box of lettuce 

 plants. The roots are not natural. Can 

 vou tell me what ails them ? S. J. P. 



Drrnq for early forcing 



ULLUU in Frames or Greenhouses 



w^^^tmamm for succbssion during the winter 



nilll IFI nWFR Farlv ^Iv Wookc This is a very superb stock of Cauliflower. 



UHULirLUncn, cailj 0I« neCRd usedentirelyf..rearly frame work. Pine 

 white flowers ran be cut six weeks from time of plantingr out, can be Rrown 

 either in frames or in tbe open as soon as the weather permits. Splendid 

 whte heads of flne quality P«rlb., 98.00 



niRRflT W A. ^ Farlv Frama^ Very earlr. for sowing in frames at the rame 



unnnui , n. « a. tailj namo time that the early Lettuces are planted out. 



It is very quick in making and can be pulled very early Per lb., .75 



CARROT W A. S EarlV Forelnir ^"y ^°« carrot for early sowinir. a little 



Unnnu l , n. Ob O. caiiy ruibiniJ ,atgp ^^ iKget than Early Frame. Splen- 

 did color F«rlb., .75 



n ARRHT llaalac Caloplad — Especially saved for frames. It follows on after 

 Unnnuii naniva amCblVU theEany Frame and Early Forcing:... For Ib., .60 



CUCUMBER, Covint Garden Favorlte-ffiJf-Tei^iaYnicSe^'mr^^^^ 



istence. Sligrhtly spined Par oa., 7.0O 



RlinilllRFR TnlAffranh Especially crown for market work. Grand prolific 



UUbUMDCn, IBIV|iia|lll stock, very short collar, flne shape Paroi., 3.00 



LETTUCE, CABBAGE, Early Cold Fraine-7o^'!.fi!!?ri?To'? if^f^oii 



only, and produces the early Lettaces for which the French are so much 

 renowned P«r lb., S.50 



LEHUCE, Vaux's SeJf-Foldiiig Green Cos-g°;,oVre°ep?nfaiiTh'rwt'te7i'n 



frames and then planting out in early Spring P«r lb., 1.75 



RADISH, RED TURNIPS, Fflrclng-%?»A.?°!?^!!!!!."'°"'^;.'°°kVib^! .4o 



RiniU Fariw Fnrpinir Framp Special stock for use in frames only, rrows 



nAUIMI, tailf ruiUllg nawii very Ultle top, ollve-shaped. bright scarlet 



color with white tip Per lb., .40 



TURMP, EarlV Long While Frame-s;?o%^°a°^e°UrkVnr;^.l°.°/.?5£ .75 



WATKINS & SIMPSON, ^^l^^^Ek^ 



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A BED OF MUSHROOMS 



Raised from my Spawn, will bear loncer and yield better than from any other variety of 

 Spawn. This Is proven by facts. Full partioulars and information how to succeed in mushroom 

 raising free. We warrant you If using our method of growing mushrooms that all will go well. 



KNUO 6UN0ESTRUP, 



Mushroom 

 Specialist, 



4273 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago 



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large illustrated book 

 Containing simple and 



The sample of young lettuce plants re- 



A Mess of Mushrooms 



at all seasons gT-owInK in 

 your cellar. 40c in post- 

 age stamps, together with the 

 name of >ourdealer, will bring 

 you, postpaid, direct from the 

 manuiacturer, a fresh sample 

 lirick of 



Lambert's Pare Culture 

 MUSHROOM SPAWN, 

 the best high-grade spawn 

 in the market, together with 

 on Mnshroom ('ultnre, 

 practical methods of raising, 



preserving and" cooking mushrooms. Not more than 



one sample brick will be sent to the same party. 



Further orders must come through your dealer. 



Address, American Kpawn Co., St. Psnl, Minn. 

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Skinner's Irrigation. 



For greenhouses, gardens and lawns. 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates furnished 

 on request. Address, 



C. W. SKINNER, Troy, O. 



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ceived shows tliat the sender's stock is 

 infested with the much dreaded nema- 

 tcme, commonly called eel worm, in great 

 quantity. This pest is probably the worst 

 of all that the vegetable grower has to 



RAWSON'S HOTHOUSE 

 CUCUMBER 



As a forcing Cucumber is one of the largest and most 

 profitable crops of the Market Gardener, it is essentia) 

 that the very best possible strain should be sown. 

 With this idea in view we have made selections for the 

 past few years from our Rawson's White Spine, which 

 nave resulted in a strain about two inches longer and 

 a darker green in color, with a few light spines showing 

 at blossom end. This new strain we confidently 

 believe to be saperlor to any other on the market. 

 The results we have had at our own greenhouses with 

 the stocic conclusively prove the above to be true, h^ 

 oz., 36c; oz., 60c; 4 oz., 11.50; lb., $5.00. 



Rawson's White Spine Cucumber, 4 oz., 11.50; 

 lb., 14.00. Send for Market Gaideners' 

 catalogue, listing many special strains of 

 \ Radish, Lettuce, etc., for use under glass. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO. 

 5 Union St., Boston, Ma«s> 



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Vegetable Growers Should 



Send 5 Dollars 



for a swivel wbeel and 20 ^-inch nozzles. It wilt 

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

 to try for yourself the Wlttbold Wateringr 

 System, or send for circular of testimonials. 



The Wlttbold Nozzle, for ^-incb hose $1 OO 



The Special Rose Nozzle l.OO 



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



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